Patent ID: 9503558
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H01M,H04B,H04M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A battery module for a portable communication device having a controller, the battery module comprising: a battery accessory interface having a positive terminal, an identifying terminal, and a negative terminal; a voltage regulator connected to the positive terminal of the battery accessory interface and configured to output a voltage on the positive terminal in response to a control signal; an addressable switch connected to the identifying terminal of the battery accessory interface, the addressable switch configured to communicate with the controller and generate the control signal based on input from the controller and the identifying terminal; a positive voltage terminal coupled to an input port of the voltage regulator and configured to be coupled to a device positive voltage terminal of the portable communication device; a negative voltage terminal coupled to the negative terminal and configured to be coupled to a device ground terminal of the portable communication device; a battery data terminal coupled to the addressable switch and configured to be coupled to a device data terminal of the portable communication device to connect the addressable switch to the controller; a battery for providing a voltage to the positive terminal; and a housing; wherein the voltage regulator, the addressable switch, and the battery are located within the housing.