Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-metered wireless system and method to render usage based invoices for storage tank consumables
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Application No.: US14092988Application Date: 2013-11-28
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Publication No.: US09646330B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Loren Owens , Ken Stauffer
- Applicant: Loren Owens , Ken Stauffer
- Agency: Beusse, Wolter, Sanks & Maire, PLLC
- Agent John L. DeAngelis
- Main IPC: G07F19/00
- IPC: G07F19/00 ; H04M15/00 ; B65B1/30 ; B65B3/28 ; G06Q30/04

Abstract:
A method, system and computer-readable medium for managing usage of storage tank consumables in a storage tank are provided. This is achieved by receiving and storing by a central server comprising a processor and a storage device, measurements of storage tank consumables from a remote system associated with a storage tank; periodically calculating by the processor usage-based data for generating invoices for storage tank consumables based on sensor measurements representative of an estimated usage of the storage tank consumables; receiving and storing by the central server a fill value representing an actual usage reported to the central server when the storage tank is filled; and reconciling the estimated usage with the actual usage by the processor by summing all estimated usages since a last fill of the storage tank, calculating a difference between the sum of the estimated usages and the fill value, and issuing a debit or credit based on the difference for reconciliation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140156478A1 NON-METERED WIRELESS SYSTEM AND METHOD TO RENDER USAGE BASED INVOICES FOR STORAGE TANK CONSUMABLES Public/Granted day:2014-06-05
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