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AssigneeAmerican Honda Motor Co., Inc.
InventorStanley J BRADBURY
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The present disclosure describes a certificateless electric vehicle charging system using an EVSE MAC address for cloud-based authentication and activation. In one implementation, an electric vehicle (EV) may receive a media access control (MAC) address from an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) during a physical connection and transmit the MAC address, along with a user identifier, to a cloud-based authentication server. The server may map the MAC address to a unique EVSE identifier and verify an active user subscription and payment method. Upon successful authentication, the server may transmit a remote start request to the EVSE to initiate the charging session. Advantageously, this approach may eliminate the need for digital certificates, reducing complexity, engineering cost, and failure rates associated with certificate-based Plug and Charge systems. The system may be interoperable across different charging networks and provides a more reliable, scalable, and user-friendly alternative to conventional certificate-based charging protocols.
A system for enabling certificateless electric vehicle (EV) charging, comprising:
An electric vehicle (EV) configured to initiate a certificateless charging session, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a cloud server, cause the server to perform operations comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.