Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A method in a computer system for co-ordinating delivery of a gift from a gift giver
to a recipient, the gift and recipient being specified in a gift order, the method
comprising: determining whether the gift order includes sufficient information so that the gift
can be delivered to the recipient; when sufficient information is not provided in the gift order, obtaining delivery
information from one or more information sources; and when sufficient delivery information can be obtained from the additional
information sources so that the gift can be delivered to the recipient, directing the
gift to be sent to the recipient as indicated by the deliver information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
11 words
The method of claim 1 including receiving the gift order electronically.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 or 2 wherein when the gift order contains information such
that the recipient can be contacted, obtaining the delivery information by
contacting the recipient directly.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the recipient is contacted directly by sending an
electronic mail.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the recipient is contacted directly by a voice
telephone call.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
76 words
The method of one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the obtaining of delivery information
includes collecting information from one or more information sources selected
from among an Internet-based telephone database, an Internet-based electronic
mail database, a local telephone database, a local electronic mail database, a
database of previous recipients and gift givers, an Internet-based search engine,
and a database of information relating to the domain name registration of an
electronic mail address of the recipient.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
124 words
A computer-based gift delivery system for coordinating the delivery of a gift from a
gift giver to a recipient, comprising: an order entry component for providing a selection of available gifts, for receiving
a selection of a gift, for receiving contact information describing the recipient, and
for storing the gift order; and a gift delivery component for retrieving the stored gift order, for determining
whether the contact information includes sufficient delivery information to deliver
the gift to the recipient, for when sufficient delivery information is not included,
obtaining additional information about the recipient by attempting to contact the
recipient and by searching various databases of information, and for directing the
sending of the gift to the recipient when sufficient delivery information has been
obtained.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The gift delivery system of claim 7 wherein the order entry component assigns an
order tracking identification to each gift order and wherein the gift delivery
component includes the order tracking identification when attempting to contact
the recipient.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The gift delivery system of claim 7 or 8 wherein the gift delivery component
searches various Internet-based databases using the recipient name or electronic
mail address.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The gift delivery system of one of claims 7 to 9 wherein the order entry component
receives payment electronically.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The gift delivery system of one of claims 7 to 10 wherein the order entry
component is accessed via Web pages.