Method, System And Apparatus For Communication Through Wireless Charging Network
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1. A Power Transmission Unit (PTU), comprising:
- a wireless charging circuitry including a power amplifier to electromagnetically charge a first device under charge (DUC);
a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication platform to communicate a plurality of A4WP-Compliant BLE messages with the first DUC, wherein the plurality of A4WP-Compliant BLE messages of the first DUC are destined for a second DUC; and
a processing circuitry to convert the plurality of A4WP-Compliant BLE messages to non-BLE messages; and
a non-BLE communication platform to communicate non-BLE messages to a second PTU to be relayed by the second PTU as A4WP-Compliant BLE messages to the second DUC.
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Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to utilized a network of wireless transmission units (PTUs) to communicate between devices connected to the network through each of the PUTs. In certain embodiments, a plurality of PTUs are interconnected into a Local Area Network (LAN) such that messages may be broadcast to all PTUs connected to the network. Each PTU may then relay the broadcast message to each of the mobile devices being under its charge.
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29 Claims
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1. A Power Transmission Unit (PTU), comprising:
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a wireless charging circuitry including a power amplifier to electromagnetically charge a first device under charge (DUC); a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication platform to communicate a plurality of A4WP-Compliant BLE messages with the first DUC, wherein the plurality of A4WP-Compliant BLE messages of the first DUC are destined for a second DUC; and a processing circuitry to convert the plurality of A4WP-Compliant BLE messages to non-BLE messages; and a non-BLE communication platform to communicate non-BLE messages to a second PTU to be relayed by the second PTU as A4WP-Compliant BLE messages to the second DUC. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a set of instructions to cause a processor circuitry to perform a process comprising:
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receiving a BLE message at a first PTU, the BLE message defined by A4WP standards and communicated from a first device under charge (DUC) to the first PTU associated therewith, wherein the BLE message of the first DUC are destined for a second DUC associated with a second PTU; converting the first BLE message content to a non-BLE message content at the first PTU; transmitting the non-BLE message content from the first PTU to a second PTU; and communicating the non-BLE message content form the second PTU to the second DUC associated with the second PTU by BLE signaling. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method to communicate between two or more wireless devices through a Power Transmission Unit (PTU) network, the method comprising:
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receiving a BLE message at a first PTU, the BLE message defined by A4WP standards and communicated from a first device under charge (DUC) to the first PTU associated therewith, the BLE messages from the first DUC intended for a second DUC associated with a second PTU; converting the first BLE message content to a non-BLE message content at the first PTU; transmitting the non-BLE message content from the first PTU to the second PTU; and communicating the non-BLE message content form the second PTU to the second DUC associated with the second PTU by BLE signaling. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A local network, comprising:
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a plurality of Power Transmission Units (PTUs), a first of the plurality of the PTUs having; a wireless charging circuitry to electromagnetically charge a first device under charge (DUC) associated with therewith, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication platform to communicate BLE messages between the first PTU and the first DUC, and a processing circuitry to convert BLE messages to non-BLE messages; and a server linked to each of the plurality of PTUs, the server configured to transmits non-BLE messages from the first PTU to a second of the plurality of PTUs, the server further configured to direct each of the plurality of PTUs to relay non-BLE messages to at least one other DUC associated with a second of the plurality of PTUs. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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