Patent ID: 9569972
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B64C,G08G

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, a request for a flight path for an unmanned aerial vehicle to travel from a first geographical location to a second geographical location in a region, determining, by the device and based on the credentials associated with the unmanned aerial vehicle, whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is authenticated for utilizing the device and a network associated with the device; determining, by the device, whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of flight based on the component information and maintenance information associated with the components of the unmanned aerial vehicle; determining, by the device, capability information for the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the component information; calculating, by the device and when the unmanned aerial vehicle is authenticated for utilizing the device and the network and is capable of flight, determining, by the device, whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of traversing the flight path based on the capability information and based on one or more of the weather information, the air traffic information, the obstacle information, or the regulatory information associated with the region; generating, by the device and when the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of traversing the flight path, flight path instructions for the flight path; and providing, by the device, the flight path instructions to the unmanned aerial vehicle to permit the unmanned aerial vehicle to travel from the first geographical location to the second geographical location via the flight path.