Difference between revisions of "Receipts automation"

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* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient
* There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient
* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process
* There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process
* Automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating
* Note: automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating


There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
There seems to be an easy way to solve this:
* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
* Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.
* Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.

Revision as of 00:49, 2 July 2015

Problem:

  • Dealing with receipts is tedious:
    • The information gets printed out on sent by email in a non-standard format, and has to be typed in again by the recipient in order for it to be used.
    • Current scanning abilities are error prone
  • Information on receipts can be useful for:
    • Taxes
    • Budgeting
    • Personal data mining
  • There's no standard for a digital way to transfer the information from the issuer to the recipient
  • There seems to be little incentive by some sides to help automate the process
  • Note: automating the process could lead to privacy concerns, that today's manual processes is obfuscating

There seems to be an easy way to solve this:

  • Link from the receipt (using a URL / QR-Code) - to a standard format that contains the receipt's information - digitally on the web.
  • Use this standard format by the recipient in his different applications.