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TRANSFERRING DIGITAL RECEIPT DATA TO MOBILE DEVICES

  • US 20140025517A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2012
  • Published: 01/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At a Point-Of-Sale (POS) computer system, the Point-Of-Sale (POS) computer system including one or more processors and system memory, the Point-Of-Sale (POS) system also including a Near Field Communication (NFC) module, a method for transferring digital receipt data to a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • opening a sales transaction at the Point-Of-Sale (POS) computer system;

    in response to opening the sales transaction, collecting digital receipt data for at least one item included in the sales transaction;

    the Near Field Communication (NFC) module receiving a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag payload from a mobile device, the tag payload encoding a unique customer identifier, the unique customer identifier corresponding to a receipt management application resident at the mobile device;

    establishing a communication pairing between the Point-Of-Sale (POS) system and the mobile device upon acceptance of the unique customer identifier;

    closing the sales transaction at the Point-Of-Sale (POS) system; and

    in response to closing the sales transaction, sending the collected digital receipt data to the mobile device over the established communication pairing.

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