Patent ID: 8498920
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computing system to enable consumers to exchange environmental savings generated by using alternative fuel, the computer system including a processor and a storage area, the method comprising: receiving, at the computing system, transaction information on purchases of alternative fuel by a customer at one or more fueling stations, the transaction information automatically received as a result of the customer's purchases at the one or more fueling stations; converting, by the computing system, the received transaction information to credits reflecting environmental savings; presenting, by the computing system, the customer with an indication of the credits associated with the purchases made by customer at the one or more fueling stations and multiple redemption options for which the credits can be redeemed; receiving from the customer, at the computing system, a first amount of credits to be redeemed in accordance with a first redemption option of the multiple redemption options and a second amount of credits to be redeemed in accordance with a second redemption option of the multiple redemption options; and causing the received first amount of credits to be redeemed in accordance with the first redemption option and the received second amount of credits to be redeemed in accordance with the second redemption option.