Patent ID: 7969117

Claim:
A system comprising: a peripheral charging module arranged within a mobile computing device and configured to charge a first battery of a peripheral device through an electrical connection with a second battery of the mobile computing device; and a controller configured to manage power consumption of the second battery and determine if the second battery is capable of providing power to the first battery, wherein the mobile computing device contains firmware and software that supports wireless use of the peripheral device by the mobile computing device, wherein the mobile computing device is adapted to communicate wirelessly with the peripheral device and the peripheral device is adapted to communicate wirelessly with the mobile computing device, and wherein the peripheral device comprises a wireless medical device, wherein the controller is configured to determine if the second battery has a power capacity level above a predetermined charge threshold to charge the first battery, to determine an operating time remaining to the mobile computing device provided by the second battery and to determine the predetermined charge threshold is based on the determined operating time.