RECEIPT RETRIEVAL BASED ON LOCATION

• US 20140143104A1
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Boncimino, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 9,922,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/047 using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/227 characterised in that multiple accounts are available, e.g. to the payer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/321 using wearable devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4018 using the card verification value [CVV] associated with the card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/01 Customer relationship services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A user may request receipts near a current location of the user or a desired location specified by the user. Once a location or address is determined or obtained, a service provider can access a database or other storage to search for receipts for the user within a certain distance from the current user location or desired location. This distance can vary based on results found or density of merchants in the area. The distance can be predetermined by the system or the user. All valid receipts within this distance can then be presented to the user on the user device, such as indications on a map, associated with merchant names and transaction details or summaries, and/or other formats and information.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a memory storing account information for a plurality of users, wherein the account information comprises information about user purchases including electronic receipts;

one or more processors in communication with the memory and operable to;

determine a location of a user;

access electronic receipts associated with purchases by the user;

determine, from the electronic receipts, local electronic receipts from merchant(s) within a predetermined distance from the location; and

present the local receipts to the user on a user device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic receipts are transmitted directly from merchants to a service provider.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the location is a current location of the user.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the location is the current location of the user device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the location is a location entered by the user.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the location entered by the user is different than a current location of the user device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic receipts include a location where a purchase was made by the user resulting in an electronic receipt.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is set by the user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is set by a service provider.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the predetermined distance is based on the location.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is based on a number of electronic receipts near the location.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the local receipts are presented on a map on the user device.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:

determining a location of a user;

accessing electronic receipts associated with purchases by the user;

determining, from the electronic receipts, local electronic receipts from merchant(s) within a predetermined distance from the location; and

presenting the local receipts to the user on a user device.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the electronic receipts are transmitted directly from merchants to a service provider.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the location is a current location of the user.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the location is a location entered by the user.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined distance is set by a service provider.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined distance is based on the location.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the predetermined distance is based on a number of electronic receipts near the location.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the local receipts are presented on a map on the user device.