Federated UAS Airspace Database for Public Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) lack a comprehensive framework for accountability and public visibility, making it difficult to monitor and enforce airspace rules, as there is no standardized method to trace UAS operations back to their owners, thereby compromising safety and regulatory compliance.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising UAS service supplier computing systems that maintain an airspace-wide database using unique UAS identifiers, allowing for public access to operation data while protecting owner privacy through a federated architecture that links UAS identifiers to owner information, enabling public visibility and enhanced monitoring and enforcement capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a centralized database system is used to track UAS operations, then public visibility and accountability are improved, but system complexity and single points of failure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the centralized database system into multiple distributed UAS Service Supplier (USS) computing systems, each maintaining its own airspace-wide database. This segmentation eliminates single points of failure while distributing the burden of public visibility across multiple independent nodes, resolving the contradiction between improved information tracking and reduced system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Each USS computing system maintains a copy of the airspace-wide UAS database, ensuring that public visibility and accountability information is replicated across multiple locations. This copying approach provides redundancy and eliminates single points of failure while maintaining consistent public access to UAS operation data.
2Loss of information
If owner information is made publicly accessible, then accountability is improved, but owner privacy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a federated architecture with publicly accessible application interfaces that act as intermediaries between the public and owner information. These interfaces provide necessary accountability and traceability by displaying UAS operation data and unique identifiers without exposing sensitive personal information, thus resolving the contradiction between public accountability and owner privacy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and displays only the necessary public information (UAS operation data, unique identifiers, and operational status) while separating out sensitive owner information. This extraction approach provides public visibility and accountability for UAS operations without compromising owner privacy by keeping personal details out of public view.
3Ease of operation
If data is stored centrally for easy access, then public accessibility is improved, but system reliability decreases due to single points of failure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized data storage into multiple distributed USS computing systems, each maintaining its own airspace-wide database. This segmentation provides fault tolerance by eliminating single points of failure while maintaining public accessibility through multiple access points, resolving the contradiction between ease of access and system reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
Each USS computing system maintains local copies of the airspace-wide database, enabling public access to UAS operation data without requiring connection to a single centralized server. This local quality approach ensures that data accessibility is maintained even if other systems fail, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability.
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AI summary
Described herein is a system comprising (a) a UAS registry including a plurality of IMS accounts each including owner information data and a unique UAS identifier, (b) a plurality of OAS registration computing systems operable to create OAS accounts tor the UAS registry, (c) a plurality of USS computing systems that each provide service to one of a plurality of service areas within an airspace, wherein each USS computing system is operable to: (i) receive, from UAS operators, operation data for UASs operating in the service area served, by the USS computing system, (ii) receive, tram the other OSS computing systems for the airspace, operation data for UASs operating in the other service areas served the other USS confuting systems, (iii) combine the operation, data received from the UAS operators for the corresponding service area, with the operation data received from the other OSS computing systems for the other service areas in the airspace, to maintain an airspace-wide. UAS database, and (iv) provide a publicly accessible application interface for obtaining airspace data based on the UAS database.