Network Based Energy Preference Service for Managing Electric Vehicle Charging Preferences
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Abstract
A computer manages network based preferences associated with charging transactions for electric vehicles. A network based energy preference service receives a request for a set of preferences for an identified principal having an interest in the charging transaction and associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle from a preference requesting service over a network connection. The charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle. The network based energy preference service retrieves the set of preferences from a data storage device associated with the preference service. A preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized. A vehicle transaction planner sends the set of preferences to the preference requesting service.
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37 Claims
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12. A computer implemented method of managing user preferences associated with charging transactions for electric vehicles on a network based preference service, the computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving, by the network based preference service, a request for a set of preferences for an identified principal associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle from a preference requesting service over a network connection, wherein the identified principal is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; retrieving the set of preferences from a plurality of preferences stored in a data storage device associated with the network based preference service, wherein the data storage device is located remotely from the electric vehicle and the preference requesting service, and wherein a preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized; and sending the set of preferences to the preference requesting service, by the vehicle transaction planner, using the network connection. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 37)
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26. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer-recordable storage media including computer usable program code for managing user preferences associated with charging transactions for electric vehicles on a network based preference service, the computer program product comprising; computer usable program code for receiving, by the network based preference service, a request for a set of preferences for an identified principal associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle from a preference requesting service over a network connection, wherein the identified principal is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; computer usable program code for retrieving the set of preferences from a plurality of preferences stored in a data storage device associated with the network based preference service, wherein the data storage device is located remotely from the electric vehicle and the preference requesting service, and wherein a preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized; and computer usable program code for sending the set of preferences to the preference requesting service, by the vehicle transaction planner, using the network connection. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. An apparatus comprising:
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a bus system; a communications system coupled to the bus system; a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer readable program code; and a processing unit coupled to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer readable program code to receive, by a network based preference service, a request for a set of preferences for an identified principal associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle from a preference requesting service over a network connection, wherein the identified principal is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle;
retrieve the set of preferences from a plurality of preferences stored in a data storage device associated with the network based preference service, wherein the data storage device is located remotely from the electric vehicle and the preference requesting service, and wherein a preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized; and
send the set of preferences to the preference requesting service, by the vehicle transaction planner, using the network connection. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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Specification