System, Method, and Device for scheduling, Selecting, and Delivering Gifts, Greeting Cards, and Postcards
OwnerGlenn R. Cutlerinventor
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Abstract
A method selects, customizes, and sends gifts automatically to recipients based on sender preferences, gift data, and recipient data that are pre-entered. Examples of gifts that can be sent include greeting cards, postcards, floral arrangements, and candy. The method allows for a user/sender to enter preferences. Matching gifts are selected, customized, and then are sent. Senders no longer have to travel to gift-card stores to buy gift-cards. In addition, senders do not need to remember dates and send gifts with sufficient lead time. The system sends the gift on time and chooses gifts that match the sender's/user's tastes and preferences.
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A method for selecting a gift, which comprises:
- providing a gift database for describing a set of gifts, said gift database having a gift record corresponding to a gift in said set of gifts, a gift field describing an attribute of each of said gifts, and a gift tuple related to said gift record and said gift field and storing a gift datum describing said gift;
- providing a sender database for storing preferences of a set of senders, said sender database having a sender record corresponding to a sender in said set of senders, a sender field describing an attribute of each of said senders, and a sender tuple related to said sender record and said sender field and storing a sender datum describing said sender;
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- selecting said gift by using said gift datum of said gift and said sender datum of said sender.
The method according to 8, which further comprises sending said gift to said recipient at a predetermined time before said date without prompting from said sender.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.