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Patent No.:

US 8112315 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2010
Applicants:

Christopher P. Dooley, New Cannan, CT (US);

Paul S. Nielsen, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);

Loren Taylor, Chatham, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Christopher P. Dooley, New Cannan, CT (US);

Paul S. Nielsen, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);

Loren Taylor, Chatham, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for a physically-based gift key enabling a purchaser to deliver a single, fully integrated gift item to a recipient and including an electronic greeting card and store credits redeemable online is presented. The method includes the steps of activating a gift key, customizing an electronic greeting card associated with the gift key at a host site via physical or wireless linkage of a gift key to a first local computer, accessing the greeting card at the host site via linkage of the gift key to a second local computer, and redeeming store credit associated with the gift key at a retail website accessible from the host site. The system includes gift key and host computer system directly or indirectly controlling a host site. A local computer automatically launches a website at host or retailer levels when the gift key is linked to the local computer.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Dooley, Christopher. (2012). System and method for an electronic gift key (U.S. Patent No. 8112315). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8112315

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