PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL IDENTIFICATION IN A WIRELESS POWER NETWORK
First Claim
1. A method for providing a wireless charge with a wireless power supply, the method comprising:
- providing location specific information to a virtual account associated with a device to be powered by the wireless power supply;
associating the location specific information with the virtual account;
tracking marketing information with the device; and
targeting a customer associated with the virtual account with advertisements based on the location specific information and the marketing information.
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Abstract
A wireless charging system is disclosed. The wireless charging system includes a detector configured to identify device information related to a device to be powered at a location, a location processor coupled with the detector and configured to deliver location-specific information related to the location to the device to be powered based on the detected device information, a power supply in communication with the location processor configured to wirelessly provide power to the device based on the detected device information, such that the location processor is configured to deliver the location specific information to the device via a first channel, and wherein the power supply is configured to wirelessly provide power to the device via a second channel.
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1. A method for providing a wireless charge with a wireless power supply, the method comprising:
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providing location specific information to a virtual account associated with a device to be powered by the wireless power supply; associating the location specific information with the virtual account; tracking marketing information with the device; and targeting a customer associated with the virtual account with advertisements based on the location specific information and the marketing information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless charging system comprising:
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a detector configured to identify device information related to a device to be powered at a location; a location processor coupled with the detector and configured to deliver location-specific information to a virtual account associated with the device to be powered, wherein the virtual account comprises a history of location specific information from previous wireless power transactions; a power supply in communication with the location processor configured to wirelessly provide power to the device to be powered; and a server that accesses the virtual account and utilizes the history of location specific information from previous wireless power transactions for targeting the device to be powered at the wireless charging system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor configured to utilize a virtual account for data storage associated with wireless charging, the storage medium comprising instructions operative for:
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receiving charging information from a wireless power supply related to a provision of wireless power to a plurality of devices, wherein the charging information includes geographic information about a location of the wireless power supply; storing the charging information in the virtual account, wherein there is a virtual account for each customer associated with each of the plurality of the devices, further wherein each virtual account includes a charging history of the charging information from a plurality of wireless charging transactions; and accessing the virtual account for targeting based on the charging history and a geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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