# US 12,603,503 B2 · Information processing system and information processing method for matching a power-feeding vehicle and a selected area selected by a user of the power-feeding vehicle from a plurality of off-grid area > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,503 B2 - Document ID: US12603503B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/242,577 - Filed: 2023-09-06 - Published: 2024-03-14 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-09-13 - Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Ryohei Katsumata - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603503B2 ## CPC - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - 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 90/167: 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] - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An information processing system includes: a vehicle that can feed power to outside; a plurality of off-grid terminals that each manage power of a corresponding one of a plurality of off-grid areas; and a server. The server transmits information of the plurality of off-grid areas to the vehicle, and when information of a selected area selected by a user of the vehicle from the plurality of off-grid areas is received from the vehicle, the server performs a matching process for matching the vehicle and the selected area with each other, and transmits, to the vehicle, information instructing to feed power to the selected area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing system comprising: a power-feeding vehicle; a plurality of area terminals that each manage power of a corresponding one of a plurality of off-grid areas; and a server configured to communicate with the power-feeding vehicle and the plurality of area terminals, wherein: the server transmits information of the plurality of off-grid areas to the power-feeding vehicle, when information of a selected area selected by a user of the power-feeding vehicle from the plurality of off-grid areas is received from the power-feeding vehicle, the server performs a matching process for matching the power-feeding vehicle and the selected area with each other, and transmits, to the matched power-feeding vehicle, information instructing to feed power to the selected area, the information of the plurality of off-grid areas includes information about an amount of reward to be obtained by the user of the power-feeding vehicle in response to the power being fed to each of the plurality of off-grid areas by the power-feeding vehicle, and the server sets the amount of reward to a larger amount as a distance from the power-feeding vehicle to each of the off-grid areas is longer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information of the plurality of off-grid areas includes information about a location of each of the plurality of off-grid areas. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the information of the plurality of off-grid areas includes information for distinguishing whether each of the plurality of off-grid areas is located in an urban area or a rural area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the server sets an amount of reward for feeding the power to an off-grid area in the rural area to an amount larger than an amount of reward for feeding the power to an off-grid area in the urban area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the server registers, in advance, information about a power feeding condition for which the user of the power-feeding vehicle permits to feed the power to an off-grid area, and the server transmits, to the power-feeding vehicle, information of an off-grid area that satisfies the power feeding condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein when it is confirmed that the matched power-feeding vehicle has fed the power to the selected area, the server collects a compensation for the feeding of the power from the selected area, and performs a settlement process for paying a reward to the user of the power-feeding vehicle having fed the power. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the server receives a degree of satisfaction for the matching process from an area terminal of the selected area, and the server feeds back the received degree of satisfaction to a next matching process. ### Claim 8 An information processing method performed by a server configured to communicate with a power-feeding vehicle and a plurality of area terminals that each manage power of a corresponding one of a plurality of off-grid areas, the information processing method comprising: transmitting information of the plurality of off-grid areas to the power-feeding vehicle; and when information of a selected area selected by a user of the power-feeding vehicle from the plurality of off-grid areas is received from the power-feeding vehicle, performing a matching process for matching the power-feeding vehicle and the selected area with each other, and transmitting, to the matched power-feeding vehicle, information instructing to feed power to the selected area, wherein the information of the plurality of off-grid areas includes information about an amount of reward to be obtained by the user of the power-feeding vehicle in response to the power being fed to each of the plurality of off-grid areas by the power-feeding vehicle, and wherein the server sets the amount of reward to a larger amount as a distance from the power-feeding vehicle to each of the off-grid areas is longer. ### Claim 9 An information processing system comprising: a power-feeding vehicle; a plurality of area terminals that each manage power of a corresponding one of a plurality of off-grid areas; and a server configured to communicate with the power-feeding vehicle and the plurality of area terminals, wherein: the server transmits information of the plurality of off-grid areas to the power-feeding vehicle, when information of a selected area selected by a user of the power-feeding vehicle from the plurality of off-grid areas is received from the power-feeding vehicle, the server performs a matching process for matching the power-feeding vehicle and the selected area with each other, and transmits, to the matched power-feeding vehicle, information instructing to feed power to the selected area, the information of the plurality of off-grid areas includes information about a location of each of the plurality of off-grid areas, the information of the plurality of off-grid areas includes information for distinguishing whether each of the plurality of off-grid areas is located in an urban area or a rural area, and the server sets an amount of reward for feeding the power to an off-grid area in the rural area to an amount larger than an amount of reward for feeding the power to an off-grid area in the urban area.