ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING SERVER THAT GENERATES UNIFIED EXPRESSIONS FOR PRODUCT NAMES ACROSS A PLURALITY OF STORES

• Main Author: SUGIYAMA, Koichi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.01.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

An electronic receipt management system includes a point of sale terminal at a first location that generates electronic receipt information including a first product name that is specific to the first location for a first product. A first server receives the electronic receipt information from the point of sale terminal. A second server receives the electronic receipt information from the first server and generates a unified name for the first product that is the same for electronic receipt information received from a plurality of locations, converts the first product name in the received electronic receipt information to the unified name for the first product, generates converted electronic receipt information incorporating the unified name, and then transmits the converted electronic receipt information to a mobile computing device.