Device integrated battery backup with power source monitoring and manipulation and public safety communications infrastructure incorporating the same
First Claim
1. A system for providing device integrated battery backup with power source monitoring and manipulation, comprising:
- a power supply couplable to a primary source of electric power;
a network interface, coupled to said power supply and configured to allow said power supply to be remotely controlled and monitored;
a rechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply; and
a nonrechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply, said power supply configured to monitor said primary source and said rechargeable backup source and select one of said primary source, said rechargeable backup source and said nonrechargeable backup source based thereon.
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Abstract
A system for, and method of, providing device integrated battery backup with power source monitoring and manipulation and a public safety communications infrastructure incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a power supply couplable to a primary source of electric power, (2) a network interface, coupled to the power supply and configured to allow the power supply to be remotely controlled and monitored, (3) a rechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to the power supply and (4) a nonrechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to the power supply, the power supply configured to monitor the primary source and the rechargeable backup source and select one of the primary source, the rechargeable backup source and the nonrechargeable backup source based thereon.
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1. A system for providing device integrated battery backup with power source monitoring and manipulation, comprising:
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a power supply couplable to a primary source of electric power; a network interface, coupled to said power supply and configured to allow said power supply to be remotely controlled and monitored; a rechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply; and a nonrechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply, said power supply configured to monitor said primary source and said rechargeable backup source and select one of said primary source, said rechargeable backup source and said nonrechargeable backup source based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing device integrated battery backup with power source monitoring and manipulation, comprising:
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receiving electric power from a primary source of electric power into a power supply; allowing said power supply to be remotely controlled and monitored by a network interface coupled to said power supply; monitoring, with said power supply, said primary source and a rechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply; and selecting one of said primary source, a rechargeable backup source and a nonrechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply based on said monitoring. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A public safety communications infrastructure, comprising:
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a wired network couplable to at least one of the Internet and the public switched telephone network; and a wireless network coupled to said wired network, having a plurality of wireless personal communication devices and further having a plurality of access gateway/wireless router pods configured to provide at least one of a gateway to said wired network and routing for wireless transmissions, each of said access gateway/wireless router pods including; a power supply couplable to a primary source of electric power, a network interface, coupled to said power supply and configured to allow said power supply to be remotely controlled and monitored, a rechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply, and a nonrechargeable backup source of electric power coupled to said power supply, said power supply configured to monitor said primary source and said rechargeable backup source and select one of said primary source, said rechargeable backup source and said nonrechargeable backup source based thereon. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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