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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahesh Bhannur, Canton, MI (US);
Micah J. Kaiser, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Nitin Singh, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jagannathan Chengavalli Lakshminarayanan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Divya Siva Madhuri Malineni, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vishal Gogad, Dearborn, MI (US);
Samuel Spraggins, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vibhor Rakesh, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, DEARBORN, US;
Abstract
The disclosure is generally directed to a method and system for charge station management including collecting data related to a plurality of charge stations, the data identifying location data, an operator, and a data provider for each of the plurality of charge stations, collating the data to match the location data with the operators of each of the plurality of charge stations, and merging the location data based on a set of criteria including the data from each of the data providers within an identified geohash location. Merging includes setting a geohash about a data provider, and merging location data within the predetermined perimeter to remove redundant locations based on a set of criteria, including criteria identifying a same operator within the geohash.