Approximating Alternate Currency Equivalents In Digital Receipts

摘要

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for approximating alternate currency equivalents in digital receipts. In response to a user request, item prices in one currency in a digital receipts (e.g., for retail sales transactions) can be approximated in a second different currency. Digital receipts with approximated item prices can be presented on a display at a mobile device. Currency conversion can be handled at a receipt data server or at the mobile device. Currency conversion can be performed locally or can be referred to a conversion server. Item prices in digital receipts can be converted from and/or to any of a variety of different currencies.

主权项

1. At a receipt database server for a merchant, the receipt database server including one or more processors and system memory, the receipt database server connected to one or more Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems at each of one or more store locations for the merchant, the receipt database server configured to manage a receipt database for the merchant, a method for transferring a digital receipt to a mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving digital receipt data for a sales transaction conducted at a Point-Of-Sale (POS) system, the Point-Of-Sale (POS) system at a store location selected from among the one or more store locations, the digital receipt data containing a receipt entry for each of one or more items purchased by a customer in the sales transaction, each receipt entry indicating an item price in a currency used at the store location; generating a digital receipt for the sales transaction, the digital receipt generated from the digital receipt data, the digital receipt providing proof of the sales transaction, the digital receipt indicating item prices in the currency, the digital receipt for delivery to a customer mobile device associated with the customer; storing the digital receipt for subsequent access by a mobile device; receiving a request from a mobile device for digital receipts associated with the mobile device, the request requesting that item prices be indicated in a specified second currency; in response to the received request, converting item prices in the digital receipt from the currency to the specified second currency; and sending the converted digital receipt to the mobile device.