Patent ID: 6873715

Claim:
A credit card electronic receipt system comprising: a. a computer network system in communication with a credit card issuer's communication network and an email system; b. a host computer in communication with said computer network system, said host computer having a first display produces an electronic receipt of purchase transactions; c. a credit card reader being connected to said host computer, said credit card reader having a magnetic strip reader and a digital camera, and said digital camera captures an email address on an image area on a credit card while said credit card being registered and held stationary, and said magnetic strip reader reads the account number embedded in a magnetic stripe on the credit card when the credit card is being swiped through the magnetic strip reader; d. an optical character recognition program, said optical character recognition program identifies characters of the email address; and e. a control program in communication with said host computer, said magnetic stripe reader, said digital camera, and said control program inputs said email address and the electronic receipt to the email system.