SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING THE DISPLAY AND RECEIPT OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL INFORMATION
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Abstract
Methods and systems for handling aircraft control information are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a display medium coupleable to a flight manager, with the flight manager configured to receive and direct instructions for automatically controlling aircraft functions at a future time during flight of the aircraft. The system can further include a display controller coupled to the display medium to present at least one operator activatable element at the display medium and update information presented at the display medium when the operator activates the operator activatable element. For example, the operator activatable element can include an icon presented at a computer display screen, and can be activated by a keystroke.
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54 Claims
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44. A method for handling aircraft control information, comprising:
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presenting information at a display medium, the information corresponding to instructions for flying a plurality of flight segments with at least one of the instructions to be executed at a future time during aircraft flight; presenting at the display medium at least one operator selectable element; receiving a signal input by the operator and corresponding to a selection of the operator selectable element; and based on the signal input by the operator, changing at least a portion of the information presented at the display medium. - View Dependent Claims (29, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 49)
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46. A computer-implemented method for handling aircraft control information, comprising:
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presenting information at a display medium, the information corresponding to instructions for flying a plurality of flight segments with at least one of the instructions to be executed at a future time; receiving a proposed update for the information from an operator via a keypad; presenting the proposed update at a preview field of the display medium; presenting at the display medium at least one operator selectable icon corresponding to an active field of the display medium; receiving a signal input by an operator and corresponding to a selection of the operator selectable icon when the operator manipulates a tracking device to move a control icon into alignment with the operator selectable icon and activates the tracking device; and based on the signal input by the operator, updating the active field presented at the display medium to include the proposed update. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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