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US 10,896,416 B2Granted
Method and system for one-touch fueling authorization
AssigneeSafeway Inc.
InventorsCarrie Rasmussen, Raj Raghavan, Saju Sreekumar
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method and a cloud-assisted fueling system for one-touch fueling authorization are disclosed.
Claims20
A method for fueling at a gas station, comprising:
- receiving, by a cloud computing system, a beacon identifier, a fuel pump identifier, or both from a device of a customer;
- associating, by the cloud computing system, the beacon identifier, the fuel pump identifier, or both with a gas station identifier;
- sending, by the cloud computing system, the fuel pump identifier and the gas station identifier to the device of the customer;
- receiving, by the cloud computing system, an authorization message for fueling a vehicle from the device of the customer, wherein the authorization message contains a customer identifier unique to the customer, a payment token unique to a payment card or a payment account of the customer and unique to the device, the gas station identifier, and the fuel pump identifier;
- and
- sending, by the cloud computing system, a fuel authorization request message to an on-site computer at the gas station via a gateway, wherein the fuel authorization request message contains the customer identifier, the gas station identifier, the fuel pump identifier, and an authorization to pump fuel at a fuel pump at the gas station corresponding to the fuel pump identifier;
- and
- in response to receiving the fuel authorization request message, pumping fuel at the fuel pump.
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A cloud-assisted fueling system comprising:
- a cloud computing system;
- wherein the cloud computing system is networked to an on-site computer located at a gas station via a gateway,
- wherein the cloud computing system is configured to:
- receive a beacon identifier, a fuel pump identifier, or both from a device of a customer;
- associate the beacon identifier, the fuel pump identifier, or both with a gas station identifier;
- send the fuel pump identifier and the gas station identifier to the device of the customer;
- receive an authorization message for fueling a vehicle from the device of the customer, wherein the authorization message contains a customer identifier unique to the customer, a payment token unique to a payment card or a payment account of the customer and unique to the device, the gas station identifier, and the fuel pump identifier;
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- send a fuel authorization request message to the on-site computer via the gateway, wherein the fuel authorization request message contains the customer identifier, the gas station identifier, the fuel pump identifier, and an authorization to pump fuel at a fuel pump corresponding to the fuel pump identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.