Communicating device data prior to establishing wireless power connection
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of unsolicited advertising messages from a plurality of power receiving units, each of the plurality of unsolicited advertising messages comprising a data field that includes device specific data, wherein at least one advertising message of the plurality of unsolicited advertising messages comprises an advertising data type field that indicates whether the data field of the at least one advertising message further includes information corresponding to an entity associated with a device that contains the at least one of the plurality of power receiving units from which the at least one advertising message was received, the entity being different than a manufacturer of the at least one of the plurality of power receiving units;
selecting one of the plurality of power receiving units based at least in part on the device specific data of the at least some of the plurality of unsolicited advertising messages; and
initiating a connection for wireless power transfer to the selected one of the plurality of power receiving units.
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Abstract
A power transmitting device includes a processor circuit. The processor circuit receives messages, such as advertising messages and/or scan response messages, from power receiving devices. The messages include device specific data that pertains to the corresponding power receiving devices that transmitted the messages. The device specific data includes, for example, data pertaining to the hardware, firmware, charging state, and/or device state of the corresponding power receiving device. The processor circuit selects one of the power receiving devices based in part on the device specific data contained in the messages. The processor circuit initiates a wireless power transfer connection to the selected one of the power receiving devices.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of unsolicited advertising messages from a plurality of power receiving units, each of the plurality of unsolicited advertising messages comprising a data field that includes device specific data, wherein at least one advertising message of the plurality of unsolicited advertising messages comprises an advertising data type field that indicates whether the data field of the at least one advertising message further includes information corresponding to an entity associated with a device that contains the at least one of the plurality of power receiving units from which the at least one advertising message was received, the entity being different than a manufacturer of the at least one of the plurality of power receiving units; selecting one of the plurality of power receiving units based at least in part on the device specific data of the at least some of the plurality of unsolicited advertising messages; and initiating a connection for wireless power transfer to the selected one of the plurality of power receiving units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A power transmitting device, comprising:
at least one processor circuit coupled to a non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium and configured to; receive messages from power receiving devices, wherein each of the messages comprises a first field indicating a message format type and a second field containing device specific wireless power transfer data formatted based on the message format type and pertaining to each of the power receiving devices the device specific wireless power transfer data comprising an identifier of a manufacturer of each of the power receiving devices; select one of the power receiving devices that transmitted one of the messages that indicates that wireless power transfer has not been initiated for the one of the power receiving devices and that includes the identifier of the manufacturer that indicates a compatibility for connection with the power transmitting device; and initiate a connection for the wireless power transfer to the selected one of the power receiving devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer program product comprising instructions stored in a non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for formatting an unsolicited advertising message; instructions for determining an additional data format for the unsolicited advertising message; instructions for setting a first field of the unsolicited advertising message to a version value associated with the determined additional data format; instructions for inserting additional data into a second field of the unsolicited advertising message, the additional data comprising device specific wireless power transfer data formatted according to the determined additional data format, wherein the device specific wireless power transfer data indicates a charging state; and instructions for transmitting the unsolicited advertising message. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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