ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,551, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to JOBY AERO INC. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Dynamic aircraft routing" was invented by Ian Andreas Villa (San Francisco), Thomas Prevot (San Jose, Calif.), John Conway Badalamenti (Six Mile, S.C.) and Mark Moore (Crossville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A request for transport services that identifies a rider, an origin, and a destination is received from a client device. Eligibility of the request to be serviced by a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is determined based on the origin and the destination. A transportation system determines a first and a second hub for a leg of the ...