ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,142, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to AVIATION CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).
"Status reporting system for aircraft" was invented by Neil Butara (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Scott Beale (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) and Lance Warren (Mayfield Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft analysis application retrieves transponder data that is output by a transponder mounted on an aircraft. The transponder data is indicative of locations of the aircraft over a period of time. The aircraft analysis application maps the locations of the aircraft indicated by the transponder to a jurisdictional map identifying bounda...