Delivery of fuel to vehicles
AssigneeBooster Fuels, Inc.
InventorFrancis Herbert Mycroft
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Abstract
Systems and methods for mobile refueling by mobile fuel carriers of vehicles of approved users at approved mobile refueling locations. The system may include a server connected to a network and a database accessible by the server that includes approved refueling location information and approved user and user vehicle information, including vehicle identification fuel preference information. User computers communicate with the server via the network, the user computers sending refueling request information including user identification and vehicle location information to the server. The server sends refueling instructions to a fuel carrier computer having a user interface which allows updating of route information with real-time information pertaining to user requests and fuel carrier location data.
Claims44
A vehicle access control system, comprising:
- a body coupleable to a vehicle;
- at least one wireless transponder coupled to the body;
- at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-readable data or processor-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor communicably coupled to the wireless transponder and the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the at least one processor:
- receives signals from the wireless transponder;
- and
- controls access to a fuel inlet of the vehicle responsive to the received signals from the wireless transponder.
A method of operation for a vehicle access control system, the vehicle access control system comprising a body coupleable to a vehicle, at least one wireless transponder coupled to the body, at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-readable data or processor-executable instructions, and at least one processor communicably coupled to the wireless transponder and the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the at least one processor, signals from the wireless transponder;
- and
- controlling, by the at least one processor, access to a fuel inlet of the vehicle responsive to the received signals from the wireless transponder.
A fuel delivery system, comprising:
- at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-readable data or processor-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor communicably coupled to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium and to at least one data communications channel, the at least one processor:
- determines a target vehicle is to be refueled;
- receives location information for the target vehicle over the at least one data communications channel;
- and
- provides refueling instructions to a processor-based device associated with a fuel carrier vehicle, the refueling instructions include at least the received location information for the target vehicle.
A method of operation for a fuel delivery system, the fuel delivery system comprising at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium that stores at least one of processor-readable data or processor-executable instructions, and at least one processor communicably coupled to the at least one nontransitory processor-readable medium and to at least one data communications channel, the method comprising:
- determining, by the at least one processor, a target vehicle is to be refueled;
- receiving, by the at least one processor, location information for the target vehicle over the at least one data communications channel;
- and
- providing, by the at least one processor, refueling instructions to a processor-based device associated with a fuel carrier vehicle, the refueling instructions include at least the received location information for the target vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.