Method and system for providing gifts to a person

• US 20070174134A1
• Filed: 01/26/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Teleflora LLC (The Wonderful Company LLC)
• Original Assignee: Teleflora LLC (The Wonderful Company LLC)
• Inventors: Kleweno, Phillip
• Application Number:
  US11/342,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20070174134A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

Described herein is a method for providing flower giving services to a flower giver using a computer network. The method includes the steps of providing a computer network, providing an internet website operatively associated with the computer network, providing the flower giver with means for ordering a number of flowers, prompting the gift giver to enter delivery information pertaining to a flower receiver and delivering the number of flowers to the flower receiver. The number of flowers corresponds to a number associated with an event, such as a birthday or anniversary. The delivery information is stored in a database operatively connected to the internet website.

Claims

1. A method for providing gifts to a person, comprising:

a. choosing an event having a number associated with it,

b. logging on to a webpage, and

c. selecting a number of gifts to be delivered to a person, wherein the number associated with the event corresponds to the number of gifts to be delivered.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of entering delivery information about the gift receiver.

3. A method for providing gift giving services to a gift giver using a computer network, comprising:

a. providing a computer network,

b. providing the gift giver with means for ordering a number of gifts, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to a number associated with an event, and

c. delivering the number of gifts to a gift receiver.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of prompting the gift giver to enter delivery information pertaining to the gift receiver.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the delivery information is stored in a database.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein an internet website is operatively coupled to the database.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the gifts are flowers.

8. The method of claim 3 wherein the event is chosen from the group containing birthday and anniversary.

9. A method for providing flower giving services to a flower giver using a computer network, comprising:

a. providing a computer network,

b. providing an internet website operatively associated with the computer network

c. providing the flower giver with means for ordering a number of flowers, wherein the number of flowers corresponds to a number associated with an event chosen from the group containing birthday and anniversary,

d. prompting the gift giver to enter delivery information pertaining to a flower receiver, wherein the delivery information is stored in a database operatively connected to the internet website; and

e. delivering the number of flowers to the flower receiver.

10. A method for providing gifts to a person, comprising:

a. delivering a first number of gifts to the person on the person'"'"'s birthday in a first year, wherein the first number of gifts corresponds to the person'"'"'s age during the first year, and

b. delivering a second number of gifts to the person on the person'"'"'s birthday in a second year, wherein the second number of gifts corresponds to the person'"'"'s age during the second year.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the method further includes the step of continuing to deliver a number of gifts corresponding to the person'"'"'s age on the person'"'"'s birthday each year for a predetermined amount of time.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the method further includes the step of continuing to deliver a number of gifts corresponding to the person'"'"'s age on the person'"'"'s birthday each year for the remainder of the person'"'"'s life.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the gifts are of the same type.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the gifts are flowers.

15. A method for providing gifts to a person, comprising:

a. providing a database of gift receiver information, the gift receiver information pertaining to one or more gift receivers, wherein the gift receiver information includes identification, birthday and delivery information for the one or more gift receivers,

b. selectively retrieving from the database the gift receiver information pertaining to a first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in a first year,

c. delivering a number of gifts to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in the first year, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to the first gift receiver'"'"'s age during the first year.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the steps of

a. selectively retrieving from the database the gift receiver information pertaining to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in a second year, and

b. delivering a number of gifts to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in the second year, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to the first gift receiver'"'"'s age during the second year.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising the steps of

a. selectively retrieving from the database the gift receiver information pertaining to a second gift receiver on the second gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in the first year,

b. delivering a number of gifts to the second gift receiver on the second gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in the first year, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to the second gift receiver'"'"'s age during the first year.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the steps of

a. selectively retrieving from the database the gift receiver information pertaining to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in a second year,

b. delivering a number of gifts to the second gift receiver on the second gift receiver'"'"'s birthday in a second year, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to the second gift receiver'"'"'s age during the second year.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising the steps of

a. selectively retrieving from the database the gift receiver information pertaining to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday every year for a predetermined number of years,

b. delivering a number of gifts to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday every year for the predetermined number of years, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to the first gift receiver'"'"'s age during the year in which the number of gifts are being delivered.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising the steps of

a. selectively retrieving from the database the gift receiver information pertaining to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday every year for the remainder of the first gift receiver'"'"'s life,

b. delivering a number of gifts to the first gift receiver on the first gift receiver'"'"'s birthday every year for the remainder of the first gift receiver'"'"'s life, wherein the number of gifts corresponds to the first gift receiver'"'"'s age during the year in which the number of gifts are being delivered.