US 12,242,711 B2
Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual
Ran Meriaz, Atlanta, GA (US); Yoram Meriaz, Tel-Aviv (IL); and Alexander Tkachman, Holon (IL)
Assigned to MBTE Holdings Sweden AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by MBTE Holdings Sweden AB, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,048.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374113 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0484 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing one of loading or unloading a plurality of articles for an object comprising a plurality of positions at which the plurality of articles can be loaded or unloaded via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to technical documentation for an item via an IETM viewer, the method comprising:
providing a sign-in window for display via the IETM viewer being executed on a user computing entity, wherein (a) a user provides, before being signed in and authenticated for access to the IETM, (i) input of a selection of a dataset corresponding to the technical documentation for the item via the sign-in window, (ii) input of a selection of a unit displayed for a selectable unit field via the sign-in window, (iii) input of a selection of a specific object displayed for a selectable object field via the sign-in window, and (iv) input of a user credential comprising a username and a password via the sign-in window, and (b) a sign-in mechanism authenticates for access to the IETM and signs the user into the IETM using the user credential comprising the username and the password, the selection of the dataset, the selection of the unit displayed, and the selection of the object displayed that were provided by the sign-in window via one or more messages;
generating a digital aggregated workflow comprising a sequence of position workflows, each position workflow comprising a sequence of procedures to be performed for loading or unloading one or more articles at a corresponding position, wherein a particular procedure comprises a sequence of operations to be performed;
providing the digital aggregated workflow for display via the IETM viewer;
receiving input of a selection of the particular procedure of the digital aggregated workflow, wherein the selection of the particular procedure is performed by a user via the IETM viewer; and
responsive to receiving the input of the selection of the particular procedure:
determining whether each of the procedures preceding the particular procedure in the digital aggregated workflow is indicated as being completed;
responsive to determining that each of the procedures preceding the particular procedure indicated as being completed, providing a particular sequence of operations of the particular procedure for display via the IETM viewer, wherein each operation is provided with an acknowledgement mechanism configured to be selectable by the user;
determining whether the acknowledgement mechanism has been selected by the user for each of the particular sequence of operations;
responsive to determining that the acknowledgment mechanism has been selected by the user for each of the particular sequence of operations, determining that the particular procedure has been completed;
providing a procedure progression mechanism configured to be selectable by the user; and
responsive to the user selecting the procedure progression mechanism, providing a second sequence of operations of a second procedure for display via the IETM viewer.