System and methods of centrally managing a wireless power outlet for powering electrical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10250073-B2
Application number	US-201615077218-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2016
Priority date	Mar 22, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing a wireless powering system for power transfer to electrical devices, providing central management console through a communication network. The wireless powering system comprising at least one wireless power outlet with an integrated communication module and at least one management server and is further operable is further operable to provide location based services when coupled with a software application. 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

It is claimed:

1. A wireless power providing system configured to transfer wireless power to at least one electrical device associated with a wireless power receiver, the system comprising:
at least one venue having at least one outlet that is operable to transfer power to the device via the receiver;
at least one homing-beacon, each at least one homing-beacon being coupled with one associated outlet, wherein the at least one homing-beacon is operable to provide location based services of the at least one outlet and at least one venue with which it is associated;
at least one management server operable to manage wireless power transfer from the at least one outlet to the at least one device; and
a software application installed in the device configured to communicate between the device and components selected from a group consisting of the at least one management server, the at least one homing-beacon, the at least one outlet, and any combination thereof,
wherein the at least one management server utilizes the communication between the device and the components to manage wireless power transfer of the at least one outlet of the at least one venue.

2. The wireless power providing system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one management server is further operable to execute instructions directed to receiving a first identification code associated with each outlet.

3. The wireless power providing system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one management server is further operable to execute instructions directed to receiving a second identification code from the software application and providing using data based on said location based services stored in an associated data repository.

4. The wireless power providing system of claim 1 , wherein the homing-beacon uses a technology selected from the group consisting of Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID), Bluetooth Low Energy, iBeacon, Wi-Fi, Global Positioning System (GPS), and any combination thereof.

5. The wireless power providing system of claim 1 , wherein the homing-beacon is operable to transmit a unique homing signal detectable by the software application and further to communicate with said at least one management server.

6. The wireless power providing system of claim 5 , which further comprises analyzing said unique homing signal using the system's data repository to provide location based services identified by comparing signal strength of associated wireless power outlets.

7. The wireless power providing system of claim 5 , wherein each said homing-beacon is characterized by one structural element selected from the group consisting of the homing-beacon coupled with the associated outlet and the homing-beacon embedded into the outlet.

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

9. The wireless power providing system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one management server is further operable to manage wireless power transfer to each outlet based on policy associated with each outlet, wherein the policy determines power transfer conditions for each outlet of the at least one outlet.

10. The wireless power providing system of claim 9 , wherein the policy is characterized by a default power management policy determining default power transfer conditions.

11. The wireless power providing system of claim 9 , wherein the policy is characterized by at least one data functionality selected from the group consisting of:
data functionality pertaining to location identification;
data functionality pertaining to orientation of the at least one outlet;
data functionality pertaining to a user identification;
data functionality pertaining to a duration of time of wireless power transfer;
data functionality pertaining to a real time management of power consumption;
data functionality pertaining to real time management of battery health;
data functionality pertaining to location traffic control;
data functionality pertaining to historical usage;
data functionality pertaining to a level of current applied at power transfer from said at least one outlet and any combination thereof.

12. The wireless power providing system of claim 8 , wherein said providing remote maintenance further comprises performing a maintenance action selected from the group consisting of:
starting each outlet;
updating firmware of each outlet;
stopping each outlet;
restarting each power outlet;
software updating for each outlet;
controlling a visual user interface for each outlet; and
controlling a user audio interface for each outlet; and any combination thereof.

13. The wireless power providing system of claim 8 , wherein said monitoring health comprises verifying that the at least one outlet is responding to a communication signal within a time-out limit.

14. The wireless power providing system of claim 9 , wherein the policy is distributed in response to a change of the policy on said at least one management server.

15. The wireless power providing system of claim 9 , wherein the policy is distributed according to a distribution schedule.

16. The wireless power providing-system of claim 9 , wherein the policy is distributed upon a communication request from the at least one outlet.

Assignees

• Powermat Tech Ltd

Inventors

• Ben Hanoch Rachel
• Podkamien Ian
• Kiesel Amit
• Salhuv Amir
• Koren Yuval
• Raveh Guy
• Oz Ami
• Greenwald Oola
• Gluzman Ilya
• Mach Elieser

Classifications

• H02J50/80

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

• H02J50/12 Primary

  of the resonant type · CPC title

• H02J7/42

  with electronic devices having internal batteries, e.g. mobile phones · CPC title

• H02J7/025

  Electricity · mapped topic