US5826206A — Debriefing systems and methods for retrieving and…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 102 words

An event debriefing system comprising: means for recording a plurality of datastreams related to an event which occurs over an extended time period, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the event over the extended time period; categorized marking means, for marking times during the extended time period and for associating a category with the marked times; and presenting means, responsive to said marking means, for retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 102 words

An event debriefing system comprising: means for recording a plurality of datastreams related to an event which occurs over an extended time period, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the event over the extended time period; categorized marking means, for marking times during the extended time period and for associating a category with the marked times; and presenting means, responsive to said marking means, for retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 24 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 1, wherein said associated category includes a category related to actions of human participants in said event.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 22 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 1, wherein said associated category includes a category related to technical parameters of said event.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 42 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 1, wherein said synchronized presenting means comprises means for retrieving information from said datastreams beginning at the marked time and continuing chronologically thereafter, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastreams in time synchronism.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 53 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 1, wherein said recording means comprises: video recording means for producing a video datastream of actions of event participants; audio recording means for producing an audio datastream of audible communications of event participants; and instrumentation recording for producing an instrumentation datastream from various event monitoring instruments.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 42 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 4 wherein said synchronized presenting means comprises a display having a plurality of zones, and wherein said video and instrumentation datastreams are presented in a respective one of said plurality of zones in time synchronism.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 30 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 5 wherein said synchronized presenting means comprises means for performing said audio datastream with said displayed video and instrumentation datastreams in time synchronism.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 25 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 1 wherein said marking means is responsive to user identification of a time during said extended time period.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 22 words

An event debriefing system according to claim 1, wherein said synchronized presenting means includes means for displaying the appearance of selected instrumentation.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 104 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system, comprising: an aircraft flight simulator for simulating aircraft flight; means for recording a plurality of datastreams related to a simulated aircraft flight, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the simulated aircraft flight; categorized marking means, for marking times during the simulated aircraft flight and for associating a category with the marked times; and presenting means, responsive to said marking means, for retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 104 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system, comprising: an aircraft flight simulator for simulating aircraft flight; means for recording a plurality of datastreams related to a simulated aircraft flight, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the simulated aircraft flight; categorized marking means, for marking times during the simulated aircraft flight and for associating a category with the marked times; and presenting means, responsive to said marking means, for retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 28 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 10, wherein said associated category includes a category related to actions of human participants in said simulated aircraft flight.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 26 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 10, wherein said associated category includes a category related to technical parameters of said simulated aircraft flight.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 44 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 10, wherein said synchronized presenting means comprises means for retrieving information from said datastreams beginning at the marked time and continuing chronologically thereafter, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastreams in time synchronism.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 55 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 10, wherein said recording means comprises: video recording means for producing a video datastream of actions of event participants; audio recording means for producing an audio datastream of audible communications of event participants; and instrumentation recording for producing an instrumentation datastream from various event monitoring instruments.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 44 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 14 wherein said synchronized presenting means comprises a display having a plurality of zones, and wherein said video and instrumentation datastreams are presented in a respective one of said plurality of zones in time synchronism.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 32 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 15 wherein said synchronized presenting means comprises means for performing said audio datastream with said displayed video and instrumentation datastreams in time synchronism.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 27 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 10 wherein said marking means is responsive to user identification of a time during said simulated aircraft flight.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 26 words

An aircraft flight simulator debriefing system according to claim 10, wherein said synchronized presenting means includes means for displaying the appearance of selected aircraft flight instrumentation.

Claim 21

Independent Claim 107 words

A method of event debriefing comprising the steps of: recording a plurality of datastreams related to an event which occurs over an extended time period, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the event over the extended time period; marking a time during the extended time period, wherein said step of marking a time during the extended time period further comprises associating a category with the marked times; and retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and presenting the retrieved information from the datastreams for the marked times in the selected category in time synchronism.

Claim 22

Independent Claim 107 words

A method of event debriefing comprising the steps of: recording a plurality of datastreams related to an event which occurs over an extended time period, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the event over the extended time period; marking a time during the extended time period, wherein said step of marking a time during the extended time period further comprises associating a category with the marked times; and retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and presenting the retrieved information from the datastreams for the marked times in the selected category in time synchronism.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 33 words

A method of event debriefing according to claim 4, wherein said step of associating a category includes associating a category related to actions of human participants in said event with the marked times.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 27 words

A method of event debriefing according to claim 19, wherein said step of associating a category includes associating a category related to technical parameters of said event.

Claim 25

Independent Claim 88 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise, comprising: simulating aircraft flight; recording a plurality of datastreams related to a simulated aircraft flight, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the simulated aircraft flight; marking times during the simulated aircraft flight and for associating a category with the marked times; and retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 26

Independent Claim 88 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise, comprising: simulating aircraft flight; recording a plurality of datastreams related to a simulated aircraft flight, each datastream including chronological information related to at least one aspect of the simulated aircraft flight; marking times during the simulated aircraft flight and for associating a category with the marked times; and retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 53 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 22, wherein said step of retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked time comprises retrieving information from said datastreams beginning at the marked time and continuing chronologically thereafter, and presenting the retrieved information from the datastreams in time synchronism.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 63 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 22, wherein said step of recording a plurality of datastreams related to an event comprises: producing a video datastream of actions of flight simulator exercise participants; producing an audio datastream of audible communications of flight simulator exercise participants; and producing an instrumentation datastream from various flight simulator flight exercise monitoring instruments.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 43 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 24 wherein said step of retrieving and presenting the retrieved information comprises displaying said video and instrumentation datastreams in a respective one of a plurality of display zones in time synchronism.

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 32 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 25, further comprising the step of performing said audio datastream with said displayed video and instrumentation datastreams in time synchronism.

Claim 31

Dependent Claim 65 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 22, wherein said step of marking a time during the extended time period further comprises: associating a category with the marked times; and retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the marked times in a selected category, and presenting the retrieved information from the datastream for the marked times in the selected category.

Claim 32

Dependent Claim 39 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 27, wherein said step of associating a category includes associating a category related to actions of human participants in said flight simulator exercise with the marked times.

Claim 33

Dependent Claim 33 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 27, wherein said step of associating a category includes associating a category related to technical parameters of said flight simulator exercise.

Claim 34

Dependent Claim 54 words

A method of debriefing an aircraft flight simulator exercise according to claim 22 further comprising: marking a time during the extended time period wherein at least one of said aspects meets predetermined criteria; and retrieving information from said datastreams based upon the automatically marked time, and for presenting the retrieved information from the datastreams.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2001-10-19	2002-04-20	2002-10-20	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2005-10-19	2006-04-20	2006-10-20	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2009-10-19	2010-04-20	2010-10-20	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Debriefing systems and methods for retrieving and presenting multiple datastreams with time indication marks in time synchronism

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