Customer retrievable electronic receipt
First Claim
1. A method of generating a record of a sales transaction between a seller and a purchaser, comprising the steps of:
- generating an electronic record of a sales transaction at a point of purchase; and
transmitting the record of the sales transaction in an electronic form to be retrieved by the purchaser.
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Abstract
A method program and a computer readable medium facilitate generating of an electronic receipt of a sales transaction at a point of purchaser and transmitting the record in an electronic form to be retrieved by a buyer. The electronic receipt is a computer image representation of corresponding paper receipt of said sales transaction, identifying, inter alia, the type of product or service bought and paid for by the customer. The record of the sales transaction may be transmitted to a portable memory storage device in possession of the buyer at the point of purchase, or to a remote service provider, or to an Internet-supported electronic address of the buyer. The records are stored in a computer-readable form, allowing the buyer retrieval of the records based on categories of purchase as defined by conventional accounting methods.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of generating a record of a sales transaction between a seller and a purchaser, comprising the steps of:
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generating an electronic record of a sales transaction at a point of purchase; and
transmitting the record of the sales transaction in an electronic form to be retrieved by the purchaser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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7. The method of 6, wherein the record comprises is a computer image representation of corresponding paper receipt of said sales transaction.
- 21. A computer readable medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the steps of generating an electronic record of a sales transaction at a point of purchase between a seller and a purchaser, and transmitting the record of the sales transaction in an electronic form to be retrieved by the purchaser.
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