Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for prepaid electric metering for vehicles
- Patent Title (中): 用于车辆预付费电表的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12341467Application Date: 2008-12-22
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Publication No.: US08583551B2Publication Date: 2013-11-12
- Inventor: Nathan Bowman Littrell , Richard Dale Slates
- Applicant: Nathan Bowman Littrell , Richard Dale Slates
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: General Electric Company
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
A method for delivering energy to an electric vehicle is provided, wherein the electric vehicle is associated with a customer account. The method includes identifying the electric vehicle at an energy delivery point, and determining a current balance of the customer account, wherein the current balance includes at least a portion of a prepayment amount based on a predetermined amount of energy to be delivered to the electric vehicle at the energy delivery point. The method also includes delivering energy to the electric vehicle, metering an actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle, and determining a transaction amount based on the actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle at the energy delivery point.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100161479A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREPAID ELECTRIC METERING FOR VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2010-06-24
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