Patent ID: 9440748
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B64D,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling an aircraft during flight using a notification management system, the method comprising: creating a rule based on aircraft position information, a comparison operator, and a selected value associated with the aircraft position information; assigning a priority value to a notification associated with the rule, the priority value being assigned in relation to another priority value assigned to an application executable on an information management device onboard the aircraft; displaying on a display device the created rule, the aircraft position information, the comparison operator, the selected value associated with the aircraft position information, the priority value assigned to the notification, and at least one action to be performed in response to the notification; transmitting the created rule to the information management device onboard the aircraft; requesting aircraft data generated by one or more aircraft systems, the aircraft data including a current position of the aircraft; receiving the aircraft data onboard the aircraft; comparing, by a processor, via the comparison operator the current position of the aircraft with the aircraft position information and the selected value associated with the aircraft position information; issuing, by the processor, the notification to an aircraft crew member onboard the aircraft during flight based on the priority value assigned to the notification and the comparison of the current position of the aircraft with the aircraft position information and the selected value associated with the aircraft position information, the notification including the at least one action to be performed by the aircraft crew member in response to the notification; and controlling the aircraft to alter the current position of the aircraft based on the at least one action being performed by the aircraft crew member.