Patent ID: 8595080

Claim:
A centralized gift registry system comprising: a centralized gift registry including a gift common to the centralized gift registry and at least one retailer-specific registry of a gift registrant, wherein the centralized gift registry comprises gifts of a plurality of retailers and the common gift is merged with the centralized gift registry from the at least one retailer-specific registry; a memory for storing the centralized gift registry; and a network interface for communicating with a communications network, the communications network accessible to the at least one retailer-specific registry, a gift giver and the gift registrant; a processor in communication with the memory and the network interface, the processor configured to: receive a request to update the gift; send a request to update the gift to the respective retailer-specific registry; modify the centralized gift registry to include the update to the gift, thereby synchronizing the gift common to the respective retailer-specific registry and the centralized gift registry.