US 11,704,288 B2
Aircraft computer file distribution system, assembly and method
Benjamin Briand, Saint Cloud (FR); Michaël Ociepka, Saint Cloud (FR); Stéphane Ardouin, Saint Cloud (FR); Vincent Hubert, Saint Cloud (FR); and Nicolas Lhopiteau, Saint Cloud (FR)
Assigned to DASSAULT AVIATION, Paris (FR)
Filed by DASSAULT AVIATION, Paris (FR)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,319.
Claims priority of application No. 20 05637 (FR), filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374101 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 16/178 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/178 (2019.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A remote distribution system for aircraft computer files, the remote distribution system including a system processor and a system memory, the remote distribution system comprising:
an aircraft computer file store, contained in the system memory and for execution by the system processor, containing data or applications, at least two of the aircraft computer files of the computer file store being for loading into respectively at least two distinct onboard, mobile or ground-replicated aircraft devices, each aircraft device comprising a processor and a memory, the aircraft device being associated with at least one aircraft; and
a file manager, contained in the system memory and for execution by the system processor, configured for each aircraft device, for:
identifying an aircraft configuration of the aircraft with which the aircraft device is associated and a computer configuration of the aircraft device;
defining, from among the computer files in the computer file store, at least one computer file loadable into the aircraft device, by querying the computer file store to compare the computer files present in the computer file store with computer files present on the aircraft device and to determine the at least one computer file being loadable based on the identified aircraft configuration, the identified computer configuration, and a version of each file already present in the aircraft device; and
activating a synchronization, automatically or on a user's command, for remote distribution, via a wireless data transmission network, of at least one computer file to be loaded into the aircraft device, selected from among the one or more computer files loadable into the aircraft device according to the identified aircraft configuration and computer configuration,
wherein:
the at least two distinct aircraft devices being onboard devices respectively belonging to at least two distinct domains, chosen between an operations domain, a maintenance domain, and a client domain, or
at least one of the at least two distinct aircraft devices being a mobile or ground-replicated device.