Collection of transaction receipts using an online content management service

A client device comprising:

• a user interface;
• a network interface to communicate with a message management service;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the user interface and the network interface, the processing unit being configured to:
• receive messages and associated metadata from the message management service, the associated metadata for a first message indicating that the first message is a candidate for processing as a receipt;
• generate a graphical user interface image for the user interface based on the received messages and associated metadata, wherein the graphical user interface image includes a user-operable control element indicating that the first message is a candidate for processing as a receipt;
• detect operation of the user-operable control element;
• and
• send, in response to detecting operation of the user-operable control element, an instruction to the message management service to process the first message as a receipt, wherein processing the first message as a receipt includes saving a representation of the first message to an online content management service.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a message management service, a first message for a user;
• determining, by the message management service, that the first message is a candidate for processing as a receipt;
• determining, by the message management service, whether an established rule for processing messages as receipts applies to the first message;
• in the event that an established rule applies to the first message, processing, by the message management service, the first message as a receipt;
• and
• in the event that an established rule does not apply to the first message, sending, by the message management service, to a client device, the first message and metadata indicating that the first message is a candidate for processing as a receipt,
• wherein processing the first message as a receipt includes sending, by the message management service, a representation of the first message to an online content management service for filing.

A system comprising:

• a client interface configured to communicate with a client device operable by a user;
• a messaging service interface configured to receive messages for the user from one or more messaging services;
• and
• a plurality of message management modules coupled to the client interface and the messaging service interface, the message management modules including:
• a filter module configured to apply a set of established rules to messages for the user received via the messaging service interface, the set of established rules including at least one rule for processing a message as a receipt in the event that the message satisfies a triggering condition;
• a content analysis module configured to determine, based on an analysis of messages received via the messaging service interface, whether a particular received message is a candidate for processing as a receipt and to generate a suggested rule to process the received message as a receipt;
• and
• a receipt handler module configured to process a message as a receipt, wherein processing a message as a receipt includes sending a representation of the message to an online content management service to be filed in a receipts folder maintained for the user at the online content management service,
• wherein the receipt handler module is responsive to instructions from the filter module and to instructions received via the client interface.

A method comprising:

• receiving, at an online content management service a plurality of content items for a user from a plurality of sources, the plurality of sources including at least two of a message management service, a client device of the user, or a merchant partner of the online content management service;
• determining, by the online content management service, whether each of the received content items is a receipt;
• for each received content item that is a receipt, filing, by the online content management service, the content item in a receipts folder for the user;
• and
• for each received content item that is not a receipt, filing, by the online content management service, the content item in a folder other than the receipts folder.