Aerospace commerce exchange
AssigneeSmartsky Networks LLC
InventorsRyan Mitchell Stone, Blane Edward Rockafellow, Bryan S. Trainum, Charles Jason Rinker
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Abstract
An aerospace commerce exchange system may include a network, a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, and an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the clients. At least one of the clients may be operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link or satellite link (or other links with which an aircraft may be associated) to provide or receive data associated with at least one of the exchange services.
Claims20
An aerospace commerce exchange system comprising:
- an air-to-ground wireless communication network;
- a plurality of clients operably coupled to the network, the clients comprising data producers and data consumers;
- an aerospace commerce exchange platform operably coupled to the network to provide exchange services to the data producers and the data consumers such that the data producers provide information to the aerospace commerce exchange platform to be accessed by the data consumers;
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- a security module configured to enable secure communication associated with the exchange services between the clients,
- wherein at least one of the data producers comprises an in-flight aircraft that is operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link to provide the information as data from components or sensors of the aircraft to the aerospace commerce exchange platform while the aircraft is in-flight,
- wherein the aerospace commerce exchange platform comprises a development module configured to enable one of the data consumers to use the information provided from the aircraft to create a tool accessible via the network for use as one of the exchange services,
- wherein the security module is configured to provide a distributed ledger for communication of the data from the components or sensor of the aircraft as an aircraft record for the aircraft, and from components or sensors of multiple other in-flight aircraft as respective aircraft records for the other in-flight aircraft, and
- wherein the data from the components or sensors of each of the aircraft and the other in-flight aircraft define a first level at which permissioned or permissionless blockchain techniques are employed to ensure authentication of the data, and
- wherein permissioned or permissionless blockchain techniques are further employed at a second level to ensure authentication of the aircraft record and the respective aircraft records for the other in-flight aircraft.
A platform for providing exchange services associated with an aerospace commerce exchange system, the platform being accessible to a plurality of clients comprising data producers and data consumers via an air-to-ground wireless communication network, the platform comprising processing circuitry configured to provide at least one of the exchange services and to define a security module configured to enable secure communication associated with the exchange services between the clients,
- wherein the platform is operably coupled to the network to provide the at least one of the exchange services to the data producers and the data consumers such that the data producers provide information to the platform to be accessed by the data consumers,
- wherein at least one of the data producers comprises an in-flight aircraft that is operably coupled to the aerospace commerce exchange platform via an air-to-ground wireless communication link to provide the information as data from components or sensors of the aircraft to the aerospace commerce exchange platform while the aircraft is in-flight,
- wherein the platform comprises a development module configured to enable one of the data consumers to use the information provided from the aircraft to create a tool accessible via the network for use as one of the exchange services,
- wherein the security module is configured to provide a distributed ledger for communication of the data from the components or sensor of the aircraft as an aircraft record for the aircraft, and from components or sensors of multiple other in-flight aircraft as respective aircraft records for the other in-flight aircraft, and
- wherein the data from the components or sensors of each of the aircraft and the other in-flight aircraft define a first level at which permissioned or permissionless blockchain techniques are employed to ensure authentication of the data, and
- wherein permissioned or permissionless blockchain techniques are further employed at a second level to ensure authentication of the aircraft record and the respective aircraft records for the other in-flight aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.