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Electronic receipt system

  • US 9,443,259 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2015
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic receipt system comprising:

  • a point-of-sale (POS) terminal and a near-field communication (NFC) device associated with the POS terminal; and

    a server in communication with said POS terminal and configured toreceive from said POS terminal, a user identifier transmitted from a mobile communication device communicating via said NFC device,verify an enrollment status of the user identifier received at said server,when the enrollment status of the user identifier is not verified, generate a temporary user identifier to define the user identifier,transmit the temporary user identifier to the mobile communications device via the NFC device and the POS terminal,receive, from the POS terminal, an electronic receipt,store one of the user identifier and the temporary user identifier, and the electronic receipt, andreceive, from a user and via a user interaction interface of the server, a request including one of the user identifier and the temporary user identifier to access the electronic receipt;

    said POS terminal configured to provide a paper receipt with the temporary user identifier therein.

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