Aircraft avionics maintenance diagnostics data download transmission system
First Claim
1. An aircraft maintenance data transmission system, comprising:
- an aircraft having an avionics system and a communications unit, wherein the avionics system comprises a plurality of line replaceable units, and wherein the communications unit is connected to each line replaceable;
a cellular infrastructure in communication with said communications unit after the aircraft has landed, wherein the communication is initiated automatically upon the landing of the aircraft; and
a data reception unit connected to the cellular infrastructure.
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Abstract
The present invention resides in a system, method and an article of manufacture for transmitting maintenance and diagnostic data from an aircraft. The system comprises an aircraft, a cellular infrastructures and a data reception unit. The aircraft has an avionics system and a communications unit. The avionics system comprises a plurality of line replaceable units, and the communications unit is connected to each line replaceable, unit. The cellular infrastructure is in communication with said communications unit after the aircraft has landed. The communication is initiated automatically upon the landing of the aircraft. The data reception unit is connected to the cellular infrastructure.
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36 Claims
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1. An aircraft maintenance data transmission system, comprising:
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an aircraft having an avionics system and a communications unit, wherein the avionics system comprises a plurality of line replaceable units, and wherein the communications unit is connected to each line replaceable;
a cellular infrastructure in communication with said communications unit after the aircraft has landed, wherein the communication is initiated automatically upon the landing of the aircraft; and
a data reception unit connected to the cellular infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An aircraft maintenance data system, comprising:
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an avionics system that comprises a plurality of line replaceable units;
an avionics input/output interface that is connected each of the line replaceable units;
a processor that is connected to the avionics input/output interface;
a multi-port serial card that is connected to the processor; and
a plurality of cell channels connected to the multi port serial card, said cell channels for transmitting data via a cellular infrastructure after the aircraft has landed, wherein the communication between the cell channels and the multi port serial card is automatically initiated upon the landing of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An aircraft, comprising:
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an avionics system having a plurality of line replaceable units, and a communications unit connected to each of the line replaceable units, comprising;
an avionics input/output interface;
a processor connected to the avionics input/output interface;
a multi-port serial card connected to the processor; and
a plurality of cell channels connected to the multi port serial card, said cell channels for transmitting data via a cellular infrastructure after the aircraft has landed, wherein the communication between the cell channels and the multi port serial card is automatically initiated upon the landing of the aircraft.
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18. An aircraft data transmission system, the aircraft having an avionics system, comprising:
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means for transmitting data from the avionics system via a cellular infrastructure after the aircraft has landed, wherein the transmission of the data is initiated automatically upon landing of the aircraft; and
means for receiving said data from said cellular infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 26)
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21. A method of transmitting maintenance and diagnostic data from an aircraft, comprising:
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at the aircraft, receiving the maintenance and diagnostic data from a plurality line replaceable units;
transmitting the maintenance and diagnostic data via a cellular communications infrastructure after the aircraft has landed, wherein the cellular communications infrastructure is accessed automatically upon landing of the aircraft; and
at a data reception unit, receiving the transmitted maintenance and diagnostic data.
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22. A method of transmitting maintenance and diagnostic data from an avionics system located on an aircraft, comprising:
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receiving the maintenance and diagnostic data from a plurality of line replaceable units;
processing maintenance and diagnostic data; and
transmitting the processed maintenance and diagnostic data via a cellular infrastructure after the aircraft has landed, wherein the cellular infrastructure is accessed automatically upon landing of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 27)
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28. A method of transmitting maintenance and diagnostic data from an aircraft, comprising:
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receiving data from a plurality of line replaceable units;
processing the data; and
transmitting the processed data via a cellular infrastructure after the aircraft has landed, wherein processing said data includes;
receiving a signal which indicates that the data transmission process can begin;
initiating a data transfer;
compressing said data;
encrypting said compressed data;
creating a packet queue;
starting a primary data thread;
waiting a predetermined period of time;
determining if any threads are active;
repeating, when threads are active, the steps of waiting a predetermined period of time and determining if any threads are active; and
exiting processing said data when no threads are active. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-implemented method of transmitting maintenance and diagnostic data from an aircraft, comprising:
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receiving the maintenance and diagnostic data from a plurality of line replaceable units;
processing the maintenance and diagnostic data; and
transmitting the processed data via a cellular infrastructure after the aircraft has landed; and
receiving the transmitted data at a flight operations center, wherein receiving said transmitted data includes;
creating a socket;
receiving a message;
determining if said message is an initialization message;
initiating a session when said message is an initialization message;
determining if said message is a data message when said message is not an initialization message;
processing said message when said message is a data message;
determining if said message is an end session when said message is not a data message;
processing said message when said message is an end session; and
repeating, when said message is not an end session message, the step of receiving a message. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. An article of manufacture comprising a computer program carrier, readable by a processor and embodying one or more instructions executable by the processor to perform the method of transmitting maintenance and diagnostic data from an avionics system located on an aircraft, the method comprising:
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receiving maintenance and diagnostic data from a plurality of line replaceable units;
processing said maintenance and diagnostic data to prepare said data for transmission; and
transmitting said processed data via a cellular infrastructure when said aircraft has landed, wherein the cellular infrastructure is accessed automatically upon landing of the aircraft.
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