Patent ID: 9592921
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B64D,G01C,G08G

Claim:
1. A graphical in-flight message representation system comprising: a communication device configured to send and receive in-flight messages, wherein an in-flight message is a message communicated to or from the aircraft during a flight of an aircraft; and a display unit configured to display a graphical flight progress indicator and one or more message icons, each of the one or more message icons corresponding to a respective in-flight message; wherein the graphical flight progress indicator is a representation of a flight path representative of a characteristic of the flight wherein each of the one or more message icons is displayed along the graphical flight progress indicator in a position directly overlaid on top of the graphical flight progress indicator, at the time that the respective in-flight message was communicated to or from the aircraft, the position corresponding to when the respective in-flight message was communicated to or from the aircraft in relation to the characteristic of the flight; and wherein the display unit is configured to display a response dialog when one of the one or more message icons is selected, wherein the response dialog for the selected message icon displays content of the respective in-flight message and options to respond to the respective in-flight message associated with the selected message icon from within the response dialog.