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Personalized greeting card with electronic storage media and method of personalizing same

US6453300B2 · kind B2 · utility

109Cited by
21References
30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1999
Grant dateSep 17, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/0427
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and system for enabling a first person to produce a customized gift for a second person, including: providing a computer-readable storage medium having a control program and non-customized information stored thereon; obtaining data from the first person which relates to the second person; using the data to generate a customization code; providing the gift and the customization code to the second person; causing the control program to request the customization code from the second person; and using the customization code to select information from the non-customized information to provide a customized display to the second person. The gift is preferably purchased and customized through an Internet website or other electronic system.

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