# US 12,118,630 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 12,118,630 B2 - Document ID: US12118630B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/652,370 - Filed: 2024-05-01 - Published: 2024-08-22 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - 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/US12118630B2 ## 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 fuel dispenser comprising: a housing comprising fuel dispensing components disposed therein; one or more display screens, wherein a brightness of the one or more display screens is configured to switch between at least a first brightness level and a second brightness level wherein the second brightness level is brighter than the first brightness level; a transceiver capable of establishing a communication session with a customer wireless communications device and of receiving, from the customer wireless communications device, identity data representative of identity information of a customer; and at least one data processor operatively coupled to the one or more display screens and the transceiver and programmed to: receive the identity data; transmit the identity data to a server communicatively coupled to the at least one data processor; receive profile data representative of a user profile from the server, wherein the user profile comprises customer-related data; execute a fuel purchase after completion of a fueling session using one or more payment methods stored in the customer-related data, and provide an electronic receipt for display by at least one of a screen of the customer wireless communications device and the one or more display screens, wherein the electronic receipt comprises an itemized summary of the fuel purchase. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises a personalized message determined by the at least one data processor based on the user profile. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises data representative of a price discount for the fuel purchase determined based on the user profile. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises data representative of a price discount for one or more products or services for sale by a remote merchant operating at a location that differs from a location at a retail fueling facility at which the fuel dispenser is located. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The fuel dispenser of claim 3, wherein the at least one data processor is further programmed to: receive, from the customer, via the one or more display screens or the screen of the customer wireless communications device, selection data representative of a selection of the price discount; and modify data representative of the fuel purchase and the electronic receipt based on the price discount. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, wherein the electronic receipt is stored in the user profile. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, wherein the customer wireless communications device is a vehicle or a mobile device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The fuel dispenser of claim 7, wherein the transceiver communicates via at least one of a Bluetooth protocol, a near field communication protocol, a cellular protocol, a WIFI protocol, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) protocol. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The fuel dispenser of claim 7, wherein the at least one data processor is further programmed to provide the electronic receipt to the transceiver to be transmitted to the customer wireless communications device via at least one of a text message and an email. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The fuel dispenser of claim 7, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises at least one of an odometer setting of the vehicle, a fuel grade dispensed and an amount of fuel dispensed during the fueling session. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, wherein the one or more display screens is a touchscreen. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fuel dispenser of claim 1, further comprising a security camera configured to capture one or more images or videos during the communication session. ### Claim 13 An electronics module for a fuel dispenser, comprising: one or more display screens, wherein a brightness of the one or more display screens is configured to switch between at least a first brightness level and a second brightness level wherein the second brightness level is brighter than the first brightness level; a transceiver capable of establishing a communication session with a customer wireless communications device and of receiving, from the customer wireless communications device, identity data representative of identity information of a customer; and at least one data processor operatively coupled to the one or more display screens and the transceiver and programmed to: receive the identity data; transmit the identity data to a server communicatively coupled to the at least one data processor; receive profile data representative of a user profile from the server, wherein the user profile comprises customer-related data; execute a fuel purchase upon completion of a fueling session using one or more payment methods stored in the customer-related data; and provide an electronic receipt for display by at least one of a screen of the customer wireless communications device and the one or more display screens and a screen of the customer wireless communications device, wherein the electronic receipt comprises an itemized summary of the fuel purchase. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronics module of claim 13, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises a personalized message determined by the at least one data processor based on the user profile. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The electronics module of claim 13, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises data representative of a price discount for the fuel purchase determined based on the user profile. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The electronics module of claim 13, wherein the electronic receipt further comprises data representative of a price discount for one or more products or services for sale by a remote merchant operating at a location that differs from a location at a retail fueling facility at which the fuel dispenser is located. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronics module of claim 15, wherein the at least one data processor is further programmed to: receive, from the one or more display screens or the screen of the customer wireless communications device, selection data representative of a selection of the price discount; and modify data representative of the fuel purchase and the electronic receipt based on the price discount. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The electronics module of claim 13, wherein the customer wireless communications device is a vehicle or a mobile device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronics module of claim 18, wherein the at least one data processor is further programmed to provide the electronic receipt to the transceiver to be transmitted to the customer wireless communications device via at least one of a text message and an email.