METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A RESERVE ENERGY BANKING AND ENERGY RESERVE NETWORK

• US 20140148965A1
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lightening Energy
• Original Assignee: Lightening Energy
• Inventors: Epstein, Michael L., Dyer, Christopher K., Culver, Duncan
• Granted Patent: US 9,802,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/297
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/20 by driver identification
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/302 Cooling of charging equipment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/51 Photovoltaic means
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/53 Batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/54 Fuel cells
• 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: B60L 58/26 by cooling
• 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

Abstract

A method for creating a collective energy reserve network is provided. The method includes receiving first data including location data and first energy reserve interest data from a first remote device; receiving second data including location data and second energy reserve interest data from a second remote device; and using the first location data, first energy reserve interest data, second location data and second energy reserve interest data to permit creation of a first collective energy reserve. The energy reserve may be free standing or integrated with an electric vehicle recharger.

Claims

1. A method for creating a collective energy reserve network comprising:

receiving first location data and first energy reserve interest data from a first remote device;

receiving second location data and second energy reserve interest data from a second remote device; and

using the first location data, first collective energy reserve interest data, second location data and second collective energy reserve interest data to permit creation of a first collective energy reserve.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the first energy reserve interest data includes commitment data.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising providing energy reserve data to the first remote device, the energy reserve 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 collective energy reserve locations.

5. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the energy reserve data includes energy type data for the first collective energy reserve.

6. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the energy reserve data includes location data for the first collective energy reserve.

7. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the energy reserve data includes price participation data for the first collective energy reserve.

8. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the energy reserve data includes participant number data for the first collective energy reserve.

9. The method as recited in claim 3 wherein the energy reserve data includes current participant data for the first collective energy reserve.

10. A method for creating a collective energy reserve network comprising:

receiving first location data from a first remote device;

providing, by at least one server, energy reserve data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data, the energy reserve data relating to an energy reserve not yet existing;

in response to the energy reserve data, receiving interest data from the first remote device to permit creation of the energy reserve, the interest data including information regarding participation in creating the energy reserve; and

creating the energy reserve as a function of the interest data, wherein the creating the energy reserve as a function of the interest data includes determining, by the at least one server, a level of participation in creating the energy reserve from the interest data and creating the energy reserve when the interest data received by the at least one server indicates the level of participation reaches a predetermined threshold.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 wherein the energy reserve data is provided as a web page, the method further comprising determining, by the at least one server, interest of the users of the first remotes device and users of additional remote devices in participating in creating the energy reserve from the interest data received from the first remote device and the additional remote devices and modifying, by the at least one server, the web page to indicate the interest of the users of the first remote device and the additional remote devices in participating in creating the energy reserve.

12. The method as recited in claim 10 further comprising:

providing possible location data for the energy reserve as a function of the first location data as a graphic user interface; and

providing the interest data to a second remote device to generate further interest data in the energy reserve by determining, by the at least one server, the user of the first remote device is committed to creating the energy reserve and modifying, by the at least one server, the graphic user interface to include the first interest data.

13. A method for creating a collective energy reserve and electric vehicle recharging network comprising:

receiving first location data from a first remote device;

providing, by at least one server, energy data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data, the energy data relating to an energy reserve and an electric vehicle recharging station;

in response to the energy reserve data, receiving interest data from the first remote device to permit creation of at least one of the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station, the interest data including information regarding participation in creating at least one of the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station; and

creating at least one of the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station as a function of the interest data, the creating the at least one of the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station as a function of the interest data including determining, by the at least one server, a level of participation in creating the at least one of the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station from the interest data and creating the at least one of the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station when the interest data received by the at least one server indicates the level of participation reaches a predetermined threshold.

14. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein creating step includes creating both the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station when the interest data indicates the level of participation in creating the energy reserve reaches the predetermined threshold and the level of participation in creating the electric vehicle recharging station reaches the predetermined threshold.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein creating step includes creating the energy reserve and the electric vehicle recharging station at a same physical site.

16. The method as recited in claim 15 wherein the energy reserve includes a plurality of rechargeable charging batteries that are usable by the electric vehicle recharging station.

17. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein creating step includes creating solely the energy reserve when the interest data indicates the level of participation in creating the energy reserve reaches the predetermined threshold and the level of participation in creating the electric vehicle recharging station does not reach the predetermined threshold.

18. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein creating step includes creating solely the electric vehicle recharging station when the interest data indicates the level of participation in creating the electric vehicle recharging station reaches the predetermined threshold and the level of participation in creating the energy reserve does not reach the predetermined threshold.

19. The method as recited in claim 13 wherein the creating step includes creating the energy reserve at an existing electric vehicle recharging station such that the energy reserve is usable by the existing electric vehicle recharging station to charge onboard electric vehicle batteries.

20. A computer system for creating an alternative energy vehicle supply station network comprising:

a computer readable memory storing program instructions; and

a processor to execute the program instructions via the computer readable memory;

the program instructions generating a graphical user interface displaying representations of a plurality of potential collective energy reserves and, responsive to user selection of at least one representation of the potential collective energy reserves on the graphical user interface, generating a graphical user interface for receiving interest data including user commitments for the selected at least one representation of the potential collective energy reserves;

the program instructions compiling the interest data in the computer readable memory and outputting commitment results when the interest data received by the at least one server indicates the level of user commitments reaches a predetermined threshold.