Location defined power charger management authorization for a user equipment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsItzhack GOLDBERG, Harry R. MCGREGOR, Yossi MESIKA, Christopher B. MOORE
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Abstract
Embodiments for authorizing power charging of a user equipment (UE) based on a location. A power charging session is authorized by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting the UE is currently located and validated within an authorized geographic location. Either an unauthorized charging session is permitted to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit upon the UE being located in an unauthorized geographic location, or the power charging session is permitted to continue to charge the UE upon detecting the UE relocated from the authorized geographic location to an unauthorized geographic location.
Claims18
A method for authorizing power charging of a user equipment (UE) based on a location, comprising:
- authorizing a power charging session by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting the UE is currently located and validated within an authorized geographic location;
- and
- performing at least one of:
- permitting an unauthorized charging session to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit upon the UE being located in an unauthorized geographic location;
- and
- permitting the power charging session to continue to charge the UE upon detecting the UE relocated from the authorized geographic location to an unauthorized geographic location.
A system for authorizing power charging of a user equipment (UE) based on a location, comprising:
- a hardware processor that:
- authorizes a power charging session by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting the UE is currently located and validated within an authorized geographic location;
- and
- performs at least one of:
- permitting an unauthorized charging session to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit upon the UE being located in an unauthorized geographic location;
- and
- permitting the power charging session to continue to charge the UE upon detecting the UE relocated from the authorized geographic location to an unauthorized geographic location.
A computer program product for authorizing power charging of a user equipment (UE) based on a location, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- an executable portion that authorizes a power charging session by firmware of the UE for charging the UE upon detecting the UE is currently located and validated within an authorized geographic location;
- and
- an executable portion that performs at least one of:
- permitting an unauthorized charging session to charge the UE up to a pre-authorized charging limit upon the UE being located in an unauthorized geographic location;
- and
- permitting the power charging session to continue to charge the UE upon detecting the UE relocated from the authorized geographic location to an unauthorized geographic location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.