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Systems, devices, and methods for establishing multiple electronic flight bag sessions with flight management computer

A flight bag and airborne system technology, applied in the field of electronic flight bag conversation, can solve the problems of limiting FMC interaction and lack of user interface components

Pending Publication Date: 2022-05-06
GE AVIATION SYST LLC
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[0003] However, a typical MCDU usually only provides basic user interface components for interacting with the FMC
For example, some MCDUs may include small monochrome display devices and tightly packed alphanumeric keys, which may limit interaction with the FMC
other MCDUs may have improved user interfaces, although these MCDUs may still lack user interface components that would facilitate richer interactions with the FMC

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[0027] Pilots of commercial aircraft have traditionally been required to carry a "flight bag" for each operational flight. Such flight bags include aircraft operating manuals, flight crew operating manuals, navigation charts, flight checklists, and clearance documents, usually in paper form, to name a few examples. More recently, pilots have transitioned to "electronic flight bags," which sometimes take the form of tablets or laptops and can store traditional paper documents electronically. Each pilot can have his or her own EFB.

[0028] As noted above, aircraft control display units generally lack the rich user interface features offered by modern EFBs. Therefore, it may be desirable to allow each pilot to use his or her EFB to interact with the air flight management computer in order to allow richer interactions that the control display unit may not provide.

[0029] Disclosed herein are onboard systems, computing devices, and methods for establishing multiple EFB session...

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An onboard system establishes a first electronic flight bag (EFB) connection between a first EFB and an aircraft interface device (AID), and establishes a first EFB session between the first EFB and a flight management computer (FMC) based on a session identifier of the first EFB. The first EFB connection is associated with a first EFB connection identifier of the first EFB, and a first EFB session is established over the first EFB connection in accordance with the first EFB connection identifier. The onboard system establishes a second EFB connection between the second EFB and the AID, and establishes a second EFB session between the second EFB and the FMC based on a session identifier of the second EFB. The second EFB connection is associated with a second EFB connection identifier of the second EFB, and a second EFB session is established over the second EFB connection in accordance with the second EFB connection identifier.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to onboard systems, computing devices, and methods performed by the systems and devices, and more particularly, to systems, devices, and methods for establishing multiple electronic flight bag (EFB) sessions with a flight management computer. Background technique [0002] Modern aircraft are often equipped with a flight management computer (FMC) that automates one or more functions of the aircraft, such as tracking the aircraft's position, managing the aircraft's flight plan, and calculating the aircraft's course. In some cases, an aircraft is equipped with multiple FMCs (eg, for redundancy in case a given FMC fails). Pilots can interact with a given FMC using the Multifunction Control and Display Unit (MCDU). [0003] However, a typical MCDU usually only provides basic user interface components for interacting with the FMC. For example, some MCDUs may include small monochrome display devices and tightly packe...

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IPC IPC(8): H04L67/12H04L67/141
CPCH04L67/12H04L67/141B64D2045/0075G08G5/0021H04L67/146H04L69/324G08G5/0052
Inventor 约阿希姆·K·霍切沃斯丹尼尔·德维特维克托·马里奥·利尔·赫雷拉麦肯齐·卡明斯
Owner GE AVIATION SYST LLC