SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING PAPER RECEIPTS TO ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS USING AN APPLICATION-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACE ON A PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20080313062A1
• Filed: 06/12/2007
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gilbarco Incorporated (Vontier Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Gilbarco Incorporated (Vontier Corp.)
• Inventors: Payne, Edward A., Williams, Rodger
• Application Number:
  US11/761,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20080313062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 5/02 Supplying fuel to vehicles; General disposition of plant in filling stations apparatus for transferring measured quantities of petrol, oil, or the like from storage space to vehicles B67D
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/045 using payment protocols involving tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing an electronic receipt for an order previously made at a retail device by a consumer interacting with a personal communication device are disclosed. According to one system and method, a receipt is scanned using the personal communication device, where the order was previously made by the consumer interacting with an application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device and the application-specific user interface was provided on the personal communication device based on a received identifier associated with the retail device. The scanned receipt is converted to the electronic receipt.

Claims

1. A method for providing an electronic receipt for an order previously made at a retail device by a consumer interacting with a personal communication device, comprising the steps of:

scanning a receipt using the personal communication device, wherein the order was previously made by the consumer interacting with an application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device, wherein the application-specific user interface was provided on the personal communication device based on a received identifier associated with the retail device; and

converting the scanned receipt to the electronic receipt.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising forwarding the electronic receipt to an account.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising forwarding the electronic receipt to the account via a server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the account is a network-accessible account associated with the consumer.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the account is a network-accessible account associated with a person other than the consumer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising formatting the electronic receipt for accounting purposes.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein formatting the electronic receipt for the accounting purposes further comprises formatting the electronic receipt for import into an accounting program.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising formatting the electronic receipt for import into at least one of financial software, expense software, and rebate software.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising forwarding the electronic receipt to an account associated with another person via an electronic communication.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the electronic communication further comprises at least one of an email and a text-based electronic communication.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising creating a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the electronic receipt.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing the URL to a person other than the consumer.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising allowing the person other than the consumer to specify a format for the electronic receipt.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising allowing the person other than the consumer to specify delivery preferences for the electronic receipt, wherein the delivery preferences include at least one of a network-accessible account and the personal communication device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a uniform resource locator (URL) to the consumer which is associated with the electronic receipt.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising allowing the consumer to specify a format for the electronic receipt by using the URL.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising allowing the consumer to specify delivery preferences for the electronic receipt, wherein the delivery preferences include at least one of a network-accessible account and the personal communication device.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a uniform resource locator (URL) to the consumer associated with a purchase of at least one of additional goods or services.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising providing a purchase promotion to the consumer via the URL.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising allowing the consumer, in response to accepting the purchase promotion, to specify at least one of a pick-up location and a delivery location for an item associated with the purchase promotion.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a uniform resource locator (URL) to the consumer associated with at least one of a free item or a free service.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising allowing the consumer to specify at least one of a pick-up location and a delivery location for the at least one of the free item or the free service.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the receipt using the personal communication device further comprises scanning a printed receipt.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the receipt using the personal communication device further comprises scanning radio frequency identifier (RFID) ink on a printed receipt.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the receipt using the personal communication device further comprises scanning a graphical code associated with at least one of a printed receipt, a surface of the retail device, and a display associated with the retail device.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising querying a server for the electronic receipt using the scanned graphical code.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the graphical code further comprises a two-dimensional coded array encoded with the received identifier associated with the electronic receipt.

28. A system for providing an electronic receipt for an order previously made at a retail device, comprising:

a personal communication device adapted to;

scan a receipt using the personal communication device, wherein the order was previously made by the consumer interacting with an application-specific user interface executing on the personal communication device, wherein the application-specific user interface was provided on the personal communication device based on a received identifier associated with the retail device; and

convert the scanned receipt to the electronic receipt.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to forward the electronic receipt to an account.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to forward the electronic receipt to the account via a server.

31. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to format the electronic receipt for accounting purposes.

32. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to format the electronic receipt for import into at least one of financial software, expense software, and rebate software.

33. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to receive a uniform resource locator (URL) and to provide the URL to the consumer, wherein the URL is associated with a purchase of at least one of additional goods or services.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to receive a purchase promotion via the URL and to provide the purchase promotion to the consumer.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to allow the consumer, in response to accepting the purchase promotion, to specify at least one of a pick-up location and a delivery location for an item associated with the purchase promotion.

36. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to scan a printed receipt.

37. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to scan radio frequency identifier (RFID) ink on a printed receipt.

38. The system of claim 28, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to scan a graphical code associated with at least one of a printed receipt, a surface of the retail device, and a display associated with the retail device.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein the personal communication device is further adapted to query a server for the electronic receipt using the scanned graphical code.

40. The system of claim 38, wherein the graphical code further comprises a two-dimensional coded array encoded with the received identifier associated with the electronic receipt and the personal communication device is further adapted to receive the two-dimensional coded array encoded with the received identifier.