FUEL THEFT DETECTION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, upon reestablishment of data connectivity with a fuel controller via a data interface device, data representative of a second amount of dispensed fuel; and
triggering an alarm process when the data representative of the second amount of dispensed fuel does not match stored data representative of a first amount of dispensed fuel.
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Abstract
Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, and software to detect possible fuel theft and to provide notification thereof. In a simple embodiment, data from a fuel pump is obtained, either directly or via a fuel pump controller, by a fuel station site controller and stored. The stored data includes a measure of a total amount of fuel dispensed from the fuel pump, such as may be measured by a fuel pump feedstock meter. At a time when the site controller reestablishes data communication with the fuel pump controller after a loss, the site controller receives a fuel pump data update. The updated data is then compared to the stored measure. When there is a mismatch, a possible fuel theft has occurred and an alarm process may be triggered.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, upon reestablishment of data connectivity with a fuel controller via a data interface device, data representative of a second amount of dispensed fuel; and triggering an alarm process when the data representative of the second amount of dispensed fuel does not match stored data representative of a first amount of dispensed fuel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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at least one computer processor, at least one memory device, and at least one data interface device; and a dispensed fuel monitoring module, stored on the at least one memory device and executable by the at least one processor to; establish data connectivity with at least one fuel controller via the at least one data interface device; store, on the at least one memory device, data representative of a first amount of dispensed fuel dispensed from a fuel pump; upon a loss of connectivity with the at least one fuel controller, reestablish data connectivity and receive data representative of a second amount of dispensed fuel dispensed from the fuel pump; and trigger an alarm process when the data representative of the second amount of dispensed fuel does not match the stored data representative of the first amount of dispensed fuel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, with instructions stored thereon that are executable by at least one computer processor to cause a device to:
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receive, upon reestablishment of data connectivity with a fuel controller via a data interface device, data representative of a second amount of dispensed fuel; and trigger an alarm process when the data representative of the second amount of dispensed fuel does not match stored data representative of a first amount of dispensed fuel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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