Digital receipt generation from information electronically read from product
View Patent ↗In connection with a sales transaction, product information is directly collected from the product provided with a label or tag that can be electronically scanned by, for example, optical scanning technology or radio-frequency scanning technology. The product information is electronically provided to the buyer in the form of an electronic receipt.
1. A system for collecting product information, comprising:
a. a database for storing a plurality of sales transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers, wherein each of the plurality of sales transactions is associated with a product that is purchased by a buyer of the plurality of buyers from a seller of the plurality of sellers, and includes product information associated with the product;
b. a device for collecting selected product information directly from a selected product, wherein the selected product is associated with a selected sales transaction; and
c. a processor for:
i. storing the selected product information and selected sales transaction in the database, as one of the plurality of sales transactions; and
ii. transmitting the selected product information to the seller associated with the selected sales transaction.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selected product information comprises a unique serial number associated with the selected product.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor further performs the step of transmitting the selected product information to the buyer associated with the selected sales transaction.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collecting device comprises a bar code scanner.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collecting device comprises an optical scanner.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collecting device comprises a radio frequency receiver.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the collecting device comprises an electronic tag reader.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device collects the selected product information from a packaging associated with the selected product.
9. A method for collecting product information, comprising the steps of:
a. storing a plurality of sales transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a database, wherein each of the plurality of sales transactions is associated with a product that is purchased by a buyer of the plurality of buyers from a seller of the plurality of sellers, and includes product information associated with the product;
b. collecting selected product information directly from a selected product, wherein the selected product is associated with a selected sales transaction; and
c. storing the selected product information and selected sales transaction in the database, as one of the plurality of sales transactions; and
d. transmitting the selected product information to the seller associated with the selected sales transaction.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information comprises a unique serial number associated with the selected product.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of transmitting the selected product information to the buyer associated with the selected sales transaction.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information is collected using a bar code scanner.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information is collected using an optical scanner.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information comprises a bar code.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information comprises an optically-readable code.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information is collected using a radio frequency receiver.
17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information is collected using an electronic tag reader.
18. The method of claim 9 , wherein the selected product information is collected from a packaging associated with the selected product.
19. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for collecting product information, the method comprising the steps of:
a. storing a plurality of sales transactions between a plurality of buyers and a plurality of sellers in a database, wherein each of the plurality of sales transactions is associated with a product that is purchased by a buyer of the plurality of buyers from a seller of the plurality of sellers, and includes product information associated with the product;
b. collecting selected product information directly from a selected product, wherein the selected product is associated with a selected sales transaction; and
c. storing the selected product information and selected sales transaction in the database, as one of the plurality of sales transactions; and
d. transmitting the selected product information to the seller associated with the selected sales transaction.