US 12,461,870 B2
Aircraft personality module on SD card
Matteo Berioli, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Safran Passenger Innovations, LLC, Brea, CA (US)
Filed by SAFRAN PASSENGER INNOVATIONS, LLC, Brea, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,199.
Claims priority of application No. 21178794 (EP), filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0398203 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 13/20 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/20 (2013.01) [G06F 2213/3808 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A MODMAN (Modem Manager) unit configured to be used in an aviation broadband satellite terminal, the MODMAN (Modem Manager) comprising:
a software module configured to control APM (Aircraft Personality Module) data and functions; and
a dedicated media interface slot, configured to have an external storage device demountably coupled thereto, wherein the external storage device is configured to act as a dedicated APM (Aircraft Personality Module), the external storage device being in operative communication with the software module when the external storage device is mounted to the dedicated media interface slot, wherein the external storage device comprises a first partition storing static, pre-configured APM data and a second partition storing non-static APM data, and wherein the MODMAN is configured to restrict write access to the first partition to maintain airworthiness certification compliance, and only instructions and data specific for the APM (Aircraft Personality Module) are transferred through the dedicated media interface slot, and wherein the MODMAN (Modem Manager) is configured to interact via the dedicated media interface slot with said dedicated APM (Aircraft Personality Module) to be used in an aviation broadband satellite terminal.