Patent ID: 8909955

Claim:
A method of providing characteristic information of a peripheral device to an electronic device, wherein the method comprises: detecting whether a user is selecting the characteristic information for the peripheral device at a user input stage of the peripheral device; if the user is selecting the characteristic information at the user input stage of the peripheral device, setting the characteristic information of the peripheral device to identify location information provided by the user at the user input stage of the peripheral device, the location information being used to modify a configuration of the electronic device; obtaining the characteristic information about the peripheral device; detecting whether the peripheral device has just been operably connected to the electronic device; encoding the characteristic information in a power signal at the peripheral device; after a first delay period, sending the power signal with the encoded characteristic information to the electronic device; and after a second delay, sending the power signal for charging the electronic device, wherein the first delay period is between the detecting of the peripheral device having just been operably connected to the electronic device and the sending of the power signal with the encoded characteristic information to the electronic device, and the second delay period is after the sending of the power signal with the encoded characteristic information to the electronic device and before the sending of the power signal for charging the electronic device.