CPC B67D 7/3218 (2013.01) [B67D 7/221 (2013.01); B67D 7/3281 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a memory configured to store fuel inventory data that indicates levels of fuel in a fuel tank within a threshold period;
a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and configured to:
access the fuel inventory data;
determine an actual amount of fuel that left the fuel tank based at least in part upon the fuel inventory data;
determine a calculated amount of dispensed fuel associated with one or more fuel dispensing operations within the threshold period;
compare the actual amount of fuel that left the fuel tank with the calculated amount of dispensed fuel;
determine that the actual amount of fuel that left the fuel tank is more than the calculated amount of dispensed fuel; and
in response to determining that the actual amount of fuel that left the fuel tank is more than the calculated amount of dispensed fuel:
confirm that a fuel dispensing operation from among the one or more fuel dispensing operations is anomalous; and
communicate an electronic signal to a fuel dispensing terminal that causes the fuel dispensing terminal to stop dispensing fuel, wherein the fuel dispensing terminal is associated with the fuel dispensing operation.
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