Managing changes in aircraft maintenance data
First Claim
1. A method for managing maintenance data for equipment, comprising the steps of:
- (A) authoring original maintenance data relating to the equipment;
(B) delivering a web application to an editing site over a network;
(C) delivering the original maintenance data to the editing site in XML format using the web application delivered in step (B); and
,(D) peforming XML editing of the original maintenance data at the editing site.
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Abstract
Airline operator-customers manage aircraft maintenance data for fleets of commercial aircraft using a suite of electronic maintenance tools that are delivered to the customers over the Internet and viewed with a web browser. The maintenance tool suite includes an authoring module that allows customers to create, edit and manage both OEM originated aircraft maintenance data and the customers'"'"' own data within a fully integrated environment running as a web application over the Internet. The authoring module combines workflow, XML authoring and editing, import/export of the data, change reconciliation, and publishing of airline customer authored documents, airline customer authored changes, OEM Temporary Revisions, and OEM aircraft maintenance documents into a single integrated web application using XML as the maintenance document format. The use of XML as the native format of the aircraft maintenance data allows the customers to reuse the data in a variety of ways.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for managing maintenance data for equipment, comprising the steps of:
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(A) authoring original maintenance data relating to the equipment; (B) delivering a web application to an editing site over a network; (C) delivering the original maintenance data to the editing site in XML format using the web application delivered in step (B); and
,(D) peforming XML editing of the original maintenance data at the editing site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for creating and managing documents containing maintenance data for aircraft, comprising the steps of:
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(A) creating original maintenance documents for the aircraft; (B) delivering a web application to a user site over the Internet; (C) delivering the original maintenance documents to the user site using the web application provided in step (B); and
,(D) editing the original maintenance documents at the user'"'"'s site. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for managing changes in maintenance data for aircraft, comprising:
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a host website; aircraft maintenance data accessible at the host website in XML format; a user site connected to the host site by a network; a web application for editing the original maintenance data using XML; and
,a web browser at the user site for viewing the web application over the network and making changes to the maintenance data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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