Systems and methods for flight plan specific distributed ledger based aviation data link security

US12315378B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AURA Network Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tamara Lynne CASEY · Annapolis, US
• Michael Robert GAGNE · Monrovia, US
• Bryan Wesley Brown · Baltimore, US
• Christopher D. Coleman · Centreville, US
• Allan Thomson · Pleasanton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 2022
• Grant date: May 27, 2025
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2209/84
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Presented herein are systems and methods for operating a flight plan based distributed ledger system implemented on an aviation communications network. According to an aspect, data associated with communication transmissions occurring between communications elements of the aviation communications network may be recorded on the distributed ledger system. The communications elements involved in the distributed ledger system may be determined using a received flight plan. The flight plan information may be used to initialize the ledger information at each communications element involved in the distributed ledger system. The distributed ledger system may be updated to add or remove communications elements if the flight deviates from the original flight plan. After the flight plan is executed, the distributed ledger system may inactivate the ledger and store the ledger information in a centralized repository.