Patent ID: 9620024
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01S,G08G

Claim:
1. A system for aircraft flight following, comprising: a plurality of dispersed ADS-B data receiving nodes that are configured to receive ADS-B data transmitted by participating aircraft; a data collection device in communication with the plurality of dispersed ADS-B data receiving nodes, the data collection device being configured to collect the ADS-B data received by the plurality of dispersed ADS-B data receiving nodes; an information collection device that is configured to collect at least one of flight planning information and aircraft operating information for the participating aircraft from one or more information sources; a data analysis device that is configured to compare elements of collected ADS-B data for a particular aircraft with the at least one of the flight planning information and the aircraft operating information for the particular aircraft to identify a difference between the collected ADS-B data and the collected information for the particular aircraft; and an output device that is configured to output a result of the analysis including the identified difference between the collected ADS-B data and the collected information for the particular aircraft.