Incremental downlink of flight information
First Claim
1. A method for providing flight information to a ground server, the method being performed by a computing device comprising a processor and memory,the method comprising:
- receiving, at a graphics server in an aircraft, the flight information from an aircraft system;
converting, in the graphics server, the flight information into a graphic object representative of the flight information and a plurality of properties associated with the flight information and the graphic object;
storing the graphic object and the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information;
processing, in the graphics server, the graphic object and the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information to generate, respectively, a compressed graphic object and compressed plurality of properties;
querying a ground server when an error is detected in the aircraft to determine whether the graphic object is available on the ground server;
transmitting the compressed graphic object and the compressed plurality of properties to the ground server if the graphic object is not found on the ground server;
transmitting only the compressed plurality of properties to the ground server if the graphic object is found on the ground server; and
retransmitting only the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information that have been modified from a previous transmission.
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Abstract
A method for providing flight information to a ground server is provided. The flight information is received from an aircraft system. The flight information is converted into a graphical representation and a plurality of properties associated with the flight information. The graphical representation and the plurality of properties is stored. The graphical representation and the plurality of properties is processed to generate a compressed graphical representation and plurality of properties having a compressed file size. The compressed plurality of properties is transmitted to the ground server.
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1. A method for providing flight information to a ground server, the method being performed by a computing device comprising a processor and memory,
the method comprising: -
receiving, at a graphics server in an aircraft, the flight information from an aircraft system; converting, in the graphics server, the flight information into a graphic object representative of the flight information and a plurality of properties associated with the flight information and the graphic object; storing the graphic object and the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information; processing, in the graphics server, the graphic object and the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information to generate, respectively, a compressed graphic object and compressed plurality of properties; querying a ground server when an error is detected in the aircraft to determine whether the graphic object is available on the ground server; transmitting the compressed graphic object and the compressed plurality of properties to the ground server if the graphic object is not found on the ground server; transmitting only the compressed plurality of properties to the ground server if the graphic object is found on the ground server; and retransmitting only the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information that have been modified from a previous transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for providing flight information to a ground server, comprising:
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a graphics server coupled to at least one aircraft system, the graphics server comprising a processing unit and storage device configured to; receive the flight information from the at least one aircraft system; convert the flight information into a graphic object representative of the flight information and a plurality of properties associated with the flight information and the graphic object; store the graphic object and the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information; process the graphic object and the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information to generate, respectively, a compressed graphic object and compressed plurality of properties; query a ground server when an error is detected in the aircraft to determine whether the graphic object is available on the ground server; transmit the compressed graphic object and the compressed plurality of properties to the ground server if the graphic object is not found on the ground server; transmit only the compressed plurality of properties to the ground server if the graphic object is found on the ground server; and retransmit only the plurality of properties associated with the graphic object and the flight information that have been modified from a previous transmission. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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