Systems And Methods For Hybrid Vehicle Fuel Price Point Comparisons

Abstract: A charging station (100) for use with a hybrid vehicle (102) having at least one battery includes a communication interfce (104) configured to couple to the hybrid vehicle (102), a network interface (106) configured to communicate with at least one fuel vendor (112) and a utility (110), and a processor (116) coupled to the communication interface (104) and the network interface (106). The processor (116) is configured to receive fuel requirements from the hybrid vehicle (102) via the communication interface (104), receive a fuel price from the at least one fuel vendor (112) via the network interface (106) based on the fuel requirements, receive via the network interface (106) an energy price from the utility (110) that provides energy storable in the at least one battery, and calculate a price index for each of the at least one fuel vendor (112) and the utility (110).

Patent Information

Application #

Filing Date

29 December 2011

Publication Number

05/2013

Publication Type

INA

Invention Field

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Status

Email

Parent Application

Applicants

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

1 RIVER ROAD, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK 12345, U.S.A.

Inventors

1. HANLEY, JAMES PATRICK

4200 WILDWOOD PARKWAY ATLANTA, GA 30339, USA

2. BROWNE, JEFFREY RICHARD

4200 WILDWOOD PARKWAY ATLANTA, GA 30339, USA

Specification

NA

Documents

Application Documents

#	Name	Date
1	3870-del-2011-Correspondence others-(05-01-2012).pdf	2012-01-05
2	3870-del-2011-Assignment-(05-01-2012).pdf	2012-01-05
3	3870-del-2011-Form-3 (21-06-2012)..pdf	2012-06-21
4	3870-del-2011-Correspondence others-(21-06-2012).pdf	2012-06-21
5	3870-del-2011-GPA.pdf	2012-07-26
6	3870-del-2011-Form-5.pdf	2012-07-26
7	3870-del-2011-Form-3.pdf	2012-07-26
8	3870-del-2011-Form-2.pdf	2012-07-26
9	3870-del-2011-Form-1.pdf	2012-07-26
10	3870-del-2011-Drawings.pdf	2012-07-26
11	3870-del-2011-Description (Complete).pdf	2012-07-26
12	3870-del-2011-Correspondence Others.pdf	2012-07-26
13	3870-del-2011-Claims.pdf	2012-07-26
14	3870-del-2011-Assignment.pdf	2012-07-26
15	3870-del-2011-Abstract.pdf	2012-07-26