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US 9,003,085 B2Granted
Aircraft communication system comprising an aircraft terminal and a portable resource
AssigneeAirbus SAS
InventorFrederic Saugnac
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Abstract
An aircraft communication system including an aircraft terminal connected to at least one input/output unit. The system includes a portable resource connected to the aircraft terminal via a network connection. The at least one input/output unit is configured to interact with the unit formed by the aircraft terminal and the portable resource.
Claims20
An aircraft communication system comprising:
- an aircraft terminal connected to at least one input/output unit and to an avionic network of an aircraft, each of the aircraft terminal and the at least one input/output unit being fixed within the aircraft;
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- a portable resource, portable with respect to the aircraft, connected to the aircraft terminal by crew of the aircraft through a network connection, the portable resource including a portable computer,
- wherein the aircraft terminal is connected between the portable resource and the at least one input/output unit, and the portable resource is connected to the at least one input/output unit through the aircraft terminal,
- wherein the at least one input/output unit is configured to interact with an assembly formed by the aircraft terminal and the portable resource,
- wherein the aircraft terminal is configured to access at least one memory unit of the portable resource, via a shared directory made available by the portable resource, to access at least one application and corresponding data currently stored in memory of the at least one memory unit for execution of the at least one application, and the aircraft terminal includes an execution processor configured to execute by itself the at least one application that is currently stored in the memory of the at least one memory unit of the portable resource,
- wherein the execution by the aircraft terminal of the at least one application, which is currently stored in the memory of the at least one memory unit of the portable resource, is performed based on a command originating from the at least one input/output unit, and
- wherein the portable resource is configured to be used by the crew directly and remotely via the at least one input/output unit by way of the aircraft terminal.
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An aircraft terminal connected to at least one input/output unit and to an avionic network of an aircraft, comprising:
- a network connection for connecting thereto, by crew of the aircraft, a portable computer, the at least one input/output unit being configured to interact with an assembly formed by the aircraft terminal and the portable computer, and the portable computer being portable with respect to the aircraft,
- wherein the aircraft terminal is connected between the portable computer and the at least one input/output unit, and the portable computer is connected to the at least one input/output unit through the aircraft terminal,
- wherein the aircraft terminal is configured to access at least one memory unit of the portable computer, via a shared directory made available by the portable computer, to access at least one application and corresponding data currently stored in memory of the at least one memory unit for execution of the at least one application, and the aircraft terminal includes an execution processor configured to execute by itself the at least one application that is currently stored in the memory of the memory unit of the portable computer,
- wherein each of the aircraft terminal and the at least one input/output unit is fixed within the aircraft, and
- wherein the execution by the aircraft terminal of the at least one application, which is currently stored in the memory of the at least one memory unit of the portable computer, is performed based on at least one command originating from the at least one input/output unit, and
- wherein the portable computer is configured to be used by the crew directly and remotely via the at least one input/output unit by way of the aircraft terminal.
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A method for communicating in an aircraft including an aircraft terminal connected to at least one input/output unit and to an avionic network of the aircraft, each of the aircraft terminal and the at least one input/output unit being fixed within the aircraft, and the method comprising:
- connecting a portable computer, portable with respect to the aircraft, to the aircraft terminal by crew of the aircraft using a network connection;
- interacting with an assembly formed by the aircraft terminal and the portable computer, using the input/output unit by a user to input a command to execute at least one application;
- accessing at least one memory unit of the portable computer, via a shared directory made available by the portable computer, to access the at least one application and corresponding data currently stored in memory of the at least one memory unit for execution of the at least one application;
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- via commands originating based on the user's input command at the input/output unit, executing the at least one application that is currently stored in the memory of memory unit of the portable computer, using an execution processor of the aircraft terminal by itself,
- wherein the aircraft terminal is connected between the portable computer and the at least one input/output unit, and said connecting the portable computer connects the portable computer to the at least one input/output unit through the aircraft terminal, and
- wherein the portable computer is configured to be used by the crew directly and remotely via the at least one input/output unit by way of the aircraft terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.