Patent ID: 7772802

Claim:
A method for operating a charging display system, the method comprising the steps of: sensing the presence of a wirelessly rechargeable device proximate to or on a surface through which a presentation area of a display can present image information; identifying a type of the wirelessly rechargeable device; obtaining a device representation having features that are related to a portion of the presentation area that can be occupied by the presence of the identified type of rechargeable device proximate to or on the surface; determining a position and orientation of the wirelessly rechargeable device proximate to or on the surface; segmenting the presentation area into a wirelessly rechargeable device portion determined by mapping the obtained device representation at the determined position and orientation and allocating at least part of any remaining available presentation area to be a graphic presentation portion outside of the determined wirelessly rechargeable device portion; transmitting a wireless power signal through the wirelessly rechargeable device portion to recharge the wirelessly rechargeable device; and displaying graphic information related to the wirelessly rechargeable device in at least a part of the graphic presentation portion.