Patent ID: 8407307

Claim:
A method of providing flight information for a flight of interest to a receiving node in data communication with a flight information system, the method comprising: generating and periodically updating in the flight information system, real-time dynamic flight information for a plurality of flights; receiving at the flight information system, from a sending node, flight identification identifying the flight of interest and third party user node identification data identifying the receiving node; based on the flight identification and third party user node identification data received at the flight information system, causing delivery to the receiving node of an e-mail message including a logon key which when utilized by the receiving node causes delivery to the receiving node of flight information for the flight of interest updated as of when the logon key is utilized; and wherein, if the flight of interest has not departed at the time of first utilization by the receiving node of the logon key, then in response thereto the delivered flight information indicates the flight of interest has not departed.