Fueling environment wireless architecture
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1. A retail fueling environment comprising:
- a plurality of fuel dispensers located in a forecourt area of said fueling environment;
a central controller operative to communicate with a remote payment authorization system to authorize payment of fueling transactions;
said fuel dispensers and said central controller having a respective wireless communication device associated therewith such that said fuel dispensers can communicate with said central controller via wireless transmission, said wireless communication devices of said fuel dispensers being in electrical communication with an internal processing device of the fuel dispensers used to control delivery of fuel by the fuel dispensers; and
each of said wireless communication devices implementing a middleware program such that said wireless communication devices serve as nodes in a wireless mesh network wherein communication between said fuel dispensers and said central controller can occur via an alternative transmission path if transmission via a first transmission path is unavailable.
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Abstract
A method and system for transmitting data between devices within a fueling environment comprising a wireless mesh network wherein the devices are configured to communicate via the wireless mesh network. A wireless communication device is connected to each device, and a middleware executed by the wireless communication device handles communications between the devices and the wireless mesh network.
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1. A retail fueling environment comprising:
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a plurality of fuel dispensers located in a forecourt area of said fueling environment; a central controller operative to communicate with a remote payment authorization system to authorize payment of fueling transactions; said fuel dispensers and said central controller having a respective wireless communication device associated therewith such that said fuel dispensers can communicate with said central controller via wireless transmission, said wireless communication devices of said fuel dispensers being in electrical communication with an internal processing device of the fuel dispensers used to control delivery of fuel by the fuel dispensers; and each of said wireless communication devices implementing a middleware program such that said wireless communication devices serve as nodes in a wireless mesh network wherein communication between said fuel dispensers and said central controller can occur via an alternative transmission path if transmission via a first transmission path is unavailable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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