| US 7,604,169 B2 | ||
| Methods and systems for customer validation using any of a plurality of identification documents and identification document readers | ||
| Raymond S. Demere, Montgomery, Ala. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Pump-On LLC, Montgomery, Ala. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 20, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/337,164. | ||
| Application 11/337164 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/280156, filed on Nov. 16, 2005. | ||
| Application 11/280156 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/763036, filed on Jan. 22, 2004, granted, now 7,163,146. | ||
| Application 10/763036 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/347731, filed on Jan. 21, 2003, granted, now 6,991,160. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0202027 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G07B 15/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—384 [235/380; 705/1; 705/14] | 12 Claims |
| 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 comprises an optical character recognition device, an electronic chip reader, a magnetic strip reader, a PDF417 reader, or a photoscan reader. |