Systems and methods for digital gift card selection

US10621643B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gift Solutions LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Levitt · Milnerton, ZA
• Vinodan Karthikeya Lingham · Los Altos, US
• Clifford James MacDonald · San Francisco, US
• James George McMillan · Cape Town, ZA
• Michael Paul Brewer · Parow, ZA
• Margaret Grobler · Hout Bay, ZA
• Michael Jonathan Gaylord · Hout Bay, ZA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 2015
• Grant date: Apr 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/329
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various of the disclosed embodiments generally contemplate computer-implemented systems and methods for selecting an electronic or virtual gift card from among a plurality of possible gift cards or gift card issuers. Various of the embodiments may match and rank the gift cards according to a gift card recipient's characteristics, and possibly to the electronic or virtual gift card itself. Certain embodiments also contemplate the selection of physical gift cards selection, matching, and ranking aspects of the invention. Various methods for operating a gift card business using certain of the embodiments are also disclosed.