Executing an Energy Transaction Plan for an Electric Vehicle

• US 20100049533A1
• Filed: 08/19/2008
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Trekell, Mark William, Ferro, Erica Haefner, Williamson, Paul Stuart, Harrison, Colin George
• Application Number:
  US12/194,245
• Publication Number:
  US 20100049533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/50 Systems or methods supporting the power network operation or management, involving a certain degree of interaction with the load-side end user applications

Abstract

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a charging process of an electric vehicle. In one embodiment, the process initiates the charging process of the electric vehicle at a charging station in response to receiving an energy transaction plan from an energy transaction planner. The process then terminates the charging process in response to at least one of a deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and a completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan. Thereafter, the process sends a charge notification to a set of recipients that includes a user of the electric vehicle and an energy transaction broker.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of managing a charging process of an electric vehicle, the computer implemented process comprising:

responsive to receiving an energy transaction plan from an energy transaction planner initiating the charging process of the electric vehicle at a charging station;

responsive to at least one of a deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and a completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan, terminating the charging process; and

sending a charge notification to a set of recipients, wherein the set of recipients comprises a user of the electric vehicle and an energy transaction broker.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by a energy transaction interrupt monitor, the at least one of the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and the completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing charging process data in a data storage device wherein the charging process data is generated during the charging process.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to terminating the charging process due to the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan, generating a request for a modified energy transaction plan.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 further comprising:

sending the request to a user via a remote energy transaction alteration service, wherein the user provides input for generating the modified energy transaction plan.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 4, wherein the modified energy transaction plan is generated by the energy transaction planner, and further comprising:

selecting terms of the modified energy transaction plan, by the energy transaction planner, wherein the charging process is completed according to the terms of the modified energy transaction plan.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the charge notification is at least one of a completed charge notification and an incomplete charge notification.

8. A computer program product for managing a charging process of an electric vehicle, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-recordable storage media;

first program instructions to initiate the charging process of the electric vehicle at a charging station in response to receiving an energy transaction plan from an energy transaction planner;

second program instructions to terminate the charging process in response to at least one of a deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and a completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan;

third program instructions to send a charge notification to a set of recipients, wherein the set of recipients comprises a user of the electric vehicle and an energy transaction broker; and

wherein the first program instructions, the second program instructions, and the third program instructions are stored on the computer readable medium.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein an energy transaction interrupt monitor detects the at least one of the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and the completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

fourth program instructions to store charging process data in a data storage device, wherein the charging process data is generated during the charging process.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

fifth program instructions to generate a request for a modified energy transaction plan in response to terminating the charging process due to the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the request is sent to a user via a remote energy transaction alteration service, and wherein the user provides input for generating the modified energy transaction plan.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the modified energy transaction plan is generated by the energy transaction planner, and wherein terms of the modified energy transaction plan are selected for completing the charging process according to the energy transaction plan.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the charge notification is at least one of a completed charge notification and an incomplete charge notification.

15. An apparatus for managing a charging process of an electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a bus system;

a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to initiate the charging process of the electric vehicle at a charging station in response to receiving an energy transaction plan from an energy transaction planner;

terminate the charging process in response to at least one of a deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and a completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan; and

send a charge notification to a set of recipients, wherein the set of recipients comprises a user of the electric vehicle and an energy transaction broker.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processing unit further executes the computer usable program code to detect the at least one of the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and the completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the processing unit further executes the computer usable program code to generate a request for a modified energy transaction plan in response to terminating the charging process due to the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the request is sent to a user via a remote energy transaction alteration service, and wherein the user provides input for generating the modified energy transaction plan.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the modified energy transaction plan is generated by the energy transaction planner, and wherein terms of the modified energy transaction plan are selected for completing the charging process according to the energy transaction plan.

20. A system for managing a charging process of an electric vehicle, the system comprising:

an energy transaction planner, wherein the energy transaction planner generates an energy transaction plan for the charging process;

an energy transaction interrupt monitor, wherein the energy transaction interrupt monitor detects at least one of a deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and a completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan; and

an energy transaction execution engine, wherein the energy transaction execution engine initiates the charging process of the electric vehicle at a charging station in response to receiving an energy transaction plan from an energy transaction planner;

terminates the charging process in response to the at least one of the deviation of the charging process from the energy transaction plan and the completion of the charging process according to the energy transaction plan; and

sends a charge notification to a set of recipients, wherein the set of recipients comprises a user of the electric vehicle and an energy transaction broker.