Patent ID: 9396462
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B60L,B60W,G06Q,G07F,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle charging station for use with a system for transmitting charging power to an electric vehicle, said vehicle charging station configured to: communicatively couple to the electric vehicle; electrically couple to the electric vehicle via a connector; receive a unique identifier from the electric vehicle, wherein the unique identifier is associated with a preferred provider; transmit the unique identifier to a server; receive, from the server, a determination of the preferred provider associated with the unique identifier; receive, from the server, a determination of an account associated with the unique identifier; determine a present balance of the account based on the unique identifier; deliver a quantity of electrical charging power to the electric vehicle via the connector from a roaming third party provider that is different than the preferred provider when the determined present balance of the account meets or exceeds a predetermined amount; when the determined present balance of the account does not meet the predetermined amount: meter the quantity of electrical charging power delivered to the electric vehicle.