Peer to peer power management

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8954762
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12795918

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A system and methods for delivering power to a multitude of portable electronic devices is provided. More specifically, the system and methods provide for powering different portable electronic devices through a central charging device. The method of delivering a power supply to a plurality of portable electronic devices includes determining a power requirement for each of the portable computing devices and supplying the power requirement to each of the portable computing devices in a daisy chain configuration using a central power device.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boss, Gregory J Saginaw, US 783 8509
Jones, Andrew R Round Rock, US 228 3508
Kangas, P Daniel Raleigh, US 19 295
McConnell, Kevin C Austin, US 177 2961
Moore,, Jr John E Brownsburg, US 232 1690

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