Method and system for discovery, validation and delivery of power through a universal power center

• US 7,930,043 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Boss, Gregory J., Polozoff, Alexandre, Hamilton, Rick A. II, Bhogal, Kulvir S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jarrett; Ryan A
• Application Number:
  US11/532,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20080126292A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,677 Days
• Field of Search: 700/22, 713/300, 713/310
• US Class Current: 700/22
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25359 Special power supply
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0215 Including financial accounts
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00006 characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00007 using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/12 characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/121 using the power network as support for the transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/14 Marketing, i.e. market research and analysis, surveying, promotions, advertising, buyer profiling, customer management or rewards

Abstract

A system and method of discovery, validation and delivery of power to an electronic device through a universal power center is provided. The method comprises providing a power tip for an electronic device with a unique identification and broadcasting the unique identification to a power center. The method further includes verifying the unique identification and connection location of the electronic device, determining power requirements for the connected electronic device based on the unique identification and connection location, and delivering power to the electronic device based on the determined power requirements.

Claims

1. A method of delivering a power supply to a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

verifying a connection location and a power requirement for the portable electronic device in response to a broadcast;

determining a make and model of the portable electronic device; and

supplying the verified power requirement to the portable electronic device after at least one of;

the power supply connects to a network and determines power requirements via the network and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device;

one of plural power tips is identified, via its unique identifier, such that a respective unique identifier is matched to the make and model of the portable electronic device and the power supply verifies the power requirement and the make and model of the portable electronic device;

a wireless device of the power supply communicates wireless with or identifies wirelessly the connection location of the portable electronic device and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device; and

a system of the power supply determines the make and model of the portable electronic device and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the verification includes determining the connection location of the portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the connection location is provided by an RF source.

4. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having readable program code stored on the non-transitory medium, the computer program product is utilized in combination with a power supply, and includes at least one component to verify a connection location and a power requirement for a portable electronic device in response to a broadcast, determine a make and model of the portable electronic device, and supply the verified power requirement to the portable electronic device after at least one of:

the power supply connects to a network and determines power requirements via the network and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device;

one of plural power tips is identified, via the unique identifier of a respective power tip, such that the unique identifier is matched to the make and model of the portable electronic device and the power supply verifies the power requirement and the make and model of the portable electronic device;

a wireless device of the power supply communicates wireless with or identifies wirelessly the connection location of the portable electronic device and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device; and

a system of the power supply determines the make and model of the portable electronic device and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the at least one component receives and determines the make and model of the portable electronic device from the broadcast by the portable electronic device.

6. A method of delivering a power supply to a portable electronic device, wherein the power supply comprises power tips each having unique identifier for connecting the power supply to different portable electronic devices and a wireless device for communicating or identifying a locating of the portable electronic device, the method comprising:

verifying a connection location and a power requirement for the portable electronic device in response to a broadcast; and

supplying the verified power requirement to the portable electronic device after a respective power tip of the power tips is identified, via the unique identifier of the respective power tip, such that the unique identifier is matched, via the power supply, to a make and model of the portable electronic device and the power supply verifies the power requirement and the make and model of the portable electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising supplying the verified power requirement to the portable electronic device after the wireless device of the power supply communicates wireless with or identifies wirelessly a location of the portable electronic device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the power supply further comprises a system for identifying a make and model of the portable electronic device and wherein the method further comprises supplying the verified power requirement to the portable electronic device after the system identifies the make and the model of the portable electronic device.

9. A method of delivering a power supply to a portable electronic device, wherein the power supply comprises at least one of an interface for connecting to a network and a system for identifying a make and model of the portable electronic device, the method comprising:

verifying a connection location and a power requirement for the portable electronic device in response to a radio frequency (RF) broadcast;

determining a make and model of the portable electronic device by broadcasting the make and model information over RF; and

supplying the verified power requirement to the portable electronic device after

the power supply connects to the network and determines the make and model of the portable electronic device and the power requirements therefore via the network, and verifies the make and model of the portable electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the network is an Internet.