System, method, and apparatus for charging a battery-powered accessory from a primary battery-powered device

    公开(公告)号:US10148112B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15278067

    申请日:2016-09-28

    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for charging primary battery-powered devices and battery-powered accessories tethered to the primary devices are disclosed. The two devices may include batteries of different types having different nominal voltages. A processing unit on the primary device may obtain state-of-charge information and other operating parameters of the batteries and may determine when to provide power to the accessory to charge its battery. The primary device may select its own battery, power provided by a charger to which it is coupled, or conditioned power as the source of charging energy provided to the accessory to charge its battery. Processing units on the two devices may adjust charging parameters to perform energy balancing while the batteries are simultaneously charged, based on operating parameters of the batteries, operating contexts of the devices, a charging prioritization scheme, or a current distribution scheme.

    Method of scheduling short uplink transmissions

    公开(公告)号:US10178688B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US14876534

    申请日:2015-10-06

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling short uplink transmissions on a mobile communication device. Embodiments of the invention include a method of scheduling an uplink transmission on a mobile communication device. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes establishing a predetermined uplink delay time, and generating an uplink message. The method further includes determining that an audio event is occurring on the mobile communication device, and monitoring an audio amplitude of the audio event. The method further includes transmitting the uplink message when the first of either a pause in the audio event is detected or when the predetermined uplink delay time has elapsed.

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