Patent ID: 6965872
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of a consumer obtaining and a retail outlet honoring a fuel price guarantee, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining subscriptions to a service provider via a user interface, wherein subscribers are retail outlets that offer fuel within a geographical region; b) inputting by each of said subscribers its own real-time information into a central database via said user interface, wherein said real-time information includes a fuel, a fuel price and an associated fuel price guarantee; c) storing said real-time information into said central database, wherein said stored real-time information is accessible to a consumer; d) said consumer searching said central database for said stored real-time information; e) said consumer selecting a fuel, a fuel price and said associated fuel price guarantee from said central database; f) said consumer obtaining a printout or other form of commitment relating to said associated fuel price guarantee, wherein said fuel price guarantee printout or other form of commitment contains at least a physical location of the retail outlet associated with the fuel, the time at which the consumer selected the fuel, the real-time price of the selected fuel, and an authenticating time period; g) said subscriber authenticating said fuel price guarantee or other form of commitment within said authentic ating time period at said associated physical retail outlet; and h) said consumer purchasing said fuel at the associated physical retail outlet at the effective price specified on said fuel price guarantee printout or other form of commitment.