Patent ID: 9343927
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B60L,G06Q,G07F,H02J,H05B,Y02B,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a public lighting network for public street lighting, the public lighting network comprising a plurality of lighting devices each having a corresponding electrical outlet, each corresponding electrical outlet and having an outlet portion that is accessible from a public street and disposed on an outside portion of the corresponding lighting device, the method comprising: determining, out of the plurality of electrical outlets, a subset of available electrical outlets to be supplied power; then sending, from a server via a telecommunications network, at least one first switching command instructing each electrical outlet of the subset to connect to an electricity source for supplying power to each subset electrical outlet; and then sending at least one second switching command instructing a first electrical outlet of the subset to provide power to the outlet portion; wherein the first electrical outlet is configured to provide power to a vehicle charging device when the vehicle charging device is electrically connected to the outlet portion and power is provided to the outlet portion.