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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Giftya Llc, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Thomas M. Isaacson, Huntingtown, MD (US);
Ryan C. Durham, Dunkirk, MD (US);
Jason Wolfe, Sewickley, PA (US);
Patrick Ledbetter, Arlington, VA (US);
Adam Ludwig, San Francisco, CA (US);
GiftYa LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for enabling gift card recipients to redeem gift card amounts using existing accounts such as a credit/debit card. A system practicing the method sends to a set of givers a set of respective invitations to contribute to a group gift, wherein the group gift is associated with a policy, a person, and a payment account associated with the person that existed prior to sending the set of respective invitations. The system identifies a contribution to the group gift from one of the set of givers, wherein when the person makes a qualifying transaction using the payment account according to the policy, a gift amount associated with the group gift is applied from various giver accounts. Then the system updates at least one of the set of respective invitations sent to the set of givers based on the contribution.