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Process for generating travel plans on the internet

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  • US 7,640,098 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2005
  • Issued: 12/29/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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