Remote gifting at event venues via networked mobile computing devices

A method on a web server for facilitating gifting of goods or services over a communications network, comprising:

• storing, by the web server, a ticket record in an attached database, wherein the ticket record includes a unique identifier for a user;
• receiving, by the web server, via the communications network, a message, including the unique ticket identifier, from an event venue, wherein the unique ticket identifier has been garnered via scanning of the user's ticket at the event venue during an event;
• accessing, by the web server, the ticket record in the attached database using the unique ticket identifier;
• transmitting, by the web server, via the communications network, a message to a social network, wherein the message includes:
• 1) a request to publish a posting including the unique identifier for the user and an identifier for the event venue, wherein the posting is viewable by friends of the user, and 2) a request to publish a link that provides a graphical user interface configured for providing a payment process for purchasing a product or service for pick-up by the user at the same event venue where the first user's ticket was scanned and during said event;
• responsive to receiving a request from a friend who has activated the link, providing, by the web server, via the communications network, the graphical user interface configured for providing a payment process for purchasing the product or service for pick-up by the user at the event venue and during said event;
• receiving, by the web server, via the communications network, login data that has been entered by the friend into the graphical user interface;
• accessing, by the web server, a user record in the attached database using the login data, wherein the user record includes purchase card data that has been previously stored in the database;
• processing, by the web server, the purchase card data to effectuate payment for the product or service for the user;
• and
• generating, by the web server, an electronic coupon configured for redemption in exchange for the product or service at the same event venue where the first user's ticket was scanned and during said event, and transmitting the electronic coupon to a mobile computing device of the user via the communications network.

A web server for facilitating gifting of goods or services over a communications network, comprising:

• a database for storing ticket records, wherein each ticket record includes a unique identifier for a first user and a telephone number for a mobile computing device of the first user;
• a network interface device communicatively coupled with the communications network;
• and
• a processor configured for:
• receiving, via the network interface device, a message, including a unique ticket identifier, from an event venue, wherein the unique ticket identifier has been garnered via scanning of a first user's ticket at the event venue and during an event;
• accessing a ticket record in the database using the unique ticket identifier;
• transmitting, via the communications network, a message to one or more other users, wherein the message includes the unique identifier for the first user, and an identifier for the event venue, and wherein the message includes a link that provides a graphical user interface configured for providing a payment process for purchasing a product or service for pick-up by the first user at the same event venue where the first user's ticket was scanned and during said event;
• responsive to receiving a request from another user who has activated the link, providing, via the network interface device, the graphical user interface configured for allowing the other user to purchase the product or service for pick-up by the first user at the event venue and during said event;
• processing the electronic payment information of the other user to effectuate payment for the product or service for pick-up by the first user at the event venue and during said event;
• and
• generating an electronic coupon configured for redemption in exchange for the product or service at the same event venue where the first user's ticket was scanned and during said event, and transmitting the electronic coupon to the telephone number of the mobile computing device of the user via the network interface device.