Method and system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan
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1. A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan, the method comprising:
- receiving at one or more processors in an airborne vehicle input from at least one automatic flight-plan-relevant source;
at least one of the one or more processors independently determining a revised flight route based on the received input;
at least one of the one or more processors independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message to deviate from the flight plan for a flight crew user based on the determining;
prompting the flight crew user for one of approval and rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan; and
when an approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan is received from the flight crew user, downlinking the preconfigured clearance request message.
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A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan comprising receiving input from at least one flight-plan-relevant source, determining a revised flight route based on the received input, and generating a preconfigured clearance request message to deviate from the flight plan for a user based on the determining. The method further comprises prompting the user for one of approval and rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan. The preconfigured clearance request message is downlinked when an approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan is received from the user.
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1. A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan, the method comprising:
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receiving at one or more processors in an airborne vehicle input from at least one automatic flight-plan-relevant source; at least one of the one or more processors independently determining a revised flight route based on the received input; at least one of the one or more processors independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message to deviate from the flight plan for a flight crew user based on the determining; prompting the flight crew user for one of approval and rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan; and when an approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan is received from the flight crew user, downlinking the preconfigured clearance request message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan of an airborne vehicle, the system comprising:
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at least one interface on the airborne vehicle communicatively coupled to an associated automatic flight-plan-relevant source; one or more processors on the airborne vehicle configured to receive input via the at least one interface, wherein at least one of the one or more processors is configured to use the input to independently determine if a revised flight route is to be created and indicated to a flight crew user, wherein at least one of the one or more processors is configured to generate a prompt for the flight crew user to one of approve and reject an independently generated clearance request to deviate from the flight plan when the revised flight route is to be created and indicated to the flight crew user; an interface unit on the airborne vehicle to indicate the prompt to the flight crew user and to receive one of approval input or rejection input from the flight crew user; and a wireless interface to downlink the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan from the airborne vehicle to an air traffic controller at a ground control when the interface unit receives an approval input, the wireless interface further configured to uplink one of air traffic controller approval of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan and air traffic controller rejection of the clearance request to deviate from the flight plan. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan, the system comprising:
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means for automatically receiving input at an airborne vehicle, the input being related to conditions of a flight plan; processing means on the airborne vehicle for independently generating a preconfigured clearance request message; and processing means for receiving two approvals to the independently generated preconfigured clearance request message at the airborne vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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