Patent ID: 8686878

Claim:
A method for context sensitive notifications of incoming digital communications using a device onboard an aircraft for receiving and sending a datalink message, the device including a user input device, the method comprising: receiving a new datalink message from a sender on the device, the datalink message including a unique identifier associated with the sender; determining if the sender is a new sender based on the unique identifier; determining if the device is involved in an active exchange of datalink messages based on activity data associated with the device; outputting a first alert that the new datalink message has been received at an alert level below a current alert level if the sender is not a new sender and the device is engaged in the active exchange of datalink messages; determining if a response has been received via the user input device to the new datalink message; and outputting a second alert that the new datalink message has been received at an alert level above a current alert level if no response has been received via the user input device.