SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FETCH AERONAUTICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK CENTER INFORMATION FROM NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS FOR AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A system for aircraft communications, the system comprising:
- an avionics processing unit onboard an aircraft;
a computing platform onboard the aircraft and in operative communication with the avionics processing unit, the computing platform hosting at least one application and one or more aircraft navigational charts with Air Traffic Control (ATC) center identifying information; and
an aircraft data network in operative communication with the computing platform;
wherein the avionics processing unit is operative to;
receive an ATC center facility designator input by a user or from another onboard avionics system; and
transmit the ATC center facility designator to the computing platform;
wherein the at least one application is operative to;
query the one or more aircraft navigational charts based on the ATC center facility designator to obtain corresponding ATC center identifying information; and
send the corresponding ATC center identifying information to the avionics processing unit.
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Abstract
A system for aircraft communications comprises an avionics processing unit onboard an aircraft, and a computing platform onboard the aircraft and in operative communication with the avionics processing unit. The computing platform hosts at least one application and one or more aircraft navigational charts with Air Traffic Control (ATC) center identifying information. An aircraft data network is also in operative communication with the computing platform. The avionics processing unit is operative to receive an ATC center facility designator input by a user or from another onboard avionics system, and to transmit the ATC center facility designator to the computing platform. The application is operative to query the aircraft navigational charts based on the ATC center facility designator to obtain corresponding ATC center identifying information, and to send the corresponding ATC center identifying information to the avionics processing unit.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for aircraft communications, the system comprising:
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an avionics processing unit onboard an aircraft; a computing platform onboard the aircraft and in operative communication with the avionics processing unit, the computing platform hosting at least one application and one or more aircraft navigational charts with Air Traffic Control (ATC) center identifying information; and an aircraft data network in operative communication with the computing platform; wherein the avionics processing unit is operative to; receive an ATC center facility designator input by a user or from another onboard avionics system; and transmit the ATC center facility designator to the computing platform; wherein the at least one application is operative to; query the one or more aircraft navigational charts based on the ATC center facility designator to obtain corresponding ATC center identifying information; and send the corresponding ATC center identifying information to the avionics processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for aircraft communications, the method comprising:
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entering an air traffic control (ATC) center facility designator into an avionics processing unit onboard an aircraft; transmitting the ATC center facility designator from the avionics processing unit to a computing platform onboard the aircraft, the computing platform hosting at least one application and one or more aircraft navigational charts with ATC center identifying information; querying the navigational charts with the at least one application to obtain ATC center identifying information for a corresponding ATC center name based on the ATC facility designator; and transmitting the ATC center identifying information from the computing platform to the avionics processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to perform a method for aircraft communications, the method comprising; entering an air traffic control (ATC) center facility designator into an avionics processing unit onboard an aircraft; transmitting the ATC center facility designator from the avionics processing unit to a computing platform onboard the aircraft, the computing platform hosting at least one application and one or more aircraft navigational charts with ATC center identifying information; querying the navigational charts with the at least one application to obtain ATC center identifying information for a corresponding ATC center name based on the ATC facility designator; and transmitting the ATC center identifying information from the computing platform to the avionics processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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