Charging Station Server Mediator for Custom Power Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current charging stations lack the ability to customize advanced charging options for users, such as power level and charging time, and fail to provide network connectivity, making it difficult for charging station marketing companies to manage and quantify commercial activity.
Innovation Solution
A charging service system that includes a communication device linked to a network, a charging station, and a server, allowing for the transmission of information, selection of service options, and verification of certification for enabling customized charging services, while also enabling the charging station server to manage and analyze usage data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a typical charging station is designed as an isolated power machine without network connectivity, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of manufacture is improved, but the ability to feedback service status and acquire utilization data is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives service status information from charging stations and provides utilization data to users. This mediator architecture allows charging stations to remain relatively simple while still enabling comprehensive data collection and management through the centralized server system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If charging stations are equipped with network connectivity and data management capabilities, then the ability to provide customized charging options and management analytics is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the charging system into distinct functional modules: charging stations that provide power delivery, a server that handles data management and authentication, and user devices that interface with the system. This segmentation allows each component to remain relatively simple while the integrated system provides advanced customization capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary that handles complex data management, authentication, and customization logic, allowing charging stations to maintain simpler hardware designs while still supporting advanced charging options through software-based configuration.
3Ease of operation
If charging stations lack authentication and service verification mechanisms, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability of charging service management deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication and service verification through QR code scanning and server-based validation before charging begins. This preliminary action ensures that only authorized users can access charging services and that service parameters are pre-verified, maintaining both ease of operation and management reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the server receives and verifies service information from charging stations, validates authentication data, and provides confirmation signals. This feedback loop ensures reliable service management while maintaining user-friendly operation through automated verification processes.
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AI summary
A charging service method includes transmitting information of a communication device to a charging station, transmitting information of the charging station to the communication device, acquiring available service information of the charging station from a charging station server according to the information of the charging station, selecting at least one service option for generating charging service information, transmitting the charging service information to the charging station server, generating charging station certification information to the communication device, relaying the charging station certification information from the communication device to the charging station, and enabling a charging function of the charging station to charge the communication device after the charging station certification information is received by the charging station.