Searching digital receipts at a mobile device

摘要

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for searching digital receipts at a mobile device. A customer mobile device receives and stores one or more digital receipts. The one or more digital receipts correspond to transactions conducted with a merchant. A user can select search criteria for searching stored digital receipts. The search criteria can be applied to stored digital receipts. Any stored digital receipts that satisfy the search criteria can be returned for display. In some embodiments, search criteria are selected to search for digital receipts associated with a specified payment method, such as, for example, cash, check, credit card, debit card, gift card, etc. In other embodiments, search criteria are selected to search for digital receipts having a purchase date within a specified purchase date range.

主权项

1. A method of searching digital receipts, the method comprising:
storing, on a mobile computing device carried by a customer, a receipt database containing a plurality of digital receipts, each digital receipt thereof documenting a different transaction conducted by the customer; conducting a first search of the receipt database while the receipt database is stored on the mobile computing device, the searching comprising:
receiving, by the mobile computing device from the customer, a digital receipt search request, the digital receipt search request including search criteria, the search criteria defining that digital receipts associated with a specified purchase date range satisfy the digital receipt search request;accessing, by the mobile computing device, one or more digital receipts from the receipt database, each of the one of more digital receipts:
corresponding to a transaction at a Point-Of-Sale (POS) system; andindicating a purchase date for the transaction;identifying, by the mobile computing device, at least one digital receipt, from among the one or more accessed digital receipts, that has an indicated purchase date within the specified purchase date range; andreturning, by the mobile computing device, the at least one digital receipt as satisfying the digital receipt search request; presenting, by the mobile computing device, the at least one digital receipt to the customer via a display of the mobile computing device; storing, by the mobile computing device, the search criteria; and conducting, subsequent to the first search, a second search of the receipt database using the search criteria by default.