Patent ID: 7178561

Claim:
A system for standardizing a volume of a liquid product delivered from a distributor to a consumer, the system comprising: a plurality of volume measurement devices, wherein at least one volume measurement device is located at each of (i) a fuel source located with a distributor, (ii) a storage tank at a retail facility, and (ii) a dispenser that delivers the liquid product to the consumer, and wherein each said volume measurement device measures a gross volume of the liquid product at, respectively, said distributor fuel source, said retail facility storage tank, and said dispenser and generates volume data indicative of said gross volume; a plurality of temperature measurement devices, wherein at least one temperature measurement device is located at each of (i) said distributor fuel source, (ii) said retail facility storage tank and (iii) said dispenser, wherein each said temperature measurement device measures a temperature of the liquid product at, respectively, said distributor fuel source, said retail facility storage tank, and said dispenser and generates temperature data indicative of said temperature; and a plurality of time-stamp systems, wherein at least one time-stamp system is located at each of (i) said retail facility storage tank, and (ii) said dispenser, and wherein each said time-stamp system receives said volume data and said temperature data and allocates a time-stamp to each of said volume data and said temperature data generated at, respectively, said retail facility storage tank and said dispenser.