Transmitting notification messages for an electric vehicle charging network

US10189359B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-10189359-B2
Application numberUS-37272609-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 17, 2009
Priority dateFeb 17, 2009
Publication dateJan 29, 2019
Grant dateJan 29, 2019

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An electric vehicle charging station network server which manages a plurality of charging stations receives subscriber notification message preferences for a subscriber (e.g., electric vehicle operator) which indicate one or more events of interest that the subscriber wishes to receive notification messages for. A set of one or more contact points associated with the subscriber is also received. The server authorizes the subscriber to use one of the plurality of charging stations. The server receives data associated with the subscriber from that one of the charging stations which indicates that a charging session has been established for an electric vehicle associated with the subscriber. The server detects an event of interest for the subscriber and transmits a notification message for that event to at least one of the set of contact points associated with the subscriber.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method performed on a charging station network server which manages a plurality of charging stations, the method comprising: receiving subscriber notification message preferences for a subscriber of electric vehicle charging service which indicate a set of one or more events of interest which the subscriber wishes to receive notification messages for, wherein at least one of the set of events of interest is charging session related; receiving a set of on…

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What does patent US10189359B2 cover?
An electric vehicle charging station network server which manages a plurality of charging stations receives subscriber notification message preferences for a subscriber (e.g., electric vehicle operator) which indicate one or more events of interest that the subscriber wishes to receive notification messages for. A set of one or more contact points associated with the subscriber is also received…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lowenthal Richard, Mandal Praveen, Tormey Milton, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60L53/14. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 29 2019 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).