Fuel purchase planning along a route

摘要

A computer program product including computer readable program code embodied on a computer readable storage medium. The computer program product includes computer readable program code for obtaining a fuel tank size, amount of fuel in the tank, and a fuel efficiency for an automobile; accepting user entry of a destination for traveling in the automobile; and automatically identifying a current location and determining a route to the destination. Additional computer readable program code acquires, for each of a plurality of refueling stations along the route, a location and a current fuel price being offered at the refueling station. Computer readable program code also provides output recommending one or more refueling stations at which to stop and a quantity of fuel to purchase at each of the one or more refueling stations in order to reach the destination without running out of fuel and minimizing the price of fuel purchased.

主权项

1. A computer program product including computer readable program code embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising:
computer readable program code for obtaining a fuel tank size, amount of fuel in the tank, and a fuel efficiency for an automobile; computer readable program code for accepting user entry of a destination for traveling in the automobile; computer readable program code for automatically identifying a current location and determining a route to the destination; computer readable program code for acquiring, for each of a plurality of refueling stations along the route, a location of the refueling station and a current fuel price being offered at the refueling station; and computer readable program code for providing output recommending one or more refueling stations at which to stop and a quantity of fuel to purchase at each of the one or more refueling stations in order to reach the destination without running out of fuel and minimizing the price of fuel purchased.