Patent attributes
Methods and systems are provided for effectively managing power discharge within a group of devices. An orchestrating device specifies a group of member devices at a location between which power is capable of being transferred. Discharging metadata of at least some of the group of member devices that are potential discharging devices capable of acting as a discharging device at a current time is obtained. The discharging metadata may include: a charge available in the discharging device for discharging to a receiving device, and discharging capability data for discharging the discharging device by current transfer to a receiving device. A preferred potential discharging device to act as a discharging device based on evaluation of the discharging metadata may be determined.
