SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REALIZATION OF ONLINE VIRTUALIZED OBJECTS AND CONVEYANCE OF VIRTUAL NOTES

• US 20090132641A1
• Filed: 11/15/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dave T. Sanguinetti, Thomas V. Sanguinetti
• Original Assignee: Dave T. Sanguinetti, Thomas V. Sanguinetti
• Inventors: Sanguinetti, Dave T., Sanguinetti, Thomas V.
• Application Number:
  US11/941,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20090132641A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for an online transferring system where a conveying user may transfer a virtual object, representative of a real object, and a virtual note to a receiving user using an electronic ID of the receiving user and have a real object delivered to a shipping address of the receiving user without knowledge of the shipping address by the conveying user. The virtual note is associated with the virtual object. The virtual note may remain hidden from the receiving user until the real-world object is delivered or the virtual note may be viewed prior to the delivery of the real-world object. The virtual object and the associated virtual note is stored in the system, thus allowing the receiving user to retrieve the virtual object and the associated virtual note.

Claims

1. A system for allowing a conveying user to send online virtual objects and virtual notes to a receiving user and for allowing the conveying user to send a real-world object to the receiving user without the conveying user having the physical contact address of the receiving user, comprising:

an electronic data store having a set of identifying information for the receiving user, the set of identifying information including an ID and a physical contact address;

a communication system, coupled to the electronic data store, for connecting a conveying user to the electronic data store, the communication system providing the ID of the receiving user to the conveying user without providing the physical address of the receiving user to the conveying user, the communication system conveying a virtual object, representative of a real-world object, to the conveying user, the communication system conveying a virtual note associated with the virtual object to the receiving user; and

a fulfillment system, coupled to the communication system, for initiating a real-world delivery of the real-world object to the physical address responsive to conveyance of the virtual object to the fulfillment system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual note remains hidden from the receiving user until the delivery of the real-world object.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual note is linked with the virtual object and is stored by the system.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual note is conveyed to the receiving user prior to the delivery of the real-world object.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a conveyance permissions profile associated with the receiving user, the conveyance permissions profile qualifying conveyances of any object from the conveying user to the receiving user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual note includes an audio clip.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual note includes a video clip.

8. A method for realization of online virtual objects by allowing a conveying user to send a real-world object to a receiving user without the conveying user having physical contact address of the receiving user, the conveying user and the receiving user being connected by a communication network, the method comprising:

conveying a virtual object, representative of a real-world object, to a receiving user;

conveying a virtual note associated with the virtual object to the receiving user;

identifying the physical contact address of the receiving user, wherein physical contact address remains undisclosed to the conveying user;

notifying a fulfillment system of the conveyance of the virtual object to the receiving user;

initiating delivery of the real-world object to the physical contact address in response to the notification to the fulfillment system.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the virtual note remains hidden from the receiving user until the delivery of the real-world object.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the virtual note is conveyed to the receiving user prior to the delivery of the real-world object and wherein the receiving user can view the virtual note prior to the delivery of the real-world object.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising identifying the physical contact address of the receiving user by utilizing an ID of the receiving user, the ID being associated with the physical contact address in a database.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising maintaining a conveyance permissions profile for qualifying conveyances of any objects from the conveying user to the receiving user, wherein the conveyance permissions profile limits conveyances of the objects to the receiving user.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising storing the virtual note linked with the virtual object, wherein the receiving user can retrieve the virtual object and the associated virtual note.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising sending the receiving user the identification of the conveying user.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the virtual object conveyed to the receiving user changes after the conveyance of the real-world object to indicate the realization of the virtual object.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the virtual note includes an audio clip.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the virtual note includes a video clip.

18. The method of claim 8, wherein at least a part of the virtual note remains hidden from the receiving user until the delivery of the real-world object.

19. A method for conveyance of online virtual objects and real-world objects to a receiving user without the conveying user having the physical contact address of the receiving user, the conveying user and the receiving user being connected by a communication network, the method comprising:

conveying a virtual object to a receiving user based on a determination that the conveyance of the virtual object to the receiving user is permitted;

conveying a virtual note associated with the virtual object;

identifying the physical contact address of the receiving user by utilizing a user ID of the receiving user, the user ID being linked to the physical contact address;

notifying a fulfillment system to initiate delivery of a real-world object to the receiving user, wherein the real-world object is delivered to a physical contact address of the receiving user and wherein the physical contact address of the receiving user is not disclosed to the conveying user.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the virtual note remains hidden from the receiving user until the real-world object is delivered to the receiving user.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the virtual note is conveyed to the receiving user prior to the delivery of the real-world object and wherein the receiving user can view the virtual note prior to the delivery of the real-world object.

22. The method of claim 19 further comprising maintaining a conveyance permissions profile for qualifying conveyances of virtual objects from the conveying user to the receiving user, wherein the conveyance permissions profile limits conveyances of virtual objects to the receiving user.

23. The method of claim 19 further comprising maintaining a conveyance permissions profile for qualifying conveyances of real-world objects from the conveying user to the receiving user, wherein the conveyance permissions profile limits conveyances of real-world objects to the receiving user.

24. The method of claim 19 further comprising storing the virtual note associated with the virtual object, thus allowing the receiving user to retrieve the virtual object and the virtual note.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein the virtual note includes an audio clip.

26. The method of claim 19, wherein the virtual note includes a video clip.

27. The method of claim 19, wherein at least a part of the virtual note remains hidden from the receiving user until the delivery of the real-world object.