System and Method for Generating a Power Receiver Identifier in a Wireless Power Network
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1. An apparatus for wirelessly receiving power, comprising:
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communication links, operatively coupled to the processor;
a memory, operatively coupled to the processor; and
a receiver operatively coupled to the processor, the receiver being configured to wirelessly extract power from three-dimensional pockets of energy present in radio frequency (RF) waves,wherein the processor is configured to determine if an identification value for the apparatus is stored in the memory, and, if no identification value is stored, generate an identification value for the apparatus,and wherein the processor is configured to transmit to the communications one of (i) the stored identification value and (ii) the generated identification value, and wherein the receiver is configured to begin wirelessly extract power after the processor has transmitted the stored or generated identification value to the communications.
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Abstract
Embodiments in the present disclosure may be directed to a system and method that may be used to generate a unique identifier for one or more wireless power devices such as one or more wireless power receivers, wireless power transmitters, GUI management devices, and system management servers among others, within a wireless power network. The method may use automated software embedded on a chip that may run when a wireless power device boots up for the first time. The unique ID may allow easy associations of wireless power devices with user defined names.
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1. An apparatus for wirelessly receiving power, comprising:
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a processor; communication links, operatively coupled to the processor; a memory, operatively coupled to the processor; and a receiver operatively coupled to the processor, the receiver being configured to wirelessly extract power from three-dimensional pockets of energy present in radio frequency (RF) waves, wherein the processor is configured to determine if an identification value for the apparatus is stored in the memory, and, if no identification value is stored, generate an identification value for the apparatus, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit to the communications one of (i) the stored identification value and (ii) the generated identification value, and wherein the receiver is configured to begin wirelessly extract power after the processor has transmitted the stored or generated identification value to the communications. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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10. A method for wirelessly receiving power in an apparatus, comprising:
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determining, via a processor, if an identification value for the apparatus is stored in a memory; generating, via the processor, an identification value for the apparatus if the determining step determines that no identification value is stored; transmitting one of (i) the stored identification value and (ii) the generated identification value; and extracting power from three-dimensional pockets of energy present in radio frequency (RF) waves via a receiver in the apparatus after the stored or generated identification value is transmitted.
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16. An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting power, comprising:
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a processor; communications links, operatively coupled to the processor; a memory, operatively coupled to the processor; and a transmitter operatively coupled to the processor, the transmitter being configured to wirelessly transmit power three-dimensional pockets of energy present in radio frequency (RF) waves, wherein the processor is configured to determine if an identification value for the apparatus is stored in the memory, and, if no identification value is stored, generate an identification value for the apparatus, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit to the communications one of (i) the stored identification value and (ii) the generated identification value, and wherein the transmitter is configured to begin wirelessly transmitting power after the processor has transmitted the stored or generated identification value to the communications.
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