Texas Instruments Corporation

Dresser, Inc.

Exxonmobile Oil Corporation

Robert Allen Lorentzen

Andreas Hagl

Harshal Shantanu Chhaya

Thomas J Flaxl

Joseph Bernard Pearson

Don Charles McCall

Anne A Tip

Jamie Lane Graves

Loek d'Hont

Joseph A Giordano

Todd M Wostrel

George A Holodak

David M Newman

Karen Scott Guthrie

Carl R Jacobs

Scott D Larson

Thomas L Mays

Alex J Weyer

Geeta Bholanath Nadkarni

Lloyd G Sargent

Jeffrey L Turner

Deborah T Wilkins

Samuel S Hendricks

Bernard Barink

A method for associating handheld calculators with a network host system of a classroom network that includes receiving a service set identifier (SSID) of the classroom network by a handheld calculator, wherein the SSID includes a network mode indicator, and operating the handheld calculator according to the network mode indicator. The method may also include operating the handheld calculator in a configuration mode in which the handheld calculator sends a request for association to the network host system, wherein the request includes a unique identifier of the first handheld calculator, and acceptance of the request by the network host system, wherein authentication information for the handheld calculator is stored by the network host system to indicate that the first handheld calculator is associated with the classroom network.

Wireless device network association

A system and method for providing a fuel dispenser with radio frequency customer identification capabilities. The system and method determines whether a transponder containing customer identification data is within range of a dispenser, the dispenser requiring activation by the customer to initiate a transaction and including a reader associated therewith for emitting radio frequency signals within the dispenser range, and for receiving customer identification data from the transponder responsive to the emitted radio frequency signals received by the transponder. When the transponder is within range of the dispenser, an in-range indication is provided to the customer. A determination is made whether the dispenser has been activated by the customer following a determination that the transponder is within the dispenser range. Upon activation of the dispenser following the determination that the transponder is within the dispenser range, the customer identification data received by the reader is associated with a transaction at the activated dispenser, whereupon the transaction at the activated dispenser is permitted and charged to the customer according to the customer identification data. The system easily retrofits onto an existing, conventional fuel dispenser.

Dispensing system and method with radio frequency customer identification

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Carrollton, TX, United States of America

Robert Allen Lorentzen