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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2014
Ncr Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Joel Aaron Miller, Atlanta, GA (US);
Steven Jarrett Giera, Dacula, GA (US);
Erick Kobres, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments each include at least one of systems, methods, and software to detect possible fuel theft and to provide notification thereof. In a simple embodiment, data from a fuel pump is obtained, either directly or via a fuel pump controller, by a fuel station site controller and stored. The stored data includes a measure of a total amount of fuel dispensed from the fuel pump, such as may be measured by a fuel pump feedstock meter. At a time when the site controller reestablishes data communication with the fuel pump controller after a loss, the site controller receives a fuel pump data update. The updated data is then compared to the stored measure. When there is a mismatch, a possible fuel theft has occurred and an alarm process may be triggered.