Electronic gifting
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1. A system, comprising:
- an electronic gift component, including;
a processor configured to;
enable a selection of a specified digital media item from a network resource, wherein the specified digital media item is electronically deliverable from the network resource to be presented as a gift to a recipient;
generate a gift notification to be presented to the recipient, wherein the gift notification includes an access mechanism to enable a recipient to access the gift;
wherein in response to the access mechanism, the processor is configured to enable acceptance of the gift and to make the gift available for electronic delivery;
determine whether the gift has been accepted using the access mechanism;
when the gift has not been accepted, enable the giver to cancel the gift such that no payment is processed; and
when the determination is that the gift has been accepted, initiate payment by a payment mechanism associated with the giver; and
a payment processing component configured to process the initiated payment.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for sending and receiving gifts including specified, electronically-deliverable electronically transferrable items are disclosed. A system includes a data store that stores electronically transferrable items available to be purchased as gifts. The system also includes a computing device in communication with the data store. The computing device is operative to receive a selection by a giver of a specified electronically transferrable item to be presented to a recipient as a gift. The computing device is further operative to charge a payment mechanism associated with the giver after the recipient has accepted the gift.
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27 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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an electronic gift component, including; a processor configured to; enable a selection of a specified digital media item from a network resource, wherein the specified digital media item is electronically deliverable from the network resource to be presented as a gift to a recipient; generate a gift notification to be presented to the recipient, wherein the gift notification includes an access mechanism to enable a recipient to access the gift; wherein in response to the access mechanism, the processor is configured to enable acceptance of the gift and to make the gift available for electronic delivery; determine whether the gift has been accepted using the access mechanism; when the gift has not been accepted, enable the giver to cancel the gift such that no payment is processed; and when the determination is that the gift has been accepted, initiate payment by a payment mechanism associated with the giver; and a payment processing component configured to process the initiated payment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method to enable selection of an electronically transferrable item that is electronically deliverable from a network resource to be presented as a gift, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining a selection of an electronically transferrable item that is electronically deliverable from a network resource to be presented as a gift to a recipient from a giver; generating a gift notification to be presented to the recipient, wherein the gift notification includes an access mechanism to enable the recipient to accept the gift as a one-time delivery without requiring the recipient to hold an account with the network resource; determining whether the gift has been accepted using the access mechanism; when the determination is that the gift has not been accepted, enabling the giver to cancel the gift such that no payment is processed; and when the determination is that the gift has been accepted, initiating payment by a payment mechanism associated with the giver. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising:
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an electronic gift component configured to enable a client computing system operated by a giver to access a network resource to select a gift for a recipient from a wish list of the recipient, wherein; both the giver and the recipient hold accounts with the network resource; a giver account is associated with a payment mechanism; and the wish list is associated with a recipient account and includes at least one electronically transferrable item electronically deliverable from the network resource; a selection component configured to make the wish list available to the giver as a list of selectable gift options, wherein a selection indicator is associated with the at least one electronically transferrable item, and wherein the selection component is further configured to determine when a single input is received from the giver to select the at least one electronically transferrable item as the gift; a gift notification component configured to send a notification to the recipient of the gift; an acceptance component configured to receive an input from the recipient to accept the gift, wherein the acceptance component is further configured to receive an instruction from the giver to cancel the gift before the recipient accepts the gift; and a payment processing component configured to charge the payment mechanism of the giver after the recipient accepts the gift; wherein no payment is processed by the payment processing component if the acceptance component receives an instruction from the giver to cancel the gift. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising:
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an acceptance component configured to receive an access mechanism enabling a recipient to accept a gift that includes a specified electronically transferrable item that is electronically deliverable from a network resource, wherein the acceptance component is further configured to determine when the recipient has accepted the gift, wherein the acceptance component is further configured to receive an instruction from a giver of the gift to cancel the gift before the recipient accepts the gift; and a payment processing component configured to charge a payment mechanism associated with the giver of the gift when the recipient has accepted the gift; wherein no payment is processed by the payment processing component if the acceptance component receives an instruction from the giver to cancel the gift. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A system comprising:
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a data store that stores electronically transferrable items available to be purchased as gifts; a computing device in communication with the data store, the computing device operative to; receive a selection by a giver of a specified electronically transferrable item to be presented to a recipient as a gift; generate a gift notification to be presented to the recipient, wherein the gift notification includes an access mechanism to enable the recipient to accept the gift; determine whether the gift has been accepted using the access mechanism; when the gift has not been accepted, enable the giver to cancel the gift such that no payment is processed; and when the determination is that the gift has been accepted, initiate payment by a payment mechanism associated with the giver. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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