Patent ID: 7181361
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G05B,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. In a liquid product reconciliation system, a method of communicating in real-time temperature and volume readings directly from a dispenser in order to accurately adjust a physical volume of liquid product actually dispensed based on the temperature at a point of measurement within the liquid product dispenser, the method comprising: collecting flow data indicative of a volume of a liquid product dispensed from a dispenser at a plurality of times during a defined time interval; collecting temperature data indicative of a temperature of the liquid product dispensed from the dispenser at the plurality of times during the defined interval, the temperature data collected from one or more temperature probes located within the dispenser at one or more of an inlet conduit to a pump meter, the pump meter, or an outlet conduit extending form the pump meter to a nozzle; and storing said flow data and said temperature data at one or more of a retail system or a centralized inventory management system for use in temperature adjusting the volume of liquid product dispensed from a tank.