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

Claim 10:
11. A docking system for a portable computing device, the docking system comprising:
a power input that receives electrical power from an external electric power source;
a battery;
operational circuitry that performs security functions that rely on electrical power;
an electronic switch located between the battery and the operational circuitry and is opened to disconnect the battery from the operational circuitry and is closed to connect the operational circuitry to the battery; and
a battery manager in electronic communication with the electronic switch, wherein the battery manager is a circuit that closes the electronic switch when external electrical power is present at a power input, closes 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 opens 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.