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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Angaza Design, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Lesley Silverthorn Marincola, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bryan Silverthorn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Victoria Arch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lee Silverthorn, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Joshua Milburn, Oakland, CA (US);
William Tsai, New York, NY (US);
Eric Thorne, San Francisco, CA (US);
Angaza Design, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, devices and methods for providing solar lighting and power to a customer by using pay-as-you-go (PAYG) technology. The PAYG technology allows a customer to make incremental payments for a solar energy system that includes a lighting unit. The payments can be made through a smartphone. A cable is used to connect an audio jack of the smartphone and a PV power jack of the lighting unit. Analog AC signals including data about activation, payment, usage and status are transmitted over the cable between the service provider and lighting unit, through a smartphone. The power jack of the lighting unit is also used to connect to a solar panel of a charging unit and a battery of the lighting unit.