Patent ID: 7683573

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: a housing; processing components disposed in the housing and operable to process information; a docking connector disposed at the housing and operable to couple to a docking station, the docking connector communicating information and power with the docking station; a power sensor disposed in the housing, the power sensor operable to sense available power; a charger disposed in the housing and operable to apply power to charge a battery disposed in the housing, the charger interfaced with the power sensor to determine available power for charging the battery; and a dock sensor associated with the power sensor, the dock sensor operable to determine that the docking connector is receiving power, to receive available power from the docking connector, to remove the interface of the power sensor and the charger and to provide the available power received from the docking connector to the charger in the place of the available power sensed by the power sensor.