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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Steven G. Smith, Roswell, GA (US);
Lawrence E. Ertley, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Robert H. Willis, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Curt Kaloustian, Atlanta, GA (US);
Roland T. Morton, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Steven G. Smith, Roswell, GA (US);
Lawrence E. Ertley, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Robert H. Willis, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Curt Kaloustian, Atlanta, GA (US);
Roland T. Morton, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for indicating the status of a battery in a portable computing device are disclosed. The methods include retrieving battery status data from a basic input-output system (BIOS) on the computing device, and comparing the retrieved battery status data to a predefined battery status threshold stored on the computing device. Based on the comparison of the battery status data to the predefined battery status threshold, a battery status indicator may be provided to an applications program on the computing device. The battery status data is reflective of a characteristic of the battery, such as battery capacity. A system according to the present invention includes a computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method according to the present invention.