Patent ID: 6360138
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G07G,H04L

Abstract:
A retail petroleum station site architecture comprising:at least one point-of-sale (POS) controller, said POS controller providing at least one function selected from the group consisting of cash register, dispenser control, transaction card processing, and scanning; at least one new generation fuel dispenser including a customer access terminal(CAT) and a dispenser control unit, said new generation fuel dispenser having at least one feature which is unsupported by said POS controller, the unsupported feature including at least one of either a customer access terminal control function or a dispenser control function of a said new generation fuel dispenser; and a site forecourt controller coupled between said POS controller and said new generation fuel dispenser, said site forecourt controller including means for interfacing said POS controller with said new generation fuel dispenser, said interfacing means providing a protocol and electrical signal interface between a first protocol and electrical signal requirement of said POS controller and a second protocol and electrical signal requirement of said new generation fuel dispenser.