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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Yupeng Jia, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Prise, Kirkland, WA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology is directed towards disabling mobile device communications when such communications can possibly interfere with aircraft equipment. Examples include disabling the C-Band communications of devices when proximate an aircraft and/or airport. A signal beacon can be sent to devices, and as one example, devices capable of C-Band communications can be configured to automatically disable this frequency band. Devices that cannot react to this signal can disable frequency band(s)/switch to airplane mode in other ways, including based on received notifications, or based on sensed condition data. For example, motion detection, possibly combined with location data and/or elevation data, can determine whether a device is aboard an aircraft that is taxiing, preparing for takeoff, taking off, preparing for landing or landing. Elevation data can detect when a device is below some defined ceiling elevation, to take action with respect to disabling one or more predetermined frequency bands.