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Systems and methods for monitoring and characterizing information handling system use behavior

  • US 10,116,012 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2016
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information handling system, comprising:

  • one or more processing devices;

    a battery system including one or more battery cells;

    battery charger circuit coupled to receive current from an external source and to provide current for recharging the battery cells of the battery system; and

    a system load coupled to selectably receive current from either one of an external power source or the battery system;

    where the one or more processing devices are configured to monitor one or more power usage parameters; and

    where the one or more processing devices are configured to perform at least one of the following steps only if a given operating condition is determined to exist in which the external current is being continuously provided to the battery charger circuit and a resulting current is being provided by the battery charger circuit to recharge the battery cells of the battery system to cause the battery cells to repeatedly self discharge followed by recharge at a temperature above a battery cell temperature that exists when the recharging current is not provided;

    display an alert to a user of the information handling system to cause the user to discharge the battery cells of the battery system to a predefined point, orautomatically discharge the battery cells of the battery system to a pre-defined point; and

    where the alert is so displayed or the battery cells are so automatically discharged so as to avoid causing the battery cells to repeatedly self discharge followed by recharge at a temperature above the battery cell temperature that exists when the recharging current is not provided.

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