Patent ID: 8533069

Claim:
A system for allowing a conveying user to send online virtual objects to display on a social network of a receiving user and for allowing the conveying user to send a real-world object to the receiving user without the conveying user having the physical contact address of the receiving user, comprising: an electronic data store having a set of identifying information for the receiving user, the set of identifying information including an ID and a physical contact address; a communication system, coupled to the electronic data store, for connecting a conveying user to the electronic data store, the communication system providing the ID of the receiving user to the conveying user without providing the physical address of the receiving user to the conveying user, the communication system communicating an icon that is representative of a real-world object, to the conveying user and conveying the icon to the receiving user which is displayed on the online social network of the receiving user; and a fulfillment system, coupled to the communication system, for initiating a real-world delivery of the real-world object to the physical address responsive to conveyance of the icon to the receiving user, and wherein the communication system subsequently changes the conveyed icon displayed on the online social network to indicate that the real-world object has been delivered to the receiving user.