Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Providing electronic receipts for vending machine transactions
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Application No.: US13718954Application Date: 2012-12-18
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Publication No.: US09836734B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Stuart Argue , Anthony Emile Marcar
- Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- Current Assignee: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Bryan Cave LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q20/32
- IPC: G06Q20/32 ; G06Q20/04 ; G07F9/02

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing an electronic receipt for a vending machine transaction. Upon conclusion of a vending machine transaction a screen on the vending machine displays an optically encoded electronic receipt. The optically encoded electronic receipt may encode a transaction identifier and may additionally encode details of the transaction. The vending machine may also transmit transaction data to a server. A user computing device may scan the optically encoded electronic receipt and retrieve a transaction identifier. Using the transaction identifier, the user computing device may request transaction data from the server either directly or by way of a server owned or controlled by a different entity. Additional content, such as advertisements may be transmitted with or for display with transaction data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140166749A1 Providing Electronic Receipts For Vending Machine Transactions Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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