Battery agnostic provisioning of power
First Claim
1. A method for provisioning an amount of power for one or more vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a service provider system and over a communications network, a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles, the request indicating the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total;
reading, by the service provider system, a set of management rules from one or more databases;
reading, by the service provider system, a set of service configuration information from one or more databases;
reading, by the service provider system, a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles from one or more databases;
determining, by the service provider system, one or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information;
providing, from the service provider system over the communications network to a controller of a battery exchange facility, an indication of the determined power sources; and
operating, by the controller of the battery exchange facility, equipment of the battery exchange facility to affect a battery exchange on the one or more vehicles based on the indication of the determined power sources.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, provisioning an amount of power for one or more vehicles can comprise receiving a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles. The request can indicate the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total. A set of management rules can be read from one or more databases. A set of service configuration information and a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles can also be read from one or more databases. One or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles can be determined based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information and an indication of the determined power sources can be provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for provisioning an amount of power for one or more vehicles, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a service provider system and over a communications network, a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles, the request indicating the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total; reading, by the service provider system, a set of management rules from one or more databases; reading, by the service provider system, a set of service configuration information from one or more databases; reading, by the service provider system, a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles from one or more databases; determining, by the service provider system, one or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information; providing, from the service provider system over the communications network to a controller of a battery exchange facility, an indication of the determined power sources; and operating, by the controller of the battery exchange facility, equipment of the battery exchange facility to affect a battery exchange on the one or more vehicles based on the indication of the determined power sources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled with and readable by the processor and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to provision an amount of power for one or more vehicles, the method comprising; receiving, over a communications network, a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles, the request indicating the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total; reading a set of management rules from one or more databases; reading a set of service configuration information from one or more databases; reading a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles from one or more databases; determining one or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information; and providing, from the service provider system over the communications network to a controller of a battery exchange facility, an indication of the determined power sources and wherein the controller of the battery exchange facility operates equipment of the battery exchange facility to affect a battery exchange on the one or more vehicles based on the indication of the determined power sources. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to provision an amount of power for one or more vehicles by:
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receiving, at a service provider system and over a communications network, a request indicating a requirement for an amount of power for the one or more vehicles, the request indicating the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles individually or in total; reading, by the service provider system, a set of management rules from one or more databases; reading, by the service provider system, a set of service configuration information from one or more databases; reading, by the service provider system, a set of vehicle specific information for the one or more vehicles from one or more databases; determining, by the service provider system, one or more power sources to meet the requirement for the amount of power for the one or more vehicles based on applying the management rules and using the set of service configuration information and the set of vehicle information; providing, from the service provider system over the communications network to a controller of a battery exchange facility, an indication of the determined power sources; and operating, by the controller of the battery exchange facility, equipment of the battery exchange facility to affect a battery exchange on the one or more vehicles based on the indication of the determined power sources. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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