Patent ID: 8392286

Claim:
A computer processing-based method for mufti-selection gifting, comprising: identifying a mufti-selection gift, by a client computer, the mufti-selection gift comprising a plurality of items of merchandise, and at least one selection rule governing selection of at least two of the items of merchandise; and interactively guiding a gift recipient in selecting at least one item of merchandise in accordance with the at least one selection rule, by the client computer, wherein each selection rule is a member of the group consisting of allowing the gift recipient to select all items of merchandise in the mufti-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select only one item of merchandise in the multi-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select up to a specified total number of items of merchandise in the mufti-selection gift, allowing the gift recipient to select items of merchandise in the mufti-selection gift up to a specified total cost, and allowing the gift recipient to select a grouping of items of merchandise from multiple defined groups of items, wherein the at least one selection rule specifies one or more quantities of respective one or more items of merchandise and allows the gift recipient to select more than one of the same item of merchandise, up to the specified quantity.