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Methods and systems for customer validation using any of a plurality of identification documents and identification document readers
Assignee: PUMP-ON LLC
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Filing: 2006-01-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2026-01-20
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides systems and methods for remote authorization of fuel dispensing and authorization or confirmation of participation in frequent shopper programs, club memberships, and the like. In one embodiment, identification documents may be used as membership cards for a retailer's membership or frequent shopper program and any of a plurality of identification document readers can be used. In another embodiment, an identification may be a membership card to gain access to a retailer. In another aspect, an identification document may be coupled with one or more PINs to validate a customer, or alternatively, the one or more PINs can be used instead of the identification document to validate a customer.
Inventors
- 👤 Raymond Demere
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:34
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/38; G06Q20/40; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0207; G06Q30/0226
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
1 . A method for remote authorization of fuel dispensing comprising: receiving a fuel dispensing authorization request, including identifying indicia, from a fuel dispensing station, the identifying indicia being extracted from an identification document of a customer by an identification document reader of the fuel dispensing station; querying a database of customer records for authorization of the customer; receiving an indication of customer authorization from the database; and transmitting the indication to the fuel dispensing station wherein the identification document reader is one or more members selected from the group consisting of an optical character recognition device, an electronic chip reader, a magnetic strip reader, a PDF417 reader, and a photoscan reader.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
1 . A method for remote authorization of fuel dispensing comprising: receiving a fuel dispensing authorization request, including identifying indicia, from a fuel dispensing station, the identifying indicia being extracted from an identification document of a customer by an identification document reader of the fuel dispensing station; querying a database of customer records for authorization of the customer; receiving an indication of customer authorization from the database; and transmitting the indication to the fuel dispensing station wherein the identification document reader is one or more members selected from the group consisting of an optical character recognition device, an electronic chip reader, a magnetic strip reader, a PDF417 reader, and a photoscan reader.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader is a PDF417 reader.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader is a photoscan reader.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader is an optical character recognition device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader is an electronic chip reader.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader comprises an electronic chip reader and a PDF417 reader.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader comprises an optical character recognition device and a PDF417 reader.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identification document reader comprises any three of an optical character recognition device, an electronic chip reader, a magnetic strip reader, a PDF417 reader, and a photoscan reader.
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