ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,322, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLC (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Method for auto populating flight status in event of aircraft emergency" was invented by Christopher Michael Rippe (Arvada, Colo.) and Todd A. Krawcyzk (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for retrieving flight data in a medical emergency includes receiving, by one or more processors of a first user device and via an application programming interface, an indication of a medical emergency aboard an aircraft; retrieving, by the one or more processors and responsive to receiving the indication of the medical eme...