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Electronic registration for securely providing products and services

AssigneeDiesel Direct, Inc.

InventorsDaniel B. Abrams, Paul A. Sullivan

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Abstract

Some embodiments are directed to a method of providing a product and/or a service, at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, perform a method of providing a product and/or a service, and an apparatus for providing a product and/or service. An identifier of an asset is read and the asset is identified based on the identifier. A transaction is authorized based on the identified asset. The produce and/or service is acquired and a data associated with the transaction is recorded in at least one storage device. The recorded data is then transmitted to a server.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An apparatus for providing a product, the apparatus comprising:

a scanner for reading an identifier affixed to a vehicle;
a storage container for storing the product;
at least one dispensing mechanism for the product;
a controller comprising a memory configured to access a record of authorized vehicles, the controller configured to compare the identifier with the record of authorized vehicles and to, in response to a result of comparison between the identifier with the record of authorized vehicles being positive, automatically enable the at least one dispensing mechanism to supply the product from the storage container to the vehicle;
at least one meter for measuring transaction information;
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a network interface configured to communicate with at least one network to send the transaction information to an external server.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/796,832Filed 12 Mar 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 13 Jul 2012
Published: US 2014/0019359 A116 Jan 2014
Granted: 6 Nov 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

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G06Q 20/40
Payment protocols; Details thereof: authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and…
G06Q 30/06
Commerce: buying, selling or leasing transactions
G07F 13/025
By volume: wherein the volume is determined during delivery
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial

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Application61/671,362Us provisional application · filed 13 Jul 2012
US 2014/0019359 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 Jan 2014
US 10,121,145 B2This patent

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