Loyalty rewards for cash customers at a fuel dispensing system

A fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions that occur as part of a fueling transaction comprising:

• a) a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from a remote communications unit associated with a customer, said receiver operatively associated with said control system to enable said control system to retrieve the identification indicia;
• b) a cash transaction indicator associated with said control system and adapted to signal said control system of a cash transaction corresponding with the fueling transaction;
• c) said control system adapted to create customer related information and associate the customer related information with the identification indicia received from said remote communications unit in response to a cash transaction being indicated by said cash transaction indicator;
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• d) said customer related information corresponds to loyalty benefits on at last one customer transaction, said control system adapted to determine said loyalty benefits accordingly.

A fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions that occur as part of a fueling transaction comprising:

• a) a fuel dispenser including a dispenser control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from a remote communications unit associated with a customer, said receiver operatively associated with said control system to enable said control system to retrieve the identification indicia;
• b) a central control system operatively associated with and located apart from the dispenser control system;
• c) a cash transaction indicator associated with said control systems and adapted to signal said control system of a cash transaction corresponding with the fueling transaction;
• d) said control systems having associated memory and operating to provide a customer transaction information and associate the customer transaction information with identification indicia when a cash transaction is indicated by said cash transaction indicator;
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• e) said customer transaction information includes loyalty benefits relating to a cash transaction.

A method of enhancing cash transactions in a fueling environment comprising:

• a) receiving identification indicia from a remote communications unit associated with a customer;
• b) determining the customer with the associated remote communications unit is conducting a cash transaction associated with a contemporaneous fueling transaction;
• c) providing a loyalty benefit for the customer based on the contemporaneous fueling transaction;
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• d) storing the loyalty benefit.

A fuel dispenser system comprising:

• a) a customer input device, display, and interrogator operatively associated with a dispenser control system;
• b) said customer input device and display adapted to provide customer interface;
• c) said interrogator adapted to communicate with a remote communications unit associated with a customer;
• d) said customer interface adapted to provide a cash transaction input for the customer to select a cash transaction during a fueling transaction;
• e) said control system adapted to operate in conjunction with a remote communication unit to provide customer information associated with the remote communications unit when a cash transaction corresponding to the fueling transaction is selected;
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• f) said customer information relates to loyalty benefits based on a transaction.

A transaction system for enhancing cash transactions comprising:

• a) a transaction terminal;
• b) communication electronics operatively associated with said transaction terminal and adapted to communicate with a remote communications unit associated with a customer said communications electronics operative during a contemporaneous fueling transaction;
• c) a control system associated with said transaction terminal and said communication electronics;
• d) said transaction terminal having a cash transaction input for indicating a cash transaction corresponding to the contemporaneous fueling transaction;
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• e) said control system generating customer information corresponding to the remote communications unit in remote communication with said communication electronics for a cash transaction when said cash transaction input is actuated as part of the fueling transaction, said customer information is a loyalty benefit based on a transaction.