Patent ID: 8635112

Claim:
At a receipt application server for a merchant, the receipt application server including one or more processors and system memory, the receipt application server connected to one or more Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems and one or more auditor mobile devices at each of one or more store locations for the merchant, the receipt application server configured to manage a receipt database for the merchant, a method for locating digital receipt data for use in in-store audits, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of sales transactions for the merchant: receiving digital receipt data for a sales transaction conducted at a Point-Of-Sale (POS) system, the Point-Of-Sale (POS) system at a store location selected from among the one or more store locations, the digital receipt data containing a receipt entry for each of one or more items purchased by a customer in the sales transaction; generating a digital receipt for the sales transaction, the digital receipt generated from the digital receipt data, the digital receipt containing the receipt entry for each of the one or more purchased items, the digital receipt providing proof of the sales transaction, the digital receipt for delivery to a customer mobile device associated with the customer; receiving an indication that the sales transaction is to be audited; and sending the digital receipt to an auditor mobile device at the store location, the auditor mobile device for use in auditing receipt entries contained in the digital receipt against items physical possessed by the customer upon the customer attempting to exit the store location, the auditor mobile device used for in-store audits at the store location, the receipt entries of the digital receipt displayable at the auditor mobile device such that the sales transaction can be audited prior to the customer leaving the store location without requesting the digital receipt from the customer.