System and method for energy management within a group of devices
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a charging station in a group of charging stations with docking connections, a docking connection between the charging station and a battery;
responsive to the identifying, transmitting, by the charging station to other charging stations in the group, information for ranking the charging station in a list including entries for one or more charging stations in the group;
receiving, by the charging station, at least one set of information transmitted from at least one second charging station in the group of charging stations, wherein the at least one set of information includes information for ranking the at least one second charging station in the list;
generating, by the charging station, the list using the information transmitted by the charging station and the at least one set of information received by the charging station;
using, by the charging station, at least one filter to at least one of filter, sort, and rank entries in the list, wherein each entry in the list is associated with a charging station with a docking connection and in the group of charging stations; and
determining, by the charging station that an entry in the list that is associated with the charging station is ranked at a predefined position in the list and providing an indication of the predefined position.
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Abstract
Each charging member in a group identifies a docking connection. Each charging member, responsive to identifying the docking connection, transmits information to other charging members in the group and receives information transmitted from another charging member in the group. Each charging member generates a list using the information transmitted to the group and received from the group. Each charging member also includes a ranking component for filtering, sorting, and ranking entries in the list according to a predefined selection filter and/or ranking filter. Each entry in the list is associated with a charging member with a docking connection and in the group. Each charging member determines based on a predefined indication filter that an entry in the list that is associated with the charging member is ranked at a predefined position in the list and provides an indication.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying, by a charging station in a group of charging stations with docking connections, a docking connection between the charging station and a battery; responsive to the identifying, transmitting, by the charging station to other charging stations in the group, information for ranking the charging station in a list including entries for one or more charging stations in the group; receiving, by the charging station, at least one set of information transmitted from at least one second charging station in the group of charging stations, wherein the at least one set of information includes information for ranking the at least one second charging station in the list; generating, by the charging station, the list using the information transmitted by the charging station and the at least one set of information received by the charging station; using, by the charging station, at least one filter to at least one of filter, sort, and rank entries in the list, wherein each entry in the list is associated with a charging station with a docking connection and in the group of charging stations; and determining, by the charging station that an entry in the list that is associated with the charging station is ranked at a predefined position in the list and providing an indication of the predefined position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15)
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9. A system, comprising:
a group of charging stations each of which includes a docking connection, wherein each charging station in the group comprises; a processor for identifying the docking connection; a transceiver, responsive to identifying the docking connection, configured to transmit information to other charging stations in the group and receive at least one set of information transmitted from another charging station in the group, wherein each charging station generates a list using the information transmitted by the charging station and the at least one set of information received by the charging station; and a ranking component configured to at least one of filter, sort, and rank entries in the list, wherein each entry in the list is associated with a charging station with a docking connection and in the group of charging stations, wherein each charging station in the group is configured to determine that an entry in the list that is associated with the charging station is ranked at a predefined position in the list and provide an indication of the predefined position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18)
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