Patent ID: 8914233

Claim:
A mobile computing device implemented method for creating an interactive experience for a non-flight-crew traveler of a unique-flight from an origin to a destination, the method comprising: prior to departure of the unique-flight, requesting and receiving, by the mobile computing device, from the non-flight-crew traveler unique-flight-data that identifies the unique-flight; prior to departure of the unique-flight, retrieving, by the mobile computing device, from a flight-data-server via the Internet an initial flight-path for the unique-flight; and after departure of the unique-flight and prior to arrival of the unique-flight: requesting and receiving, by the mobile computing device, from the non-flight-crew traveler an actual departure time; calibrating, by the mobile computing device, an updated flight-path based on the initial flight-path and the actual departure time received from the non-flight-crew traveler, wherein the updated flight-path is a function of a location of the unique-flight and time; predicting, by the mobile computing device, a predicted current location of the unique-flight based at least in part on the actual departure time received from the non-flight-crew traveler; and displaying, by the mobile computing device, to the non-flight-crew traveler on a display of the mobile computing device indicia associated with the updated flight-path, wherein the indicia includes a map, a flight line on the map, and the predicted current location of the unique-flight on the map.