Patent ID: 8881294

Claim:
A system for transmitting files to a remote vehicle, the system comprising: a communication system onboard the remote vehicle; at least one processor onboard the remote vehicle coupled to the communication system; and at least one storage device comprising a database, the at least one storage device further comprising computer executable instructions which when executed by the at least one processor implement a data checking functionality process comprising: generating a security file at the remote vehicle from an uplinked file received by a communication system; downlinking the security file to a ground unit, wherein the ground unit performs an integrity check based on the security file; determining whether the integrity of the uplinked file is verified based on reception of an authentication message from the ground unit by the communication system, the authentication message indicating that the uplinked file was validated as a copy of an original file by the ground unit; when integrity of the uplinked file is confirmed, accepting the uplinked file; and when integrity of the uplinked file is not confirmed, rejecting the up linked file.