Power Sharing

• US 20160132947A1
• Filed: 11/12/2014
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snergy Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snergy Inc.
• Inventors: Bollman, Mark IV
• Granted Patent: US 9,576,309 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/622 by satellite navigation
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/80 Time limits
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/12 by confirmation, e.g. of the input
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2250/16 by display
• 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 58/12 responding to state of charge [SoC]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/446 Initial charging measures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 50/10 : Energy trading, including energy flowing from end-user application to grid

Abstract

A method comprising receiving, on a server, from a computing device of a user, a request to receive a battery charge on a battery-powered device of the user, the request including one or more criteria; identifying, by the server, one or more potential charge donors as target charge donors by comparing the criteria of the request with donor preferences previously provided by potential charge donors; and sending, from the server, information related to a target charge donor to the computing device of the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, on a server, from a computing device, a request to receive a battery charge for a battery-powered device of a user, the request comprising one or more criteria and a reward that is chosen by the user to be provided in exchange for at least the user receiving the battery charge;

storing, on the server, a plurality of sets of one or more donor preferences that are each previously provided by a corresponding potential donor, each set of one or more donor preferences including a reward that the corresponding potential donor deems acceptable in exchange for providing a battery charge;

identifying, by the server, one or more of the potential donors as target donors, comprising;

comparing the criteria included in the request with each of at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences;

for each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences, determining whether the one or more donor preferences match the criteria included in the request;

comparing the reward included in the request with each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences;

for each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences, determining whether the reward that the corresponding potential donor deems acceptable in exchange for providing a battery charge matches the reward included in the request; and

identifying a potential donor as a target donor if the reward that the potential donor deems acceptable matches the reward included in the request; and

sending, from the server, information related to the target donor to the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is the battery-powered device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more criteria comprise an amount of requested battery charge and an amount of time to receive the amount of requested battery charge, the amount of time representing a maximum amount of time that the user is willing to wait for the requested battery charge to complete.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences comprise a charging method and a reward.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the reward included in the request is to be received by one or both of the target donor and a third party.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the computing device is a wireless mobile device, and the third party is a wireless service provider associated with the wireless mobile device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the third party is a business establishment where the user is to receive the battery charge for the battery-powered device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences comprise a geographic proximity of the battery-powered device.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving, on the server, an indication of an amount of charge on the battery of the battery-powered device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining, by the server, a length of charging time required for the battery-powered device to receive the requested battery charge based on the amount of requested battery charge, a charging method to be used for charging, and the amount of charge on the battery of the battery-powered device.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, from the server, information related to the user of the battery-powered device to a computing device of the target donor.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the computing device of the target donor is a wireless mobile device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the target donor comprises a location of the target donor.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the location of the target donor is represented as an icon on a map displayed on the battery-powered device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to the target donor comprises one or both of at least some of the donor preferences corresponding to the target donor and a link to a social media page of the target donor.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the information related to the user comprises a location of the user.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the location of the user is represented as an icon on a map displayed on the computing device of the target donor.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the information related to the user comprises one or both of at least some of the criteria of the request and a link to one or more social media pages of the user.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the battery-powered device is a wireless mobile device.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the battery-powered device is a vehicle.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving, on the server, from the computing device, one or more of information related to an amount of charge on a battery of the vehicle, information related to a geographic location of the vehicle, and information related to a destination of the vehicle.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein identifying one or more of the potential donors as target donors comprises determining, by the server, whether the vehicle is capable of reaching the destination with the amount of charge on the battery of the vehicle.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device belongs to the user.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the reward is selected by one or more of the user, the target donor, or a third party.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the reward is paid for or provided by the third party, and the reward is provided to the target donor.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the reward is paid for or provided by the user, and the reward is provided to the target donor.

30. The method of claim 21, wherein the vehicle is an electric vehicle.

5. (canceled)

24. A system comprising:

a server comprising;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving, on the server, from a computing device, a request to receive a battery charge for a battery-powered device of a user, the request comprising one or more criteria and a reward that is chosen by the user to be provided in exchange for at least the user receiving the battery charge;

storing, on the server, a plurality of sets of one or more donor preferences that are each previously provided by a corresponding potential donor, each set of one or more donor preferences including a reward that the corresponding potential donor deems acceptable in exchange for providing a battery charge;

identifying, by the server, one or more of the potential donors as target donors, comprising;

comparing the criteria included in the request with each of at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences;

for each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences, determining whether the one or more donor preferences match the criteria included in the request;

comparing the reward included in the request with each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences;

for each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences, determining whether the reward that the corresponding potential donor deems acceptable in exchange for providing a battery charge matches the reward included in the request; and

identifying a potential donor as a target donor if the reward that the potential donor deems acceptable matches the reward included in the request; and

sending, from the server, information related to a target donor to the computing device.

25. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor perform a method comprising:

receiving, on a server, from a computing device, a request to receive a battery charge for a battery-powered device of a user, the request comprising one or more criteria and a reward that is chosen by the user to be provided in exchange for at least the user receiving the battery charge;

storing, on the server, a plurality of sets of one or more donor preferences that are each previously provided by a corresponding potential donor, each set of one or more donor preferences including a reward that the corresponding potential donor deems acceptable in exchange for providing a battery charge;

identifying, by the server, one or more of the potential donors as target donors, comprising;

comparing the criteria included in the request with each of at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences;

for each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences, determining whether the one or more donor preferences match the criteria included in the request;

comparing the reward included in the request with each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences;

for each of the at least some of the sets of one or more donor preferences, determining whether the reward that the corresponding potential donor deems acceptable in exchange for providing a battery charge matches the reward included in the request; and

identifying a potential donor as a target donor if the reward that the potential donor deems acceptable matches the reward included in the request; and

sending, from the server, information related to the target donor to the computing device.