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US 9,319,855 B2Granted
Wireless charging and communication with wireless communication devices in a communication system
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorEric Thomas Eaton
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Abstract
A personal computing system and a mobile phone interoperate according to a wireless charging protocol while in a charging arrangement. The personal computing system can wirelessly charge a power source of the mobile phone. The personal computing system and the mobile phone are in a communication system. A server communicatively coupled to a first network and a wireless communication network can inhibit in the wireless communication network transmission of messages destined for reception by one of the personal computing system and the mobile phone, in response to determining that the personal computing system and the mobile phone are in a charging arrangement.
Claims25
A method with a personal computing system and a wireless communication device in a communication system, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a server communicatively coupled with a communication system, a messaging status update from at least one of a wireless communication device and a personal computing system, the wireless communication device and the personal computing system being connected together by a power transfer wired connection for transferring charging energy in a charging arrangement, the messaging status update indicating the wireless communication device is in a charging arrangement with the personal computing system, the wireless communication device is not receiving via a wireless communication network at least a portion of one or more messages, and the portion of one or more messages are to be forwarded by the personal computing system to the wireless communication device;
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- inhibiting, with the server, transmission via the wireless communication network of the portion of one or more messages that are destined for reception by the wireless communication device, in response to receiving the messaging status update.
A method with a personal computing system and a wireless communication device operating in a communication system, the method comprising:
- receiving a messaging status update from at least one of a wireless communication device and a personal computing system, the wireless communication device and the personal computing system being connected together by a power transfer wired connection for transferring charging energy in a charging arrangement, the messaging status update indicating 1) the wireless communication device is in a charging arrangement with the personal computing system, 2) one of the wireless communication device and the personal computing system is not receiving via a wireless communication network at least a portion of one or more messages, and 3) the portion of one or more messages are to be forwarded to the one by the other one of the wireless communication device and the personal computing system;
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- inhibiting transmission via the wireless communication network of the portion of one or more messages that are destined for reception by the one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device, while a messaging status associated with the one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device indicates that the wireless communication device is in a charging arrangement with the personal computing system, that the one of the wireless communication device and the personal computing system is not receiving via the wireless communication network at least a portion of one or more messages, and that the portion of one or more messages are to be forwarded to the one by the other one of the wireless communication device and the personal computing system.
A communication system comprising:
- a sever;
- a first communication network and a wireless communication network, at least one of the first communication network and the wireless communication network being communicatively coupled with the server;
- a personal computing system communicatively coupled with at least one of the first communication network and the wireless communication network;
- a wireless communication device communicatively coupled with the wireless communication network, the wireless communication device and the personal computing system being connected together by a power transfer wired connection for transferring charging energy in a charging arrangement;
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- the server being configured to:
- inhibit transmission via the wireless communication network of at least a portion of one or more messages that are destined for reception by at least one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device, in response to a messaging status associated with the one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device indicating that the one of the personal computing system and wireless communication device is in a charging arrangement with the other one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device, that the one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device is not receiving via the wireless communication network the portion of one or more messages, and that the portion of one or more messages are to be forwarded to the one by the other one of the personal computing system and the wireless communication device.
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