FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to the field of transportation of fuel, in a safe and secured manner, and more particularly, to a fuel container for automatic delivery of fuel at specified location and a method thereof.
BACKGROUND
This section is intended to provide information relating to the field of the invention and thus any approach or functionality described below should not be assumed to be qualified as prior art merely by its inclusion in this section. Vehicle fuel, such as diesel or petrol, is increasingly subject to theft due to increases in retail costs. Fuel theft is particularly problematic for the transport industry, due to costs of the fuel itself and due to loss of productivity. Fuel pilferage or fuel theft can take several forms. Commonly, fuel theft is committed by siphoning fuel from Fuel Tanks /Equipment/ Diesel Generators and /or other Machines. This form of fuel theft may take place from either fuel tanks used for private purposes or for commercial purposes but is most prevalent from commercial fuel tank due to the comparably large capacity of their fuel tanks. Fuel pilferage has been a major cause of concern among the fleet-operators and vehicle-owners since a long time. The pain point was identified, and many preventive measures were initiated. There have been quite a few fuel-tracking devices in the past, however, none were effective enough to provide them with a method or system that would aid in eliminating the probability of fuel pilferage. Furthermore, there also exists the problem of transportation of fuel to areas where vehicle access is difficult. In such situations, a fuel container is conventionally used to fill the fuel tanks at the target location. Therefore, there is a need to provide a fuel container for automatic delivery of fuel and a method thereof in order to overcome the aforementioned problems existing in the prevalent in the field of transportation of fuel. Additionally, there is a need for the fuel sellers to monitor the quantity of fuel consumed by its consumers. In the present day, it has been increasingly difficult

to regulate and generate an accurate billing system for the consumption of the
fuel by the consumers. Therefore, there is a need to provide a fuel container and
a method for delivering the fuel on the basis of the Application Programming
Interface (API) integration to Customer Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) system
immediately after a particular quantity of fuel has been withdrawn by the
consumer.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
This section is provided to introduce certain objects and aspects of the present
disclosure in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed
description. This summary is not intended to identify the key features or the
scope of the claimed subject matter.
In order to overcome the existing limitations of the known solutions, it is an
object of the present invention to provide delivery of diesel and/ or petrol to
identified and agreed customer's Fuel Tanks /Equipment/ Diesel Generators and
/or other Machines using Pilferage proof fuel container and RFID technology
enabled services as per Service-level Agreement (SLA) and process. The fuel
usage will be as per the regulatory policies of state concerned and nothing in this
draft will undermine the authority and sanctity of the laws, policies or
enactments by the concerned state.
Further, it is another object of the present invention to ensure correct quantity
and quality diesel/petrol reaches the customer's Fuel Tanks/Machine as per
allocation / withdrawal from bunk/diesel/petrol retail outlet and furthermore, to
bring in 100% transparency in fuel transaction and data collection during fuel
filling activity.
In order to achieve the afore-mentioned objectives, the present disclosure
provides a fuel container for automatic delivery of fuel and a method thereof.
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a fuel container for
providing automatic delivery of fuel. The fuel container comprises an inlet unit
configured to provide a flow path for receiving the fuel into the fuel container.

Further, said inlet unit comprises an inlet point to receive the fuel, an Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag configured to store an input fuel data associated with receiving the fuel into fuel container, and an inlet Non-return valve. The fuel container further comprises a storage unit configured to store the fuel that flows from the inlet unit and an outlet unit configured to provide a flow path for dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container. The outlet unit comprises a fuel outlet point to dispense the fuel, a micro RFID reader configured to extract output fuel data associated with dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) unit configured to send a dispense command to the outlet point based on the extracted output fuel data, and an electronic outlet Non-return valve configured to receive dispense command from said PCB unit. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for providing automatic delivery of a fuel by an automated fuel container. The method comprises the steps of receiving, by an inlet unit, fuel into the fuel container based on the communication of an RFID tag with at least one RFID nozzle installed on a source location, wherein the fuel is received into the fuel container through an inlet Non-return valve; storing, by a storage unit, the fuel received through the inlet Non-return valve; and dispensing, by an outlet unit, the fuel out of the fuel container based on the communication of a micro RFID reader with at least one RFID tag installed on a target location. Further, a micro RFID reader provides an output fuel data associated with the dispensing of the fuel from the target location to a PCB unit, and wherein the PCB unit enable the dispense of the fuel by sending a dispense command to an electronic outlet Non-return valve installed at the outlet unit.
The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein, and constitute a
part of this disclosure, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosed
methods and systems in which like reference numerals refer to the same parts
throughout the different drawings. Components in the drawings are not
necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the
principles of the present disclosure. Some drawings may indicate the
components using block diagrams and may not represent the internal circuitry of
each component. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that disclosure
of such drawings includes disclosure of electrical components, electronic
components or circuitry commonly used to implement such components.
FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a fuel container for automatic delivery
of fuel, receiving the fuel into the container, in accordance with exemplary
embodiments of the present disclosure.
FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a fuel container for automatic delivery
of fuel, dispensing the fuel out of the container, in accordance with exemplary
embodiments of the present disclosure.
FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary method flow diagram, for providing automatic
delivery of fuel, in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present
disclosure.
The above-mentioned Figures 1 to 3, is for reference and not a standard product
design. The position, size and related intricacies of various component like RFID,
Fuel inlet, storage capacity, dimension etc., may vary depending upon design and
need of customer.
The foregoing shall be more apparent from the following more detailed
description of the disclosure. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art
that any block diagrams herein represent conceptual views of illustrative systems
embodying the principles of the present subject matter.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, various specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be apparent, however, that embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. Several features described hereafter can each be used independently of one another or with any combination of other features. An individual feature may not address all of the problems discussed above or might address only some of the problems discussed above. Some of the problems discussed above might not be fully addressed by any of the features described herein. The ensuing description provides exemplary embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope, applicability, or configuration of the disclosure. Rather, the ensuing description of the exemplary embodiments will provide those skilled in the art with an enabling description for implementing an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood that various changes may be made in the function and arrangement of elements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth.
Specific details are given in the following description to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments. However, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. For example, circuits, systems, networks, processes, and other components may be shown as components in block diagram form in order not to obscure the embodiments in unnecessary detail. In other instances, well-known circuits, processes, algorithms, structures, and techniques may be shown without unnecessary detail in order to avoid obscuring the embodiments. Also, it is noted that individual embodiments may be described as a process which is depicted as a flowchart, a flow diagram, a data flow diagram, a structure diagram, or a block diagram. Although a flowchart may describe the operations as a sequential process, many of the operations can be performed in parallel or

concurrently. In addition, the order of the operations may be re-arranged. A process is terminated when its operations are completed but could have additional steps not included in a figure.
The present invention provides a fuel container and a method for providing automatic delivery of fuel. In this invention, the fuel container comprises an inlet unit configured to provide a flow path for receiving the fuel into the fuel container. Further, said inlet unit comprises an inlet point to receive the fuel, a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag configured to store an input fuel data associated with receiving the fuel into fuel container, and an inlet Non-return valve. The fuel container further comprises a storage unit configured to store the fuel that flows from the inlet unit and an outlet unit configured to provide a flow path for dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container. The outlet unit comprises a fuel outlet point to dispense the fuel, a micro RFID reader configured to extract output fuel data associated with dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) unit configured to send a dispense command to the outlet point based on the extracted output fuel data, and an electronic outlet Non-return valve configured to receive dispense command from said PCB unit. Further, the invention provides a method that comprises the steps of receiving, by an inlet unit, fuel into the fuel container based on the communication of an RFID tag with at least one RFID nozzle installed on a source location, wherein the fuel is received into the fuel container through an inlet Non-return valve; storing, by a storage unit, the fuel received through the inlet Non-return valve; and dispensing, by an outlet unit, the fuel out of the fuel container based on the communication of a micro RFID reader with at least one RFID tag installed on a target location. Further, a micro RFID reader provides an output fuel data associated with the dispensing of the fuel from the target location to a PCB unit, and wherein the PCB unit enable the dispense of the fuel by sending a dispense command to an electronic outlet Non-return valve installed at the outlet unit. As used herein, a "RFID tag" includes a type of tracking system that uses smart

barcodes in order to identify items. The said RFID tag may be an additional hardware coupled to the said fuel container or may be integrated with in the fuel container. The display unit may further include but not limited to battery-operated and passive types of RFID tag. The RFID tag consists of at least a tiny radio transponder; a radio receiver and transmitter.
As used herein, a "micro RFID reader" includes a device used to gather information from said RFID tag, which is used to track individual objects. Radio waves are used to transfer data from the tag to a reader and can be stored at backend server/cloud.
As used herein, a "Non-return valve" includes but not limited to a check valve, clack valve, non-return valve, reflux valve, retention valve or one-way valve. The said Non-return valve is a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to flow through it in only one direction.
As used herein, a "Printed Circuit Board" mechanically supports and electrically connects electrical or electronic components using conductive tracks, pads and other features etched from one or more sheet layers of copper/other substance laminated onto and/or between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate. Referring to Figure. 1 and Figure. 2, a schematic diagram of a fuel container is shown in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The fuel container (100) comprises an inlet unit (110), a storage unit (150); and an outlet unit (210). Said fuel container provide an automatic delivery of fuel. The type of fuel may comprise but not limited to, at least HSD (High Speed Diesel) diesel.
Further, the inlet unit (110) is configured to provide a flow path for receiving the fuel into the fuel container. The inlet unit (110) comprises an inlet point (120) to receive the fuel, a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag (130) configured to store an input fuel data associated with receiving the fuel into fuel container, and an inlet Non-return valve (140). Furthermore, the input fuel data may include, for example but not limited to, a Tag Identification, the quantity of fuel

and Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of fuel inlet source. In another embodiment of the present invention, the RFID tag (130) is configured to be in communication with at least one RFID nozzle (160) installed on a source location. Further, said source location may comprise but not limited to, at least a fuel vehicle or a retail outlet or any controlled source. Furthermore, the inlet point (120) of the fuel container receives the fuel when the RFID nozzle (160) authenticates the RFID tag (130).
The storage unit (150) of the fuel container is configured to store the fuel received from the inlet unit (110). Said storage unit (150) is communicatively coupled with the inlet unit (110) and the outlet unit (210). Further, the storage unit may store the fuel according to the designed capacity. The outlet unit (210) is configured to provide a flow path for dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container (100). The outlet (210) unit comprises a fuel outlet point (220) to dispense the fuel, a micro RFID reader (230) configured to extract output fuel data associated with dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) unit (240) configured to send a dispense command to the fuel outlet point (220) based on the extracted output fuel data, and an electronic outlet Non-return valve (250) configured to receive dispense command from said PCB unit (240). Furthermore, the output fuel data may or may not, depending upon the design requirement of the customer, comprise but not limited to, at least a GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates and quantity of fuel to be dispensed. The micro RFID reader (230), the PCB unit (240) and the electronic Non-return valve (250) are electrically connected with each other in the outlet unit (210) of the fuel container.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the micro RFID reader is configured to be in communication with at least one RFID tag installed on at least a target location. The target location may comprise but not limited to, at least a diesel generator or a vehicle or an equipment or any other storage tank. The PCB unit is configured to send the dispense command to the outlet electronic Non-

return valve when said output fuel data matches with a predetermined RFID at target location. Furthermore, the PCB unit may be optionally configured to store a predetermined GPS coordinate of the target location. Further, the fuel outlet point (220) is configured to dispense the fuel out of the fuel container when the outlet electronic Non-return valve receives the dispense command. Additionally, for outlet unit (210) of the fuel container, the dispensing process requires a power source to run RFID reader/electronic Non-Return Valve and PCB unit which is available at every target location. Further, the input fuel data and the output fuel data are transferred through net connectivity on real time basis from fuel container to main server.
Furthermore, fuel can be withdrawn based on the plan as updated through Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) / Application Programming Interface (API) integration or any other application based on customer requirement. The fuel container sends the details of fuel withdrawal as per the prescribed format provided by customer through API integration to customer DPS system immediately after each fuel withdrawal from petrol pump and each fuel filling at target Fuel tank as per schedule.
Referring to Figure. 3, method flow diagram for providing automatic delivery of fuel by a fuel container is shown in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present invention. The invention encompasses that the method begins at step (310). In an embodiment, the method begins with receiving the fuel into the fuel container. Further, the step of receiving is done by the inlet unit based on the communication of an RFID tag with at least one RFID nozzle installed on a source location, wherein the fuel is received into the fuel container through an inlet Non-return valve. Further, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the method step of receiving, by the inlet point, the fuel into the fuel container takes place when the RFID nozzle authenticates the RFID tag The method step (320) comprises, storing, by a storage unit, the fuel received through the inlet Non-return valve. Said storage unit (150) is communicatively

coupled with the inlet unit (110) and the outlet unit (210).
Thereafter the method leads to step (330), which comprises the step of dispensing, by an outlet unit, the fuel out of the fuel container based on the communication of a micro RFID reader with at least one RFID tag installed on a target location. Further, a micro RFID reader provides an output fuel data associated with the dispensing of the fuel from the target location to a PCB unit, and wherein the PCB unit enable the dispense of the fuel by sending a dispense command to an electronic outlet Non-return valve installed at the outlet unit. In another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises the step of sending, by the PCB unit, the dispense command when said output fuel data matches with a predetermined RFID at target location. The method further comprises the steps of storing, by the PCB unit, a predetermined GPS coordinate of the target location in the PCB unit optionally.
The units, interfaces, modules, and/or components depicted in the figures and
described herein may be present in the form of a hardware, a software and a
combination thereof. Connection/s shown between these
units/components/modules/interfaces in the exemplary system architecture may interact with each other through various wired links, wireless links, logical links and/or physical links. Further, the units/components/modules/interfaces may be connected in other possible ways.
While considerable emphasis has been placed herein on the disclosed embodiments, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many changes can be made to the embodiments disclosed herein without departing from the principles and scope of the present invention.

We claim:
1. A fuel container (100) for providing automatic delivery of fuel,
comprising:
an inlet unit (110) configured to provide a flow path for receiving
the fuel into the fuel container (100), the inlet unit (110)
comprising:
an inlet point (120) to receive the fuel,
a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag (130) configured
to store an input fuel data associated with receiving the fuel
into fuel container (100), and
an inlet Non-return valve (140);
a storage unit (150) configured to store the fuel that flows from
the inlet unit (110);
an outlet unit (210) configured to provide a flow path for
dispensing the fuel out of the fuel container (100), the outlet unit
(210) comprising:
a fuel outlet point (220) to dispense the fuel,
a micro RFID reader (230) configured to extract output fuel
data associated with dispensing the fuel out of the fuel
container (100),
a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) unit (240) configured to send a
dispense command to the fuel outlet point (220) based on
the extracted output fuel data, and
an electronic outlet Non-return valve (250) configured to
receive dispense command from said PCB.
2. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inlet Non¬return valve (140) is configured to allow the fuel to flow in one direction.
3. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RFID tag (130) is configured to be in communication with at least one RFID nozzle (160)

installed on a source location that comprises at least a fuel vehicle or a retail outlet or any controlled source.
4. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input fuel data comprises at least a Tag ID (Identification), the quantity of fuel and GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates.
5. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claims 1-4, wherein the inlet point (120) receives the fuel when the RFID nozzle (160) authenticates the RFID tag (130).
6. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claims 1, wherein the micro RFID reader (230) is configured to be in communication with at least one RFID tag installed on at least a target location.
7. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claims 1-6, wherein the PCB unit (240) is configured to send the dispense command to the electronic outlet Non-return valve (250) when said output fuel data matches with a predetermined RFID at target location and optionally a GPS coordinate of the target location.
8. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claims 1, wherein the output fuel data comprises at least quantity of fuel to be dispensed
9. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claims 1, wherein the PCB unit (240) is configured to store a predetermined GPS coordinate of the target location.
10. The fuel container (100) as claimed in claims 1-9, wherein the target location comprises at least a diesel generator or a vehicle or an equipment.
11. The fuel container (100) as claimed in 1-10, wherein the fuel outlet point (220) is configured to dispense the fuel out of the fuel container (100) when the outlet electronic Non-return valve receives the dispense command.
12. A method for providing automatic delivery of a fuel by an automated fuel

container (100), the method comprising the steps of:
receiving (310), by an inlet unit (110), fuel into the fuel container (100) based on the communication of an RFID tag (130) with at least one RFID nozzle (160) installed on a source location, wherein the fuel is received into the fuel container (100) through an inlet Non-return valve (140);
storing (320), by a storage unit (150), the fuel received through the inlet Non-return valve (140); and
dispensing (330), by an outlet unit (210), the fuel out of the fuel
container (100) based on the communication of a micro RFID
reader (230) with at least one RFID tag installed on a target
location,
wherein a micro RFID reader (230) provides an output fuel data
associated with the dispensing of the fuel from the target location to a
PCB unit (240), and wherein the PCB unit (240) enable the dispense of the
fuel by sending a dispense command to an electronic outlet Non-return
valve (250) installed at the outlet unit (210).
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the source of the fuel comprises at least a source fuel vehicle or a retail outlet or any controlled source.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the input fuel data comprises at least a Tag ID (Identification), the quantity of fuel and GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates.
15. The method as claimed in claim 12, comprising receiving, by the inlet point (120), the fuel into the fuel container (100) when the RFID nozzle (160) authenticates the RFID tag (130).
16. The method as claimed in claims 12, comprising sending, by the PCB, the dispense command when said output fuel data matches with a predetermined RFID at target location and optionally a GPS coordinate of

the target location.
17. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the output fuel data comprises at least a quantity of fuel.
18. The method as claimed in claim 12, comprises storing, by the PCB, a predetermined GPS coordinate of the target location in the PCB.
19. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the target location comprises at least a diesel generator or a vehicle or an equipment or any storage tank.