US 11,659,490 B2
Aviation connectivity gateway module for remote data offload
Matt Dondoneau, Horace, ND (US); Johan Wiig, Billancourt (FR); Ross Eickhoff, Fargo, ND (US); Andy Stromme, Billings, MT (US); Justin Koob, Harwood, ND (US); Bradley T. Cyr, Duluth, MN (US); Austin Matthew Murch, Esko, MN (US); and David Andrew Rathbun, Hermantown, MN (US)
Assigned to Cirrus Design Corporation, Duluth, MN (US)
Filed by Cirrus Design Corporation, Duluth, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/104,500.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,443, filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0160781 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/22 (2018.01); H04W 36/26 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0235 (2013.01) [H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/42 (2018.02); H04W 36/26 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/22 (2018.02); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aviation connectivity gateway module for remotely offloading aircraft data from avionics of an aircraft, the avionics including a plurality of sensors, the aviation connectivity gateway module comprising:
a processor configured to receive a remote wake-up command indicating an invocation to wake up and power on the avionics to obtain sensor readings from the sensors, and to initialize an interface according to aircraft configurations in a configuration file;
a memory configured to store the aircraft data obtained from the avionics and the configuration file;
a first communication element configured to communicatively couple the processor to the avionics when the processor receives the remote wake-up command;
a second communication element configured to communicatively couple the processor to a remote computing device; and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
power on the avionics when the processor receives the remote wake-up command and the avionics are initially in a powered off state;
obtain the aircraft data from the avionics and store the aircraft data on the memory when the avionics have been powered on; and
transmit the aircraft data from the memory to the remote computing device in reverse order via the second communication element so as to remotely acquire aircraft data when the avionics are initially in the powered off state.