Fuel dispensing system providing customer preferences
First Claim
1. A system for automatically providing customer preferences during a fueling transaction comprising:
- a) a fuel dispenser with an audio/visual customer interface having a display and audio system;
b) wireless communication electronics associated with said fuel dispenser and adapted to receive signals from one or more customer remote communication units; and
c) a control system and memory associated with said communications electronics and said customer interface;
d) said control system adapted to receive the indicia from a customer remote communication unit and automatically provide the customer with select information at said customer interface, said select information being predefined by the customer and associated with the customer remote communication unit in advance of the fueling transaction.
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Abstract
The present invention is a fueling system for automatically providing predefined customer preferences during a fueling operation. These preferences are typically selected by a customer and associated with a remote communication unit, such as a transponder, that is issued to the customer. The preferences may be modified during a fueling transaction. During a fueling transaction, the transponder transmits information that a fueling system uses to automatically provide select information to the customer according to the predefined preferences. As such, the customer associated with the transponder does not have to select information during the transaction that he or she desires. Further, the invention provides for preventing the presentation of select information according to the predefined preferences.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for automatically providing customer preferences during a fueling transaction comprising:
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a) a fuel dispenser with an audio/visual customer interface having a display and audio system; b) wireless communication electronics associated with said fuel dispenser and adapted to receive signals from one or more customer remote communication units; and c) a control system and memory associated with said communications electronics and said customer interface; d) said control system adapted to receive the indicia from a customer remote communication unit and automatically provide the customer with select information at said customer interface, said select information being predefined by the customer and associated with the customer remote communication unit in advance of the fueling transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for automatically preventing presentment of information based on customer preferences during a fueling operation comprising:
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a) a fuel dispenser with a customer interface adapted to present information to a customer during a transaction; b) wireless communications electronics associated with said fuel dispenser and adapted to receive signals from customer remote communications units associated with customers using the fuel dispenser; and c) a control system and memory associated with said communication electronics and said customer interface; d) said control system adapted to present said select information at said customer interface; e) said control system adapted to receive the indicia from a customer remote communication unit and prevent presentment of select information at said customer interface, said select information being selected by the customer and associated with the customer remote communication unit prior to the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. An interrogation system associated with a fuel dispensing system for automatically providing customer preferences to a customer during a fueling transaction, said system comprising:
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a) a customer transaction interface associated with an interrogator for communicating with transponders; and b) a control system and memory associated with said interrogator; c) said control system adapted to interrogate a customer remote communication unit with said interrogator during a transaction to receive indicia associated with a predefined set of customer preferences and to provide automatically select types of information based on the predefined set of customer preferences associated with the received indicia, said predefined set of customer preferences determined by the customer in advance of the fueling transaction. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A method for automatically providing customer preferences during a fueling transaction comprising:
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a) receiving indicia from a customer remote communication unit in association with a fueling transaction; b) determining select types of information predefined by the customer using the indicia received from the customer remote communication unit, the select types of information being selected by the customer and associated with the remote communication unit in advance of the fueling transaction; c) accessing information defined by the select types of information; and d) providing the information to the customer during the refueling transaction. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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