Method and system for active receipt management

An apparatus comprising:

• a communication module to receive transaction data from a point-of-sale terminal over a network, the transaction data corresponding to a product purchased during a purchase transaction;
• an electronic receipt collection module to parse the transaction data to retrieve information describing an aspect of the purchased product or the purchase transaction;
• and
• an electronic receipt database to store the information retrieved from the transaction data as an electronic receipt, the electronic receipt database comprises a plurality of electronic receipts, each of the plurality of electronic receipts associated with a unique identifier of a user.

At least one machine readable media comprising a plurality of instructions, which in response to execution by an electronic receipt server, cause the electronic receipt server to:

• receive transaction data from a point-of-sale terminal over a network, the transaction data corresponds to a product purchased during a purchase transaction;
• parse the transaction data to retrieve information describing an aspect of the purchased product or the purchase transaction;
• and
• store the information retrieved from the transaction data as an electronic receipt in a database, the database comprises a plurality of electronic receipts, each of the plurality of electronic receipts associated with a unique identifier of a user.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by an electronic receipt server, transaction data from a point-of-sale terminal over a network, the transaction data corresponding to a product purchased during a purchase transaction;
• parsing, by an electronic receipt server, the transaction data to retrieve information describing an aspect of the purchased product or the purchase transaction;
• and
• storing, by the electronic receipt server, the information retrieved from the transaction data as an electronic receipt in a database, the database comprises a plurality of electronic receipts, each of the plurality of electronic receipts associated with a unique identifier of a user.