Patents by Inventor Devin F. Miller

Devin F. Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method to purchase and dispense fuel and other products using a mobile device with improved user experience
    Patent number: 9582792
    Abstract: The system to facilitate purchase and dispense fuel from a dispensing site using a mobile device employs a site connector computer that administers a site database and provides a secure connection to the point-of-sale system. The site database stores site-specific information about the dispensing site including the site location and pump identifying information from which the number of pumps at the dispensing site may be ascertained. A mobile app server communicates with the mobile device and issues queries to the site database to obtain the pump identifying information. The mobile app server communicates the pump identifying information to the mobile device for use in making a pump selection. After pump selection by the user, the mobile app server issues a fuel purchase instruction that includes the pump selection identifier to a financial processing computer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Rodney A. Bonk, Devin F. Miller, Bryant Russell, Stephen P. Bown
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PURCHASE AND DISPENSE FUEL AND OTHER PRODUCTS USING A MOBILE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCE
    Publication number: 20150032558
    Abstract: The system to facilitate purchase and dispense fuel from a dispensing site using a mobile device employs a site connector computer that administers a site database and provides a secure connection to the point-of-sale system. The site database stores site-specific information about the dispensing site including the site location and pump identifying information from which the number of pumps at the dispensing site may be ascertained. A mobile app server communicates with the mobile device and issues queries to the site database to obtain the pump identifying information. The mobile app server communicates the pump identifying information to the mobile device for use in making a pump selection. After pump selection by the user, the mobile app server issues a fuel purchase instruction that includes the pump selection identifier to a financial processing computer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Rodney A. Bonk, Devin F. Miller, Bryant Russell, Stephen P. Bown