Specifying a map of available locations for recharging battery enabled devices based on a schedule of predicted locations for a user

• US 9,955,314 B1
• Filed: 10/24/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bacarella, David J., Candes, Lawrence, Chen, Ying, Cohen, Aaron M., Mani, Ravi
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaheed, Khalid
• Application Number:
  US15/333,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20180115872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00006 characterised by information or instructions transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated power network element or electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00017 using optical fiber
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00028 involving the use of Internet protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 90/20 Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector smart grids supporting the management or operation of end-user stationary applications in general, or like technologies with no associated climate change mitigation effect Y04S20/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/12 characterised by data transport means between the monitoring, controlling or managing units and monitored, controlled or operated electrical equipment
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/124 using wired telecommunication networks or data transmission busses

Abstract

A power service receives, from battery enabled devices, battery charging information for multiple locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies the type of power source a device is being charged from and an amount of time charged. The power service analyzes the battery charging information for the locations to identify moving charging locations that change location. The power service filters the locations to identify locations where the type of power source is a power outlet. The power service filters the locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization. The power service generates a base map of the selection of locations. The power service specifies the base map for each user based on a schedule of the user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computer system, from one or more battery enabled devices, battery charging information for a plurality of locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies a separate location identifier, the type of power source a device is being charged from and an amount of time charged;

analyzing, by the computer system, the battery charging information for the plurality of locations to identify a selection of moving charging locations from among the plurality of locations that are identified as charging the one or more battery enabled devices over a period of time and change between two or more of the separate locations over the period of time;

filtering, by the computer system, the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet;

filtering, by the computer system, the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization;

generating, by the computer system, a base map of the selection of locations with the first selection of locations and second selection of locations and further specifying the selection of moving charging locations within the first selection of locations and the second selection of locations; and

specifying, by the computer system, the base map for each particular user to identify one or more potential charging locations for each particular user based on a schedule of the particular user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization for each of the predicted locations.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer system, the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet, further comprises:

removing, by the computer system, a second selection locations where the type of power source is an individual portable battery recharger.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer system, the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet, further comprises:

filtering, by the computer system, the plurality of locations to identify the selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet and where the type of power source is a mobile power outlet in a transportation service.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving, by the computer system, from the one or more battery enabled devices, battery charging information for the plurality of locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies a separate location identifier, the type of power source a device is being charged from, and an amount of time charged, further comprises:

receiving, by the computer system, from the one or more battery enabled devices, the battery charging information with one or more types of device usage data comprising a predicted battery life and a location.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the computer system, one or more types of individual current usage from the one or more battery enabled devices from among the one or more battery enabled devices for each particular user;

receiving, by the computer system, the schedule of each particular user of predicted usage for the one or more battery enabled devices for each particular user;

accessing, by the computer system, the base map for each particular user specified for the schedule;

analyzing, by the computer system, the one or more types of current usage and the predicted usage, in view of the base map, to identify a separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices for each particular user, the charging location matched to a particular predicted location in the base map; and

updating, by the computer system, the schedule for each particular user to specify at least one event for scheduling each separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer system, the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization further comprises:

detecting, by the computer system, whether each particular user has an authorization required for the security authorization.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer system, the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization, further comprises:

accessing, by the computer system, the security map from a transportation service provider.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer system, the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization, further comprises:

filtering, by the computer system, the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization, the first selection of locations and second selection of locations further specified as publicly accessing or requiring a security authorization during one or more particular time periods.

9. A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the stored program instructions comprising:

program instructions to receive, from one or more battery enabled devices, battery charging information for a plurality of locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies a separate location identifier, the type of power source a device is being charged from, and an amount of time charged;

program instructions to analyze the battery charging information for the plurality of locations to identify a selection of moving charging locations from among the plurality of locations that are identified as charging the one or more battery enabled devices over a period of time and change between two or more of the separate locations over the period of time;

program instructions to filter the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet;

program instructions to filter the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization;

program instructions to generate a base map of the selection of locations with the first selection of locations and second selection of locations and further specifying the selection of moving charging locations within the first selection of locations and the second selection of locations; and

program instructions to specify the base map for each particular user to identify one or more potential charging locations for each particular user based on a schedule of the particular user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization for each of the predicted locations.

10. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions to filter the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet, further comprise:

program instructions to remove a second selection locations where the type of power source is an individual portable battery recharger.

11. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions to filter the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet, further comprise:

program instructions to filter the plurality of locations to identify the selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet and where the type of power source is a mobile power outlet in a transportation service.

12. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions to receive, from the one or more battery enabled devices, battery charging information for the plurality of locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies a separate location identifier, the type of power source a device is being charged from, and an amount of time charged, further comprise:

program instructions to receive, from the one or more battery enabled devices, the battery charging information with one or more types of device usage data comprising a predicted battery life and a location.

13. The computer system according to claim 9, the stored program instructions further comprising:

program instructions to receive one or more types of individual current usage from the one or more battery enabled devices from among the one or more battery enabled devices for each particular user;

program instructions to receive the schedule of each particular user of predicted usage for the one or more battery enabled devices for each particular user;

program instructions to access the base map for each particular user specified for the schedule;

program instructions to analyze the one or more types of current usage and the predicted usage, in view of the base map, to identify a separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices for each particular user, the charging location matched to a particular predicted location in the base map; and

program instructions to update the schedule for each particular user to specify at least one event for scheduling each separate recommended charging time and charging location for each of the one or more battery enabled devices.

14. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions to filter the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization further comprise:

program instructions to detect whether each particular user has an authorization required for the security authorization.

15. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions to filter the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization, further comprise:

program instructions to access the security map from a transportation service provider.

16. The computer system according to claim 9, wherein the program instructions to filter the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization, further comprise:

program instructions to filter the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization, the first selection of locations and second selection of locations further specified as publicly accessing or requiring a security authorization during one or more particular time periods.

17. A computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

receive, by the computer, from one or more battery enabled devices, battery charging information for a plurality of locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies a separate location identifier, the type of power source a device is being charged from, and an amount of time charged;

analyze, by the computer, the battery charging information for the plurality of locations to identify a selection of moving charging locations from among the plurality of locations that are identified as charging the one or more battery enabled devices over a period of time and change between two or more of the separate locations over the period of time;

filter, by the computer, the plurality of locations to identify a selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet;

filter, by the computer, the selection of locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization;

generate, by the computer, a base map of the selection of locations with the first selection of locations and second selection of locations and further specifying the selection of moving charging locations within the first selection of locations and the second selection of locations; and

specify, by the computer, the base map for each particular user to identify one or more potential charging locations for each particular user based on a schedule of the particular user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization for each of the predicted locations.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17, further comprising the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

remove, by the computer, a second selection locations where the type of power source is an individual portable battery recharger.

19. The computer program product according to claim 17, further comprising the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

filter, by the computer, the plurality of locations to identify the selection of locations where the type of power source is a power outlet and where the type of power source is a mobile power outlet in a transportation service.