CHARGING STATION AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A charging station (100) for charging at least one mobile terminal (140) removably coupled to at least one charging location (110) of the charging station (100), comprising:
- charging interface within the charging location (110) configured to provide current to a battery of the at least one mobile terminal (140),locking mechanism configured to removably locking the at least one mobile terminal (140) with the charging station (100),I/O means (130) configured to receive input comprising release information for releasing the at least mobile terminal (140) from the charging station (100),processing unit (310) configured to verify if the inputted release information corresponds to legitimate release information available for the charging station (100), and if the verification indicates that the inputted release information corresponds to the legitimate release information, to deliver a release signal to the locking mechanism for releasing the locking of the at least one mobile terminal (140) with the charging station (100).
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Abstract
A charging station for charging at least one mobile terminal removably coupled to at least one charging location of the charging station includes a charging interface for providing current to a battery of the at least one mobile terminal, locking mechanism configured to removably locking the at least one mobile terminal with the charging station, I/O elements configured to receive input including release information for releasing the at least mobile terminal and processing unit configured to verify if the inputted release information corresponds to legitimate release information available for the charging station, and if the verification indicates that the inputted release information corresponds to the legitimate release information, to deliver a release signal to the locking mechanism for releasing the locking of the at least one mobile terminal with the charging station. A charging system for providing a charging for at least one mobile terminal is also described.
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19 Claims
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1. A charging station (100) for charging at least one mobile terminal (140) removably coupled to at least one charging location (110) of the charging station (100), comprising:
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charging interface within the charging location (110) configured to provide current to a battery of the at least one mobile terminal (140), locking mechanism configured to removably locking the at least one mobile terminal (140) with the charging station (100), I/O means (130) configured to receive input comprising release information for releasing the at least mobile terminal (140) from the charging station (100), processing unit (310) configured to verify if the inputted release information corresponds to legitimate release information available for the charging station (100), and if the verification indicates that the inputted release information corresponds to the legitimate release information, to deliver a release signal to the locking mechanism for releasing the locking of the at least one mobile terminal (140) with the charging station (100). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19)
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16. A charging system for providing a charging of at least one mobile terminal (140) in the system, the system comprising
a charging station (100) providing a charging location (110) for at least one mobile terminal (140) and removably locking the at least one mobile terminal (140) thereto, the charging station (100) further comprising I/O means for inputting information by a user, an information system (610) for creating at least part of the release information for releasing the at least one mobile terminal (140) from the charging station (100), wherein the charging station (100) and the information system (610) are arranged to be coupled either directly or indirectly over an external entity (601) for enabling the communication between the charging station (100) and the information system (610), and wherein the release information created in the information system (610) is arranged to be available for the charging station (100) for verifying if the inputted information by the user matches with the created release information, and if the verification indicates that the inputted information corresponds to the created release information, the system is configured to deliver a release signal to the locking mechanism of the charging station (100) for releasing the at least one mobile terminal (140) from the charging station (100).
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