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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
William L. Goodman, Coupeville, WA (US);
Syed T. Shafaat, Everett, WA (US);
John A. Brown, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jennifer L. Gertley, Issaquah, WA (US);
Robert P. Smith, Clinton, WA (US);
William L. Goodman, Coupeville, WA (US);
Syed T. Shafaat, Everett, WA (US);
John A. Brown, Snohomish, WA (US);
Jennifer L. Gertley, Issaquah, WA (US);
Robert P. Smith, Clinton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of receiving an instruction by an airplane from a control system includes facilitating, by the airplane, a user of a system of the airplane in accepting or rejecting the instruction. The instruction may be received by the airplane via a data link between the control system and the airplane system. If the instruction is accepted, the method may further include loading, by the airplane, the instruction into the airplane system and/or adjusting, by the airplane, at least one airplane control to correspond to the instruction.