Patents by Inventor Gregory John Small

Gregory John Small has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10522045
    Abstract: A flight schedule disruption awareness system and method is configured to provide situational awareness of flight disruptions that affect a flight schedule for a plurality of flights. The flight schedule disruption awareness system includes a disruption determination control unit that is configured to receive a plurality of flight schedule update inputs related to flight schedule updates to the flight schedule. The disruption determination control unit determines a root cause flight disruption from the plurality of flight schedule update inputs. The root cause flight disruption affects flights of a plurality of aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Goran Stojkovic, Frank R. Morales, Peter Douglas Cornett
  • Patent number: 10467910
    Abstract: A flight schedule disruption awareness system is configured to provide situational awareness of flight disruptions that affect a flight schedule for one or more flights. The flight schedule disruption awareness system includes a disruption determination control unit that is configured to receive a plurality of flight schedule update inputs related to flight schedule updates to the flight schedule. The disruption determination control unit determines one or more flight disruptions from the plurality of flight schedule update inputs. A display is operatively coupled to the disruption determination control unit. The disruption determination control unit shows delays caused by the flight disruption(s) on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Goran Stojkovic, Frank R. Morales, Peter Douglas Cornett
  • Publication number: 20190080615
    Abstract: A flight schedule disruption awareness system and method is configured to provide situational awareness of flight disruptions that affect a flight schedule for a plurality of flights. The flight schedule disruption awareness system includes a disruption determination control unit that is configured to receive a plurality of flight schedule update inputs related to flight schedule updates to the flight schedule. The disruption determination control unit determines a root cause flight disruption from the plurality of flight schedule update inputs. The root cause flight disruption affects flights of a plurality of aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Goran Stojkovic, Frank R. Morales, Peter Douglas Cornett
  • Publication number: 20190080618
    Abstract: A flight schedule disruption awareness system is configured to provide situational awareness of flight disruptions that affect a flight schedule for one or more flights. The flight schedule disruption awareness system includes a disruption determination control unit that is configured to receive a plurality of flight schedule update inputs related to flight schedule updates to the flight schedule. The disruption determination control unit determines one or more flight disruptions from the plurality of flight schedule update inputs. A display is operatively coupled to the disruption determination control unit. The disruption determination control unit shows delays caused by the flight disruption(s) on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Goran Stojkovic, Frank R. Morales, Peter Douglas Cornett
  • Patent number: 9880863
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aircraft. A plurality of documents, each comprising corresponding unstructured text and each being from a different source, is received at a processor, a particular document being in the plurality of documents. The particular document is selected by the processor based on a policy. The corresponding unstructured text for the particular document is converted by the processor into a structured language. The structured language is compiled by the processor into rules for a rules engine comprising software stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The rules for the rules engine are parsed by the processor into a set of rules. The aircraft is constructed according to the set of rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Goran Stojkovic, Kent E. Young
  • Patent number: 9862501
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a real-time global view of airline operations situational awareness is provided. The method is implemented using a situational awareness server system in communication with client systems and data sources. The method includes gathering a plurality of situational awareness data from a plurality of data sources including real-time data, updating the situational awareness data based on one or more business rules, augmenting the updated situational awareness data based on historical data, and determining whether to generate one or more alerts based on the augmented situational awareness data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, James Lee Cantrell, Jr., Mark Hester, David Wendell Thompson
  • Publication number: 20170139903
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an aircraft. A plurality of documents, each comprising corresponding unstructured text and each being from a different source, is received at a processor, a particular document being in the plurality of documents. The particular document is selected by the processor based on a policy. The corresponding unstructured text for the particular document is converted by the processor into a structured language. The structured language is compiled by the processor into rules for a rules engine comprising software stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The rules for the rules engine are parsed by the processor into a set of rules. The aircraft is constructed according to the set of rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Goran Stojkovic, Kent E. Young
  • Publication number: 20160288920
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a real-time global view of airline operations situational awareness is provided. The method is implemented using a situational awareness server system in communication with client systems and data sources. The method includes gathering a plurality of situational awareness data from a plurality of data sources including real-time data, updating the situational awareness data based on one or more business rules, augmenting the updated situational awareness data based on historical data, and determining whether to generate one or more alerts based on the augmented situational awareness data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, James Lee Cantrell, JR., Mark Hester, David Wendell Thompson
  • Patent number: 8645148
    Abstract: A method for integrating airplane operation related services provided by ground-based systems is described. The method includes receiving information from a plurality of airplane service functions, the airplane service functions including airlines, airplanes, regulatory authorities, maintenance repair organizations, and aircraft manufacturers, the received information relating to airplane operation. The method further includes determining which of the received airplane operation information is applicable to each of the airplane service functions, and distributing the applicable airplane operation information to each of the airplane service functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Jayanth Mysore Srinivasamurthy, Kim Van Wyck Gould, Lee S. Hall
  • Publication number: 20080162155
    Abstract: A method for integrating airplane operation related services provided by ground-based systems is described. The method includes receiving information from a plurality of airplane service functions, the airplane service functions including airlines, airplanes, regulatory authorities, maintenance repair organizations, and aircraft manufacturers, the received information relating to airplane operation. The method further includes determining which of the received airplane operation information is applicable to each of the airplane service functions, and distributing the applicable airplane operation information to each of the airplane service functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory John Small, Jayanth Mysore-Srinivasamurthy, Kim Van Wyck Gould, Lee S. Hall