Patent ID: 8523054

Claim:
A system, comprising: a processor-implemented gift card converter module configured to associate a value of a gift card with a digital wallet of a mobile device; a processor-implemented digital wallet module configured to enable a financial transaction with the digital wallet of the mobile device; and a storage device configured to store the value of the gift card associated with the digital wallet and the corresponding financial transaction, the processor-implemented gift card converter module comprising: a processor-implemented gift card scanner module configured to capture a digital image of the gift card, the digital image of the gift card comprising a machine-readable symbol; and a processor-implemented balance retriever module configured to retrieve the value of the gift card from an issuer of the gift card and to associate the retrieved value of the gift card with a gift card balance in the digital wallet, and the processor-implemented digital wallet module comprising: a processor-implemented balance query module configured to retrieve an updated value of the gift card from the issuer of the gift card; a processor-implemented financial account module configured to link the gift card balance in the digital wallet with a financial account of a user of the mobile device; a processor-implemented redemption module configured to display the captured digital image of the gift card for the financial transaction, to retrieve an updated value of the gift card after the financial transaction, and to update the gift card balance in the digital wallet and the linked financial account of the user of the mobile device; and a processor-implemented exchange module configured to exchange the value of a first gift card from a first issuer with the value of a second gift card from a second issuer, the processor-implemented exchange module comprises a processor-implemented listing module configured to generate a gift card listing of gift cards available for exchange offers in a gift card exchange market and a processor-implemented transaction module configured to transfer a captured digital image of the first gift card from the first issuer from a first user to the digital wallet of a second user, and to transfer a captured digital image of the second gift card from the second issuer from a second user to the digital wallet of the first user, the captured digital image of the first gift card for use by the second user, the captured digital image of the second gift card for use by the first user.