Patent ID: 7027890

Claim:
A fuel dispenser system comprising: a) a customer input device, display, and interrogator operatively associated with a dispenser control system; b) said customer input device and display adopted to provide a customer interface; c) said interrogator adapted to communicate with a remote communications unit associated with a customer; d) said customer interface adapted to provide a cash transaction input for the customer to select a cash transaction corresponding to a contemporaneous fueling transaction; e) said dispenser control system adapted to: receive an indication from said customer interface that a customer has selected a cash-based fueling transaction; apply a previous credit for increasing change associated with the fueling transaction; and cause said interrogator to retrieve identification indicia from the remote communications unit associated with the customer in response to receiving the indication; and associate customer information with the identification indicia based on the cash-based fueling transaction; and f) said fuel dispenser includes a cash acceptor associated with said dispenser control system for receiving cash payment for the fueling transaction, said dispenser control system adapted to determine a change amount for the fueling transaction.