Delivery of fuel to vehicles
AssigneeBooster Fuels, Inc.
InventorFrancis Herbert Mycroft
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mobile refueling by mobile fuel carriers of vehicles of approved users at approved mobile refueling locations. The system may include a server connected to a network and a database accessible by the server that includes approved refueling location information and approved user and user vehicle information, including vehicle identification fuel preference information. User computers communicate with the server via the network, the user computers sending refueling request information including user identification and vehicle location information to the server. The server sends refueling instructions to a fuel carrier computer having a user interface which allows updating of route information with real-time information pertaining to user requests and fuel carrier location data.
Claims17
A vehicle access control system, comprising:
- a body configured to couple to a vehicle;
- at least one wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder coupled to the body;
- at least one non-transitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-readable data including refueling instructions that include i) target vehicle and ii) a fuel type information for target vehicle or processor-executable instructions;
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- at least one processor communicably coupled to the wireless RFID transponder and the at least one non-transitory processor-readable medium, where the at least one processor is configured to any of i) use the stored data, ii) process the processor-executable instructions, or iii) a combination of both, to:
- receive signals from the wireless RFID transponder;
- and
- cause a visual indication to be provided i) from a visual indicator coupled to a fuel inlet door of the vehicle or ii) from one or more lights of the vehicle responsive to the received signals from the wireless RFID transponder in order to assist in accessing a fuel inlet of the vehicle, via the fuel inlet door.
A method of operation for a vehicle access control system, the vehicle access control system comprising a body coupled to a vehicle, at least one wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder coupled to the body, at least one non-transitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-readable data including refueling instructions that include i) target vehicle and ii) a fuel type information for target vehicle and processor-executable instructions, and at least one processor communicably coupled to the wireless RFID transponder and the at least one non-transitory processor-readable medium, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the at least one processor, signals from the wireless RFID transponder;
- causing a visual indication to be provided i) from a visual indicator coupled to a fuel inlet door of the vehicle or ii) from one or more lights of the vehicle responsive to the received signals from the wireless RFID transponder in order to assist in accessing a fuel inlet of the vehicle;
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- controlling, by the at least one processor, access to the fuel inlet of the vehicle responsive to the received signals from the wireless transponder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.