Patent ID: 7299196
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a present messenger service system comprising: providing information of products through a web page to a customer terminal when a customer gains access to a web server of a present messenger service provider; verifying whether the customer has selected to purchase at least one of the products displayed on the web page directly or to receive the product as a present; sending a request to the customer terminal for information including a personal identification address of a messenger service to which a present provider subscribes and a message to be transferred to the present provider when the customer has selected to receive the product as the present; storing the message to be transferred to the present provider in a temporary message storage of the present messenger service provider when a present provider PC of the present provider is not connected to a same network to which the web server of the present messenger service provider and the temporary message storage of the present messenger service provider are connected, the network being provided by the present messenger service provider and the network including a web server to manage a website of the present messenger service provider and a message transfer server, separate from the web server, to transfer messages to the present provider, the message transfer server to determine whether the present provider PC is connected to the same network by verifying that the present provider PC is connected to a messenger service through the Internet; and transmitting the message directly to the present provider PC when the customer finishes inputting said information, wherein transmitting the message includes the message transfer server transferring the message stored in the temporary message storage of the present messenger service provider to the present provider PC when the present provider PC becomes connected to the same network to which the web server and the temporary message storage of the present messenger service provider are connected, and wherein the message is displayed on a screen of the present provider PC using a pop-up method; and delivering the product to the customer when the present provider agrees to provide the product as a present after verification of the message.