GIFT CREDIT MATCHING ENGINE
First Claim
1. A method performed using a processor for exchanging unwanted gifts, comprising:
- creating a gift credit in response to submission of an unwanted gift, wherein the unwanted gift is submitted by a gift recipient;
identifying at least one exchange gift for the gift credit;
requesting from the gift recipient, exchange of the gift credit for the exchange gift; and
initiating distribution of the exchange gift to the gift recipient if the exchange request is accepted or otherwise providing the gift credit to the gift recipient'"'"'s account.
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Abstract
A system and method to facilitate exchange of unwanted gifts is disclosed herein. A user may submit an unwanted gift in exchange for another gift item or a gift credit. Potential exchange gifts from among other unwanted gifts matching certain criteria are identified and presented to the user for selection. If the user does not find the potential exchange gifts to his liking, a gift credit having a value comparable to his/her submitted unwanted gift is issued to his account. As other users submit their unwanted gifts and/or as the value of the user'"'"'s gift credit changes over time, the user may receive notification of new potential exchange gifts to choose from.
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36 Claims
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1. A method performed using a processor for exchanging unwanted gifts, comprising:
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creating a gift credit in response to submission of an unwanted gift, wherein the unwanted gift is submitted by a gift recipient; identifying at least one exchange gift for the gift credit; requesting from the gift recipient, exchange of the gift credit for the exchange gift; and initiating distribution of the exchange gift to the gift recipient if the exchange request is accepted or otherwise providing the gift credit to the gift recipient'"'"'s account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for redistribution of unwanted gifts, comprising:
a server operable to value unwanted gifts relative to each other and to match a first unwanted gift offered by a first user to a second unwanted gift associated with a second user using a dynamic matching model. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-readable medium including computer-readable instructions for exchanging unwanted gifts, the computer-readable instructions for causing performance of a method comprising:
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populating an offered index with a plurality of gift credits, each of the gift credits associated with at least an unwanted gift and an intended gift recipient; determining a match between at least a first gift credit to a second gift credit, wherein the first and second gift credits are included in the offered index; and requesting a first intended gift recipient associated with the first gift credit to exchange a first unwanted gift associated with the first gift credit for a second unwanted gift associated with the second gift credit. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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