Electric vehicle charging services
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorMartin E. Rosalik, JR.
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Abstract
Electric vehicle charging services include receiving data relating to a vehicle charge operation of a vehicle and a user identification of the user initiating the vehicle charge operation. Upon determining the user has registered for the electric vehicle charging services, the electric vehicle charging services include identifying a location of the vehicle, determining a utility service provider that services the location, the utility service provider offering discounted electricity rates to operators of electric vehicles, and transmitting charge data and the user identification received from the vehicle to the utility service provider.
Claims20
A system for implementing electric vehicle charging services, the system comprising:
- a host system computer;
- and
- logic executable by the host system computer, the logic configured to implement a method, the method comprising:
- receiving data relating to a vehicle charge operation of a vehicle and a user identification of the user initiating the vehicle charge operation;
- and
- upon determining the user has registered for the electric vehicle charging services:
- identifying a location of the vehicle;
- determining a utility service provider that services the location, the utility service provider offering discounted electricity rates to operators of electric vehicles;
- and
- transmitting charge data, time of the vehicle charge operation, and the user identification received from the vehicle to the utility service provider, the charge data and the time of the vehicle charge operation determining a rate chargeable to the user.
A method for implementing electric vehicle charging services, the method comprising:
- receiving data relating to a vehicle charge operation of a vehicle and a user identification of the user initiating the vehicle charge operation;
- and
- upon determining the user has registered for the electric vehicle charging services:
- identifying a location of the vehicle;
- determining a utility service provider that services the location, the utility service provider offering discounted electricity rates to operators of electric vehicles;
- and
- transmitting charge data, time of the vehicle charge operation, and the user identification received from the vehicle to the utility service provider, the charge data and the time of the vehicle charge operation determining a rate chargeable to the user.
A computer program product implementing electric vehicle charging services, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:
- receiving data relating to a vehicle charge operation of a vehicle and a user identification of the user initiating the vehicle charge operation;
- and
- upon determining the user has registered for the electric vehicle charging services:
- identifying a location of the vehicle;
- determining a utility service provider that services the location, the utility service provider offering discounted electricity rates to operators of electric vehicles;
- and
- transmitting charge data, time of the vehicle charge operation, and the user identification received from the vehicle to the utility service provider, the charge data and the time of the vehicle charge operation determining a rate chargeable to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.