Patent ID: 7912742

Claim:
A computer implemented method of visualizing commercial airline flight operations based on aircraft flight schedules in response to a proposed new product or service, comprising the steps of: (A) selecting a computer implemented airline flight schedule representing scheduled aircraft flights, said selecting by a computer user employing a computer to execute programmed instructions stored in a computer readable medium; (B) introducing by computer simulation at least one initial flight disruption into the flight schedule selected in step (A), said at least one disruption comprising an event, said event selected by said computer user within said computer simulation, said computer simulation comprising employing a computer to execute programmed instructions stored in a computer readable medium; (C) generating by said computer simulation airline operations information caused by the disruption introduced in step (B), and simulating by said computer simulation airline operations information caused by computer simulated corrective action taken in response to the disruption, said computer simulated corrective action comprising the simulated use of said proposed new product or service, said product or service selected by said computer user within said computer simulation, said product or service comprising computer software or databases being demonstrated and marketed to said airline, said new product or service reducing the adverse impact of said initial flight disruption on simulated airline flight operations; (D) visually simulating by said computer simulation airline operations using the disruption causing information generated in step (C); and, (E) visually simulating by said computer simulation airline operations using the corrective action causing information generated in step (C).