Patent ID: 6351689
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An information collection system for gathering product level profile information from a plurality of different, spaced apart Point-of-Sales POS locations networked together to a server through the Internet, comprising:(a) dispenser means for delivering a variable volumetric flow of product into a vehicle tank, functionally connected to tank means for supplying product to be dispensed; (b) measuring means, located in said tank means, for measuring product level in said tank means; (c) POS means functionally connected to said dispenser means, for initiating commands to said dispenser means and receiving responses from said dispenser means, and to said measuring means for receiving product level information for said tank means; (d) fuel pump control means, operatively connected between said dispenser means and said POS means, for interfacing the two; (e) server means, functionally connected to said POS means, for maintaining a first database containing routing numbers for said spaced apart POS locations and a second database containing product level profile information for said spaced apart POS locations; and (f) network means, operatively connecting said POS means and said server means, for transmitting information between the two.