Patent ID: 8314719

Claim:
A method for operating an avionics system comprising: providing, on a display device, a traffic advisory information interface, the traffic advisory information interface comprising a horizontal position interface, a distance interface, and altitude interface, and altitude state of change interface, a speed interface and a heading interface, wherein the heading interface is substantially ring shaped; the traffic advisory information interface receiving a set of data that is representative of traffic advisory information from a user; and displaying visual indicators to the user based on the set of data the that is representative of the traffic advisory information that the traffic advisory information interface received from the user, wherein the set of data comprises at least one of horizontal position, distance, altitude, altitude state of change, speed, and heading of an aircraft; the visual indicators indicating a position of a traffic aircraft, a velocity of a traffic aircraft, or a combination thereof, the traffic aircraft being an aircraft other than a primary aircraft in which the avionics system is installed.