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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Eric T. Ringer, Portland, OR (US);
Mark B. Nelson, Portland, OR (US);
Charles E. Fiedler, III, Portland, OR (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An example device includes one or more memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to receive a request to authorize a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), wherein the UAV is locked by a locking mechanism until the flight is authorized and the request includes flight information that identifies a location of the flight, and a pilot identifier of a pilot of the flight; obtain a pilot certification of the pilot based on the pilot identifier; identify a first flight regulation of a flight regulation system, wherein the first flight regulation includes information identifying a threshold pilot certification to pilot the UAV at the location; determine whether the pilot certification of the pilot satisfies the threshold pilot certification to pilot the UAV at the location; and when the pilot certification of the pilot satisfies the threshold pilot certification to pilot the UAV at the location, provide a key to unlock the UAV to permit the flight of the UAV to commence.