ELECTRONIC RECEIPT METHOD AND APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method for providing an electronic receipt, comprising:
- a first consumer completing a transaction or transaction part;
as part of completing a transaction or transaction part, the first consumer providing an identifier, the identifier including;
a delivery address associated with the first consumer, wherein presenting an identifier comprises providing the delivery address as an address stored on a machine readable storage medium;
delivering an electronic receipt associated with the transaction to the delivery address provided by the user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for the delivery of an electronic receipt. A delivery address is read from a storage medium carried by a consumer by a complimentary reader. The reader provides the delivery address for association with information related to the terms of a transaction entered into by the consumer. The information related to the terms of the transaction are then sent to the delivery address, thereby providing an electronic receipt. The delivery address in machine readable form is all the information needed to adequately address the electronic receipt for delivery. Accordingly, reference to an external database or other information in order to obtain such address information is not required.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing an electronic receipt, comprising:
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a first consumer completing a transaction or transaction part; as part of completing a transaction or transaction part, the first consumer providing an identifier, the identifier including; a delivery address associated with the first consumer, wherein presenting an identifier comprises providing the delivery address as an address stored on a machine readable storage medium; delivering an electronic receipt associated with the transaction to the delivery address provided by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A receipt processing system, comprising:
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a storage medium, wherein a delivery address related to a first consumer is stored in the storage medium in a machine readable form; a reader, wherein the reader is operable to read the machine readable information including the delivery address from the storage medium; a transaction application, wherein information related to a transaction entered into by the first consumer is generated; an electronic receipt application, wherein the information related to the transaction entered into by the first consumer generated by the transaction application is provided to the electronic receipt application, wherein the electronic receipt application is operable to generate an electronic receipt using the information related to the transaction and to address the electronic receipt using the delivery address read from the storage medium by the reader. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for providing a consumer with an electronic receipt as evidence of a transaction, comprising:
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means for memorializing the terms of a transaction; means for storing a delivery address associated with a consumer, wherein the means for storing are portable and can be carried by the consumer; means for reading the delivery address associated with a consumer from the means for storing; means for associating information related to the terms of a transaction associated with the consumer with the address and for initiating delivery of the information related to the terms of the transaction to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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