Patent ID: 8234177
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a computing system for gifting automatically, comprising: storing, as received from a first person, an identification of a second person, an occasion, and a gift selection criterion, wherein the first person is a person who is gifting and the second person is a recipient of a gift; automatically selecting, by the computing system, a gift for the stored occasion based on at least the stored received gift selection criterion; prior to the stored occasion, sending a notification to the first person indicating the automatically selected gift that will be sent after a time period following the notification, wherein the notification provides the first person with an option to change the automatically selected gift to an alternate gift selected for sending instead of the automatically selected gift, the option available prior to elapse of the time period; and upon elapse of the time period, sending the gift or the alternate gift to the second person without further input from the first person.