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US 9,760,141 · App. 15/285,304 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Dynamic power distribution system

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Patent No.
US 9,760,141
App. No.
15/285,304
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dynamic power distribution system includes a dynamic powering system that provides dynamic power, an external device, and a powered system that is coupled to the external device and engaging the dynamic powering system. The powered system determines a power budget using the dynamic power received from the dynamic powering system. The powered system also determines a powered system component load for a plurality of powered system components, receives a power request from the external device, and retrieves at least one power distribution rule. Using the powered system component load, the power request, and the at least one power distribution rule, and powered system allocates and distributes a first portion the power budget to the external device, and may also allocate and distribute a second portion the power budget to at least one of the plurality of powered system components. The dynamic powering system may be a wireless powering system.

Claims (75)

1. A power distribution system, comprising:

an external device; and

a powered system that is coupled to the external device through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection, wherein the powered system is configured to:

receive power from a power source;

determine a powered system load for the powered system;

receive a first power request from the external device through the USB connection;

identify at least one power distribution rule;

allocate and distribute a first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the powered system load, the first power request, and the at least one power distribution rule;

receive, subsequent to receiving the first power request, a second power request from the external device through the USB connection; and

allocate and distribute a second power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the powered system load, the second power request, and the at least one power distribution rule, wherein the second power amount is different than the first power amount.

2. The power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the powered system is configured to:

determine a power budget using the power received from the power source;

wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the power budget; and

wherein the second power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the power budget.

3. The power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the powered system is configured to:

determine a first power budget using the power received from the power source, wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the first power budget; and

determine a second power budget using the power received from the power source, wherein the second power budget is different than the first power budget, and wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the second power budget.

4. The power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the powered system is configured to:

determine a first powered system load, wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the first powered system load; and

determine a second powered system load that is different than the first powered system load, wherein the second power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the second powered system load.

5. The power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the powered system is configured to:

identify at least one first power distribution rule, wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the at least one first power distribution rule; and

identify at least one second power distribution rule that is different than the at least one first power distribution rule, wherein the second power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the at least one power distribution rule.

6. The power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the first power amount expedites charging of a battery in the external device relative to the second power amount.

7. The power distribution system of claim 1 , wherein the power received from the power source is a dynamic power that varies over time.

8. An information handling system (IHS), comprising:

a plurality of system components;

a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector;

a power receiving module;

a processing system that is coupled to the plurality of system component, the USB connector, and the power receiving module; and

a memory system that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a power distribution engine that is configure to:

receive power from a power source through the power receiving module;

determine a system load for the plurality of system components;

receive a first power request from an external device through the USB connector;

identify at least one power distribution rule;

allocate and distribute a first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the system load, the first power request, and the at least one power distribution rule;

receive, subsequent to receiving the first power request, a second power request from the external device through the USB connector; and

allocate and distribute a second power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the system load, the second power request, and the at least one power distribution rule, wherein the second power amount is different than the first power amount.

9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the power distribution engine is configured to:

determine a power budget using the power received from the power source;

wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the power budget; and

wherein the second power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the power budget.

10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the power distribution engine is configured to:

determine a first power budget using the power received from the power source, wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the first power budget; and

determine a second power budget using the power received from the power source, wherein the second power budget is different than the first power budget, and wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the second power budget.

11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the power distribution engine is configured to:

determine a first powered system load, wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the first powered system load; and

determine a second powered system load that is different than the first powered system load, wherein the second power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the second powered system load.

12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the power distribution engine is configured to:

identify at least one first power distribution rule, wherein the first power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the at least one first power distribution rule; and

identify at least one second power distribution rule that is different than the at least one first power distribution rule, wherein the second power amount is allocated and distributed from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connector using the at least one power distribution rule.

13. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the first power amount expedites charging of a battery in the external device relative to the second power amount.

14. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the power received from the power source is a dynamic power that varies over time.

15. A method for distributing power, comprising:

receiving, by a powered system, power from a power source;

determining, by the powered system, a powered system load for the powered system;

receiving, by the powered system, a first power request from an external device through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection;

identifying, by the powered system, at least one power distribution rule;

allocating and distributing, by the powered system, a first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the powered system load, the first power request, and the at least one power distribution rule;

receiving, by the powering system subsequent to receiving the first power request, a second power request from the external device through the USB connection; and

allocating and distributing, by the powered system, a second power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the powered system load, the second power request, and the at least one power distribution rule, wherein the second power amount is different than the first power amount.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining, by the powered system, a power budget using the power received from the power source;

wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the power budget; and

wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the second power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the power budget.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining, by the powered system, a first power budget using the power received from the power source, wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the first power budget; and

determining, by the powered system, a second power budget using the power received from the power source, wherein the second power budget is different than the first power budget, and wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the second power budget.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the powered system is configured to:

determining, by the powered system, a first powered system load, wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the first powered system load; and

determining, by the powered system, a second powered system load that is different than the first powered system load, wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the second power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the second powered system load.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the powered system is configured to:

identifying, by the powered system, at least one first power distribution rule, wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the first power amount from the power received from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the at least one first power distribution rule; and

identifying, by the powered system, at least one second power distribution rule that is different than the at least one first power distribution rule, wherein the powered system allocates and distributes the second power amount from the power source to the external device through the USB connection using the at least one power distribution rule.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first power amount expedites charging of a battery in the external device relative to the second power amount.

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