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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Gopowerev Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

John Reister, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

GoPowerEV Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/62 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/62 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06312 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/00032 (2020.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2639 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating an electric vehicle charging system can be provided by receiving a request to initiate a charging session for an electric vehicle associated with a registered user of a tenant electric vehicle charging system, allocating a receptacle of a outlet to the charging session to provide an allocated smart outlet, initiating supply of electrical power to the electric vehicle associated with the registered user via the allocated smart outlet responsive to the request to begin the charging session, monitoring the supply of electrical power to the electric vehicle to determine a cost associated with the charging session, receiving a request to terminate the charging session for the electric vehicle; determining a total cost for the charging session; and requesting payment of the total cost for the charging session.


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