Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data
AssigneeDropbox, Inc.
InventorsSteven A. Carpenter, Erik Klein, George O'Brien, Franck Chastagnol, Jitendra Vaidya, Jack Tihon
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Abstract
A campaign offers and rewards system includes a receipt intelligence engine with receipt processing that extracts information from a receipt, including information about items purchased based on a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. The system is configured to be coupled to a mobile device.
Claims18
A method implemented at a computer system, the method comprising:
- providing an endorser with an offer that is shareable by the endorser via a social networking service of which the endorser is a member, the offer being shareable with one or more other members that are connected to the endorser in the social networking service, wherein the offer includes an agreement to provide a purchasing compensation to a social network member in exchange for the social network member purchasing a good or service, the offer being associated with the endorser;
- receiving a digital image of a physical receipt, the digital image generated by a camera or scanner, the digital image being associated with a member of the social network;
- processing the digital image to extract data therefrom, wherein the data extracted from the digital image includes a line item identifying a purchased good or service;
- and
- determining, by the computer system, the number of members of the social networking service that purchased the good or service corresponding to the offer.
A computer-readable storage memory device having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method comprising:
- providing an endorser with an offer that is shareable by the endorser via a social networking service of which the endorser is a member, the offer being shareable with one or more other members that are connected to the endorser in the social networking service, wherein the offer includes an agreement to provide a purchasing compensation to a social network member in exchange for the social network member purchasing a good or service, the offer being associated with the endorser;
- receiving a digital image of a physical receipt, the digital image generated by a camera or scanner, the digital image being associated with a member of the social network;
- processing the digital image to extract data therefrom, wherein the data extracted from the digital image includes a line item identifying a purchased good or service;
- and
- determining the number of members of the social networking service that purchased the good or service corresponding to the offer.
A computer system comprising:
- a network interface;
- and
- a processor coupled to the network interface and configured to:
- provide an endorser with an offer that is shareable by the endorser via a social networking service of which the endorser is a member, the offer being shareable with one or more other members that are connected to the endorser in the social networking service, wherein the offer includes an agreement to provide a purchasing compensation to a social network member in exchange for the social network member purchasing a good or service, the offer being associated with the endorser;
- receive a digital image of a physical receipt, the digital image generated by a camera or scanner, the digital image being associated with a member of the social network;
- process the digital image to extract data therefrom, wherein the data extracted from the digital image includes a line item identifying a purchased good or service;
- and
- determine the number of members of the social networking service that purchased the good or service corresponding to the offer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.