Patent ID: 9597973
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,G06F,G06Q,G09G,H01M,H02J,H04L,H04W,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S

Claim:
1. A system for managing a supply of batteries for powering an electric vehicle, comprising: (a) a battery carrier for holding a plurality of batteries, the battery carrier being connectable to a power source, the plurality of batteries being rechargeable and being replaceable into and out of the battery carrier, the battery carrier including, (b) a server that communicates over the network with the electronics of the battery carrier, the server being part of a cloud system that manages access to user accounts, the user accounts being accessible via applications executed on user devices, the cloud system being 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 cloud system 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, the cloud system being configured to identify the battery carrier and identify availability of batteries of the battery carrier.