PLATFORM FOR AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SERVICES

• US 20130073419A1
• Filed: 11/10/2010
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH (Airbus SE)
• Inventors: Reitmann, Joerg, Marwedel, Stephan, Poupard, Matthieu
• Application Number:
  US13/508,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20130073419A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26.5
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 5/60 Testing or inspecting aircraft components or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization

Abstract

An integrated end-to-end maintenance platform for maintenance of an aircraft comprising a customer interface for selecting a customized service package including modular services of different aircraft maintenance service suppliers by means of a customer terminal having access to said maintenance platform via a communication network.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. An integrated end-to-end maintenance platform for maintenance of at least one aircraft, comprising:

a customer interface for selecting a customized service package including modular services of different aircraft maintenance service suppliers by means of a customer terminal of a customer having access to said maintenance platform via a communication network,

wherein said customer comprises an aircraft operator,

wherein the maintenance platform is implemented on at least one maintenance platform server connected to said communication network,

wherein said maintenance platform server is connected by means of a wireless link to a data monitoring and recording system of said aircraft,

wherein said data monitoring and recording system of said aircraft provides flight parameter data, usage data, and configuration data of said aircraft to said maintenance platform server,

wherein maintenance messages are provided by said monitoring and recording system of said aircraft in real time to said maintenance platform server,

wherein the maintenance message received from the aircraft is forwarded by the maintenance platform server to the operator of the respective aircraft, and

wherein the aircraft operator sends a maintenance request via the communication network to the maintenance platform server for selecting the customized service package.

13. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said maintenance platform server is connected to at least one database storing modular services provided by service suppliers, wherein said modular services are selected in response to one of a service query of a customer and in response to a detected condition of said aircraft.

14. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said modular services comprise at least:

maintenance information services, in particular providing access to aircraft fleet information databases and to technical documentation databases of said service suppliers;

information and decision support services, in particular diagnostic services, prognostic services and predictive maintenance planning services;

aircraft maintenance execution services;

remote maintenance services; and

aircraft configuration and/or status information services.

15. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said maintenance platform server performs a consistency check of the selected modular services.

16. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein a quality of the provided services is monitored by the platform server on the basis of feedback from the customer terminals received via said communication network.

17. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said service supplier comprises:

an original equipment manufacturer,

a maintenance, repair and overhaul organization, and

an Information System supplier.

18. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein the maintenance platform comprises a platform interface for each interactive service supplier module.

19. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said platform interface is formed by one of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) interface, by an AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol) interface, by a CORBA interface, by a JEE-interface, by an JMS interface and by a .NET interface.

20. The integrated end-to-end and maintenance according to claim 12, wherein each service module is integrated in that maintenance platform by one of:

directly via a corresponding platform interface of said service module or via an adapter having a platform interface and a module interface to that service module and

via a wrapper having a platform interface and embedding said service module.

21. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein each service module comprises a service name registered in a database of said maintenance platform.

22. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said customer terminal is provided within said aircraft and is connected to said communication network via a wired or wireless link.

23. The integrated end-to-end maintenance platform according to claim 12, wherein said customer terminal is a mobile device connected to said communication network via a wireless link.