Tablet to Band Docking and Charging Method
OwnerShane Joseph Crewinventor
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Abstract
A method of operating a wearable monitoring system in which a tablet or smartphone-sized device directly charges a wristband without separate cords or swappable batteries. The method includes prompting docking based on a low wristband battery or a scheduled charging window, maintaining the tablet's full usability while docked, and charging via inductive power transfer (without exposed contacts) or via conductive interfaces (pins or surface pads). Retention may be magnetic, mechanical, or combinations thereof. The method improves charging compliance, ingress protection, tamper resistance and safety.
Claims17
A method of operating a wearable monitoring system comprising a wristband and a tablet computing device, the method comprising:
- detecting a need to charge a battery of the wristband;
- prompting a user to dock the tablet to the wristband based on at least one of a detected low-battery state of the wristband or a scheduled charging period;
- docking the tablet to the wristband;
- charging, by the tablet, the battery of the wristband while maintaining the tablet fully usable for user interaction;
- and confirming successful docking.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.