US Patent Issued to American Honda Motor on Aug. 18 for "Intelligent cost representation and payment preauthorization for vehicle fueling transactions" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,506, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to American Honda Motor Co. Inc. (Tokyo).

"Intelligent cost representation and payment preauthorization for vehicle fueling transactions" was invented by David Wong Cun (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for facilitating and optimizing pre-authorizations for anticipated re-fueling transactions for vehicles. A server may receive information about a vehicle's current location and fuel status along with other telemetry data. The server can predict how much fuel will be dispensed by the vehicle in an fueling event to occur at a target re-fueling station. A cost...