Patent ID: 8386305
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for promoting an electronic database-driven gift registry, said method comprising: (a) providing a computer processor, a database having one or more merchant gift registries, and a computer terminal communicatively linked to said computer processor and said database; (b) issuing one or more database access keys to an organization having one or more members; (c) providing an incentive for said one or more members to register with said one or more merchant gift registries by initializing respective said database access keys with said database associated with said gift registry; (d) receiving at said database from said one or more members a registration instruction in a computer readable medium, said registration instruction being processed by said computer processor to initialize a respective said access key and to thereby record member identifying registration information at said database in connection with said merchant gift registry; (e) awarding a first award to said one or more members upon registration with said merchant gift registry; and (f) awarding a second award to said organization upon registration with at least one of said one or more merchant gift registries by at least one of said members.