Darrell Lee Harmon

US Patent:

20080110981, May 15, 2008

Filed:

Nov 13, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/558958

Inventors:

Jonathan DeLine - Oak Ridge NC, US
Leon B. Smith - Greensboro NC, US
Jack F. Bartlett - Summerfield NC, US
Phillip W. Neal - Liberty NC, US
Roger W. Stout - Greensboro NC, US
Andrew Hawley - Kernersville NC, US
Darrell L. Harmon - Reidsville NC, US
Chris Whitley - Greensboro NC, US

Assignee:

GILBARCO INC. - Greensboro NC

International Classification:

G06F 7/08

US Classification:

235381

Abstract:

Methods and systems for preventing fraudulent acquisition of private transaction information associated with customer input at a fuel dispenser are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a fuel dispenser includes a hose and nozzle combination that receives fuel to dispense to the customer's vehicle. The fuel dispenser includes a user interface having a display and a virtual keypad that is adapted to receive customer input associated with a transaction at the fuel dispenser. The fuel dispenser also includes a control system coupled to the user interface and adapted to determine when customer input is required for the transaction, activate the virtual keypad to facilitate entry of the customer input, receive the customer input from the virtual keypad, deactivate the virtual keypad after the customer input is received, and process the transaction based upon the received customer input.