Patent ID: 6778967
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A method of cross-selling products and increasing fuel sales at a fuel service station, said method uses a fuel service station system to perform the steps of:associating a price-per-unit (PPU) discount for fuel with a purchase of a non-fuel product; informing a customer at the fuel service station by displaying information on a fuel service station dispenser screen, of the PPU discount associated with the purchase of the non-fuel product, and that a future purchase of fuel can be currently made at today's price; determining that the customer ordered a non-fuel product; recording the customer's order of the non-fuel product; determining that the customer ordered future fuel; recording the customer's order for future fuel; discounting the PPU of the fuel by the amount associated with the purchase of the non-fuel product during a current fuel purchase by the customer; informing the customer by displaying information on the fuel service station dispenser screen, that the fuel service station offers a volume-sensitive discount on a future fuel purchase if the customer currently purchases a volume of fuel that exceeds a threshold amount of fuel; determining whether the customer purchases a volume of fuel that exceeds the threshold amount; accepting the customer's payment for the non-fuel product, the current fuel purchase, and the future fuel; encoding the customer's purchase of the non-fuel product and the customer's purchase of future fuel on a token, said encoding step including encoding the volume-sensitive discount on the token, upon determining that the customer purchased a volume of fuel that exceeds the threshold amount; providing the customer with the encoded token for redemption for the non-fuel product and for future fuel at a future date; and recording the customer's volume-sensitive discount applicable to a future fuel purchase.