Network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles
AssigneeChargepoint, Inc.
InventorsRichard Lowenthal, Dave Baxter, Harjinder Bhade, Praveen Mandal
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Abstract
A server of a network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles receives a request for charge transfer for an electric vehicle at a network-controlled charge transfer device, determines whether to enable charge transfer, and responsive to determining to enable charge transfer, transmits a communication to the network-controlled charge transfer device that indicates to the network-controlled charge transfer device to enable charge transfer.
Claims18
A method in a server of a network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for charge transfer for an electric vehicle at a network-controlled charge transfer device;
- determining whether to enable charge transfer;
- and
- responsive to determining to enable charge transfer, transmitting a communication to the network-controlled charge transfer device that indicates to the network-controlled charge transfer device to enable charge transfer.
A server in a network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles, comprising:
- a computer configured to perform the following:
- receive a request for charge transfer for an electric vehicle at a network-controlled charge transfer device,
- determine whether to enable charge transfer, and
- responsive to a determination to enable charge transfer, transmit a communication to the network-controlled charge transfer device that indicates to the network-controlled charge transfer device to enable charge transfer.
The server of clam 17, wherein the computer is further configured to perform the following:
- responsive to completion of charge transfer, request payment from the payment source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.