Charging system, kiosk, and method of reserving a power charging device and supplying current to a power storage device
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1. A charging system for use in supplying current to a power storage device, said charging system comprising:
- a charging device configured to be coupled to the power storage device to perform a charging operation; and
a kiosk located remotely from said charging device, and communicatively coupled to said charging device, said kiosk configured to;
transmit an availability request to said charging device to determine whether said charging device is available to perform the charging operation;
receive an availability response from said charging device indicating that said charging device is available to perform the charging operation;
reserve said charging device in response to the transmission of the availability request when said charging device is indicated as availablereceive pricing data for the charging operation from said charging device;
display the pricing data;
enable the pricing data to be accepted; and
authorize said charging device to initiate the charging operation if the pricing data is accepted.
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Abstract
A charging system for use in supplying current to a power storage device includes a charging device configured to be coupled to the power storage device to perform a charging operation and a kiosk coupled to the charging device. The kiosk is configured to receive pricing data for the charging operation from the charging device, display the pricing data, enable the pricing data to be accepted, and authorize the charging device to initiate the charging operation if the pricing data is accepted.
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1. A charging system for use in supplying current to a power storage device, said charging system comprising:
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a charging device configured to be coupled to the power storage device to perform a charging operation; and a kiosk located remotely from said charging device, and communicatively coupled to said charging device, said kiosk configured to; transmit an availability request to said charging device to determine whether said charging device is available to perform the charging operation; receive an availability response from said charging device indicating that said charging device is available to perform the charging operation; reserve said charging device in response to the transmission of the availability request when said charging device is indicated as available receive pricing data for the charging operation from said charging device; display the pricing data; enable the pricing data to be accepted; and authorize said charging device to initiate the charging operation if the pricing data is accepted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A kiosk for use with a charging system including a charging device, said kiosk comprising:
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a processor programmed to; transmit, using a communication interface coupled to said processor, an availability request to the charging device to determine whether the charging device is available to perform a charging operation, wherein the charging device is located remotely from said kiosk; receive an availability response from the charging device indicating that the charging device is available to perform the charging operation; reserve the charging device in response to the transmission of the availability request when said charging device is indicated as available; receive, from the charging device, pricing data for a charging operation; display the pricing data; enable the pricing data to be accepted; and authorize the charging device to initiate the charging operation if the pricing data is accepted. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of supplying current to a power storage device, said method comprising:
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transmitting, using a communications interface communicatively coupled to a kiosk, an availability request to a charging device to determine whether the charging device is available to perform a charging operation, wherein the charging device is located remotely from the kiosk; receiving an availability response from the charging device indicating that the charging device is available to perform the charging operation; reserving, using a processing device, the charging device in response to the transmitting of the availability request when the charging device is indicated as available; receiving, from the charging device, pricing data for the charging operation; displaying the pricing data; enabling the pricing data to be accepted; and authorizing, using the processing device, the charging device to initiate the charging operation if the pricing data is accepted. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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