Receipt visualization and receipt data applications
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of visually presenting spending activity to a consumer, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a first computer, respective receipt data from respective transaction processing devices of respective merchants, the respective receipt data identifying purchases of respective goods or services by the consumer from respective merchants;
generating a user interface with a receipt program executing on the first computer, the user interface comprising;
a thumbnail arrangement of a plurality of discrete objects, the plurality of discrete objects representing respective receipts generated by respective transaction processing devices, each discrete object comprising object data related to at least one good or service purchased by the consumer from a merchant,a first field populated by the receipt program and comprising a total number of receipts represented by the plurality of discrete objects,a second field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective numbers of goods or services identified by respective receipt data, anda third field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective total amounts of respective purchases identified by respective receipt data, the discrete objects being separated from the first field, the second field and the third field; and
transmitting data of the user interface from the first computer, through a network, to a second computer of the consumer, the user interface being displayed by the second computer to the consumer.
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Abstract
Visually presenting spending behavior, spending patterns, and spending activity to a consumer across of their all receipt based purchase transactions. Receipt data is received at a first or host computer from respective transaction processing devices or host systems of respective merchants, or received from self-service action of the consumer, and identifies respective goods or services purchased by the consumer. A user interface is displayed to the consumer and comprises a thumbnail arrangement of discrete objects, each of which represents respective receipts generated by respective transaction or transaction processing devices. A discrete object may comprise data of one or multiple goods or services and includes category indicators that visually inform the consumer about the type of good or service. Embodiments may also involve requesting receipt data utilizing a mobile communication device, searching receipt data collected by the computer and responding to the request with requested receipt data.
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45 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of visually presenting spending activity to a consumer, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a first computer, respective receipt data from respective transaction processing devices of respective merchants, the respective receipt data identifying purchases of respective goods or services by the consumer from respective merchants; generating a user interface with a receipt program executing on the first computer, the user interface comprising; a thumbnail arrangement of a plurality of discrete objects, the plurality of discrete objects representing respective receipts generated by respective transaction processing devices, each discrete object comprising object data related to at least one good or service purchased by the consumer from a merchant, a first field populated by the receipt program and comprising a total number of receipts represented by the plurality of discrete objects, a second field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective numbers of goods or services identified by respective receipt data, and a third field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective total amounts of respective purchases identified by respective receipt data, the discrete objects being separated from the first field, the second field and the third field; and transmitting data of the user interface from the first computer, through a network, to a second computer of the consumer, the user interface being displayed by the second computer to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented method of visually presenting spending activity to a consumer, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a first computer, respective receipt data from respective transaction processing devices of respective merchants, the respective receipt data identifying purchases of respective goods or services by the consumer from respective merchants; generating a user interface with a receipt program executing on the first computer, the user interface comprising; a thumbnail arrangement of a plurality of discrete objects representing respective receipts generated by respective transaction processing devices, each discrete object comprising object data related to at least one good or service purchased by the consumer from a merchant, at least one discrete object comprising a category indicator while not identifying a particular good or service, a first field populated by the receipt program and comprising a total number of receipts represented by the plurality of discrete objects, a second field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective numbers of goods or services identified by respective receipt data, and a third field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective total amounts of respective purchases identified by respective receipt data; and transmitting data of the user interface from the first computer, through a network, to a second computer of the consumer, the user interface being displayed by the second computer to the consumer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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