Patent ID: 8032428
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A gift registry computer system configured to enable a gift giver to make a contribution towards a gift on a gift list of a gift recipient, the gift registry computer system comprising: a communications interface for communicating over a communications network, the communication network being accessible to the gift giver and the gift recipient; a memory in communication with the communications interface for storing the gift list; and a processor in communication with the memory and the communications interface, the processor configured to: retrieve the gift list from the memory; generate a web page comprising gifts of the gift list; transmit the gift list web page to the gift giver over the communications network; receive a commitment from the gift giver for a monetary contribution towards an amount less than all of the uncommitted balance of a gift's purchase price, wherein the gift is included on the gift list web page; and generate, based at least in part on an indication made by the gift recipient when selecting the gift, a substitution request to provide the total of a plurality of gift givers' monetary contributions to the gift recipient as a substitution if the total is less than the gift's purchase price; and generate a request to send a message to the gift giver when the substitution request has been satisfied.