US 12,411,931 B2
Fuel dispenser authorization and control
Hob Hairston, Cedar Park, TX (US); Anil Kumar Peddireddy, Lombardi, IL (US); Dinesh Kumar, McKinney, TX (US); and Aneesh Maria Stephen, Tamil Nadu (IN)
Assigned to Wayne Fueling Systems LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Wayne Fueling Systems LLC, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,272.
Prior Publication US 2023/0315831 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/44 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/44 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first computing device associated with a fuel dispenser user, first data characterizing a first authorization of the fuel dispenser user, the first data received as an input to an authorization application configured on the first computing device and associated with a fuel dispenser, the first data further comprising an identifier of the fuel dispenser selected by the fuel dispenser user via the authorization application, the input received prior to the first computing device being communicably coupled to the fuel dispenser;
generating, by the authorization application, a token corresponding to the identifier of the fuel dispenser selected by the fuel dispenser user;
establishing a first wireless communication channel between the first computing device and a second computing device configured within the fuel dispenser, the second computing device having a memory storing a plurality of authorization data values corresponding to the first data characterizing the first authorization of the fuel dispenser user;
receiving, by the second computing device via the first wireless communication channel, the first data characterizing the first authorization of the fuel dispenser user and the generated token from the first computing device;
determining, by the second computing device, a second authorization of the fuel dispenser user based on the first data and the plurality of authorization data values stored in the memory;
controlling, by the second computing device and based on the second authorization, operation of the fuel dispenser to dispense fuel; and
providing, by the second computing device via the first wireless communication channel, second data characterizing the operation of the fuel dispenser to the first computing device.