ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,656, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Alternate destination management and selection" was invented by Maxim Constantijn Vos (Madrid), Daniel Ramiro Rebollo (Madrid) and David Rubio Mota (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for alternate destination selection and management onboard a vehicle. The alternate destination selection includes receiving, at a vehicle management system (VMS) an alternate destination request selecting and determining a plurality of navigation estimates based on the request and updating the VMS according to the alternate destination and the plu...