BATTERY CHARGER FOR PORTABLE DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS
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Abstract
A battery charger may include a charger connector to be coupled to a corresponding device connector of a portable device including a rechargeable battery. The battery charger may also include a charging circuit connected to the charger connector, and a controller connected to the charger connector and the charging circuit. The controller may be for causing a portable device connected to the charger connector to identify its corresponding portable device type and its corresponding rechargeable battery type from among a plurality of different portable device types and different battery types, and for causing the charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based thereon.
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54 Claims
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34. A battery charger for a portable wireless communications device including a rechargeable battery and a wireless communications transceiver coupled thereto, the portable wireless communications device and rechargeable battery each respectively having a portable device type and a rechargeable battery type associated therewith from among a plurality of different portable device types and different rechargeable battery types, the battery charger comprising:
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a charging circuit; and a controller coupled to said charging circuit and configured to determine from the portable wireless communications device the portable device type and corresponding rechargeable battery type, and to cause said charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based upon a limiting charging parameter between a charging parameter for the portable device type and a corresponding charging parameter for the rechargeable battery type. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A battery charging system comprising:
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a portable wireless communications device comprising a rechargeable battery and a wireless communications transceiver coupled thereto, the portable wireless communications device and rechargeable battery each respectively having a portable device type and a rechargeable battery type associated therewith from among a plurality of different portable device types and different rechargeable battery types; and a battery charger comprising a charging circuit, and a controller coupled to said charging circuit and configured to determine from said portable wireless communications device the portable device type and the corresponding rechargeable battery type, and to cause said charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based upon a limiting charging parameter between a charging parameter for the portable device type and a corresponding charging parameter for the rechargeable battery type. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A battery charging method for a rechargeable battery carried by a portable wireless communications device, the portable wireless communications device and rechargeable battery each respectively having a portable device type and a rechargeable battery type associated therewith from among a plurality of different portable device types and different battery types, the method comprising:
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operatively coupling the portable wireless communications device to a battery charger comprising a charging circuit and a controller coupled thereto; and using the controller to determine from the portable wireless communications device the portable device type and corresponding rechargeable battery type, and to cause the charging circuit to charge the rechargeable battery based upon a limiting charging parameter between a charging parameter for the portable device type and a corresponding charging parameter for the rechargeable battery type. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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Specification