CPC G06Q 30/04 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/047 (2020.05)] | 20 Claims |
15. A digital receipts system to manage a digital receipt of a payment by a customer received from a merchant for a purchase, the system comprising:
a merchant point of sale (POS) device;
a user device configured to be in communication with the merchant POS device;
a server, in communication with the merchant POS device and the user device, the server having a processor and a memory that contains instructions that are readable by the processor and cause the processor to:
receive account information from a digital wallet that is associated with a customer from a user device of the customer at the merchant POS device, the account information including a unique address that is an internet uniform resource locator (URL) of a digital receipt repository associated with the customer and the digital wallet;
receive payment information associated with the account information from the digital wallet for a purchase transaction being made by the customer to complete the purchase transaction;
in response to completing the purchase transaction, generate the digital receipt for the purchase transaction;
transmit the digital receipt directly to the URL of the digital receipt repository using the URL;
store the digital receipt in the digital receipt repository using the URL;
grant the customer using the user device access to the digital receipt in the digital receipt repository via the URL.
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