Patent ID: 9652989
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B64D,G08G

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a portion of a flight plan from an auxiliary flight management system, the portion of the flight plan including a mission-specific flight pattern configured to cover a particular area; receiving graphical data for the portion of the flight plan from the auxiliary flight management system; integrating the portion of the flight plan received from the auxiliary flight management system into at least one additional portion of the flight plan managed by a primary flight management system, wherein the primary flight management system and the auxiliary flight management system are separate flight management systems, and wherein the portion of the flight plan received from the auxiliary flight management system and the at least one additional portion of the flight plan managed by the primary flight management system are integrated to produce an integrated flight plan; and displaying the integrated flight plan to a user, wherein the portion of the flight plan received from the auxiliary flight management system is displayed at least partially based on the graphical data for the portion of the flight plan received from the auxiliary flight management system, wherein the graphical data received from the auxiliary flight management system specifies a supplemental definition file, wherein the primary flight management system is configured to retrieve at least one definition for display of at least one symbol from the supplemental definition file based on the graphical data received from the auxiliary flight management system, and wherein the supplemental definition file is separate from a definition file of the primary flight management system.