PRE-FILLING VEHICLE DATA CHECK
First Claim
1. A pre-filling vehicle data check method, comprising:
- receiving, at a financial institution, an authorization request from a filling station for initiating a filling event, the authorization request including a financial code;
recognizing, via a computing device at the financial institution, that the financial code is associated with at least one of a vehicle identification number or a station identification associated with a vehicle, thereby identifying the vehicle;
identifying at least one parameter of the identified vehicle via the computing device at a data center in selective communication with the vehicle and the financial institution; and
transmitting, from the computing device at the data center, an authorization or denial of the at least one filling event based at least upon the at least one parameter.
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Abstract
A pre-filling vehicle data check method and system are disclosed herein. One example of the method includes receiving, at a financial institution, an authorization request from a filling station for initiating a filling event, where the authorization request includes a financial code. Via a computing device at the financial institution, the financial code is recognized as being associated with at least one of a vehicle identification number or a station identification associated with a vehicle, thereby identifying the vehicle. At least one parameter of the identified vehicle is identified via the computing device at a data center in selective communication with the vehicle and the financial institution, and an authorization or denial of the at least one filling event based at least upon the at least one parameter is transmitted from the computing device at the data center.
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20 Claims
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1. A pre-filling vehicle data check method, comprising:
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receiving, at a financial institution, an authorization request from a filling station for initiating a filling event, the authorization request including a financial code; recognizing, via a computing device at the financial institution, that the financial code is associated with at least one of a vehicle identification number or a station identification associated with a vehicle, thereby identifying the vehicle; identifying at least one parameter of the identified vehicle via the computing device at a data center in selective communication with the vehicle and the financial institution; and transmitting, from the computing device at the data center, an authorization or denial of the at least one filling event based at least upon the at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for performing a pre-filling vehicle data check, comprising:
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a vehicle having an identification number and a financial code associated therewith; a financial institution configured to receive an authorization request for initiating a filling event, the authorization request including the financial code; and a data center in selective communication with the financial institution and the vehicle, the data center including; a database configured to i) store a data center profile associated with the identified vehicle, ii) receive the financial code from the financial institution, and iii) identify the vehicle associated with the financial code; a communications module configured to establish communication with a telematics unit of the vehicle to retrieve data from the vehicle; and a processor configured to identify at least one parameter of the vehicle using the database or the vehicle, and to generate an authorization or denial of the at least one filling event based at least upon the at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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