Patent ID: 8321299
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer processing-based method for multi-selection gifting, comprising: maintaining, by at least one of a plurality of computers, a gift database comprising records for multi-selection gifts, each record including a plurality of product identifiers for items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule governing selection of at least two of the items of merchandise; and interactively enabling, by at least one of the plurality of computers, a gift giver to generate a multi-selection gift for at least one gift recipient, comprising presenting, to the gift giver, a group of selection rules for selection by the gift giver, the group consisting of allowing a gift recipient to select up to a specified total number of items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift up to a specified total cost, and at least one of: allowing the gift recipient to select all items of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select only one item of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, or allowing the gift recipient to select a grouping of items of merchandise from multiple defined groups of items.