Method and apparatus for sharing electric vehicle and electric appliance usage data

• US 20140114448A1
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Liberty Plugins, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Liberty Plugins, Inc.
• Inventors: Outwater, Chris, Redmann, William Gibbens
• Application Number:
  US13/959,838
• Publication Number:
  US 20140114448A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/34 Cabin temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/545 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/70 Interactions with external data bases, e.g. traffic centres
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2240/72 Charging station selection relying on external data
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/65 involving identification of vehicles or their battery types
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/144 Demand-response operation of the power transmission or distribution network
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/322 the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/30 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/3225 Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• 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 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/92 : Energy efficient charging or discharging systems for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors specially adapted for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 : Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 : Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 : Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 : Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/222 : Demand response systems, e.g. load shedding, peak shaving
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 20/242 : Home appliances
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/12 : Remote or cooperative charging
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 : Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A system and method allowing electric vehicle (EV) and other appliance owners to share data with other appliance owners and service providers. For an EV, data like SoC, or whether the EV is presently connected to an EV charger, can be shared through a server and database with a control system that can now know the type of vehicle that is connected to a particular EV charger. Such a system can also know when an EV owner has been notified that his EV is charging, or fully charged, and if the EV is still connected to an EV charger. Such data originates at the EV (or other appliance), is sent wirelessly to the EV manufacturer'"'"'s central database, and from there is sent to, or can be requested by, the EV owner(s). Data is merged with EV charger usage data for the EV or a plurality of EV'"'"'s.

Claims

1. A method for improved appliance management comprising:

a) receiving with a first server a first information regarding a first appliance;

b) providing with the first server the first information to an appliance controller for at least one of control and management of a second appliance;

wherein the appliance controller at least partially controls a second appliance based on the first information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first information is obtained from a second server by a user-configured device and provided to the first server.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the user-configured device is a portable handheld device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

c) receiving with the first server a second information;

d) accessing with the first server a second server using the second information;

wherein in step a) the first information is received by the first server from the second server.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein in step a) the second server is polled by the first server for the first information.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein in step a) the first information is pushed to the first server by the second server.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first appliance is an electric vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the second appliance is an electric vehicle charging apparatus.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein the first server is a sharing server sharing information between a plurality of appliances.

10. A system for improved appliance management comprising:

a first appliance in data communication with a first server;

an appliance controller also in data communication with said first server, said appliance controller configured to control said first appliance;

said first server adapted to receive a first information from said first appliance and relay said first information to said appliance controller;

said appliance controller adapted to send a control command to a second appliance based on said first information.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said first appliance is an electric vehicle.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein said second appliance is an electric vehicle charging apparatus.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein said second appliance is an electric vehicle charging apparatus.

14. The system of claim 10 further comprising a second server in data communication with said first server, said second server adapted to share said first information with a plurality of appliances.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising an application running on a portable user device, said application adapted to provide said second server with credentials to access information about said first or second appliance.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein said application is also adapted to indicate that said first appliance is attached to or cooperating with said second appliance.

17. A system for improved appliance management comprising:

an electric vehicle (EV) in data communication with a first server;

an electric vehicle charging apparatus (EVSE) controller also in data communication with said first server, said EVSE controller configured to control said EVSE;

said first server adapted to receive a first information from said EV and relay said first information to said EVSE controller;

said EVSE controller adapted to send a control command to said EVSE based on said first information.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said EVSE controller is adapted to send a command to said EVSE to stop charging.