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Aircraft maintenance program manager
Assignee: FLEETMX AVIATION SOLUTIONS Inc
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Filing: 2000-12-01
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Granted: 2003-08-12
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Expires: 2020-12-01
Abstract
Abstract A system for managing an aircraft maintenance program for an aircraft operated by an operator includes means for extracting maintenance tasks for the aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, means for sorting the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points, and means for guiding the airline operator to organize the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups.
Inventors
- 👤 Barry Sinex
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-29 23:43
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/06; G06Q10/02; G06Q10/025; G06Q10/08; G06Q10/087; G06Q10/0875; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/109; G06Q10/1097; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/08; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/12; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P90/00; Y02P90/80; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952; Y10S707/99953; Y10S707/99955
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for managing an aircraft maintenance program for an aircraft operated by an operator, the method comprising: extracting maintenance tasks for the aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, each maintenance task having a control point which specifies an interval at which the maintenance task is to be performed; sorting the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points; guiding the airline operator to organize the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups; and guiding the airline operator in assigning user-specified control points for each of the plurality of maintenance task groups.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
104 words
A method for managing an aircraft maintenance program for an aircraft operated by an operator, the method comprising: extracting maintenance tasks for the aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, each maintenance task having a control point which specifies an interval at which the maintenance task is to be performed; sorting the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points; guiding the airline operator to organize the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups; and guiding the airline operator in assigning user-specified control points for each of the plurality of maintenance task groups.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one aircraft maintenance document comprises a Maintenance Review Board document.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 and further comprising the step: alerting the airline operator of any tasks having a control point less than the user-specified control point for the maintenance task group in which the task is grouped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
The method of claim 1 and further comprising: tracking accumulated usage data of the aircraft; tracking task accomplishment data for each maintenance task; determining a maintenance due point for each maintenance task, the maintenance due point being based upon the control point and the accomplishment data of the maintenance task; identifying maintenance due tasks as those maintenance tasks for which a difference between the maintenance due point of the maintenance task and the accumulated usage data of the aircraft is less than a user-defined critical value; and reporting maintenance due tasks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the task accomplishment data includes a maintenance date on which the maintenance task was completed, as well as a number of flight hours and flight cycles accumulated on the aircraft by the maintenance date.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the method is operated over a communication medium operably connected to a plurality of input/output devices each having means for inputting and outputting information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the communication medium is a digital communications network.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
105 words
A system for managing an aircraft maintenance program for an aircraft operated by an operator, the system comprising: means for extracting maintenance tasks for the aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, each maintenance task having a control point which specifies an interval at which the maintenance task is to be performed; means for sorting the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points; and means for guiding the airline operator to organize the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups, each of the plurality of maintenance task groups having a user-assigned control point.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
105 words
A system for managing an aircraft maintenance program for an aircraft operated by an operator, the system comprising: means for extracting maintenance tasks for the aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, each maintenance task having a control point which specifies an interval at which the maintenance task is to be performed; means for sorting the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points; and means for guiding the airline operator to organize the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups, each of the plurality of maintenance task groups having a user-assigned control point.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 8 wherein the at least one aircraft maintenance document comprises a Maintenance Review Board document.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 8 and further comprising: means for alerting the airline operator of any tasks which have a control point less than the user-specified control point for the maintenance task group in which the task is grouped.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
101 words
The system of claim 8 and further comprising: means for tracking accumulated usage data of the aircraft; means for tracking task accomplishment data for each maintenance task; means for determining a maintenance due point for each maintenance task, the maintenance due point being based upon the control point and the accomplishment data of the maintenance task; means for identifying maintenance due tasks as those maintenance tasks for which a difference between the maintenance due point of the maintenance task and the accumulated usage data of the aircraft is less than a user-defined critical value; and means for reporting maintenance due tasks.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 8 wherein the task accomplishment data includes a maintenance date on which the maintenance task was completed, as well as a number of flight hours and flight cycles accumulated on the aircraft by the maintenance date.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 8 wherein the system is implemented over a communication medium operably connected to a plurality of input/output devices each having means for inputting and outputting information.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 13 wherein the communication medium is the digital communication network.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
117 words
A system for managing an aircraft maintenance program for a fleet of aircraft owned by an operator, the system comprising: means for extracting maintenance tasks for each type of aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, each maintenance task having a control point which specifies an interval at which the maintenance task is to be performed; means for sorting, for each aircraft type, the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points; and means for guiding the airline operator to organize, for each aircraft type, the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups, each of the plurality of maintenance task groups having a user-assigned control point.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
117 words
A system for managing an aircraft maintenance program for a fleet of aircraft owned by an operator, the system comprising: means for extracting maintenance tasks for each type of aircraft from at least one aircraft maintenance document, each maintenance task having a control point which specifies an interval at which the maintenance task is to be performed; means for sorting, for each aircraft type, the maintenance tasks into initial maintenance task groups having common control points; and means for guiding the airline operator to organize, for each aircraft type, the maintenance tasks and initial maintenance task groups into a plurality of maintenance task groups, each of the plurality of maintenance task groups having a user-assigned control point.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 15 wherein the at least one aircraft maintenance document comprises a Maintenance Review Board document.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 15 and further comprising: means for alerting the airline operator of any tasks which have a control point less than the user-specified control point for the maintenance task group in which the task is grouped.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
106 words
The system of claim 15 and further comprising: means for tracking accumulated usage data of the aircraft in the fleet of aircraft; means for tracking task accomplishment data for each maintenance task; means for determining a maintenance due point for each maintenance task, the maintenance due point being based upon the control point and the accomplishment data of the maintenance task; means for identifying maintenance due tasks as those maintenance tasks for which a difference between the maintenance due point of the maintenance task and the accumulated usage data of the aircraft is less than a user-defined critical value; and means for reporting maintenance due tasks.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 15 wherein the system is implemented over a communication medium operably connected to a plurality of input/output devices each having means for inputting and outputting information.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 19 wherein the communication medium is the digital communication network.
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