Drone air traffic control and flight plan management

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United States of America

PATENT NO 11217106
APP PUB NO 20200035111A1
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16588920

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One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a flight plan request for a drone. The flight plan request comprises a drone identity, departure information, and arrival information. The method further comprises constructing a modified flight plan for the drone based on the flight plan request, wherein the modified flight plan represents an approved, congestion reducing, and executable flight plan for the drone, and the modified flight plan comprises a sequence of four-dimensional (4D) cells representing a planned flight path for the drone. For each 4D cell of the modified flight plan, the method further comprises attempting to place an exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, and in response to a failure to place the exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, rerouting the modified flight plan around the 4D cell to a random neighboring 4D cell.

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DOORDASH INC303 2ND STREET SUITE 800 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Butler, Eric K San Jose, US 26 354
Chandra, Anca A Los Gatos, US 30 259
Chowdhary, Pawan R San Jose, US 48 620
Glissmann-Hochstein, Susanne M Berlin, DE 8 71
Griffin, Thomas D Campbell, US 32 491
Jadav, Divyesh San Jose, US 70 2114
Lee, Sunhwan San Mateo, US 45 319
Strong,, Jr Hovey R San Jose, US 38 329

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