Smart limited functionality mode manager

摘要

Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage media, for entering a limited functionality mode on a mobile device. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a portable electronic device, a first signal instructing the portable electronic device to enter a limited functionality mode, in which one or more transmission functionalities associated with the portable electronic device are disabled, determining whether the portable electronic device has received a second signal instructing the device to immediately enter the limited functionality mode, in response to receiving the first signal, waiting until one or more tasks that use the transmission functionalities are completed or until the second signal is determined to have been received, and entering the limited functionality mode after waiting until the one or more tasks that use the transmission functionalities are completed or until the second signal is determined to have been received.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a likely aircraft departure time based on accessing a real-time flight schedule database; determining, by the one or more processors, a duration of a delay period for delaying activation of a mode of a mobile device in which the mobile device remains powered on, but in which one or more transmission functionalities of the mobile device are restricted, based, at least in part, on (i) a time required for at least one task to complete one or more transmissions using the transmission functionalities of the mobile device, (ii) a specified maximum length of time, and (iii) the likely aircraft departure time; delaying for the determined duration of the delay period, the activation of the mode of the mobile device in which the mobile device remains powered on, but in which the transmission functionalities of the mobile device are restricted; and after delaying activation of the mode for the determined duration of the delay period, activating the mode of the mobile device in which the mobile device remains powered on, but in which the transmission functionalities of the mobile device are restricted.