Method And System For Fueling

• US 20080262936A1
• Filed: 12/27/2005
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Inventors: Vos, Wieger Sanne, Paardekooper, Margaretha Simonia, Rooyens, Arjan Dirk Harm, Rensman, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/792,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20080262936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/21
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/42 Confirmation, e.g. check or permission by the legal debtor of payment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/425 using two different networks, one for transaction and one for security confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/025 wherein the volume is determined during delivery

Abstract

Method and system for fueling, whereby a fuel pump is released by obtaining a code using a mobile phone and entering that code manually in the fuel pump.

Claims

1. :

Method for releasing a fuel pump, the method comprising the steps of

transmitting a first code from a mobile phone to a control system;

checking in the control system a balance of a user associated with the mobile phone;

generating in the control system a second code;

transmitting the second code from the control system to the mobile phone;

receiving in a fuel pump via a keypad in the fuel pump the second code;

transmitting the second code from the fuel pump to the control system;

transmitting a validity confirmation from the control system to the fuel pump; and

releasing the fuel pump for usage.

2. :

Method according to claim 1, the method further comprising the steps of

receiving the first code from the mobile phone in a voice response system; and

transmitting the first code from the voice response system to the control system.

3. :

System for releasing a fuel pump, the system comprising a mobile phone, a control system and a fuel pump, the control system being linked to the mobile phone and the control system being linked to the fuel pump, whereby

the mobile phone comprises means for transmitting a first code to the control system, the mobile phone further comprises means for receiving a second code from the control system,

the control system comprises means for receiving the first code from the mobile phone, the control system further comprises means for checking a balance of a user associated with the mobile phone, the control system further comprises means for generating the second code and transmitting the second code to the mobile phone, the control system further comprises means for receiving the second code from the fuel pump, the control system further comprises means for transmitting a validity confirmation to the fuel pump,

the fuel pump comprises means for receiving the second code via a keypad in the fuel pump, the fuel pump further comprises means for transmitting the second code to the control system, the fuel pump further comprises means for receiving the validity confirmation from the control system, the fuel pump further comprises means for releasing the fuel pump for usage.

4. :

System according to claim 3, the system further comprising a voice response system, whereby

the mobile phone comprises means for transmitting the first code to the voice response system,

the control system comprises means for receiving the first code from the voice response system,

the voice response system comprises means for receiving the first code from the mobile phone, the voice response system further comprises means for transmitting the first code to the control system.

5. :

Control system for use in a system for releasing a fuel pump, the control system being linked to a mobile phone and the control system being linked to a fuel pump, whereby

the control system comprises means for receiving a first code from the mobile phone, the control system further comprises means for checking a balance of a user associated with the mobile phone, the control system further comprises means for generating a second code and transmitting the second code to the mobile phone, the control system further comprises means for receiving the second code from the fuel pump, the control system further comprises means for transmitting a validity confirmation to the fuel pump.

6. :

Control system according to claim 5, whereby the control system further comprises means for receiving the first code from a voice response system.