ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,196, issued on May 12, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Central cabin control systems and methods" was invented by Bryce C Baker (Raymore, Mo.), Pankaj Kalore (Lincolnshire, Ill.), Ashish Shrikhande (Bangalore, India), Shivashankar Maddanimath Veerayya (Bangalore, India) and Brian E. St. Rock (Andover, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central cabin control system comprises a central controller in operable communication with various sub-systems in an aircraft cabin. The central controller is configured to provide data of various systems to crew members and/or facilitate interactions with various passenge...