Aircraft electronic checklist system with hyperlinks
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1. An aircraft electronic checklist system comprising:
- aircraft electronic checklist display means for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify air aircraft status;
hyperlink determining means for determining whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink associated therewith; and
hyperlink indication display means for displaying on the display an indication as to whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink associated therewith in accordance with a determination by said hyperlink determining means.
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Abstract
An aircraft electronic checklist system including (a) an aircraft electronic checklist display unit for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items; and (b) a hyperlinked information display unit for displaying information linked by a hyperlink of a checklist line item in response to activation of the hyperlink.
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1. An aircraft electronic checklist system comprising:
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aircraft electronic checklist display means for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify air aircraft status;
hyperlink determining means for determining whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink associated therewith; and
hyperlink indication display means for displaying on the display an indication as to whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink associated therewith in accordance with a determination by said hyperlink determining means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An aircraft electronic checklist system comprising:
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an aircraft electronic checklist display that displays a plurality of aircraft checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status; and
a processor that (i) changes a display on said aircraft electronic checklist display when a user places a cursor on an aircraft checklist line item having a hyperlink displayed on said aircraft electronic checklist display without the user clicking thereupon, and (ii) when a checklist function associated with the hyperlink has been completed, automatically returns the cursor to said aircraft electronic checklist display which displays the plurality of aircraft checklist line items.
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a display upon which is displayable an aircraft checklist comprising one or more check list line items each representing a procedure to be performed that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status; and
a processor that is configured to (a) determine whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink associated therewith and (b) display an indication as to whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink associated therewith in accordance with the determination. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An aircraft electronic checklist system comprising:
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aircraft electronic checklist display means for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status, at least one checklist line item having a hyperlink associated therewith; and
hyperlinked information display means for displaying information linked by the hyperlink of a checklist line item in response to activation of the hyperlink. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
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a display upon which is displayable an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items each representing a procedure to be performed that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status and at least one of which has a hyperlink associated therewith; and
a processor that is configured to display information linked by the hyperlink of a checklist line item in response to activation of the hyperlink.
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31. An apparatus comprising:
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aircraft electronic checklist display means for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status, said aircraft checklist having a hyperlink associated therewith; and
hyperlinked information display means for displaying information linked by the hyperlink in response to activation of the hyperlink. - View Dependent Claims (32)
wherein accessing of the aircraft checklist by the user causes activation of the hyperlink, wherein said hyperlinked information display means displays the information linked by the hyperlink in a window of the display other than a window in which the aircraft checklist is displayed, wherein the information linked by the hyperlink comprises at least one of (a) aircraft status information received from sensors to the aircraft, which information is required by a checklist line item to be monitored, and (b) an aircraft control operation prompt for requesting input from a user to control an operation of the aircraft, which operation is required by a checklist line item to be performed, and wherein when the information linked by the hyperlink comprises the aircraft control operation prompt, said apparatus automatically moves a cursor to the aircraft control operation prompt without requiring the user to reposition the cursor using a cursor control device.
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33. An aircraft electronic checklist system comprising:
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aircraft electronic checklist display means for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status; and
cursor repositioning means for automatically moving a cursor from the display to another display in response to the cursor being placed on a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist that has repositioning information associated therewith, without requiring input from a user to command repositioning. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An aircraft electronic checklist system comprising:
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aircraft electronic checklist display means for displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status; and
cursor repositioning means for automatically moving a cursor from the display to another display in response to a user accessing a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist that has repositioning information associated therewith without requiring input from a user to command repositioning.
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39. An apparatus comprising:
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a display upon which is displayable an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items each representing a procedure to be performed that defirm a procedure used to verify aircraft status; and
an automatic cursor repositioner that is configured to (i) automatically reposition a cursor from a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist to a window of the display other than a window in which the aircraft checklist is displayed, in accordance with selection of the checklist line item when the checklist line item has cursor repositioning information associated therewith, and (ii) in response to a user effecting control of the aircraft using the repositioned cursor, automatically returning the cursor to the window in which the aircraft checklist is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A method comprising:
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displaying an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status;
determining whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink; and
displaying an indication as to whether a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist has a hyperlink in accordance with a decision in said determining step. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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42. A method comprising:
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displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft statue; and
automatically moving a cursor from the display to another display in response to the cursor being placed on a checklist line item of the aircraft checklist that has cursor repositioning information associated therewith, without requiring input from a user to command movement of the cursor. - View Dependent Claims (49)
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43. A method comprising:
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displaying on a display an aircraft checklist comprising one or more checklist line items that define a procedure used to verify aircraft status, at least one checklist line item representing an aircraft control procedure required to be carried out by a pilot;
displaying on a display a controllable graphical user interface element usable by the pilot to effect the aircraft control procedure of the checklist line item; and
moving a cursor from the checklist line item representing the aircraft control procedure to the controllable graphical user interface element without requiring the pilot to manually move the cursor using a cursor control device. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
automatically checking off the checklist line item in response to the pilot controlling the controllable graphical user interface element to effect the aircraft control procedure of the checklist line item, without requiring the pilot to manually instruct the checking off.
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47. A method according to claim 43, further comprising:
automatically moving the cursor from the controllable graphical user interface element to the aircraft checklist in response to the pilot controlling the controllable graphical user interface element to effect the aircraft control procedure of the checklist line item without automatic check off of the checklist line item.
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