VIRTUAL GIFT CARD GIFTING OR SHARING
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1. A computer implemented method for sharing at least a portion of a gift card having a known value, comprising:
- receiving gift card credit information from a first user;
receiving a gift request from the first user to share at least a portion of the gift card with a second user, the gift request identifying a particular physical redeemable gift that can be acquired by the second user or a monetary gift amount that is less than the known value; and
electronically providing a redeemable electronic gift receipt to the second user, the redeemable electronic gift receipt being representative of the gift request and enabling the second user to physically acquire the particular physical redeemable gift.
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Abstract
Improved techniques and systems to facilitate gifting using items representative of credit, value and/or event admission in a client-server environment are disclosed. A networked device, such as a wireless electronic device, can act as a client. The client can be networked to a server for obtaining, virtualizing, storing, and/or accessing such items. Further, the client-server environment can provide for a user sharing and/or gifting such items with other users.
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1. A computer implemented method for sharing at least a portion of a gift card having a known value, comprising:
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receiving gift card credit information from a first user; receiving a gift request from the first user to share at least a portion of the gift card with a second user, the gift request identifying a particular physical redeemable gift that can be acquired by the second user or a monetary gift amount that is less than the known value; and electronically providing a redeemable electronic gift receipt to the second user, the redeemable electronic gift receipt being representative of the gift request and enabling the second user to physically acquire the particular physical redeemable gift. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer implemented gifting method for acquiring an item or an admission to an event using a gift credit comprising:
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providing, at a remote server, a credit code of a giftor, the gift credit being associated with the credit code; receiving at the remote server a gifting authorization from a first electronic device to allow access to the credit code by a giftee, the gifting authorization including a validation request; validating the validation request; permitting access to the credit code by the giftee if the validation request is valid; and thereafter receiving credit redemption notification at the remote server indicating consumption of the gift credit associated with the credit code to reduce or eliminate a purchase cost of the item or the admission to the event acquired by the giftee. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer implemented gifting method for acquiring an item or an admission to an event or location, or access to a resource, using a gift credit, the method comprising:
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providing, at a remote server, a credit code of a giftor, wherein the gift credit is associated with the credit code; receiving, at the remote server, a gifting authorization from a first electronic device to allow access to the credit code by a giftee; and transmitting a gift notification from the remote server to a second electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer implemented gifting method for acquiring an item or an admission to an event using a gift credit, the method comprising:
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providing at a remote server a credit code of a giftor, wherein the gift credit is associated with the credit code; receiving at the remote server via a computer network a gifting authorization from the giftor using a first electronic device to allow access to the credit code by a giftee; and thereafter receiving credit redemption notification at the remote server indicating consumption of the gift credit associated with the credit code to reduce or eliminate a purchase cost of the item or the admission to the event acquired by the giftee. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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