Searching Digital Receipts at a Mobile Device

• US 20150058186A1
• Filed: 11/03/2014
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal Mart Stores Inc (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Argue, Stuart, Marcar, Anthony Emile
• Granted Patent: US 9,152,999 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting

Abstract

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for searching digital receipts at a mobile device. A customer mobile device receives and stores one or more digital receipts. The one or more digital receipts correspond to transactions conducted with a merchant. A user can select search criteria for searching stored digital receipts. The search criteria can be applied to stored digital receipts. Any stored digital receipts that satisfy the search criteria can be returned for display. In some embodiments, search criteria are selected to search for digital receipts associated with a specified payment method, such as, for example, cash, check, credit card, debit card, gift card, etc. In other embodiments, search criteria are selected to search for digital receipts having a purchase date within a specified purchase date range.

Claims

1. A method of searching digital receipts, the method comprising:

storing, on a mobile computing device carried by a customer, a receipt database containing a plurality of digital receipts, each digital receipt thereof documenting a different transaction conducted by the customer;

searching the receipt database while the receipt database is stored on the mobile computing device, the searching comprising;

receiving, by the mobile computing device from the customer, a digital receipt search request, the digital receipt search request including search criteria, the search criteria defining that digital receipts associated with a specified payment method satisfy the digital receipt search request;

accessing, by the mobile computing device, one or more digital receipts from the receipt database, each of the one of more digital receipts;

corresponding to a transaction at a Point-Of-Sale (POS) system; and

indicating a payment method used during the transaction;

identifying, by the mobile computing device, at least one digital receipt, from among the one or more accessed digital receipts, that indicates the specified payment method was used during the corresponding transaction; and

returning, by the mobile computing device, the at least one digital receipt as satisfying the digital receipt search request; and

presenting, by the mobile computing device, the at least one digital receipt to the customer via a display of the mobile computing device.