Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for key management. The method includes generating a pair of keys, wherein one of the pair of keys is a private key, and wherein one of the pair of keys is a public key. The method includes transmitting the public key to a first remote computing device, wherein the first remote computing device transmits the public key to a second remote computing device. The method includes receiving a host key from the first remote computing device, wherein the first remote computing device received the host key from the second remote computing device. The method includes accessing the second remote computing device using the private key. The method includes verifying a request from the second remote computing device using the host key.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example embodiment is directed to a method for communicating with a ground system. The method includes receiving engine data. The method includes storing the engine data. The method includes receiving one or more phase signals. The method includes determining that the one or more phase signals indicate that a transmission to the ground system is allowed. The method includes transmitting the engine data to the ground system in response to the determination.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example embodiment is directed to a system for testing communications. The system includes an electronic engine controller. The system includes a wireless communication unit in communication with the electronic engine controller. The wireless communication unit includes one or more memory devices. The wireless communication unit includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to provide a resource to a remote computing device. The one or more processors are configured to receive input from the remote computing device via the resource. The one or more processors are configured to cause a connectivity test to be performed in response to the received input. The one or more processors are configured to transmit a result of the connectivity test to the remote computing device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for encapsulating data. The method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, a message via an aviation messaging protocol. The method includes encapsulating, by the one or more computing devices, the message in a packet, wherein the packet comprises a User Datagram Protocol format. The method includes transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, the packet via an Ethernet connection.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example embodiment is directed to a method for communicating engine data to a ground system. The method includes receiving a request to store first data in a first memory location in one or more memory devices. The method includes receiving the first data, wherein the first data is associated with identification of an engine, and wherein the first data includes parameterized data. The method includes storing the first data in the first memory location. The method includes receiving a request to store second data in a second memory location in the one or more memory devices, wherein the second memory location is reserved for data to be transmitted to the ground system. The method includes receiving the second data. The method includes storing the second data in the second memory location.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example embodiment is directed to a method for testing communications. The method includes receiving a message via a data load protocol. The method includes initiating a connectivity test, in response to the received message. When the connectivity test fails, the method includes transmitting a failure signal associated with the data load protocol. When the connectivity test passes, the method includes transmitting a success signal associated with the data load protocol.

Abstract: One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a wireless communication unit configured to be located in a nacelle associated with an engine of an aerial vehicle. The wireless communication unit includes a random access memory. The wireless communication unit includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to perform a first data validity check on a first location for a primary index. The one or more processors are configured to perform a second data validity check on a second location for a secondary index. When the first data validity check fails and the second data validity check fails, the one or more processors are configured to reboot.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a wireless communication unit. The wireless communication unit includes one or more memory devices. The wireless communication unit includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to access data indicative of one or more transmission parameters, each of the one or more transmission parameters being associated with an aerial vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to select one wireless network of a plurality of wireless networks based on the accessed data. The one or more processors are configured to connect with the selected wireless network. The one or more processors are configured to transmit engine data from the wireless communication unit to a ground system via the selected wireless network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for communicating engine data. The method includes receiving data. The method includes separating the data into categories. For one or more categories, the method includes creating a file including the separated data. For one or more categories, the method includes naming the file, at least in part, based on the category and based on a file naming convention. The method includes prioritizing the created files. The method includes transmitting an identification file comprising identification information for a wireless communication unit and the file naming convention. The method includes transmitting the created files based on the priority.

Abstract: Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for monitoring performance. The method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, a measurement from a sensor. The method includes assigning, by the one or more computing devices, a time to the measurement. The method includes storing, by the one or more computing devices, the received measurement and the assigned time to a file. The method includes transmitting, by the one or more computing devices, the file to a remove computing device associated with a ground system.

Abstract: A space relevator adapted to transition an object between a stationary compartment and a rotating module rotating in a first direction, the relevator comprising: a relevator module comprising a plurality of substantially solid pie-shaped structures separated by a plurality of pie-shaped compartments all positioned around a central axis; a relevator central shaft extending along the central axis; the relevator module being adapted to receive a rotate signal and a stop signal, one or more of the pie-shaped compartments comprising an entry between the stationary compartment and the rotating module when the relevator module receives a stop signal and after the relevator module receives a rotate signal.

Abstract: A method of choosing and authorising a transaction with a payment device used by a purchaser under the authority of an owner is described. An analytics engine receives an identifier for a good or service from the purchaser and uses the identifier to identify providers of the good or service and providing a set of provider recommendations for the good or service to the owner. An issuer server receives from the owner approval for one of the set of provider recommendations and determining purchase parameters for that provider recommendation and determines whether the purchase parameters for the transaction match the purchase parameters for the provider recommendation; whereby the transaction is not authorised if the purchase parameters do not match and will not be rejected by the payment control system if the parameters do match.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for authorizing a user in connection with a request by the user to register an account for one or more services, to thereby confirm that the user is associated with the account. One exemplary method generally includes accessing data stored in a database for an account, in response to a request from a user to register the account for one or more new services; requesting confirmation from the user, at a user device, of at least one detail associated with the accessed data; comparing, at a computing device, location data for the user to base location data identified from the accessed data; and generating, at the computing device, a score for the request based on the comparison, where the score is indicative of whether or not the user, associated with the request, is also associated with the account.

Abstract: A relevator adapted to transition an object between a stationary compartment and a rotating module rotating in a first direction, the relevator comprising: a plurality of concentric substantially solid structures separated by a plurality of concentric compartments all concentrically positioned around a central axis; a relevator central shaft extending along the central axis; the relevator being adapted to receive a rotate signal and a stop signal, one or more of the concentric compartments comprising an entry from the stationary compartment in a stop position and an entry into the rotating module in a rotating position.

Abstract: A method for indirectly controlling a website using a user communication device is disclosed. A unique machine-readable code is displayed on a display device, the unique machine-readable code being specific to the display device displaying contents from a website through a server. The unique machine-readable code is readable by a user communication device, the user communication device in turn being able to communicate with the server through a communication path not involving an input device associated with the display device. Commands to control content displayed through the server are received from the user communication device. The commands include the identity of the specific display device by the displayed unique machine readable code. The content displayed on the specific display device is then changed accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenyl-methyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods useful for producing fatty alcohol compositions from recombinant host cells. The disclosure further provides variant fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the variant FAR enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising the same.

Abstract: A computer-based method for throttling payment card transaction processing is provided. The method uses a computer device including a processor and a memory. The method includes identifying, in the memory, a first threshold level. The method also includes transmitting a first plurality of transaction requests to a sub-processing system. The method further includes computing, by the processor, an average response time of the sub-processing system for processing the first plurality of transaction requests. The method also includes receiving a second plurality of transaction requests. The method further includes identifying one or more of the second plurality of transaction requests as failure candidates based at least in part on the average response time and the first threshold level. The method also includes failing one or more of the failure candidates.

Abstract: The application provides a space vehicle comprising a payload bay comprising a pressure vessel comprising a passenger bay module adapted to provide and maintain habitable conditions for twenty or more passengers during a mission traveling from earth to space and back to earth, the habitable conditions comprising (a) one or more service galley within the pressure vessel and adapted for access to the passenger bay module, and (b) the pressure vessel comprising a lavatory module physically separated from and rotatably abutting the passenger bay module, the lavatory module comprising an entry structure allowing access from the passenger bay module into the rotatably abutting lavatory module, the lavatory module comprising rotatable components comprising a lavatory component, the rotatable components being adapted to form the entry structure, wherein relative rotation of the rotatable components is adapted to produce sufficient centrifugal force in the lavatory component to maintain fluids in a sink and a toilet.

Abstract: The application provides a Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Orbital vehicle comprising a payload bay comprising a pressure vessel comprising a passenger bay module adapted to provide and maintain habitable conditions for twenty or more passengers during a mission traveling from earth to space and back to earth.