Patent ID: 9424566
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G

Claim Text:
1. A retail fueling environment having a secure LAN portion including a plurality of fuel dispensers, each fuel dispenser generating non-sensitive transaction data and having a customer interface with a dispenser card reader and a PIN pad to receive sensitive payment information from a customer, characterized in that the retail fueling environment includes: (a) a store LAN portion of the retail fueling environment comprising a server workstation having a cashier work station that provides means for effecting a transaction for one or more items offered for sale by the retail fueling environment, the store LAN portion of the retail fueling environment does not handle sensitive payment information and is segmented from the secure LAN portion that handles the sensitive payment information; (b) at least one customer card reader for receiving the sensitive payment information from the customer, the customer card reader being a part of the secure LAN portion of the retail fueling environment and associated with the server workstation; and (c) an enhanced dispenser hub that is part of the secure LAN portion of the retail fueling environment, the enhanced dispenser hub device: