Aviation Operations Package Encryption for Low-Latency Database Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to efficiently update aviation databases in a secure and reliable manner, lacking specificity, and suffer from inefficiencies, unsecure, and high latency, and lack of specificity in updating aviation databases in a secure and efficient manner.

Innovation Solution

The system and method employ a cloud-based aviation operations device to generate and deploy an aviation operations package using encryption keys, ensuring secure and efficient updates to aviation databases.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing systems are used to update aviation databases, then updates can be performed, but the updates are unsecure and suffer from high latency

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity of database updatesVSAvoidlatency in database updates

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The aviation database update process is segmented into multiple independent components: status data reception, package generation, encryption operations, deployment, and verification. Each component can be processed independently and in parallel, reducing overall latency while maintaining security through systematic handling of each segment with appropriate security measures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by generating and encrypting the aviation operations package before actual deployment to the flight management system. The package is prepared with all necessary updates and encrypted in advance, so that during flight operations, the update can be deployed quickly without compromising security or incurring high latency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing systems update aviation databases, then updates are performed, but they lack specificity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespecificity of database updatesVSAvoidefficiency of update process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The update system applies local quality by receiving status data specific to each aviation database instance and generating customized update packages tailored to the specific needs, aircraft type, and current state of each database. This ensures high specificity where each update is precisely suited to the target system, while the automated package generation process maintains efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by dynamically adjusting update package contents based on received status data, aircraft identification, database version, and specific operational requirements. This parameter-driven approach enables specific, customized updates for each aviation database while maintaining high productivity through automated parameter-based package generation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If manual or traditional automated systems are used for aviation database updates, then updates can be applied, but the process is inefficient and unsecure

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity and reliability of updatesVSAvoidefficiency of update process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by receiving status data from the aviation database, analyzing the current state, and generating update packages accordingly. The flight management system also provides feedback on update verification and application status. This closed-loop feedback ensures secure and reliable updates while the automated nature of the feedback processing maintains high efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The aviation database update system operates as a self-service automated process where the system autonomously receives status data, generates appropriate update packages, encrypts them, deploys them to the flight management system, and verifies application. This eliminates manual intervention entirely, achieving both high security through consistent automated security measures and high efficiency through uninterrupted automated processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20260005851A1Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for generating an aviation operations package

Publication Date: 2026.01.01 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided herein. For example, a method may include receiving aviation operations database status data associated with an aviation operations database. In some embodiments, the method may include generating an aviation operations package based on the aviation operations database status data. In some embodiments, the method may include encrypting the aviation operations package using a cloud-based key. In some embodiments, the method may include deploying the aviation operations package to an onboard aviation operations device.