Patent ID: 7949435

Claim:
A method of inputting and displaying information in a power aggregation system, comprising: associating a user interface with an electric resource; interacting with a user or owner of the electric resource via the user interface, wherein the electric resource comprises an electric vehicle, and wherein the user or owner controls a degree of participation of the electric resource in power aggregation via the user interface; and, displaying parameters of the power aggregation system on the user interface; wherein constraints and/or preferences to be input and/or the parameters to be displayed include at least one of: an energy pricing preference of an owner of the electric resource, a vehicle state-of-charge, a predicted amount of time until the electric resource disconnects from a power grid, a preference of the owner of the electric resource for revenue over a state-of-charge quality of the electric resource, electrical limits of the electric resource, and user-selectable manual charging overrides of the power aggregation system.