Patent ID: 8831795
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronising flight information on-board an aircraft, the method comprising: communicatively connecting airborne components of a flight information system and ground-based components of the flight information system by a satellite radio link, the ground-based components comprising a data centre and a ground-based aircraft master document list, the airborne components comprising an on-board main computer, an airborne aircraft master document list, and an electronic flight bag containing electronic documents, the ground-based aircraft master document list and the airborne the aircraft master document list comprising names and contents of the electronic documents in the electronic flight bag; receiving, at the data centre, new flight information for the aircraft; comparing the ground-based aircraft master document list with the new flight information to determine whether there are differences that affect the electronic documents in the electronic flight bag; upon determining there are differences that affect the electronic documents in the electronic flight bag, amending the ground-based aircraft master document list and generating a data amendment package based on the differences; transmitting the corresponding data amendment package from the data centre to the electronic flight bag via the satellite radio link; amending, by the on-board main computer, the airborne aircraft master document list to be the same as the ground-based aircraft master document list using the data amendment package; and updating, by the on-board main computer, the electronic flight bag to contain the electronic documents contained in the airborne aircraft master document list.