Patent ID: 8291043

Claim:
A system for exchanging data over a network, the system comprising: a communication component for exchanging data with a user via a cellular telephone over a network; a system database component for storing service bulletin data related to at least one aircraft; and a processing component, the processing component being hardware, to: download an interactive software application to the cellular telephone, interact with the user via the interactive software application to provide an aircraft maintenance guide for a desired maintenance task, receive spoken requests and textual requests for service bulletin data related to the at least one aircraft from the user via the cellular telephone, access service bulletin data related to the at least one aircraft from the database component based on a registry number associated with the at least one aircraft passed with the requests from the user, transfer service bulletin data related to the at least one aircraft from the database component to the cellular telephone via the network for viewing by the user on the cellular telephone; and receive service bulletin activity responses from the user's cellular telephone, the responses including reports of aircraft damage found pursuant to the interaction with the user via the interactive software application, the user's cellular telephone including a portable database component for storage of the service bulletin data related to the at least one aircraft or at least one part thereof, and the service bulletin data stored in the portable database component of the user's cellular telephone providing the user with a guided interactive inspection of the at least one aircraft by viewing portions of the service bulletin data that are selectively searchable based on input by the user.