System and method of integrating data link messages with a flight plan

US9881504B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

• Maria John Paul Dominic · Savanuru, IN
• Leonard Pereira · Savanuru, IN
• Siva Kommuri · Savanuru, IN
• Anil Kumar Pendyala · Burnsville, US
• Rakesh Kumar · Bengaluru, IN
• Xiaozhong He · Laurel, US
• Thomas D. Judd · Woodinville, US
• David Pepitone · Sun City West, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G5/55
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment, an aerospace system is provided. The aerospace system comprises at least one display unit configured to display flight data and a memory configured to store one or more flight plan associations. Each flight plan association is an association between a data link message and a respective waypoint in a flight plan. The aerospace system also comprises a processing unit configured to determine when each respective waypoint in the flight plan is reached based on a comparison of current location data to the flight plan. When each respective waypoint is reached, the processing unit is configured to identify any data link messages associated with the respective waypoint based on the flight plan associations and to direct the at least one display unit to display a respective notification for each identified data link message associated with the respective waypoint.