Patent ID: 11881727
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A telephone comprising:
a wireless handset that includes:
a handset wireless transceiver,
a rechargeable battery, and
a power receiver configured to charge the rechargeable battery; and

a telephone base that includes:
a base wireless transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the handset wireless transceiver,
a memory configured to store information,
a charging position on a surface of a housing,
a power transmitter positioned proximate the charging position, and configured to wirelessly provide power to the power receiver in order to charge the rechargeable battery when the wireless handset is in the charging position, and
a processor coupled to the base wireless transceiver and the power transmitter and configured to perform operations comprising:
detecting presence of the wireless handset in the charging position;
initiating a wireless charging process to charge the wireless handset upon detecting the presence of the wireless handset in the charging position; and
establishing a secure wireless communication pairing with the wireless handset, based on information exchanged as part of the wireless charging process via an out-of-band communication channel that is a data communication channel of a wireless charging protocol for communication between the power transmitter of the telephone base and the power receiver of the wireless handset.