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Aircraft digital event ledger

US10902387B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 2017
Grant dateJan 26, 2021
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Expiry dateJul 13, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/06315
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of operating an aircraft. The method includes sensing, using a trusted sensor, a trusted parameter of the aircraft during operation of the aircraft; receiving, at a processor, the trusted parameter; entering, by the processor, the trusted parameter as a first immutable entry into a ledger stored on an immutable non-transitory computer-recordable storage medium, wherein immutable is defined as unchangeability of data stored on the non-transitory computer-recordable storage medium, and wherein the ledger also contains additional immutable entries regarding operations of the aircraft and an aircraft environment; executing, by the processor, a recursive analysis algorithm on the first immutable entry together with the additional immutable entries to produce analyzed data; and using, by the processor, the analyzed data to improve future operational performance of the aircraft by ordering changes in how a component of the aircraft performs during operation of the aircraft based on the analyzed data.

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