# US 12,223,843 B2 · Apparatus, method and system for providing evaluation and/or optimization of trajectory management services > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,223,843 B2 - Document ID: US12223843B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/637,162 - Filed: 2020-08-26 - Published: 2022-11-10 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-26 - Assignees: Smartsky Networks LLC - Applicants: Smartsky Networks LLC - Inventors: Bruce J. Holmes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223843B2 ## CPC - G01C 23/00: Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration - G08G 5/21: located onboard the aircraft - G08G 5/22: located on the ground - G08G 5/26: Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations - G08G 5/34: for flight plan modification - G08G 5/55: for a single aircraft - G08G 5/56: for two or more aircraft - G08G 5/59: in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones - G08G 5/727: {from a ground station} - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract An aviation advisory module may include processing circuitry configured to receive data indicative of internal factors and external factors related to route optimization of an aircraft. At least some of the external factors may include dynamic parameters that are changeable while the aircraft is in-flight. The processing circuitry may also be configured to generate a guidance output associated with a route of the aircraft based on integration of the internal factors and the external factors to optimize the route for a user-selected cost parameter, and provide a graphical representation of the guidance output along with comparative data or context information associated with the user-selected cost parameter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aviation advisory module comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive data indicative of internal factors and external factors related to route optimization of an aircraft, the internal factors including pilot or operator preferences that define a preferred time of arrival, preferred hazard avoidance strategy, preferred cost management strategy and preferred fuel management strategy, wherein at least some of the external factors include dynamic parameters that are changeable while the aircraft is in-flight including airspace exclusions, architectures and procedures, winds and temperatures aloft, storms, icing, volcanic ash, turbulence, other air traffic and aircraft management flow control initiatives for congestion management; generate a guidance output associated with a route of the aircraft based on integration of the internal factors and the external factors to optimize the route for a user-selected cost parameter, wherein the user-selected cost parameter comprises fuel consumption, time consumption, contrail generation or carbon footprint; and provide a graphical representation of the guidance output showing both the route and a comparison route along with a display box including both comparative data and context information associated with the user-selected cost parameter, wherein the context information comprises information indicative of an impact of following the route, instead of the comparison route, on a cost parameter other than the user-selected cost parameter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The module of claim 1, wherein the comparative data comprises a graph showing a comparison of the route with the comparison route to demonstrate a value difference for the user-selected cost parameter between the route and the comparison route. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The module of claim 2, wherein the graph is a cumulative distribution function plotting the user-selected cost parameter against a percentage of a number of flights. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The module of claim 1, wherein providing the graphical representation of the guidance output further includes both the comparative data and the context information associated with the user-selected cost parameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The module of claim 4, wherein a service charge associated with providing the comparative data and the context information is calculated based on a percentage of cost savings calculated between the route and at least one other route. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The module of claim 1, wherein the module is disposed on the aircraft. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The module of claim 1, wherein the module is disposed at a ground station. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The module of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network comprises an air-to-ground (ATG) network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The module of claim 8, wherein the module is disposed at a remote location relative to the aircraft and ground stations within the ATG network. ### Claim 10 A method comprising: receiving data indicative of internal factors and external factors related to route optimization of an aircraft, the internal factors including pilot or operator preferences that define a preferred time of arrival, preferred hazard avoidance strategy, preferred cost management strategy and preferred fuel management strategy, wherein at least some of the external factors include dynamic parameters that are changeable while the aircraft is in-flight including airspace exclusions, architectures and procedures, winds and temperatures aloft, storms, icing, volcanic ash, turbulence, other air traffic and aircraft management flow control initiatives for congestion management; generating a guidance output associated with a route of the aircraft based on integration of the internal factors and the external factors to optimize the route for a user-selected cost parameter, wherein the user-selected cost parameter comprises fuel consumption, time consumption, contrail generation or carbon footprint; and providing a graphical representation of the guidance output showing both the route and a comparison route along with a display box including both comparative data and context information associated with the user-selected cost parameter, wherein the context information comprises information indicative of an impact of following the route, instead of the comparison route, on a cost parameter other than the user-selected cost parameter. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the comparative data comprises a graph showing a comparison of the route with the comparison route to demonstrate a value difference for the user-selected cost parameter between the route and the comparison route. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the graph is a cumulative distribution function plotting the user-selected cost parameter against a statistical percentage of a number of flights. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein providing the graphical representation of the guidance output further includes both the comparative data and the context information associated with the user-selected cost parameter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising generating a service charge based on a percentage of cost savings calculated between the route and at least one other route. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein providing the graphical representation comprises providing the comparative data and the context information from a module located on the aircraft, on a ground station, or at a remote location within an air-to-ground (ATG) network.