Patent ID: 7827077
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for managing electronic receipts, comprising: a base device communicatively coupled to a portable device, the portable device or an aspect of the portable device being associated with an account of a user of the portable device, the account being issued by an issuer, the base device associated with an identifier, the base device storing a plurality of electronic receipt policies, the base device generating an electronic receipt corresponding to a transaction between the user and a service provider via the portable device for a service and/or product of the service provider using a select policy of the plurality of electronic receipt policies, and the base device forwarding the generated electronic receipt to the portable device for storage, the base device having a local electronic receipt database that is used to store electronic receipts generated by the base device, the base device having a local electronic receipt activity log that is used to maintain historical information for transactions conducted via the base device; wherein which one of the plurality of policies is the select policy used for generating the electronic receipt is selected by the base device and depends on the transaction for the service and/or product between the user and the service provider, the select policy being managed by a receipt administration system, wherein the base device is a point of sale device, which separately receives from the service provider information regarding price paid for the service and/or product of the transaction, and also information regarding the account of the user of the portable device that was approved by the issuer to pay for the service and/or product of the transaction, for incorporation into the electronic receipt, and wherein the point of sale device generates the electronic receipt without needing to retrieve additional information from the receipt administration system to generate the electronic receipt using the transaction dependent select policy of the plurality of electronic receipt policies, and wherein information from the local electronic receipt database and the local electronic receipt activity log is exported to the receipt administration system at predetermined time intervals.