Appeal No. 2003-1402
Application No. 09/034,969
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a system whereby a customer may purchase items or
services at a first location in a fueling environment (e.g., at a gasoline pump) and
receive those items or services at a second location. Representative claim 1 is
reproduced below.
1. A multistage order system for a fueling environment comprising:
a) a fuel dispenser having an order entry user interface and associated
first remote communications electronics adapted to communicate
with a remote communications unit associated with a customer;
b) an order receipt position apart from said fuel dispenser for providing
the customer with an order and having
i) second remote communications electronics adapted to
communicate with the remote communications unit associated
with the customer, and
ii) an output indicating the customer who placed the order is at
the order receipt location;
c) a control system associated with said order interface and said first
remote communications electronics of said fuel dispenser and said
second remote communications electronics and said output of said
order receipt position, said control system adapted to:
i) communicate with the remote communications unit through
said first remote communications electronics when said
remote communications unit is proximate said fuel dispenser;
ii) associate a customer order placed at the order entry user
interface with the remote communications unit associated with
the customer;
iii) communicate with the remote communications unit through
said second remote communications electronics when said
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