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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Raj Vaswani, Portola Valley, CA (US);
George Flammer, Cupertino, CA (US);
James Pace, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jay Ramasastry, Reno, NV (US);
Donald L. Reeves, Iii, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Brian Matsuo, Mountain View, CA (US);
Raj Vaswani, Portola Valley, CA (US);
George Flammer, Cupertino, CA (US);
James Pace, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jay Ramasastry, Reno, NV (US);
Donald L. Reeves, III, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Brian Matsuo, Mountain View, CA (US);
ITRON NETWORKED SOLUTIONS, INC., Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for charging vehicles. In some embodiments, a system includes at least one mobile device and a utility network management center ('NMC'). The at least one mobile device is configured as an electronic utility device and includes a network interface card ('NIC'). The at least one mobile device is also associated with a utility billing account and at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is configured to communicate with the at least one mobile device and the at least one utility commodity meter over a network, locate the at least one mobile device, and monitor a state of the at least one utility commodity meter. The utility NMC is also configured to determine a usage of a commodity based on the state of the at least one utility commodity meter, and bill the utility billing account associated with the mobile device for the usage of the commodity.