Misconnect management systems and methods
AssigneeUS Airways, Inc.
InventorsIlhan Ince, Lourdmareddy Gumireddy, Noel Alfonso
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Abstract
A misconnect management system models the movement of passengers, bags, and crew through flights and airports. In various embodiments, a misconnect management system identifies potential misconnected passengers and provides recommendations and input configured to support decision makers, such as ramp controllers and operations controller, in evaluating hold/no hold decisions for a flight. Via use of the misconnect management system and associated methods, misconnected passenger numbers may be reduced, expenses associated with missed connections may be reduced, and organizational efficiency may be improved.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- modeling, by a processor for misconnect management, movement of a passenger through a transportation system;
- identifying, by the processor, the passenger as a misconnected passenger;
- determining, by the processor, a set of gate hold times for a first flight in the transportation system, wherein the first flight is associated with the misconnected passenger;
- and
- communicating, by the processor and to a user, the set of suggested gate hold times for the first flight.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor for misconnect management, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- modeling, by the processor, movement of a passenger through a transportation system;
- identifying, by the processor, the passenger as a misconnected passenger;
- determining, by the processor, a set of gate hold times for a first flight in the transportation system, wherein the first flight is associated with the misconnected passenger;
- and
- communicating, by the processor and to a user, the set of suggested gate hold times for the first flight.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.