US Patent:
20140149260, May 29, 2014
Inventors:
Kishore Konakanchi - San Jose CA, US
Gabe Cohn - Berkeley CA, US
Karen Rodriquez Ortega - Berkeley CA, US
Dale Fedun - Berkeley CA, US
International Classification:
G06Q 30/06
Abstract:
There is provided systems and method for a gift entitlement notification and delivery. A payment provider server may receive a gift entitlement from a first user. A gift entitlement may correspond to a gift for a second user, such as a credit at a merchant. The gift entitlement may be known or unknown to the second user. The gift may be retained by the payment provider until the second user is in a gifting opportunity with the merchant, for example, by traveling to the merchant and/or purchasing items with the merchant. If the gifting opportunity qualifies for the gift entitlement, the gift entitlement may be transmitted to the second user or the merchant. The gifting opportunity may qualify for the gift entitlement by meeting the terms attached to the gift entitlement.