Patent ID: 7729952

Claim:
A method for use in constructing a custom gift basket, comprising the steps of: establishing a web-based tool for receiving inputs defining a desired gift basket; storing, in a computer, dimensions for a plurality of products and plurality of basket vessels; first receiving from a sender, via said web-based tool, first input information identifying one or more products, from said plurality of products, for inclusion in said gift basket; second receiving from said sender, via said web-based tool, second input information identifying a basket vessel, from said plurality of basket vessels, for inclusion in said gift basket; making a determination, using a computer processor, whether said collective set of dimensions for said one or more products fall below a minimum threshold value when compared to said dimensions of said basket vessel; providing a too few items notice, via said web-based tool, when said collective set of dimensions for said one or more products fall below said minimum threshold value; third receiving, via said web-based tool, uploaded graphical information from said sender; using said uploaded graphical information to create a card for association with said gift basket; upon construction of said gift basket, obtaining an image of said constructed gift basket and said card; and transmitting to said sender electronic access to said image of said constructed gift basket and said card.