Patent ID: 9508093
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of gifting comprising: preparing a gifting order on a donor device, the gifting order including a gift designator designating a gift; communicating the gifting order to a gifting server; preparing a gifting transaction document on the gifting server, the gifting transaction document including redemption credentials; incrementing a recipient account in accordance with the gift designator; communicating the gifting transaction document to a personal electronic device; communicating a security token from the donor device to the personal electronic device; authenticating the gifting server through comparing the security token communicated from the donor device to a security token received from the gifting server, said comparing being performed at the personal electronic device; beaming the redemption credentials from the personal electronic device to a transaction facility using a variable light source of the personal electronic device to transmit a light simulated barcode; decrementing the recipient account in response to the redemption credentials beaming step, in accordance with the gift designator; and providing the gift to the recipient from the transaction facility.