Patent ID: 9141830
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of processing information on-board an aircraft comprising the steps of: providing an avionics device installed in said aircraft, wherein said avionics device is an FAA-certified device; operably connecting a non-certified device within said aircraft to said FAA-certified device; generating non-certified information on said non-certified device; generating FAA-certified information on said FAA-certified device; transmitting and receiving electronic packets of non-certified information from said non-certified device to said FAA-certified device; generating a request for a user acknowledgement or confirmation on said FAA-certified device after said FAA-certified device receives said non-certified information; and allowing changes to information or functionality of said FAA-certified device only after said user acknowledgement or confirmation is completed; wherein said step of operably connecting said non-certified device to said FAA-certified device comprises: generating an encrypted license key for a mobile server in operable data connection with said FAA-certified device; hosting said license key on a license server; providing authorization credentials of the non-certified device to said license server; downloading said license key from said license server to said non-certified device; storing said license key within cache on said non-certified device; establishing a data connection between said mobile server and said non-certified device; providing said license key to said mobile server for validation; requesting access by said non-certified device to one or more data resources available via said mobile server in operable data connection with said FAA-certified device; and decrypting and validating said license key by said mobile server before authorizing non-certified device access to said one or more data resources available via said mobile server in operable data connection with said FAA-certified device.