US 12,341,359 B2
Apparatus, system and method for communicating data
Jukka Mikael Jalkanen, Helsinki (FI); and Michel Rene Gustave Ghislain Gillet, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/959,308
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jan. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/050083
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/141519, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18151939 (EP), filed on Jan. 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0057923 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/04 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 7/00034 (2020.01) [G06F 1/04 (2013.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory;
a rechargeable battery;
a real time clock;
a temperature sensor; and
an engagement portion configured to:
releasably hold the apparatus in engagement with a first electronic device that does not include a battery to establish a first physical communication link, between the apparatus and the first electronic device via a friction fit or a mechanical coupling comprising a latch mechanism or a locking mechanism; and
releasably hold the apparatus in engagement with a second electronic device to establish a second physical communication link, between the apparatus and the second electronic device via another friction fit or another mechanical coupling comprising a latch mechanism or a locking mechanism;
wherein the temperature sensor is configured to:
monitor a temperature of the rechargeable battery;
wherein the apparatus is configured to:
when the apparatus is held in engagement with the second electronic device, receive device setting data and time data from the second electronic device via the second physical communication link, transmit data associated with the temperature of the rechargeable battery to the second electronic device via the second physical communication link, and recharge the rechargeable battery by the second electronic device, wherein the received time data is for storage in the real time clock; and
when the apparatus is subsequently held in engagement with the first electronic device, after the apparatus is held in engagement with the second electronic device, transmit time data from the real time clock and the data associated with the temperature of the rechargeable battery to the first electronic device via the first physical communication link, transmit the device setting data to the first electronic device, via the first physical communication link, receive data collected by the first electronic device via the first physical communication link for storage in the memory, and power the first electronic device with the rechargeable battery of the apparatus.