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1. A method comprising:
receiving, using a computer system, data associated with a selected airline flight from one or more data sources, the selected airline flight having an estimated time of departure from a departure gate; and providing, using the computer system, one or more functional alerts specific to the selected airline flight, comprising:
determining if an event has occurred; andif the event has occurred, then providing a functional alert regarding the occurrence of the event, comprising displaying an alert output on an output device, the alert output comprising a message indicating that the event has occurred; wherein the selected airline flight further has a scheduled time of departure from the departure gate, a scheduled time of arrival at an arrival gate, an estimated time of arrival at the arrival gate, a flight-planned block time equaling a first time period that begins at the estimated time of departure and ends at the estimated time of arrival, and a scheduled block time equaling a second time period that begins at the scheduled time of departure and ends at the scheduled time of arrival; and wherein providing one or more functional alerts specific to the selected airline flight further comprises:
determining if there is a difference between the flight-planned block time and the scheduled block time;if there is a difference between the flight-planned block time and the scheduled block time, then:
generating a target time of departure of the selected airline flight; anddisplaying on the output device the target time of departure of the selected airline flight;if the flight-planned block time is shorter than the scheduled block time, then:
displaying on the output device and proximate the displayed target time a message indicating that the departure of the selected airline flight can be delayed until the target time of departure;wherein the displayed target time is later in time than each of the scheduled time of departure and the estimated time of departure; andif the flight-planned block time is longer than the scheduled block time, then:
displaying on the output device and proximate the displayed target time a message recommending that the selected airline flight depart earlier at the target time of departure;wherein the displayed target time is earlier in time than each of the scheduled time of departure and the estimated time of departure;andif the flight-planned block time and the scheduled block time are substantially equal, then displaying on the output device a message indicating that the selected airline flight is to depart on schedule. |
