{
  "patent_number": "US 10217092",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Digital Receipts Turn One-Time Payments Into Ongoing Customer Relationships",
  "original_title": "Interactive digital platform",
  "summary": "A system that transforms static digital receipts into dynamic, time-sensitive portals for rewards, feedback, and tipping after a purchase is complete.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a system that replaces a simple transaction record with an interactive digital receipt sent to a customer's mobile device. Unlike a paper slip, this receipt includes active components like promotional offers, feedback forms, and tipping interfaces that are only available for a specific, merchant-defined timeframe. A key feature is the dynamic value of rewards: the system can automatically decrease the value of a promotion the longer a customer waits to interact with it. For example, a customer might receive a 20% discount coupon that shrinks to 10% if not claimed within an hour of the transaction.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover static digital receipts that merely display transaction details without interactive, time-based components.",
    "Does not cover loyalty programs that operate independently of the interactive digital receipt interface.",
    "Does not cover payment processing itself, but rather the engagement layer added to the receipt after the transaction is instantiated.",
    "Does not cover general-purpose messaging apps that are not specifically tied to the receipt-generation workflow described."
  ],
  "filed": "2013-11-22",
  "granted": "2019-02-26",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Square Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/square-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Riley McElroy Strong",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/riley-mcelroy-strong"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lauren A. Myrick",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/lauren-a-myrick"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tiffany Y. Ng",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/tiffany-y-ng"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tyler James Lettau",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/tyler-james-lettau"
    },
    {
      "name": "David W. Maxwell",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/david-w-maxwell"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 7,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "ecommerce",
    "finance"
  ],
  "abstract": "A technique is disclosed for generating an interactive digital receipt on a user device, where the receipt offers an engagement platform for merchants and customers to interact on a continuous basis. The interactive digital receipt is generated in response to an occurrence of a particular financial transaction. The receipt includes a plurality of time-based interactive components to enable the merchant and the customer to interact with one another. The plurality of time-based interactive components includes a promotion component, a tipping component, a feedback component, and a loyalty rewards component. Each component is associated with a timeframe which defines a time period for which the customer may interact with the component. Content presented via each component changes corresponding to the time period. The time period can range from a limited time period to an unlimited time period.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10217092/shopify-shipping",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10217092/shopify-shipping/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10217092",
  "relatedPatents": []
}