Patent Document ID: 9310477
Application ID: 13752705
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An air traffic management (ATM) system comprising: a memory device for storing data; and a processor coupled to said memory device, said processor programmed to: receive object data associated with each of a plurality of airborne objects transmitted by at least one first remote sensor device, wherein the object data includes situational awareness information for each airborne object and real-time position information for the at least one first remote sensor device; receive second object data from at least one second remote sensor device, the second object data associated with at least one non-transmitting airborne object of the plurality of airborne objects, wherein the second remote sensor device includes a handheld mobile device associated with an independent, ground-based user, the mobile device including a social network application that processes and transmits geopositional information of the mobile device and situational awareness information for the non-transmitting airborne object to said ATM system; and generate an air traffic map to display a present location and a flight path for each of the plurality of airborne objects based on the received object data and the at least one non-transmitting airborne object based on the received second object data.