# US 12,109,905 B2 · Priority-based energy transfer > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,109,905 B2 - Document ID: US12109905B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/207,110 - Filed: 2023-06-07 - Published: 2023-10-05 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-23 - Assignees: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Applicants: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - Inventors: Norman Lu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109905B2 ## CPC - B60L 53/62: in response to charging parameters, e.g. current, voltage or electrical charge - B60L 55/00: Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements - 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 - Y02E 60/00: Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation - 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 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - 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] - Y04S 30/12: Remote or cooperative charging - Y04S 30/14: Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing - 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 - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - 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 example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, an energy transfer request from a charging station, determining, by the server, a current priority level of the at least one transport within an accessible range of the charging station, and responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, sending an instruction to the at least one transport to transfer energy to the charging station based on the energy transfer request. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: instructing a transport to fulfill an energy transfer to a charging station if an available amount of energy of the transport is sufficient based on a sum of: an energy amount based on a destination of an occupant or cargo and on an average energy consumption of the transport; and a minimal additional energy amount required by the transport to reach the charging station. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a current priority level of the transport based on current priority data received from the transport, wherein the current priority data is based on transport occupant delivery schedule or on cargo delivery schedule. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising calculating the minimal additional energy amount required by the transport to reach the charging station based on a type and a current location of the transport. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a current priority level of the transport within an accessible range of the charging station. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising: responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, sending the instruction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a confirmation for the energy transfer request from the transport, wherein the confirmation comprises a blockchain consensus between peers represented by the transport and by a server. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising executing a smart contract to record an energy transfer-related transaction on a blockchain based on the blockchain consensus. ### Claim 8 A system, comprising: a processor of a server; a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: instruct a transport to fulfill an energy transfer to a charging station if an available amount of energy of the transport is sufficient based on a sum of: an energy amount based on a destination of an occupant or cargo and on an average energy consumption of the transport; and a minimal additional energy amount required by the transport to reach the charging station. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine a current priority level of the transport based on current priority data received from the transport, wherein the current priority data is based on a transport occupant delivery schedule or on a cargo delivery schedule. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor to calculate the minimal additional energy amount required by the transport to reach the charging station based on a type and a current location of the transport. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: determine a current priority level of the transport within the accessible range of the charging station. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, send the instruction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the processor to receive a confirmation for the energy transfer request from the transport, wherein the confirmation comprises a blockchain consensus between peers represented by the transport and by the server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the instructions cause the processor to execute a smart contract to record an energy transfer-related transaction on a blockchain based on the blockchain consensus. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform: instructing a transport to fulfill an energy transfer to a charging station if an available amount of energy of the transport is sufficient based on a sum of: an energy amount based on a destination of an occupant or cargo and on an average energy consumption of the transport; and a minimal additional energy amount required by the transport to reach the charging station. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to determine a current priority level of the transport based on current priority data received from the transport, wherein the current priority data is based on transport occupant delivery schedule or on cargo delivery schedule. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to calculate the minimal additional energy amount required by the transport to reach the charging station based on a type and a current location of the transport. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to determine a current priority level of the transport within an accessible range of the charging station; and responsive to the current priority level being below a threshold, send the instruction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to receive a confirmation for the energy transfer request from the transport, wherein the confirmation comprises a blockchain consensus between peers represented by a transport and by the server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to execute a smart contract to record an energy transfer-related transaction on a blockchain based on the blockchain consensus.