Patent ID: 8788350
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a receipt, the method comprising: engaging in a point-of-sale transaction with a customer in which said customer is physically present at a location at which the transaction occurs, said transaction not being performed through a commerce system that facilitates remote network transactions; receiving, from a device carried by said customer, profile information that is stored on said device and that comprises contact information that identifies, by an e-mail address, an Instant Message (IM) address, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a phone number, or a Short Message Service (SMS) identifier, a location to which said receipt is to be sent, said profile information being received at a device reader that communicates with said device and that is communicatively connected to a point-of-sale component and that is separate from said point-of-sale component; generating said receipt based on said transaction by creating, at said point-of-sale component, a partial receipt that does not include an amount paid by said customer for transaction and does not include a form of payment used for said transaction, and by transmitting said partial receipt to said device reader, said device reader creating said receipt from said partial receipt by said device reader's adding said amount paid and said form of payment to said partial receipt; and causing said receipt to be sent, via a network, to a receipt store identified by said contact information, wherein said receipt store is remote from said location at which said transaction occurs.