Patent ID: 7788002

Claim:
A method of managing mobile platform fault data, said method comprising: detecting one or more faults onboard the platform, collecting raw fault data, classifying the one or more faults based on whether observable by a flight crew onboard the platform, and sending the raw fault data for observable faults to an electronic logbook (ELB) application of an electronic flight bag (EFB) onboard the platform, the detecting, collecting, classifying and sending performed by a maintenance computer on the mobile platform when the platform is in use; interpreting at least some of the sent raw fault data, and based on the interpreting, providing to the flight crew a draft of an electronic logbook fault report of a given fault classified as observable, the draft report indicating a classification of the given fault based on urgency of response needed as to the given fault, the interpreting and providing performed by the EFB using the electronic logbook application; using the electronic logbook application, the EFB interactively receiving from the flight crew observations by the fight crew of the given fault and completing the draft report with the observations to further describe the given fault; and comparing at least some of the collected raw fault data with the completed draft report.