ADS-B Boundary Tracking for Aircraft Facility Fee Capture

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Solution Overview

Problem

FBOs often fail to track aircraft presence within their boundaries, leading to missed fee collections and lost revenues due to manual reporting inefficiencies and lack of real-time monitoring.

Innovation Solution

A tool integrating ADS-B data with facility boundaries to automatically record aircraft positions, calculate time within the boundary, and process fees, using programmable applications to determine aircraft parameters and trigger fee calculations or marketing activities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual tracking and reporting by FBO personnel is used, then operational simplicity is maintained, but tracking accuracy and revenue collection are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetracking accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical tracking systems with an automated electronic system that uses ADS-B transmitters and receivers to automatically detect and track aircraft positions, eliminating the need for manual observation and data entry while significantly improving tracking accuracy

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service tracking where the aircraft's own ADS-B transmitter provides the data, and the automated comparison system independently determines boundary violations and triggers fee calculations without requiring FBO personnel intervention

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If real-time automated monitoring is implemented, then revenue collection is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverevenue collection efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses multi-functional ADS-B technology that serves both aircraft navigation and facility monitoring purposes, allowing the same transmitter and receiver infrastructure to support multiple operations including tracking, boundary detection, and fee calculation across different facility types

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining facility boundaries and automatically comparing aircraft positions against these boundaries in real-time, enabling proactive detection of boundary violations before fees are due and automating the entire fee calculation process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of energy

If manual fee assessment is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but revenue loss occurs due to undetected aircraft presence

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverevenue lossVSAvoidautomation level

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of energyVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements continuous feedback by constantly monitoring aircraft positions via ADS-B signals, automatically comparing them against facility boundaries, and triggering fee assessment when boundary violations are detected, ensuring no revenue is lost due to undetected aircraft presence

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual fee assessment with an automated electronic system that uses ADS-B data and boundary comparison algorithms to automatically determine when fees are due, eliminating human error and ensuring consistent revenue collection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12480783B2Method and system tool for aircraft facility access capture

Publication Date: 2025.11.25 NELSON JOHN ROBERT WINFRED

AI summary

Method and system tool for capturing aircraft position information on the ground using ADS-B message data to provide location data and comparing the location data to stored boundary information content in real-time on a computer processor based system, using location data as a primary input.