SYSTEM FOR ONLINE ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREFOR

• US 20070164106A1
• Filed: 01/12/2007
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Andrew Alexander Dunkman, David Neal Mcdevitt
• Original Assignee: Andrew Alexander Dunkman, David Neal Mcdevitt
• Inventors: McDevitt, David Neal, Dunkman, Andrew Alexander
• Application Number:
  US11/622,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20070164106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/383
• 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 20/389 Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/08 by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means without personal verification means G07F7/02

Abstract

An online electronic receipt management system and method are disclosed. The system and method allow for a centralized online electronic receipt database accessible to a user via the Internet using an email address and password to gain access to the user'"'"'s unique site. The system and method also allow a user to easily organize entire sales transactions (or individual items from a multiple-item sales transaction) items into categories allow for simple calculation of total expenses relevant to that category. The system and method also allows a user to easily create gift receipts by masking certain portions of the sales transaction prior to transferring it to the recipient.

Claims

1. A method for managing receipts comprising the steps of:

creating a system account number on a computer system;

entering said system account number into a register at a location remote from said computer system;

generating receipt information by said register for at least one sales transaction;

receiving said account number and said receipt information by said computer system, said account number and said receipt information transmitted from said register;

storing said receipt information into a system account in a computer database, said system account being associated with said system account number; and

retrieving said receipt information stored in said system account in said computer database by a system user from a location remote from said computer system.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of assigning said system account and said associated system account number to said system user at a location remote from said computer.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said receipt information being stored as a text file in said computer database.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of retrieving said receipt information stored in said computer database by said register for performing one of a return and an exchange of at least one item purchased during said at least one sales transaction.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of organizing said receipt information by at least one of said computer system and said system user into groups according to at least one of purchased item type, transaction type, transaction date, and transaction amount.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of calculating by said computer system total expenditures for any of said groups.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of adding to said receipt information by said system user at least one comment about any item purchased during said at least one sales transaction.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

creating at least another system account; and

transferring said receipt information from said system account to said at least another system account by said system user from a location remote from said computer system.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of masking at least a portion of said receipt information by said first system user prior to transferring said receipt information.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of transferring said receipt information from said system account to at least one electronic mail address by said system user from a location remote from said computer system.

11. A method for managing receipts comprising the steps of:

creating at least one system account and associated system account number on a computer system;

assigning said at least one system account and associated system account number to at least one system user;

entering said at least one system account number into a register at a location remote from said computer system;

generating receipt information by said register for at least one sales transaction;

receiving said receipt information and said system account number by said computer system, said receipt information and said system account number transmitted from said register;

storing said receipt information into said at least one system account in a computer database; and

retrieving said receipt information stored in said at least one system account in said computer database by said at least one system user from a location remote from said computer system.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the steps of:

organizing said receipt information by at least one of said computer system and said at least one user into groups according to at least one of purchased item type, purchase type, purchase date, and purchase amount; and

calculating by said computer system total expenditures for any of said groups.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of transferring said receipt information from said at least one system account to one of another system account and an electronic mail address from a location remote from said computer system.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of masking at least a portion of said receipt information prior to transferring said receipt information.

15. A computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system for managing receipts that:

receives receipt information transmitted from a register for at least one sales transaction;

stores said receipt information in a system account in a computer database; and

allows a system user to access said system account from a location remote from said computer system.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein at least one of said computer system and said system user organizes said receipt information into groups according to at least one of type of item purchased during said sales transaction, sales transaction type, sales transaction date, and sales transaction amount.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein said computer system calculates total expenditures for any of said groups.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer system allows a system user to add comments to said receipt about any item purchased during said sales transaction.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein said computer system allows a system user to transfer said receipt information from said system account to at least one of another system account and an email address.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 wherein said computer system allows said system user to create a gift receipt by masking any portion of said receipt information prior to transferring said receipt information.