Patent ID: 8560148

Claim:
A method for trajectory synchronization comprising: receiving, with a processor, an aircraft trajectory for an aircraft in flight from a first system; receiving, with the processor, a separate ground trajectory for the aircraft in flight from a second system, the separate ground trajectory comprising a series of points associated with various flight points or trajectory change points for; the aircraft in flight; comparing, with the processor, the received aircraft trajectory and the received separate ground trajectory to detect discrepancies arising along a proposed route of flight for the aircraft in flight; verifying, with the processor, that the proposed route of flight for the aircraft in fight complies with at least one aircraft restriction; and sending a message to the first system with instruction for correcting at least one of detected discrepancies and verified restriction violations arising from the comparing and the verifying constituting a synchronizing of the aircraft trajectory and the separate ground trajectory as a synchronized trajectory for the aircraft inflight.