Display definitions interface for avionics communications systems
First Claim
1. A method for displaying data in an avionics communications system, the method comprising:
- generating an Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC) 661 definition file and a user database from one or more user-defined inputs for a communications management function of an aircraft, the user database comprising a widget reference table of display objects for the one or more user-defined inputs and a display object file;
accessing the widget reference table of the user database to link one or more display attribute objects with the ARINC 661 definition file to convey information relating the one or more user-defined inputs with at least one display of the aircraft; and
based on user interactions with the at least one display, updating display data of the at least one display using the contents of the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database;
wherein generating the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database further comprises creating the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database in a ground-based software tool in operative communications with the communications management function;
wherein creating the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database in the ground-based software tool further comprises;
allocating the ARINC 661 definition file to a common display system in the aircraft; and
allocating the user database to the communications management function.
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Abstract
A method for displaying data in an avionics communications system is disclosed. The method generates an ARINC 661 definition file and a user database from one or more user-defined inputs for a communications management function of an aircraft. To convey information relating the one or more user-defined inputs with at least one display of the aircraft, the method links one or more display attributes of the user database with the ARINC 661 definition file. Based on user interactions with the at least one display, the method updates display data of the at least one display using the contents of the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database.
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1. A method for displaying data in an avionics communications system, the method comprising:
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generating an Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC) 661 definition file and a user database from one or more user-defined inputs for a communications management function of an aircraft, the user database comprising a widget reference table of display objects for the one or more user-defined inputs and a display object file; accessing the widget reference table of the user database to link one or more display attribute objects with the ARINC 661 definition file to convey information relating the one or more user-defined inputs with at least one display of the aircraft; and based on user interactions with the at least one display, updating display data of the at least one display using the contents of the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database; wherein generating the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database further comprises creating the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database in a ground-based software tool in operative communications with the communications management function; wherein creating the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database in the ground-based software tool further comprises; allocating the ARINC 661 definition file to a common display system in the aircraft; and allocating the user database to the communications management function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer program product comprising program instructions, embodied on a machine-readable storage medium, the program instructions cause at least one programmable processor having a communications management function to:
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update aircraft display data in a user database using display attributes received from an Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC) 661 definition file based on a widget ID received from a common display system having the ARINC 661 definition file, the ARINC 661 definition file generated in compliance with ARINC 661 display system interface standards; accesses a widget reference table in the user database to retrieve an object reference of a display object corresponding to the widget ID; and using the object reference, link the updated aircraft display data with the common display system; create the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database in a ground-based software tool, wherein the ground-based software tool communicates with the communications management function; allocate the ARINC 661 definition file to a common display system in the aircraft, and allocate the user database to the communications management function. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An avionics communication system, comprising:
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a common display system located onboard an aircraft, the common display system including an Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC) 661 definition file provided by a ground-based software tool and stored on at least one data storage device located onboard the aircraft; and a communication management function located in an apparatus onboard the aircraft, the communication management function including a user database provided by the ground-based software tool, the user database stored on at least one data storage device located onboard the aircraft, the user database comprising a widget reference table of display objects for one or more user-defined inputs and a display object file; wherein the communication management function receives display attributes from the common display system using a display definitions interface, and accesses the widget reference table in the user database to retrieve a reference of a display object corresponding to a widget identification (ID), wherein the reference provides a link between the widget ID and the display attributes, and wherein the communication management function accesses the display object file to retrieve the display attributes for the display object; wherein the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database are created by the ground-based software tool, wherein the ground-based software tool communicates with the communications management function; wherein creation of the ARINC 661 definition file and the user database in the ground-based software tool allocates the ARINC 661 definition file to a common display system in the aircraft, and allocates the user database to the communications management function. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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