Patent ID: 9311759
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B64D,G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for improving fuel economy on a passenger jet aircraft implemented on one or more processors of one or more networked computers, comprising: receiving a communication at a networked computer comprising at least an exhaust gas temperature value for an auxiliary power unit measured while the auxiliary power unit is operating during a current flight of the aircraft and previously communicated via an aircraft to ground station communications link transmission; automatically detecting, using a networked computer, whether the exhaust gas temperature value exceeds at least one threshold temperature; wherein, if the exhaust gas temperature does not exceed at least one threshold temperature, then using a networked computer to automatically set the aircraft's future flight status to operating the auxiliary power unit on demand and to automatically send a communication to indicate the aircraft's future flight status, and wherein, if the exhaust gas temperature exceeds at least one threshold temperature, then using a networked computer to automatically set the aircraft's future flight status to operating the auxiliary power unit continuously and to automatically send a communication to indicate the aircraft's future flight status; and automatically updating a database, using a networked computer, to reflect the aircraft's future flight status.