Patent ID: 7597252
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A fuel dispensing system for dispensing fuel into fuel receiving ports of a plurality of vehicles, said system including: at least one fuel pump including a fuel nozzle, fuel being dispensable from said fuel nozzle when said fuel nozzle is actuated; a plurality of vehicle identifications, each of the vehicles having one of said vehicle identifications positioned thereon; a plurality of panels each having a different barcode indicia thereon, each of said barcode indicia having information encoded therein corresponding to one of said vehicle identifications, each of said panels being mounted adjacent to the fuel receiving port of a corresponding one of the vehicles; a barcode scanner being configured for scanning each of said barcode indicia and retrieving the information encoded therein; a database being in communication with said barcode scanner, said database storing a plurality of datasets, each of said datasets including information from one of said barcode indicia and a corresponding one of said vehicle identifications, said database being operationally coupled to said at least one fuel pump and allowing said at least one fuel pump to pump fuel when said fuel nozzle is actuated and the information retrieved by said barcode scanner corresponds to one of said datasets stored in said database.