Patent ID: 6810304
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: B67D,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A multistage order system for a fueling environment comprising:a) a fuel dispenser having an order entry user interface and associated first remote communications electronics adapted to communicate with a remote communications unit associated with a customer; b) an order receipt position apart from said fuel dispenser for providing the customer with an order and having i) second remote communications electronics adapted to communicate with the remote communications unit associated with the customer, and ii) an output indicating the customer who placed the order is at the order receipt position; c) a control system associated with said order interface and said first remote communications electronics of said fuel dispenser and said remote communications electronics and said output of said order receipt position, said control system adapted to: i) communicate with the remote communications unit through said first remote communications electronics when said remote communications unit is proximate said fuel dispenser; ii) associate a customer order placed at the order entry user interface with the remote communications unit associated with the customer; iii) communicate with the remote communications unit through said second remote communications electronics when said remote communications unit is proximate said order receipt position; and iv) identify the order at the order receipt position associated with the remote communications unit of the customer who placed the order at the order entry user interface of the fuel dispenser and provide said output indicating the customer who placed the order is at the order receipt position.