Automated delivery of flight data to aircraft cockpit devices

摘要

AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF FLIGHT DATA TO AIRCRAFT COCKPIT DEVICES Flight data and information update files such as electronic charts used by aircraft cockpit devices are automatically installed by a secure, wireless delivery system. A service provider (16) downloads file updates through the Internet (20) to servers (18) at airport locations, within wireless transmission range of aircraft (10) on the ground. A secure wireless link (26) and router (24) transmits the file updates from the server (18) directly to a router (14) on board the aircraft (10) which routes the files to cockpit devices onboard the aircraft. Authentication procedures are used to assure that the cockpit device is authorized to receive the update. The servers (18) are also connected to airport kiosks (48), where pilots may download the updates onto a media storage device (50), such as a flash memory card that can be used by the pilots to manually install the updates in the cockpit devices. 775157-1 FBO SERVICE SERVER PROVIDER CHARTMNAV/MTATilER.NOTAMS SERVER ON-BOARD WIRELESS GROUND. 26 KIOSK BASED 264 TRAWNSCEIVR/ROUTER FN-8.10 50 Figure 1 --------------------- 1 10 12a 24 - MLTIFUNcTIONAL DISPLAY WIRELESSS GROUND BASED ON-BOARD lAN/TRANSCEIVER' I ROUTER COCKPITD1lCE 12n COCKPIT DICE Figure 2 L------------------------