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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:
Oct. 02, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2011
Applicants:

George R. Woody, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Brian A. Welchko, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

George R. Woody, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Brian A. Welchko, Torrance, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/04 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for controlling the charging of an onboard energy storage system of a plug-in vehicle using a remote command center, such as a vehicle telematics service. An embodiment of such a method involves the transmission of a charge request for the onboard energy storage system to a remote command center associated with the plug-in vehicle. In response to the charge request, a charge command is received from the remote command center. The charging of the onboard energy storage system is regulated in accordance with the received charge command, which may be a charge enable command or a charge disable command.


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