US 11,923,702 B2
Magneto-inductive charging and communication in electronic devices
Andro Radchenko, San Jose, CA (US); Federico P. Centola, San Jose, CA (US); and Vaneet Pathak, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,970.
Application 17/030,877 is a division of application No. 15/454,847, filed on Mar. 9, 2017, granted, now 10,965,142, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Application 17/947,970 is a continuation of application No. 17/030,877, filed on Sep. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,824,377.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/399,231, filed on Sep. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017571 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H02J 7/00034 (2020.01) [H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04B 5/26 (2024.01); H04B 5/79 (2024.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
establishing a first inductive communication link between a first electronic device and a second electronic device using inductive communication circuitry, the first electronic device and the second electronic device being below water;
establishing a second inductive communication link between the first electronic device and a third electronic device using the inductive communication circuitry;
receiving a message at the first electronic device from the second electronic device via the first inductive communication link; and
rebroadcasting the message from the first electronic device to the third electronic device via the second inductive communication link.