US 2014/0156508 A1 · Splitting A Purchase Among Multiple Parties Using An Electronic Receipt After The Transaction

Abstract

A method is disclosed for a customer splitting the cost of a purchase with other persons. An electronic receipt may be viewed on a mobile electronic device with electronic receipts software thereon. Using a device configured according to one or more embodiments of the invention, a customer is able to select the receipt for splitting as well as selecting other persons to share the cost of items on the receipt. The customer may allocate item cost among those other persons. Information may be sent to a server or computer system to provide notifications to the other persons. The server may then process the request and transmit receipt information/notifications to the person requested by the customer.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method for splitting a receipt among multiple persons comprising:

receiving an electronic receipt on a mobile electronic device;
receiving a selection of an item from the electronic receipt on the mobile electronic device;
receiving a selection of a person on the mobile electronic device;
associating the person with the item on the mobile electronic device;
receiving an allocation of the item cost for the person on the mobile electronic device;
and
splitting the receipt total among multiple persons according to item cost allocations.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/691,646Filed 30 Nov 2012

Published

5 Jun 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 20/326
Using wireless devices: payment applications installed on the mobile devices
G06Q 20/047
Payment circuits: using payment protocols involving electronic receipts
G06Q 20/102
Specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems: bill distribution or payments
G06Q 20/20
Payment architectures: point-of-sale [POS] network systems

Splitting A Purchase Among Multiple Parties Using An Electronic Receipt After The Transaction

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Splitting A Purchase Among Multiple Parties Using An Electronic Receipt After The Transaction

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Abstract

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