Stephen Bryan Dunlap

US Patent:

20090177595, Jul 9, 2009

Filed:

Oct 6, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/287105

Inventors:

Stephen David Dunlap - Richardson TX, US
William Bennett Morrow - Plano TX, US
Jacqueline Frances Timte - Plano TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G01R 21/00
H02J 7/02
G06F 17/30
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705412, 702 62, 320109, 7071041, 707E17044

Abstract:

A metering device that allows the two-way exchange of electrical energy between the power grid and electric vehicles by giving customers the option to upload electrical energy from their vehicle's electrical power system to the power grid or to another vehicle, or the option to download electrical energy from the power grid or another vehicle, to charge their vehicle's electric storage system, depending on the current market price of electricity. This allows users to both buy and sell electricity as a commodity to offset their fuel costs and to generate income. The metering device and the associated server may maintain a database of the user's preferences and identification. The metering device may allow customers to upload and sell electricity from their vehicles during peak, high cost, energy consumption periods, download and buy electricity to their vehicles during low energy, low cost, consumption periods, or algorithmically engage in bi-directional transfer depending on the user's preferences and other variables (see [0043]) in order to maximize the customer's monetary returns and minimize the customer's monetary expenses.