ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,961, issued on May 12, was assigned to GE Aviation Systems LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Map-based trip trajectory and data integration system" was invented by Richard Eddy Pineo (Portland, Ore.), Kyle James Pope (Portland, Ore.), Megan Zoe Potter (Portland, Ore.), Austin David McDaniel (Austin, Texas) and Kristopher Evans Adler (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for mapping trip trajectories include identifying one or more vehicle trips (e.g., aircraft flights). One or more trajectory configurations associated with at least a portion of each vehicle trip can be identified, and location data associ...