MANAGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING STATION USAGE
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1. A system for managing charging station usage, said system comprising:
- a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces distributed in an area, each EV charging space being equipped with charger for charging an EV;
an assignment unit matching charging requests in said area with available said EV charging spaces;
a scheduler scheduling an EV for each request to a matched EV charging space; and
a pricing unit setting permit prices for said plurality of EV charging spaces.
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Abstract
A system, method and program product for managing charging station usage. After receiving a request for charging capacity in electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces, e.g., located in commercial parking lots, if it can be fulfilled the request is accepted. Each accepted request is matched with available EV charging spaces. A scheduling unit schedules charging for each request to a matched EV charging space when a charging price is predetermined. Otherwise, if a charging price is not previously determined, a pricing unit sets a permit price and schedules charging for the match.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for managing charging station usage, said system comprising:
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a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces distributed in an area, each EV charging space being equipped with charger for charging an EV; an assignment unit matching charging requests in said area with available said EV charging spaces; a scheduler scheduling an EV for each request to a matched EV charging space; and a pricing unit setting permit prices for said plurality of EV charging spaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of managing charging stations at a plurality of distributed locations, said method comprising:
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receiving a charging request for charging time in one of a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces distributed in an area, each EV charging space being equipped with charger for charging an EV, said request indicating one or more preferred charging locations; matching said charging request with available said EV charging spaces in said area; selectively scheduling said EV to a matched EV charging space; and selectively setting a price for said matched EV charging space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product for managing charging station usage, said computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, said computer readable program code comprising:
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computer readable program code means for receiving request for charging capacity in one of a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces (X) distributed in an area, each EV charging space being equipped with charger for charging an EV, ones of said plurality of EV charging spaces being located in a plurality of parking lots (M), each parking lot including one or more of said plurality of EV charging spaces; computer readable program code means for a customer preference database includes charging permit price history, usage pattern history, use locations and corresponding prevailing electricity price history; computer readable program code means for matching charging accepted requests with available said EV charging spaces in said area; computer readable program code means for scheduling charging an EV for each request to a matched EV charging space when a charging price is predetermined; and computer readable program code means for setting permit prices and scheduling charging for said plurality of EV charging spaces when a charging price is not previously determined. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer program product for managing charging station usage, said computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, said computer readable program code causing a plurality of computers executing said code to:
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receive a charging request for charging time in one of a plurality of electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces distributed in an area, each EV charging space being equipped with charger for charging an EV, said request indicating one or more preferred charging locations; match said charging request with available said EV charging spaces in said area; schedule said EV to a matched EV charging space whenever a price for charging is predetermined; and set a price for said matched EV charging space and schedule said EV to said matched EV charging space whenever a price for charging is previously set.
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