System and method for smart registration of wireless power receivers in a wireless power network

A method for operating a wireless power system configured to provide pocket-forming energy in three-dimensional space, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a power transmitter manager in communication with a wireless power transmitter of a plurality of wireless power transmitters, authorization data for a device coupled to a receiver;
• determining, by the wireless power transmitter, an authorization state for the device based at least in part on the received authorization data;
• determining, by the power transmitter manager of the wireless power transmitter, if the receiver is closest to the wireless power transmitter relative to the plurality of wireless power transmitters based upon database records indicating a signal strength associated with a receiver and received from at least one of the plurality of wireless transmitters;
• controlling, by the wireless power transmitter, transmission of power waves by an antenna manager of the wireless power transmitter in three-dimensional space, based on the authorization state of the receiver;
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• receiving, by the wireless power transmitter, one or more signals from the receiver indicating the amount of power received by the receiver from the wireless power transmitter;
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• updating, by the power transmitter manager of the wireless power transmitter, a database record for the receiver according to the one or more signals, when the wireless power transmitter is closest to the receiver with respect to each wireless power transmitter of the plurality of wireless power transmitters.

A method for operating a wireless power system configured to provide pocket-forming energy in three-dimensional space, comprising:

• establishing, by a wireless power transmitter of a plurality of wireless power transmitters, a communications link with a receiver via a power transmitter manager;
• receiving, by the wireless power transmitter, authorization data for a device coupled to the receiver via the communications link;
• determining, by the wireless power transmitter, an authorization state for the device based at least in part on the received authorization data;
• determining, by a power transmitter manager of the wireless power transmitter, that the receiver is closest to the wireless power transmitter with respect to each of the plurality of wireless power transmitters based upon database records indicating a signal strength associated with the receiver and measured by at least one of the plurality of wireless transmitters;
• controlling, by the wireless power transmitter, the generation of pocket-forming energy in three-dimensional space via the power transmitter manager based on the authorization state;
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• receiving, by the wireless power transmitter, one or more signals from the receiver indicating the amount of power received by the receiver updating, by the power transmitter manager of the wireless power transmitter, a database record for the receiver according to the one or more signals, when the wireless power transmitter is closest to the receiver with respect to each wireless power transmitter of the plurality of wireless power transmitters.