Fuel dispenser management

An autonomous method performed by a fuel dispenser, the method comprising:

• detecting user indications with a user input device regarding a fueling session;
• determining with a module at a fuel dispenser that a customer desires to initiate a fueling session and whether to dispense fuel, the module being configured to transition between an active state, in which the module authorizes fuel payments, and a passive state, in which the module receives fuel payment authorizations from a facility controller remote from the fuel dispenser;
• receiving customer payment data at the fuel dispenser;
• when the module is in the active state:
• determining with the module whether the received customer payment data is acceptable, and
• in response to determining that the received customer payment data is acceptable, causing fuel to be dispensed from the fuel dispenser;
• when the module is in the passive state:
• receiving data at the fuel dispenser from the facility controller indicative of the received customer payment data being authorized, and
• in response to the received customer payment data being authorized, causing fuel to be dispensed from the fuel dispenser.

An autonomous method performed by a fuel dispenser, the method comprising:

• detecting user indications with a user input device regarding a fueling session;
• determining with a module at a fuel dispenser that a customer desires to initiate a fueling session and whether to dispense fuel, the module having a default active state in which the module authorizes fuel payments and in which the module cannot communicate with a remote facility controller configured to authorize fuel payments;
• receiving customer payment data at the fuel dispenser;
• and
• with the module is in the default active state:
• determining with the module whether the received customer payment data is acceptable, and
• in response to determining that the received customer payment data is acceptable, causing fuel to be dispensed from the fuel dispenser.