METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMPLEMENTING DATA LOAD PROTOCOLS

• US 20140059242A1
• Filed: 10/16/2012
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited (GE Aerospace)
• Original Assignee: GE Aviation Systems Limited (GE Aerospace)
• Inventors: Wood, Timothy John, Walker, Randal Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/652,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

A system and method uses a proxy device to enable use of a standard data load protocol to load data to a target device that is incompatible with the standard data load protocol.

Claims

1. A system for loading data into a target device using a standard data load communication protocol where the target device is incompatible with the standard data load communication protocol comprising:

a media repository for storing data;

a data loader configured to transmit data using a standard data load communication protocol;

a target device configured to communicate using a proprietary data load protocol native to the target device that is incompatible with the standard data load communication protocol; and

a proxy device intermediate the data loader and the target device wherein the proxy device is configured to receive, validate and translate the standard data load communication protocol into the proprietary data load protocol.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the intermediate proxy device comprises a data load protocol agent that interacts with the standard data load communication protocol.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the intermediate proxy device comprises a data manager that provides one of intermediate data storage and formatting to map between data load formatting and data formats required by the target device.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the intermediate proxy device comprises a target protocol agent that interacts with the target devices to transfer data using the proprietary data load protocol.

5. A method of loading data into a target device using a standard data load communication protocol where the target device is incompatible with the standard data load communication protocol, the method comprising:

retrieving data from a media repository;

downloading the data to an intermediate proxy device using a standard data load communication protocol;

configuring the data for transmission using a proprietary data load protocol native of a target device that is incompatible with the standard data load communication protocol; and

transmitting the data to the target device using the proprietary data load protocol.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein configuring the data for transmission comprises translating the standard data load communication protocol into the proprietary data load protocol.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein configuring the data for transmission comprises storing the data in a data manger.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein configuring the data for transmission comprises formatting to map between data load formatting of the media repository and data formats required by the target device.