Patent ID: 7289877
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: B67D,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions that occur as part of a fueling transaction, comprising: a) a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from a remote communications unit associated with a customer, said receiver operatively associated with said control system to enable said control system to retrieve the identification indicia; b) a cash transaction indicator associated with said control system and adapted to signal said control system of a cash transaction corresponding with the fueling transaction; and c) said control system adapted to create customer related information and associate the customer related information with the identification indicia received from said remote communications unit in response to a cash transaction being indicated by said cash transaction indicator, wherein a cash transaction is a transaction accomplished using paper or coin currency.