Awarding privileges to a vehicle based upon one or more fuel utilization characteristics

US8855907B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Searete LLC · US

Inventors

• Philip A. Eckhoff · Bellevue, US
• William Gates · Redmond, US
• Peter L. Hagelstein · Carlisle, US
• Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
• Muriel Y. Ishikawa · Livermore, US
• Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
• Robert Langer · Newton, US
• Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
• Erez Lieberman · Cambridge, US
• Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
• Michael Schnall-Levin · Cambridge, US
• Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Nov 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/62
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device may include a determination module for determining at least one of a status indicative of combustible fuel utilization or a status indicative of electricity utilization for propelling a hybrid vehicle; and a transmitter coupled with the determination module for transmitting the at least one of the status indicative of combustible fuel utilization or the status indicative of electricity utilization for the hybrid vehicle to an off-site entity.