Systems and Methods for Managing Aviation Records

• US 20180129721A1
• Filed: 11/01/2017
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Apple, Heather Lynne, Emery, Matthew, Hicks, Nathaniel, Destro, James, Schwab, Jeff
• Granted Patent: US 10,936,618 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06395 Quality analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing and/or exchanging aviation records are provided. One example aspect is directed to a method that includes receiving, at one or more processors, an aviation record in a first format from a first computing system. The method includes performing, at the one more processors, a quality assurance procedure on the aviation record in the first format based on historical data. The method includes determining, at the one or more processors, whether the aviation record in the first format is valid based on the quality assurance procedure. The method includes selectively translating, at the one or more processors, the aviation record into a standardized format based on whether the aviation record in the first format is valid. The method includes storing, at the one or more processors, the aviation record in the standardized format if the aviation record in the first format is valid.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving, at one or more processors, an aviation record in a first format from a first computing system;

performing, at the one more processors, a quality assurance procedure on the aviation record in the first format based at least in part on historical data associated with one or more components of one or more aerial vehicles;

determining, at the one or more processors, whether the aviation record in the first format is valid based on the quality assurance procedure;

selectively translating, at the one or more processors, the aviation record into a standardized format based on whether the aviation record in the first format is valid; and

storing, at the one or more processors, the aviation record in the standardized format in response to a determination that the aviation record in the first format is valid.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein performing the quality assurance operation comprises:

applying one or more machine learning operations based on combining the historical data and one or more validation constraints.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the quality assurance procedure ensures that a syntax of the received aviation record matches an expected syntax of the first format based on machine learning of the historical data.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing a user interface configured to display discrepancies between the aviation record in the first format and the aviation record in the standardized format.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to the quality assurance procedure determining that the aviation record in the first format is not valid, transmitting a notification to the first computing system; and

in response to the quality assurance procedure determining that the aviation record in the first format is valid, translating the aviation record into the standardized format.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at the one or more processors, a request for the aviation record in a third format from a second computing system;

translating, at the one or more processors, the aviation record into the third format;

performing, at the one more processors, a quality assurance procedure on the aviation record in the third format based on machine learning of the historical data;

determining, at the one or more processors, whether the aviation record in the third format is valid based on a result of the quality assurance procedure; and

selectively transmitting, at the one or more processors, the aviation record in the third format to the second computing system.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein selectively transmitting the aviation record in the third format to the second computing system comprises:

in response to the quality assurance procedure determining that the aviation record in the third format is not valid, transmitting a notification to the third computing system; and

in response to the quality assurance procedure determining that the aviation record in the third format is valid, transmitting the aviation record in the third format to the second computing system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the quality assurance procedure ensures that a syntax of the aviation record matches an expected syntax of the third format based on machine learning of the historical data.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, at one or more processors, a plurality of aviation records having a plurality of formats;

identifying, at the one or more processors, a subset of the plurality of aviation records associated with a component;

applying, at the one or more processors, machine learning to aggregate information from the subset of aviation records into a standardized format, wherein the subset of aviation records includes two or more aviation records having different formats; and

creating, at the one or more processors, a configuration management record that identifies a history of the component using the standardized format for the information from the subset of aviation records.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying a subset of the plurality of aviation records comprises:

performing, at the one or more processors, one or more machine learning operations to identify the subset of the plurality of aviation records associated with the component.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein applying machine learning to aggregate information from the subset of aviation records comprises:

performing, at the one or more processors, one or more machine learning operations to combine historical data associated with the component with one or more validation constraints.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

identifying, at the one or more processors, one or more gaps in the history of the component;

determining, at the one or more processors, one or more parties associated with the component; and

transmitting, at the one or more processors, one or more requests to fill the one or more gaps in the history of the component to the one or more parties associated with the component.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, at the one or more processors, information to fill at least one of the identified gaps in the history of the component from at least one of the one or more parties associated with the component; and

updating, at the one or more processors, the history of the component to fill the at least one gap in the history of the component with the information received from the at least one of the one or more parties associated with the component.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

estimating, at the one or more processors, a remaining life of the component based on the history of the component.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, at the one or more processors, a new aviation record from a remote computing system;

determining, at the one or more processors, that the new aviation record is associated with the component; and

updating, at the one or more processors, the history of the component based on the new aviation record.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the new aviation record from the remote computing system further comprises:

performing a quality assurance procedure on the new aviation record based on machine learning of historical data associated with the component, wherein the quality assurance procedure determines if the new aviation record is valid;

in response to the quality assurance procedure determining that the new aviation record is not valid, transmitting a notification to the remote computing system; and

in response to the quality assurance procedure determining that the new aviation record is valid, updating the history of the component;

wherein the quality assurance procedure ensures that each field of the new aviation record is consistent with the history of the component.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, at one or more processors, a plurality of aviation records associated with a plurality of components;

applying, at the one or more processors, machine learning to identify for each component a subset of the plurality of aviation records corresponding to the component; and

creating, at the one or more processors, a profile for each component based on aggregating the aviation records from a corresponding subset associated with the component.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

generating, at the one or more processors, a plurality of profile groups by grouping profiles having a common component type.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

analyzing, at the one or more processors, a performance of each component in a group of profiles based on the profiles associated with the group; and

updating, at the one or more processors, an expected life of the type of component associated with the group based on the performances of each component in the group.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, at the one or more processors, a new aviation record from a remote computing system, wherein a replacement component associated with the new aviation record is to replace an old component associated with an old profile;

determining, at the one or more processors, if the replacement component is appropriate to replace the old component based on the old profile;

in response to determining that the replacement component is not appropriate to replace the old component, transmitting a notification to the remote computing system; and

in response to determining that the replacement component is appropriate to replace the old component, creating, at the one or more processors, a new profile associated with the replacement part.