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Locating fuel options and services

  • US 10,352,712 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/2015
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a computing device and from an on-board diagnostic (OBD) system associated with a vehicle, an amount of fuel detected in a fuel tank of the vehicle;

    receiving, at the computing device and from a user device, a route;

    determining, by a processor of the computing device, locations of a plurality of fuel options along the route;

    determining, by the processor of the computing device, prices of fuel at the plurality of fuel options;

    determining, by the processor of the computing device and through communication of the computing device with the OBD system associated with the vehicle, a fuel efficiency of the vehicle;

    determining, by the processor of the computing device and based on the fuel efficiency of the vehicle and the amount of fuel detected in the fuel tank, a location along the route where fuel is expected to be required;

    based on the location along the route where fuel is expected to be required, the locations of the plurality of fuel options along the route, and the prices of fuel at the plurality of fuel options, calculating, by the processor of the computing device, a lowest-cost way of navigating the route, wherein calculating a lowest-cost way of navigating the route comprises;

    determining, based on the location along the route where fuel is expected to be required, the locations of the plurality of fuel options along the route, and the prices of fuel at the plurality of fuel options, a fuel stop location as a location, of the locations of the plurality of fuel options, having a lowest fuel cost in a vicinity of the location along the route where fuel is expected to be required; and

    calculating, based on including the fuel stop location on the route, a way of navigating the route; and

    transmitting, by the computing device and to the user device, the lowest-cost way of navigating the route, wherein transmitting the lowest-cost way of navigating the route comprises transmitting information that causes the user device to display an interactive map with the route and the fuel stop location corresponding to the location along the route where fuel is expected to be required.

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