Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Donovan

Timothy P. Donovan 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: 10497269
    Abstract: A management software is provided for assisting air traffic control personnel with planning and monitoring aircraft departures and arrivals with regards to one or more airspaces, such as a terminal airspace predefined about an airport. Airspace output data structures are generated by an algorithm included in the management software and coded to a non-transitory computer-readable medium. A system for returning the airspace output data structures includes the management software, the medium, and a processor for executing computer code of the software. The airspace output data structures may include one or more of (a) modeled trajectories based in part on predetermined preferences provided by airline vendors, (b) adjusted departure times for departing aircraft, and (c) departing and arriving trajectory adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Publication number: 20170352281
    Abstract: A management software is provided for assisting air traffic control personnel with planning and monitoring aircraft departures and arrivals with regards to one or more airspaces, such as a terminal airspace predefined about an airport. Airspace output data structures are generated by an algorithm included in the management software and coded to a non-transitory computer-readable medium. A system for returning the airspace output data structures includes the management software, the medium, and a processor for executing computer code of the software. The airspace output data structures may include one or more of (a) modeled trajectories based in part on predetermined preferences provided by airline vendors, (b) adjusted departure times for departing aircraft, and (c) departing and arriving trajectory adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Publication number: 20160210868
    Abstract: A runway management software for assisting air traffic control personnel by returning an integrated runway schedule data item including both estimated arrival and departure times and estimated runways for both arrivals and departures of current active and future flights, and on a flight by flight basis. The information is provided in the form of the runway schedule data item which is generated by an algorithm included in the runway management software and coded to a non-transitory computer-readable medium. A system for returning the runway schedule data item includes the runway management software, the medium, and a processor for executing computer code of the software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Publication number: 20120154199
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes sending an interrogation request using an omni-directional antenna at a secondary surveillance radar, receiving, from responding aircraft, interrogation responses comprising identity and altitude, determining a distance to each of the responding aircraft based on a time the interrogation request was sent and a time an interrogation response was received, receiving, from a primary radar, positions of tracks, correlating the distances of each responding aircraft with the positions of the tracks to form a set of candidates by position; and sending identity, altitude and position of a track if there is one candidate from the set of candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Patent number: 8138964
    Abstract: In one aspect, an air and ground vehicle tracking system includes a base station configured to transmit locations of air vehicles to a radio and a GPS receiver disposed in a ground vehicle and configured to derive a location of the ground vehicle. The radio is configured to receive locations of air vehicles, receive locations of other ground vehicles and broadcast a location of the ground vehicle to the base station. The system also includes a display configured to render locations of the air and ground vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Patent number: 8130135
    Abstract: A system and technique to derive a position of a non-ADSB equipped aircraft using ADS-B information provided from an ADSB equipped aircraft and bi-static radar processing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Publication number: 20100090882
    Abstract: A system and technique to derive a position of a non-ADSB equipped aircraft using ADS-B information provided from an ADSB equipped aircraft and bi-static radar processing techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan
  • Publication number: 20100090891
    Abstract: In one aspect, an air and ground vehicle tracking system includes a base station configured to transmit locations of air vehicles to a radio and a GPS receiver disposed in a ground vehicle and configured to derive a location of the ground vehicle. The radio is configured to receive locations of air vehicles, receive locations of other ground vehicles and broadcast a location of the ground vehicle to the base station. The system also includes a display configured to render locations of the air and ground vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Timothy P. Donovan