PROVIDING AN OPEN INTERFACE TO A FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20190311632A1
• Filed: 12/21/2018
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC (GE Aerospace)
• Original Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC (GE Aerospace)
• Inventors: Hochwarth, Joachim Karl Ulf, Jones, Kevin John
• Granted Patent: US 10,991,255 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/953 Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0039 Modification of a flight plan
• 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: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

Providing an open interface to a navigation system is provided herein. A single partition (or more than one partition) of a partitioned operating system can be utilized to provide connectivity between a navigation system and one or more user equipment devices. Thus, the navigation system and the one or more user equipment devices can be communicatively coupled via the at least one partition. Further, a Software Development Kit (SDK) can be configured to enable bi-directional communication between the navigation system and the one or more user equipment devices. In addition, the SDK can provide security for the navigation system when communicating with the one or more user equipment devices.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one memory that stores executable components; and

at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least one memory, that executes the executable components, wherein the executable components comprise;

an integration component that genericizes a naming of a data structure of a navigation system;

a security component that facilitates enablement of an application that supports bi-directional communication between a remote device and the navigation system; and

a communication component that facilitates the bi-directional communication between the remote device and the navigation system, wherein the security component utilizes the data structure naming genericized by the integration component, and wherein the security component interfaces with a developer component integrated within a partition of a partitioned operating system, and wherein the remote device is a portable electronic device external to the navigation system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the partition system is a single partition of a partition environment that comprises a plurality of partitions, and wherein the partition provides connectivity between the navigation system and the portable electronic device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the partition of the navigation system comprises a partition memory that is independent of respective partition memories of the plurality of partitions.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the security component authenticates the remote device prior to implementing the bi-directional communication, and wherein the security component is implemented as a software development kit.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication component facilitates sending one or more requests to the navigation system.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more requests comprise at least an edit request that comprises a modification to data of a flight plan stored by the navigation system, and wherein the flight plan comprises information for prediction of a four-dimensional trajectory of an aircraft.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more requests comprise at least a query request, wherein the query request comprises a request for an on-demand performance calculation of an aircraft.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more requests comprise at least a query request, wherein the query request comprises a request for a trajectory determination for a flight plan segment associated with an aircraft.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more requests comprise at least a query request, wherein the query request comprises a search for data in a database stored within the navigation system.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the navigation system is associated with an aircraft, and wherein the remote device is located on the ground while the aircraft is in flight.

11. A method, comprising:

genericizing, by a system comprising a processor, a naming of a data structure of a navigation system; and

facilitating, by the system, development of an application that enables bi-directional communication between a remote device and the navigation system based on a utilization of the data structure naming genericized and comprising interfacing with a partition of the navigation system.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

authenticating, by the system, the remote device prior to implementation of the bi-directional communication between the remote device and the navigation system.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

sending, by the system, one or more requests to the navigation system, wherein the one or more requests comprise an edit request, a query request, or combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the edit request comprises a modification to data of a flight plan stored by the navigation system, and wherein the flight plan comprises information for prediction of a four-dimensional trajectory of an aircraft.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the partition is a single partition of a partition environment that comprises a plurality of partitions, and wherein the partition facilitates connectivity between the navigation system and the remote device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the partition of the navigation system comprises a partition memory that is independent of respective partition memories of the plurality of partitions.

17. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

facilitating bi-directional communication between a remote device and a navigation system based on enablement of an application that supports the bi-directional communication between the remote device and the navigation system;

placing information received from the remote device into a dedicated partition of a partition environment associated with the navigation system; and

selectively applying the information received from the remote device to the navigation system based on acceptance confirmation of the information.

18. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the selectively applying the information comprises moving the information from the dedicated partition to an active flight plan of the navigation system.

19. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the remote device is a portable electronic device external to the navigation system.

20. The computer readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the dedicated partition is a single partition of the partition environment, and wherein the dedicated partition is segregated from other partitions of the partition environment.