METHOD FOR NOTIFYING A SENDER OF A GIFTING EVENT
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- within a set of communications from a set of users of a social networking system and directed to a recipient from within the social networking system, identifying indicators of a gift-appropriate event of the recipient;
selecting a sender, outside the set of users, based on a determined relationship between the sender and the recipient;
selecting a gift for the recipient in response to a threshold number of communications with an identified indicator of the gift-appropriate event;
transmitting an electronic notification to the sender, the electronic notification comprising a recommendation for the selected gift for the recipient; and
modifying the recommendation in response to an update event following transmission of the electronic notification to the sender and prior to purchase of the gift, by the sender, for the recipient.
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Abstract
One variation of the method includes: within a set of communications from a set of users and directed to a recipient within a social networking system, identifying indicators of a gift-appropriate event of the recipient; selecting a gift for the recipient in response to a threshold number of communications with an identified indicator of the gift-appropriate event; selecting a sender, outside the set of users, based on a determined relationship between the sender and the recipient; transmitting an electronic notification to the sender, the electronic notification including an recommendation for the gift for the recipient; and modifying the recommendation in response to an update event following transmission of the electronic notification to the sender and prior to purchase of the gift, by the sender, for the recipient.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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within a set of communications from a set of users of a social networking system and directed to a recipient from within the social networking system, identifying indicators of a gift-appropriate event of the recipient; selecting a sender, outside the set of users, based on a determined relationship between the sender and the recipient; selecting a gift for the recipient in response to a threshold number of communications with an identified indicator of the gift-appropriate event; transmitting an electronic notification to the sender, the electronic notification comprising a recommendation for the selected gift for the recipient; and modifying the recommendation in response to an update event following transmission of the electronic notification to the sender and prior to purchase of the gift, by the sender, for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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identifying indicators of a gift-appropriate event of a recipient within a set of communications from a set of users and directed to the recipient within a social networking system; selecting a sender, outside the set of users, based on a determined relationship between the sender and the recipient; selecting a gift for the recipient in response to a threshold number of communications with an identified indicator of the gift-appropriate event; generating an electronic notification comprising a recommendation for the selected gift for the recipient; and modifying the recommendation in response to expiration of a specified period of time following communication of the notification to the sender and prior to purchase of the gift by the sender for the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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identifying indicators of a gift-appropriate event of a recipient within a set of communications from a set of users and directed to the recipient within a social networking system; selecting a sender, outside the set of users, based on a determined relationship between the sender and the recipient; selecting a gift for the recipient in response to a threshold number of communications with an identified indicator of the gift-appropriate event; generating an electronic notification comprising a recommendation for the gift and a suggestion to purchase the gift to the recipient; and modifying the recommendation in response to purchase of the gift, for the recipient, by a second user prior to purchase of the gift, for the recipient, by the sender. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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