Method for facilitating pricing, sale and distribution of fuel to a customer
First Claim
1-1. The method according to claim 1, wherein said server facility and said client facility are coupled to each other via the Internet.
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Abstract
New and improved systems and methods for facilitating sale and distribution of fuel to a fuel customer. Such systems and methods include and involve a server facility configured to store fuel deal data and to process such fuel deal data to automatically generate pricing data based on the fuel deal data and in accordance with a pre-determined pricing technique. The system and method also include and involve a client facility that is coupled to the server facility via an electronic data network and which is configured to permit a user to enter such fuel deal data and to cause the server facility to store and process the fuel deal data to generate the pricing data. As such, fuel may be sold and distributed to a fuel customer via a fuel distribution system based on the fuel deal data and the automatically generated pricing data.
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20 Claims
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1-1. The method according to claim 1, wherein said server facility and said client facility are coupled to each other via the Internet.
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10. A method for facilitating sale and distribution of fuel to a fuel customer, comprising the steps of:
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at a server facility, storing fuel deal data, and processing said fuel deal data to automatically generate pricing data based on said fuel deal data and in accordance with a predetermined pricing technique, said predetermined pricing technique controlling said server facility to compute fuel prices based on weighted averages of fuel prices maintained within said fuel deal data;
at a client facility outfitted with a client application and coupled to said server facility via an electronic data network, permitting a user to enter said fuel deal data and to cause said server facility to store and process said fuel deal data to generate said pricing data, said client application configured to access said electronic data network and to establish communications with said server facility; and
permitting said fuel to be sold and distributed to a fuel customer via a fuel distribution system based on said fuel deal data and said automatically generated pricing data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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