Personal Universal Receipt Storage Electronic (P.U.R.S.E. for short)

• US 20120118976A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stefan Jerzy Debski
• Original Assignee: Stefan Jerzy Debski
• Inventors: Debski, Stefan Jerzy
• Application Number:
  US12/946,861
• Publication Number:
  US 20120118976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• 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 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/389 Keeping log of transactions for guaranteeing non-repudiation of a transaction

Abstract

P.U.R.S.E. is the idea of a keychain attachable, small device that electronically stores and wirelessly transmits sales/returns receipts, coupons, and membership card number information. The wireless transmission of data occurs between P.U.R.S.E. and a merchant'"'"'s computer receiver. The device is also capable of being plugged into a computer for the purpose of viewing/managing of contents by the owner.

Claims

1. The subject matter that is regarded as the invention known as P.U.R.S.E. is the idea of an electronic storage device that stores and wirelessly transmits user data to a merchant'"'"'s computer receiver, that also has the capability of being plugged into a computer for the purpose of owner viewing/managing of stored contents. The user data includes but is not limited to:

membership identification numbers, sales/returns receipts, and coupons. Other data that may be stored on the device know as P.U.R.S.E. includes but is not limited to;

data that can be deduced from the recording/storage of user data, i.e. total number of purchases at a specific store, total spent daily, total spent weekly, total spent monthly, total spent yearly, number of coupons used, amount saved through coupon use, number of times a store is visited, days of the week a store is visited etc.

2. The idea of the capabilities of the software required in the operation of P.U.R.S.E. is regarded in the subject matter of the invention.

3. The idea of having a device with the functions and capabilities of P.U.R.S.E. being designed in such a way to attach to a keychain in a convenient size is regarded as subject matter of the invention.