Contactless Digital Receipt Transfer Without Personal Identifiers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital receipt transmission methods require users to provide personal contact information, compromising privacy and violating privacy laws, and may lead to unwanted communications and data breaches.
Innovation Solution
Implementing short-range wireless communication, such as NFC, to transmit digital receipts without requiring user contact identifiers, using a payment terminal device to generate a digital receipt file that is wirelessly broadcast to a user's device, allowing access through a webpage without entering personal data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital receipt transmission requires user contact identifiers, then receipt delivery is achieved, but user privacy is compromised and personal information is exposed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an intermediary mechanism where the payment terminal device generates a digital receipt with a unique identifier and transmits it via short-range wireless communication. The user's device receives the receipt and allows access through a webpage without requiring the user to enter personal contact information. This intermediary approach enables receipt delivery while preventing direct exposure of user privacy information to merchants and third parties.
2Adaptability or versatility
If contact identifiers are collected for receipt transmission, then communication capability is established, but data theft and fraud risk increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the requirement for contact identifier collection from the receipt transmission process. Instead of collecting and storing user personal information, the system uses a contactless wireless transmission mechanism where the receipt is delivered directly to the user's device without establishing a persistent communication channel that could be compromised for data theft or fraud.
3Ease of operation
If traditional digital receipt methods are used, then receipt provision is possible, but unwanted advertisements and spam communications may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary transmission mechanism via short-range wireless communication that delivers receipts directly to the user's device without requiring contact information storage. This prevents merchants and third parties from using collected contact identifiers to send unwanted advertisements and spam communications, while still enabling efficient receipt provision.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures user privacy by preventing the exposure of personal information, complying with privacy regulations, and enhancing security by limiting data theft and fraud, while providing faster and more efficient digital receipt transmission.
Implementation Method 1
Implementing short-range wireless communication, such as NFC, to transmit digital receipts
Data Source
AI summary
There are provided systems and methods for short-range transmission of receipt data without contact identifiers. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items from a merchant at a physical merchant location. The merchant may provide options to receive a receipt, where conventional digital receipt transmission would require the user to enter their contact information, such as an email address or phone number. Instead, the user may be provided with an option to receive a digital version of the receipt via short-range wireless communications without entering contact information. A message may be generated having a webpage address or another identifier allowing for retrieval of the digital receipt from a storage system, and the message may then be broadcast locally to the user's device. The broadcast may the cause the user's device to load and present the digital receipt.