Patent ID: 9031869
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a personalized gift card holder and a teaser video for gifting to a recipient, the method comprising: providing a first user interface generated by a computing device, the user interface identifying one or more gift card types; receiving by the computing device, via the first user interface a first selection of one or more of the one or more gift card types; providing a second user interface generated by the computing device, the second user interface identifying one or more gift card holder designs; receiving by the computing device via the second user interface, a second selection identifying one or more of the one or more gift card holder designs, each gift card holder design comprising one or more customizable elements for entry of user-supplied content; receiving by the computing device, via a third user interface generated by the computing device, at least one of an image file and text information provided by the user to the computing system, where the image file is stored in a data storage; associating the user-provided image file or text information with the selected gift card holder design, wherein the user provided image or text information comprises at least one of the customizable elements of the gift card holder design; generating and transmitting an order by the computing device to a production facility, where the order comprises the gift card type, the gift card holder design, the user-supplied image file or text information, and where the production facility assembles the gift card holder and delivers the gift card holder and a gift card associated with the gift card type to the recipient; receiving additional user-supplied information that is associated with the gift card holder, the additional user-supplied information comprising at least one of a photograph and user text; compositing, by the computing device, a teaser video to include the received additional user-supplied information by rendering the additional user-supplied information in one or more pre-defined fields of the teaser video, the additional user-supplied information indicating, to the recipient, that the gift card holder and the gift card are to be received at a future time; and transmitting the composited teaser video to the recipient prior to the transmitting of the gift card holder and the gift card to the recipient.