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US 2008/0186222 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus to contact aircraft
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorEric G. Rolfe
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to alert a pilot in an aircraft of certain conditions, such as airspace violations. In one embodiments a system uniquely identifies aircraft and send a message to alert the pilot to contact air traffic control on a selected frequency.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving identifying information for an aircraft;
- assigning a unique identity to an aircraft based upon the received identifying information;
- broadcasting a message containing the unique identify of the aircraft to alert a pilot of the aircraft to contact a designated entity over a selected frequency.
A method, comprising:
- broadcasting identifying information for an aircraft by the aircraft to enable a ground station to assign a unique identity to an aircraft based upon the received identifying information;
- receiving message broadcast by the ground station containing the unique identify of the aircraft to alert a pilot of the aircraft to contact a designated entity over a selected frequency.
A system, comprising:
- an ID module to store unique identifying information for aircraft;
- an interface module to communicate with the aircraft;
- a threat assessment module to generate a message for broadcast containing a unique identify of a first one of the aircraft in airspace violation to alert a pilot of the aircraft to contact a designated entity over a selected frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.