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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:
Sep. 13, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Jesper Mikael Johansson, Redmond, WA (US);

George Nikolaos Stathakopoulos, Seattle, WA (US);

Aaron James Dykstra, Federal Way, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3212 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H02J 7/0073 (2013.01); H02J 7/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing device monitors the energy level of a rechargeable battery, from which the device draws operating power. Historic usage data is used to estimate the time remaining in a present operating period, such as a workday, as well as to estimate the battery level required to provide power during that period of time. A user is then presented with information regarding the status of the battery, as well as charging time and required battery level estimates. Information regarding charging stations within publically or otherwise user-accessible venues near to the present location of the computing device is accessed and presented to the user. Reservations may be made for a charging port within a selected venue, an order may be placed for goods or services available at that venue, or other actions may be performed.


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