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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Muhtar B. Akbulut, Waban, MA (US);

Lisa Bradley, Cary, NC (US);

Andrew Lavery, Austin, TX (US);

Mario A. Maldari, Lyons, CO (US);

Brian O'Donovan, Dublin, IE;

Aaron J. Quirk, Cary, NC (US);

Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);

Albert Tabachnik, Acton, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0021 (2013.01); B60L 11/1809 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0027 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are provided. The method includes monitoring power usage and predicting power requirements for the at least two mobile devices. The method further includes identifying a device charging order and a power threshold of each of the at least two devices to meet the predicted power requirements of each of the at least two devices. The method also includes notifying a user regarding the device charging order and the power threshold of each of the at least two devices. At least the monitoring, identifying, and notifying steps are performed by a processor-enabled charging manager.


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