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UPDATING FIRMWARE AND/OR PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK ON AN INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE WHILE PROVIDING WIRELESS POWER VIA A MAGNETIC COUPLING AND SUPPORTING A TWO-WAY WIRELESS POWER EXCHANGE CAPABILITY AT A DEVICE

  • US 20180048987A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2016
  • Published: 02/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2016
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operating a control device that is configured to communicate with an Internet of Things (IoT) device that is connected to an IoT network, comprising:

  • transmitting, at the control device, wireless power to the IoT device via a magnetic coupling between at least one antenna of the IoT device and a magnetic field that is generated by the control device; and

    communicating with a short-range wireless communications interface of the IoT device to transfer a firmware update to the IoT device and/or to receive diagnostic information from the IoT device, wherein the short-range wireless communications interface of the IoT device is powered at least in part by the wireless power and the communicating occurs while the magnetic field continues to provide the wireless power to the IoT device via the magnetic coupling.

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