Method and apparatus for mobile fueling
First Claim
1. A system for fueling management, comprising:
- a BLAP device associated with at least one of a plurality of fuel dispensers;
said BLAP device adapted for transmitting a BLAP ID;
a data base associating a location to a most proximal dispenser of said plurality of fuel dispensers based on said BLAP ID of a received signal from said BLAP device associated with said at least one fuel dispenser and a signal strength of said received signal at said location;
a computing device in communication with said plurality of fuel dispensers, said computing device configured for;
communicating over a data network with a mobile communication device adapted for receiving said BLAP ID and measuring said signal strength,selecting said most proximal dispenser to said mobile communication device based on said BLAP ID and received signal strength measured by said mobile communication device, andinstructing said most proximal dispenser to dispense fuel to a vehicle associated with said mobile communication device.
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Abstract
There is provided, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a system and method are provided to enable mobile fuel management, the system including a mobile communications device, with an integrated Bluetooth capability, the device running an application that includes a file with instructions to execute commands to enable mobile fuel management; a fuel dispenser, with an integrated BLAP device; and a fuel station computer system, communicatively connected to a computing cloud, and associated with a dispenser database, the computer system running code to execute commands to enable mobile fuel management; wherein the fuel dispenser executes fuel dispensing only after a matching between the mobile communications device and the fuel dispenser.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for fueling management, comprising:
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a BLAP device associated with at least one of a plurality of fuel dispensers;
said BLAP device adapted for transmitting a BLAP ID;a data base associating a location to a most proximal dispenser of said plurality of fuel dispensers based on said BLAP ID of a received signal from said BLAP device associated with said at least one fuel dispenser and a signal strength of said received signal at said location; a computing device in communication with said plurality of fuel dispensers, said computing device configured for; communicating over a data network with a mobile communication device adapted for receiving said BLAP ID and measuring said signal strength, selecting said most proximal dispenser to said mobile communication device based on said BLAP ID and received signal strength measured by said mobile communication device, and instructing said most proximal dispenser to dispense fuel to a vehicle associated with said mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for facilitating fueling management, comprising:
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transmitting a BLAP ID by a BLAP device, said BLAP device being associated with at least one fuel dispenser of a plurality of fuel dispensers; providing a data base associating a location to a most proximal dispenser of said plurality of fuel dispensers based on said BLAP ID of a received signal from said BLAP device associated with said at least one fuel dispenser and a signal strength of said received signal at said location; selecting according to said data base said most proximal dispenser of said plurality of fuel dispensers, said most proximal dispenser proximal to a mobile communication device based on a signal strength of said BLAP ID received from said BLAP device, by the mobile communication device; instructing said most proximal dispenser to fuel a vehicle associated with said mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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