PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16136505
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["705", "014100"]

Abstract:
A wholesale gas discount card system allows an oil company to provide a uniform percentage discount across regions where the wholesale price per gallon varies and at the same time allows consumers to get a discount on the retail price per gallon of gas. The wholesale gas discount card system operates as a subscription system in which only subscribing consumers are able to receive discounts at participating retail gas stations. The discount is based upon a predetermined amount of the wholesale price component of the retail gas price per gallon, for example 5%. The percentage wholesale price discounts can vary depending on the gasoline type, i.e. regular, mid-range, premium and diesel. In this way, a wholesaler can control their price margin across regions with varying wholesale price components per gallon. Participating consumers can download a software application onto their smart phone that provides the locations of participating retail gas stations in a given area and the discounted retail gas prices per gallon. Once a retail station is selected, the consumer inserts a discount credit card into the gas dispenser. The system uses the account information from the credit card and the location of the gas pump to process the transaction as the consumer pumps gas into their vehicle. The gas is charged to their credit account. Based upon a predetermined discount, the total discounted cost of the transaction is determined “back office” and credited on the consumer's account and optionally displayed on the pump.

Claim (Index 2):
The system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said system is configured to enable a consumer to pay a subscription fee to participate in the wholesale gas discount card system by way of a smart phone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1626
- Patent Class: 705.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12790958', '10764930', '11705571', '12030086', '11130791']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1118666426986971
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4966596378374384
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1503459422125713
- Mean Citation Score: 174.579304
- Max Citation Score: 179.7474
- Similarity Product: 114.32746341680289

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test