SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO AVIONIC APPLICATIONS AND DATA AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY THIS SYSTEM

• US 20100287601A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations(Incorporated As A Societe PAR Act Simpl
• Inventors: Croize, Xavier
• Granted Patent: US 8,640,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2113 Multi-level security, e.g. mandatory access control
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment

Abstract

A system for managing a user'"'"'s access rights to avionic information, loaded onboard an aircraft, that includes at lease one identification device able to read the user'"'"'s identity information contained on a personal card, and an avionic computer having means of managing access rights able to authenticate the user and determine access rights to avionic information based on the user'"'"'s identity.

Claims

1. An access rights management system for a user to avionic information loaded onboard an aircraft,

wherein it includes:

at least one identification device that can read the information on the user'"'"'s identity contained on a personal card, and

an avionic computer connected to the identification device and having applications necessary for the flight of the aircraft, as well as means of managing access rights, capable of authenticating the user and determining access rights to the avionic information based on the user'"'"'s identity, and

a display management system connected to the avionic computer to which display said computer sends an authorization and/or prohibition.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the identification device is able to read a chip card with an identification code and the user'"'"'s access rights.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the identification system is able to read a biometric card and the access rights are stored in a database.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein several work stations are connected to the avionic computer and that at least one identification device is associated with each work station.

9. An aircraft, wherein it includes the system according to claim 1.

5. A process for managing a user'"'"'s access rights to avionic information, wherein it performs the following operations:

reads a personal card and determines the user'"'"'s identity,

transfers the user'"'"'s identity to the avionic computer,

determines, via the avionic computer, the user'"'"'s access rights to avionic information based on his/her identity,

sends display an authorization to display the avionic information to aircraft display devices or prohibits it from being displayed on them.

6. The process according to claim 5, wherein it includes an operation for recording information viewed by the user and actions performed by said user.

7. The process in according to claim 5, wherein the access rights management is automatically deactivated when the aircraft is in flight and automatically activated when the aircraft is on the ground.

8. The process according to claim 5, wherein it includes an operation for authenticating the personal card.