Mobile wireless charging service

• US 9,859,743 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sud, Shivani A., Knauerhase, Robin, Tran, Dzung D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fantu, Yalkew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sharief, Mohammed J
• Application Number:
  US14/129,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20150180263A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,663 Days
• Field of Search: 320108, 705 1464
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0237 at kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/30 using light, e.g. lasers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to provide power to devices are disclosed. An example method includes determining an indication of visual media consumption of a display by a person; and enabling delivery of power to a device associated with the person in response to determining that the visual media consumption is associated with the person.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to detecting that communication has been established between a device and a charging station, generating, by executing an instruction with a processor, a notification on a display of the charging station, wherein the notification indicates that delivery of power to the device will be enabled in exchange for paying attention to the display during a media presentation;

determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, that a person associated with the device is paying attention to the display when a calculated likelihood that the person is paying attention is above a threshold likelihood, the calculated likelihood generated based on at least one of a direction of a gaze of the person, a location of the person with respect to the display, and an orientation of the person with respect to the display; and

transmitting power from a power source associated with the charging station to the device to thereby charge the device associated with the person in response to the determining that the person is paying attention to the display.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, further including disabling, by executing an instruction with the processor, the delivery of power to the device when the calculated likelihood that the person is paying attention is no longer above the threshold likelihood.

3. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein the enabling of the delivery of power to the device includes enabling a transmitter to wirelessly transmit power to the device.

4. The method as defined in claim 2, further including delivering, by executing an instruction with the processor, an advertisement to the device via a same transmission medium as the delivery of power.

5. The method as defined in claim 4, wherein the transmission medium by which the power and the advertisement are delivered includes a beam of light.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

an instruction presenter to, in response to detecting that communication has been established between a device and a charging station, generate a notification on a display of the charging station, wherein the notification indicates that delivery of power to the device will be enabled in exchange for paying attention to the display during a media presentation;

a detector to determine that a person associated with the device is paying attention to the display when a calculated likelihood that the person is paying attention is above a threshold likelihood, the calculated likelihood generated based on at least one of a direction of a gaze of the person, a location of the person with respect to the display, and an orientation of the person with respect to the display; and

a controller to charge the device by causing transmission of power from a power source to the device associated with the person in response to determining that the person is paying attention to the display, at least one of the instruction presenter, the detector or the controller including hardware.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the controller is to disable the delivery of power to the device when the person is no longer paying attention.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the controller is to enable the delivery of power to the device by enabling a transmitter to wirelessly transmit power to the device.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 6, further including a transmitter to transmit the power to the device and to transmit an advertisement to the device via a same transmission medium as the power.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the transmission medium by which the power and the advertisement are delivered includes a beam of light.

11. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

in response to detecting that a device charging session has been established between a device and a charging station, generate a notification on a display of the charging station, the notification indicating that delivery of power to the device will be enabled in exchange for paying attention to the display during a media presentation, the device charging session being established when the charging station is in communication with the device;

determine that a person associated with the device is paying attention to the display when a calculated likelihood that the person is paying attention is above a threshold likelihood, the calculated likelihood generated based on at least one of a direction of a gaze of the person, a location of the person with respect to the display, and an orientation of the person with respect to the display; and

causing delivery of power from a power source to the device associated with the person to thereby charge the device in response to determining that the person is paying attention to the display.

12. The storage medium as defined in claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the machine to disable the delivery of power to the device when the calculated likelihood that the person is paying attention is no longer above the threshold likelihood.

13. The storage medium as defined in claim 11, wherein the instruction cause the machine to enable the delivery of power to the device by enabling a transmitter to wirelessly transmit power to the device.

14. The storage medium as defined in claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the machine to deliver an advertisement to the device via a same transmission medium that delivers the power.

15. The storage medium as defined in claim 14, wherein the transmission medium by which the power and the advertisement are delivered includes a beam of light.