Systems and methods for managing a distributed wireless power transfer network for electrical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10218229-B2
Application number	US-201414771271-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2014
Priority date	Feb 28, 2013
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing a wireless power transfer network for power transfer to electrical devices, providing central management console in communication with cloud based network, comprising at least one wireless power outlet and at least one management server. The management system, of the current disclosure, is enabling remote health check and maintenance of all of wireless power outlets within the network. Further, the management system allows for complete monitoring of a deployment according to system administrator rights and policy management coupled with command and control functioning to determine allowed/disallowed functionality while transferring powering to an electrical device in a specific venue.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for managing a wireless power transfer network, the system comprising:
at least one wireless power outlet unit operable to transfer power to at least one electrical device associated with a wireless power receiver; and
at least one management server in communication with said at least one wireless power outlet unit, said at least one management server operable to execute instructions directed to:
receiving an identification code from said at least one wireless power outlet unit; and
managing power transfer from said at least one wireless power outlet unit,
wherein said managing power transfer is configured to determine power transfer conditions for said at least one wireless power outlet unit by a policy enforcement technique that is adapted to provide different levels of services selected from the group of levels consisting of administrator, Madmin, and Muser,
wherein the policy enforcement technique is selected from the group of policies consisting of user identification, type of service, type of device, and a combination thereof, and
wherein the user identification policy is selected from the group of actions consisting of user identification, location identification, starting time, ending time, duration of power transfer, and a combination thereof.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one management server is further operable to execute instructions directed to:
monitoring health of said at least one wireless power outlet unit; and
providing remote maintenance of said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said providing remote maintenance comprises performing a step selected from the group consisting of starting, stopping, restarting, software updating, controlling a visual user interface, controlling a user audio interface, and combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein said monitoring health comprises said wireless power outlet responding to a communication signal within a time-out limit.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein said communication signal is transmitted according to a schedule.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein said communication signal is transmitted upon demand.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one management server is further operable to communicate with said at least one electrical device.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said managing power transfer is governed by at least one power management policy, wherein said at least one power management policy determines power transfer conditions for said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein said at least one power management policy is selected from the group consisting of user identification policies, type of service policies, type of device policies, dynamic policies, and combinations thereof.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein said at least one power management policy is selected for said at least one wireless power outlet unit according to said identification code.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein said at least one wireless power outlet unit has a default power management policy to determine default power transfer conditions.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selected power management policy replaces said power management default policy.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein said at least one power management policy is distributed in response to a change of said at least one power management policy on said at least one management server.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein said at least one power management policy is distributed according to a distribution schedule.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein said at least one power management policy is distributed upon a communication request from said at least one wireless power outlet unit.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein said user identification policies comprise actions selected from the group consisting of user identification, location identification, starting time, ending time, duration of power transfer, and combinations thereof.

17. The system of claim 9 , wherein said type of service policies determine the level of current applied at power transfer from said at least one wireless power outlet.

18. The system of claim 9 , wherein said dynamic policies comprise actions selected from the group consisting of real time management of power consumption, real time management of battery health, location traffic control, historical usage data analysis, and combinations thereof.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein said historical usage data analysis is selected from the group consisting of usage analysis of said at least one wireless power outlet unit, usage analysis of a user, usage analysis of a group of users, and combinations thereof.

20. A computer implemented method for managing a wireless power transfer network, the wireless power transfer network comprising: (1) at least one wireless power outlet unit operable to transfer power to at least one electrical device associated with a wireless power receiver; and (2) at least one management server in communication with said at least one wireless power outlet unit, and further in communication with a management database, the method comprising:
said at least one management server, receiving an identification code from said least one wireless power outlet unit; and
said at least one management server, managing power transfer from said at least one wireless power outlet unit,
wherein said at least one management server is configured to determine power transfer conditions for said at least one wireless power outlet unit by a policy enforcement technique that is adapted to provide different levels of services selected from the group of levels consisting of administrator, Madmin, and Muser,
wherein the policy enforcement technique is selected from the group of policies comprising user identification, type of service, type of device, and a combination thereof, and
wherein the user identification policy is selected from the group of actions consisting of user identification, location identification, starting time, ending time, duration of power transfer, and a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Powermat Tech Ltd

Inventors

• Alperin Eduardo
• Koren Yuval
• Oz Ami
• Reuveni Nadav
• Ben Hanoch Rachel
• Podkamien Ian
• Sherman Itay

Classifications

• H02J5/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H02J50/80 Primary

  involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices · CPC title

• H04W52/0219

  where the power saving management affects multiple terminals · CPC title

• H02J50/00

  Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power · CPC title

• H04W52/0216

  using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame · CPC title