US 11,926,240 B2
User interface control server and method for remote control management of marine dock electric charging stations
John Brower, Fairfield, CT (US); Matthew Samojeden, Rye, NY (US); Ryan Bares, Shelton, CT (US); Daniel Golembiewski, Shelton, CT (US); and Michael Carson, Shelton, CT (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,394.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/216,274, filed on Jun. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410753 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/72424 (2021.01)
CPC B60L 53/66 (2019.02) [B60L 53/30 (2019.02); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H04M 1/72424 (2021.01); B60L 2200/32 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power pedestal configured to connect to a mobile device comprising:
a main body; one or more electrical power units disposed in the main body and configured to conduct power to a marine vessel;
one or more display screens; one or more sensors; and,
a controller including a network interface configured to communicate with a mobile device of an authorized user via a communication network, transmit data to a server including a memory and a processor via the communication network, and execute commands received, via the communication network, from the server or the mobile device,
wherein executing a command received from the server includes
receiving a commissioning command from the mobile device of the authorized user and commissioning the power pedestal, and
receiving a slip ID from the mobile device of the authorized user and associating the slip ID with the power pedestal.