The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Thomas F. Mcguffin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas D. Judd, Woodinville, WA (US);
Reetu Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Thomas F. McGuffin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Thomas D. Judd, Woodinville, WA (US);
Reetu Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system to reduce head-down time for a flight crew member is provided. The system includes a functional module that includes a set of screens used to receive and send controller pilot data link communications (CPDLC) messages between an aircraft and a ground-based 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 displayed when one of a response timer expires or a negative uplink response message is received responsive to a previously-sent downlink request message, wherein an implementation of the shortcut interface generates a 'when can we expect . . . ' message related to the previously-sent downlink request message.