Generating energy transaction plans
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of generating an energy transaction plan for controlling aspects of an electric vehicle charging transaction, the computer implemented method comprising:
- identifying, by a processor in the computer, an electric vehicle associated with a charging station and a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for the electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle including an owner and an operator the electric vehicle and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle;
receiving charging transaction information, by the processor in the computer, wherein the charging transaction information comprises requirements, constraints, and preferences applicable to the charging transaction, wherein the preferences comprise at least one user-selected preference having a type specified as one of static, effective until an associated preference changes;
dynamic, requiring user input of a value in real time; and
temporary, effective for a predetermined period of time, with the preferences used to manage, govern, and control one or more aspects of the electric vehicle charging transaction so as to minimize, maximize, or optimize the aspects, and further the preferences are maintained in a vehicle preference service comprised of a software component for creating, managing, storing, requesting, updating, deleting, and retrieving the preferences according to the energy transaction plan;
identifying, by the processor in the computer, a weighting value associated with each preference, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences and determines an extent to which an associated preference is minimized, maximized, or optimized;
generating, by the processor in the computer, an energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle based on the charging transaction information, wherein the energy transaction plan comprises an identification of the electric vehicle, an identification of a principal in the set of principals to pay for the charging transaction, an identification of at least one electric power provider associated with the charging transaction, an owner of the charging station, charging transaction time driven event sequences that indicate the electric flow direction relative to the electric vehicle and rate of flow at each of a time mark and that specifies start and end times for the charging transaction and controls each of charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle, and includes terms of the charging transaction to account for each of charging, discharging, and storing electric power, and further the energy transaction plan maximizes, minimizes, or optimizes each preference in accordance with the weighting value assigned to each preference, to control charging, discharging, and storing electric power; and
starting, conducting, and ending charging of the electric vehicle charging transaction using the processor in the computer configured to execute the generated energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating an energy transaction plan to manage an electric vehicle charging transaction. The energy transaction planner identifies an electric vehicle associated with a charging station and a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for the electric vehicle. The charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle. The energy transaction planner receives charging transaction information. The charging transaction information comprises requirements, constraints, and preferences applicable to the charging transaction. The energy transaction planner generates an energy transaction plan based on the charging transaction information. The energy transaction plan comprises terms for governing all aspects of the charging transaction.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of generating an energy transaction plan for controlling aspects of an electric vehicle charging transaction, the computer implemented method comprising:
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identifying, by a processor in the computer, an electric vehicle associated with a charging station and a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for the electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle including an owner and an operator the electric vehicle and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; receiving charging transaction information, by the processor in the computer, wherein the charging transaction information comprises requirements, constraints, and preferences applicable to the charging transaction, wherein the preferences comprise at least one user-selected preference having a type specified as one of static, effective until an associated preference changes;
dynamic, requiring user input of a value in real time; and
temporary, effective for a predetermined period of time, with the preferences used to manage, govern, and control one or more aspects of the electric vehicle charging transaction so as to minimize, maximize, or optimize the aspects, and further the preferences are maintained in a vehicle preference service comprised of a software component for creating, managing, storing, requesting, updating, deleting, and retrieving the preferences according to the energy transaction plan;identifying, by the processor in the computer, a weighting value associated with each preference, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences and determines an extent to which an associated preference is minimized, maximized, or optimized; generating, by the processor in the computer, an energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle based on the charging transaction information, wherein the energy transaction plan comprises an identification of the electric vehicle, an identification of a principal in the set of principals to pay for the charging transaction, an identification of at least one electric power provider associated with the charging transaction, an owner of the charging station, charging transaction time driven event sequences that indicate the electric flow direction relative to the electric vehicle and rate of flow at each of a time mark and that specifies start and end times for the charging transaction and controls each of charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle, and includes terms of the charging transaction to account for each of charging, discharging, and storing electric power, and further the energy transaction plan maximizes, minimizes, or optimizes each preference in accordance with the weighting value assigned to each preference, to control charging, discharging, and storing electric power; and starting, conducting, and ending charging of the electric vehicle charging transaction using the processor in the computer configured to execute the generated energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer implemented method of generating an energy transaction plan for controlling aspects of an electric vehicle charging transaction, the computer implemented method comprising:
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identifying, by a processor in the computer, an electric vehicle associated with a charging station and a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for the electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle including an owner and an operator of the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; receiving, by the processor in the computer, a set of preferences for the set of principals, wherein the set of preferences comprises a subset of preferences for each principal in the set of principals, wherein a preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized, and wherein the preferences comprise at least one user-selected preference having a type specified as one of static, effective until an associated preference changes;
dynamic requiring user input of a value in real time; and
temporary, effective for a predetermined period of time, and further the preferences are maintained in a vehicle preference service comprised of a software component for creating, managing, storing, requesting, updating, deleting, and retrieving the preferences according to the energy transaction plan;identifying, by the processor in the computer, a weighting value associated with each preference in the set of preferences, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences in the set of preferences and determines an extent to which an associated preference is minimized, maximized, or optimized; and generating, by the processor in the computer, an energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle based on the set of preferences, wherein the energy transaction plan comprises a set of terms for governing aspects of the charging transaction based on the set of preferences, and the energy transaction plan maximizes, minimizes, or optimizes each preference in accordance with the weighting value, and wherein the charging transaction is implemented and completed in accordance with the terms of the charging transaction to start, conduct, and end charging of the electric vehicle using the processor in the computer configured to execute the generated energy transaction plan; wherein the energy transaction plan includes charging transaction time driven event sequences that indicate the electric flow direction relative to the electric vehicle and rate of flow at each of a time mark and that specifies start and end times for the charging transaction and controls each of charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer recordable storage medium including computer readable program code stored thereon, when executed by a processor of the computer, for controlling aspects of an electric vehicle charging transaction, said computer program product comprising; computer readable program code for identifying an electric vehicle associated with a charging station and a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for the electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle including an owner and an operator of the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; computer readable program code for receiving charging transaction information, wherein the charging transaction information comprises requirements, constraints, and preferences applicable to the charging transaction, wherein the preferences comprise at least one user-selected preference having a type specified as one of static, effective until an associated preference changes;
dynamic requiring user input of a value in real time; and
temporary, effective for a predetermined period of time, with the preferences used to manage, govern, and control one or more aspects of the electric vehicle charging transaction so as to minimize, maximize, or optimize the aspect, and further the preferences are maintained in a vehicle preference service comprised of a software component for creating, managing, storing, requesting, updating, deleting, and retrieving the preferences according to the energy transaction plan;computer readable program code for identifying a weighting value associated with each preference, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences and determines an extent to which an associated preference is minimized, maximized, or optimized; and computer readable program code for generating an energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle based on the charging transaction information, wherein the energy transaction plan comprises an identification of the electric vehicle, an identification of a principal in the set of principals to pay for the charging transaction, an identification of at least one electric power provider associated with the charging transaction, an owner of the charging station, charging transaction time driven event sequences that indicate the electric flow direction relative to the electric vehicle and rate of flow at each of a time mark that specifies start and end times for the charging transaction and controls each of charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle, and includes terms of the charging transaction, and the energy transaction plan maximizes, minimizes, or optimizes each preference in accordance with the weighting value assigned to each preference, to control charging, discharging, and storing electric power; and computer readable program code for starting, conducting, and ending charging of the electric vehicle charging transaction using a computer processor configured with program code to execute the generated energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer recordable storage medium including computer readable program code stored thereon, when executed by a processor of the computer, for controlling aspects of an electric vehicle charging transaction, said computer program product comprising; computer readable program code for identifying an electric vehicle associated with a charging station and a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for the electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle including an owner and an operator of the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; computer readable program code for receiving a set of preferences for the set of principals, wherein the set of preferences comprises a subset of preferences for each principal in the set of principals, wherein a preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized, and wherein the preferences comprise at least one user-selected preference having a type specified as one of static, effective until an associated preference changes;
dynamic requiring user input of a value in real time; and
temporary, effective for a predetermined period of time and further the preferences are maintained in a vehicle preference service comprised of a software component for creating, managing, storing, requesting, updating, deleting, and retrieving the preferences according to the energy transaction plan;computer readable program code for identifying a weighting value associated with each preference in the set of preferences, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences in the set of preferences and determines an extent to which an associated preference is minimized, maximized, or optimized; computer readable program code for generating an energy transaction plan to control all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle based on the set of preferences, wherein the energy transaction plan comprises a set of terms for governing aspects of the charging transaction based on the set of preferences, and the energy transaction plan maximizes, minimizes, or optimizes each preference in accordance with the weighting value, and wherein the charging transaction is implemented and completed in accordance with the terms of the charging transaction to start, conduct, and end charging of the electric vehicle using the processor of the computer configured to execute the generated energy transaction plan; wherein the energy transaction plan includes charging transaction time driven event sequences that indicate the electric flow direction relative to the electric vehicle and rate of flow at each of a time mark and that specifies start and end times for the charging transaction and controls each of charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for generating an energy transaction plan to govern an electric vehicle charging transaction, the system comprising:
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a system bus; one or more memory elements coupled to the system bus, having stored thereon computer readable program code; one or more processors coupled to the system bus wherein the one or more processors execute the computer usable program code to direct the system to; identify, using a principal identifier, a set of principals associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle including an owner and an operator of the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; receive, using an energy transaction planner, charging transaction information from a set of sources, wherein the charging transaction information comprises requirements, constraints, and preferences applicable to the charging transaction, wherein the preferences manage, govern, and control one or more aspects of the electric vehicle charging transaction so as to minimize, maximize, or optimize the aspect and a weighting value is associated with each preference, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences and determines an extent to which an associated preference is minimized, maximized, or optimized, and generate an energy transaction plan, using the energy transaction planner, based on the charging transaction information, and wherein the preferences further comprise at least one user-selected preference having a type of one of static, effective until an associated preference changes;
dynamic requiring user input of a value in real time; and
temporary, effective for a predetermined period of time and are maintained in a vehicle preference service comprised of a software component for creating, managing, storing, requesting, updating, deleting, and retrieving the preferences according to the energy transaction plan, wherein the energy transaction plan controls all aspects of the charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle and comprises an identification of the electric vehicle, an identification of a principal in the set of principals to pay for the charging transaction, an identification of at least one electric power provider associated with the charging transaction, an owner of a charging station, charging transaction time driven event sequences that indicate the electric flow direction relative the electric vehicle and rate of flow at each of a time mark with start and end times for charging, discharging, and storing operations with the electric vehicle, a determination of the extent to which each preference is maximized, minimized, or optimize according to the weighting value, and terms of the charging transaction that comprises charging, storing, and de-charging. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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