Strategies for gifting resources
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1. A method for gifting resources via an electronic infrastructure, comprising:
- receiving instructions from a giftor to create a gift via the electronic infrastructure, wherein one instruction identifies a recipient of the gift, defining a giftee;
creating the gift based on the giftor'"'"'s instructions;
transmitting the gift to the giftee via the electronic infrastructure; and
providing a resource to the giftee, via the electronic infrastructure, in response to the giftee using the gift.
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Abstract
A gifting service is described for issuing and consuming gifts via an electronic infrastructure, such as a system for distributing media resources. A giftor can interact with the electronic infrastructure to define the gift by identifying the recipient of the gift and the benefit conferred by the gift. The recipient (giftee) of the gift can be specified by identifying the telephone number of the recipient. The benefit conferred by the gift can be a monetary value that can be used like currency to purchase resources. The recipient can receive and consume the thus-defined gifts via the electronic infrastructure.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for gifting resources via an electronic infrastructure, comprising:
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receiving instructions from a giftor to create a gift via the electronic infrastructure, wherein one instruction identifies a recipient of the gift, defining a giftee;
creating the gift based on the giftor'"'"'s instructions;
transmitting the gift to the giftee via the electronic infrastructure; and
providing a resource to the giftee, via the electronic infrastructure, in response to the giftee using the gift. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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8. The method of claim 8, further including identifying the giftee based on the telephone number by accessing a database which maps telephone numbers to other giftee identification data.
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17. A method for gifting resources via a resource distribution electronic infrastructure, comprising:
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receiving a gift created by a giftor via the resource distribution electronic infrastructure, wherein the gift specifies identification data that identifies a giftee who will receive the gift;
transmitting the gift to the giftee via the resource distribution electronic infrastructure based on the identification data; and
providing a media resource to the giftee, via the resource distribution electronic infrastructure, in response to the giftee using the gift. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for gifting resources, comprising:
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a giftor processing mechanism and associated giftor presentation unit for receiving instructions from a giftor to create a gift via an electronic infrastructure, wherein one instruction identifies a giftee recipient of the gift;
a giftee processing mechanism and associated giftee presentation unit for receiving the gift from the giftor; and
head-end infrastructure for coordinating the exhange of the gift between the giftee and the giftor using the electronic infrastructure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. Head-end infrastructure for gifting resources via a resource distribution electronic infrastructure, comprising:
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logic configured to receive a gift created by a giftor via the resource distribution electronic infrastructure, wherein the gift specifies identification data that identifies a giftee who will receive the gift;
logic configured to transmit the gift to the giftee via the resource distribution electronic infrastructure based on the identification data; and
logic configured to provide a media resource to the giftee, via the resource distribution electronic infrastructure, in response to the giftee using the gift. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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