Patent ID: 8798818

Claim:
A method for determining a condensed quantity of context sensitive information pertaining to a specific category of vessel, selected by an individual operating a vessel that falls within the specific category of vessel, from a larger quantity of available information related to additional categories of vessels different from the specific category of vessel, for use by the individual in operating the vessel, the method including: using a non-transitory computer readable medium running on a processor to perform a plurality of operations including: analyzing context sensitive data, in real time, relating to: an operational procedure of said specific category of vessel to be carried out by the individual operating said vessel, and a real time environmental condition existing at a time and at a location that the operational procedure needs to be performed; and status information supplied from the location relating to a real time status of a lighting subsystem present at the location; dynamically determining in real time a subset of context sensitive information suitable for use with said specific category of vessel, in view of said real time environmental condition at said location and said real time status information obtained from said location relating to availability or non-availability of the lighting subsystem, the subset of context sensitive information taken from a larger quantity of context sensitive information relating to said operational procedure as applied to said additional categories of vessels; and presenting only said subset of context sensitive information to said individual operating the vessel to reduce a quantity of information that is visually presented to the individual on a visual display device while operating said vessel.