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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Jeffrey P. Christensen, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Michael D. Solomon, Novi, MI (US);
Carl J. Hering, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ryan M. Edwards, Macomb, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Christensen, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Michael D. Solomon, Novi, MI (US);
Carl J. Hering, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ryan M. Edwards, Macomb, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A pre-filling vehicle data check method and system are disclosed herein. One example of the method includes receiving, at a financial institution, an authorization request from a filling station for initiating a filling event, where the authorization request includes a financial code. Via a computing device at the financial institution, the financial code is recognized as being associated with at least one of a vehicle identification number or a station identification associated with a vehicle, thereby identifying the vehicle. At least one parameter of the vehicle is identified via a computing device at a data center in selective communication with the vehicle and the financial institution, and an authorization or denial of the at least one filling event based at least upon the at least one parameter is transmitted from the computing device at the data center.