System and method for managing electric vehicles

US8935112B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8935112-B2
Application numberUS-37272109-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 17, 2009
Priority dateFeb 17, 2009
Publication dateJan 13, 2015
Grant dateJan 13, 2015

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Abstract

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A system and method for managing a plurality of electric vehicles with a fleet management portal is described herein. In one embodiment, a machine implemented method for managing one or more fleets of electric vehicles includes monitoring one or more fleets of electric vehicles using a fleet management portal associated with a server. Next, the method includes monitoring a plurality of charge transfer devices using the fleet management portal. Next, the method includes receiving charging information from the charge transfer devices. Next, the method includes determining a charging status for each electric vehicle based on the charging information. Next, the method includes generating one or more reports having the charging status for each electric vehicle.

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What is claimed is: 1. A machine implemented method for managing one or more fleets of electric vehicles, comprising: monitoring the one or more fleets of electric vehicles using a fleet management portal associated with a server; monitoring a plurality of charge transfer devices using the fleet management portal; receiving charging information from the charge transfer devices; determining a charging status for each electric vehicle based on the charging information received…

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What does patent US8935112B2 cover?
A system and method for managing a plurality of electric vehicles with a fleet management portal is described herein. In one embodiment, a machine implemented method for managing one or more fleets of electric vehicles includes monitoring one or more fleets of electric vehicles using a fleet management portal associated with a server. Next, the method includes monitoring a plurality of charge t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lowenthal Richard, Tormey Milton, Solomon James, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60L11/1816. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).