Jeffrey Alan Browne

Address:

102 Kelan Ter, Calhoun, GA 30701

Phone:

7062805019

VIN:

JNKCV64E58M119849

Make:

INFINITI

Model:

G37

Year:

2008

US Patent:

20120173061, Jul 5, 2012

Filed:

Jan 3, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/983445

Inventors:

James Patrick Hanley - Decatur GA, US
Jeffrey Richard Browne - Marietta GA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 50/00
G01C 21/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

701 22, 705412, 180 6521, 903903

Abstract:

A charging station for use with a hybrid vehicle having at least one battery includes a communication interface configured to couple to the hybrid vehicle, a network interface configured to communicate with at least one fuel vendor and a utility, and a processor coupled to the communication interface and the network interface. The processor is configured to receive fuel requirements from the hybrid vehicle via the communication interface, receive a fuel price from the at least one fuel vendor the said network interface based on the fuel requirements, receive via the network interface an energy price from the utility that provides energy storable in the at least one battery, and calculate a price index for each of the at least one fuel vendor and the utility.