Detection of aircraft travel by a mobile device

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more network interfaces to communicate with a computer network;
• a processor coupled to the one or more network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes;
• and
• a memory configured to store a process that is executable by the processor, the process, when executed, operable to perform a method comprising:
• obtaining data from one or more environmentally reactive sensors of a particular device;
• analyzing the data for motion characteristics associated with movement of devices during aircraft travel;
• determining, based on analyzing, that the particular device was traveling by aircraft based on a given portion of the data substantially sharing the motion characteristics associated with movement of devices during aircraft travel;
• and
• causing one or more air travel related software actions on the particular device in response to determining that the particular device was traveling by an aircraft at a time associated with the given portion of the data.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor on a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• obtaining data from one or more environmentally reactive sensors of a particular device;
• analyzing the data for motion characteristics associated with movement of devices during aircraft travel;
• determining, based on analyzing, that the particular device was traveling by aircraft based on a given portion of the data substantially sharing the motion characteristics associated with movement of devices during aircraft travel;
• and
• causing one or more air travel related software actions on the particular device in response to determining that the particular device was traveling by an aircraft at a time associated with the given portion of the data.