| 摘要 |
<p>A fuel dispensing environment 10 includes multiple dispenser positions 14 each configured with at least one application module 28 configured to perform various dispenser and transaction related functions. Each application module includes at least one processor 30 configured with an Extensible Markup Language (XML) signal processing capability enabling it to perform various processing tasks. The XML processor can process input data objects acquired from the fuel dispenser environment and generate corresponding XML documents that incorporate the input data. These XML files may be exchanged with other local applications or communicated over a network connection 16 to a remote server application. The XML processor can also process input XML documents and retrieve the data objects contained therein. These retrieved data objects may then be used as inputs to the fuel dispenser environment. In particular, these data objects are provided in a native format compatible with the dispenser devices. The input XML documents may be provided by a local or remote source, such as an Internet server.</p> |
