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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7707125 | Utility management system and method Disclosed are a system and method for controlling a water supply system having at least one pump and at least one storage facility. Also disclosed are a system and method of establishing a pumping schedule for a water supply system having at least one pump and at le... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7376495 | Fuel information messaging system A fueling agent operates a fueling agent client device for collecting and generating transaction data relating to a fueling transaction. The fueling agent client device transmits the transaction data to a fuel management server, for example, via a wireless communica... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7331389 | Re-use of recovered treating fluid Treating fluid production and subterranean formation treating methods as well as treating fluid compositions that reuse at least part of a prior treating fluid, particularly a fluid having one or more constituents that can be relinked. This includes conditioning a s... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319921 | Water treatment control system A water filter system comprising a control system, communication means, piping, actuators, sensors and valves. The control system utilizes a communication bus for controlling and monitoring water flow through the piping via control of the actuators and valves. The c... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313756 | Schema editor extensions A method of providing an extension mechanism to an schema editor such that custom properties may be defined for nodes within an XSD schema. The custom properties allow the schema editor to define characteristics of non-XML data within XSD schemas in a standard fashi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289877 | Fuel dispensing system for cash customers The present invention is to provide a fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions wherein the system includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals including identification indicia from a remote commun... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281840 | Chemical mixing apparatus There is disclosed a system and method of formulating a batch comprising at least two ingredients. The ingredients are admitted to a container to partially fill it. The quantities of the ingredient in the container are determined, and a ratio of a target quantity to... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272496 | Vehicle network and method of communicating data packets in a vehicle network A vehicle communication network (200) includes a plurality of network elements (202–212) and a plurality of communication links (214–230) communicatively coupling the network elements in a point-to-point configuration. At least a portion of ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7191137 | Market based control of structural movement A distributed market based control assembly used in conjunction with fixed or movable structures. Typically multiple actuators are attached to the structure, with each of the multiple actuators having an actuator controller to control actuator applied force. Sensors... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162459 | Method and system for estimating weights of mailpieces A weight estimating system for estimating the weight of a mailpiece and a postage metering system including such a weight estimating system. The weight estimating system includes a measuring system, a diverter mechanism and a microprocessor system. The measuring sys... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161563 | Electronic vehicle registration and license plate A method and apparatus is provided for electronically providing vehicle identification and registration information to a vehicle. The system includes a remote control unit, which receives and stores vehicle identification and registration information. At least one c... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162391 | Remote beverage equipment monitoring and control system and method The present disclosure provides a system and method for monitoring and controlling modifications to beverage equipment. The system includes at least one beverage equipment which may include a controller. The controller communicates over a communications network with... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7130185 | Handheld computing device having drop-resistant LCD display A display for a handheld computing device includes a display panel; a circuit board carrying display electronics for the display panel; a cover assembly securing the display panel to the circuit board; and a resilient layer adhered to the circuit board for securing ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111520 | Increased sensitivity for liquid meter A lower cost meter comprised of an inner housing constructed out of a high permeable material surrounded by an outer housing constructed out of a lower cost, lower permeable material. A port is placed in the outer housing that runs down to the surface of the inner h... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096895 | Method and apparatus for dispensing motor vehicle fuel at unattended locations An unattended gas station is disclosed having lockable pumps usable by a control group of purchasers who are provided with unlocking keys or cards, said pumps having flame and heat detectors and fire suppressants associated therewith and being monitored from a remot... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091631 | Intrinsically secure device for supplying redundant current-voltage A device for intrinsically safe, redundant current-voltage supply for electric loads in an explosion-proof area. The device includes at least two supply circuits for making available the current/voltage supply and a protective device for intrinsically safe current a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082406 | Multi-stage accounting system for a fueling environment A service station for the sale and dispensing of fuel into customers' vehicles and a method of optionally delivering a transaction accounting thereof to the customer, wherein the receipt station is located separately from the fuel dispensers. Costs to manufacture an... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076329 | Cashless vending transaction management by a vend assist mode of operation The present invention relates to a cashless transaction processing system implementing a VEND ASSIST mode of operation to effectuate a cashless vending transaction. The VEND ASSIST mode allows a computing platform 802 to oversee, control, and authorize by way... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076330 | Fraud detection through flow rate analysis A fraud detection system within a fuel dispenser includes the ability to measure the amount of fuel dispensed through the fuel dispenser. The measurement is compared to a value independently created representing what the amount of fuel dispensed should approximate. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065414 | Methods and apparatus for operating production facilities A method and apparatus for operating a production system that includes a plurality of production facilities is provided. The method includes receiving, in real-time, for each facility, cost data for a first resource used by each respective facility to produce an out... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7027890 | Fuel dispensing system for cash customers The present invention is a fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions, which includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals, including identification indicia from a remote communications unit associat... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020541 | Fuel dispensing system for cash customers The present invention is a fuel dispensing system for enhancing cash transactions, which includes a fuel dispenser associated with a control system and a receiver adapted to receive signals, including identification indicia from a remote communications unit associat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017056 | Method and apparatus for secure remote control of power-on state for computers A secure mechanism for remotely controlling the power-on state of a host computer: A microcontroller in the host computer is supplied with standby power even when system power to the host computer is turned off. The microcontroller senses the state of the host compu... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013424 | Dedicated processor for efficient processing of documents encoded in a markup language A dedicated processor for efficient processing of documents encoded in a markup language, such as XML. The dedicated processor is capable of performing traditional parsing, transformation and manipulation processes on the document. The special purpose processor free... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997286 | Method in and device for the manual lubrication of a plurality of lubrication points A method and a device for the manual lubrication of a plurality of lubrication points with a quantity of lubricant individually predetermined for each lubrication point. The lubrication points are provided with individual identification elements. Information on the ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994202 | Money acceptance method and apparatus A vending machine provides a warning indication that insufficient change may be available if the total amount of available change is less than the value of the highest-denomination monetary unit which is not refundable. An insufficient change indication is also prov... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6957732 | Vending machine having direct data link to cash dispenser A system which will allow a bill acceptor and dispenser to be incorporated into a vending machine operating on a standardized vending machine protocol to allow the vending machine to dispense change in the form of coins and/or currency according to the amount of cha... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6869013 | Systems and methods for the identification and displaying of information A user identifies themselves to an information display device using, for example, an identification-carrying device that contains a unique identification code. The identification code is associated with a particular profile that identifies, for example, customer loy... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6834508 | Hydrogen storage and supply system This invention provides for an apparatus and a method for operation of a cryogenic hydrogen storage system that contains a porous medium configured to adsorb hydrogen. The hydrogen storage and supply system includes a hydrogen source apparatus and a cryosorptive sto... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6697705 | Fuel dispensing method for refueling from master and satellite dispensers A control system for a fuel dispensing system and a method for simultaneously refueling from at least two fuel dispensers to provide a single transaction total wherein the two fuel dispensers are a master/satellite fuel dispenser pair. A first communicati... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6553353 | Advanced metering system enabling regulation and billing of utilities by third party interagent A power metering apparatus provides utility services to a customer's facility when the customer prepays or makes other sufficient advance payment assurances. This apparatus is inserted between the utility company's delivery lines and the customer's facili... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6527020 | Oil supply station system An oil supply station system of the present invention includes a plurality of oil supply apparatuses standing within an oil supply station, and each having at a body case thereof a self-service oil supply mechanism and a touch-activated operating panel an... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6488057 | Fueling system A fueling system to be provided in a gas station is disclosed, which comprises at least one fueling machine, and a data input/output unit, the data input/output unit being movable in a required direction, and a fueling data being input from the data input... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6481627 | Fleet refueling method and system A system and method for facilitating delivery of fuel to a customer site with a delivery truck. A hand-held device captures an identifier specific to the given customer. A zero flow of fuel being transferred from the delivery truck to a customer storage t... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6470288 | Dispenser with updatable diagnostic system A remote adjustable fuel dispenser for dispenser diagnostics and remote telecommunication. The fuel dispenser contains a remote communication system for communication between the fuel dispenser and a remote telecommunication device. A wireless input devic... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6390151 | Automated fueling system with remote service facility to operate multiple refueling stations A central system controller located at a remote service facility performs the centralized processing of the various refueling transaction requests originating from a network of service station sites. The transaction request is transmitted by the customer ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6374870 | Fuel dispensing nozzle A gasoline refueling nozzle (3) includes a system for preventing theft of gasoline by leaving without payment after refueling. The nozzle communicates both ways with a chip (7) on the car and a central unit (9) in the gasoline station via two air interfac... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370488 | System for monitoring fluid distribution and associated methods A system and associated methods for monitoring fluid distribution for heavy duty vehicles are provided. The system preferably includes a first handheld radio frequency ("RF") data communications terminal having a portable housing readily adapted to be pos... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6367516 | Method of providing automated remote control of the operation of multiple refueling stations A central system controller located at a remote service facility performs the centralized processing of the various refueling transaction requests originating from a network of service station sites. The transaction request is transmitted by the customer ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6339736 | System and method for the distribution of automotive services A system for the distribution of services, includes a computer device within a vehicle, a vehicle monitoring system coupled to the computer device, a communication system coupled to the computer device for outputting a signal with vehicle monitoring syste... | 01/15/2002 |
