CHARGER WITH DATA STORAGE

• US 20110309789A1
• Filed: 06/21/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corporation (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: PRASAD, KRISHNA
• Application Number:
  US12/819,695
• Publication Number:
  US 20110309789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 320/107
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• 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

Abstract

A particular charger configured to be electrically coupled and communicatively coupled to a particular portable electronic device is described. The particular charger includes an AC/DC converter, a controller, a charger memory, a charger cable, and an authentication module. The controller provides a means for processing the data from the particular portable electronic device memory by synchronizing the device memory with the charger memory. The illustrative portable electronic device is a wireless handset.

Claims

1. A particular charger configured to be electrically coupled and communicatively coupled to a particular portable electronic device, wherein the particular charger comprises:

an AC/DC converter that converts alternating current to direct current and charges the portable electronic device;

a controller housed within a charger housing;

a charger memory housed within the charger housing, wherein the charger memory is communicatively coupled to the controller and the charger memory is associated with the particular portable electronic device;

a charger cable operatively coupled to the controller and to the AC/DC converter, wherein the charger cable has a first cable interface end that is configured to interface with the portable electronic device having a particular portable electronic device memory, the cable including,

at least one data cable configured to communicate data from the portable electronic device memory to the charger memory,

a power cable configured to transfer the direct current to the portable electronic device;

an authentication module associated with the charger, wherein the charger authentication module is configured to verify that the particular portable electronic device memory is associated with the particular charger; and

the controller configured to synchronize data from the particular portable electronic device memory with the charger memory.

2. The particular charger of claim 1, wherein the first cable interface end of the charger cable that interfaces with the portable electronic devices comprises a USB cable interface.

3. The particular charger of claim 1, wherein the charger cable further comprises a second cable interface end that is configured to interface with the particular charger.

4. The particular charger of claim 1, wherein the charger memory is removable from the charger housing.

5. The particular charger of claim 1, wherein the particular electronic device is a wireless handset comprising an internal memory and the charger memory is configured to synchronize with the internal memory.

6. The particular charger of claim 5, wherein the particular electronic device is a wireless handset comprising an external memory and the charger memory is configured to synchronize with the external memory.

7. The particular charger of claim 6, wherein the charger memory is removable from the charger housing and the charger memory is configured to be installed in another wireless handset, and the other wireless handset is configured to be charged by the particular charger.

8. A particular charger configured to be electrically coupled and communicatively coupled to a particular wireless handset, wherein the particular charger comprises:

an AC/DC converter that converts alternating current to direct current and charges the wireless handset;

a processing means housed within a charger housing;

a charger memory housed within the charger housing, wherein the charger memory is communicatively coupled to the processing means and the charger memory is associated with the particular wireless handset;

a charger cable operatively coupled to the means for processing and to the AC/DC converter, wherein the charger cable has a first cable interface end that is configured to interface with the wireless handset having a particular wireless handset memory, the cable including,

at least one data cable configured to communicate data from the wireless handset memory to the charger memory,

a power cable configured to transfer the direct current to the wireless handset;

an authentication module associated with the charger, wherein the charger authentication module is configured to verify that the particular wireless handset memory is associated with the particular charger; and

the processing means configured to synchronize data from the particular wireless handset memory with the charger memory.

9. The particular charger of claim 8, wherein the first cable interface end of the charger cable that interfaces with the wireless handsets comprises a USB cable interface.

10. The particular charger of claim 8, wherein the charger cable further comprises a second cable interface end that is configured to interface with the particular charger.

11. The particular charger of claim 8, wherein the charger memory is removable from the charger housing.

12. The particular charger of claim 8, wherein the wireless handset comprises an internal memory and the charger memory is configured to synchronize with the internal memory.

13. The charger of claim 12, wherein the wireless handset comprises an external memory and the charger memory is configured to synchronize with the external memory.

14. The charger of claim 12, wherein the charger memory is removable from the charger housing and the charger memory is configured to be installed in another wireless handset, and the other wireless handset is configured to be charged by the charger.

15. A method for a charger to store the memory associated with a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

enabling a charger to be fixedly coupled to a power source, wherein the charger includes,

an AC/DC converter that converts alternating current to direct current and charges the portable electronic device,

a controller housed within a charger housing,

a charger memory housed within the charger housing, wherein the charger memory is communicatively coupled to the controller and the charger memory is associated with the particular portable electronic device,

a charger cable operatively coupled to the controller and the AC/DC converter, wherein the charger cable has a first cable interface end that is configured to interface with the portable electronic device having a particular portable electronic device memory, the cable including,

at least one data cable configured to communicate data from the portable electronic device memory to the charger memory,

a power cable configured to transfer the direct current to the portable electronic device;

verifying that the particular portable electronic device memory is associated with the particular charger with an authentication module associated with the charger; and

synchronizing data from the particular portable electronic device memory with the charger memory.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising removing the charger memory from the charger housing.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the particular electronic device is a wireless handset comprising an internal memory and the charger memory is configured to synchronize with the internal memory.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the wireless handset comprises an external memory and the charger memory is configured to synchronize with the external memory.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the charger memory is removable from the charger housing, the method further comprising:

installing the charger memory in another wireless handset; and

enabling the other wireless handset to download data in the charger memory.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

enabling the other wireless handset to be charged by the particular charger; and

enabling the other wireless handset to be synchronized by the particular charger.