US 11,836,771 B2
System and method for generating and storing digital receipts for electronic shopping
Pia Maenpaa, White Plains, NY (US); Joshua Kessler, Danbury, CT (US); Jaclyn Moore, Port Chester, NY (US); John Dallesandro, Millwood, NY (US); Laurie Chiola, Bedford Hills, NY (US); and Erin Kieran, White Plains, NY (US)
Assigned to MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US)
Filed by MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Purchase, NY (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/683,418.
Application 16/819,959 is a division of application No. 15/895,370, filed on Feb. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,592,941.
Application 17/683,418 is a continuation of application No. 16/819,959, filed on Mar. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,270,360.
Application 15/895,370 is a continuation of application No. 13/774,623, filed on Feb. 22, 2013, granted, now 9,892,434.
Prior Publication US 2022/0188886 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 30/04 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/04 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/047 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.