Patent ID: 6367516
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B67D,G06Q,G07C,G07F

Abstract:
A method of delivering fuel to a vehicle positioned at a service station site, said service station site including a fuel dispensing assembly arranged to operatively provide fuel to said vehicle, said fuel dispensing assembly having a nozzle assembly, said method comprising the steps of:providing a remote system controller disposed remote from said service station site; generating at said service station site information relating to a refueling transaction request associated with said vehicle; transmitting the generated information from said service station site to said remote system controller; said remote system controller operatively performing the steps of processing the refueling transaction request associated with the information received from said service station site and generating control commands based on the processing activity for said refueling transaction request, said generated control commands being representative of a selectable refueling operation for said vehicle; said fuel dispensing assembly placing the nozzle assembly of said fuel dispensing assembly into a selective one of engagement and disengagement with respect to a fuel inlet of said vehicle in accordance with the control commands generated by said remote system controller; operating said fuel dispensing assembly in accordance with the control commands generated by said remote system controller to fuel said vehicle; and providing a communications network operatively connected to said remote system controller, said communications network being arranged to provide communications access to at least one merchant to enable the execution of a transaction therewith by said remote system controller in accordance with an associated transaction request operatively transmitted from said service station site to said remote system controller.