Patent ID: 8438064

Claim:
A retail fueling environment comprising: a first portion of the retail fueling environment that is configured to handle only non-sensitive transaction information, the first portion comprising: a point-of-sale device (POS) configured to facilitate a sale of fuel, goods, or services for use by an operator of the fueling environment to perform functions unrelated to handling of sensitive payment information; a second portion of the retail fueling environment that is configured to handle sensitive payment information and the non-sensitive transaction information, the second portion comprising: a plurality of fuel dispensers, each having a customer interface including a card reader and a PIN pad to receive sensitive payment information, the customer interface being configured to transmit the sensitive payment information; a secure hub device operatively connected to the plurality of fuel dispensers and the POS, the secure hub device being operative to: receive the sensitive payment information from the customer interfaces of the fuel dispensers; receive the non-sensitive transaction information from the fuel dispensers; separately route the sensitive payment information and non-sensitive transaction information such that the secure hub device: transmits the sensitive payment information to a financial institution system operatively connected to the secure hub device via an external network and does not transmit the sensitive payment information to the POS; and transmits the non-sensitive transaction information including information indicative of the fuel dispensed and non-sensitive customer identification information to the POS; and allow dispensing of fuel at the fuel dispensers or sale of goods or services upon receipt of authorization from the financial institution system; wherein the first portion of the retail fueling environment is segmented from the second portion so that the second portion handles the sensitive payment information and the non-sensitive transaction information and the first portion handles only the non-sensitive transaction information.