Patent ID: 11967215
Assignee: nan
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A kiosk gift card system in a retail establishment for funding on-demand gift cards, said system comprising:
(a) kiosk processor interface;
(b) gift card scanner; and
(c) payment processor;
wherein
said gift card management server provides said users with options to activate user-selected gift cards via said kiosk processor interface;
said user-selected gift cards are associated with a plurality of gift card vendors;
said kiosk processor interface permits said users to scan said user-selected gift cards with said gift card scanner;
said kiosk processor interface permits said users, after said scanning, to select and assign a respective value to each of said user-selected gift cards;
said kiosk processor interface, in response to receipt of payment from said users, via said payment processor, corresponding to said selected and assigned values to said user-selected gift cards, communicates across a computer communications network with gift card management servers associated with corresponding ones of the plurality of vendors of said user-selected gift cards to cause activation of said user-selected gift cards for an amount corresponding to the selected and assigned values of said user-selected gift cards; and
said kiosk processor interface provides to said users information regarding completion of said activation of said user-selected gift cards.