Patent ID: 9627913
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H02J,H04B

Claim:
1. A mobile device for communication with a charge pad, the mobile device comprising: a battery configured to power the mobile device; a power coil coupled to the battery, the power coil configured to receive a wireless charge from at least one of a plurality of charge pad power coils; a communication device configured to enable communications with the charge pad, to send a command from the mobile device to the charge pad, to adjust a characteristic of the received wireless charge based on the command sent from the mobile device, to initiate a testing sequence to test a plurality of charge rates, and to perform a selection of one of the tested charge rates for the received wireless charge; and a processor coupled to the communication device with the charge pad, wherein the processor is configured to actively monitor the wireless charge of the mobile device in conjunction with a current state of the mobile device under charge, to analyze the characteristic of the monitored wireless charge in conjunction with a testing sequence of the charge pad, and to direct the communication device to send the command to the charge pad, wherein the sent command is based on both the active monitoring and the analysis of the characteristic of the wireless charge, and the characteristic of the wireless charge comprises the selected charge rate.