Patent ID: 7580861
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for assisting a user in acquiring an item for a recipient, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a recipient; receiving information related to previous item acquisitions; retrieving from the received information indications of items acquired for the recipient by others and indications of items acquired by the recipient for others; at a first time, receiving an indication of a first user initiating an acquisition of a first item for the recipient; automatically determining based on the retrieved indications whether the initiated acquisition of the first item for the recipient is appropriate, the automatic determining being performed by an automated system being executed by one or more computer systems and being performed without using any indication specified by the recipient or any other user before the first time of whether the initiated acquisition of the first item for the recipient is appropriate; and indicating to the first user whether the initiated acquisition of the first item for the recipient is determined to be appropriate.