Patent ID: 11948138
Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 5:
6. A computer system configured to use an autonomous vehicle as an electronic payment device, the computer system comprising one or more processors, sensors, and/or transceivers in or on an autonomous vehicle configured to:
determine, via a fuel level sensor, that an amount of fuel in the autonomous vehicle is less than a threshold amount of fuel;
provide navigation directions for the autonomous vehicle to navigate to a merchant location;
determine that the autonomous vehicle has arrived at the merchant location;
transmit, to a merchant communication terminal at the merchant location, a request to purchase fuel;
control a fuel tank cover to open the fuel tank cover for receiving the fuel; and
provide an indication to the merchant communication terminal that the fuel tank cover is open,
wherein, in response to receiving the indication that the fuel tank cover is open, the merchant communication terminal causes a fuel pump to provide fuel to the autonomous vehicle.