Patents by Inventor Grant Alexander Uy

Grant Alexander Uy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Enabling and disabling wireless communication in electronic devices
    Patent number: 11956380
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from one of two or more sensors of a device that independently determine whether an aircraft takeoff has likely occurred, an indication that the aircraft takeoff has likely occurred; activating, based on receiving the indication that the aircraft takeoff has likely occurred, an airplane mode of the device; receiving, while the device is in the airplane mode and from one of two or more other sensors of the device that independently determine that an aircraft flight is likely not occurring, an indication that the aircraft flight is likely not occurring; and deactivating, based on receiving the indication that the aircraft flight is likely not occurring, the airplane mode of the device. The indication that the aircraft takeoff has likely occurred may include acceleration data indicating an acceleration of the device in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Erich Karl Nachbar, Grant Alexander Uy, Carl Turner
  • ENABLING AND DISABLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220217232
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from one of two or more sensors of a device that independently determine whether an aircraft takeoff has likely occurred, an indication that the aircraft takeoff has likely occurred; activating, based on receiving the indication that the aircraft takeoff has likely occurred, an airplane mode of the device; receiving, while the device is in the airplane mode and from one of two or more other sensors of the device that independently determine that an aircraft flight is likely not occurring, an indication that the aircraft flight is likely not occurring; and deactivating, based on receiving the indication that the aircraft flight is likely not occurring, the airplane mode of the device. The indication that the aircraft takeoff has likely occurred may include acceleration data indicating an acceleration of the device in three dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Erich Karl Nachbar, Grant Alexander Uy, Carl Turner