Fuel price activation and management system
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for managing actions associated with fuel prices at a plurality of fuel stations, comprising:
- providing a fuel price management server comprising at least one processor configured to manage said actions associated with said fuel prices, wherein said fuel price management server is accessible by a plurality of user devices and said fuel stations at a plurality of geographical locations via a network;
providing a fuel price activation system at each of said fuel stations, wherein said fuel price activation system comprises at least one processor configured to communicate with said fuel price management server and one or more display units positioned at said each of said fuel stations via said network;
dynamically acquiring said fuel prices associated with said geographical locations in real time by said fuel price management server via said network;
sorting said dynamically acquired fuel prices based on said geographical locations by said fuel price management server; and
selectively transmitting said sorted fuel prices to said fuel price activation system at said each of said fuel stations by said fuel price management server via said network based on said geographical locations of said fuel stations, for enabling said fuel price activation system to perform one or more of said actions at said each of said fuel stations via said network based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method and system provides a fuel price management server (FPMS) for managing actions associated with fuel prices, and a fuel price activation system (FPAS). The FPMS is accessible by multiple user devices and fuel stations at multiple geographical locations via a network. The FPAS communicates with the FPMS and one or more display units positioned at each fuel station via the network. The FPMS dynamically acquires and sorts the fuel prices based on geographical locations via the network. The FPMS selectively transmits the sorted fuel prices to the FPAS at each fuel station via the network based on their geographical location. The FPAS performs actions at each fuel station based on the selectively transmitted fuel prices, for example, dynamically activating and displaying the fuel prices on the display units, scheduling refueling of fuel tanks, transmitting notifications on a low fuel price to user devices, etc.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for managing actions associated with fuel prices at a plurality of fuel stations, comprising:
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providing a fuel price management server comprising at least one processor configured to manage said actions associated with said fuel prices, wherein said fuel price management server is accessible by a plurality of user devices and said fuel stations at a plurality of geographical locations via a network; providing a fuel price activation system at each of said fuel stations, wherein said fuel price activation system comprises at least one processor configured to communicate with said fuel price management server and one or more display units positioned at said each of said fuel stations via said network; dynamically acquiring said fuel prices associated with said geographical locations in real time by said fuel price management server via said network; sorting said dynamically acquired fuel prices based on said geographical locations by said fuel price management server; and selectively transmitting said sorted fuel prices to said fuel price activation system at said each of said fuel stations by said fuel price management server via said network based on said geographical locations of said fuel stations, for enabling said fuel price activation system to perform one or more of said actions at said each of said fuel stations via said network based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer implemented system for managing actions associated with fuel prices at a plurality of fuel stations, comprising:
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a fuel price management server accessible by a plurality of user devices and said fuel stations at a plurality of geographical locations via a network, said fuel price management server comprising; at least one processor; a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to said at least one processor, said first non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store modules of said fuel price management server, said at least one processor configured to execute said modules of said fuel price management server; and said modules of said fuel price management server comprising; a fuel price acquisition module configured to dynamically acquire said fuel prices associated with said geographical locations in real time via said network; a fuel price sorting module configured to sort said dynamically acquired fuel prices based on said geographical locations; and a fuel price transmission module configured to selectively transmit said sorted fuel prices to a fuel price activation system at each of said fuel stations via said network based on said geographical locations of said fuel stations; and said fuel price activation system at said each of said fuel stations, said fuel price activation system configured to communicate with said fuel price management server and one or more display units positioned at said each of said fuel stations via said network, said fuel price activation system comprising; at least one processor; a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium communicatively coupled to said at least one processor, said second non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store modules of said fuel price activation system, said at least one processor configured to execute said modules of said fuel price activation system; and said modules of said fuel price activation system comprising an action management module configured to perform one or more of said actions at said each of said fuel stations via said network based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer program codes that comprise instructions executable by at least one processor, said computer program codes comprising:
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a first computer program code for dynamically acquiring fuel prices associated with a plurality of geographical locations in real time via a network; a second computer program code for sorting said dynamically acquired fuel prices based on said geographical locations; and a third computer program code for selectively transmitting said sorted fuel prices to a fuel price activation system at each of a plurality of fuel stations via said network based on said geographical locations of said fuel stations, for enabling said fuel price activation system to perform one or more of said actions at said each of said fuel stations via said network based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices, wherein said actions comprise one or more of; dynamically activating and displaying said selectively transmitted fuel prices on said one or more display units positioned at said each of said fuel stations, over said network; scheduling a refueling of fuel tanks at said each of said fuel stations over said network based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices; computing a resultant fuel price for each of a plurality of fuel suppliers at a plurality of geographical locations based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices, selecting a lowest said computed resultant fuel price, and scheduling delivery of fuel to said fuel tanks at said each of said fuel stations from a selected one of said fuel suppliers associated with said selected lowest computed resultant fuel price; transmitting one or more notifications on a low fuel price to said user devices via said network based on predetermined criteria, wherein said predetermined criteria comprise frequency of visitation of users associated with said user devices to said fuel stations, and proximity of said user devices to said fuel stations; forecasting volume and grade of fuel required at said each of said fuel stations at predetermined time intervals based on said selectively transmitted fuel prices and frequency of visitation of users associated with said user devices to said each of said fuel stations; transmitting an alert message to said one or more display units positioned at each of one or more of said fuel tanks at said each of said fuel stations via said network to indicate a low said fuel level, when said fuel level is low at said each of said fuel tanks; and transmitting an alert message to said one or more display units positioned at one or more of said fuel tanks at said each of said fuel stations via said network to indicate shut down of said each of said fuel stations due to gas spillage at said one or more of said fuel tanks.
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