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Mobile client device wireless charging, communication, and authentication techniques

US10353492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 9, 2015
Grant dateJul 16, 2019
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02J7/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mobile client device wireless charging, communication, and authentication techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a cursor control device includes an external housing configured to be grasped by a hand of a user and an input device module disposed within the housing configured to control movement of a cursor of a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the input device module. The cursor control device also includes one or more buttons accessible via the external housing that are configured to support user interaction to provide inputs to the computing device, a battery disposed within the external housing, and a power port disposed on the external housing and configured to charge an external device using power obtained from the battery disposed within the housing.

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