Systems and methods for barcode-based gift card exchange
AssigneeGyft, Inc.
InventorVinodan Karthikeya Lingham
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Abstract
Various of the disclosed embodiments consider systems and methods for the sender of a printed or electronic greeting card to attach one or more virtual or electronic gift cards to that printed or electronic greeting card, so that the recipient of the greeting card can subsequently retrieve and redeem the attached gift cards electronically. Thus, some of the disclosed embodiments provide a system for automating the giving and receiving of electronic gift cards via the medium of the greeting card itself.
Claims24
A computer-implemented method for processing an electronic gift card in association with a physical card, comprising:
- receiving at least one barcode-based identifier from a sender device, the barcode-based identifier uniquely associated with a physical card;
- receiving at least one electronic gift card selection from the sender device;
- storing the at least one electronic gift card selection in association with the at least one barcode-based identifier;
- receiving the at least one barcode-based identifier from a recipient device;
- and
- sending a representation of the at least one electronic gift card selection to the recipient device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to cause a computer system to:
- receive at least one barcode-based identifier from a sender device, the barcode-based identifier uniquely associated with a physical card;
- receive at least one electronic gift card selection from the sender device;
- store the at least one electronic gift card selection in association with the at least one barcode-based identifier;
- receive the at least one barcode-based identifier from a recipient device;
- and
- send a representation of the at least one electronic gift card selection to the recipient device.
A server comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the server to:
- receive at least one barcode-based identifier from a sender device, the barcode-based identifier uniquely associated with a physical card;
- receive at least one electronic gift card selection from the sender device;
- store the at least one electronic gift card selection in association with the at least one barcode-based identifier;
- receive the at least one barcode-based identifier from a recipient device;
- and
- send a representation of the at least one electronic gift card selection to the recipient device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.