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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. 14, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kartik R. Venkatraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Mary-Ann Rau, San Francisco, CA (US);

Felix T. Tristram, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Andres Y. Chabolla, La Habra, CA (US);

Antonio De Lima Fernandes, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0071 (2020.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/00712 (2020.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling charging of an electronic device includes estimating a usage time value that corresponds to an anticipated future occurrence of usage of the electronic device; and estimating a resume time value that corresponds to a time for charging to commence to allow for completion of charging from a first predetermined state of charge value to a second predetermined state of charge value by the usage time value. The method also includes charging a battery of the electronic device using electrical power supplied by a charging device until a current state of charge of the battery reaches the first predetermined state of charge value, entering, by the electronic device, a deactivated mode after the current state of charge reaches the first predetermined state of charge value, and causing the electronic device to return to the activated mode according to the resume time value.


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