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Electronic gift certificate system

  • US 6,175,823 B1
  • Filed: 09/15/1998
  • Issued: 01/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for facilitating the redemption of electronic gift certificates, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a downloadable gift certificate order form on a network site, the order form including fields for specifying at least a monetary amount of a gift certificate and a gift certificate recipient; and

    responding to an electronic submission of the gift certificate order form by a user by generating an e-mail document and transmitting the document to the recipient, the e-mail document including a hyperlink which is selectable by the recipient to automatically redeem the gift certificate, the hyperlink configured such that selection by the recipient causes information sufficient to identify at least the recipient and the monetary amount to be transmitted to the network site.

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