Patent ID: 8615418
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, using a computer system, data associated with a first diverted transportation transaction from one or more data sources, wherein the first diverted transportation transaction is a first diversion flight transaction having associated therewith: a first aircraft, a first departure location, a first destination location, a first diversion location having a first capacity, a first diversion leg from the first departure location to the first diversion location, a first ground time period, which equals a time period between when the first aircraft touches ground at the first diversion location and when the first aircraft takes off from the first diversion location, a first recovery leg from the first diversion location to the first destination location, and a first minimum duty time period remaining; receiving, using the computer system, data from one or more data sources specific to one or more other diversion flight transactions, each of the other diversion flight transactions comprising one diversion location in a plurality of diversion locations, the plurality of diversion locations comprising the first diversion location; outputting, using the computer system, a first set of parameters specific to the first diverted transportation transaction in response to receiving data associated with the first diverted transportation transaction, comprising: outputting one or more parameters associated with the first diversion leg; outputting one or more parameters associated with the first ground time period; and outputting one or more parameters associated with the first recovery leg; determining if the first ground time period for the first diversion flight transaction is greater than or equal to a first predetermined time period; if the first ground time period for the first diversion flight transaction is greater than or equal to the first predetermined time period, then providing a first ground-time functional alert; determining if the first ground time period for the first diversion flight transaction is greater than or equal to a second predetermined time period that is greater than the first predetermined time period; if the first ground time period for the first diversion flight transaction is greater than or equal to the second predetermined time period, then providing a second ground-time functional alert that is different than, and distinguishable from, the first ground-time functional alert; determining if the first ground time period for the first diversion flight transaction is greater than or equal to a third predetermined time period that is greater than the second predetermined time period; if the first ground time period for the first diversion flight transaction is greater than or equal to the third predetermined time period, then providing a third ground-time functional alert that is different than, and distinguishable from, each of the first and second ground-time functional alerts; determining if the first minimum duty time period remaining for the first diversion flight transaction is less than a fourth predetermined time period; if the first minimum duty time period remaining is less than the fourth predetermined time period, then providing a first duty-time-remaining functional alert that is different than, and distinguishable from, each of the first, second and third ground-time functional alerts; determining if the total number of diversion flight transactions for which the first diversion location is the diversion location is equal to or greater than the first capacity; and if the total number of diversion flight transactions for which the first diversion location is the diversion location is equal to or greater than the first capacity, then providing a first diversion-location-capacity functional alert that is different than, and distinguishable from, the first duty-time-remaining functional alert and each of the first, second and third ground-time functional alerts.