CPC G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01) [B60L 53/14 (2019.02); B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/31 (2019.02); B60L 53/63 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); B60L 53/65 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B60L 53/665 (2019.02); B60L 53/68 (2019.02); G01C 21/3476 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2013.01); G06Q 20/102 (2013.01); G06Q 20/24 (2013.01); G06Q 20/409 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G08G 1/144 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H04L 25/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/622 (2013.01); B60L 2240/72 (2013.01); B60L 2260/52 (2013.01); B60L 2260/54 (2013.01); B60L 2260/58 (2013.01); B60L 2270/32 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02J 3/322 (2020.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01); H02J 2310/48 (2020.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08); Y02E 60/00 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/167 (2013.01); Y04S 10/126 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method of controlling reservations at an electric vehicle charging station, the method comprising:
transmitting, from the electric vehicle charging station, a message for the electric vehicle to the cloud server via the mobile device, wherein a first user of the mobile device is associated with the electric vehicle to be charged, wherein the message relayed through the mobile device includes identification information;
in response to a charging control signal being authorized using identification information received from the mobile device, receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server at the electric vehicle charging station via the mobile device that enables a charge transfer from the electric vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle of the first user for a first charging session, the charging session having a scheduled end time;
reserving a second charging session for an electric vehicle of a second user in the charging space, the second charging session being scheduled to have a scheduled start time at or after the scheduled end time of the first charging session; and
facilitating communication between the first user and the second user to modify the scheduled end time of the first charging session for the first user an amount of time and correspondingly modify the scheduled start time of the second charging session of the second user an amount of time.
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