METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH AN AVIONICS BOX VIA TEXT MESSAGING

• US 20100048202A1
• Filed: 08/25/2008
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Original Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Scheid, Paul Raymond, Beacham, William H. Jr., Mattei, David M.
• Application Number:
  US12/197,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20100048202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/431
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

An example method of communicating with an aircraft includes receiving a text message with an aircraft avionics box and initiating an operation with the aircraft avionics box based on the text message.

Claims

1. A method of communicating with an aircraft, comprising:

receiving a text message with an aircraft avionics box; and

initiating an operation with the aircraft avionics box based on the text message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message is a short message service communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the aircraft avionics box includes a cellular modem operative to receive the text message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the cellular modem is operative to send a second text message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the aircraft avionics box receives the text message from a cellular device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the text message is selected from a list of multiple text messages stored on a cellular device.

7. An avionics box for an aircraft, comprising:

an avionics box operative to receive a text message and to initiate an aircraft system operation based on the text message.

8. The avionics box of claim 7, wherein the text message is a short message service communication.

9. The avionics box of claim 7, wherein the text message is a cellular short message service communication.

10. The avionics box of claim 7, including a cellular modem operative to receive text message.

11. The avionics box of claim 7, wherein the avionics box is operative to send a text message.

12. The avionics box of claim 7, wherein the avionics box is operative to receive the text message from a cellular telephone.

13. An aircraft communication system, comprising:

an avionics box mountable within an aircraft;

a cellular modem function of the avionics box; and

a portable unit operative to communicate with the cellular modem function, wherein the portable unit and the cellular modem portion communicate using a text message.

14. The aircraft communication system of claim 13, wherein the text message is a short message service communication.

15. The aircraft communication system of claim 13, wherein the avionics box is operative to receive very high frequency communications.

16. The aircraft communication system of claim 13, wherein the portable unit is a cellular telephone.