# US 2023/0267451 A1 · Methods, devices, and systems for integration of electric vehicle (ev) charging with virtual reality and augmented reality environments > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0267451 A1 - Document ID: US20230267451A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/172,632 - Filed: 2023-02-22 - Published: 2023-08-24 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-22 - Assignees: IoTecha Corp. - Applicants: IoTecha Corp. - Inventors: Kimberly Sarubbi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230267451A1 ## CPC - B60L 53/665: {Methods related to measuring, billing or payment} - B60L 53/305: {Communication interfaces} - B60L 53/64: Optimising energy costs, e.g. responding to electricity rates - B60L 53/65: involving identification of vehicles or their battery types - B60L 53/68: Off-site monitoring or control, e.g. remote control - B60M 7/003: {for vehicles using stored power (e.g. charging stations)} - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 20/36: using electronic wallets or electronic money safes - G06Q 20/3678: {e-cash details, e.g. blinded, divisible or detecting double spending} - G06Q 30/0201: Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data - G06Q 30/0207: Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates - G06Q 30/0251: Targeted advertisements - G06Q 30/0279: Fundraising management - G06T 19/00: Manipulating three-dimensional [3D] models or images for computer graphics - H02J 3/322: {the battery being on-board an electric or hybrid vehicle, e.g. vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G], power aggregation, use of the battery for network load balancing, coordinated or cooperative battery charging} - H04L 9/50: {using hash chains, e.g. blockchains or hash trees} - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - B60K 2360/169: Remaining operating distance or charge - B60K 2360/177: Augmented reality - B60L 53/00: Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles - B60L 53/67: Controlling two or more charging stations - B60L 2240/622: by satellite navigation - B60L 2240/66: Ambient conditions - B60L 2240/72: Charging station selection relying on external data - B60L 2250/12: by confirmation, e.g. of the input - H04L 2209/84: Vehicles - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/12: Electric charging stations - Y02T 90/16: Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B60M: POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY- PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for integration of electric vehicle (EV) charging with virtual reality (VR) environments and/or augmented reality (AR) environments. In one embodiment, a programmatic method includes receiving a presence indication of an EV user within a proximity of an EV charger during a current charging session of an EV and providing a token to a user account associated with the EV user in response to receiving the presence indication. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A programmatic method implemented on at least one computing device for integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the programmatic method comprising: receiving a presence indication of an EV user within a proximity of a electric vehicle (EV) charger during a current charging session of an EV; and providing a token to a user account associated with the EV user in response to receiving the presence indication. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The programmatic method of claim 1 further comprising receiving real world information associated with the EV user, wherein the token is based on the real world information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The programmatic method of claim 2, wherein: the real world information includes a current location of the EV user; and the current location is determined from at least one of a smart device associated with the EV user and the EV charger. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The programmatic method of claim 2, wherein the real world information includes at least one of weather data, traffic data, current events data, a projected cost of the current charging session, and EV information associated with the current charging session. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The programmatic method of claim 2, wherein the real world information includes other EV user data associated with other EV users determined to be presently located within a first predetermined distance of the EV charger. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The programmatic method of claim 2, wherein the real world information includes an efficiency of the EV since a previous charging session. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The programmatic method of claim 6, wherein the efficiency of the EV is based on a distance traveled and an amount of energy consumed by the EV since the previous charging session. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The programmatic method of claim 1 further comprising receiving virtual world information associated with the EV user, wherein the token is based on the virtual world information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The programmatic method of claim 8 wherein the virtual world information associated with the EV user is further associated with a metaverse having a network of three-dimensional worlds with at least one focus on social connection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The programmatic method of claim 8 wherein the virtual world information includes avatar data associated with the EV user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The programmatic method of claim 1 further comprising receiving historical user information associated with the EV user, wherein the token is based on the historical use information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The programmatic method of claim 11, wherein the historical user information includes at least one of status of the EV user in a rideshare program, user purchasing information, user social networking information, and user survey information requested during an account registration by the EV user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The programmatic method of claim 1, wherein providing the token to the user account is further based on at least one of an advertisement, a product promotion, and a product placement being presented via at least one of the EV charger and a mobile device associated with the EV user during the current charging session. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The programmatic method of claim 1, wherein the token is non-fungible token (NFT). ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The programmatic method of claim 14, wherein the user account includes a crypto wallet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The programmatic method of claim 14, wherein the NFT is based on a previously issued NFT. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The programmatic method of claim 16, wherein the NFT is obtained from an NFT marketplace. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The programmatic method of claim 17, wherein the NFT is minted within the NFT marketplace in response to receiving the presence indication. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The programmatic method of claim 17, wherein the NFT marketplace is associated with EV user groups. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The programmatic method of claim 17, wherein the NFT marketplace is associated with EV chargers. ### Claim 21 (depends on 17) The programmatic method of claim 17, wherein the NFT marketplace is associated with promotors of EV chargers. ### Claim 22 (depends on 17) The programmatic method of claim 17, wherein the NFT marketplace is associated with a cause. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The programmatic method of claim 22, wherein the cause is at least one of a climate change cause, an alternative energy cause, a fair land use cause, a pollution prevention cause, a water access cause, a land conservation cause, an animal rights cause, a recycling cause, an environmental discovery cause, an environmental activism cause, and a nuclear proliferation cause. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The programmatic method of claim 17, wherein the NFT is associated with a virtual world. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The programmatic method of claim 24, wherein the NFT provides ownership to property within the virtual world. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The programmatic method of claim 24, wherein the NFT provides access to an event within the virtual world. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The programmatic method of claim 24, wherein the NFT provides access to media content within the virtual world. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The programmatic method of claim 24, wherein the NFT is configured to be accessed by the EV user by at least one of a VR headset and an AR headset. ### Claim 29 A computing device for integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the computing device comprising: a memory; and at least one processor configured for: receiving an presence indication of an electric vehicle (EV) user within a proximity of an electric vehicle (EV) charger during a current charging session of an EV; and providing a token to a user account associated with the EV user in response to receiving the presence indication. ### Claim 30 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions to be implemented on at least one computing device including at least one processor, the instructions when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one computing device to perform a programmatic method for integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the programmatic method comprising: receiving an presence indication of an electric vehicle (EV) user within a proximity of an electric vehicle (EV) charger during a current charging session of an EV; and providing a token to a user account associated with the EV user in response to receiving the presence indication.