Systems and methods for electronic gifting
First Claim
1. An electronic gifting method, comprising:
- receiving from a purchasing system a gift purchase request including a vendor identification and a unique telephonic identifier associated with a wireless gift recipient system of a gift recipient;
determining, by a processor, if there is a preexisting stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier, and, if not, establishing a stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier;
sending to a payment authorization system a payment authorization request corresponding to the gift purchase request;
receiving a payment authorization corresponding to the payment authorization request, and crediting the stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier with an amount equal to the payment authorization;
receiving a redemption amount request from at least one of a Web portal associated with the vendor identification and a point of sale system associated with the vendor identification;
sending an authentication request addressed to the unique telephonic identifier of wireless gift recipient system for the redemption amount;
receiving an authentication confirmation corresponding to the authentication request; and
sending a redemption authorization to the at least one of the Web portal and the point of sale system.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for electronic gifting. In an exemplary gift purchasing method, a control system receives from a purchasing system a gift purchase request that includes a mobile telephone number (or other unique telephonic identifier) associated with a wireless gift recipient system, sends to a payment authorization system a payment authorization request, receives a payment authorization, and notifies the wireless gift recipient system of an electronic gift certificate. In an exemplary gift redemption method, the control system receives a gift redemption request for goods/services from a point-of-sale (POS) system, sends an authentication request addressed to the wireless gift recipient system by way of text message or other format, receives an authentication confirmation originating from the wireless gift recipient, and sends a redemption authorization to the vendor POS system. The control system has modules for conducting a targeted marketing campaign utilizing purchase and/or redemption information.
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18 Claims
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1. An electronic gifting method, comprising:
- receiving from a purchasing system a gift purchase request including a vendor identification and a unique telephonic identifier associated with a wireless gift recipient system of a gift recipient;
determining, by a processor, if there is a preexisting stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier, and, if not, establishing a stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier; sending to a payment authorization system a payment authorization request corresponding to the gift purchase request; receiving a payment authorization corresponding to the payment authorization request, and crediting the stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier with an amount equal to the payment authorization; receiving a redemption amount request from at least one of a Web portal associated with the vendor identification and a point of sale system associated with the vendor identification; sending an authentication request addressed to the unique telephonic identifier of wireless gift recipient system for the redemption amount; receiving an authentication confirmation corresponding to the authentication request; and sending a redemption authorization to the at least one of the Web portal and the point of sale system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- receiving from a purchasing system a gift purchase request including a vendor identification and a unique telephonic identifier associated with a wireless gift recipient system of a gift recipient;
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17. At least one computer readable medium collectively storing a program which, when executed by a computer system, causes the computer system to perform a method comprising:
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receiving from a purchasing system a gift purchase request including a vendor identification and a unique telephonic identifier associated with a wireless gift recipient system of a gift recipient; sending to a payment authorization system a payment authorization request corresponding to the gift purchase request; determining if there is a preexisting stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier, and, if not, establishing a stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier; receiving a payment authorization corresponding to the payment authorization request, and crediting the stored gift account associated with the unique telephonic identifier with an amount equal to the payment authorization; receiving a redemption amount request from at least one of a Web portal associated with the vendor identification and a point of sale system associated with the vendor identification; sending an authentication request addressed to the unique telephonic identifier of wireless gift recipient system for the redemption amount; receiving an authentication confirmation corresponding to the authentication request; and sending a redemption authorization to the at least one of the Web portal and the point of sale system. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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