Method and server for management of electronic receipts
First Claim
1. An electronic receipt management server for managing electronic receipts, comprising:
- means for managing data representing at least one electronic receipt stored in a user device;
means for communicating over a network with the user device; and
means for storing the data representing the at least one electronic receipt, the data being supplied to the means for storing by the user device,wherein the data representing the at least one electronic receipt is created by an external device, which originally supplies the data to the user device, the external device being managed by a separate administration service provider,wherein the data stored by the means for storing is used for restoring the data to the user device or to a portable device, andwherein restoring the data requires communicating with the separate administration service provider over the network to obtain approval from the separate administration service provider to restore the data to the user device or to the portable device.
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Abstract
A system for managing electronic receipts is provided. According to one aspect, the system includes a portable device, a base device, a user device and an electronic receipts administration system. The electronic receipts administration system provides the base device with the appropriate data to allow the base device to generate, store and manage electronic receipts accordingly. A user uses the portable device to conduct a transaction with the base device. The base device uses a variety of information to generate an electronic receipt for the transaction. Such information includes, for example, information stored on the portable device, information stored locally on the base device and information stored on another device such as an electronic cash register. The electronic receipt is then stored on the portable device. The user device allows the user to subsequently retrieve the electronic receipt for management purposes.
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19 Claims
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1. An electronic receipt management server for managing electronic receipts, comprising:
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means for managing data representing at least one electronic receipt stored in a user device; means for communicating over a network with the user device; and means for storing the data representing the at least one electronic receipt, the data being supplied to the means for storing by the user device, wherein the data representing the at least one electronic receipt is created by an external device, which originally supplies the data to the user device, the external device being managed by a separate administration service provider, wherein the data stored by the means for storing is used for restoring the data to the user device or to a portable device, and wherein restoring the data requires communicating with the separate administration service provider over the network to obtain approval from the separate administration service provider to restore the data to the user device or to the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for operating an electronic receipt management server for managing an electronic receipt, comprising:
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communicating with the user device over a network using the electronic receipt management server; and storing data representing at least one electronic receipt in the electronic receipt management server, the data received from the user device, wherein the data representing the at least one electronic receipt is originally supplied to the user device by an external device, which is managed by a separate administration service provider, wherein the data is used for restoring the data to the user device or to a portable device, and wherein restoring the data requires communicating with the separate administration service provider over the network to obtain approval from the separate administration service provider to restore the data to the user device or to the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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