Method and system for packing an electronic flight bag
AssigneeForeFlight LLC
InventorsJason Miller, Christopher Tyson Weihs, William Bryce Gestrich, Raymond Aaron Farnham
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Abstract
A method for packing an electronic flight bag (EFB) involves obtaining a route, determining a buffer zone surrounding the route, identifying aeronautical content to be downloaded that is at least partially located in the buffer zone, and downloading the identified aeronautical content from a remote aeronautical content repository to the EFB device. The method further involves selecting, from the downloaded aeronautical content, at least one aeronautical chart, and displaying the route and the buffer zone in the at least one aeronautical chart.
Claims20
A method for packing an electronic flight bag (EFB), the method comprising:
- obtaining a route;
- determining a buffer zone surrounding the route, the buffer zone establishing an area that extends a defined distance perpendicular to the route,
- wherein the buffer zone distinguishes aeronautical content to be automatically included in the EFB from aeronautical content not to be automatically included in the EFB;
- identifying the aeronautical content to be downloaded based on being at least partially located in the buffer zone;
- downloading the identified aeronautical content from a remote aeronautical content repository to the EFB, wherein the remote aeronautical content repository is remote to a device hosting the EFB;
- selecting, from the downloaded aeronautical content, at least one aeronautical chart;
- and
- displaying the route and the buffer zone in the at least one aeronautical chart.
A system for packing an electronic flight bag (EFB), the system comprising:
- a route repository;
- a local aeronautical content repository;
- a display;
- and
- an EFB packing engine configured to:
- obtain a route from the route repository;
- determine a buffer zone surrounding the route;
- identify aeronautical content to be downloaded that is at least partially located in the buffer zone;
- download the identified aeronautical content from a remote aeronautical content repository to the local aeronautical content repository of the EFB, wherein the remote aeronautical content repository is remote to the system;
- selecting, from the downloaded aeronautical content, at least one aeronautical chart;
- displaying, in the display, the route and the buffer zone in the at least one aeronautical chart;
- displaying a list of routes;
- and
- displaying, for each of the routes in the list of routes, a checkbox activating automatic packing of the route.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code for causing a computer system to:
- obtain a route;
- determine a buffer zone surrounding the route, the buffer zone establishing an area that extends a defined distance perpendicular to the route,
- wherein the buffer zone distinguishes aeronautical content to be automatically included in an electronic flight bag (EFB) from aeronautical content not to be automatically included in the EFB;
- identify the aeronautical content to be downloaded that is at least partially located in the buffer zone;
- download the identified aeronautical content from a remote aeronautical content repository to an electronic flight bag (EFB) hosted on the computer system, wherein the remote aeronautical content repository is remote to the computer system;
- select, from the downloaded aeronautical content, at least one aeronautical chart;
- and
- display the route and the buffer zone in the at least one aeronautical chart while the remote content repository is unreachable by the computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.