Patent ID: 8676653
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. At a mobile electronic device, the mobile electronic device including a processor, system memory, and a camera, a method for returning a purchased item at a store location, the method comprising: opening electronic receipts software in response to user input, the electronic receipts software including item return functionality for selecting items for return at store locations, the return functionality disabled upon opening the electronic receipts software; selecting an electronic receipt stored on the mobile electronic device in response to additional user input, the electronic receipt identifying one or more purchased items; capturing a machine readable code via the camera, the machine readable code associated with a returns POS terminal at the store location; the processor analyzing the machine readable code to determine that the mobile electronic device is in the vicinity of a returns POS terminal; enabling the return functionality of the electronic receipts software in response to determining that the mobile electronic device is in the vicinity of the returns POS terminal; selecting at least one item for return at the store location in response to further user input subsequent to enabling the return functionality, the at least one item selected from among the identified one or more purchased items; indicating the selected at least one item for entry at the returns POS terminal; and receiving an updated electronic receipt, the updated electronic receipt representing the status of the at least one item as returned.