Selective NOTAM notification
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for selectively providing Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) notifications to a crew of an aircraft, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a plurality of NOTAMs;
determining a target phase of flight associated with the aircraft, from a plurality of predefined phases of flight;
determining a relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs, according to the target phase of flight, based on a plurality of relevance rules, each of the plurality of relevance rules assigning relevance based, at least in part, on the plurality of predefined phases of flight;
providing, by the processor, a notification of one or more NOTAMs according to the relevance for the target phase of flight; and
assigning a relevance code to a plurality of NOTAM subject codes for each of a plurality of phases of flight, wherein the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs corresponds to the relevance code associated with a NOTAM subject code of each of the plurality of NOTAMs;
wherein each relevance code comprises the relevance of the NOTAM subject code to a plurality of flight segments of a planned flight route such that determining the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the target phase of flight comprises retrieving the relevance code corresponding to the target phase of flight and determining the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the corresponding relevance code, and wherein providing the notification of one or more NOTAMs according to the relevance for the target phase of flight comprises determining one or more types of notifications to provide according to each relevance code and providing the one or more types of notifications;
wherein the relevance code comprises a multi-letter code, the multi-letter code including a plurality of letters, each of the plurality of letters associated with one or more flight segments, of the plurality of flight segments, of the planned flight route, and each of the plurality of letters comprising an indication of relevance of the NOTAM subject code to the corresponding flight segment of the planned flight route for the target phase of flight.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media provide for selective Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) notifications to be made to the crew of an aircraft according to the relevance of the NOTAM to a selected phase of flight of the aircraft. According to embodiments described herein, NOTAMs are received and parsed for subject and status codes. The subject and status codes are used with the selected phase of flight to determine a relevance code each NOTAM according to a set of relevance rules. The relevance rules provide a level of relevance of the NOTAM to the phase of flight and trigger a type of notification according to that level of relevance.
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1. A computer-implemented method for selectively providing Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) notifications to a crew of an aircraft, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, a plurality of NOTAMs; determining a target phase of flight associated with the aircraft, from a plurality of predefined phases of flight; determining a relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs, according to the target phase of flight, based on a plurality of relevance rules, each of the plurality of relevance rules assigning relevance based, at least in part, on the plurality of predefined phases of flight; providing, by the processor, a notification of one or more NOTAMs according to the relevance for the target phase of flight; and assigning a relevance code to a plurality of NOTAM subject codes for each of a plurality of phases of flight, wherein the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs corresponds to the relevance code associated with a NOTAM subject code of each of the plurality of NOTAMs; wherein each relevance code comprises the relevance of the NOTAM subject code to a plurality of flight segments of a planned flight route such that determining the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the target phase of flight comprises retrieving the relevance code corresponding to the target phase of flight and determining the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the corresponding relevance code, and wherein providing the notification of one or more NOTAMs according to the relevance for the target phase of flight comprises determining one or more types of notifications to provide according to each relevance code and providing the one or more types of notifications; wherein the relevance code comprises a multi-letter code, the multi-letter code including a plurality of letters, each of the plurality of letters associated with one or more flight segments, of the plurality of flight segments, of the planned flight route, and each of the plurality of letters comprising an indication of relevance of the NOTAM subject code to the corresponding flight segment of the planned flight route for the target phase of flight. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A NOTAM notification computer system, comprising:
- a NOTAM notification processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the NOTAM notification processor; and
a NOTAM notification application (i) which executes in the NOTAM notification processor and (ii) which, when executed by the NOTAM notification processor, causes the NOTAM notification computer system to provide relevant NOTAMs to a crew of an aircraft according to a target phase of flight byreceiving a plurality of NOTAMs, determining a target phase of flight associated with the aircraft, retrieving relevance rules, the relevance rules comprising a relevance code for each of a plurality of NOTAM subject codes for each of a plurality of phases of flight, determining a relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the relevance rules and target phase of flight, and providing a notification of one or more NOTAMs according to the relevance for the target phase of flight; wherein each relevance code comprises the relevance of the NOTAM subject code to a plurality of flight segments of a planned flight route such that determining the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the plurality of relevance rules and the target phase of flight comprises retrieving the relevance code corresponding to the target phase of flight and determining the relevance for each of the plurality of NOTAMs according to the corresponding relevance code, and wherein providing the notification of one or more NOTAMs according to the relevance for the target phase of flight comprises determining one or more types of notifications to provide according to each relevance code and providing the one or more types of notifications, and wherein the relevance code further comprises a multi-letter code including a plurality of letters, each of the letters being associated with one or more flight segments of the planned flight route, and each of the letters comprising an indication of relevance of the NOTAM subject code to the corresponding flight segment of the planned flight route for the target phase of flight. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- a NOTAM notification processor;
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