Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for timer-based management of communication devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10051114-B2
Application number	US-201715658646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2017
Priority date	May 4, 2012
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A method of management of a communication device in an aircraft may include transitioning the communication device from a normal mode to a disabled mode based on a calculated device sleep time based on data associated with transportation information of the device. One of these modes may be a state of the device in which a transceiver of the device is deactivated and the other mode may be a state of the device in which the transceiver is activated. Therefore, the device sleep time determines when the wireless device's transceiver may not be activated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
determining a device wakeup time corresponding to a time prior to an expected delivery time of the device at a final destination;
transitioning the device from a first mode in which a transceiver included in the device is powered on, to a second mode in which the transceiver is powered off; and
transitioning the device from the second mode to the first mode at the determined device wakeup time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device wakeup time is based on data related to transportation of the device and a time buffer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the device is transported via an aircraft.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time buffer is based on a schedule delay associated with the transportation of the device.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the schedule delay is based on a statistical analysis of schedules associated with past actual route information for transportation of the device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the additional time buffer is based on an user input.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining at the device wakeup time whether an aircraft carrying the device is in flight;
determining, a new device wakeup time when it is determined that the aircraft is in flight;
transitioning the device from the first mode to the second; and
transitioning the device from the second mode to the first mode at the new device wakeup time.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the new device wakeup time is based on average flight times between an origin and a destination associated with the flight.

9. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first mode is an normal mode, and the second mode is a disabled mode, and
wherein the method further includes automatically transitioning the device from the disabled mode to an airplane mode based on data indicative of at least one of an aircraft takeoff and an aircraft reaching a cruise altitude.

10. A system for management of a device, comprising:
a memory device configured to store a set of instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the set of instructions to:
determine a device wakeup time corresponding to a time prior to an expected delivery time of the device at a final destination;
transition the device from a first mode in which a transceiver included in the device is powered on, to a second mode in which the transceiver is powered off; and
transitioning the device from the second mode to the first mode at the determined device wakeup time.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the device wakeup time is based on data related to transportation of the device and a time buffer.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the time buffer is based on a schedule delay associated with the transportation of the device.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the schedule delay is based on a statistical analysis of schedules associated with past actual route information for transportation of the device.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the additional time buffer is based on an user input.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to:
determine at the device wakeup time whether an aircraft carrying the device is in flight;
determine, a new device wakeup time when it is determined that the aircraft is in flight;
transition the device from the first mode to the second; and
transition the device from the second mode to the first mode at the new device wakeup time.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the new device wakeup time is based on average flight times between an origin and a destination associated with the flight.

17. The system of claim 10 ,
wherein the first mode is an normal mode, and the second mode is a disabled mode, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the set of instructions to automatically transition the device from the disabled mode to an airplane mode based on data indicative of at least one of an aircraft takeoff and an aircraft reaching a cruise altitude.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method including:
determining a device wakeup time corresponding to a time prior to an expected delivery time of the device at a final destination;
transitioning the device from a first mode in which a transceiver included in the device is powered on, to a second mode in which the transceiver is powered off; and
transitioning the device from the second mode to the first mode at the determined device wakeup time.

Assignees

• Fedex Corp Services Inc
• Fedex Corp Services Inc

Inventors

• Putman John David

Classifications

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W52/0274

  by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof · CPC title

• H04W4/42

  for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft · CPC title

• H04W52/0254 Primary

  detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device · CPC title

• H04W4/046

  Electricity · mapped topic