Patent ID: 8880278
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B64F,G01R,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for a mobile maintenance terminal to access maintenance functions of an information system of an aircraft, the method comprising: determining, by the mobile maintenance terminal, whether a maintenance information system server on the ground and the information system of the aircraft are both accessible by the mobile maintenance terminal; automatically establishing a connection via a network between the mobile maintenance terminal and the maintenance information system server on the ground, in response to determining that both the maintenance information system server on the ground and the information system of the aircraft are accessible by the mobile maintenance terminal; accessing, by the mobile maintenance terminal, the information system of the aircraft through the maintenance information system server on the ground, in response to determining that both the maintenance information system server on the ground and the information system of the aircraft are accessible by the mobile maintenance terminal; transmitting, by the mobile maintenance terminal, at least one maintenance command intended for the information system of the aircraft to the maintenance information system server on the ground, in response to the determining that both the maintenance information system server on the ground and the information system of the aircraft are accessible by the mobile maintenance terminal; automatically establishing a connection between the mobile maintenance terminal and the information system of the aircraft, in response to determining that only the information system of the aircraft is accessible by the mobile maintenance terminal; and transmitting at least one maintenance command to the information system of the aircraft, in response to determining that only the information system of the aircraft is accessible by the mobile maintenance terminal.