US 12,265,943 B2
Receipt content capture device for inventory tracking
Robert Russel Adams, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,649.
Application 18/071,649 is a continuation of application No. 17/191,601, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,526,846.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091975 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); G06F 16/25 (2019.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 40/12 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06F 16/258 (2019.01); G06Q 20/047 (2020.05); G06Q 20/209 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); G06Q 30/0603 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at an online system, encoded receipt data transmitted by one or more receipt capture devices, each receipt capture device configured to intercept receipt data transmitted from a corresponding point of sale (POS) system of a retailer, wherein each receipt capture device is a physical pass-through device that is connected between the corresponding POS system and a receipt printer, and wherein the online system and the POS system are operated by different entities, and wherein the POS system includes a scanner that physically scans products in a transaction occurring at a physical retailer and a receipt capture device that intercepts the receipt data generated from the physical scanning of the products;
decoding, by the online system, the encoded receipt data transmitted by the one or more receipt capture devices;
identifying, from the decoded receipt data, receipt transaction data for a set of transactions associated with the retailer, the receipt transaction data comprising a set of purchased products purchased in each of the set of transactions associated with the retailer; and
matching one or more entries of the receipt transaction data with on-file transaction data stored by the online system, wherein the on-file transaction data are obtained from one or more sources that are different from the one or more receipt capture devices.