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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Gyft, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Levitt, Sunset Beach, ZA;
Vinodan Karthikeya Lingham, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Clifford James MacDonald, San Francisco, CA (US);
James George McMillan, Vredehoek, ZA;
Michael Paul Brewer, Bellville, ZA;
Margaret Grobler, Hout Bay, ZA;
Michael Jonathan Gaylord, Hout Bay, ZA;
Gift Solutions LLC, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
Various of the disclosed embodiments generally contemplate computer-implemented systems and methods for selecting an electronic or virtual gift card from among a plurality of possible gift cards or gift card issuers. Various of the embodiments may match and rank the gift cards according to a gift card recipient's characteristics, and possibly to the electronic or virtual gift card itself. Certain embodiments also contemplate the selection of physical gift cards selection, matching, and ranking aspects of the invention. Various methods for operating a gift card business using certain of the embodiments are also disclosed.