ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,872, issued on April 14, was assigned to Panasonic Avionics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Authenticated modifications of multi-party ledger data during user connectivity via in-flight systems" was invented by Robert Kasody (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Faizalsheriff Kalifullah Sheriff (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Saeed Pezeshkfar (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central computing platform provides users with control over multi-party information involving third-party services during different stages of a travel journey, or while users are provided with data connectivity via different networks or systems. The central...