Fuel dispenser remote content provision

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12153973-B2
Application number	US-202318342391-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	Sep 30, 2022
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method including receiving, by a data processor of a fuel dispenser, first data characterizing one or more applications to be displayed via a display of the fuel dispenser during a first application session. The first data including a configuration file including an application programming interface (API) uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a first remote server from which modified application data associated with the one or more applications may be received by the data processor by accessing the API URL. Embodiments may also include displaying, based on the first data, a first instance of at least one application in at least one display frame of the display, the at least one application configured to receive user inputs from a user of the fuel dispenser. Related apparatus, systems, and articles are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a data processor of a fuel dispenser, first data characterizing a configuration file including an application programming interface (API) uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a first remote server, an application URL identifying a file location of one or more applications to be displayed via a display of the fuel dispenser during a first application session, and one or more display frame parameters associated with displaying the one or more applications in at least one display frame provided via the display;
receiving, by the data processor, a first instance of at least one application from the first remote server responsive to accessing the file location identified in the application URL via the API URL;
displaying, based on the one or more display frame parameters, the first instance of the at least one application in the at least one display frame, the at least one application configured to receive user inputs from a user of the fuel dispenser;
receiving, by the data processor of the fuel dispenser, second data characterizing a user input provided to the first instance of the at least one application via the at least one display frame;
determining, by the data processor of the fuel dispenser, modified application data associated with the first instance of the at least one application based on the user input;
generating, by the data processor, a second instance of the at least one application based on the modified application data; and
displaying, within the at least one display frame, the second instance of the at least one application via the API URL.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more display frame parameters include at least one of a fuel pump ID, a phone number of the user, a loyalty identifier of the user, a digital receipt phone number, and a fuel dispenser state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein instances of the one or more applications are stored in a memory of the fuel dispenser or are received via a communication module of the fuel dispenser from the first remote server associated with the at least one application.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified application data is further determined based on event data generated by the data processor of the fuel dispenser, the event data including at least one of a display size change, a language change, a display contrast change, a volume change, or a fuel dispenser state change.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein responsive to generating the fuel dispenser state change event data during the first application session, the method further comprises
determining, by the data processor of the fuel dispenser, a third instance of the at least one application to be displayed during the first application session,
displaying, via the at least one display frame, the third instance of the at least one application,
receiving, by the data processor of the fuel dispenser, a second user input including a phone number of the user provided to the third instance of the at least one application, and
transmitting, responsive to the second user input, a fourth instance of the at least one application to a computing device of the user, the fourth instance displayed on the computing device of the user as a second application session of the at least one application.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the fourth instance of the at least one application includes an order corresponding to one or more items or services provided for selection via the third instance of the at least one application and selected by the user from within the at least one display frame.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the order is transmitted to the first remote server associated with the at least one application and the first remote server is configured to transmit the order to a kitchen display system configured to display the order for fulfillment.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the third instance of the at least one application further comprises an authentication challenge displayed via the at least one display frame, the method further comprising
receiving, by the data processor of the fuel dispenser, authentication credentials of the user,
transmitting, by the communication module of the fuel dispenser, the authentication credentials to the first remote server associated with the at least one application,
determining, by the first remote server, a verified identity of the user based on matching the authentication credentials to second authentication credentials associated with at least one application configured on the computing device of the user,
transmitting, by the first remote server, an indication of the verified identity of the user to the data processor of the fuel dispenser, and
providing, by the data processor, the indication of the verified identity of the user for display via the at least one display frame responsive to receiving the transmitted indication and prior to transmitting the fourth instance of the application as the second application session.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fuel dispenser is communicably coupled to a second remote server associated with a first entity and the one or more applications are associated with a second entity different than the first entity.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first data is received from the second remote server.

11. A fuel dispenser comprising:
a display comprising one or more display frames, a communications module, a data processor, and a memory storing non-transitory computer-readable instructions, which when executed by the data processor cause the data processor to perform operations comprising
receiving first data characterizing a configuration file including an application programming interface (API) uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a first remote server, an application URL identifying a file location of one or more applications to be displayed via the display during a first application session, and one or more display frame parameters associated with displaying the one or more applications in at least one display frame provided via the display;
receiving a first instance of at least one application from the first remote server responsive to accessing the file location identified in the application URL via the API URL;
displaying, based on the one or more display frame parameters, the first instance of the at least one application in the at least one display frame, the at least one application configured to receive user inputs from a user of the fuel dispenser;
receiving second data characterizing a user input provided to the first instance of the at least one application via the at least one display frame;
determining modified application data associated with the first instance of the at least one application based on the user input;
generating a second instance of the at least one application based on the modified application data; and
displaying the second instance of the at least one application via the API URL within the at least one display frame.

12. The fuel dispenser of claim 11 , wherein the one or more display frame parameters include at least one of a fuel pump ID, a phone number of the user, a loyalty identifier of the user, a digital receipt phone number, and a fuel dispenser state.

13. The fuel dispenser of claim 11 , wherein instances of the one or more applications are stored in the memory of the fuel dispenser or are received via the communication module of the fuel dispenser from the first remote server associated with the at least one application.

14. The fuel dispenser of claim 11 , whe

Assignees

• Wayne Fueling Systems Llc

Inventors

• Morris John Joseph
• Zyglowicz Jerzy
• Chinnaswamy Rohith
• Negley Iii Scott R

Classifications

• G06Q30/0641

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• B67D2007/044

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• B67D7/22

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• B67D7/145

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• G06Q20/326

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