Electronic receipt issuing system

• US 10,332,078 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Star Micronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Star Micronics Company Limited
• Inventors: Mori, Yuji, Ideno, Katsuya, Salisbury, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Frenel, Vanel
• Application Number:
  US14/591,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,630 Days
• Field of Search: 705 16, 705 17, 705 21, 705 268, 705 71, 705 44, 358 113, 235380
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/363 with the personal data of a user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/389 Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/14 Systems including one or more distant stations co-operating with a central processing unit data transmission in general H04L; telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station H04Q9/00

Abstract

To enable issuance of an electronic receipt without previously registering personal information and carrying out a special operation in execution of a payment by a customer. There are provided a receipt data transmitting unit 12 for transmitting receipt data, a payment terminal ID and payment date and time information to a server 300 when a payment for a sales transaction is performed in a payment terminal 100, a payment terminal ID acquiring unit 21 of a customer terminal 200 for acquiring a payment terminal ID after completing the payment, a receipt issuance requesting unit 22 for transmitting, to the server 300, a receipt issuing request including a payment terminal ID and ID acquisition date and time information, and a receipt data extracting units 33 for extracting, from among the receipt data storing unit 35, receipt data whose payment terminal ID is coincident with the payment terminal ID in the receipt issuing request and whose payment terminal ID is acquired within a predetermined time from the completion of the payment, making possible to specify receipt data for a customer without using personal information.

Claims

1. An electronic receipt issuing system including a payment terminal, a customer terminal and a server, wherein

the payment terminal comprising:

a receipt data transmitting unit which transmits receipt data to the server when a payment is made for a sales transaction in the payment terminal, the receipt data representing a content of the sales transaction, a payment terminal ID capable of specifying the payment terminal in which the payment is made, and payment date and time information representing a date and time that the payment is made,

the customer terminal comprising;

a payment terminal ID acquiring unit which acquires the payment terminal ID after the payment for the sales transaction is completed in the payment terminal; and

a receipt issuance requesting unit which transmits a receipt issuing request to the server, the receipt issuing request containing the payment terminal ID acquired by the payment terminal ID acquiring unit and ID acquisition date and time information representing an acquisition date and time of the payment terminal ID, and

the server comprising;

a receipt data storing unit which stores the receipt data, the payment terminal ID and the payment date and time information transmitted by the receipt data transmitting unit in association with each other;

a receipt data extracting unit which extracts receipt data associated with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request and associated with a first payment date and time information from among the receipt data stored in the receipt data storing unit upon receipt of the receipt issuing request from the receipt issuance requesting unit on condition that the ID acquisition date and time information contained in the receipt issuing request is after the first payment date and time information among a plurality of payment date and time information stored in association with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request and before a second payment date and time information among the plurality of payment date and time information stored in association with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request, the second payment date and time information being immediately subsequent to the first payment date and time information; and

an electronic receipt issuing unit which issues an electronic receipt based on the receipt data extracted by the receipt data extracting unit.

2. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the payment terminal ID acquiring unit acquires the payment date and time information in addition to the payment terminal ID after the payment for the sales transaction is completed in the payment terminal,

the receipt issuance requesting unit transmits the receipt issuing request to the server, the receipt issuing request including the payment terminal ID, the payment date and time information and the ID acquisition date and time information, and

the receipt data extracting unit extracts receipt data associated with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request and associated with a first payment date and time information from among the receipt data stored in the receipt data storing unit upon receipt of the receipt issuing request from the receipt issuance requesting unit on condition that the ID acquisition date and time information contained in the receipt issuing request is after the first payment date and time information among a plurality of payment date and time information stored in association with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request and before a second payment date and time information among the plurality of payment date and time information stored in association with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request, the second payment date and time information being immediately subsequent to the first payment date and time information.

3. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 2, wherein the receipt issuance requesting unit transmits the receipt issuing request to the server, when the payment terminal ID acquiring unit acquires the payment terminal ID and the payment date and time information or in the following optional timing.

4. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 2, wherein the payment terminal further comprises a printing unit for printing, on a paper medium, code information representative of the payment terminal ID and the payment date and time information when the payment for the sales transaction is completed in the payment terminal, and

the payment terminal ID acquiring unit acquires the payment terminal ID and the payment date and time information by reading the code information.

5. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the receipt issuance requesting unit transmits the receipt issuing request to the server when the payment terminal ID acquiring unit acquires the payment terminal ID or in the following optional timing.

6. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the customer terminal further comprises an electronic receipt acquiring unit for acquiring the electronic receipt returned from the server in response to the receipt issuing request transmitted by the receipt issuance requesting unit, and

the electronic receipt issuing unit of the server issues the electronic receipt to the customer terminal transmitting the receipt issuing request.

7. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the receipt issuing request further includes distribution destination information indicative of a distribution destination designated by a customer, and

the electronic receipt issuing unit of the server issues the electronic receipt to a second customer terminal designated by the distribution destination information included in the receipt issuing request.

8. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the payment terminal further comprises a printing unit for printing, on a paper medium, code information representative of the payment terminal ID when the payment for the sales transaction is completed in the payment terminal, and

the payment terminal ID acquiring unit acquires the payment terminal ID by reading the code information.

9. The electronic receipt issuing system according to claim 1, wherein the payment terminal is provided with a register terminal and a printer, the printer being built in or connected to the register terminal, and

the payment terminal ID comprises a printer ID.

10. An electronic receipt issuing system including, a customer terminal and a server, wherein

the customer terminal comprising:

an optical input which scans a printed receipt from a payment terminal upon completion of payment, the printed receipt including receipt data and an encoded payment terminal ID;

a payment terminal ID acquiring unit programmed to decode the encoded payment terminal ID; and

a receipt issuance requesting unit which transmits a receipt issuing request to the server, the receipt issuing request containing the decoded payment terminal ID acquired by the payment terminal ID acquiring unit and a date and time that the customer terminal scanned the printed receipt;

the server comprising;

a receipt data storing unit which stores receipt data received from the payment terminal in association with a payment terminal ID and a payment date and time received from the payment terminal;

a receipt data extracting unit which extracts such receipt data associated with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request and associated with a first payment date and time from among the receipt data stored in the receipt data storing unit upon receipt of the receipt issuing request on condition that the printed receipt scanning date and time contained in the receipt issuing request is after the first payment date and time among a plurality of payment date and time stored in association with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request and before a second payment date and time among the plurality of payment date and time stored in association with the payment terminal ID contained in the receipt issuing request, the second payment date and time being immediately subsequent to the first payment date and time; and

an electronic receipt issuing unit which issues an electronic receipt based on the receipt data extracted by the receipt data extracting unit.