Patent Document ID: 9037317
Application ID: 11614756
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for remotely collecting and analyzing Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) data generated by an aircraft while the aircraft is airborne, without the use of an Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), the system comprising: one or more computer processors; and a memory containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising: creating an event contract describing data to be collected from the aircraft and specifying a user-selected frequency interval at which the data is to be collected aboard the aircraft, wherein the contract specifies at least (i) one or more of a plurality of different types of aircraft from which data is to be collected, (ii) a plurality of data types regarding aircraft operation and real time meteorological information for which data is to be collected, (iii) at least one of a flight number associated with the aircraft and a tail number of the aircraft, (iv) at least one conditional statement that specifies one or more contracts and (v) a re-sequence selector defining a number of times the event contract is to be re-enabled after expiring; remotely requesting and collecting selected ADS-C data from at least one aircraft at the user-selected frequency interval, further comprising: upon determining the at least one conditional statement is satisfied by one or more reports from the specified one or more contracts, enabling the event contract; analyzing the collected selected ADS-C data and reporting the analyzed data in real-time; and outputting the analyzed data for display.