WO1999016700A1 - A forecourt ordering system for fuel and services at a filling station - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to a forecourt ordering system fuel dispensers and,
- transponders and detecting their movement within and throughout a fueling environment.
- POS point-of-sale
- the dispensers include various types of payment
- a customer is not limited to the purchase of fuel at the dispenser. More recent
- dispensers allow the customer to purchase services, such as car washes, and goods, such as
- transponders communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as transponders, to communicate with various types of remote communication devices, such as
- transponder and a vehicle having a transponder, enhance transaction and marketing
- the present invention relates to monitoring a customer position throughout a fueling
- the receiving point may be a quick-serve restaurant
- QSR quick-serve restaurant
- the controller determines when to start order preparation. For example, during the fueling operation, the
- the order is associated with the transponder carried by the customer
- order can be placed on an order interface located within a vehicle, which order can be
- The-order interface can then transfer its order to a communication device on the forecourt
- the customer may choose to pay for the order along with the fuel at the dispenser, at the order
- a drive-thru position interrogator will receive a signal from the
- transponder indicating the customer is at a known position in the drive-thru lane.
- a control system will alert the food preparation area to prepare the order and indicate to an order pick-up interface and controller the position of the customer in the drive-thru lane.
- one aspect of the present invention is to provide a multistage ordering system
- the system may include a fuel dispenser having an order entry
- a second remote communications electronics adapted to communicate with a remote commumcations unit, a receipt position output
- intermediate location output indicating the customer is proximate said intermediate locating
- An intermediate locating position located along the path of travel between the fuel
- the control system is associated with each of the communications
- the control system is preferably adapted to communicate with the remote communications unit through the first communications electronics when the remote communications unit is
- system provides an intermediate location output in order to determine the location of the
- control system will identify the order at the receipt
- the order receipt location is associated with a quick-serve restaurant wherein the customer may order food or drink at the fuel dispenser and pick up the food order at the order
- the order receipt location is further associated with an order preparation
- control system is also associated with the
- the present invention solves the unique problems associated with keeping track of orders
- drive-thru window or within the store for that matter, may be placed in a different sequence
- transponders uses transponders to appropriately associate orders placed at different locations with the
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic representation of a fueling and retail environment constructed
- FIGURE 2A depicts a vehicle having a vehicle-mounted transponder constructed according
- FIGURE 2B depicts a personal transponder integrated into a debit/credit or smartcard
- FIGURE 2C depicts a personal transponder integrated into key fob constructed according to
- FIGURE 3 depicts a fuel dispenser shown constructed according to the present invention.
- FIGURE 4 is a schematic representation of a transponder having separate communication
- FIGURE 5 is a schematic representation of fuel dispenser electronics constructed according 130 to the present invention.
- FIGURE 6 is a schematic representation of convenience store transaction electronics
- FIGURE 7 is a schematic representation of a quick-serve restaurant control system for a
- FIGURE 8 is a schematic representation of a car wash control system constructed according
- FIGURE 9 is a schematic representation of a central control system for a fueling environment constructed according to the present invention.
- FIGURES 10A and 1 OB are a flow chart representing a basic flow of a multistage ordering
- the fueling and retail environment provides
- the fueling and retail environment 10 may include
- QSR quick-serve restaurants
- the backroom 26 is generally the central control area for integrating or coordinating
- the 160 -The-convenience store 20 typically includes an inventory of a wide assortment of products
- the convenience store includes a transaction terminal or register 30, where a customer 12 may purchase convenience store
- the QSR 22 generally includes an order pick-up area 32 having a QSR transaction terminal
- the QSR transaction terminal 34 and drive-thru terminal 36 may
- the QSR 22 may also include a food preparation area 40, a food preparation interface 42 for
- the car wash 24 includes a car wash interface 48 that interacts with the customer and controls
- the automatic car wash system (not shown), which may be any suitable automatic car wash.
- a customer 12 will be able to order a car wash at a fuel dispenser 18, at the
- wash 24 typically interface at the backroom 26 using a central control system 50.
- central control system 50 may include any number of individual controllers from the various components
- central control system 50 may interface with the fuel dispensers 18, transaction terminal 30,
- automated vending system 28 may also interface with the central control system 50 or directly
- the present invention relates generally to providing remote communications between the
- 210 electronics will typically include a transmitter for transmitting signals to the remote
- the remote communications device may also include a receiver and
- the transmitter and receiver of the remote communications device may separately
- 215 may be configured so that the transmitter actually operates on and modifies a signal received
- communications device may be either passive or active.
- device may include traditional receivers and transmitters alone or in combination as well as
- a transponder as defined herein may provide either unidirectional
- An interrogator will generally include a transmitter and receiver capable of communicating with a transponder as defined above.
- an interrogator as defined herein, need not contain both a receiver and a
- the fueling environment 10 may include many interrogators of
- interrogators may include: dispenser interrogators 52, a store
- interrogator 58 a drive-thru order interrogator 60, and a drive-thru position interrogator 62.
- 240 vehicles may be tracked throughout the fueling environment by one or more antenna
- the dispenser interrogator 52 is generally adapted to
- vehicle-mounted transponders 64 and personal transponder 66 communicate with vehicle-mounted transponders 64 and personal transponder 66.
- personal transponder 66 may be mounted on a key fob 68, a wallet card 70, or any other
- FIG. 14 depicts a vehicle 14 having a vehicle-mounted transponder 64.
- the levels of sophistication of the vehicle-mounted transponder 64 may vary drastically.
- transponder 64 may be integrated with the vehicle's main computer and control system, or
- the vehicle 250 may simply be a sticker placed on a window or on another part of the vehicle.
- transponder 64 may be active or passive, and may be adapted to either simply send out an
- a fuel dispenser 18 is shown constructed according to and as part of
- the dispenser provides a fuel delivery path from an underground
- the fuel delivery line 72 includes a fuel delivery line 72 having a fuel metering device 74.
- the fuel delivery line 72 includes a fuel delivery line 72 having a fuel metering device 74.
- 260 communicates with a fuel delivery hose 76 outside of the dispenser 18 and a delivery nozzle
- the nozzle 78 provides manual control of fuel delivery to the vehicle 14.
- the dispenser 18 also includes a dispenser control system 80 having one or more controllers
- the dispenser control system 80 may receive volume data from
- dispenser control system 80 may provide audible signals to an audio module and speaker 86
- the dispenser 18 is preferably equipped with a payment acceptor, such as a card reader 88 or
- system 80 may read data from the magnetic strip of a card inserted in the card reader 88 or
- the central control system 50 typically provides a central control system for controlling the central control system 50 .
- a remote network 94 such as a card verification authority, to ascertain whether a transaction proposed to be charged to or debited from an account associated with
- the card inserted in the card reader 88 is authorized.
- the dispenser 18 will include one or more types of displays, preferably one or more
- alpha-numeric displays 96 together with a high-resolution graphics display 100.
- display 100 will generally have an associated key pad 102 adjacent to the display or integrated
- the dispenser may include an additional,
- auxiliary key pad 104 associated with the card reader 88 for entering secret codes or personal
- the displays 96, 100 and key pads 102, 104 may be
- the dispenser control system 80 is
- TRIND tag or transponder reader in dispenser
- dispenser control system 80 may include or be associated with dispenser
- interrogator 52 for providing remote unidirectional
- transponders are bidirectional communications between a transponder and the dispenser.
- Micron Microstamp produced by Micron Communications, Inc., 8000
- the dispenser 18 may include
- one or more antennas 108 associated with the dispenser interrogator 52 are associated with the dispenser interrogator 52.
- communication electronics 110 adapted to provide remote communications with the various 300 interrogators, include a transmitter 114 and receiver 116 having associated antennas 118, 120.
- the transmitter 114 and receiver 116 operate to transmit and receive data to and from an
- the communication electronics 110 may include a battery power supply 122,
- a communication controller 124 associated with a memory 126, having software 128
- I/O input/output
- the communication electronics 110 provide a signal from a clock 132
- controller 134 includes a controller 134, memory 136 and software 138 necessary to encrypt and decrypt data
- the memory 126, 136 may include random
- RAM random access memory
- ROM read only memory
- communication controller 124 and the cryptography controller 134 may be integrated into one
- modules may be integrated or embodied in hardware.
- FIG. 5 shows a basic schematic overview of the dispenser electronics wherein a dispenser
- control system 80 includes a controller associated with the memory 82 to interface with the
- the dispenser control system 80 provides
- Audio/video electronics 86 is
- auxiliary audio/video source 156 adapted to interface with the dispenser control system 80 and/or an auxiliary audio/video source 156 to provide advertising, merchandising and multimedia presentations to a customer
- 325 dispenser allows customers to purchase goods and services other than fuel at the dispenser.
- the customer may purchase a car wash and/or order food from the QSR while fueling the
- the customer is provided a video menu at the display 100 to facilitate
- cash acceptor 90 allow the customer to pay for any of the services, goods or food ordered
- dispenser control system 80 is operatively associated with a dispenser interrogator 52, which
- the receiver and transmitter typically associate with
- the dispenser control system 80 communicates with the central control system 50 in the backroom
- the transaction terminal register 30 includes a store transaction controller 152,
- the transaction controller 152 interacts with the central control
- the interrogator 54 includes a
- receiver 162 and a transmitter 164 both of which are associated with one or more antennas
- the transaction terminal 30 is adapted to provide typical transaction functions of a cash
- the communications between the transponder and the store transaction terminal are generally related to transactional and
- the QSR will generally have a controller 168 and associated memory 170 capable
- a transaction terminal or register 174 is provided having a key pad 176
- the QSR transaction terminal 174 is used by a QSR operator to take
- the QSR transaction terminal 174 is associated with interrogator 56 having a receiver
- a food preparation interface 42 having a display 180 and a key pad
- the food preparation interface 42 may be a terminal run from the QSR controller 168
- a remote order entry interface 186 is
- the order entry interface 186 may include a simple menu board and audio intercom
- -system 188 may provide for bi-directional video
- intercom using the audio intercom 188 and a video system 190 allowing the customer and QSR operator to audibly and visually interact with one another during order placement.
- 370 order entry interface 186 may also include an interrogator 60 having a receiver 192 and a
- transmitter 194 associated with one or more antennas 195, for communicating with a
- transponder of a customer when the customer is placing an order at the order entry interface
- orders placed at the order entry interface 186 are sent to the order pick-up interface
- the order pick-up interface 196 will have an audio system 198 to provide the
- the order pick-up interface 196 is desired.
- the order pick-up interface 196 also has an associated interrogator
- 380 58 having a receiver 202 and a transmitter 204 associated with one or more antennas 206.
- the present invention may include a customer position detector 208,
- the customer position detector 208 is associated with the drive-thru position interrogator
- 62 includes a receiver 210 and a transmitter 212 associated with one or more antennas
- Figure 8 depicts the basic outhne of the car wash electronics, which includes a controller 216,
- the display 222 combine with the controller 216 to provide a customer interface 48.
- the interrogator 51 includes a receiver 224 and a transmitter 226 associated with one or more
- the car wash controller 216 preferably communicates with the
- the key pad may be used to
- Figure 9 generally depicts the central control system 50 found in the backroom 26 of the
- the central control system 50 may include one or more controllers
- the central control system 50 may include multiple
- the system may have a dedicated network or authorization interface 238 connected to a host transaction
- the dedicated authorization interface and/or Internet interface may operate on a dedicated
- central control system 50 may have
- a central positioning 415 interface 246 associated with multiple antennas 248 may be used to determine transponder
- the QSR can monitor or detect the
- the customer may decide to order a few items from
- the customer may choose to pay for the order along with the fuel at the dispenser, at the order
- the drive-thru position interrogator 62 will receive a signal from the customer transponder
- control system 168 will alert the food preparation area 40 to prepare the order and indicate to
- Flow charts 10A and 10B represent the basic flow of various multistage ordering processes.
- the process begins (block 500) when the dispenser interrogator 52 receives a signal from a
- transponder 12, 14 and the dispenser control system 80 forwards transponder identification
- information to be authorized is generally financial or account information and can either be
- the transponder is read and authorized as the customer and/or vehicle approaches or initially
- the dispenser may display various items
- the dispenser 18 will display options for ordering food items from the QSR or ordering a car wash
- the dispenser 18 will determine whether an order is placed
- the dispenser 18 will receive any orders placed by the customer (block 508) and
- the order is associated with the transponder in some fashion (block 510).
- the order is
- control systems (2) transmitting and storing a code associated with the order on the
- 475 system 50 or the QSR 22 stores the order information and associates the order with the
- transponder ID When one of the interrogators subsequently reads the transponder ID, the transponder ID
- the information written to the transponder may range from a code for
- the customer order is transferred to the QSR controller 108 through the central control system 50
- the dispenser 18 will effect payment for the transaction (typically adding the
- the QSR order pick-up interface 198 will monitor for the presence of
- 495 transaction terminal is informed of the order corresponding to the customer at the window or
- the dispenser 18 may
- the customer position detector 46 may be used to alert QSR
- the customer position detector 46 may be used in any of the embodiments, as those of ordinary
- indicia of the order is transmitted to the transponder (block 528) and the
- This information may also be sent
- the transponder ID or indicia is
- transponder at the dispenser and subsequently reassociated when the customer approaches the
- car wash area 24 and is interrogated by the car wash interrogator 51.
- car wash interrogator 51 In the preferred embodiment
- the dispenser operates in conjunction with the central control system 50 to
- the customer's transponder is interrogated for an ID or a code, which the car
- wash controller and/or the central control system 50 recognizes as preauthorized. If additional
- the customer may receive a code or other
- indicia which they are required to enter or submit when the corresponding goods or services
- the fuel dispenser 18 is not the only point of sale where ordering may take place.
- a customer having a transponder may, for instance, order a car wash in conjunction with
- control system 50 to subsequently reassociate the customer and the car wash ordered at the
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