Ordering personalized items with gift delivery
OwnerFlint Mc Coyinventor
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Abstract
A system provides for a centralized service adding an electronic media player to a floral delivery order. A prerecorded song, still or moving image can be customizably loaded on to the player. As well, audio, still, and moving images can be uploaded by the person placing the order with a centralized service. The order is relayed to a local florist for delivery. Local merchants can register offers with the centralized service to be presented as options for the orderer. Some offers such as discount offers, can defray the expense of the media player to the orderer. Other offers, gift certificates, for example, could be chosen that would add to the cost of the overall delivered package.
Claims20
A method of ordering a gift item for remote delivery to a recipient using a computer system with a processor and memory, comprising:
- a. providing a choice of gift items to be delivered;
- b. providing a music choice to be delivered on an electronic media player;
- c. providing choice of a commercial message from a third party to be delivered;
- d. accepting a choice of a commercial message of a third party to be delivered to the recipient;
- e. changing the price of the bundle of items to be delivered by an amount effectively predetermined by the third party;
- f. transmitting the order such as to be accessible from a physical location proximate to the location of the recipient.
A method of receiving a gift item order on a computer system having a processor and a memory, comprising:
- receiving, electronically, a delivery order including:
- a. a designation of a specific gift item;
- b. a commercial message to be contemporaneously derived;
- c. a recipient's physical location information.
A system for processing orders for a gift set to be delivered to a specific person comprising:
- a) an interface module executing on a computer system providing an orderer with:
- i) a choice of gift items;
- ii) a choice of digital audio, or optionally digital image content;
- iii) a choice of commercial offers to be delivered with the chosen gift item;
- b) a transaction module executing on a computer system for processing choices, totaling costs, confirming payment, and creating a digital data record representative of the gift set;
- the cost totaling such that the cost of a gift set is reduced by the orderer's choice to include a commercial offer in the gift set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.