ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,460, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Rockwell Collins Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).
"Digitally augmented VHF ATC communications" was invented by Kenneth K. Hamby (Melbourne Beach, Fla.) and James M. Mitchell (W Melbourne, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system are disclosed for communicating using both analog and digital transmissions on the same bandwidth. The method may include receiving a digital transmission and an analog transmission using a same/shared bandwidth. The method may include playing a digital audio of the digital transmission and an analog audio of the analog transmission using a same audio output. ...