ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,356, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Wayne Fueling Systems LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Fuel dispenser communication" was invented by Henry Fieglein (Leander, Texas) and Richard Carlsson (Malmo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems, devices, and methods are provided for facilitating communication between a forecourt controller and a fuel dispenser. In certain aspects, a fuel controller translator is provided for translating commands transmitted between the forecourt controller and the fuel dispenser. For example, where the forecourt controller transmits commands that are compatible with the payment terminal, but not with...