Patent ID: 8825498
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of determining whether an aircraft is ready to fly or should be repaired in light of damage and/or malfunction to the aircraft, the method comprising: generating, by a computer, coded fault data comprising a sequence of single-digit integers that encodes types of damage/malfunction and locations of damage/malfunction according to a decision tree, wherein the generating the coded fault data comprises: generating, by the computer, an instruction or recommendation based on the coded fault data, wherein the instruction or recommendation is encoded in one or more integers; appending, by the computer, the one or more integers encoding the instruction/recommendation to the sequence of single-digit integers of the coded fault data to generate amended fault data; storing and classifying the amended fault data according to its sequence of single-digit integers that encodes types of damage/malfunction and locations of damage/malfunction; electronically transmitting the amended fault data for review in deciding whether the aircraft is ready to fly or should be repaired; and translating the amended fault data for entry in an aircraft disposition report form.