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Patent No.:

US 9680966 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2016

Magnetic induction network device

Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kathryn Bush, San Francisco, CA (US);

Andrea Knight, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tuan H Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/40 (2016.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 13/0079 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/40 (2016.02); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04N 21/4104 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/443 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01); H04N 21/4586 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device has a housing, a magnetic induction charger, a wireless data link and a processor. The housing has one or more sides. The induction charger is housed by the housing and is arranged to wirelessly charge a rechargeable battery of a portable electronic device. The electronic device is adjacent to or in contact with the housing. The wireless data link communicates with the portable electronic device. The processor communicates with the magnetic induction charger and the wireless data link. In addition, the processor recognizes the portable electronic device and associates a profile with the portable electronic device. The processor delivers content to an associated media device based on the profile.

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