# US 2017/0287237 A1 · Customized fuel recommendations > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287237 A1 - Document ID: US20170287237A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/454,039 - Filed: 2017-03-09 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29 - Assignees: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Applicants: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company - Inventors: Leonard R. Koenig; Paul J. Berlowitz; Gregory K. Lilik - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287237A1 ## CPC - G07C 5/0808: {Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005)} - G06Q 30/0282: Rating or review of business operators or products - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/0841: {Registering performance data (recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B)} - B67D 7/04: for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants - F02D 35/027: {using knock sensors} - F02D 41/0025: {Controlling engines characterised by use of non-liquid fuels, pluralities of fuels, or non-fuel substances added to the combustible mixtures} - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - 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) - F02D: CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system for providing fuel type recommendations includes a mobile polling device communicatively coupled to one or more computing devices installed on-board of a vehicle for receiving vehicle's operational data from the on-board computing devices. The system further includes a cloud-based computing environment including a memory configured to store one or more processes and a processor adapted to execute the one or more processes using the cloud-based computing environment. The processor, when executing the one or more processes, is operable to receive vehicle's operational data from the mobile polling device. The processor is further operable to analyze the received vehicle's operational data to identify recommended fuel type and to provide one or more fuel type recommendations indicative of the recommended fuel type. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for providing fuel type recommendations, the system comprising: a mobile polling device communicatively coupled to one or more computing devices integrated with a vehicle for receiving vehicle's operational data from the vehicle's computing devices; and a processor adapted to execute one or more processes, the processor when executing the one or more processes, is operable to: receive vehicle's operational data from the mobile polling device; analyze the received vehicle's operational data to identify recommended fuel type; and provide one or more fuel type recommendations indicative of the recommended fuel type. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is a component of a cloud-based computing environment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is a component of the one or more computing devices integrated with the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is a component of a mobile device associated with the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system as recited in claim 4, wherein the processor is further, operable to: present the one or more fuel type recommendations to the driver using a Graphical User Interface (GUI). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the vehicle's operational data includes at least environmental data, driving conditions and usage conditions for a current trip travelled by the vehicle or an intended trip to be travelled by the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the identified recommended fuel type is determined based on driver's preference and wherein the driver's preference comprises at least one of: maximizing vehicle engine power output level under normal load, maximizing vehicle engine power output level under high load, maximizing the vehicle's fuel efficiency, minimizing vehicle's emissions and minimizing wear on the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor operable to analyze the vehicle's operational data is further operable to analyze one or more control measures initiated by vehicle's knock control system in order to cease an engine knocking condition. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile polling device is operable to establish a wireless connection with an on-board diagnostic (OBD) connector of the vehicle and operable to receive the vehicle's operational data using the wireless connection. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor operable to analyze the vehicle's operational data is further operable to compare the vehicle's operational data to predefined standards. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is further operable to obtain information related to future travel conditions of the vehicle and to identify recommended fuel type based on the information related to future travel conditions of the vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor operable to analyze the vehicle's operational data is further operable to identify the recommended fuel type based on the relationship between spark retard values and engine efficiency values. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the processor operable to analyze the vehicle's operational data is further operable to calculate weighted sums of associated operational data parameters. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system as recited in claim 13, wherein the associated data parameters include at least engine speed and engine load. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) The system as recited in claim 2, further comprising a fuel dispensing station communicatively coupled to the cloud-based computing environment, wherein the processor is further operable to send instructions to the fueling dispensing station to dispense the recommended fuel type into the vehicle, in response to receiving approval of the recommended fuel type from the driver of the vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the one or more fuel type recommendations specify benefits of the identified optimal fuel type. ### Claim 17 A method for providing fuel type recommendations, the method comprising: receiving vehicle's operational data from one or more computing devices integrated with a vehicle; analyzing the received vehicle's operational data to identify recommended fuel type; providing one or more fuel type recommendations indicative of the recommended fuel type to a driver of the vehicle; and automatically dispensing the recommended fuel type into the vehicle responsive to receiving driver's approval of the recommended fuel type. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method as recited in claim 17, wherein analyzing the received vehicle's operational data further comprises analyzing one or more control measures initiated by vehicle's knock control system in order to cease an engine knocking condition. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the vehicle's operational data includes at least environmental data, driving conditions and usage conditions for a current trip travelled by the vehicle or an intended trip to be travelled by the vehicle. ### Claim 20 A computer program product for providing fuel type recommendations, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer-readable storage devices and a plurality of program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable storage devices, the plurality of program instructions comprising: program instructions to receive vehicle's operational data from one or more computing devices installed on-board of a vehicle; program instructions to analyze the received vehicle's operational data to identify recommended fuel type; and program instructions to provide one or more fuel type recommendations indicative of the recommended fuel type to a driver of the vehicle.