Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

A system for providing a virtual private network associated with an aircraft that enables credentialed access to an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) via an IETM viewer, the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory including a computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:

• provide a first initial window for display, the first initial window comprising an electronic form configured for display via a first IETM viewer executing on a first user computing entity being used by a first user, wherein the first user computing entity is connected to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft after a first sign-in mechanism authenticates and signs the first user into the IETM;
• provide a first initial window for display, the first initial window comprising an electronic form configured for display via a first IETM viewer executing on a first user computing entity being used by a first user, wherein the first user computing entity is connected to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft after a first sign-in mechanism authenticates and signs the first user into the IETM;
• receive input associated with the first user scanning a graphical code affixed to an aircraft;
• responsive to receiving the input associated with the first user scanning the graphical code affixed to the aircraft, determine that the first user is allowed to access the virtual private network associated with the aircraft and providing the first user computing entity with access to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft;
• receive input associated with the second user scanning a graphical code affixed to the aircraft;
• responsive to receiving the input associated with the second user scanning the graphical code affixed to the aircraft, determine that the second user is allowed to access the virtual private network associated with the aircraft and providing the second user computing entity with access to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft;
• generate a warning notification associated with maintenance being conducted on a specific object, the warning notification indicating a restriction placed on a particular component of the specific object due to the maintenance;
• and
• broadcast the warning notification over the virtual private network associated with the aircraft, wherein the second user computing entity receives the warning notification.

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for providing a virtual private network associated with an aircraft that enables credentialed access to an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) via an IETM viewer, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

• provide a first initial window for display, the first initial window comprising an electronic form configured for display via a first IETM viewer executing on a first user computing entity being used by a first user, wherein the first user computing entity is connected to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft after a first sign-in mechanism authenticates and signs the first user into the IETM;
• provide a first initial window for display, the first initial window comprising an electronic form configured for display via a first IETM viewer executing on a first user computing entity being used by a first user, wherein the first user computing entity is connected to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft after a first sign-in mechanism authenticates and signs the first user into the IETM;
• receive input associated with the first user scanning a graphical code affixed to an aircraft;
• responsive to receiving the input associated with the first user scanning the graphical code affixed to the aircraft, determine that the first user is allowed to access the virtual private network associated with the aircraft and providing the first user computing entity with access to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft;
• receive input associated with the second user scanning a graphical code affixed to the aircraft;
• responsive to receiving the input associated with the second user scanning the graphical code affixed to the aircraft, determine that the second user is allowed to access the virtual private network associated with the aircraft and providing the second user computing entity with access to the virtual private network associated with the aircraft;
• generate a warning notification associated with maintenance being conducted on a specific object, the warning notification indicating a restriction placed on a particular component of the specific object due to the maintenance;
• and
• broadcast the warning notification over the virtual private network associated with the aircraft, wherein the second user computing entity receives the warning notification.