Patent ID: 9593961
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G01C,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for displaying integrated time based notification and aircraft status data on a cockpit display, the method comprising: receiving aircraft status data associated with a flight plan; receiving pilot input data; receiving aircraft notification data; and displaying, coextensively on a lateral map with a ring diameter, a timescale region having a range determined by the ring diameter, the timescale region having a timescale divided into equal intervals from a predetermined origin; determining an alert type for the notification data; determining a unique alert symbol representative of the alert type for the notification data; overlaying, on the timescale and on the lateral map, (i) an icon graphically representative of the aircraft at its position and location, and (ii) the unique alert symbol type for the notification data, wherein the arrangement on the timescale of the aircraft icon and the unique alert symbol is time sensitive and representative of the temporal relationship between the aircraft location and the associated aircraft notification data.