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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
David Frankowski, Monroe, MI (US);
Marvin L. Lynch, Detroit, MI (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for selecting a fueling station for vehicle refueling, including receiving fuel information from a remote device corresponding to one or more fueling stations near a vehicle; upon the vehicle travelling to a selected one of the one or more fueling stations, setting a flag to a value based upon a fuel grade of fuel used to refuel the vehicle at the selected one of the one or more fueling stations; and capturing location information for at least one of the vehicle and the selected one of the one or more fueling stations. Subsequent to refueling at the selected one of the one or more fueling stations, the method further includes determining fuel information of the fuel used to refuel the vehicle; and sending the flag, the fuel information of the fuel used to refuel the vehicle, and the captured location information to the remote device.