Dynamic selection of an aeronautical data provider

A method, comprising:

• receiving, during a flight of an aircraft, a first stream of aeronautical data from a first aeronautical data provider of a plurality of aeronautical data providers while the aircraft is within a first streaming area of the first aeronautical data provider, the plurality of aeronautical data providers streaming aeronautical data from different geographic locations and the first stream of aeronautical data comprising at least one of:
• air traffic surveillance data, historical and/or predicted timing of an action by an aircraft, airspace data for the first streaming area, route availability for the aircraft within the first streaming area, or any combination thereof;
• exposing aeronautical data from the first stream of aeronautical data to an end user on an electronic display;
• detect, during the flight and while the aircraft is within the first streaming area, a second stream of aeronautical data from a second aeronautical data provider of the plurality of aeronautical data providers;
• perform, in response to the detecting, an authentication procedure with the second aeronautical data provider over a data network;
• receiving, in response to the authentication, the second stream of aeronautical data from the second aeronautical data provider of the plurality of aeronautical data providers while the aircraft is within an overlapping streaming area of the first streaming area and a second streaming area of the second aeronautical data provider;
• determining, in response to the receiving, a quality of each of the first stream and the second stream by checking the aeronautical data against data provided by at least one secondary data source that has a known quality;
• selecting, in response to determining the quality of each of the first stream and the second stream of aeronautical data, one of the first aeronautical data provider and the second aeronautical data provider of the plurality of aeronautical data providers that provides a stream of aeronautical data having the highest quality;
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• during the flight of the aircraft and in response to selecting the second aeronautical data provider, switching the electronic display to expose aeronautical data from the second stream to the end user according to one or more parameters.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:
• receive, during a flight of an aircraft, a first stream of aeronautical data from a first aeronautical data provider of a plurality of aeronautical data providers while the aircraft is within a first streaming area of the first aeronautical data provider, the plurality of aeronautical data providers streaming aeronautical data from different geographic locations and the first stream of aeronautical data comprising air traffic surveillance data, historical and/or predicted timing of an action by the aircraft, airspace data for the first streaming area, route availability for the aircraft within the first streaming area, or any combination thereof;
• expose aeronautical data from the first stream of aeronautical data to an end user on an electronic display;
• detecting, during the flight and while the aircraft is within the first streaming area, a second stream of aeronautical data from a second aeronautical data provider of the plurality of aeronautical data providers;
• receive, in response to the detecting, the second stream of aeronautical data from the second aeronautical data provider of the plurality of aeronautical data providers while the aircraft is within an overlapping streaming area of the first streaming area and a second streaming area of the second aeronautical data provider;
• determine, in response to the detecting, a quality of each of the first stream and the second stream of aeronautical data by checking air traffic surveillance data, historical and/or predicted timing of an action by the aircraft, airspace data for the first streaming area, route availability for the aircraft within the first streaming area, or any combination thereof of the aeronautical data against radar data provided by at least one secondary data source that has a known quality;
• select, in response to determining the quality of each of the first stream and the second stream of aeronautical data, one of the first aeronautical data provider and the second aeronautical data provider of the plurality of aeronautical data providers that provides a stream of aeronautical data having the highest quality;
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• during the flight of the aircraft and in response to selecting the second aeronautical data provider, switch the electronic display to expose aeronautical data from the second stream of aeronautical data to the end user-according to one or more parameters.