Patent ID: 8358102

Claim:
A system for use in supplying current from an electrical supply to a plurality of power storage devices, said system comprising: a first charging device configured to receive current from the electrical supply, and configured to supply current to a first power storage device of the plurality of power storage devices; a current control device coupled to said first charging device, configured to selectively enable a current to be at least one of received from the electrical supply or supplied to the first power storage device; and at least one second charging device coupled to said first charging device to form a network, said second charging device configured to receive current from the electrical supply, and configured to supply current to a second power storage device of the plurality of power storage devices; said first charging device comprising a first processor programmed to: determine a first charging parameter associated with said first charging device; determine whether said first charging device possesses a network token, and if so, determine a second charging parameter associated with said second charging device; determine a second amount of current to be at least one of received from the electrical supply or supplied to the first power storage device, based at least in part on said determined first and said second charging parameters; and enable the determined second amount of current to be at least one of received by said first charging device or supplied to the first power storage device.