Patent ID: 11860926
Assignee: WAYNE FUELING SYSTEMS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing fuel dispenser media, comprising:
a fuel dispenser comprising a media output device, a first communication unit, and a first processor operatively coupled to the first communication unit and configured to cause information to be provided to a user via the media output device; and
a gateway external to the fuel dispenser, the gateway comprising
a media library configured to store media thereon,
a second communication unit configured to communicate with the first communication unit and with a media source that is external to the fuel dispenser, and
a second processor configured to cause
transmission, using the second communication unit, of a request for media to the media source, the transmission of the request for media being triggered in response to a customer beginning a fueling, transaction at the fuel dispenser,
storage in the media library of the media received from the media source in reply to the request, and
transmission, using the second communication unit, of the media received from the media source in reply to the request to the fuel dispenser;

wherein the first processor is configured to cause the media received from the gateway to be output to a user of the fuel dispenser via the media output device without the user having paid for the media output to the user; and
wherein the media output device includes at least one of a display configured to output the media received from the media source by showing the media received from the media source thereon without the user having paid for the media output to the user and a speaker configured to output the media received from the media source by outputting audio therefrom without the user having paid for the audio output to the user.