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

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus comprising:
a wireless transceiver configured to perform a short-range wireless communication with a wireless handset;
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 a power receiver of the wireless handset to charge a rechargeable battery of the wireless handset when the wireless handset is in the charging position; and
a processor coupled to the 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 the 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 apparatus and the power receiver of the wireless handset.