Patent ID: 9087419
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B64F,G01M,G01R,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for using an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) located on an aircraft to communicate with a remote aircraft system data communications unit on the ground concerning aircraft systems problems and malfunctions while the aircraft is in flight, comprising: receiving, with a processor in an EFB, aircraft systems data from one or more aircraft systems while the aircraft is in flight; identifying, with the processor in the EFB, problems or malfunctions in the one or more aircraft systems while the aircraft is in flight; automatically communicating, from the processor in the EFB, identified problems or malfunctions in the one or more aircraft systems to the remote aircraft system data communications unit located on the ground in real time; receiving, with the processor in the EFB, information concerning a solution to the identified problems or malfunctions in the one or more aircraft systems from the remote aircraft system data communications unit located on the ground in substantially real time; and implementing, with the processor in the EFB, the solution to the identified problems or malfunctions in the one or more aircraft systems while the aircraft is in flight.