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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
Peter G. Finn, Brampton, CA;
Carl P. Gusler, Austin, TX (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Peter G. Finn, Brampton, CA;
Carl P. Gusler, Austin, TX (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Airport ground traffic management methods, program products and systems provided for a plurality of tags or tag readers distributed throughout an airport each spaced greater than a tag reader scanning distance. A traveling apparatus brings a tag proximate to a tag reader and a traffic manager in communication with the tag reader receives tag data and determines an apparatus location characteristic and formats the characteristic into a presentation provided to an apparatus operator or an airport ground traffic controller. Campus regions are identified in response to an airport campus function characteristic, and an apparatus location is plotted within a region on a graphic representation. In response to location, speed, historic data, data from other read tag and the location of another apparatus, a determined course of action is determined including entering a movement directive into an auto-pilot component.