US 2013/0159445 A1 · MULTI-MEDIA ELECTRONIC GREETING CARD WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMPONENT

Abstract

A system and method of generating and sending an electronic greeting card. Webpage data is generated for display to a user. User browsing and selection input is received and webpage data is updated for display back to the user. Licensed media for attachment to the electronic greeting card is also displayed. An indication of particular licensed media that, if purchased, results in charitable donations is also displayed. The electronic greeting card is generated based on the remote user input received. Generated electronic greeting cards may include attached licensed music or links thereto that can be downloaded and stored locally or remotely for a recipient's later playback. The system and method may also include a social networking component whereby user pages are linked together for sharing and viewing of media and e-cards. The system and method may also include location-based features that use global positioning satellite (GPS) information.

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Dependent claims

A method for generating an electronic greeting card comprising:

receiving, by a server, user information indicating preferences of a user;
generating, by the server, a web page for the user, wherein the web page includes an event calendar;
associating a holiday with the user based on the user information;
populating the event calendar with user-specific events, including the holiday;
sending the web page to a remote user device;
receiving an event selection from the user, wherein the event selection includes the user selecting an event of the user-specific events of the event calendar;
sending, by the server, an electronic greeting card template based on the event selection to the user;
receiving recipient information identifying a recipient for the electronic greeting card template;
generating an electronic greeting card based on the electronic greeting card template and with at least one of a media file and a link to the media file;
and
sending the electronic greeting card to the recipient.

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An electronic greeting card server comprising:

a website module that generates a web page for a user, wherein the web page includes an event calendar;
a user information module that receives user information indicating preferences of a user;
a calendar generating module that
associates a holiday with the user based on the user information, and
populates the event calendar with user-specific events, including the holiday;
and
an e-card generating module that
receives an event selection from the user, wherein the event selection identifies an event of the user-specific events,
sends, to the user, an electronic greeting card template based on the event selection,
receives recipient information identifying a recipient for the electronic greeting card template,
generates an electronic greeting card based on the electronic greeting card template and with at least one of a media file and a link to the media file, and
sends the electronic greeting card to the recipient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multi-media electronic greeting card with social media component

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Multi-media electronic greeting card with social media component

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Abstract

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