Patent ID: 11928530
Assignee: VIASAT INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for transmitting information via an application programming interface (API) at an onboard server onboard an aircraft, comprising:
storing, at the onboard server onboard the aircraft, a hierarchy of elements comprising:
a plurality of field-level elements including a first field-level element and a second field-level element;
a first intermediate-level element based on the first field-level element; and
a first message-level element based on the first intermediate-level element and the second field-level element;

receiving a first request for aircraft information from a ground server external to the aircraft, the first request including a first resource associated with the first message-level element; and
in response to receiving the first request, transmitting, to the ground server via the API at the onboard server, a first response including one or more of the first field-level element, the second field-level element, and the first message-level element.