Handling payment receipts with a receipt store
First Claim
1. A method of providing a receipt, the method comprising:
- engaging in a point-of-sale transaction with a customer in which said customer is physically present at a location at which the transaction occurs, said transaction not being performed through a commerce system that facilitates remote network transactions;
receiving, from a device carried by said customer, profile information that is stored on said device and that comprises contact information that identifies, by an e-mail address, an Instant Message (IM) address, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a phone number, or a Short Message Service (SMS) identifier, a location to which said receipt is to be sent, said profile information being received at a device reader that communicates with said device and that is communicatively connected to a point-of-sale component and that is separate from said point-of-sale component;
generating said receipt based on said transaction by creating, at said point-of-sale component, a partial receipt that does not include an amount paid by said customer for transaction and does not include a form of payment used for said transaction, and by transmitting said partial receipt to said device reader, said device reader creating said receipt from said partial receipt by said device reader'"'"'s adding said amount paid and said form of payment to said partial receipt; and
causing said receipt to be sent, via a network, to a receipt store identified by said contact information, wherein said receipt store is remote from said location at which said transaction occurs.
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Abstract
A receipt store may be provided as a service. Electronic payment receipts generated in any type of transaction may be delivered to the receipt store. A customer may subscribe to a particular receipt store, to be used as a repository for that customer'"'"'s receipts. The customer may carry a device that is used to communicate payment information (such as a credit card number) to a device reader when purchases are made. The device may also identify the customer'"'"'s receipt store. A commercial establishment that accepts the customer'"'"'s payment may generate an electronic receipt, and may deliver it to the receipt store specified by the customer'"'"'s device. The establishment may also deliver the receipt to the customer'"'"'s device, and the customer'"'"'s device may send the receipt along to the receipt store.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of providing a receipt, the method comprising:
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engaging in a point-of-sale transaction with a customer in which said customer is physically present at a location at which the transaction occurs, said transaction not being performed through a commerce system that facilitates remote network transactions; receiving, from a device carried by said customer, profile information that is stored on said device and that comprises contact information that identifies, by an e-mail address, an Instant Message (IM) address, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a phone number, or a Short Message Service (SMS) identifier, a location to which said receipt is to be sent, said profile information being received at a device reader that communicates with said device and that is communicatively connected to a point-of-sale component and that is separate from said point-of-sale component; generating said receipt based on said transaction by creating, at said point-of-sale component, a partial receipt that does not include an amount paid by said customer for transaction and does not include a form of payment used for said transaction, and by transmitting said partial receipt to said device reader, said device reader creating said receipt from said partial receipt by said device reader'"'"'s adding said amount paid and said form of payment to said partial receipt; and causing said receipt to be sent, via a network, to a receipt store identified by said contact information, wherein said receipt store is remote from said location at which said transaction occurs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a device reader that receives, from a device, profile information that comprises payment account information of a customer and contact information of said customer, wherein said contact information identifies said customer by an e-mail address, an Instant Message (IM) address, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a phone number, or a Short Message Service (SMS) identifier; a point-of-sale component that performs a transaction at a location at which said customer and said point-of-sale component are physically present together, and that generates a partial receipt for said transaction, said partial receipt not including an amount paid by said customer for transaction and not including a form of payment used for said transaction; and a first component that receives said partial receipt from said point-of-sale component, that generates a receipt based on said partial receipt by adding said amount paid and said form of payment to said partial receipt, and that causes said receipt to be sent, via a network, to a receipt store identified by said contact information, wherein said receipt store is remote from said location at which said transaction occurs, said first component being separate from said point-of-sale component. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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