Battery Charger as a Centralized Personal Data Storage System

• US 20130110887A1
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pan, Yang
• Original Assignee: Pan, Yang
• Inventors: Pan, Yang
• Application Number:
  US13/281,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20130110887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/821
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C

Abstract

An intelligent battery charger comprises functional units including a file storage system, a controller and a communication device. The intelligent charger can be used as a centralized data storage system for personal electronic devices. When a personal electronic device is connected to the intelligent battery charger for charging the battery, data files are transferred from the electronic device to the charger or vice versa. The data files may be stored in different electronic devices according to a status file that includes storage locations of each data file. The intelligent charger may also be used to connect to a media delivery unit such as a HiFi audio system or a digital TV system as an external storage unit.

Claims

1. An electronic system, comprising:

(a) one or a plurality of electronic devices, each including a file storage system with at least one database, a controller, a communication device, a connector and a rechargeable battery; and

(b) a battery charger including a file storage system with at least one database, a communication device and a connector,

wherein said database of said battery charger further includes a plurality of data files, wherein said databases of the electronic devices are synchronized to said database of said battery charger after said devices are connected to said battery charger for charging said rechargeable batteries.

2. The electronic system as recited in claim 1, wherein said battery charger and said electronic device are connected through a power link established by said connectors for delivering electrical power to charge the rechargeable battery and through a data link established by said communication devices for transferring data files.

3. The electronic system as recited in claim 2, wherein said data link further comprising a wired or a wireless link.

4. The electronic system as recited in claim 3, wherein said wired link further comprising one or a combination of followings:

(a) a USB type of connection; and

(b) a FIREWIRE type of connection.

5. The electronic system as recited in claim 3, wherein said wireless link further comprising one or a combination of followings:

(a) a Bluetooth type of connection;

(b) a ZigBee type of connection;

(c) a Wi-Fi type of connection; and

(d) a NFC type of connection.

6. The electronic system as recited in claim 1, wherein said data files in said battery chargers are transferred from a database of a personal computer.

7. The electronic system as recited in claim 1, wherein said battery charger is connectable to a media delivery unit and said data files stored in said battery charger further comprising media assets and said media assets may be delivered to a user through said media delivery unit.

8. The electronic system as recited in claim 7, wherein said system further comprising a remote control device, wherein said remote control device further including a database that has been synchronized to said database in said battery charger.

9. The electronic system as recited in claim 7, wherein said media assets stored in said battery charger further comprising a data file including metadata of media assets, wherein said data file may be transferred to the media delivery unit and subsequently to a remote control device of the media delivery unit.

10. The electronic system as recited in claim 1, wherein said battery charger further comprising a controller for controlling data transferring between said electronic devices and said battery charger.

11. The electronic system as recited in claim 1, wherein said battery charger is connectable to a network, said network including the Internet and a home network.

12. The electronic system as recited in claim 10, wherein said data files stored in the battery charger are accessible by the electronic device through said networks.

13. A method of managing data files, comprising:

(a) generating a database including a plurality of data files in a file storage system of a battery charger;

(b) connecting an electronic device to the battery charger for charging a rechargeable battery of the device;

(c) establishing a data link between the device and the charger; and

(d) synchronizing a database in the electronic device to said database of said battery charger, said data files further including media assets.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein said method further comprising transferring data files in between said electronic device and said battery charger according to a set of predetermined rules.

15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein said predetermined rules are defined by a status file, wherein said status file further including storage locations of each said data file, wherein said status file is editable by a user through a personal device.

16. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein said method further comprising verifying authenticity of the connected electronic device by a controller in said battery charger.

17. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein said data link further including a wired link and a wireless link.

18. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein said method further comprising transferring said data files from the battery charger to the electronic device or vice versa through a network, said network including the Internet and a home network.

19. A method of managing data files, comprising:

(a) storing a plurality of data files in a file storage system of a battery charger;

(b) connecting an electronic device to the battery charger for charging a rechargeable battery of the device;

(c) establishing a data link between the device and the charger; and

(d) transferring data files in between said device and said charger according to a status file, said status file further including storage locations for each said data files.

20. The method as recited in claim 19, wherein said status file may be stored in said file storage system of said battery charger or in said electronic device, wherein said status file is editable by a user through a user interface of the electronic device.