System for combining payment for electric vehicle charging and parking
AssigneeOptimization Technologies, Inc.
InventorDexter Turner
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems relating to a system to use electric vehicle charging stations (“EVCSs”) and electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”). Certain embodiments relate to methods, apparatus, and systems to combine the payment of both vehicle parking and the charging of electric vehicles into a single transaction.
Claims24
A method of combining payment for a charging session at an electric vehicle charging station (“EVCS”) or electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”) with payment for parking services, comprising:
- by computing hardware,
- obtaining a parking session identifier from a unique identifier printed on a parking stub or ticket that is issued to a user upon entry into a parking facility;
- and
- combining the parking session identifier with a charging session identifier generated by the EVSE/EVCS to form a dataset that can be used to process a combined payment for both the charging session and the parking session;
- and
- transmitting the dataset to a back-end EVSE/EVCS server.
A method of combining payment for a charging session at an electric vehicle charging station (“EVCS”) or electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”) with payment for parking services, comprising:
- by computing hardware,
- receiving a selection by a user to combine payment for the charging session with payment for a parking session;
- and
- combining a parking session identifier with user identification data and a charging session identifier that is generated by the EVSE/EVCS to form a dataset that can be used to process a combined payment for both the charging session and the parking session.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method of combining payment for a charging session at an electric vehicle charging station (“EVCS”) or electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”) with payment for a parking session, the method comprising:
- obtaining a parking session identifier from a unique identifier of a parking stub or ticket that is issued to a user upon entry into a parking facility;
- and
- combining the parking session identifier with a charging session identifier generated by the EVSE/EVCS to form a dataset that can be used to process a combined payment for both the charging session and the parking session.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method of combining payment for a charging session at an electric vehicle charging station (“EVCS”) or electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”) with payment for a parking session, the method comprising:
- receiving a selection by a user to combine payment for the charging session with payment for a parking session;
- and
- combining a parking session identifier with user identification data and a charging session identifier that is generated by the EVSE/EVCS to form a dataset that can be used to process a combined payment for both the charging session and the parking session.
An electric vehicle charging station (“EVCS”) or electric vehicle supply equipment (“EVSE”), comprising:
- one or more charging ports configured to be coupled to an electric vehicle and to charge one or more batteries of the electric vehicle;
- a display device;
- a magnetic strip reader, camera, or barcode scanner;
- a network communication device;
- a computer processor, the computer processor being programmed to:
- cause a unique charging session code to be generated;
- cause a user interface screen to be displayed on the display device, the user interface screen (a) prompting the user to input, read, image, or scan a unique parking session identifier, and (b) prompting the user to input, read, image, or scan payment information,
- receive the unique parking session identifier and the payment information from one or more of a touchscreen interface associated with the display apparatus, the magnetic strip reader, the camera, or the barcode scanner, and
- transmit the unique charging session code, the unique parking session identifier, and the payment information to a remote server using the network communication device.
A parking facility exit control device, wherein the parking facility exit control device comprises:
- a network communication device;
- and
- computing hardware configured to:
- receive a message from a remote server via the network communication device, the message indicating that payment by a user for charging and parking was properly authorized, and
- allow the user to exit the parking facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.