Transport-based exchange of electrical charge and services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11718196-B2
Application number	US-202117475313-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	Jul 1, 2020
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport, of a minimum amount of energy on a target transport, based on an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, provide a needed service, and an estimated expended energy by the originating transport to return to an original location, and retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, of the minimum amount of energy on the target transport, based on a factor related to providing the service, wherein the factor is greater than the expended energy and the estimated expended energy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport from a target transport, based on
an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, and
an estimated expended energy by the originating transport based on energy expended to return to an original location and services provided to other transports before returning to the original location; and

retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, based on a factor provided from the target transport to the originating transport in exchange for providing a service to the target transport, wherein the second amount of energy is greater than first amount of energy.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising determining, by the target transport, that a minimum amount of energy exists on the originating transport, wherein the minimum amount of energy is related to providing the service to the originating transport at the meeting location.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the estimated expended energy by the originating transport is also based on a number of stops made by the originating transport before returning to the original location.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving, by the originating transport, a benefit from the target transport after the service has been provided, wherein the benefit is equal to or greater than a value associated with one or more of the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the needed service is related to rectifying an issue associated with the target transport.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising receiving, by the originating transport, a validation of the factor to perform the service from the target transport, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between a peer group consisting of the originating transport and the target transport.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising executing a smart contract, by the originating transport, to record the validation on a blockchain, based on the blockchain consensus.

8. A system, comprising:
a processor of an originating transport;
a memory on which are stored machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
retrieve a first amount of energy, by the originating transport from a target transport, based on
an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, and
an estimated expended energy by the originating transport based on energy expended to return to an original location and services provided to other transports before returning to the original location; and

retrieve a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, based on a factor provided from the target transport to the originating transport in exchange for a provided service, wherein the second amount of energy is greater than first amount of energy.

9. The system of claim 8 , comprising determine, by the target transport, that a minimum amount of energy exists on the originating transport, wherein the minimum amount of energy is related to a provision of the service to the originating transport at the meeting location.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the estimated expended energy by the originating transport is also based on a number of stops made by the originating transport before a return to the original location.

11. The system of claim 8 , comprising receive, by the originating transport, a benefit from the target transport after the service has been provided, wherein the benefit is equal to or greater than a value associated with one or more of the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the needed service is related to correction of an issue associated with the target transport.

13. The system of claim 8 , comprising receive, by the originating transport, a validation of the factor to perform the service from the target transport, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between a peer group, which consists of the originating transport and the target transport.

14. The system of claim 13 , comprising execute a smart contract, by the originating transport, to record the validation on a blockchain, based on the blockchain consensus.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport from a target transport, based on
an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, and
an estimated expended energy by the originating transport based on energy expended to return to an original location and services provided to other transports before returning to the original location; and

retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, based on a factor provided from the target transport to the originating transport in exchange for providing a service to the target transport, wherein the second amount of energy is greater than first amount of energy.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising determining, by the target transport, that a minimum amount of energy exists on the originating transport, wherein the minimum amount of energy is related to providing the service to the originating transport at the meeting location.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising receiving, by the originating transport, a benefit from the target transport after the service has been provided, wherein the benefit is equal to or greater than a value associated with one or more of the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the needed service is related to rectifying an issue associated with the target transport.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising receiving, by the originating transport, a validation of the factor to perform the service from the target transport, wherein the validation comprises a blockchain consensus between a peer group consisting of the originating transport and the target transport.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , comprising executing a smart contract, by the originating transport, to record the validation on a blockchain, based on the blockchain consensus.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor North America Inc

Inventors

• Lu Norman

Classifications

• B60L53/57 Primary

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• B60L53/126

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• B60L53/305

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• B60L53/53

  Batteries · CPC title

• B60L53/63

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