Patent ID: 8624719

Claim:
An apparatus for remotely communicating with an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) for charging electric vehicles via a communication network, comprising: a processor configured to execute instruction modules and the processor is configured to cause power to be provided to a vehicle at selectively a first power level and selectively at a second power level; a memory configured to store the instruction modules; a communication interface configured to transmit a command to the EVSE and receive a confirmation from the EVSE over the communication network; an input device configured to receive an input or a selection; and a display configured to display the selection or the confirmation, wherein the instruction modules include: a communication protocol selection module configured to identify a communication protocol for the communication network; an EVSE connection module configured to connect the communication interface to the EVSE over the communication network; an instruction transmit module configured to send the command from the communication interface to the EVSE over the communication network; and a confirmation receipt module configured to receive communications to the communication interface from the EVSE over the communication network.