System and method for providing electronic multi-merchant gift registry services over a distributed network
First Claim
1. A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers, the method comprising the following steps:
- a. running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site;
b. running a gift registration agent application on at least one goods or services provider (SP) site;
c. a gift registrant accessing the at least one SP site and making a gift selection from the at least one SP site;
d. the gift registration agent application sending the gift selection to the gift registrar application, the gift registrar application storing the gift selection as an update to a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site; and
e. a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site.
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Abstract
A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers. The method includes the steps of running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site, running a gift registration agent application on at least one goods or services provider (SP) site, a gift registrant accessing the at least one SP site and making a gift selection from the site, the gift registration agent application sending the gift selection to the gift registrar application, gift registrar application storing the gift selection as an update to a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site, and a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers, the method comprising the following steps:
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a. running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site; b. running a gift registration agent application on at least one goods or services provider (SP) site; c. a gift registrant accessing the at least one SP site and making a gift selection from the at least one SP site; d. the gift registration agent application sending the gift selection to the gift registrar application, the gift registrar application storing the gift selection as an update to a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site; and e. a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers, the method comprising the following steps:
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a. running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site; b. a gift registrant accessing a website of at least one goods or service provider (SP), and making a gift selection from the at least one SP site for inclusion into a gift registrant wish list; c. the gift registrar application receiving the gift selection from the at least one SP site and storing it as a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site; and d. a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site.
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18. A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers, the method comprising the following steps:
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a. running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site; b. a gift registrant accessing websites of a plurality of goods or service providers (SP), and making a gift selection from each of the plurality of SP sites for inclusion into a gift registrant wish list; c. the gift registrar application receiving the gift selections from the plurality of SP sites and storing them as a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site; and d. a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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