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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2006
Yoav Vilnai, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Avi Yalon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Shimon Weitzhandler, RaAnana, IL;
Petratec International Ltd., Hod-HaSharon, IL;
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for authorizing purchases associated with a vehicle for example at a service station, the system including an identification tag associated with the vehicle, a data storage device associated with the vehicle for storing vehicular data, at least one tag reader configured to read and transmit data from the identification tag and a station relay unit configured to receive the transmitted and to transmit an authorization signal. Disclosed is also a method of authorizing a purchase associated with a vehicle, for example at a service station, comprising associating with a first identifier and a second identifier with a vehicle, when requested to authorize a purchase associated with said vehicle, acquiring the first identifier and the second identifier, determining that the acquired first and second identifiers are correctly associated and if the first acquired identifier and said second acquired identifier are associated, authorizing the purchase.