Patent ID: 8909620

Claim:
A method of searching digital receipts, the method comprising: storing, on a mobile computing device carried by a customer, a receipt database containing a plurality of digital receipts, each digital receipt thereof documenting a different transaction conducted by the customer; conducting a first search of the receipt database while the receipt database is stored on the mobile computing device, the searching comprising: receiving, by the mobile computing device from the customer, a digital receipt search request, the digital receipt search request including search criteria, the search criteria defining that digital receipts associated with a specified payment method satisfy the digital receipt search request; accessing, by the mobile computing device, one or more digital receipts from the receipt database, each of the one of more digital receipts: corresponding to a transaction at a Point-Of-Sale (POS) system; and indicating a payment method used during the transaction; identifying, by the mobile computing device, at least one digital receipt, from among the one or more accessed digital receipts, that indicates the specified payment method was used during the corresponding transaction; and returning, by the mobile computing device, the at least one digital receipt as satisfying the digital receipt search request; presenting, by the mobile computing device, the at least one digital receipt to the customer via a display of the mobile computing device; storing, by the mobile computing device, the search criteria; and conducting, subsequent to the first search, a second search of the receipt database using the search criteria by default.