System and method for roaming billing for electric vehicles
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorNathan Bowman Littrell
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Abstract
A vehicle charging station for use with a system for transmitting charging power to an electric vehicle is configured to receive a unique identifier from the electric vehicle and determine a preferred electrical charging power provider based on the identifier. Vehicle charging station is further configured to determine an account associated with the preferred provider and with the identifier, deliver a quantity of electrical charging power to the electric vehicle, and meter the quantity of electrical charging power delivered to the electric vehicle.
Claims21
A vehicle charging station for use with a system for transmitting charging power to an electric vehicle, said vehicle charging station configured to:
- communicatively couple to the electric vehicle;
- electrically couple to the electric vehicle via a connector;
- receive a unique identifier from the electric vehicle;
- determine a preferred electrical charging power provider based on the identifier;
- determine an account associated with the preferred provider and with the identifier;
- deliver a quantity of electrical charging power to the electric vehicle via the connector;
- and
- meter the quantity of electrical charging power delivered to the electric vehicle.
5-21. (canceled)
A vehicle charging system for use in charging an electric vehicle, said system comprising:
- a vehicle charging station configured to:
- communicatively couple to the electric vehicle;
- electrically couple to the electric vehicle via a connector;
- receive a unique identifier from the electric vehicle;
- deliver a quantity of electrical charging power to the electric vehicle via the connector;
- meter the quantity of electrical charging power delivered to the electric vehicle;
- and
- a server system coupled to said vehicle charging station, said server system configured to:
- determine a preferred electrical charging power provider based on the identifier;
- determine an account associated with the preferred provider and with the identifier;
- and
- determine a transaction amount based on the quantity of electrical charging power delivered to the electric vehicle by said vehicle charging station.
A method for charging an electric vehicle, said method comprising:
- communicatively coupling a vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle;
- electrically coupling the vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle via a connector;
- receiving a unique identifier from the electric vehicle;
- determining a preferred electrical charging power provider for the electric vehicle based on the identifier;
- determining an account associated with the preferred provider and the identifier;
- delivering a quantity of electrical charging power to the electric vehicle via the connector;
- and
- determining a transaction amount based on the quantity of electrical charging power delivered to the electric vehicle at the vehicle charging station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.