Patent ID: 8154255

Claim:
An information handling system, comprising: a system load; a battery system separate from said system load, said battery system being coupled in operational electrical contact by at least one terminal node to provide current to said system load, and said battery system comprising: one or more battery cells, at least one processor or controller, and battery current control circuitry to control flow of discharge current from said battery sells to said system load across said terminal node; wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to first maintain said battery current control circuitry in a shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to prevent flow of any current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node, and then to release said battery system from said shipping mode state by controlling said battery current control circuitry to allow flow of current from said one or more battery cells to said system load across said terminal node; and wherein said at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to remain active and powered by the battery cells of the battery system while the battery system is maintained in the shipping mode state, and where the at least one processor or controller of said battery system is configured to release said battery system from said shipping mode state in response to at least one of the following conditions: detection of activation of a user input device of said battery system, said user input device being integrated as a part of said battery system; or detection of the removal and reinstallation of the battery system in operational electrical contact with said system load at said terminal node.