Patent ID: 6360139
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for selecting an electronic greeting card from a plurality of electronic greeting cards stored in a database, comprising the steps of:providing a greeting card suitability data record for each of the greeting cards stored in the database, each greeting card suitability data record including a plurality of application descriptors associated with one or more application categories, wherein the application descriptors describe the suitability of a particular greeting card in each of the application categories, and wherein each application category in the product suitability data record may be associated with one or more application descriptors; providing one or more user-specified selection criteria that describe the type of greeting card being sought by a user; and selecting one or more suitable electronic greeting cards from the database by searching the greeting card suitability data records and comparing the user-specified selection criteria with the plurality of application descriptors for each greeting card in the database.