Employment related information center associated with communication and control system and method for wireless electric vehicle electrical energy

• US 9,463,704 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2013
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• 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.
• Primary Examiner(s): ELMORE, STEPHEN C
• Application Number:
  US14/145,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20150095074A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: 711/149, 711/156, 320/109, 320/104, 320/106, 320/107, 320/108
• 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 tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of 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 tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles;

circuitry for electronically assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles; and

circuitry for electronically supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information regarding one or more aspects of the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part upon at least a portion of the employment information and based at least in part upon at least a portion of the inquiry information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part one or more internet cloud-based collaboration systems.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part incentive-based employee programs.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part human relations department employee status information.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part employee job performance information.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part guidelines imposed on employer for employee participation in electric vehicle use.

8. The system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part forecast related information at least in part in electronic form comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information involving at least in part data access to one or more employee e-mail systems.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more employee occupants of a plurality of electric vehicles to receive electrical energy from a local electrical grid substation.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part actual recorded electric vehicle employee use compared with planned electric vehicle employee use.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part recording employee driving patterns associated with the one or more electric vehicles.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information as merged plans of multiple employee drivers of the one or more electric vehicles for consecutive periods of use planned to occur before the one or more electric vehicles are returned to receive electrical energy storage charging.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information associated with individual employee incentive programs of the one or more employees.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicles related at least in part to the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information associated with one or more employee group benefit programs.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle features associated with input by the one or more employees.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle features associated with input by the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for one or more wireless electrical energy storage charging tracking devices to receive electrical energy storage charging involving at least in part field magnetic resonance induction.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more electric vehicle features associated with input by the one or more employees comprises:

circuitry for tracking employment information regarding at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for energy transfer to the one or more electric vehicles.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information 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 tracking employment information involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for electrical energy storage charging of the one or more electric vehicles at one or more locations on one or more planned routes of travel of the one or more electric vehicles.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information 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 tracking employment information involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for non-electrical energy storage charging of the one or more electric vehicles as a hybrid-electric vehicle at one or more re-fueling station locations.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information 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 tracking employment information involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences of location for electrical energy storage charging of the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part on historical or predicted availability of wireless electrical energy storage charging provided by one or more organizations employing one or more employee occupants of the one or more electric vehicles.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the circuitry for tracking employment information 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 tracking employment information involving at least in part one or more employee or employer preferences for contingency plans for unplanned unavailability to the one or more electric vehicles of wireless electrical energy storage charging.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part one or more explicit actions by one or more electric vehicle user employees.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part one or more explicit actions by one or more electric vehicle user employees comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part one or more humans announcing information directed in reply to one or more wireless electrical energy storage charging sound reception systems.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part one or more explicit actions by one or more electric vehicle user employees comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part assimilating terrain or traffic information regarding at least in part employee routes of travel for the one or more electric vehicles.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part assimilating information regarding at least in part alternative modes of transportation along one or more routes of employee travel for the one or more electric vehicles.

28. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part assimilating information regarding at least in part one or more periods in which the one or more electric vehicles will be unavailable for use by the one or more employees.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part one or more employee uses of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information involving at least in part assimilating information regarding at least in part one or more weather forecasts associated with travel involving at least in part use by the one or more employees of the one or more electric vehicles.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information related at least in part to one or more schedules for electrical load sharing for one or more electrical devices sharing one or more electrical power sources with wireless electrical energy storage charging associated with the one or more electric vehicles.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information at one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging including assimilating inquiry information related at least in part to one or more consumer incentive programs based at least in part on one or more electricity cost schedules.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information related at least in part to electric utility capacity information involving at least in part communication channels of wireless electrical energy storage charging.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information related at least in part to one or more wireless electrical energy storage charging availability schedules for the one or more electric vehicles.

35. The system of claim 30, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information related at least in part to communication with electric utility smart grid information systems with updates regarding at least in part electricity consumption from one or more electric utility databases.

36. The system of claim 30, wherein the circuitry for assimilating inquiry information from one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for assimilating inquiry information related at least in part to one or more plans for charging of one or more electric vehicles other than the one or more electric vehicles.

37. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for electronically supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information regarding one or more aspects of the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part upon at least a portion of the employment information and based at least in part upon at least a portion of the inquiry information comprises:

circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information to at least in part one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information to at least in part one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for including supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information based at least in part on identification and verification of the one or more employees.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information to at least in part one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information regarding at least in part financial status information for one or more employee accounts of the one or more employees.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information to at least in part one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information involving at least in part electrical charging rate for one or more electrical energy storage devices of the one or more electric vehicles.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information to at least in part one or more locations of wireless electrical energy storage charging comprises:

circuitry for supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information involving at least in part amount of time the one or more electric vehicles are available for wireless electrical energy storage charging.

42. An article of manufacture comprising:

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

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

one or more instructions for electronically tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles;

one or more instructions for electronically assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles; and

one or more instructions for electronically supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information regarding one or more aspects of the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part upon at least a portion of the employment information and based at least in part upon at least a portion of the inquiry information.

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 tracking employment information at least in part associated with one or more employees as users of one or more electric vehicles and at least in part related to wireless electrical energy storage charging for vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles;

electronically assimilating inquiry information regarding at least in part the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles; and

electronically supplying wireless electrical energy storage charging management information regarding one or more aspects of the wireless electrical energy storage charging for the vehicular propulsion of the one or more electric vehicles based at least in part upon at least a portion of the employment information and based at least in part upon at least a portion of the inquiry information.