Apple’s wireless charging mat, the AirPower, has been popping up on our radars like a white whale, one day it’s almost here, the other it’s months away. The latest rumors put its release at some point early next year and now a recently published patent gives us some more details about what we might expect from it.

Surfaced by the aptly named Patently Apple, the application refers to the “Multi-device charging user interface” of the AirPower (of course the specific name isn’t mentioned anywhere). The application was filed over a year ago and goes into detail about the more advanced functions ...