Automated gifting
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1. A method performed by a computing system for gifting automatically, comprising:
- storing, as received from a first person, an identification of a second person, an occasion, and a gift selection criterion, wherein the first person is a person who is gifting and the second person is a recipient of a gift;
automatically selecting, by the computing system, a gift for the stored occasion based on at least the stored received gift selection criterion;
prior to the stored occasion, sending a notification to the first person indicating the automatically selected gift that will be sent after a time period following the notification, wherein the notification provides the first person with an option to change the automatically selected gift to an alternate gift selected for sending instead of the automatically selected gift, the option available prior to elapse of the time period; and
upon elapse of the time period, sending the gift or the alternate gift to the second person without further input from the first person.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide a facility for automated gifting. The facility receives from a gifter an identification of a gift recipient, an indication of an occasion, and selection criteria. The facility automatically selects a proposed gift for the indicated occasion based on at least the received selection criteria and, in the absence of further direction from the gifter, sends the gift to the recipient.
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1. A method performed by a computing system for gifting automatically, comprising:
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storing, as received from a first person, an identification of a second person, an occasion, and a gift selection criterion, wherein the first person is a person who is gifting and the second person is a recipient of a gift; automatically selecting, by the computing system, a gift for the stored occasion based on at least the stored received gift selection criterion; prior to the stored occasion, sending a notification to the first person indicating the automatically selected gift that will be sent after a time period following the notification, wherein the notification provides the first person with an option to change the automatically selected gift to an alternate gift selected for sending instead of the automatically selected gift, the option available prior to elapse of the time period; and upon elapse of the time period, sending the gift or the alternate gift to the second person without further input from the first person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of gifting automatically, the method comprising:
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storing, as received from a first person an identification of a second person, an indication of an occasion, and a gift selection criterion, wherein the first person is a person who is gifting and the second person is a recipient of a gift; automatically selecting, by a computing system, a gift for the occasion based on at least the received gift selection criterion; prior to the stored occasion, sending a notification to the first person indicating the automatically selected gift that will be sent after a time period following the notification, wherein the notification provides the first person with an option to change the automatically selected gift to an alternate gift selected for sending instead of the automatically selected gift, the option available prior to elapse of the time period; and upon elapse of the time period, sending the gift or the alternate gift to the second person without further input from the first person. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for automatically selecting a gift for sending to a gift recipient based at least on a criterion provided by a gifter, comprising:
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a server computer system that stores as received from the gifter the criterion and an occasion; a first merchant software component that automatically selects a gift to send to the gift recipient based at least on the stored criterion; and prior to the stored occasion, sending a notification to the first person indicating the automatically selected gift that will be sent after a time period following the notification, wherein the notification provides the first person with an option to change the automatically selected gift to an alternate gift selected for sending instead of the automatically selected gift, the option available prior to elapse of the time period; and a second merchant software component that, upon elapse of the time period, sends the automatically selected gift or the alternate gift to the gift recipient without further input from the gifter. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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