Aircraft Information Management System
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- an existing aircraft node connected to a number of aircraft systems and a network in an aircraft network data processing system; and
an information agent located in the existing aircraft node, wherein the information agent is configured to provide access to information received by the existing aircraft node to other aircraft nodes in the aircraft network data processing system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus comprising an existing aircraft node and an information agent located in the existing aircraft node. The existing aircraft node is connected to a number of aircraft systems and a network in an aircraft network data processing system. The information agent is configured to provide access to information received by the existing aircraft node to other aircraft nodes in the aircraft network data processing system.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an existing aircraft node connected to a number of aircraft systems and a network in an aircraft network data processing system; and an information agent located in the existing aircraft node, wherein the information agent is configured to provide access to information received by the existing aircraft node to other aircraft nodes in the aircraft network data processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An apparatus comprising:
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an aircraft node configured to be located in an aircraft and communicate with a number of aircraft systems in the aircraft; and an information agent located in the aircraft node, wherein the information agent is configured to identify information received from the number of aircraft systems that correspond to a subscription for an application in a host aircraft node in the aircraft and send the information identified to the application in the host aircraft node. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An information management system comprising:
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an aircraft node configured to be located in an aircraft and communicate with a number of aircraft systems in the aircraft; a host aircraft node configured to communicate with the aircraft node; an information agent in the aircraft node, wherein the information agent is configured to identify information received from the number of aircraft systems that correspond to a request from the host aircraft node in the aircraft and send the information identified to the host aircraft node; and a manager located in the host aircraft node, wherein the manager is configured to process the information received from the information agent from the aircraft node and process the information received from the aircraft node. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for collecting information in an aircraft, the method comprising:
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identifying the information received from a number of aircraft systems at an aircraft node using a number of connections to the number of aircraft systems, wherein the information identified is requested information that is requested by an application in a host aircraft node; and sending the requested information to the application in the host aircraft node. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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