# US 12,002,119 B2 · Intelligent fuel dispensers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,119 B2 - Document ID: US12002119B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/162,519 - Filed: 2021-01-29 - Published: 2021-05-20 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-21 - Assignees: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC - Applicants: Wayne Fueling Systems LLC - Inventors: John Joseph Morris; Scott R. Negley, III; Annika Birkler; Richard Carlsson; Patrick Jeitler; Randal S. Kretzler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002119B2 ## CPC - G06Q 50/06: Energy or water supply - B67D 7/04: for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants - B67D 7/14: responsive to input of recorded programmed information, e.g. on punched cards - B67D 7/145: {by wireless communication means, e.g. RF, transponders or the like} - B67D 7/228: {using digital counting} - G06Q 20/145: {Payments according to the detected use or quantity} - G06Q 30/0251: Targeted advertisements - G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping] - G06V 20/20: in augmented reality scenes - G06V 20/52: Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) - G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands - G06V 40/168: {Feature extraction; Face representation} - G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification} - G06V 40/28: {Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language (static hand signs G06V40/113)} - G07F 13/025: {wherein the volume is determined during delivery} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 2203/04108: Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - G06Q 30/0233: {Method of redeeming a frequent usage reward} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract In general, intelligent fuel dispensers are provided. In at least some implementations, an intelligent fuel dispenser can determine customer identities and/or other characteristics and provide customized fueling sessions based on the determined customer identities and/or other characteristics. In at least some implementations, the fuel dispenser includes a touchless interface allowing customers to complete fueling sessions with minimal physical contact with the fuel dispenser. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a fuel dispenser including a display screen, an image sensor, and at least one data processor operatively connected to the display screen and the image sensor, the at least one data processor configured to receive data characterizing an image from the image sensor, the image characterizing a visual depiction of a customer, and to determine identity information characterizing an identity of the customer from the received data; a server operatively connected to the at least one data processor and configured to: receive the determined identity information from the at least one data processor, determine whether the identity information matches a feature associated with one or more unique identifiers of fuel dispenser users, in response to determining that the identity information matches the feature stored in the database, retrieve the unique identifier associated with the matched feature, determine a targeted communication based on the retrieved unique identifier, the targeted communication including an advertisement characterizing a product and/or a service for sale at a store located at a fueling station where the fuel dispenser is located, and provide the targeted communication to the at least one data processor for display on the display screen, wherein the at least one data processor of the fuel dispenser is configured to receive data characterizing an input corresponding to the advertisement and to determine whether the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service based on the received data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one data processor is configured to provide a communication characterizing additional information about the product and/or the service in response to determining that the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one data processor is configured to determine whether the customer desires to order the product and/or the service in response to determining that the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein, in response to determining that the customer desires to order the product and/or the service, the at least one data processor is configured to: receive order data characterizing the product and/or the service; receive payment data characterizing payment information of the customer; determine whether the payment data is sufficiently complete; in response to determining that the payment data is sufficiently complete, generate a merchant communication characterizing the order data and the payment data; provide the merchant communication to thereby enable execution of the order. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the determination of the targeted communication comprises: querying the first server for a user profile associated with the unique identifier, the user profile including customer data characterizing the customer; receiving the user profile from the first server; and generating the targeted communication based on the customer data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the determination of the targeted communication comprises: querying a remote server for customer-related data associated with the unique identifier; receiving the customer-related data from the remote server; and generating the targeted communication based on the customer-related data. ### Claim 7 A system comprising: a fuel dispenser including a display screen, an image sensor, and at least one data processor operatively connected to the display screen and the image sensor, the at least one data processor configured to receive data characterizing an image from the image sensor, the image including a visual depiction of a customer, and to determine identity information characterizing an identity of the customer from the received data; a server operatively connected to the at least one data processor and configured to: receive the determined identity information from the at least one data processor, and determine a unique identifier based on the identity information and associated with the customer; determine a targeted communication based on the determined unique identifier, the targeted communication including an advertisement characterizing a product and/or a service for sale at a store located at a fueling station where the fuel dispenser is located; and provide the targeted communication to the at least one data processor for display on the display screen, wherein the at least one data processor of the fuel dispenser is configured to receive data characterizing an input corresponding to the advertisement and to determine whether the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service based on the received data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one data processor is configured to provide a communication characterizing additional information about the product and/or the service in response to determining that the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one data processor is configured to determine whether the customer desires to order the product and/or the service in response to determining that the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein, in response to determining that the customer desires to order the product and/or the service, the at least one data processor is configured to: receive order data characterizing the product and/or the service; receive payment data characterizing payment information of the customer; determine whether the payment data is sufficiently complete; in response to determining that the payment data is sufficiently complete, generate a merchant communication characterizing the order data and the payment data; provide the merchant communication to thereby enable execution of the order. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the determination of the targeted communication comprises: querying the at least one server for a user profile associated with the unique identifier, the user profile including customer data characterizing the customer; receiving the user profile from the at least one server; and generating the targeted communication based on the customer data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the determination of the targeted communication comprises: receiving customer-related data characterizing the customer and associated with the unique identifier; and generating the targeted communication based on the customer-related data. ### Claim 13 A system comprising: at least one data processor; and memory storing instructions configured to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations comprising: receiving identity information characterizing an identity of a customer, the identity information determined from data characterizing an image, the image acquired by an image sensor and characterizing a visual depiction of the customer; determining whether the received identity information matches a feature associated with unique identifiers of fuel dispenser users; in response to determining that the identity information matches the feature included in the database, retrieving the unique identifier associated with the matched feature; determining a targeted communication based on the retrieved unique identifier, the targeted communication including an advertisement characterizing a product and/or a service for sale at a store located at a fueling station where the fuel dispenser is located; providing the targeted communication for display on an interactive display screen of a fuel dispenser; receiving data characterizing an input to the display screen that corresponds to the advertisement; and determining whether the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service based on the received data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise: providing a communication characterizing additional information about the product and/or the service in response to determining that the customer has an interest in the product and/or the service.