The Boeing Company

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Greg A Kimberly

Ludwin Fuchs

Todd William Gould

Christopher J Morgan

Fred J McLain

Anoop Gupta

Steven Mark Drucker

Arun Ayyagari

Ian Gareth Angus

Richard Neil Blair

John E Bush

Rodolfo Acuna Santiago

Harry R Chesley

Eric John Martens

Charles D Royalty

David E Corman

Jack D Lawson

Lester L Houston, Iii

Manuel Vellon

Kristine Kay Lane

Harshpreet S Walia

Claudiu Bogdan Sherry Danilov

Lester Leroy Houston- Iii

Kristine K Lane

Lester Leroy Houston-Iii

A computing device includes an interface configured to communicate with a second computing device, a memory configured to store a first copy of a file that is synchronized with a second copy of the file stored at the second computing device, and a processor. The processor is configured, in response to receiving an update to the file while the interface is unable to communicate with the second computing device, to access versioning management data indicating synchronization settings associated with each of a plurality of files that includes the file. The processor is configured to, conditioned on determining that the versioning management data indicates a first synchronization setting associated with the file, write the update to the first copy, and conditioned on determining that the versioning management data indicates a second synchronization setting associated with the file, refrain from writing the update to the first copy.

Distributed data management system and method

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for transferring information with an aircraft. A connection is established between an onboard electronic distribution system executing in an aircraft data processing system in the aircraft and an on ground component. Responsive to a request for a command from the on ground component, the command for execution is identified. The identified command is sent to the onboard electronic distribution system from an on ground component. A transaction identifier is assigned to the command. A transaction associated with the command is maintained on the onboard electronic distribution system and the on ground component using the transaction identifier. An uplink is initiated by the on ground component. An aircraft software part is sent to the onboard electronic distribution system from the on ground component to perform the uplink. A status of a transfer of the aircraft software part on ground component is stored.

Method and apparatus for loadable aircraft software parts distribution

Systems and methods for trusted mobile communications are described. A network system provisions a mobile client system with a collection of security parameters on a per application basis and a per device basis. The airplane system provides access to the mobile client system based on the established chain of trust without previously having information about the mobile client system even when the mobile client system and the airplane system are offline with respect to the network system.

System and method for trusted mobile communications

A computing device, computer system and associated method are provided to mediate a conversation in a manner that facilitates the inclusion of semantic tags within the conversation. In the context of a method, user input may be received relating to maintenance of a system. The method also determines, with processing circuitry, a candidate tag based upon semantic context of the user input. Additionally, the method provides an indication of the candidate tag to the user and receives a response from the user regarding validity of the candidate tag with respect to the semantic context of the user input. The method may also store the maintenance report including the user input and an associated tag. A corresponding mediation computing device and an associated computer system are also provided.

Mediation computing device and associated method for generating semantic tags

A method and apparatus for verifying data for use on an aircraft. A plurality of digital certificates associated with the data is received by a processor unit. The processor unit verifies the data for use on the aircraft using a selected number of the plurality of digital certificates.

Use of multiple digital signatures and quorum rules to verify aircraft information

Onboard electronic distribution system

A method and apparatus for verifying data for use on an aircraft. A plurality of digital certificates associated with the data are received by a processor unit. The processor unit determines whether one of the plurality of digital certificates is compromised. The processor unit selects a selected number of the plurality of digital certificates in response to a determination that the one of the plurality of digital certificates is compromised. The processor unit verifies the data for use on the aircraft using the selected number of the plurality of digital certificates.

Verification of aircraft information in response to compromised digital certificate

Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided to authenticate and determine the integrity a software part. In this regard, a software part is authenticated and its integrity is determined by determining a first hash of the digital data that comprises the software part. If the air vehicle lacks data communications connectivity with an off-board security system, the method determines the authenticity and integrity of the software part by decrypting an encrypted hash of a software part in accordance with a public-private key pair to create a decrypted hash, comparing the first hash with the decrypted hash and transmitting the first hash to the off-board security system once data communications connectivity is established. Conversely, if the air vehicle has data communications connectivity with the off-board security system, the method determines the integrity of the software part by transmitting the first hash to the off-board security system for comparison with a whitelist.

Methods, apparatus and computer program products for authenticating and determining integrity of a software part of an air vehicle

A method, apparatus, and program code for processing commands in a network. A process creates a set of commands for an aircraft. The commands are in queues in a library in the network. Responsive to an event, the stored set of commands is sent to a proxy server application executing on the network data processing system. A connection is established between the proxy server application and an onboard electronic distribution system on an aircraft data processing system on the aircraft. The commands are requested by the onboard electronic distribution system. The distributed commands are received from the proxy server application by the onboard electronic distribution system. The received commands are processed by the onboard electronic distribution system and a set of aircraft software parts is forwarded to a set of target data processing systems on the aircraft using the processed set of commands if the commands are uplink commands.

Method and apparatus for processing commands in an aircraft network

A database of objects is distributed between a server computer and multiple client computers as an object oriented virtual world environment (VWE) with multimedia presentation features. A primary database is maintained on the server and includes at least one entry for each object disposed within the VWE. In one implementation a presentation virtual world environment has a multi-user virtual presentation room object (ShowRoom) in which presentation or information element objects (ShowItems) are presented from a server to multiple viewers at multiple client computers. The presentation room object and presentation element objects are global objects in that they are provided from server to client computers as part of a presentation VWE. The presentation element objects provide a model representing a presentation in the presentation VWE. Interface objects at the client computers provide a view of the presentation, with user interface and control elements, which view is separate from the model provided by the presentation element objects.

Presentation system with distributed object oriented multi-user domain and separate view and model objects

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