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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9390408 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2007

Method and apparatus for providing gift by using communication network and system including the apparatus

Applicants:

Kyung-lim Choi, Seoul, KR;

Jae-hee Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hyo-jung Joo, Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Kyung-Lim Choi, Seoul, KR;

Jae-Hee Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hyo-Jung Joo, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK PLANET CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Hauptman Ham, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Andrew Joseph Rudy

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 20/12 (2013.01); G06Q 20/127 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01); G06Q 20/322 (2013.01); G06Q 20/325 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0603 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0609 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0637 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for providing a gift using a communication network and a system including the apparatus. The present invention includes a) providing information about products to a user terminal connected with a gift provision apparatus through the communication network; b) selecting at least one of the products by the user terminal and inputting information of a receipt terminal for receiving the product; c) the user terminal transmitting a message requesting gift provision or a message requesting gift reception for the product to the gift provision apparatus; and d) the gift provision apparatus providing a gift icon corresponding to the product to the receipt terminal when receiving the message requesting gift provision.

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