Digital receipt generation from information electronically read from product
AssigneeAfterbot, Inc.
InventorRoger Stephen Schultz
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Abstract
In connection with a sales transaction, product information is directly collected from the product provided with a label or tag that can be electronically scanned by, for example, optical scanning technology or radio-frequency scanning technology. The product information is electronically provided to the buyer in the form of an electronic receipt.
Claims19
A system for collecting product information, comprising:
- a. a database for storing a plurality of sales transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers, wherein each of the plurality of sales transactions is associated with a product that is purchased by a buyer of the plurality of buyers from a seller of the plurality of sellers, and includes product information associated with the product;
- b. a device for collecting selected product information directly from a selected product, wherein the selected product is associated with a selected sales transaction;
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- c. a processor for:
- i. storing the selected product information and selected sales transaction in the database, as one of the plurality of sales transactions;
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- ii. transmitting the selected product information to the seller associated with the selected sales transaction.
A method for collecting product information, comprising the steps of:
- a. storing a plurality of sales transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a database, wherein each of the plurality of sales transactions is associated with a product that is purchased by a buyer of the plurality of buyers from a seller of the plurality of sellers, and includes product information associated with the product;
- b. collecting selected product information directly from a selected product, wherein the selected product is associated with a selected sales transaction;
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- c. storing the selected product information and selected sales transaction in the database, as one of the plurality of sales transactions;
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- d. transmitting the selected product information to the seller associated with the selected sales transaction.
A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for collecting product information, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. storing a plurality of sales transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a database, wherein each of the plurality of sales transactions is associated with a product that is purchased by a buyer of the plurality of buyers from a seller of the plurality of sellers, and includes product information associated with the product;
- b. collecting selected product information directly from a selected product, wherein the selected product is associated with a selected sales transaction;
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- c. storing the selected product information and selected sales transaction in the database, as one of the plurality of sales transactions;
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- d. transmitting the selected product information to the seller associated with the selected sales transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.