Method and system for creating an electric vehicle charging network

• US 8,914,260 B2
• Filed: 12/15/2011
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lightening Energy
• Original Assignee: Lightening Energy
• Inventors: Epstein, Michael L., Dyer, Christopher K., Culver, Duncan
• Primary Examiner(s): Chad, Aniss
• Application Number:
  US13/327,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20120221299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 703/1, 705/406, 705/1.1, 705/40
• US Class Current: 703/1
• 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 53/30 Constructional details of charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• 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 53/68 Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• 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 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 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 method for creating an electric vehicle charging network includes receiving first location data from a first remote device; providing electric vehicle charger data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data; receiving second location data from a second remote device; providing the electric vehicle charger data to the second remote device as a function of the second location data; and, in response to the electric vehicle charger data, receiving interest data from the first and second remote devices to permit creation of a first electric vehicle charger. Further methods and systems are provided.

Claims

1. A computerized system for creating an electric vehicle charging network comprising:

a server capable of communicating with a plurality of remote devices including a first remote device and a second remote device;

the server including first location data from the first remote device, electric vehicle charger data relating to an electric vehicle charger not yet existing, second location data from the second remote device, interest data from the first and second remote devices, the electric vehicle charger data being a function of the interest data, wherein server is configured to provide a graphical user interface on the first remote device and the second remote device indicating at least one of participant data and payment data for creating the electric vehicle charger.

2. The computerized system as recited in claim 1 wherein the graphical user interface provided by the server on the first remote device and the second remote device indicating the at least one of participant data and payment data for creating the first electric vehicle charger further includes the current level of at least one of participant data and payment data for creating the first electric vehicle charger.

3. The computerized system as recited in claim 2 wherein the interest data indicates the user of at least one of the first and second remote devices expressed a commitment in creating the first electric vehicle charger, the server being configured to receive the interest data from the first and second remote devices and, in response the interest data, to update the current level of at least one of participant data and payment data for creating the first electric vehicle charger.

4. The computerized system as recited in claim 1 wherein the server is configured to provide the possible location data for the first electric vehicle charger as a function of the first location data as a graphical user interface showing at least one possible location for the first electric vehicle charger on the first remote device.

5. The computerized system as recited in claim 4 wherein the graphical user interface showing the possible location for the first electric vehicle charger includes a map illustrating the possible location for the first electric vehicle charger.

6. The computerized system as recited in claim 5 wherein the map further illustrates at least one completed electric vehicle recharger.

7. The computerized system as recited in claim 5 wherein the possible location for the first electric vehicle charger is provided on the map as a selectable graphical representation, the server being configured to, in response to selection of the graphical representation by the user of the first or second remote device, provide a graphical user interface on the first or second remote device displaying current data of the first electric vehicle charger.

8. The computerized system as recited in claim 5 wherein the graphical user interface displaying the current data of the first electric vehicle charger includes fields editable by the user of the first or second remote device.

9. A computerized system for creating an electric vehicle charging network comprising:

a server capable of communicating with a plurality of remote devices including a first remote device and a second remote device;

the server including first location data from the first remote device, possible location data for a first electric vehicle charger as a function of the first location data, first interest data from the first remote device in the first electric vehicle charger, and further interest data from the second remote device in the first electric vehicle charger, the first electric vehicle charger including an electrical vehicle charger not yet existing, the possible location data indicating a possible location for the first electric vehicle charger, the first interest data indicating the user of the first remote device expressed a commitment in creating the first electric vehicle charger at the possible location, the server being configured to, in response to the first interest data, display a representation on a graphical user interface of the second remote device indicating at least one of participant data and payment data of the user of the first remote device related to creating the first electric vehicle charger at the possible location.