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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:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

John Tang, San Carlos, CA (US);

Gregory Christie, San Jose, CA (US);

Jesse L. Dorogusker, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Donald Novotney, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Terry Tikalsky, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher D. McKillop, La Honda, CA (US);

Stanley Rabu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0054 (2013.01); H02J 7/0055 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 2007/006 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0096 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention is directed to apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer readable media that can facilitate the transfer of power between at least two electrical devices. At least one of the electrical devices is preferably a battery operated device. The present invention may also be used to facilitate the transfer of information among electrical devices. For example, the present invention may be used to automatically pair two Bluetooth devices together.


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