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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Thomas F. Mcguffin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Reetu Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Divya Swarup Giriyappa Srinivasan, Bangalore, IN;
Thomas F. McGuffin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Reetu Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Divya Swarup Giriyappa Srinivasan, Bangalore, IN;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew is provided. The system includes a functional module including a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground system; a message composition screen communicatively coupled to the functional module; and a shortcut interface communicatively coupled to the functional module, wherein a shortcut prompt is automatically displayed when a confirm-response message received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message is viewed, and wherein the previously-sent downlink request message is displayed when the shortcut interface is implemented.