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Systems and Methods for Electronic Gifting

  • US 20080172306A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2008
  • Published: 07/17/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic gifting method, comprising:

  • receiving from a purchasing system a gift purchase request including a vendor identification and a unique telephonic identifier associated with a wireless gift recipient system of a gift recipient;

    sending to a payment authorization system a payment authorization request corresponding to the gift purchase request;

    determining if a payment authorization corresponding to the payment authorization request is received, and, if so received, crediting a stored gift account balance associated with the unique telephonic identifier;

    receiving a redemption amount from at least one of a Web portal associated with the vendor identification and a point of sale system associated with the vendor identification;

    sending an authentication request addressed to the wireless gift recipient system;

    receiving an authentication confirmation corresponding to the authentication request; and

    sending a redemption authorization to the at least one of the Web portal and the point of sale system.

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