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Method for sharing and receiving vehicle fuel quality alerts

  • US 10,163,278 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2016
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining a composition of a new fuel newly added to a fuel tank;

    storing a location where the new fuel was received and marking the location if the new fuel'"'"'s quality is lower than a threshold quality;

    sending to a central server the stored location; and

    receiving an alert from the central server of other locations where fuel quality is lower than the threshold quality, the other locations provided by other vehicles to the central server,wherein the central server alerts a vehicle operator to refuel at a nearest fueling station if a distance between the nearest fueling station providing fuel above the threshold quality and a next fueling station providing fuel above the threshold quality is greater than a driving distance based on a current amount of fuel in a vehicle.

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