Dsrc enabled pre-negotiated fuel purchase account location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019122312-A1
Application number	US-201616080991-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 1, 2016
Priority date	Mar 1, 2016
Publication date	Apr 25, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for a vehicle includes a controller programmed to, in response to receiving from a business a confirmation generated responsive to a forwarded verification request that an account associated with the vehicle is supported by a pre-negotiated fuel purchase program in which the business participates, display a location of the business and in response to a disaffirmation generated responsive to the request, prevent the displaying.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for a vehicle comprising:
a controller programmed to,
in response to receiving from a business a confirmation generated responsive to a forwarded verification request that an account associated with the vehicle is supported by a pre-negotiated fuel purchase program in which the business participates, display a location of the business and
in response to a disaffirmation generated responsive to the request, prevent the displaying.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the account defines an advance purchase of fuel comprising gasoline, ethanol, hydrogen, or electricity to be received from participating businesses over a pre-negotiated time period within a limited geographic area.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the account is hosted by a server and defines a plurality of members and vehicles authorized to receive the pre-purchased fuel over the pre-negotiated time period.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation and the disaffirmation are generated by a server hosting pre-negotiated elements of the account responsive to the location of the business with respect to a pre-negotiated geographic area element.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the disaffirmation is generated responsive to a server identifying a match between a business identifier included with the forwarded verification request and an administrative user restriction associated with the account.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the restriction defines a business name, rating, a type of fuel sold, or a grade of fuel sold.

7 . A method for a vehicle comprising:
in response to receiving by a controller via a dedicated short range network a broadcast indicative of a business being a fuel purchase program participant and a confirmation generated responsive to a forwarded verification request that an account associated with the vehicle is supported by the program, displaying a location of the business, and in response to receiving a disaffirmation generated responsive to the forwarded verification request, preventing the displaying.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the account defines an advance purchase of fuel comprising gasoline, ethanol, hydrogen, or electricity to be received from participating businesses over a pre-negotiated time period within a limited geographic area.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the account is server-based and defines a plurality of members and vehicles authorized to receive the pre-purchased fuel over the pre-negotiated time period.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the confirmation and the disaffirmation are generated responsive to the location of the business relative to a pre-negotiated geographic area.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the disaffirmation is generated responsive to identifying a match between a business identifier included with the forwarded verification request and at least one administrative user-specified restriction associated with the account.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the restriction defines a business name, rating, a type of fuel sold, or a grade of fuel sold.

13 . A pre-purchased fuel program participation system for a business comprising:
a controller programmed to,
in response to a confirmation generated by a server responsive to a verification request received from a vehicle and forwarded to the server, the confirmation indicative of an account associated with the vehicle being supported by a pre-purchased fuel program of which the business is a previously-acknowledged participant, transmit a location of the business to be displayed in the vehicle, and
in response to a disaffirmation generated responsive to the verification request, prevent the transmitting of the location.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the account defines an advance purchase of fuel comprising gasoline, ethanol, hydrogen, or electricity to be received from participating businesses over a pre-negotiated time period within a limited geographic area.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein one or more elements associated with the account are user-defined via a digital interface and reside with the server, the elements comprising a plurality of members and vehicles authorized to receive the pre-purchased fuel over the pre-negotiated time period.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein one of the confirmation and the disaffirmation are generated responsive to a relative position of the location of the business specified in the forwarded verification request and a pre-negotiated geographic area associated with the account.

17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the disaffirmation is generated further responsive to identifying a match between a business identifier included with the forwarded verification request and at least one administrative user-specified restriction associated with the account.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the restriction defines a business name, rating, a type of fuel sold, or a grade of fuel sold.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Neubecker Cynthia M
• Rao Jayanthi
• King Anthony Gerald
• Miloser James Andrew

Classifications

• G06Q20/18

  involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals · CPC title

• G06Q20/327

  Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q20/202

  Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR · CPC title

• G06Q50/06 Primary

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q20/28

  Pre-payment schemes, e.g. "pay before" · CPC title