公开(公告)号：US20080110981A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-15

申请号：US11558958

申请日：2006-11-13

申请人： Jonathan DeLine ,  Leon B. Smith ,  Jack F. Bartlett ,  Phillip W. Neal ,  Roger W. Stout ,  Andrew Hawley ,  Darrell L. Harmon ,  Chris Whitley

发明人： Jonathan DeLine ,  Leon B. Smith ,  Jack F. Bartlett ,  Phillip W. Neal ,  Roger W. Stout ,  Andrew Hawley ,  Darrell L. Harmon ,  Chris Whitley

IPC分类号： G06F7/08

CPC分类号： B60S5/02 ,  B67D7/14 ,  B67D7/344 ,  G07F7/1041 ,  G07F9/02 ,  G07F13/025

摘要： Methods and systems for preventing fraudulent acquisition of private transaction information associated with customer input at a fuel dispenser are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a fuel dispenser includes a hose and nozzle combination that receives fuel to dispense to the customer's vehicle. The fuel dispenser includes a user interface having a display and a virtual keypad that is adapted to receive customer input associated with a transaction at the fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser also includes a control system coupled to the user interface and adapted to determine when customer input is required for the transaction, activate the virtual keypad to facilitate entry of the customer input, receive the customer input from the virtual keypad, deactivate the virtual keypad after the customer input is received, and process the transaction based upon the received customer input.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于防止欺骗性地获取与燃料分配器上的客户输入相关联的私人交易信息的方法和系统。 根据一个实施例，燃料分配器包括软管和喷嘴组合，其接收燃料以分配给客户的车辆。 燃料分配器包括具有显示器和虚拟键盘的用户界面，虚拟键盘适于接收与燃料分配器处的交易相关联的客户输入。 燃料分配器还包括耦合到用户界面的控制系统，并且适于确定事务何时需要输入，激活虚拟键盘以便于输入客户输入，从虚拟键盘接收客户输入，停用虚拟 在接收到客户输入之后的键盘，并且基于接收到的客户输入来处理交易。