Patent ID: 8502705
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for dispensing fuel, comprising: a controller for selectively causing a nozzle to dispense the fuel; a keypad connected to the controller, the keypad for receiving at least one keypad entry entered by a user, the keypad comprising a first set of travel keys having a first travel length and a second set of travel keys having a second travel length that is less than the first travel length, wherein the first set of travel keys and the second set of travel keys are arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of the keypad, wherein at least one key from the second set is adjacent to at least one key from the first set, and wherein at least one key from the second set of travel keys is disposed in an outermost row and an outermost column of the keypad and at least one key of the first set of travel keys is disposed in an innermost row and an innermost column of the keypad; an encryption device connected to the first set of travel keys for transmitting a nonnumeric or numerical entry, the encryption device operable to receive and encrypt at least one keypad entry from the first set of travel key so that the at least one keypad entry is received by the controller in an encrypted format after being transmitted by the keypad and encrypted by the encryption device.