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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kim C. Smith, Colleyville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Spotware Technologies, Inc., North Sioux City, SD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 ; H01M 1/044 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 ; H01M 1/044 ;
Abstract
The present invention describes a method, signal, and software for use in a system including a host device and at least one remote battery powered device. The status of the battery in the remote device is estimated from the number and duration of messages received by the host. The battery's status is then communicated to the user via the host device. The entire method can be implemented without consuming any battery power except the power normally used to transmit messages.