Patent ID: 9671790
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,G05D,G06Q,G08G,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path from a first geographical location to a second geographical location and performance of one or more mission operations; determining, by the device, required capabilities for the mission based on the request; determining, by the device, constraints for the mission based on the request; identifying, by the device and from a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles, particular unmanned aerial vehicles based on the required capabilities and the constraints; calculating, by the device, a cost effective mission plan, for the particular unmanned aerial vehicles, based on the required capabilities and the constraints; generating, by the device, mission plan instructions for the cost effective mission plan, providing, by the device, the mission plan instructions to the particular unmanned aerial vehicles to permit the particular unmanned aerial vehicles to travel from the first geographical location to the second geographical location, via the flight path, and to perform the one or more mission operations.