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US 7,624,042 B2Granted
In dispenser point-of-sale module for fuel dispensers
AssigneeDresser, Inc.
InventorsScott R. Negley, III, David K. Blanchard
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Abstract
A fuel dispenser including a dispenser manager for controlling electronic functions of a fuel dispenser, display, user interface and controller are coupled to the dispenser manager. The controller controls fuel dispensing components of the fuel dispenser coupled to the dispenser manager. A point-of-sale module is associated with the dispenser manager for providing point-of-sale functionalities within the fuel dispenser.
Claims22
A fuel dispenser, comprising:
- a dispenser manager for controlling electronic functions of the fuel dispenser;
- a display coupled to the dispenser manager;
- a user interface coupled to the dispenser manager;
- a dispenser computer controlling sale and pump control functions coupled to the dispenser manager;
- the fuel dispenser operable to allow a credit-card transaction for payment of a fuel-dispensing request while the fuel dispenser is in communication with external transaction-card processing equipment;
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- a point-of-sale module within the fuel dispenser, the point-of sale module associated with the dispenser manager and operable to authorize, using locally stored rules for authorization of credit cards, a credit-card transaction for payment of a fuel-dispensing request during at least a portion of a period of time of loss of communication with external transaction-card processing equipment and transmit, to the external transaction-card processing equipment, information associated with the authorized credit-card transaction after reconnection of the fuel dispenser with the external transaction-card processing equipment, wherein the point-of-sale module remains in an idle state when the fuel dispenser has a connection to an external point-of-sale link and becomes active responsive to disconnection of the external point-of-sale link.
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A fuel dispenser, comprising:
- a dispenser manager for controlling electronic functions of the fuel dispenser;
- a display coupled to the dispenser manager;
- a bezel control coupled to the dispenser manager;
- a dispenser computer for sale and pump control function of the fuel dispenser coupled to the dispenser manager;
- the fuel dispenser operable to allow a credit-card transaction for payment of a fuel-dispensing request while the fuel dispenser is in communication with external transaction-card processing equipment;
- a point-of-sale module within the fuel dispenser, the point-of-sale module associated with the dispenser manager and operable to authorize, using locally stored rules for authorization of credit cards, a credit-card transaction for payment of a fuel-dispensing request during at least a portion of a period of time of loss of communication with external transaction-card processing equipment and transmit, to the external transaction-card processing equipment, information associated with the authorized credit-card transaction after reconnection of the fuel dispenser with the external transaction-card processing equipment, wherein the point-of sale module remains in an idle state when the fuel dispenser has a connection to an external point-of sale link and becomes active responsive to disconnection of the external point-of sale link;
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- at least one database within the fuel dispenser accessible by the module including the credit-card transaction data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.