| US 7,570,015 B2 | ||
| Conditional battery charging system | ||
| Ravi Prakash Bansal, Tampa, Fla. (US); Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, Va. (US); Brian Marshall O'Connell, Cary, N.C. (US); and Keith Raymond Walker, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 09, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/684,047. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0218126 A1, Sep. 11, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 320—106 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method for selectively charging a specific battery within an electronic device, said method comprising:
enabling a user to select a situational condition relative to said electronic device in which said specific battery within
said electronic device will be charged to a fully charged level or only to a storage charge level, said storage charge level
being less than a fully charged level;
determining when said selected situational condition exists with respect to said electronic device; and
enabling a charging of said specific battery to a fully charged level or only to a storage charge level, depending upon a
current existence of said selected situational condition.
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