Patent ID: 7881991

Claim:
A method of presenting an image of a receipt to a consumer, comprising: electronically capturing a receipt; storing the receipt at a host computer system; receiving a request at the host computer system from a computer of the consumer to display the image of the receipt; transmitting an electronic file comprising the image of the receipt for display at the consumer computer, the electronic file further comprising programming that causes at least one purchase item included on the receipt to appear as a selectable link to obtain more detailed information about the item; receiving from the consumer computer information that defines at least one user-defined category based on product information; receiving a request at the host computer from the consumer computer to display a categorical listing of items purchased by the consumer, wherein the items are comprised by a plurality of receipts; for each of the plurality of receipts, consulting a database for product information relating to each item of the receipt; using the product information to sort the items into categories comprising the at least one user-defined category; and transmitting a second electronic file from the host computer system to the consumer computer, wherein the file comprises a listing of the items sorted into categories comprising the at least one user-defined category based on product information for display at the consumer computer.