Patent ID: 8730064

Claim:
A computer based method to monitor vehicle conditions, comprising: defining, in a trigger table, at least one set of logic conditions which may trigger an alert evaluation, the at least on set of logic conditions including at least one of: receipt of a message from a source remote from the vehicle, or receipt of a message indicating vehicle position with respect to airport or runway locations, or receipt of an ACMS/F report, or receipt of a maintenance message; defining, in an alert table separate from the trigger table, one or more alert definitions which define an attribute of an alert including a vehicle condition which does not meet one or more threshold requirements; receiving, in a trigger processor, one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle; transmitting a directive to analyze alert conditions to an alert evaluation queue when the at least one set of logic conditions in the trigger table is satisfied; and generating an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions, wherein the alert is generated in accordance with the one or more alert definitions from the alert table.