Method and user device for management of electronic receipts
First Claim
1. A user device for managing electronic receipts, comprising:
- a processor configured to execute control logic configured to manage data representing at least one electronic receipt;
a communications module operatively coupled to the processor to electronically interface with a portable device of a user, wherein the portable device supplies the communications module with data representing the at least one electronic receipt of the user regarding a prior transaction, which originated the at least one electronic receipt, between the portable device and a POS device;
a display interface operatively coupled to the processor and configured by the processor to display to the user data representing the at least one electronic receipt while the portable device is interfacing with the communications module; and
a storage component operatively coupled to the processor and configured by the processor to store at least a portion of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt,wherein the at least one electronic receipt comprises accounting information and administrative information, the administrative information comprising access and management conditions that are controlled by a service provider in control of the POS device,wherein the communications module is further configured by the processor to retrieve information from the portable device in order to display viewable information of the at least one electronic receipt to the user on the display interface while the portable device is interfacing with the communications module, andwherein the access and management conditions of the at least one electronic receipt allow the processor to copy the accounting information to the storage component and prevent the processor from copying the access and management conditions of the electronic receipt to the storage component,wherein the access and management conditions of the at least one electronic receipt only allow the processor of the computing system to copy only a portion of the at least one electronic receipt, said portion including at least the accounting information.
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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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21 Claims
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1. A user device for managing electronic receipts, comprising:
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a processor configured to execute control logic configured to manage data representing at least one electronic receipt; a communications module operatively coupled to the processor to electronically interface with a portable device of a user, wherein the portable device supplies the communications module with data representing the at least one electronic receipt of the user regarding a prior transaction, which originated the at least one electronic receipt, between the portable device and a POS device; a display interface operatively coupled to the processor and configured by the processor to display to the user data representing the at least one electronic receipt while the portable device is interfacing with the communications module; and a storage component operatively coupled to the processor and configured by the processor to store at least a portion of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt, wherein the at least one electronic receipt comprises accounting information and administrative information, the administrative information comprising access and management conditions that are controlled by a service provider in control of the POS device, wherein the communications module is further configured by the processor to retrieve information from the portable device in order to display viewable information of the at least one electronic receipt to the user on the display interface while the portable device is interfacing with the communications module, and wherein the access and management conditions of the at least one electronic receipt allow the processor to copy the accounting information to the storage component and prevent the processor from copying the access and management conditions of the electronic receipt to the storage component, wherein the access and management conditions of the at least one electronic receipt only allow the processor of the computing system to copy only a portion of the at least one electronic receipt, said portion including at least the accounting information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for managing an electronic receipt using a user device, the user device having control logic for managing data representing at least one electronic receipt using the user device, the method comprising:
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requesting, using a processor, the data representing the at least one electronic receipt of the user regarding a prior transaction from a portable device coupled to a communications module of the user device, wherein the prior transaction, which originated the at least one electronic receipt, was between the portable device and a POS device, wherein the POS device originally supplied the at least one electronic receipt to the portable device; receiving and storing, using the processor, at least a portion of the data representing the at least one electronic receipt in a storage component of the user device; and displaying, using the processor, a displayable format of the at least one electronic receipt on a display interface of the user device, wherein the at least one electronic receipt comprises accounting information and administrative information, the administrative information comprising access and management conditions that are controlled by a service provider in control of the POS device, wherein the communications module is configured by the processor to retrieve information from the portable device in order to display viewable information of the at least one electronic receipt to the user on the display interface while the portable device is interfacing with the communications module, and wherein the access and management conditions of the at least one electronic receipt allow the processor to copy the accounting information to the storage component and prevent the processor from copying the access and management conditions of the electronic receipt to the storage component of the user device, wherein the access and management conditions of the at least one electronic receipt only allow the processor of the computing system to copy only a portion of the at least one electronic receipt, said portion including at least the accounting information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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