Gifting system and method

US8751319B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cabinall Group L.L.C. · US

Inventors

• Todd Silverstein · San Francisco, US
• Aaron Whiteman · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 10, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0633
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A scheme for enabling the remote purchasing of products or services based on a recipient's location. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for enabling a purchaser to purchase a product or service for a specified recipient different from the purchaser includes: (a) receiving location-based information obtained from a device or token associated with the recipient; (b) generating a list of one or more possible venues based on the location-based information; (c) presenting to the purchaser, via a first communications device, the list of one or more possible venues; (d) receiving from the purchaser a selection of a set of one or more venues from the list of one or more possible venues; (e) receiving, via the first communications device, an instruction from the purchaser to purchase at least one selected product or service for the recipient, the at least one selected product or service to be provided to the recipient in person at any venue in the set of one or more venues; and (f) providing to the recipient, via a second communications device, a notification corresponding to the instruction.