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System and method for energy management within a group of devices

  • US 10,170,920 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2015
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • identifying, by a charging station in a group of charging stations with docking connections, a docking connection between the charging station and a battery;

    responsive to the identifying, transmitting, by the charging station to other charging stations in the group, information for ranking the charging station in a list including entries for one or more charging stations in the group;

    receiving, by the charging station, at least one set of information transmitted from at least one second charging station in the group of charging stations, wherein the at least one set of information includes information for ranking the at least one second charging station in the list;

    generating, by the charging station, the list using the information transmitted by the charging station and the at least one set of information received by the charging station;

    using, by the charging station, at least one filter to at least one of filter, sort, and rank entries in the list, wherein each entry in the list is associated with a charging station with a docking connection and in the group of charging stations; and

    determining, by the charging station that an entry in the list that is associated with the charging station is ranked at a predefined position in the list and providing an indication of the predefined position.

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