Patent ID: 8193947

Claim:
A method for generating a data link air traffic control center menu, the method comprising: associating each of a plurality of air traffic control center objects with at least one of a plurality of geographic areas, each of the air traffic control center objects representing an air traffic control center having a name, and each of the geographic areas having a name; displaying the names of each of the geographic areas; receiving a first input, the first input selecting one of the geographic areas, the selected geographic area including a plurality of geographic sub-areas, each of the geographic sub-areas having a name; displaying the names of the geographic sub-areas; receiving a second input, the second input selecting one of the geographic sub-areas, the selected geographic sub-area including one or more of the air traffic control centers; displaying the names of the one or more air traffic control centers; and receiving a third input, the third input selecting one of the air traffic control centers.