Graphical user interface in a computer system in an aircraft

An aircraft control system that comprises:

• a computer system in an aircraft;
• a display device in a flight deck on the aircraft configured to display a primary flight display and adjacent to a navigation display in a graphical user interface on the display device and to communicate with the computer system;
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• an information controller on the computer system configured to present on the display device a dynamic home page in a dynamic control center, such that the dynamic control center is located in a region of the graphical user interface adjacent to the primary flight display and adjacent to the navigation display, wherein the dynamic home page is based on a current phase of flight of the aircraft and is one of a number of pages in the dynamic control center, and wherein the dynamic control center is configured to:
• present, on the dynamic control center and based upon the current phase of flight, a group of controls configured to receive inputs to operate the aircraft;
• reduce a number of displays and a number of physical:
• switches, levers, or dials, in the flight deck as compared to a configuration of the aircraft that lacks the dynamic control center;
• and
• increase room available in the flight deck for ingress and egress, as compared to the configuration of the aircraft that lacks the dynamic control center;
• present, based upon a change in the current phase of flight, a new group of controls on the dynamic control center;
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• present, on the dynamic control center, an audio page configured to control radio communications that comprises a playback control configured to replay a radio call received by the aircraft.

A method for controlling an operation of an aircraft, the method comprising:

• installing a display device comprising a graphical user interface comprising a dynamic control center comprising a dynamic home page in a flight deck of the aircraft
• displaying, by a computer system in the aircraft communicating with the display device, the dynamic home page adjacent to a primary flight display and adjacent to a navigation display on the graphical user interface;
• identifying, by the computer system, a current phase of flight of the aircraft during the operation of the aircraft;
• presenting, on the dynamic control center and using the current phase of flight, a group of controls for receiving inputs for operating the aircraft;
• controlling the operation of the aircraft using inputs received by the group of controls;
• presenting, based upon a change in the current phase of flight, a new group of controls on the dynamic control center;
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• presenting, on the dynamic control center, an audio page configured to control radio communications comprising a playback control for replaying a radio call received by the aircraft;
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• changing, by the computer system in the aircraft, information in the dynamic home page as the current phase of flight changes during the operation of the aircraft.