Horsepower on demand system
OwnerDoug Aboltinventor
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Abstract
A horsepower on demand system is presented that facilitates a user to purchase additional power from a third party provider. The system includes a vehicle with an engine, a control system, a microprocessor, memory and software and a wireless communications module. The system also includes a third party provider having a module, a database, software, and an interface. When a user purchases additional power from the third party provider, the third party provider transmits a control signal over a wireless communications network to the vehicle and the vehicle's control system modifies the operational characteristics of the motor thereby increasing the power output.
Claims22
A method of varying a power output of vehicle, the steps comprising:
- operating a vehicle having a unique ID, an engine, a control system and a wireless communication module by a user at a first level of power output;
- contacting a third party provider by the user;
- purchasing an additional level of power for the vehicle by the user from the third party provider;
- transmitting a first signal by the third party provider to the vehicle over an electronic network in response to the user purchasing the additional level of power from the third party provider;
- increasing the power output of the engine of the vehicle by the control system upon receiving the first signal to a second level of power output, wherein the second level of power output is greater than the first level of power output.
A method of tracking power used by a vehicle, the steps comprising:
- providing the vehicle having a unique ID, an engine, a control system and a wireless communication module;
- operating the vehicle in an agricultural field to perform a farming operation;
- tracking the power used by the vehicle in the agricultural field during a performance of the farming operation;
- tracking the position of the vehicle in the agricultural field during the performance of the farming operation;
- associating the power used by the vehicle in the agricultural field during the performance of the farming operation with a position of the vehicle in the agricultural field during the performance of the farming operation;
- creating a field map of the power used by the vehicle in association with the position of the vehicle within the agricultural field.
A method of tracking the horsepower used by a vehicle, the steps comprising:
- providing the vehicle having a unique ID, an engine, a control system and a wireless communication module, the vehicle having a predetermined first power output level;
- operating the vehicle to perform an operation;
- tracking the power used by the vehicle during performance of the operation;
- suggesting second power output level based on past performance;
- contacting a third party provider by a user;
- purchasing additional power for the vehicle by the user from the third party provider;
- transmitting a first signal by the third party provider to the vehicle over an electronic network in response to the user purchasing additional power from the third party provider;
- increasing the power output of the engine of the vehicle by the control system of the vehicle upon receiving the first signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.