Method and apparatus for determination of a non-charging operation

• US 9,362,773 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2013
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Tuli, Apaar
• Primary Examiner(s): Hill, Stanley K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chubb, Mikayla
• Application Number:
  US13/930,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20150002075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/22 The load being a portable electronic device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00036 Charger exchanging data with battery
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00047 with provisions for charging different types of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0044 specially adapted for holding portable devices containing batteries H02J7/0045 takes precedence

Abstract

A method comprising determining that a charge session event associated with a charge session between an apparatus and a separate apparatus has occurred, determining a separate apparatus identity of the separate apparatus, determining a non-charging operation based, at least in part, on the separate apparatus identity and the charge session event, and causing performance of the non-charging operation is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

determine that a charge session has been initiated between the apparatus and a first mobile device;

receive an identifier of the first mobile device; and

transmit, based on the identifier, a message to a second mobile device, wherein the message indicates that the charge session was initiated.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory further includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to charge the first mobile device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the memory further includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to receive an authentication credential from the first mobile device, and wherein the computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to charge the first mobile device comprises computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to charge the first mobile device in response to verifying the authentication credential.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to transmit the message to the second mobile device comprises computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to transmit the message to the second mobile device based on a rule associated with the first mobile device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is configured to recharge one or more devices.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the identifier of the first mobile device comprises a phone number or an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory further includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine that the identifier of the first mobile device is equivalent to a stored identifier, and wherein the computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to transmit the message comprises computer program code configured to cause the apparatus to, in response to the determining that the identifier of the first mobile device is equivalent to the stored identifier, transmit the message.

8. A method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile device that is in communication with a charging apparatus, an indication that a charge session has been initiated between the charging apparatus and a charging device;

receiving, at the mobile device, an identifier of the charging device;

receiving, at the mobile device, user input comprising an instruction to terminate charging of the charging device; and

transmitting, from the mobile device and to the charging apparatus, the instruction.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising charging, by the charging apparatus, the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting, from the mobile device to the charging apparatus an authentication credential.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the instruction to the charging apparatus comprises transmitting a rule to the charging apparatus.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending at least one of a message or a notification, wherein the message or the notification comprises an indication that the charge session has been initiated between the charging apparatus and the charging device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the charging device is the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying, at the mobile device, the identifier of the charging device.

15. The method of claim 8, further comprising terminating, by the charging apparatus, the charge session between the charging apparatus and the charging device.

16. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, at a charging apparatus and from a mobile device, a message corresponding to a selected device;

determine that a charge session has been initiated between the charging apparatus and the selected device;

receive, at the charging apparatus and from the selected device, an identifier corresponding to the selected device; and

in response to receiving the identifier, transmit, based on determining that the charge session has been initiated, from the charging apparatus and to the selected device, the message.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to initiate charging of the selected device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to receive, at the charging apparatus and from the mobile device, a rule corresponding to the message, wherein the rule indicates the selected device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim claim 16, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to transmit, in response to the determining that the charge session has been initiated, from the charging apparatus, and to the mobile device a message or a notification.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the selected device is the mobile device.