Patent ID: 8429038

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of visually presenting spending activity to a consumer, the method comprising: receiving, at a first computer, respective electronic receipt data from respective transaction processing devices of respective merchants, the respective electronic receipt data identifying purchases of respective goods or services by the consumer from respective merchants; and generating a user interface with a receipt program executing on the first computer, the user interface comprising: a first view generated by the receipt program and comprising a thumbnail arrangement of a plurality of discrete objects that represent respective receipts generated by respective transaction processing devices, the thumbnail arrangement comprising: a first field populated by the receipt program and comprising a total number of receipts represented by the plurality of discrete objects, a second field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective numbers of goods or services identified by respective receipt data, and a third field populated by the receipt program and comprising a sum of respective total amounts of respective purchases identified by respective receipt data, the discrete objects being separated from the first field, the second field and the third field; and a second view generated by the receipt program and displayed in response to the consumer selecting or opening a discrete object displayed in the first view, wherein an indicator of a category of spending activity of the consumer is displayed in both the first view and in the second view.