Charging vehicles in a parking area
AssigneeCredit Lock, LLC
InventorBradley A. Handler
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Abstract
Methods and systems for charging vehicles in a parking area are described. In one embodiment, a charge request may be received for a vehicle located in a parking area. The vehicle may have a power connection with a power source. An electric charge is provided through the power connection from the power source to the vehicle based on receiving the charge request. Payment is recorded for providing the electric charge based upon departure of the vehicle from the parking area. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
Claims26
A method comprising:
- using one or more processors to perform at least some portion of the following:
- receiving a charge request for a vehicle located in a parking area, the vehicle having a power connection capable of coupling with a power source;
- providing an electric charge through the power connection from the power source to the vehicle based on the receiving of the charge request;
- and
- recording payment to provide the electric charge based upon departure of the vehicle from the parking area.
A method comprising:
- using one or more processors to perform at least some portion of the following:
- establishing an energy account associated with a user;
- associating an energy account identifier with the energy account;
- receiving a payment request to provide an electric charge to a vehicle, the payment request including the energy account identifier;
- verifying that the energy account is associated with the vehicle;
- and
- adjusting a value of the energy account based on the receiving of the payment request to provide the electric charge and the verifying.
A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, results in the one or more processors performing the following operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a charge request for a vehicle located in a parking area, the vehicle having a power connection capable of coupling to a power source;
- providing an electric charge through the power connection from the power source to the vehicle based on the receiving of the charge request;
- and
- recording payment associated with the providing of the electric charge based upon departure of the vehicle from the parking area.
A system comprising:
- a charge request receiver module to receive a charge request for a vehicle located in a parking area;
- an electric charge provider module to provide an electric charge through a coupling from a power source to the vehicle based on receipt of the charge request by the charge request receiver module;
- and
- a payment recordation module to record payment associated with the providing of the electric charge by the electric charge provider module based upon departure of the vehicle from the parking area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.