Patent ID: 8534551

Claim:
A method for issuing a purchase transaction receipt over a network, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one server in communication with the network, a registration request to receive digital receipts in association with a first credit card account; storing, by the at least one server, at least one first customer record in a database, the at least one first customer record associating the first credit card account with a destination associated with a first customer; receiving, at the at least one server from a point-of-sale terminal, information identifying the first credit card account and information about a transaction; retrieving, by the at least one server, the at least one first customer record from the database based on the information identifying the first credit card account; initiating a charge of an amount of the transaction to the first credit card account; and automatically transmitting a digital receipt for the transaction to the destination associated with the first customer without input from the first customer.