AUTOMATIC PRESENTATION OF A "WHEN CAN WE..." MESSAGE COMPOSITION SCREEN RESPONSIVE TO A NEGATIVE RESPONSE MESSAGE
First Claim
1. A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew member, the system comprising:
- a functional module including a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground-based system;
a message composition screen communicatively coupled to the functional module; and
a shortcut interface communicatively coupled to the functional module, wherein a shortcut prompt is displayed when one of;
a response timer expires; and
a negative uplink response message is received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message, wherein an implementation of the shortcut interface generates a “
when can we expect . . . ”
message related to the previously-sent downlink request message.
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Abstract
A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew member is provided. The system includes a functional module that includes a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground-based system; a message composition screen communicatively coupled to the functional module; and a shortcut interface communicatively coupled to the functional module, wherein a shortcut prompt is displayed when one of a response timer expires or a negative uplink response message is received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message, wherein an implementation of the shortcut interface generates a “when can we expect . . . ” message related to the previously-sent downlink request message.
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20 Claims
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1. A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew member, the system comprising:
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a functional module including a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground-based system; a message composition screen communicatively coupled to the functional module; and a shortcut interface communicatively coupled to the functional module, wherein a shortcut prompt is displayed when one of;
a response timer expires; and
a negative uplink response message is received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message, wherein an implementation of the shortcut interface generates a “
when can we expect . . . ”
message related to the previously-sent downlink request message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of to reduce head-down time for a flight crew member, the method comprising:
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receiving one of; a negative uplink response message responsive to a downlink request message; and an indication that a response time has expired for the downlink request message; displaying a shortcut prompt if a “
when can we expect . . . ”
message is related to the downlink request message; andfilling a message composition screen with data from a previously-sent downlink request message responsive to an implementation of a shortcut interface triggered by the displaying of the shortcut prompt. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew member, the system comprising:
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a functional module including; a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground-based system, at least one CPDLC application; a processor to execute the at least one CPDLC application; a message composition screen communicatively coupled to the functional module; and a shortcut interface communicatively coupled to the functional module, wherein, if one of;
a response timer expires; and
a negative uplink response message is received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message, andif one of a plurality of “
when can we expect . . . ”
messages is related to the previously-sent downlink request message,then a shortcut prompt is displayed, and wherein, if the flight crew member implements the shortcut interface responsive to the shortcut prompt being displayed, the message composition screen is filled with data from the previously-sent downlink request message.
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