US 12,080,178 B2
Method and system for synchronizing a flight management system with an external device
Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth, Caledonia, MI (US); Freda Mae Diemer, Wyoming, MI (US); and Thomas Craig Clinger, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to GE Aviation Systems LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/455,331.
Application 18/455,331 is a continuation of application No. 16/682,729, filed on Nov. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,783,714, issued on Oct. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401965 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 5/0039 (2013.01) [G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of transmitting a set of conforming data frames within an avionics system, the transmission of the set of conforming data frames being to a flight management system (FMS) from an avionics device, the avionics device being external to the FMS, the method comprising:
generating, via the avionics device, at least one specialized message including multiple labels within the specialized message;
transmitting, via the avionics device, at least one specialized header frame to a data network, the at least one specialized header frame including identification information relating to an impending transmission of the set of conforming data frames;
generating, via the avionics device, the set of conforming data frames, with each respective conforming data frame of the set of conforming data frames being indicated as one of the sets of conforming data frames by a single bit indicator relating the respective conforming data frame to the specialized header frame;
transmitting, via the avionics device, at least a subset of the set of conforming data frames to the data network;
receiving, at the FMS, at least one transmission including at least one of the specialized header frame or the set of conforming data frames from the avionics device;
attempting to load, via the FMS, a portion of the at least one transmission into a flight plan of the FMS;
determining, via the FMS, if the load was successful;
generating, via the FMS, a status message related thereto; and
periodically outputting, via the FMS, groups of data including a sequence number and a status message related to the sequence number.