Fuel transaction verification
AssigneeTf Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark Haslam, Max Fuller
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Abstract
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a method is described. According to the method, an actual volume of fuel added to at least one fuel tank is determined. It is also determined, an amount of fuel indicated as having been added to the fuel tank from a refueling station. The actual volume added is compared to the amount of fuel indicated as having been added to determine a difference between the two values.
Claims25
A method, comprising:
- determining an actual volume of fuel added to at least one fuel tank;
- determining an amount of fuel indicated as having been added to the at least one fuel tank from a refueling station;
- and
- comparing the actual volume of fuel added to the amount of fuel indicated as having been added to determine a difference between the actual volume of fuel added and the amount of fuel indicated as having been added.
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A system, comprising:
- an actual volume determiner to determine an actual volume of fuel added to at least one fuel tank;
- a recorded volume determiner to determine an amount of fuel indicated as having been added to the at least one fuel tank from a refueling station;
- and
- a volume comparator to compare the actual volume of fuel added against the amount of fuel indicated as having been added to determine a difference between the two.
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A tangible machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor, the machine-readable storage medium comprising:
- instructions to determine an initial fuel depth in a fuel tank;
- instructions to convert the initial fuel depth to an initial fuel volume;
- instructions to determine a final fuel depth in the fuel tank following a refueling operation;
- instructions to convert the final fuel depth to a final fuel volume;
- instructions to determine, from the initial fuel volume and the final fuel volume, a volume of fuel added during the refueling operation;
- instructions to transmit, to a remote location, the volume of fuel added during the refueling operation;
- instructions to receive, at the remote location, an amount of fuel indicated as having been added to the fuel tank;
- instructions to compare the volume of fuel added against the amount of fuel indicated as having been added;
- and
- instructions to, when a difference between the volume of fuel added and the amount of fuel indicated as having been added is greater than a threshold amount, provide a notification of the difference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.