Paperless receipt device

摘要

A process and apparatus provide a paperless electronic receipt. A storage device stores a communication identifier prior to a transaction at a point of transaction. Further, a transmitter sends the communication identifier to a point of transaction receipt transmission device at a point of transaction so that the point of transaction receipt transmission device sends an electronic receipt of a transaction at the point of transaction to the communication identifier based upon a selection being received at the point of transaction receipt transmission device to send the electronic receipt to the communication identifier. In addition, the electronic receipt is received and stored at the storage device based upon a selection being received at the point of transaction receipt transmission device to store the electronic receipt at the storage device.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a point of transaction system, situated at a point of transaction, that processes a transaction; a scanner, situated at the point of transaction and in operable communication with the point of transaction system, that scans a representation of a communication identifier corresponding to a user from a computing device without a manual entry of the communication identifier at the point of transaction system, the communication identifier being stored at the computing device prior to the transaction, the communication identifier being stored by the point of transaction system after being scanned by the scanner; and a transmission device, in operable communication with the point of transaction system, that sends an electronic receipt of the transaction to a server associated with the communication identifier.