Patent ID: 8700474
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. At a receipt preferences database server for an entity, the receipt preferences database server including one or more processors and system memory, the receipt preferences database server connected to one or more Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems at each of one or more store locations for the entity, the receipt preferences database server configured to manage a receipt preferences database for the entity, a method for delivering customer specified receipt types at checkout, the method comprising: receiving customer specified receipt delivery preferences and a customer fingerprint from a mobile device, the customer specified receipt delivery preferences specified through the mobile device by a customer of the entity, the customer specified receipt delivery preferences including a printed receipt preference for the one or more store locations, the printed receipt preference indicating when a customer desires printed receipts to be provided along with digital receipts for sales transactions; storing an association between the customer fingerprint and the customer specified receipt delivery preferences in the receipt preferences database, the receipt preferences database storing customer specified receipt delivery preferences for a plurality of different customers, including the customer; subsequent to storing the association between the customer fingerprint and the customer specified receipt delivery preferences, receiving a poll for receipt delivery preferences applicable to a sales transaction at a store location, the store location included in the one or more store locations, the poll including the customer fingerprint; using the customer fingerprint to identify the customer specified receipt delivery preferences, including the printed receipt preference, from within the receipt preferences database; and returning the customer specified receipt delivery preferences, including the printed receipt preference, to the store location for use in determining if a paper receipt is to be provided along with a digital receipt for the sales transaction.