ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,152, issued on April 7, was assigned to Tahoe Research Ltd. (Dublin).
"Internet of things battery device" was invented by Wael Guibene (Leixlip, Ireland), John Brady (Celbridge, Ireland), Keith Nolan (Mullingar, Ireland), Mark Kelly (Dublin) and Cliodhna Ni Scanaill (Broadford, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for monitoring an internet-of-things (IoT) battery device (IBD). An example IBD includes a radio transceiver to communicate with an IoT charging device (ICD), a battery, and a battery monitor to determine a state of charge for the battery. An alerter is included to send an alert message to the ICD, ...