Patent ID: 11870285
Assignee: MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method for controlling a battery of an electronic device, the battery connected to operational circuitry of the device via an electronic switch, the method comprising:
checking for external electrical power at a power input of the device;
closing the electronic switch to electronically connect the operational circuitry with the battery when external electrical power being present at the power input;
closing the electronic switch when the external power is not present at the power input and one or more of a battery charge level is greater than a charge threshold and an amount of time the external electric power is not available to the operational circuitry does not exceed a time limit; and
opening the electronic switch when the external electrical power is not present at the power input and one or more of the battery charge level is less than the charge threshold and an amount of time the external electric power is not available to the operational circuitry exceeds the time limit.