System and Method for Trading Electrical or Other Portable Power or Energy Source

• US 20110184587A1
• Filed: 01/22/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flux Engineering, LLC
• Original Assignee: Flux Engineering, LLC
• Inventors: Vamos, George, McClure, Kelly H.
• Application Number:
  US13/011,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20110184587A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/297
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/16 with provision for separate direct mechanical propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/11 DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/64 Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/008 involving trading of energy or energy transmission rights
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 : Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A method is disclosed. The method provides a user with access to a plurality of power providers, allows the user to purchase power from at least one power provider out of the plurality of power providers, and allows the user to charge a battery or operate equipment using the purchased power.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a user with access to a plurality of power providers;

allowing the user to purchase power from at least one power provider out of the plurality of power providers; and

allowing the user to charge a vehicle'"'"'s battery using the purchased power.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one power provider is another user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one power provider is a power utility company.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one power provider is user'"'"'s employer.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

allowing one or more power providers out of the plurality of power providers to purchase power stored in the vehicle'"'"'s battery.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more power providers are one or more other user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more power providers are one or more power utility companies.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more power providers is user'"'"'s employer.

9. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

negotiating one or more parameters between the user and the at least one power provider, wherein allowing the user to charge a vehicle'"'"'s battery is based on the one or more parameters.

10. The method of claim 5, the method further comprising:

negotiating one or more parameters between the user and the one or more power providers, wherein allowing the one or more power providers out of the plurality of power providers to purchase power is based on the one or more parameters.

11. A system comprising:

a power connection configured to obtain power from at least one power provider;

at least one power port configured to deliver power to at least one vehicle; and

a database for storing one or more parameters associated with a user of a system or associated with the at least one vehicle,

wherein the one or more parameters are agreed to by the user prior to using the system,

wherein the system delivers power to the at least one vehicle based on the one or more parameters.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a controller configured to identity the user and retrieve the one or more parameters from the database.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a network interface configured to allow the user or the at least one power provider or a system administrator to remotely access the database or the one or more parameters.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the power connection is configured to deliver power to the at least one power provider from the at least one vehicle.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one power port is configured to obtain power from the at least one vehicle.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the power from the at least one vehicle is used to charge a battery or operate equipment.

17. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an identification device configured to obtain identity of the user or the at least one vehicle.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one power port is configured to obtain data from the at least one vehicle.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the data is user'"'"'s identification, the at least one vehicle'"'"'s power requirements, or any other information that would allow the system to identity the one or more parameters.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one power provider is another user'"'"'s vehicle.

21. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one power provider is a power utility company.

22. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one power provider is the user'"'"'s employer.

23. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters govern relationship between the user and the at least one power provider.

24. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters specify identity of the user or the power provider

25. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters specify an amount of power to be delivered to the at least one vehicle.

26. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters specify cost for the power to be delivered to the at least one vehicle.

27. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters specify rate at which power to be delivered to the at least one vehicle.

28. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more parameters specify access levels.

29. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters specify amount of power to be obtained from the at least one vehicle.

30. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more parameters specify payment for power obtained from the at least one vehicle.

31. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one power provider is another vehicle.

32. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one power provider is a power utility company.

33. A method comprising:

providing a user with access to a plurality of power providers;

allowing the user to purchase power from at least one power provider out of the plurality of power providers; and

allowing the user to charge a battery or operate equipment using the purchased power.

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the at least one power provider is a battery of a vehicle.

35. The method of claim 33, wherein the at least one power provider is a power utility company.

36. The method of claim 33, wherein the at least one power provider is the user'"'"'s employer.

37. The method of claim 33, wherein the equipment is air conditioner, medical equipment, appliances, or any other devices requiring power to operate.

38. The method of claim 33, wherein the user is a person, business, hospital or store.

39. A method comprising:

retrieving one or more parameters associated with a user, wherein the one or more parameters are agreed to by the user prior to using a system; and

deliver power to the user'"'"'s vehicle based on the one or more parameters.

40. The method of claim 39, the method further comprising:

obtaining power from the user'"'"'s vehicle based on the one or more parameters.

41. The method of claim 39, the method further comprising:

identifying a power provider, wherein the power delivered to the user'"'"'s vehicle is from the power provider.

42. The method of claim 39, the method further comprising:

allowing the user to negotiate or accept predetermined the one or more parameters.

43. The method of claim 39, the method further comprising:

determining validity of the one or more parameters;

determining the amount of power to be delivered to the user'"'"'s vehicle;

determining expected available power;

determining completion time for delivering power to the user'"'"'s vehicle; and

displaying the completion time to the user.

44. A method comprising:

allowing a user to negotiate one or more parameters with at least one power provider; and

allowing the user to purchase power from the at least one power provider based on the one or more parameters.

45. The method of claim 44, the method further comprising:

allowing the user to charge a battery or operate equipment using the purchased power.

46. A system comprising:

a bidirectional power connection configured to obtain power from and deliver power to at least one power provider; and

at least one bidirectional power port configured to deliver power to and obtain power from at least one vehicle,

wherein power obtained from the at least one power provider is delivered to the at least one vehicle and wherein the power obtained from the at least one vehicle is delivered to the at least one power provider.