US 11,893,566 B2
Aerospace commerce exchange
Ryan Mitchell Stone, Charlotte, NC (US); Blane Edward Rockafellow, Raleigh, NC (US); Bryan S. Trainum, Williamsburg, VA (US); and Charles Jason Rinker, Wake Forest, NC (US)
Assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed by SMARTSKY NETWORKS, LLC, Morrisville, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/115,983.
Application 17/115,983 is a continuation of application No. 15/884,468, filed on Jan. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,891,607.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,248, filed on Feb. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0117955 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/325 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/085 (2013.01); G06Q 20/12 (2013.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerospace commerce exchange system comprising:
an air-to-ground wireless communication network;
a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, the clients comprising data producers and data consumers;
an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the data producers and the data consumers such that the data producers provide information to the aerospace commerce exchange platform to be accessed by the data consumers; and
a security module configured to enable secure communication associated with the exchange services between the clients,
wherein at least one of the data producers comprises an in-flight aircraft that is operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link to provide the information as data from components or sensors of the aircraft to the aerospace commerce exchange platform while the aircraft is in-flight,
wherein the aerospace commerce exchange platform comprises a development module configured to enable one of the data consumers to use the information provided from the aircraft to create a tool accessible via the network for use as one of the exchange services,
wherein the security module is configured to provide a distributed ledger for communication of the data from the components or sensor of the aircraft as an aircraft record for the aircraft, and from components or sensors of multiple other in-flight aircraft as respective aircraft records for the other in-flight aircraft, and
wherein the data from the components or sensors of each of the aircraft and the other in-flight aircraft define a first level at which permissioned or permissionless blockchain techniques are employed to ensure authentication of the data, and
wherein permissioned or permissionless blockchain techniques are further employed at a second level to ensure authentication of the aircraft record and the respective aircraft records for the other in-flight aircraft.