Patent ID: 9356457
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01F,H02J,H04B,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A method of charging a rechargeable battery of a receiver by a charging pad, said receiver having NFC functionality and being capable of being charged according to a predetermined battery charging standard, said method comprising: receiving, via Near Field Communication (NFC), information from said receiver at a passive NFC tag of said charging pad about said predetermined battery charging standard; and in response to receiving said information at the passive NFC tag of the charging pad, causing said charging pad to charge the rechargeable battery of said receiver according to said predetermined battery charging standard; wherein said charging pad has at least two charging coils, one of the at least two charging coils being configured to facilitate charging of a rechargeable battery according to a first battery charging standard and a different one of the at least two charging coils being configured to facilitate charging of a rechargeable battery according to a second battery charging standard, wherein the first battery charging standard is different from the second battery charging standard; and wherein causing said charging pad to charge the rechargeable battery of said receiver according to said predetermined battery charging standard comprises choosing at least one of said at least two charging coils for charging the rechargeable battery of the receiver according to said predetermined battery charging standard.