Method and Administration System for Management of Electronic Receipts

• US 20090216664A1
• Filed: 01/26/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Julie Lins, Nicholas Shiftan, Patrick Gauthier
• Original Assignee: Julie Lins, Nicholas Shiftan, Patrick Gauthier
• Inventors: Shiftan, Nicholas, Gauthier, Patrick, Lins, Julie
• Granted Patent: US 9,087,426 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• 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 20/3221 Access to banking information through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/346 Cards serving only as information carrier of service
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/389 Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A system for managing electronic receipts is provided. According to one aspect, the system includes a portable device, a base device, a user device and an electronic receipts administration system. The electronic receipts administration system provides the base device with the appropriate data to allow the base device to generate, store and manage electronic receipts accordingly. A user uses the portable device to conduct a transaction with the base device. The base device uses a variety of information to generate an electronic receipt for the transaction. Such information includes, for example, information stored on the portable device, information stored locally on the base device and information stored on another device such as an electronic cash register. The electronic receipt is then stored on the portable device. The user device allows the user to subsequently retrieve the electronic receipt for management purposes.

Claims

1-174. -174. (canceled)

175. An electronic receipt administration system for managing electronic receipts, comprising:

means for registering and managing a base device, the base device configured to store and generate data representing at least one electronic receipt;

means for communicating with the base device;

means for storing the data representing the at least one electronic receipt; and

means for providing control logic for generation and management of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt to the base device.

176. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 175, wherein the control logic for generation and management of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt is configured to provide a validity period policy, retrieval condition policy, security requirements policy, storage capacity policy, and an exception handling policy.

177. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 175, wherein the means for registering and managing the base device comprises a control logic configured to generate a unique identifier for identification of the base device.

178. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 175, wherein the means for registering and managing the base device comprises control logic configured to generate and manage keys and security attributes.

179. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 175, wherein the means for registering and managing the base device comprises control logic configured to validate the integrity of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt.

180. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 175, wherein the means for registering and managing the base device comprises control logic configured to duplicate and store the data representing the at least one electronic receipt.

181. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 175, wherein the means for registering and managing the base device comprises control logic configured to aggregate information provided by the base device.

182. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 181, wherein the control logic is further configured to respond to a query from the base device regarding the aggregated information.

183. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 182, wherein the query comprises a receipt proofing request, and wherein receipt proofing comprises a comparison of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt with a duplicate of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt in the aggregated information.

184. The electronic receipt administration system of claim 182, wherein the query comprises a restoration request of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt, and wherein restoration comprises retrieval of a backup copy of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt from the aggregated information.

185. A method for administering an electronic receipt administration system for managing electronic receipts, comprising:

registering and managing a base device using an electronic receipt administration system, the base device configured to store and generate data representing at least one electronic receipt;

communicating with the base device using the electronic receipt administration system;

storing the data representing the at least one electronic receipt in the electronic receipt administration system; and

providing a control logic for generation and management of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt to the base device.

186. The method of claim 185, wherein the control logic for generation and management of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt to the base device is configured to comprise a validity period policy, retrieval condition policy, security requirements policy, storage capacity policy, and an exception handling policy.

187. The method of claim 185, wherein registering and managing the base device comprises generating a unique identifier for identification of the base device.

188. The method of claim 185, wherein registering and managing the base device comprises generating and managing keys and security attributes.

189. The method of claim 185, wherein registering and managing the base device comprises validating the integrity of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt.

190. The method of claim 185, wherein registering and managing the base device comprises duplicating and storing the data representing the at least one electronic receipt.

191. The method of claim 185, wherein registering and managing the base device comprises aggregating information provided by the base device.

192. The method of claim 191, wherein registering and managing the base device further comprises responding to a query from the base device regarding the aggregated information.

193. The method of claim 192, wherein the query comprises a receipt proofing request, and wherein receipt proofing comprises a comparison of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt with a duplicate of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt in the aggregated information.

194. The method of claim 192, wherein the query comprises a restoration request of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt, and wherein restoration comprises retrieving of a backup copy of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt from the aggregated information.