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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 13/385 (2013.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 13/42 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01); H02J 7/00036 (2020.01); H02J 7/00038 (2020.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method and device that implements communication over an interconnect to support improved power distribution over the interconnect. The device includes a controller to implement a device policy manager (DPM) to manage power allotment over the interconnect, and a battery feedback mechanism coupled to the controller, the battery feedback mechanism to detect a low or dead battery condition of a connected device over the interconnect and to indicate to the DPM to advertise a higher power charging level to the connected device.