Patent ID: 11956854
Assignee: nan
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method of assisting a human aircraft occupant and/or a human or machine aircraft operator to wirelessly communicate with an aviation related facility via an aircraft radio the method comprising the steps of:
a) retrieving current aircraft location information from an aircraft location device;
b) accessing radio device records which are stored in one or more locations, the stored radio device records including but not limited to the frequency and one or more of associated area(s) and/or location(s), corresponding to an aviation facility;
c) in response to the aircraft current location information and the radio device records, automatically selecting at least a first communication frequency for which the corresponding facility, area or location is likely within range and the facility is appropriate to communicate with, based on the aircraft location;
d) automatically causing the selected first communication frequency and/or the name of the corresponding facility to be made available for use by one or both of the aircraft operator and/or the human aircraft occupant.