Patent ID: 7392112
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for inventory control, the system comprising: one or more data collection hosts disposed at a fuel service station, each data collection host implementing a data collection routine and collecting fuel inventory data from at least one service station fuel tank that contains a volume of fuel; a statistical control host in communication with the one or more data collection hosts, the statistical control host receiving and at least temporarily storing the fuel inventory data from the one or more data collection hosts and implementing a statistical control routine that analyzes the fuel inventory data and identifies a significant inventory control event; a central host disposed at a location remote from the statistical control host, the central host in network communication with the statistical control host, the central host receiving and at least temporarily storing data corresponding to the identified significant inventory control event from the statistical control host in real time upon the statistical control routine identifying the significant inventory control event; and a display in communication with at least one of the statistical control host and the central host, the display displaying an estimated time at which the fuel service station will be capable of taking a full delivery load of fuel.