Patent ID: 8249907

Claim:
A system for the automated control of aviation fueling operations, comprising: an automated dispatch fueling system, comprising: a fuel management server configured to: accept at least two airport profiles and three or more selectable configurations to be utilized for the automatic assignment of fueling operations, wherein the at least two airport profiles include individual aircraft identifiers for each aircraft utilizing the at least two airports, fueling equipment identifiers for each piece of fueling equipment available at each of the at least two airports, estimated time to travel between each airport gate to every other airport gate at the at least two airports, and each fueling agent's work schedule at the at least two airports, the three or more selectable configurations include designating: a minimum amount of time allowed for a fueling agent to move between fueling assignments, a maximum amount of time allowed for a fueling agent to move between fueling assignments, an allowance of a fueling agent to move between certain gates, an allowance of a fueling agent to move between certain concourses, and an allowance of a fueling agent to be assigned fueling operations for an international flight; and determine fueling operations assignments for the at least two airports based on the accepted (1) individual airport profiles and (2) three or more selectable configurations; one or more communication mediums, coupled to the fuel management server, for communicating the fueling operations assignments to fueling agents, communicating information with an airline gateway system, an accounting client, and an Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting system, and receiving information regarding a status of the assigned fueling operations; and the fuel management server further configured to transmit, via at least one of the one or more communication mediums, the fueling operations assignments to one or more fueling agent client devices.