MONITORING AND MATCHING BATTERIES AND BATTERY POWERED DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring available power supplies for rechargeable battery-powered devices, comprising:
- receiving battery data indicating an amount of energy stored by a battery;
determining an amount of power the battery is expected to provide from the amount of energy;
receiving an expected power usage value associated with a rechargeable battery-powered device; and
determining the battery is to be installed into the rechargeable battery-powered device based at least partially on the expected power usage value associated with the rechargeable battery-powered device and the amount of power the battery is expected to provide.
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for matching one or more batteries that were charged in a charging station with a remote device that is depleting its availble battery power. In providing such matching functionality, the system can be configured to, for example, monitor the amount of power the remote device, such as a rechargeable battery-powered device used in a hospital, requires over one or more periods of time, monitor the health of a number of batteries, match one or more of the batteries to the rechargeable battery-powered device, and then convey to a user which rechargeable battery-powered device should have its depleted battery replaced with a remotely-charged battery.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring available power supplies for rechargeable battery-powered devices, comprising:
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receiving battery data indicating an amount of energy stored by a battery; determining an amount of power the battery is expected to provide from the amount of energy; receiving an expected power usage value associated with a rechargeable battery-powered device; and determining the battery is to be installed into the rechargeable battery-powered device based at least partially on the expected power usage value associated with the rechargeable battery-powered device and the amount of power the battery is expected to provide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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communications circuitry configured to; receive battery data indicating an amount of energy stored by a battery; and receive an expected power usage value associated with a rechargeable battery-powered device; and a processor configured to; determine an amount of power the battery is expected to provide from the amount of energy; and determine the battery is to be installed into the rechargeable battery-powered device based at least partially on the expected power usage value associated with the rechargeable battery-powered device and the amount of power the battery is expected to provide. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
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an executable portion configured to receive battery data indicating an amount of energy stored by a battery; an executable portion configured to determine an amount of power the battery is expected to provide from the amount of energy; an executable portion configured to receive an expected power usage value associated with a rechargeable battery-powered device; and an executable portion configured to determine the battery is to be installed into the rechargeable battery-powered device based at least partially on the expected power usage value associated with the rechargeable battery-powered device and the amount of power the battery is expected to provide.
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