US 11,180,359 B2 · Fuel dispenser printer module

Abstract

Fuel dispensers, systems and methods are provided for electronically transmitting data characterizing fueling transactions in a fueling environment, and in particular from a fuel dispenser. In an exemplary embodiment, a fuel dispenser is provided having a printer module that can perform operations that enable any one or more of replacing a printer, providing a user with a printed transaction record at a remote location, and/or provide the user with an electronic transaction record. The application of the printer module can facilitate providing a user with a printed and/or electronic transaction record, while minimizing, or eliminating, changes to standard communication protocol associated with components of a payment terminal that can deliver formatted transaction data to a typical printer. Minimizing or eliminating changes to standard communication protocol associated with providing users with transaction records can facilitate retrofitting the printer module to existing fuel dispensers, and/or simplify design considerations for new dispenser.

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Dependent claims

A method for processing a transaction at a fuel dispenser, comprising:

receiving user information that characterizes an identity of a user at a payment terminal of a fuel dispenser;
receiving transaction data from the payment terminal, the transaction data characterizing a user transaction;
receiving data that characterizes a desired type of record of the transaction;
formatting the transaction data to create formatted transaction data;
and
transmitting, to a transaction records service on a remote server, record data based on the desired type of record of the transaction, the record data characterizing the formatted transaction data and the user transaction involving a dispensing of fuel from the fuel dispenser, wherein the transaction records service is configured to use data included in the record data that characterizes the user transaction involving the dispensing of fuel from a pump compartment of the fuel dispenser to create a transaction record that characterizes the record data, and is configured to transmit and store the transaction record based on an instruction stored on the transaction records service, the instruction associated with a user account stored on the transaction records service.

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