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A method for multi-selection gifting, comprising:(a) maintaining a merchandise database comprising records for merchandise for a plurality of merchants, each record including (i) a stock keeping unit (SKU) for an item of merchandise, (ii) a description of the item, (iii) a price of the item, and (iv) the merchant for the item;

(b) maintaining a gift database comprising records for multi-selection gifts, each record including (i) at least one gift recipient, (ii) a plurality of SKU's for items of merchandise, and (iii) at least one selection rule for selecting at least one of the items of merchandise;

(d) interactively guiding the gift recipient to select at least one of the items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift in accordance with the gift's at least one selection rule;

(e) aggregating the at least one item selected by the gift recipient according to merchant;

(f) issuing purchase orders to each merchant in accordance with the aggregated selected items corresponding to such merchant; and

(g) billing the gift giver according to the at least one item of merchandise selected by the gift recipient.

#464US20050102496A1: Multi-merchant gift registry

Applies to Claims 1,12,13,17,21,24,28,29,30,32,34,35,42,49,6

Submitted by: Diane WillisLast updated: almost 4 years ago

Patent/Application # US20050102496A1

Description

This publication discloses: Gift e.g. wedding gift, registering system for use in shopping area, has barcode scanner carried by registrant, to store information of gifts desired by registrant to receive as presents, and merchant identity information.

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#467Universal virtual shopping cart

Applies to Claims 1

Submitted by: Mark WebbinkLast updated: almost 4 years ago

Patent/Application # 11/506504

Description

The present invention provides a universal virtual shopping cart. The system may also make use of a predetermined mechanism to make automatic payment for the product, and to use a configurable fulfillment mechanism to deliver the product to the consumer.

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#468Gift registry apparatus and method

Applies to Claims 1

Submitted by: Mark WebbinkLast updated: almost 4 years ago

Patent/Application # 5754981

Description

Provides registration of information for a gift registrant and allows access to the registry by potential gift giver users.

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