Patent ID: 9558486
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a sensor of a fueling station computing system, entry of a wireless tag of a vehicle into a predefined general wireless service area of a fueling station, the sensor being common to a plurality of fuel pumps of the fueling station; receiving, by the fueling station computing system and from the wireless tag, identification information and transaction payment information for at least one of a driver of the vehicle and the vehicle in response to detecting the entry of the wireless tag into the predefined general wireless service area; initiating processing of a transaction for the vehicle using the received identification information and transaction payment information; after initiating the processing of the transaction, receiving, through an input device specific to one of the fuel pumps of the fueling station computing system and separately from the identification information, an authenticator different from the identification and transaction payment information received from the wireless tag; determining, by the fueling station computing system, the one of the fuel pumps at which the vehicle is located by matching the authenticator with the identification and transaction payment information received from the wireless tag; and determining, by the fueling station computing system, whether to authorize a fueling transaction based on the authenticator and the transaction payment information.