Process for generating travel plans on the internet
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1. A process for generating a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot, comprising:
- accessing over a computer network from a client computer a Web page having a housekeeping frame and a selected composite travel navigation chart from among plural selected composite travel navigation charts stored at a server computer, each selected composite travel navigation chart including a travel chart merged with travel navigation waypoints, the travel navigation waypoints including radio navigation aids;
downloading the Web page with the selected composite travel navigation chart from the server computer to the client computer as a two-dimensional array of map tiles that include up-to-date navigation data and cover an area over which a flight is to be planned;
indicating X, Y coordinates of each of a plurality of navigation waypoints on the selected composite travel navigation chart at the client computer;
sending the X, Y coordinates of each navigation waypoint to the housekeeping frame of the Web page; and
drawing over the selected composite travel navigation chart on the client computer route line segments according to the X, Y coordinates, as instructed by housekeeping frame of the Web page, to generate a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot.
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Abstract
A process for generating a flight plan includes accessing over a computer network from a client computer a selected composite flight navigation chart from among plural selected composite flight navigation charts stored at a server computer, each selected composite flight navigation chart including a flight chart merged with flight navigation waypoints. The selected composite flight navigation chart is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer. A flight route is indicated on the selected composite flight navigation chart at the client computer and transmitted to the server computer. The flight route is incorporated into the selected composite flight navigation chart at the server computer and returned to the client computer as a flight plan.
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1. A process for generating a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot, comprising:
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accessing over a computer network from a client computer a Web page having a housekeeping frame and a selected composite travel navigation chart from among plural selected composite travel navigation charts stored at a server computer, each selected composite travel navigation chart including a travel chart merged with travel navigation waypoints, the travel navigation waypoints including radio navigation aids; downloading the Web page with the selected composite travel navigation chart from the server computer to the client computer as a two-dimensional array of map tiles that include up-to-date navigation data and cover an area over which a flight is to be planned; indicating X, Y coordinates of each of a plurality of navigation waypoints on the selected composite travel navigation chart at the client computer; sending the X, Y coordinates of each navigation waypoint to the housekeeping frame of the Web page; and drawing over the selected composite travel navigation chart on the client computer route line segments according to the X, Y coordinates, as instructed by housekeeping frame of the Web page, to generate a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A process for generating a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot, comprising:
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accessing over a computer network from a client computer a Web page having a housekeeping frame and a selected composite travel navigation chart from among plural selected composite travel navigation charts stored at a server computer, each selected composite travel navigation chart including a travel chart merged with travel navigation waypoints, the travel navigation waypoints including radio navigation aids; downloading the Web page with the selected composite travel navigation chart from the server computer to the client computer as a two-dimensional array of map tiles that include up-to-date navigation data and cover an area over which a flight is to be planned; indicating X, Y coordinates of each of a plurality of navigation waypoints on the selected composite travel navigation chart at the client computer; sending the X, Y coordinates of each navigation waypoint to the housekeeping frame of the Web page; drawing over the selected composite travel navigation chart on the client computer route line segments according to the X, Y coordinates, as instructed by housekeeping frame of the Web page, to generate a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot; displaying on the client computer less than all of the selected composite travel navigation chart that is downloaded from the server computer; and scrolling across the selected composite travel navigation chart at the client computer to display a portion of the selected composite travel navigation chart that was not previously displayed, without downloading from the server computer as part of the scrolling the portion of the selected composite travel navigation chart that was not previously displayed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A flight plan generating method, comprising:
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providing a Web page having a housekeeping frame and a selected composite travel navigation chart over a computer network to a browser on client computer, the selected composite travel navigation chart including a selected travel chart merged with travel navigation waypoints, the travel navigation waypoints including radio navigation aids; displaying at least a portion of selected composite travel navigation chart in the browser on the client computer as a two-dimensional array of map tiles that include up-to-date navigation data and cover an area over which a flight is to be planned; indicating X, Y coordinates of each of a plurality of navigation waypoints on the selected composite travel navigation chart displayed in the browser on the client computer; sending the X, Y coordinates of each navigation waypoint to the housekeeping frame of the Web page; and drawing over the selected composite travel navigation chart in the browser on the client computer route line segments according to the X, Y coordinates, as instructed by housekeeping frame of the Web page, to generate a flight plan for preflight use by a pilot. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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