Patent ID: 9571181
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication system, the system comprising: an external storage medium storing operational application configuration information defining an application configuration for an avionic operational data communications application; an aircraft communication system configured to perform operational communications, the aircraft communication system comprising: a portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device is removable from the aircraft, the portable electronic device hosting the avionic operational data communications application that produces the operational communications from avionic operational data, wherein the avionic operational data communications application is configured by the application configuration information stored on the portable electronic device, wherein the avionic operational data communications application controls operational communications, wherein operational communications include processed avionic operational data that is communicated between an aircraft and a fleet operations and control, wherein the application configuration information is loaded into a storage medium on the portable electronic device from the external storage medium; and an aircraft server coupled to the portable electronic device, wherein the aircraft server and the portable electronic device communicate avionic operational data, wherein the aircraft server and the portable electronic device communicate independent of cockpit displays and instrumentation, wherein security measures prevent an unauthorized electronic device from accessing the avionic operational data and the operational communications; and a ground communication system configured to receive the operational communications, the ground communication system comprising: a ground network configured to communicate the operational communications across a communication link with the aircraft server; and a ground peer application, configured to process the operational communications.