Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel pre-purchasing and sharing system and associated methods
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Application No.: US16416130Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US11270285B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Scott K. Bishop , Cody Iddings
- Applicant: Z Energy Limited
- Applicant Address: NZ Wellington
- Assignee: Z Energy Limited
- Current Assignee: Z Energy Limited
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Wellington
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q20/28
- IPC: G06Q20/28 ; G06F9/54 ; G06Q20/20

Abstract:
A fuel pre-purchasing and sharing system (and associated methods) is disclosed herein. The system allows consumers to pre-purchase fuel at a pre-purchased price, and redeem pre-purchased fuel at a subsequent time regardless of the current price of fuel posted at the point of re-fueling. The pre-purchased price can be based on current fuel prices of fuel at one or more service stations that are near to a consumer at the time that the fuel is pre-purchased. Pre-purchased fuel of one or more grades of fuel can be held in a pre-purchased fuel tank. The pre-purchased fuel tank can be shared with other consumers such that the other consumers can redeem pre-purchased fuel held in the pre-purchased fuel tank.
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