Patent ID: 9738168
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,G06F,G06Q,G09G,H01M,H02J,H04L,H04W,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A system for interfacing a battery carrier with a server for supplying information regarding batteries available for powering an electric vehicle, comprising: (a) the battery carrier is configured for holding a plurality of batteries, the battery carrier having an interface for connecting to a power source, wherein one or more of the plurality of batteries being rechargeable by the battery carrier when present in the battery carrier, and one or more of said batteries being exchangeable when placed into and/or out of the battery carrier, the battery carrier including, (b) the server is configured for communication over the network with the electronics of the battery carrier, the server is configured to processes access to user accounts, the user accounts being accessible via applications executed on user devices, the server is configured to collect information regarding batteries in the slots of the battery carrier and information regarding a charge level of said batteries in the slots, the server is configured to respond to a request from a user account to identify batteries that are available in the battery carrier based on information obtained by the server from the electronics of the battery carrier, and the server is configured to identify the battery carrier and a geographic location of the battery carrier when identifying availability of one or more of the batteries present in the battery carrier.