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Fraud detection through general inference

US6745104B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 2000
Grant dateJun 1, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB67D7/34
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fraud detection system within a fuel dispenser includes the ability to measure the amount of fuel dispensed through the fuel dispenser. The measurement is compared to a value independently created representing what the amount of fuel dispensed should approximate. If the values are not comparable, an alarm may be generated to indicate that the fuel dispenser has been modified to perpetrate fraud upon the customers.

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