Patent ID: 6968325

Claim:
A computer implemented method of automatically pricing fuel during a remote point of purchase action at a refueling facility, said method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a purchase option selection from a purchaser, said selection including a first fuel price, during a transaction at the refueling facility, said purchase option selection being received at a terminal of a computer-controlled fuel dispensing device of said refueling facility; (b) receiving an indication of any passengers accompanying the purchaser in a vehicle; (c) automatically calculating a second fuel price based upon a quantity of said any passengers indicated in step (b), wherein the second fuel price is lower than the first fuel price when there is at least one passenger accompanying the purchaser, said automatically calculating step being performed by a computer controlling said computer-controlled fuel dispensing device; (d) responsive to step (c) permitting the purchaser to purchase fuel at the second fuel price from said computer-controlled fuel dispensing device; and (e) wherein steps (a) and (b) require the purchaser and each of said any passengers to enter information with a data storage device.