US Patent Issued to The Boeing on Nov. 3 for "Inbound traffic alert" (Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,601, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Inbound traffic alert" was invented by Lance Olney (Arlington, Mass.), David Henriksen (Fort Collins, Colo.), Richard Nagle (Litchfield, Maine) and Cole Newton Crawford (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing an inbound traffic alert comprises receiving location sensor data for the aircraft. Location data is also received for target traffic. Based on the location sensor data for the aircraft, a location, a speed, and a direction of travel are determined for the aircraft. A location, a speed, and a direction of travel are determined fo...