Methods and apparatuses for charging of electric vehicles
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile device, a charge transfer request for an electric vehicle of a user directly from the electric vehicle charging station, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged, wherein the electric vehicle charging station does not transmit a charge transfer request for the electric vehicle to a cloud server without relaying through the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both;
sending, from the mobile device, the charge transfer request for the electric vehicle of the user directly to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and funding credit account information, wherein the mobile application initiates a connection with the electric vehicle charging station;
in response to a charging control signal being authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server at the mobile device; and
sending, from the mobile device, the charging control signal to the electric vehicle charging station; and
wherein the charge transfer is enabled or disabled based on the charging control signal from the mobile device.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server. The method includes receiving, at a mobile device, a message for an electric vehicle of a user directly from the electric vehicle charging station, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged. The method also includes receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server via the mobile device at the electric vehicle charging station in response to authorizing a charging control signal using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, wherein the charging control signal is configured to adjust a parameter used to draw electric power from the electric vehicle charging station.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile device, a charge transfer request for an electric vehicle of a user directly from the electric vehicle charging station, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged, wherein the electric vehicle charging station does not transmit a charge transfer request for the electric vehicle to a cloud server without relaying through the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both; sending, from the mobile device, the charge transfer request for the electric vehicle of the user directly to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and funding credit account information, wherein the mobile application initiates a connection with the electric vehicle charging station; in response to a charging control signal being authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server at the mobile device; and sending, from the mobile device, the charging control signal to the electric vehicle charging station; and wherein the charge transfer is enabled or disabled based on the charging control signal from the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for controlling a charging of an electric vehicle, the system comprising:
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a cloud server; and a mobile device disposed between an electric vehicle charging station and the cloud server, wherein the mobile device relays communication from the electric vehicle charging station to the cloud server, wherein the charge transfer request relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both, and wherein the mobile application initiates a connection with the cloud server; wherein, in response to a charging control signal being authorized by the cloud server using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, the charging control signal is received that enables the charge transfer from the electric vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for controlling a charging of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server, the method comprising:
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sending, from the mobile device, a message for the electric vehicle to the cloud server, wherein a user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged, wherein the message from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile application for communicating with the cloud server, the electric vehicle charging station, or both, and wherein the mobile application initiates a connection with the cloud server; and in response to the message being authorized using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device, receiving a charging control signal from the cloud server at the mobile device; and sending, from the mobile device, the charging control signal to the electric vehicle charging station that enables the charge transfer from the electric vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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