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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:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shivani A. Sud, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Robin Knauerhase, Portland, OR (US);

Dzung D. Tran, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/025 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0237 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); H02J 5/005 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/30 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to provide power to devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a display and an instruction presenter. The presenter is to generate a notification on the display. The notification indicates that delivery of power to the user device will be enabled in exchange for paying attention to the display during a media presentation. The apparatus also includes a detector to determine that a person associated with the user device is paying attention to the display. The charging station is to transmit power to the user device in response to the detector determining that the person is paying attention to the display.


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