ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,277, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PLUME DESIGN INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Electrical plug fall detection in a wireless device" was invented by Ming-Tsung Su (Taipei, Taiwan) and Rich Chang (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting a first level disengagement of the wireless access point electrical plug with the electrical outlet and providing a notification responsive to the first level of disengagement of the electrical plug with the electrical outlet. Detecting a second level of disengagement that is larger than the first level disengagement of the electrical plug with the electrical ou...