METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR STORING AND COMMUNICATING BATTERY INFORMATION.

摘要

A BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD ARE DISCLOSED. THE BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDE BATTERY MEANS (113) FOR SUPPLYING OPERATING POWER DURING BATTERY OPERATION OF A BATTERY POWER RECEIVING DEVICE (102) (E.G. A MOBILE PHONE). THE BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FURTHER INCLUDES A BATTERY INFORMATION CIRCUIT (114, 115, 116, 117) CARRIED AS A UNIT TOGETHER WITH THE BATTERY MEANS (113) (E.G. IN THE FORM OF A SO-CALLED BATTERY PACK FOR A MOBILE PHONE) FOR ASSEMBLY WITH THE BATTERY POWER RECEIVING DEVICE. THE BATTERY INFORMATION CIRCUIT INCLUDES MEMORY CELLS (116) AND IS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING INFONNATION WITH THE BATTERY POWER RECEIVING DEVICE. THE MEMORY CELLS INCLUDE BITS (306-309) ENCODED TO REPRESENT AN INDEX FOR A TABLE INCLUDING BATTERY INFORMATION; AND THE BATTERY POWER RECEIVING DEVICE INCLUDES A MEMORY CAPABLE OF STORING THE TABLE.FIG. 1