US 12,470,080 B2
Information handling system battery charge arbitration factoring energy consumption and energy source
John Trevor Morrison, Round Rock, TX (US); Jace W. Files, Round Rock, TX (US); and Jake M. Leland, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,298.
Prior Publication US 2024/0258813 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/00712 (2020.01) [G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a processor operable to execute instructions that process information;
a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information;
a battery configured to discharge to provide power to run the processor;
a charger interfaced with the battery to charge the battery when external power is available, the charger having a processing resource operable to execute instructions;
a storage device interfaced with the processor and having non-transient memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a network interface controller interfaced with processor and operable to communicate through a network with network locations; and
a battery charge agent having instructions stored in the storage device that, when executed on the charger processing resource, cause:
detect a battery charge state;
directly initiates retrieval of energy parameters in real time through the network interface controller when the information handling system is powered off;
compare the battery charge state with the energy parameters received through the network; and
manage battery charge based at least in part on a carbon footprint of the energy parameters and the battery charge state.