METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A NATURAL GAS OR OTHER ALTERNATE FUEL REFUELING STATION NETWORK

• US 20140136281A1
• Filed: 11/11/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lightening Energy
• Original Assignee: Lightening Energy
• Inventors: Culver, Duncan, Epstein, Michael L., Dyer, Christopher K.
• Application Number:
  US14/076,866
• Publication Number:
  US 20140136281A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.31
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0202 Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply

Abstract

A method for creating an alternate fuel vehicle refueling network includes receiving first location data and first alternate fuel refueling station interest data from a first remote device; receiving second location data and second alternate fuel refueling station interest data from a second remote device; and using the first location data, first alternate fuel refueling station interest data, second location data and second alternate fuel refueling station interest data to permit creation of a first alternate fuel refueling station.

Claims

1. A method for creating an alternate fuel vehicle refueling network comprising:

receiving first location data and first alternate fuel refueling station interest data from a first remote device;

receiving second location data and second alternate fuel refueling station interest data from a second remote device; and

using the first location data, first alternate fuel refueling station interest data, second location data and second alternate fuel refueling station interest data to permit creation of a first alternate fuel refueling station.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the first alternate fuel refueling station interest data includes payment data.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising providing alternate fuel refueling station data to the first remote device, the alternate fuel refueling station data including map data, the map data being a function of the first location data.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the map data includes a plurality of possible alternate fuel refueling station locations.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the alternate fuel refueling station data includes alternate fuel type data for the first alternate fuel refueling station.

6. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the alternate fuel refueling station data includes location data for the first alternate fuel refueling station.

7. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the alternate fuel refueling station data includes price participation data for the first alternate fuel refueling station.

8. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the alternate fuel refueling station data includes participant number data for the first alternate fuel refueling station.

9. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the alternate fuel refueling station data includes current participant data for the first alternate fuel refueling station.

10. A method for creating an alternate fuel vehicle refueling network comprising:

receiving first location data from a first remote device;

providing possible location data for a first alternate fuel refueling station as a function of the first location data;

receiving first interest data from the first remote device in the first alternate fuel refueling station; and

providing the first interest data to a second remote device to generate further interest data in the first alternate fuel refueling station.

11. A method for creating an alternate fuel vehicle refueling network comprising:

receiving first location data from a first remote device;

providing alternate fuel refueling station data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data;

in response to the alternate fuel refueling station data, receiving data from the first remote device indicating interest in creating a first alternate fuel refueling station so as to define first interest data;

providing the first interest data to a second remote device; and

in response to the first interest data, receiving second location data including actual location data for a first alternate fuel refueling station.