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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Iilonga Pendapala Thandiwe, Atlanta, GA (US);
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A smart battery that has a network communication interface such that the battery can send and receive battery-related data. The battery is in conductive and communicative interface with a device, such as a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA), or laptop computer, which has a network communication pathway that the battery uses for data exchange. The smart battery can alternately be in conductive and communicative interface with a charger that is interfaced with a computer, and the charger selectively establishes a network communication pathway through the charger-computer interface for the smart battery to exchange data across the network. The smart battery preferably exchanges data with a manufacturer web site across the Internet.