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US 2022/0030103 A1Published application
Context aware airplane mode
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJonathan D. Hurwitz, Justin Lee
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Abstract
An example method includes, responsive to receiving user input to activate an airplane mode of a mobile computing device: disabling a first wireless protocol; determining, based on activity of a media session, whether to maintain an enabled state of a second wireless protocol of the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to stream audio data associated with the media session to an audio sink device via a second wireless protocol; and selectively maintaining the enabled state of the second wireless protocol based on the determination.
Claims21
1:
- A method comprising:
- responsive to receiving user input to activate an airplane mode of a mobile computing device:
- disabling a first wireless protocol;
- determining, based on activity of a media session, whether to maintain an enabled state of a second wireless protocol of the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to stream audio data associated with the media session to an audio sink device via the second wireless protocol;
- and
- selectively maintaining the enabled state of the second wireless protocol based on the determination.
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2:
- The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprises:
- determining to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that a time at which the media session was last active is within a threshold time of a present time;
- and
- determining not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the time at which the media session was last active is not within the threshold time of the present time.
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3:
- The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the time at which the media session was last active is within the threshold time of the present time comprises determining that the media session is active at the present time.
4:
- The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprises:
- determining to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the media session is likely to be active in the near future;
- and
- determining not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining the media session is not likely to be active in the near future.
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5:
- The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprises determining not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that an audio sink device is connected to the mobile computing device via a wired connection.
6:
- The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprises:
- determining to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that a time at which the mobile computing device last streamed audio data to the audio sink device via the second wireless protocol is within a threshold time of a present time;
- and
- determining not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the time at which the mobile computing device last streamed audio data to the audio sink device via the second wireless protocol is not within the threshold time of a present time.
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7:
- The method of claim 1, wherein the second wireless protocol comprises a BLUETOOTH protocol.
8:
- The method of claim 7, wherein the first wireless protocol comprises one or both of a Wi-Fi protocol and/or a cellular protocol.
9:
- The method of claim 1, further comprising:
- responsive to disabling the first wireless protocol, not transmitting wireless signals using the first wireless protocol;
- and
- responsive to disabling the second wireless protocol, not transmitting wireless signals using the second wireless protocol.
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10:
- A mobile computing device comprising:
- a communication unit;
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to:
- responsive to receiving user input to activate an airplane mode of the mobile computing device:
- disable a first wireless protocol;
- determine, based on activity of a media session, whether to maintain an enabled state of a second wireless protocol of the mobile computing device, wherein the communication unit is configured to stream audio data associated with the media session to an audio sink device via the second wireless protocol;
- and
- selectively maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol based on the determination.
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12:
- The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprise instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
- determine to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that a time at which the media session was last active is within a threshold time of a present time;
- and
- determine not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the time at which the media session was last active is not within the threshold time of the present time.
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13:
- The mobile computing device of claim 12, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine that the time at which the media session was last active is within the threshold time of the present time comprise instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine that the media session is active at the present time.
14:
- The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprise instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
- determine to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the media session is likely to be active in the near future;
- and
- determine not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining the media session is not likely to be active in the near future.
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15:
- The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprise instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that an audio sink device is connected to the mobile computing device via a wired connection.
16:
- The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to determine whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprise instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
- determine to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that a time at which the mobile computing device last streamed audio data to the audio sink device via the second wireless protocol is within a threshold time of a present time;
- and
- determine not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the time at which the mobile computing device last streamed audio data to the audio sink device via the second wireless protocol is not within the threshold time of a present time.
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17:
- The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the second wireless protocol comprises a BLUETOOTH protocol.
18:
- The mobile computing device of claim 17, wherein the first wireless protocol comprises one or both of a Wi-Fi protocol and/or a cellular protocol.
19:
- The mobile computing device of claim 10, further comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
- not transmit, responsive to disabling the first wireless protocol, wireless signals using the first wireless protocol;
- and
- not transmit, responsive to disabling the second wireless protocol, wireless signals using the second wireless protocol.
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20:
- A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a communication controller of a mobile computing device to
- responsive to receiving user input to activate an airplane mode of the mobile computing device:
- disable a first wireless protocol;
- determine, based on activity of a media session, whether to maintain an enabled state of a second wireless protocol of the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is configured to stream audio data associated with the media session to an audio sink device via the second wireless protocol;
- and
- selectively maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol based on the determination.
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21:
- The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the instructions to determine whether to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol comprise instructions to:
- determine to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that a time at which the media session was last active is within a threshold time of a present time;
- and
- determine not to maintain the enabled state of the second wireless protocol in response to determining that the time at which the media session was last active is not within the threshold time of the present time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.