Patent ID: 9597974
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60L,G06Q,G07C,G07F,H02J,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method in a server of a network-controlled charging system for electric vehicles, the method comprising: storing availability information of a plurality of network-controlled charge transfer devices; providing availability information of the plurality of network-controlled charge transfer devices to an electric vehicle operator; receiving a request for charge transfer of an electric vehicle at one of the plurality of network-controlled charge transfer devices that is indicated as being available through the stored availability information, wherein the request for charge transfer originates from a mobile communication device of the electric vehicle operator; determining whether to enable charge transfer; and responsive to determining to enable charge transfer, transmitting a communication to the network-controlled charge transfer device that indicates to the network-controlled charge transfer device to enable charge transfer.