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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
George Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hugo Olliphant, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for conducting a gift value transaction is described herein. The method includes receiving a request for payment for a gift, wherein the request includes buyer-imposed conditions on use of the gift; notifying a gift recipient of the gift; and tracking the gift recipient's account balances at the different merchants with the buyer-imposed conditions.