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METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING A COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR ROUTING VIRTUAL RECEIPTS TO CUSTOMERS WITH A SCAN-ABLE CODE GENERATED BY THE MERCHANT

  • US 20190066079A1
  • Filed: 08/31/2017
  • Published: 02/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2017
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for routing receipts to customers by a merchant using a computing platform, the method comprising:

  • generating a scan-able code in advance of a transaction by a merchant point of sale (POS) device for capturing by a mobile device of a customer when the merchant performs the transaction with the customer in order for the customer to receive a virtual receipt of the transaction wherein the scan-able code is associated with a particular merchant;

    displaying, at the merchant POS device the scan-able code to the customer, for the customer to perform a capture of the scan-able code by using a receipt app of the mobile device of the customer connected to the computing platform when the merchant performs or has performed the transaction with the customer;

    generating, by the merchant POS, identifying data for the customer by combining data from the scan-able code with identifying data generated by the merchant POS relating to the transaction wherein the identifying data comprises identifiers of one or more of;

    time stamp data of the transaction, data about items or services purchased in the transaction; and

    random data generated by the merchant POS during the time of the transaction andsending, by the merchant POS using the computing platform, the identifying data to an app cloud storage with the virtual receipt of the transaction wherein the app cloud storage is configured as a block chain ledger to store the virtual receipt wherein the block chain ledger is a permanent ledger preventing changes to the virtual receipt accessible by the customer using identifying data to access the block chain ledger wherein the identifying data is composed of data which is extracted from a scan-able code captured by the customer as well as additional identifiers of identifying data generated by the receipt app of the customer which correlate to the identifiers generated by the merchant POS to enable access to the block chain ledger to receive the virtual receipt.

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