System and method for receipt tracking in a mobile wallet

US10776779B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. · US

Inventors

• Stephen M. Ellis · San Francisco, US
• Michael J. Kennedy · San Francisco, US
• Ashish B. Kurani · Hillsborough, US
• Melissa Lowry · San Francisco, US
• Uma Meyyappan · Fremont, US
• Bipin Sahni · Pleasanton, US
• Nikolai Stroke · Gilbert, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 12, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 15, 2020
• Expiry date: May 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q20/389
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of tracking mobile wallet transaction receipts is provided. The method includes: associating an email address with a mobile wallet, the mobile wallet storing information corresponding to a plurality of mobile wallet transactions; accessing an email inbox associated with the email address, the email inbox containing a plurality of emails received at the email address; identifying, in the email inbox, a receipt email containing a receipt; forwarding the receipt email to a mobile wallet email inbox associated with the mobile wallet; determining receipt information from the receipt; and associating the receipt with one or more of the plurality of mobile wallet transactions based on the receipt information.