ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,970, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).

"Electronic device transit mode" was invented by Isaac Lagnado (Spring, Texas), Christopher Charles Mohrman (Spring, Texas) and Steven Harold Petit (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an electronic device is described. An example electronic device includes a processor to place the electronic device in a transit mode. When in the transit mode, the processor is placed in an inactive state. The example electronic device also includes a wireless module. An example wireless modul...