Methods, systems, devices and arrangements for providing gifts
AssigneeBohemian Wrappsody AB
InventorsAndreas EHN, Leo GIERTZ, Magnus HULT, Hjalmar WINBLADH
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Abstract
A social gift-giving system is operable with a social networking service such as Facebook. A graphical user interface (GUI) is provided on a display of a computing device. A user logs in to the social networking service. Responsive to selection of a first region of the GUI, the GUI displays a list of other users of the social networking service associated with the first user. These other users may be the first user's Facebook friends. Using the GUI, the user can select a Facebook friend, select a gift for the friend, and purchase the gift for the friend.
Claims23
1-19. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method, implemented by hardware in combination with software, the method operable with a social networking service, the method comprising:
- (A) providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a social networking service (SNS) on a display of a computing device, said GUI comprising a first region having first functionality associated therewith;
- (B) in response to selection of said first region, displaying on said GUI information of one or more other users of said social networking service, said one or more other users being associated with a first user;
- (C) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular user of said one or more other users displayed in (B), displaying on said GUI information about one or more gifts of a plurality of gifts, said information about said one or more gifts having been specifically filtered and ordered for said at particular user,
- wherein selection of said one or more gifts of said plurality of gifts to be displayed in (C) is based on both (i) the sender and (ii) the particular user, and wherein selection of said one or more gifts of said plurality of gifts to be displayed is based on one or more of:
- (x) demographics associated with said particular user, (y) previous usage patterns associated with said particular user, and (z) predicted transaction sizes associated with said particular user;
- (D) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular gift of said one or more gifts, said GUI providing a gift purchase region supporting purchase of said particular gift for said particular user;
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- (E) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of said gift purchase region, said GUI supporting using the GUI for a sender to obtain the particular gift for the particular user.
A computer-implemented method, implemented by hardware in combination with software, the method operable with a social networking service, the method comprising:
- (A) providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a social networking service (SNS) on a display of a computing device, said GUI comprising a first region having first functionality associated therewith;
- (B) in response to selection of said first region, displaying on said GUI information of one or more other users of said social networking service, said one or more other users being associated with a first user;
- (C) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular user of said one or more other users displayed in (B), displaying on said GUI information about one or more gifts of a plurality of gifts, said information about said one or more gifts having been specifically filtered and ordered for said at particular user;
- (D) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular gift of said one or more gifts, said GUI providing a gift purchase region supporting purchase of said particular gift for said particular user;
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- (E) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of said gift purchase region, said GUI supporting using the GUI for a sender to obtain the particular gift for the particular user.
Non-transitory computer-readable storage media containing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
- (A) providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a social networking service (SNS) on a display of a computing device, said GUI comprising a first region having first functionality associated therewith;
- (B) in response to selection of said first region, displaying on said GUI information of one or more other users of said social networking service, said one or more other users being associated with a first user;
- (C) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular user of said one or more other users displayed in (B), displaying on said GUI information about one or more gifts of a plurality of gifts, said information about said one or more gifts having been specifically filtered and ordered for said at particular user;
- (D) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular gift of said one or more gifts, said GUI providing a gift purchase region supporting purchase of said particular gift for said particular user;
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- (E) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of said gift purchase region, said GUI supporting using the GUI for a sender to obtain the particular gift for the particular user.
A device comprising hardware, including at least one processor and software, in combination with said hardware:
- (A) to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to a social networking service (SNS) on a display of a computing device, said GUI comprising a first region having first functionality associated therewith;
- (B) in response to selection of said first region, to display on said GUI information of one or more other users of said social networking service, said one or more other users being associated with a first user;
- (C) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular user of said one or more other users displayed in (B), to display on said GUI information about one or more gifts of a plurality of gifts, said information about said one or more gifts having been specifically filtered and ordered for said at particular user;
- (D) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of a particular gift of said one or more gifts, said GUI to provide a gift purchase region supporting purchase of said particular gift for said particular user;
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- (E) responsive to selection, using said GUI, of said gift purchase region, said GUI to support use of the GUI for a sender to obtain the particular gift for the particular user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.