ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,783, issued on Nov. 25.

"Method and system tool for aircraft facility access capture" was invented by John Robert-Winfred Nelson (Port Orange, Fla.) and Levi D. Coblentz (New Smyrna Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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."

The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/181,334.

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