Patent ID: 9256004
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G01W

Claim Text:
1. A method for transmitting data to an in-flight aircraft, the method comprising: receiving, at a ground-based system, pilot preferences created based on airline or personal profiles; storing, at the ground based system, the pilot preferences; receiving a first transmission of weather data; receiving a second transmission of weather data, wherein the first transmission of weather data and the second transmission of weather data define a complete data set; comparing the second transmission of weather data to the first transmission of weather data to identify delta data representing only changes between the second transmission of weather data and the first transmission of weather data; receiving, by the ground-based system, a data request from the in-flight aircraft; in response to the data request, determining, by the ground-based system, whether the pilot has requested that data be supplied in accordance with the stored pilot preferences;