ACCESSING TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS

• US 20140319206A1
• Filed: 04/29/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Globalfoundries US Incorporated (GlobalFoundries, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chakra, Al, Feller, John A., Hewitt, Trudy L., Schembari, Francesco C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,558,496 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system accesses transaction documents. A unique code is generated for each transaction for one or more products, wherein the unique code is associated with a transaction document including transaction information and each product is associated with a product code. The system stores the unique code and corresponding one or more product codes associated with each transaction, and accesses one or more transaction documents based on an identifier of at least one product associated with a corresponding transaction of the one or more transaction documents. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for accessing transaction documents in substantially the same manners described above.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of accessing transaction documents comprising:

generating a unique code for each transaction for one or more products, wherein the unique code is associated with a transaction document including transaction information and each product is associated with a product code;

storing the unique code and corresponding one or more product codes associated with each transaction; and

accessing one or more transaction documents based on an identifier of at least one product associated with a corresponding transaction of the one or more transaction documents.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transaction document includes a receipt.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the unique code includes one of a bar code and a quick response code, and the product code includes a universal product code.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein accessing the one or more transaction documents includes:

scanning a product code of one or more products to access the one or more transaction documents based on the one or more scanned product codes.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein accessing the one or more transaction documents includes:

capturing an image of one or more products to access the one or more transaction documents based on the captured images.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the unique code includes:

identifying a recipient of one or more products of a transaction to enable the recipient to access a corresponding transaction document.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein accessing one or more transaction documents includes:

searching the transaction documents based on a user being a purchaser of one or more products of the corresponding transactions and a recipient of the one or more products purchased by another.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the one or more transaction documents are accessed via a mobile device.

9. A system for accessing transaction documents comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

generate a unique code for each transaction for one or more products, wherein the unique code is associated with a transaction document including transaction information and each product is associated with a product code;

store the unique code and corresponding one or more product codes associated with each transaction; and

access one or more transaction documents based on an identifier of at least one product associated with a corresponding transaction of the one or more transaction documents.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the transaction document includes a receipt, the unique code includes one of a bar code and a quick response code, and the product code includes a universal product code.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein accessing the one or more transaction documents includes a selected one of:

scanning a product code of one or more products to access the one or more transaction documents based on the one or more scanned product codes, and

capturing an image of one or more products to access the one or more transaction documents based on the captured images.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein at least one processor is further configured to:

identify a recipient of one or more products of a transaction to enable the recipient to access a corresponding transaction document.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein accessing one or more transaction documents includes:

searching the transaction documents based on a user being a purchaser of one or more products of the corresponding transactions and a recipient of the one or more products purchased by another.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more transaction documents are accessed via a mobile device.

15. A computer program product for accessing transaction documents comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on a first processing system, the computer readable program code comprising computer readable program code configured to;

generate a unique code for each transaction for one or more products, wherein the unique code is associated with a transaction document including transaction information and each product is associated with a product code;

store the unique code and corresponding one or more product codes associated with each transaction; and

access one or more transaction documents based on an identifier of at least one product associated with a corresponding transaction of the one or more transaction documents.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the transaction document includes a receipt, the unique code includes one of a bar code and a quick response code, and the product code includes a universal product code.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein accessing the one or more transaction documents includes a selected one of:

scanning a product code of one or more products to access the one or more transaction documents based on the one or more scanned product codes, and

capturing an image of one or more products to access the one or more transaction documents based on the captured images.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable program code is further configured to:

identify a recipient of one or more products of a transaction to enable the recipient to access a corresponding transaction document.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein accessing one or more transaction documents includes:

searching the transaction documents based on a user being a purchaser of one or more products of the corresponding transactions and a recipient of the one or more products purchased by another.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the one or more transaction documents are accessed via a mobile device.