US 11,237,595 B2Granted

Portable power solutions

AssigneeOmnicharge, Inc.

InventorGavin Gray

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

The system includes a device activation module and a system monitoring module in resources accessible to the system operator over the wide area network. In one embodiment, the method operates to process collateral received by the resources from a client device possessed by a user interested in activating a charging output included in a charger selected by the user from the plurality of portable chargers. Further, if the collateral is accepted, an authorization is wirelessly communicated from the device activation module to the client device, a device activation signal wirelessly communicated from the client device following a receipt of the authorization is received by the charger selected by the user, and the charging output included in the charger selected by the user is activated following a receipt of the device activation signal.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system for remote monitoring and management of chargers provided in a portable, hand-held form factor, the monitoring and management functionality accessible to a system operator over a wide area network, the system comprising:

a plurality of portable chargers each including an internal battery, a wireless charging output coupled to the internal battery and a plug-in DC charging output coupled to the internal battery, respectively;
and
resources accessible to the system operator over the wide area network to allow the system operator to monitor and manage an operation of the plurality of portable chargers, the resources including:
a device activation module configured to permit users to activate a charger selected from the plurality of portable chargers following a receipt of collateral provided by the user via a client device, the device activation resulting in charging power being made available at both the wireless charging output and the plug-in DC charging output;
and
a system monitoring module configured to provide the system operator with information concerning an operational status of each of the plurality of portable chargers included in the plurality of portable chargers, the operational status including at least one of:
usage statistics for each of the respective portable chargers, a projected life of the internal battery included in each of the respective portable chargers, and a current charge status of the internal battery included in each of the respective portable chargers.

4 more elements

a plurality of portable chargers each including an internal battery and a charging output coupled to the internal battery;
and
resources accessible to the system operator over the wide area network to allow the system operator to monitor and manage an operation of the plurality of portable chargers, the resources including:
a device activation module configured to permit users to activate a charger selected from the plurality of portable chargers following a receipt of collateral provided by the user via a client device, the device activation resulting in charging power being made available at the charging output;
and
a system monitoring module configured to provide the system operator with information concerning an operational status of each of the plurality of portable chargers included in the plurality of portable chargers, the operational status including at least one of:
usage statistics for each of the respective portable chargers, a projected life of the internal battery included in each of the respective portable chargers, and a current charge status of the internal battery included in each of the respective portable chargers.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/805,706Filed 29 Feb 2020 · continuation
Priority: 6 Jun 2016
Published: US 2020/0203966 A125 Jun 2020
Granted: 1 Feb 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 1/1632
For portable computers: external expansion units, e.g. docking stations
G06F 1/263
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC
G06F 1/28
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
H02J 7/50
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or…

Family

Application62/346,083Us provisional application · filed 6 Jun 2016
Application62/358,598Us provisional application · filed 6 Jul 2016
Application62/439,419Us provisional application · filed 27 Dec 2016
Application15/614,737Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 6 Jun 2017
Application15/614,756Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 6 Jun 2017
Application15/855,278Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Dec 2017
US 10,349,269 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Jul 2019
US 10,476,965 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 12 Nov 2019
US 2020/0203966 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Jun 2020
US 10,630,085 B2Parent of this continuation
Application15/855,278Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2018/0123361 A1Published application
US 11,237,595 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.