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System and method to activate avionics functions remotely

  • US 10,297,162 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2016
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for remotely enabling functions of a vehicle to be selectively activated during operation of the vehicle, comprising:

  • a vehicle communications system onboard the vehicle, the vehicle communications system configured to communicate with a remote operations center; and

    a vehicle control system coupled to the vehicle communications system for providing control, monitoring, and processing functions of the vehicle that can be enabled to be selectively activated during operation of the vehicle, the vehicle control system configured to;

    transmit, through the vehicle communications system, a request for enablement of one or more control, monitoring, and processing functions of the vehicle;

    receive, through the vehicle communications system, a function enablement key from the remote operations center in response to the request;

    based on the received function enablement key, enable one or more of the requested control, monitoring, and processing functions by unlocking the one or more control, monitoring, and processing functions to permit the enabled one or more control, monitoring, and processing functions to be selectively activated during operation of the vehicle; and

    transmit, through the vehicle communications system, confirmation data from the vehicle to the remote operations center, the confirmation data confirming enablement of the one or more control, monitoring, and processing functions.

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