Patent ID: 7877267

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components executed by a processor of a computer for processing gasoline price information, the computer-executable components comprising: a data source component operable to obtain, via the communication network, gasoline purchase transaction data from at least one consumer credit agency, said gasoline purchase transaction data corresponding to consumer credit purchases of gasoline made by a plurality of consumers, each said consumer credit purchase being from an identifiable location, each said consumer credit purchase including a price charged per volume for the gasoline; a processing component operable to calculate geographic-specific gasoline price statistical information from the obtained gasoline purchase transaction data as a function of the identifiable location and the price charged per volume for the gasoline in the consumer credit purchases made by the plurality of consumers; a user interface component operable to obtain a user request for gasoline price data for a selected geographic region in response to a level indicated by a fuel tank sensor, wherein said user request indicates the selected geographic region; wherein the user interface component is further operable to transmit a display including the calculated gasoline price statistical information specific to the selected geographic region, wherein the identifiable location of the displayed gasoline price statistical information corresponds to the selected geographic region.