User interface to employment related information center associated with communication and control system and method for wireless electric vehicle electrical energy transfer

• US 9,457,677 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): ELMORE, STEPHEN C
• Application Number:
  US14/145,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20150095116A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• Field of Search: 711/149, 711/156, 320/109, 320/108, 701/22, 701/29.1, 701/31.4, 701/410, 701/411, 701/414, 701/416, 705/7.12, 705/7.13, 705/7.15, 705/7.16, 705/7.38, 705/320, 705/321, 705/36.T, 715/221, 715/700
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/12 Inductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/305 Communication interfaces
• 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: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23189 Information is code
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• 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 90/12 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 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically presenting user interface content outputted by code operated by one or more computer operating systems, the user interface content presented on one or more electronic user interface outputs and related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles; and

circuitry for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part one or more electronic user interface outputs involving at least in part one or more human oriented interfaces.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part one or more electronic user interface outputs involving at least in part one or more machine oriented interfaces.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment related electric vehicle planning information at least in part in electronic form.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment related electric vehicle planning information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part human relations department employee status information.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment related electric vehicle planning information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employee group objectives of employer.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment related electric vehicle planning information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment tax strategies of the one or more employees.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment related electric vehicle planning information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part electronic monitoring of one or more employee cell phone conversations.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part employment related electric vehicle planning information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part access to electronic employee vehicle maintenance logs.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle records related at least in part to the one or more employees.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle records related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more non-driver occupant employee ride-sharing plans.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle records related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more priorities distributed among the one or more employees for use of the one or more electric vehicles.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle records related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part use of the one or more electric vehicles by one or more drivers before transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles occurs after the one or more electric vehicles is driven by another driver.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle records related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content associated with one or more prioritized tasks of one or more work schedules.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the

circuitry for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle features associated with input by the one or more employees.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle features associated with input by the one or more employees comprises comprises:

circuitry for one or more wireless transfer of electrical energy monitoring devices to receive transfer of electrical energy involving at least in part highly resonant inductive wireless power transfer.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle features associated with input by the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location other than one or more home locations of one or more planned employee occupants of the one or more electric vehicles for transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles at one or more locations of vocational employ of one or more planned employee occupants of the one or more electric vehicles.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the circuitry for presenting user interface content regarding at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for presenting user interface content involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences for one or more fuels used to re-fuel the one or more electric vehicles as one or more hybrid electric vehicles.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interaction with one or more interface users involved with the one or more electric vehicles.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interaction with one or more interface users involved with the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating employee commuter routing information for the one or more electric vehicles.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles including evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating trip advisory information regarding at least in part employee routes of travel for the one or more electric vehicles.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating information regarding at least in part planned errands to be run by one or more employees of the one or more electric vehicles.

26. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating information regarding at least in part one or more courier service use by the one or more employees using the one or more electric vehicles.

27. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating information regarding at least in part one or more driving habits of the one or more employees associated with driving the one or more electric vehicles.

28. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating information regarding at least in part one or more itineraries associated with use of the one or more electric vehicles by the one or more employees.

29. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating information regarding at least in part one or more news broadcasts associated with travel involving at least in part use of the one or more electric vehicles by the one or more employees.

30. The system of claim 22, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction involving at least in part evaluating information regarding at least in part availability of alternate transportation by the one or more employees within one or more designated distances from wireless transfer of electrical energy for transferring electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles-comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction from one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction from one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction related at least in part to one or more electricity financial cost rate schedules.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction from one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction related at least in part to one or more electricity load share capacity schedules.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction from one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction related at least in part to one or more histories of electrical energy consumption by wireless transfer of electrical energy.

35. The system of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction from one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction related at least in part to one or more electric vehicle employee profile classifications.

36. The system of claim 31, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction from one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information involving at least in part interface interaction related at least in part to electrical energy use of associated one or more local grid electrical energy provider resources for electrical charging other than the one or more electric vehicles.

37. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part charging rate capacity of wireless transfer of electrical energy.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part use planning for the one or more electric vehicles.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part approval of electric vehicle use profile of the one or more employees.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part one or more locations of wireless transfer of electrical energy comprises:

circuitry for evaluating response information regarding at least in part impact from planned wireless transfer of electrical energy schedule to itinerary and route information associated with the one or more electric vehicles.

42. An article of manufacture comprising:

one or more non-transitory signal bearing storage media bearing;

one or more instructions for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles and

one or more instructions for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles.

43. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

one or more instructions when executed on the one or more computing devices cause the one or more computing devices to perform

electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles; and

electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles.

44. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

means for electronically presenting user interface content on one or more electronic user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles; and

means for electronically evaluating response information associated with input to one or more user interface inputs regarding the user interface content presented on the one or more user interface outputs related at least in part to employment information associated with one or more employees as being involved with one or more electric vehicles and related at least in part to wireless transfer of electrical energy to the one or more electric vehicles.