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A system for providing an indication of the amount fuel dispensed by a fuel dispenser. The system includes a sensor which communicates fuel data to a data storage device to store the fuel data. The fuel data includes the amount of fuel flowing through a filler neck and the total amount of fuel dispe

A system for providing an indication of the amount fuel dispensed by a fuel dispenser. The system includes a sensor which communicates fuel data to a data storage device to store the fuel data. The fuel data includes the amount of fuel flowing through a filler neck and the total amount of fuel dispensed. A first communication device, such as a smartphone, accesses the data storage device to transfer the fuel data to a server, such that the server stores the fuel data, allowing a second communication device to access the server and obtain the fuel data. The data storage device also receives location information from a GPS module corresponding to the location of where the fuel data is obtained. The system allows users to access the server and locate service stations having the most accurate displays and charge the correct amount of money for the amount of fuel dispensed.

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1. An apparatus, comprising: a system for determining the amount of fuel pumped into a fuel tank, including: a sensor for generating fuel data, the fuel data based on the amount of fuel delivered to a fuel tank from one or more of a plurality of service stations;a data storage device for storing the

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An apparatus, comprising: a system for determining the amount of fuel pumped into a fuel tank, including: a sensor for generating fuel data, the fuel data based on the amount of fuel delivered to a fuel tank from one or more of a plurality of service stations;a data storage device for storing the fuel data, the sensor being in communication with the data storage device;a first communication device for retrieving the fuel data from the data storage device, and location information of each of the plurality of service stations;a server in communication with the first communication device such that the server receives the fuel data and the location information from the first communication device, and stores the fuel data and the location information; anda second communication device in communication with the server such that the second communication device is able to retrieve the fuel data and the location information from the server;wherein multiple users access the server to obtain the fuel data and the location information of each of the plurality of service stations from the server, allowing the multiple users to obtain information regarding which of the plurality of service stations provides the most accurate correlation between the amount of fuel pumped as measured by the sensor and the amount of fuel received as indicated at each of the plurality of service stations. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, the first communication device further comprising a smartphone. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a global positioning system (GPS) module being in communication with the data storage device such that location information of where the fuel data is obtained from each of the plurality of service stations is transferred to the data storage device by the GPS module. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, the second communication device being one selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, a GPS Device, an integrated GPS device, and combinations thereof. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a fuel filler neck, wherein the sensor is mounted to the fuel filler neck. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage device is part of a vehicle instrument cluster. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage device is part of an electronic control unit. 8. A system for determining the amount of fuel pumped into a fuel tank, comprising: a sensor for detecting the amount of fuel delivered to a fuel tank from a plurality of service stations, and generating fuel data indicating the amount of fuel delivered to the fuel tank from each of the plurality of service stations;a data storage device for receiving the fuel data from the sensor, and storing the fuel data;a global positioning system device (GPS) for detecting the location information of each of the plurality of service stations where the fuel data is obtained, and transferring the location information to the data storage device;a first communication device for retrieving the fuel data and the location information of each of the plurality of service stations from the data storage device;a server for receiving the fuel data and location information from the first communication device, and storing the fuel data and location information; anda second communication device for retrieving the fuel data and location information from the server;wherein multiple users access the server to obtain the fuel data and location information obtained by the second communication device, and the multiple users select one of the plurality of service stations having the most accurate correlation between the amount of fuel pumped as measured by the sensor and the amount of fuel received as indicated at each of the plurality of service stations. 9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a fuel filler neck, the sensor being connected to the fuel filler neck. 10. The system of claim 8, the first communication device further comprising a smartphone. 11. The system of claim 8, the second communication device being one selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, a GPS Device, an integrated GPS device, and combinations thereof. 12. The system of claim 8, wherein the data storage device is part of a vehicle instrument cluster. 13. The system of claim 8, wherein the data storage device is part of an electronic control unit. 14. A system for determining the amount of fuel pumped into a fuel tank, comprising: a sensor for detecting the amount of fuel delivered to a fuel tank from a plurality of service stations, and generating fuel data indicating the amount of fuel delivered to the fuel tank from the plurality of service stations;a fuel filler neck, the sensor mounted on the fuel filler neck;a data storage device, the sensor being in communication with the data storage device;a first communication device in communication with the data storage device;a global positioning system (GPS) module for detecting the location information of each of the plurality of service stations, the GPS module being in communication with the first communication device;a server in electrical communication with the communication device; anda second communication device in communication with the server, such that the second communication device is able to access the server to obtain the fuel data and location information;wherein the sensor detects the amount of fuel flowing through the fuel filler neck and communicates the fuel data containing the amount of fuel flowing through the filler neck with the data storage device to store the fuel data, and the first communication device accesses the data storage device and transfers the fuel data to the server, such that the server stores the fuel data, such that multiple users access the server to select one of the plurality of service stations having the most accurate correlation between the amount of fuel pumped as measured by the sensor and the amount of fuel received as indicated at each of the plurality of service stations. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein data storage device receives the location information from the GPS module corresponding to the location of each of the plurality of service stations where the fuel data is obtained. 16. The system of claim 14, the first communication device further comprising a smartphone. 17. The system of claim 16, the second communication device being one selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, a GPS Device, an integrated GPS device, and combinations thereof. 18. The system of claim 14, wherein the data storage device is part of a vehicle instrument cluster. 19. The system of claim 14, wherein the data storage device is part of an electronic control unit.