APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING ELECTRONIC RECEIPTS ON A UNIFIED CARD OR SMARTPHONE
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1. A system for storing receipts comprising:
- a cloud server coupled to a network;
a first merchant register coupled to a reader for reading identification information for the user from a smartphone, the first merchant register having a first encryption scheme for encrypting the purchase data and the first merchant register transmitting the purchase data in the first encryption scheme through the network to the cloud server; and
a second merchant purchasing register coupled to a reader for reading the identification information from the smartphone, the second merchant register having a second encryption scheme for encrypting the purchase data and the second merchant register transmitting the purchase data in the second encryption scheme through the network to the cloud server;
wherein the cloud server stores the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the purchase data encrypted in the second encryption scheme that is different than the first encryption scheme, the cloud server transmits the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the purchase data encrypted in the second encryption scheme to the smartphone and the first merchant register and the first reader cannot read the purchasing data encrypted in the second encryption scheme and the second merchant register and the second card reader cannot read the purchasing data encrypted in the first encryption scheme.
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Abstract
A receipt system allows customers to store receipts on a Unified Card or smartphone when making purchases from different retailer merchants. The customer purchases goods or services and the receipt is recorded electronically onto a single Unified Card or smartphone. This eliminates the need for paper receipts. The user can then use the Unified Card or smartphone to make returns or exchanges or as proof of purchase. Unified Card readers can be located at Kiosks as part of a home based system that works with the user'"'"'s home computer.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for storing receipts comprising:
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a cloud server coupled to a network; a first merchant register coupled to a reader for reading identification information for the user from a smartphone, the first merchant register having a first encryption scheme for encrypting the purchase data and the first merchant register transmitting the purchase data in the first encryption scheme through the network to the cloud server; and a second merchant purchasing register coupled to a reader for reading the identification information from the smartphone, the second merchant register having a second encryption scheme for encrypting the purchase data and the second merchant register transmitting the purchase data in the second encryption scheme through the network to the cloud server;
wherein the cloud server stores the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the purchase data encrypted in the second encryption scheme that is different than the first encryption scheme, the cloud server transmits the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the purchase data encrypted in the second encryption scheme to the smartphone and the first merchant register and the first reader cannot read the purchasing data encrypted in the second encryption scheme and the second merchant register and the second card reader cannot read the purchasing data encrypted in the first encryption scheme. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for storing receipts comprising:
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a cloud server coupled to a network; and a first merchant register coupled to a reader for reading identification information from the smartphone, the first merchant register having a first encryption scheme for encrypting the purchasing data and the first merchant register transmitting the purchase data in the first encryption scheme through the network to the cloud server; wherein the cloud server stores the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the purchase data encrypted in other encryption schemes that are different than the first encryption scheme, the cloud server transmits the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the first merchant register and the first reader cannot read the purchasing data having an encryption scheme other than the first encryption scheme. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method for storing receipts comprising:
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inputting by a first merchant register, an identification code from a smartphone; generating first receipt data from the first merchant register based upon a first purchase of goods; encrypting the first receipt data by the first merchant register in a first encryption scheme; transmitting the first receipt data that has been encrypted to a cloud server; storing the first receipt data that has been encrypted in the first encryption scheme with other receipt data that has been encrypted in other encryption schemes that are different than the first encryption scheme on the cloud server; transmitting by the cloud server, the purchase data encrypted in the first encryption scheme and the other receipt data that has been encrypted in the other encryption schemes to the smartphone; and storing the first receipt data encrypted in the first encrypted scheme and the other receipt data that has been encrypted in the other encryption schemes in a memory device in the smartphone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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