Patent ID: 8180682

Claim:
A system for generating a view of a purchase history, comprising: an electronic receipt generator (ERG) for generating an electronic receipt including information regarding a purchase by a customer; a storage device for storing a purchase history for the customer and said electronic receipt for each purchase in said purchase history; and a display screen generator which accesses said electronic receipt in said storage device to generate a display screen which displays said electronic receipt with a map corresponding to the information included in the electronic receipt, wherein at least a portion of said electronic receipt is overlaid on said map; and a shared storage device, accessible by the customer and at least one additional authorized user, for storing a duplicate copy of said electronic receipt for at least a portion of purchases in said purchase history; wherein said display screen further displays said information included in said electronic receipt, said information comprising at least one of a vendor name, customer name, an item purchased, an amount paid for said item purchased, a date of said purchase, a time of said purchase, an address of said vendor, a phone number of said vendor and an email address of said vendor, and additional item information; and wherein said electronic receipt generator comprises plural electronic receipt generators which are associated with a vendor, and said electronic receipt comprises plural geotagged electronic receipts which are encoded with a location of said vendor.