CPC G08G 5/0021 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A flight deck system in an aircraft for displaying message content from an air traffic controller (ATC) conversation on an aircraft display device, the flight deck system comprising a controller configured to:
receive extracted message content from a plurality of messages originating from one or more entities outside of the aircraft;
generate a ticker tape graphical element having a first panel and a second panel for display as an overlay over a primary display on the aircraft display device, each of the first panel and the second panel having a first state and a second state;
wherein the first panel has a main panel for displaying message content for a most recently received message and one or more subsidiary panels for displaying message content for up to a first predetermined number of the most recently received messages;
wherein the first panel, when in the first state, displays, in the main panel, a recording button, extracted message content from the most recent received message, and a bookmark selection button;
wherein the first panel, when in the second state, continues to display, in the main panel, the recording button, expands to include the one or more subsidiary panels adjacent to the main panel, and displays a pointer icon in the main panel that indicates that the one or more subsidiary panels are being displayed adjacent to the main panel;
wherein the second panel has a bookmark main panel for displaying message content for up to a second predetermined number of the most recently received bookmarked messages and one or more bookmark subsidiary panels for displaying message content for up to a third predetermined number of the most recently received bookmarked messages; and
signal the aircraft display device to display the ticker tape graphical element as an overlay over a portion of the primary display on the aircraft display device.
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