System for online electronic receipt management and method therefor
OwnerDavid Neal McDevitt, Andrew Alexander Dunkmaninventors
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Abstract
An online electronic receipt management system and method are disclosed. The system and method allow for a centralized online electronic receipt database accessible to a user via the Internet using an email address and password to gain access to the user's unique site. The system and method also allow a user to easily organize entire sales transactions (or individual items from a multiple-item sales transaction) items into categories allow for simple calculation of total expenses relevant to that category. The system and method also allows a user to easily create gift receipts by masking certain portions of the sales transaction prior to transferring it to the recipient.
Claims20
A method for managing receipts comprising the steps of:
- creating a system account number on a computer system;
- entering said system account number into a register at a location remote from said computer system;
- generating receipt information by said register for at least one sales transaction;
- receiving said account number and said receipt information by said computer system, said account number and said receipt information transmitted from said register;
- storing said receipt information into a system account in a computer database, said system account being associated with said system account number;
- and
- retrieving said receipt information stored in said system account in said computer database by a system user from a location remote from said computer system.
A method for managing receipts comprising the steps of:
- creating at least one system account and associated system account number on a computer system;
- assigning said at least one system account and associated system account number to at least one system user;
- entering said at least one system account number into a register at a location remote from said computer system;
- generating receipt information by said register for at least one sales transaction;
- receiving said receipt information and said system account number by said computer system, said receipt information and said system account number transmitted from said register;
- storing said receipt information into said at least one system account in a computer database;
- and
- retrieving said receipt information stored in said at least one system account in said computer database by said at least one system user from a location remote from said computer system.
A computer readable medium containing instructions for controlling a computer system for managing receipts that:
- receives receipt information transmitted from a register for at least one sales transaction;
- stores said receipt information in a system account in a computer database;
- and
- allows a system user to access said system account from a location remote from said computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.