Configurable Visibility of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
First Claim
1. A method in an electric vehicle charging network server for configuring charging station visibility, comprising:
- receiving configuration information from an electric vehicle charging station owner that owns or operates a set of one or more electric vehicle charging stations, wherein the received configuration information indicates a set of one or more electric vehicle operators that are permitted to view one or more of the set of electric vehicle charging stations; and
storing the received configuration information to be used by an electric vehicle charging station locator application.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an electric vehicle charging network server provides an interface for electric vehicle charging station owners to selectively configure whether their electric vehicle charging station(s) are displayable on a charging station locator application to a specific set of one or more electric vehicle operators. For example, the interface may allow an electric vehicle charging station owner to specify that one or more of its charging stations are capable of being displayed on a charging station locator application to only a group of one or more electric vehicle operators (those charging station(s) will not be displayed on a charging station locator application used by other electric vehicle operators).
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22 Claims
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1. A method in an electric vehicle charging network server for configuring charging station visibility, comprising:
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receiving configuration information from an electric vehicle charging station owner that owns or operates a set of one or more electric vehicle charging stations, wherein the received configuration information indicates a set of one or more electric vehicle operators that are permitted to view one or more of the set of electric vehicle charging stations; and storing the received configuration information to be used by an electric vehicle charging station locator application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method in an electric vehicle charging network server for locating charging stations, comprising:
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receiving identification information from an electric vehicle operator; receiving a set of one or more charging station search parameters; and causing only those charging stations that meet the set of charging station search parameters and have been defined as capable of being visible to the electric vehicle operator to be displayed to the electric vehicle operator. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor, will cause said processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving configuration information from an electric vehicle charging station owner that owns or operates a set of one or more electric vehicle charging stations, wherein the received configuration information indicates a set of one or more electric vehicle operators that are permitted to view one or more of the set of electric vehicle charging stations; and storing the received configuration information to be used by an electric vehicle charging station locator application. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor, will cause said processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving identification information from an electric vehicle operator; receiving a set of one or more charging station search parameters; and causing only those charging stations that meet the set of charging station search parameters and have been defined as capable of being visible to the electric vehicle operator to be displayed to the electric vehicle operator. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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