Patent ID: 8290642

Claim:
An electronic flight bag system for use on an aircraft, said system comprising: a display for displaying information pertinent to operation of a mobile platform, to a user; a storage device for storing information pertinent to operation of said mobile platform; and a selection device for enabling said user to select different criteria by which information stored within said storage device is filtered, in order to present said user with filtered subsets of information pertinent to operation of said mobile platform, and in which said subsets of filtered information are made available to said user via said display; and a first one of said different criteria including information forming a first subset of information that pertains to a real time geographical location of said mobile platform that is updated during travel of the mobile platform along a predetermined route, such that information pertaining to at least one of the following criteria is updated by a processor of the system as the mobile platform travels along the predetermined route: a nearest navaid within a certain radius of the present location of the mobile platform; a nearest airway within a certain radius of the present location of the mobile platform; and at least one restricted airspace area within a certain radius of the present location of the mobile platform; and wherein the at least one of the nearest navaid, the nearest airway and the at least one restricted airspace area is updated without requiring a user request; and a second one of said different criteria including information relating to a logical location of mobile platform that forms a second subset of information obtained from said first subset of information, and wherein said second subset of information is generated at least in part based on a specific characteristic of the mobile platform that is being operated.