Patent ID: 7181478
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of exporting data from an engine condition monitoring program database to a long term storage destination database, said method comprising: downloading data recorded in a flight data recorder to a program database retaining only recent data in a ground-based computer system having an engine condition monitoring program, wherein the engine condition monitoring program generates smoothed output data, and using said program database for storage and analysis; after said downloading of the data recorded, extracting from said program database data that is new or changed since a last date and time that data was successfully exported to the long term storage destination database; reading an external configuration file that provides data mapping information between the program database and the long term storage destination database; mapping the program database to the long term storage destination database, wherein said data comprises engine configuration data, aircraft configuration data, engine input data, engine raw output data, engine smoothed output data, aircraft input data, aircraft raw output data, aircraft smoothed output data, alert data, initialization data and compressed data, and wherein said extracted data includes re-alerted and backdated data; exporting said extracted data to said long term storage destination database; and after a new successful export, updating an external time file with a new date and time of said new successful export.