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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 13, 2003
William C. Royal, Jr., Oak Ridge, NC (US);
Kenneth L. Ringeman, Kernersville, NC (US);
Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A fuel dispenser includes data type aware SGML processing capabilities allowing it to efficiently process received data having a variety of data types. Such received data typically includes fuel dispenser configuration information. Further benefits related to data type aware SGML processing within the fuel dispenser include the ability to transfer information in a data type aware SGML format from the fuel dispenser, such as diagnostics data, to a remote system. Data type aware SGML data definitions facilitate conversion of the data type aware SGML-formatted diagnostics data into a machine format usable by the remote system. Preferably, the fuel dispenser includes an HTTP server for communicating with remote client's systems that employ data type aware SGML-capable, web browsers.