Patent ID: 9409492
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B60L,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for reducing electric consumption by an electric vehicle connected to a charging station, the method comprising: providing a wireless network for communication between an electric vehicle and a tracking server operated by a trusted entity; collecting, on the tracking server, user and location information for charging electric vehicles (EVs); receiving, at the tracking server, a demand response signal determined and transmitted by a utility using a predictive model in response to at least predicting an excessive load condition for a sector; identifying, at the tracking server, electric vehicles charging in the sector based on each EV's location information and the demand response signal; and transmitting, from the tracking server, a charge interruption signal to the identified electric vehicles in the sector prior to an occurrence of the excessive load condition.