Patent ID: 8736464

Claim:
A system for presenting a dynamic checklist to a user of a vehicle, such system comprising: at least one vehicular source of internal system data; at least one interface for receiving user input data; a checklist generating processor configured to receive the internal system data representative of real-time internal system information of at least one first-level checklist item, generate a dynamic vehicular checklist comprised of a plurality of first collapsible and expandable dialog boxes, where each first collapsible and expandable dialog box is comprised of a first-level checklist item identifier, an automated alpha-numeric response applicable to the first-level checklist item identifier, and an expander interface, where at least one first collapsible and expandable dialog box is further comprised of an acceptance interface, determine a visual appearance of each automated alpha-numeric response as a function of the real-time internal system information and an acceptability configuration of the first-level checklist item, where the acceptability configuration is a configuration of the first-level checklist item that has been defined as being acceptable, and the visual appearance of each automated alpha-numeric response indicates an acceptability of the first-level checklist item, receive first user input data representative of a selection of an expander interface, where in response to the first user input data, the collapsed dialog box changes to an expanded dialog box, or the expanded dialog box changes to a collapsed dialog box, where the expanded dialog box visually presents the real-time internal system information of the defined acceptability configuration, determine an enablement of the acceptance interface based upon a compliance with the defined acceptability configuration, receive second user input data representative of a selection of the enabled acceptance interface, and the completion of the first-level checklist item, generate a presentation data set representative of the dynamic vehicular checklist and provide the presentation data set to a visual display unit; and the visual display unit configured to receive the presentation data set, and present the dynamic vehicular checklist represented in the presentation data set.