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Method and system for universal gift registry

  • US 7,013,292 B1
  • Filed: 10/19/1999
  • Issued: 03/14/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for enabling a plurality of gift givers to each make a respective commitment for a monetary contribution of any giver-desired amount toward a gift for a gift recipient, the method comprising:

  • receiving at a centralized gift registry computer system gift ideas supplied by the gift recipient;

    storing the gift ideas in a memory which is part of, or accessible to, said gift registry computer system;

    providing to the gift givers, based on the stored gift ideas and in response to requests supplied to said gift registry computer, an on-line display of the gift ideas, wherein the on-line display of the gift ideas reflects uncommitted balances of purchase prices for one or more of the gift ideas having a partial purchase option;

    receiving at said gift registry computer system commitments from the gift givers for monetary contributions toward a purchase price of a gift having the partial purchase option selected from the on-line display of gift ideas;

    combining the commitments for monetary contributions and updating the display;

    automatically generating a purchase request for the selected gift if the total of the combined commitments is equal to or greater than the selected gift'"'"'s purchase price; and

    attempting to satisfy the purchase request,wherein the commitment of each giver that commits to make a monetary contribution is for any giver-desired portion of the uncommitted balance of the selected gift'"'"'s purchase price.

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