Fueling system

• US 6,116,298 A
• Filed: 03/03/1999
• Issued: 09/12/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Capital Bank, NA, Hi-G-Tek, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hi-G-Tek, Ltd.
• Inventors: Haimovich, Yosef, Armoni, Yehuda
• Primary Examiner(s): Douglas, Steven O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huynh, Khoa D.
• Application Number:
  US09/262,122
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 141/94, 141/98, 141/231, 340/825.35, 340/825.72
• US Class Current: 141/94
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/348 by interrogating an information transmitter, e.g. a transponder B67D7/145 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/073 Special arrangements for circuits, e.g. for protecting identification code in memory protection against unauthorised use of computer memory G06F12/14

Abstract

A fueling system including a fuel supply subsystem including at least one fueling nozzle, a recipient identifier associated with a fill location of a recipient fuel store, a fueling communicator associated with the at least one fueling nozzle and communicating in a wireless manner with the recipient identifier, at least in order to obtain recipient identification information therefrom, and an authorization and monitoring assembly operative to communicate in a wireless manner with the fueling communicator for receiving at least recipient identification information therefrom.

Claims

1. A fueling system comprising:

a fuel supply subsystem including at least one fueling nozzle;

a recipient identifier associated with a fill location of a recipient fuel store;

a fueling communicator associated with said at least one fueling nozzle and communicating in a wireless manner with said recipient identifier, at least in order to obtain recipient identification information therefrom wherein said fueling communicator is mounted onto said at least one nozzle at least partially by means of an anti-theft tag including a monitored attachment mechanism which attaches the tag to said at least one nozzle and which provides an output indication of tampering with said attachment mechanism;

an authorization and monitoring assembly operative to communicate in a wireless manner with said fueling communicator for receiving at least recipient identification information therefrom; and

an electrically resistive element in electrical communication with and attached to said tag, wherein tampering with the electrically resistive element causes a change in said electrical resistance, said change in electrical resistance being communicated to said tag, wherein said resistive element comprises a multiplicity of resistive wires, wherein only a random number of said wires are electrically connected to internal connection points in said tag such that said resistive element has a statistically random electrical resistance.

2. The fueling system according to claim 1 wherein said authorization and monitoring assembly is also operative to communicate in a wireless manner with said fuel supply subsystem to authorize supply of fuel to said fill location.

3. The fueling system according to claim 1 wherein said fueling communicator communicates with at least one of said authorization and monitoring assembly and said recipient identifier in an encrypted manner.

4. The fueling system according to claim 1 wherein said fueling communicator communicates with at least one of said authorization and monitoring assembly and said recipient identifier in a manner requiring authentication by at least one of said authorization and monitoring assembly and said recipient identifier.

5. The fueling system according to claim 1 wherein said recipient identifier is mounted at said fill location of said recipient fuel store at least partially by means of an anti-theft tag including a monitored attachment mechanism which attaches the tag to said fill location of said fuel store and which provides an output indication of tampering with said attachment mechanism.