System and Method for Data Transfer with a Battery Charger

• US 20140081940A1
• Filed: 09/19/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delta-Q Technologies Corp. (ZAPI S.p.A.)
• Original Assignee: Delta-Q Technologies Corp. (ZAPI S.p.A.)
• Inventors: EVERETT, Jeff Douglas, GOMM, Lloyd Edward, LEWIS, Russell Leslie, MANHAS, Iqbal Tony, SINGER, Christopher Ryan, MUSAVI, Fariborz, EDINGTON, Ewan Murray
• Application Number:
  US14/032,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20140081940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00036 Charger exchanging data with battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00047 with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]

Abstract

A system and method for transferring data between a charging system comprising a data control module and a removable memory is provided. The method comprises the data control module detecting a connection with a removable memory module and identifying and selecting a file on the removable memory. The data control module then obtains the selected file from the removable memory.

Claims

1. A system for data transfer comprising:

a charging system having a data control module, the data control module being at least operable to;

detect a connection with a removable memory module;

identify and select a file on the removable memory;

obtain the selected file from the removable memory.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the data control module is further operable to provide data to the removable memory module.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the removable memory module is a USB drive.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the charging system further comprises a charge algorithm database configured to store a charge algorithm, the charge algorithm database in communication with the data control module.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the charging system further comprises a charge history database configured to store charge data, the charge history database in communication with the data control module.

6. The system if claim 1 wherein the charging system is further operable to charge two or more batteries simultaneously.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the selected file comprises at least one of firmware, a configuration file, and a charging algorithm.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the data control module is operable to identify and select the selected file by being further operable to search for an updated file on the removable memory module and, wherein the updated file is selected.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the data control module is further operable to store charge history data on the removable memory, the charge history data comprising at least one of battery capacity, battery state of charge, a cumulative charge cycle count for a battery, a battery serial number, an error code, and a model number of a component in the system.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein, after detecting the connection with the removable memory module, the data control module is further operable to detect whether relevant data is present on the removable memory module and to output an error condition when the relevant data is not present.

11. A method of data transfer comprising:

a data control module in a charging system detecting a connection with a removable memory module;

the data control module identifying and selecting a file on the removable memory; and

the data control module obtaining the selected file from the removable memory.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the data control module providing data to the removable memory module.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the removable memory module is a USB drive.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising storing a charge algorithm on a charge algorithm database, the charge algorithm database in communication with the data control module.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising storing charge data on a charge history database, the charge history database in communication with the data control module.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising the charging system charging two or more batteries simultaneously.

17. The method of claim 11 wherein the selected file comprises at least one of firmware, a configuration file, and a charging algorithm.

18. The method of claim 11 further comprising the data control identifying and selecting the selected file by searching for an updated file on the removable memory module and, wherein the updated file is selected.

19. The method of claim 11 further comprising the data control module storing charge history data on the removable memory, the charge history data comprising at least one of battery capacity, battery state of charge, a cumulative charge cycle count for a battery, a battery serial number, an error code, and a model number of a component in the charging system.

20. The method of claim 11 further comprising, after detecting the connection with the removable memory module, the data control module detecting whether relevant data is present on the removable memory module and outputting an error condition when the relevant data is not present.