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Internet asset management system for a fuel dispensing environment
Assignee: Gilbarco Inc
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Filing: 1998-02-10
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Granted: 1999-11-09
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Expires: 2018-02-10
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides communication servers at each device in a fueling environment and connecting the servers to a common network. The network may be a local network or a largely remote network, such as the Internet. Preferably, in either embodiment, primary communications between these devices and any devices accessible via the Internet use the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and hypertext markup language (HTML). In particular, each device server is adapted to facilitate real-time access between the device server and the remote device upon access of a particular page, script or function. In particular, the present invention relates to embedding executable content onto an HTML page so that when the page is loaded into an HTML browser after being accessed, the executable content starts running automatically.
Inventors
- 👤 William C. Royal, Jr.
- 👤 Randall O. Watkins
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 17:12
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; G07; G07F; G07F13/00; G07F13/02; G07F13/025; G07F9/00; G07F9/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A fuel dispenser facilitating remote management functions comprising: a. a housing; b. a dispenser server at said housing including a control system, a network connection and a dispenser server task running on said control system; c. a hypertext markup language compliant page on said server accessible through said network connection; d. an embedded function associated with said page and operable to run at said dispenser server to facilitate real-time functions upon access between a remote browser apart from said fuel dispenser and said server over a network; and e. a fuel delivery system associated with said housing having a fuel supply line, a metering device, a delivery hose and a nozzle to permit the dispensing of fuel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A fuel dispenser facilitating remote management functions comprising: a. a housing; b. a dispenser server at said housing including a control system, a network connection and a dispenser server task running on said control system; c. a hypertext markup language compliant page on said server accessible through said network connection; d. an embedded function associated with said page and operable to run at said dispenser server to facilitate real-time functions upon access between a remote browser apart from said fuel dispenser and said server over a network; and e. a fuel delivery system associated with said housing having a fuel supply line, a metering device, a delivery hose and a nozzle to permit the dispensing of fuel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said embedded function is operable to run at said server, when the remote browser accesses the page, to maintain a connection between said server and the remote browser through said network connection.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The dispenser of claim 2 wherein said server is adapted to download said page to the remote browser when the page is accessed by the browser.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The dispenser of claim 3 wherein said embedded function is adapted to send updated pages to the browser.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The dispenser of claim 4 wherein said control system generates said updated pages including dispenser related information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The dispenser of claim 5 wherein said control system generates said updated pages in real-time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The dispenser of claim 4 wherein said updated pages are sent to the browser periodically.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said real-time function includes delivering real-time data upon access.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
11 words
The dispenser of claim 1 wherein said embedded function is executable.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The dispenser of claim 1 further comprising a user interface including a display, said embedded function providing for the uploading of video to said display.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
11 words
The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the network is the Internet.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the network is a local network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
161 words
A fuel dispenser facilitating remote management functions comprising: a. a housing; b. a dispenser server at said housing including a control system, a network connection and a dispenser server task running on said control system; c. said server cooperating with at least first and second dispenser resources accessible through said network connection from a remotely located browser apart from said fuel dispenser over a network; d. said first resource providing a hypertext markup language compliant response to a first access by the browser; e. said second resource providing a hypertext markup language compliant function; f. an embedded function associated with said hypertext markup language compliant response and operable to run at said dispenser server to facilitate a connection between the remote browser and said server system to access said second resource; and g. a fuel delivery system associated with said housing having a fuel supply line, a metering device, a delivery hose and a nozzle to permit the dispensing of fuel.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
161 words
A fuel dispenser facilitating remote management functions comprising: a. a housing; b. a dispenser server at said housing including a control system, a network connection and a dispenser server task running on said control system; c. said server cooperating with at least first and second dispenser resources accessible through said network connection from a remotely located browser apart from said fuel dispenser over a network; d. said first resource providing a hypertext markup language compliant response to a first access by the browser; e. said second resource providing a hypertext markup language compliant function; f. an embedded function associated with said hypertext markup language compliant response and operable to run at said dispenser server to facilitate a connection between the remote browser and said server system to access said second resource; and g. a fuel delivery system associated with said housing having a fuel supply line, a metering device, a delivery hose and a nozzle to permit the dispensing of fuel.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
111 words
A retail system facilitating remote management functions comprising: a. a housing; b. a server at said housing including a control system, a network connection and a server task running on said control system; c. a hypertext markup language-compliant page on said server accessible through said network connection; and d. an embedded function associated with said page and operable to facilitate real time functions between a remote browser apart from said fuel dispenser and said server over a network; e. said embedded function being operable to run at said server, when the remote browser accesses the page, to maintain a connection between said server and the remote browser through said network connection.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
111 words
A retail system facilitating remote management functions comprising: a. a housing; b. a server at said housing including a control system, a network connection and a server task running on said control system; c. a hypertext markup language-compliant page on said server accessible through said network connection; and d. an embedded function associated with said page and operable to facilitate real time functions between a remote browser apart from said fuel dispenser and said server over a network; e. said embedded function being operable to run at said server, when the remote browser accesses the page, to maintain a connection between said server and the remote browser through said network connection.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The dispenser of claim 14 wherein said server is adapted to download said page to the remote browser when the page is accessed by the browser.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
The dispenser of claim 15 wherein said embedded function is adapted to send updated pages to the browser.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The dispenser of claim 16 wherein said control system generates said updated pages including dispenser related information.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
15 words
The dispenser of claim 17 wherein said control system generates said updated pages in real-time.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
15 words
The dispenser of claim 16 wherein said updates pages are sent to the browser periodically.
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