Patent ID: 6470233
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B67D,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A fuel dispensing system for deterring and preventing misuse of a customer's remote communications unit in a fueling environment comprising:a fuel dispenser, a control system, said control system associated with said fuel dispenser; a receiver, said receiver associated with said fuel dispenser and adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from the remote communications unit, said receiver operatively associated with said control system to provide said control system with said identification indicia; said control system determining if the remote communications unit has been lost, stolen or used in an unauthorized manner based on the identification indicia; said control system adapted to prevent fueling and transaction continuance upon determining the remote communications unit in communication with the dispenser was lost, stolen or used in an unauthorized manner; and wherein said dispenser is further associated with a transmitter adapted to transmit signals to the remote communications unit and operatively associated with said control system, said control system adapted to provide an unauthorized use signal for transmission to said remote communications unit via said transmitter upon determining the remote communications unit was lost, stolen or used in an unauthorized manner wherein said unauthorized use signal causes the remote communications unit to act in a manner aiding the prevention of subsequent authorizations.