Patent ID: 9292867
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating an electronic receipt system, the method comprising: receiving, at a server of the electronic receipt system and from a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a user identifier transmitted from a mobile communication device via a near-field communication (NFC) device associated with the POS terminal; verifying, by a validation module of the server, an enrollment status of the user identifier received; when the enrollment status of the user identifier is not verified, generating at the server a temporary user identifier to define the user identifier, transmitting the temporary user identifier to the mobile communications device via the NFC device and the POS terminal, and providing a paper receipt with the temporary user identifier therein; receiving, from the POS terminal, an electronic receipt and passing one of the user identifier and the temporary user identifier, and the electronic receipt to a receipt storage module of the server; and receiving, 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.