Electronic Transaction Record Distribution System

• US 20120271725A1
• Filed: 07/03/2012
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Proximiant Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Proximiant Incorporated
• Inventors: Cheng, Fang
• Granted Patent: US 8,831,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/21
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A point-of-sale (POS) receipt management system has a computerized appliance at the POS executing first software (SW) from a non-transitory physical medium, and a peripheral device coupled to the computerized appliance, the peripheral device enabled to transmit data wirelessly to a portable communication device in close proximity to the peripheral device, the portable communication device in possession of a consumer. Upon the consumer completing a transaction at the POS, the POS computerized appliance prepares transaction data, which is transmitted to the peripheral device, and hence wirelessly to the portable communication device in possession of the consumer.

Claims

1. A point-of-sale (POS) receipt management system, comprising:

a computerized appliance at the POS executing first software (SW) from a non-transitory physical medium; and

a peripheral device coupled to the computerized appliance, the peripheral device enabled to transmit data wirelessly to a portable communication device in close proximity to the peripheral device, the portable communication device in possession of a consumer;

wherein, upon the consumer completing a transaction at the POS, the POS computerized appliance prepares transaction data, which is transmitted to the peripheral device, and hence wirelessly to the portable communication device in possession of the consumer.

2. The POS receipt management system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by near-field communication (NFC) enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

3. The POS receipt management system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by Bluetooth™

technology enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

4. The POS receipt management system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by a combination of NFC technology and Bluetooth™

technology enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

5. The POS receipt management system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by encoding the transaction data as an image-based code which is displayed on a display of the peripheral device and captured by a camera of the consumer'"'"'s mobile communication device, and subsequently decoded.

6. The POS receipt management system of claim 5 wherein the image-based code is a QR code.

7. The POS receipt management system of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by ultrasound technology enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

8. The POS receipt management system of claim 1 wherein the POS appliance is Internet-connected, the transaction information is transmitted to a third-party server in the Internet and a transaction ID is transmitted via the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device, enabling the consumer to download the transaction information from the third party server.

9. The POS receipt management system of claim 8 wherein the transaction data is pushed by the third-party server to an internet-connected appliance selected by the consumer.

10. A point-of-sale (POS) receipt management method, comprising the steps of:

(a) composing transaction information at a point-of-sale computerized appliance regarding a completed transaction with a consumer;

(b) transmitting the transaction information to a peripheral device coupled to the computerized appliance; and

(c) transmitting the transaction information by the peripheral device to a portable communication device associated with the consumer, using close-proximity wireless technology.

11. The POS receipt management method of claim 10 wherein in step (c) the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by near-field communication (NFC) enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

12. The POS receipt management method of claim 10 wherein in step (c) the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by Bluetooth™

technology enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

13. The POS receipt management method of claim 10 wherein in step (c) the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by a combination of NFC technology and Bluetooth™

technology enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

14. The POS receipt management method of claim 10 wherein in step (c) the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by encoding the transaction data as an image-based code which is displayed on a display of the peripheral device and captured by a camera of the consumer'"'"'s mobile communication device, and subsequently decoded.

15. The POS receipt management method of claim 14 wherein in step (c) the image-based code is a QR code.

16. The POS receipt management method of claim 10 wherein in step (c) the wireless communication from the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device is by ultrasound technology enabled in both the peripheral device and the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device.

17. The POS receipt management method of claim 10 wherein the POS appliance is Internet-connected, the transaction information is transmitted to a third-party server in the Internet and a transaction ID is transmitted via the peripheral device to the consumer'"'"'s portable communication device, enabling the consumer to download the transaction information from the third party server.

18. The POS receipt management method of claim 17 wherein the transaction data is pushed by the third-party server to an internet-connected appliance selected by the consumer.