# US 11,993,168 B2 · EV operator specific parameter(s) communicated between PEV and EVSE > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,168 B2 - Document ID: US11993168B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/572,086 - Filed: 2019-09-16 - Published: 2020-01-09 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-24 - Assignees: Chargepoint, Inc. - Applicants: ChargePoint, Inc. - Inventors: Craig Rodine - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993168B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge - B60L 53/60: Monitoring or controlling charging stations - B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types - B60L 53/66: Data transfer between charging stations and vehicles - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - G06F 21/629: {to features or functions of an application} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric vehicles - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - 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] - Y04S 30/12: Remote or cooperative charging - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) receives, from an electric vehicle (EV) connected to the EVSE, one or more electric vehicle (EV) operator-specific parameters that are specific to an EV operator, where the one or more EV operator-specific parameters affect charging service for the EV at the EVSE, and where the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received automatically as a result of the EV being connected to the EVSE. The EVSE applies the one or more EV operator-specific parameters. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method in an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), comprising: receiving, at the EVSE from an electric vehicle (EV) connected to the EVSE, one or more electric vehicle (EV) operator-specific parameters that are specific to an EV operator, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters affect charging service for the EV at the EVSE, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received automatically as a result of the EV being connected to the EVSE, and wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters includes pricing parameters for the charging service; and applying the one or more EV operator-specific parameters to affect the charging service for the EV at the EVSE, wherein applying the one or more EV operator-specific parameters includes the following: determining, from the pricing parameters, a rate the EV operator is willing to pay for the charging service. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rate the EV operator is willing to pay for the charging service is determined based at least on one of the following: a location of the EVSE, a time of the charging service, and a day of the charging service. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the pricing parameters include charging plans based on classes of sites of the EVSE and times of day. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the rate the EV operator is willing to pay is an amount per mile, an amount per unit of electrical energy, an amount for a particular miles range, or an amount for a specified percentage of battery charge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received from the EV over a communication link that is wired. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the communication link is across a charging cable that couples the EV and the EVSE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received from the EV over a communication link that is wireless. ### Claim 8 An electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes said processor to perform the following operations: receive, at the EVSE from an electric vehicle (EV) connected to the EVSE, one or more EV operator-specific parameters that are specific to an EV operator, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters affect charging service for the EV at the EVSE, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received automatically as a result of the EV being connected to the EVSE, and wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters includes pricing parameters for the charging service, and apply the one or more EV operator-specific parameters to affect the charging service for the EV at the EVSE, wherein applying the one or more EV operator-specific parameters includes causing said processor to: determine, from the pricing parameters, a rate the EV operator is willing to pay for the charging service. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The EVSE of claim 8, wherein the rate the EV operator is willing to pay for the charging service is determined based at least on one of the following: a location of the EVSE, a time of the charging service, and a day of the charging service. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The EVSE of claim 8, wherein the pricing parameters include charging plans based on classes of sites of the EVSE and times of day. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The EVSE of claim 8, wherein the rate the EV operator is willing to pay is an amount per mile, an amount per unit of electrical energy, an amount for a particular miles range, or an amount for a specified percentage of battery charge. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The EVSE of claim 8, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received from the EV over a communication link that is wired. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The EVSE of claim 12, wherein the communication link is across a charging cable that couples the EV and the EVSE. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The EVSE of claim 8, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received from the EV over a communication link that is wireless. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) that provides instructions that, when executed by a processor of the EVSE, will cause the EVSE to perform operations comprising: receiving, at the EVSE from an electric vehicle (EV) connected to the EVSE, one or more EV operator-specific parameters that are specific to an EV operator, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters affect charging service for the EV at the EVSE, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received automatically as a result of the EV being connected to the EVSE, and wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters includes pricing parameters for the charging service; and applying the one or more EV operator-specific parameters to affect the charging service for the EV at the EVSE, wherein applying the one or more EV operator-specific parameters includes the following: determining, from the pricing parameters, a rate the EV operator is willing to pay for the charging service. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the rate the EV operator is willing to pay for the charging service is determined based at least on one of the following: a location of the EVSE, a time of the charging service, and a day of the charging service. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the pricing parameters include charging plans based on classes of sites of the EVSE and times of day. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the rate the EV operator is willing to pay is an amount per mile, an amount per unit of electrical energy, an amount for a particular miles range, or an amount for a specified percentage of battery charge. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received from the EV over a communication link that is wired. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the communication link is across a charging cable that couples the EV and the EVSE. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more EV operator-specific parameters are received from the EV over a communication link that is wireless.