Aircraft troubleshooting network
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1. A system for remotely monitoring the performance of an aircraft comprising:
- at least one aircraft data monitoring and recording system installed in an aircraft;
a plurality of wireless access points connected to a wide area network at a plurality of aircraft service locations;
a data storage server connected to the wide area network;
a control server connected to the wide area network; and
at least one remote end user station connected to the wide area network;
wherein each of the at least one aircraft data and monitoring system records data for an aircraft, generates at least one metadata document describing the data, automatically connects to the control server via one of the plurality of wireless access points when at an aircraft service location, and uploads the at least one metadata document to the control server for storage on the data storage server; and
wherein each of the at least one remote end user station selectively retrieves the data through the wide area network from the data storage server and connects via the wide area network to the aircraft data monitoring and recording system via one of the plurality of wireless access points.
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Abstract
A global network is described for accessing aircraft remotely via a wide area network. Aircraft flight and operational data stored on the aircraft may be directly accessed via remote workstation or downloaded by centralized automatic processes for later analysis and diagnosis.
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1. A system for remotely monitoring the performance of an aircraft comprising:
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at least one aircraft data monitoring and recording system installed in an aircraft; a plurality of wireless access points connected to a wide area network at a plurality of aircraft service locations; a data storage server connected to the wide area network; a control server connected to the wide area network; and at least one remote end user station connected to the wide area network; wherein each of the at least one aircraft data and monitoring system records data for an aircraft, generates at least one metadata document describing the data, automatically connects to the control server via one of the plurality of wireless access points when at an aircraft service location, and uploads the at least one metadata document to the control server for storage on the data storage server; and wherein each of the at least one remote end user station selectively retrieves the data through the wide area network from the data storage server and connects via the wide area network to the aircraft data monitoring and recording system via one of the plurality of wireless access points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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