Automatic Plug-And-Pay With Multi-Factor Authentication For Fueling Vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDylan Erb, Alexander Bartlett, Jacob Wiles, Bikram Singh
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Abstract
A charging station comprises a processor programmed to receive a vehicle identifier identifying a vehicle from a first digital entity; receive a payment authentication from a second digital entity; electronically identify an account associated with the vehicle identifier and the payment authentication; verify payment rights confirming a right to use the account to pay; and responsive to successful verification, activate the charging station to charge and process payment from the account.
Claims20
A charging station comprising:
- a processor programmed to
- receive a vehicle identifier identifying a vehicle from a first digital entity;
- receive a payment authentication from a second digital entity;
- electronically identify an account associated with the vehicle identifier and the payment authentication;
- verify payment rights confirming a right to use the account to pay;
- and
- responsive to successful verification, activate the charging station to charge and process payment from the account.
A method for processing payment at a fueling station comprising:
- receiving a vehicle identifier identifying the vehicle from a first digital entity;
- receiving a payment authentication from a second digital entity;
- electronically identifying an account associated with the vehicle identifier and payment authentication;
- verifying payment rights confirming the right to use the account to pay;
- and
- responsive to successful verification, activating to fuel the vehicle and processing payment from the account.
A system comprising:
- a processor programmed to
- electronically identify an account corresponding to both an identifier of a vehicle to be fueled and an authentication received from a mobile device authorized to the vehicle;
- responsive to successful verification of fueling rights for the vehicle using the account, activate a charging station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.