Method for processing identifications
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsChristian Waller, Jan Mueller, Uwe Schwark, Bing Chen, Wolfgang Fischer, Christoph Tillack-Nieveler
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Abstract
A method for processing previously detected identifications of apparatuses of an aircraft, wherein each apparatus has at least one communicative component. A reference dataset is used to compare the actual identifications with specified identifications, as a result of which a report signal based on the comparison result indicates whether the detected identifications correspond to the identifications represented by the reference dataset. If there is a positive match, this allows the conclusion that the apparatuses are correctly installed in the aircraft.
Claims18
A method, comprising the steps of:
- T1) transmitting a configuration signal from a terminal to a host system, wherein the configuration signal represents at least one principal dataset,
- wherein each of the at least one principal dataset represents precisely one related, unique apparatus identification of a respective apparatus of an aircraft, wherein the respective apparatus comprises a structure within an interior of the aircraft, and wherein each of the at least one principal dataset comprises, for the respective apparatus, at least one auxiliary dataset, which, in each case, corresponds to precisely one component of the respective apparatus,
- wherein each of the at least one auxiliary dataset comprises:
- a related, unique subscriber identification of the respective component,
- a non-unique piece-part identification of the respective component, and
- an initial key identification;
- S1) storing, in the host system, a reference dataset that comprises a multiplicity of the unique apparatus identifications and at least one associated, non-unique reference piece-part identification for each of the unique apparatus identifications;
- E1) receiving the configuration signal by means of the host system;
- S2) storing, in the host system, the at least one principal dataset received by means of the configuration signal;
- I1) Identifying in the reference dataset, by means of the host system, the unique apparatus identification of each of the at least one principal dataset received by means of the configuration signal;
- I2) Determining in the reference dataset, by means of the host system, the at least one non-unique reference piece-part identification related to the identified unique apparatus identification identified in step I1);
- V1) comparing the at least one non-unique piece-part identification within the at least one auxiliary dataset of one of the at least one principal dataset with the at least one non-unique reference piece-part identification that was identified for the respective unique apparatus identification of the respective principal dataset in step I1), by means of the host system;
- N1) generating and sending a report signal by means of the host system, as a result of which the report signal represents a result of the comparing from step V1);
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- U1) repairing or producing the aircraft based on the report signal.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- T1) transmitting a configuration signal from a terminal to a host system, wherein the configuration signal represents at least one principal dataset, wherein communication between the terminal and the host system is encrypted with an initial key identification,
- wherein each of the at least one principal dataset represents precisely one related, unique apparatus identification of a respective apparatus of an aircraft and comprises, for the respective apparatus, at least one auxiliary dataset, which, in each case, corresponds to precisely one component of the respective apparatus,
- wherein each of the at least one auxiliary dataset comprises:
- a related, unique subscriber identification of the respective component,
- a non-unique piece-part identification of the respective component, and
- the initial key identification;
- S1) storing, in the host system, a reference dataset that comprises a multiplicity of the unique apparatus identifications and at least one associated, non-unique reference piece-part identification for each of the unique apparatus identifications;
- E1) receiving the configuration signal by means of the host system;
- S2) storing, in the host system, the at least one principal dataset received by means of the configuration signal;
- I1) Identifying in the reference dataset, by means of the host system, the unique apparatus identification of each of the at least one principal dataset received by means of the configuration signal;
- I2. Determining in the reference dataset, by means of the host system, the at least one non-unique reference piece-part identification related to the identified unique apparatus identification identified in step I1);
- V1) comparing the at least one non-unique piece-part identification within the at least one auxiliary dataset of one of the at least one principal dataset with the at least one non-unique reference piece-part identification that was identified for the respective unique apparatus identification of the respective principal dataset in step I1), by means of the host system;
- N1) generating and sending a report signal by means of the host system, as a result of which the report signal represents a result of the comparing from step V1);
- H1) making a signal connection from a component of an apparatus of the aircraft to the host system, wherein the memory unit of the respective component stores the related, unique subscriber identification of the respective component, the non-unique piece-part identification of the respective component and the initial key identification, and wherein the signal connection is encrypted by means of the initial key identification;
- Z1) assigning and transmitting a new key identification which is a unique key identification associated only with the respective component from the host system to the component;
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- W1) remaking a new signal connection, encrypted by means of the new key identification, from the component to the host system.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- T1) transmitting a configuration signal from a terminal to a host system, wherein the configuration signal represents at least one principal dataset, wherein the terminal has a first signal interface and the host system has a second signal interface, the first signal interface and the second signal interface being configured to transmit a signal, wherein the first interface and the second interface are each formed as a radio interface, the configuration signal being transmitted as a radio configuration signal,
- wherein each of the at least one principal dataset represents precisely one related, unique apparatus identification of a respective apparatus of an aircraft and comprises, for the respective apparatus, at least one auxiliary dataset, which, in each case, corresponds to precisely one component of the respective apparatus,
- wherein each of the at least one auxiliary dataset comprises:
- a related, unique subscriber identification of the respective component,
- a non-unique piece-part identification of the respective component, and an initial key identification;
- S1) storing, in the host system, a reference dataset that comprises a multiplicity of the unique apparatus identifications and at least one associated, non-unique reference piece-part identification for each of the unique apparatus identifications;
- E1) receiving the configuration signal by means of the host system;
- S2) storing, in the host system, the at least one principal dataset received by means of the configuration signal;
- I1) identifying in the reference dataset, by means of the host system, the unique apparatus identification of each of the at least one principal dataset received by means of the configuration signal;
- I2) Determining in the reference dataset, by means of the host system, the at least one non-unique reference piece-part identification related to the identified unique apparatus identification identified in step I1);
- V1) comparing the at least one non-unique piece-part identification within the at least one auxiliary dataset of one of the at least one principal dataset with the at least one non-unique reference piece-part identification that was identified for the respective unique apparatus identification of the respective principal dataset in step I1), by means of the host system;
- N1) generating and sending a report signal by means of the host system, as a result of which the report signal represents a result of the comparing from step V1), the report signal being sent as a radio report signal;
- H1) making a radio signal connection from a third radio signal interface of a component of an apparatus of an aircraft to the second radio signal interface of the host system, wherein a memory unit of the respective component stores the related, unique subscriber identification of the respective component, a non-unique piece-part identification of the respective component and an initial key identification, and wherein the radio signal connection is encrypted by means of the initial key identification;
- Z1) assigning and transmitting a new key identification from the host system to the component by way of the radio signal connection;
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- W1) remaking a new radio signal connection, encrypted by means of the new key identification, from the third radio signal interface of the component to the second radio signal interface of the host system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.