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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Aerovironment, Inc., Simi Valley, CA (US);
Scott Ryan Shumaker, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Lovlesh Tandon, Azusa, CA (US);
Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV, Pasadena, CA (US);
Robert Salazar, Jr., Alhambra, CA (US);
Larry Hayashigawa, Orange, CA (US);
AEROVIRONMENT, INC., Monrovia, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of charging an electric vehicle (EV) includes receiving a user's authentication code in an electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) from a user's mobile device, comparing in the EVSE the user's authentication code to a whitelist having a plurality of authorized user authentication codes, and enabling an electric vehicle (EV) charging transaction serviced by the EVSE in response to the comparing of the user's authentication code to the whitelist so that a user's authentication code is authenticated to enable the EV charging transaction without concurrent access to an EVSE-related remote server.