Patent ID: 6865546

Claim:
A computer implemented method of using a customer order history to estimate an age of a gift recipient and provide age appropriate gift recommendations, the method comprising: at a first date in a first year, receiving a customer order for a first item for the recipient, wherein the first item is intended as a first gift; accessing from an electronic database a first age appropriateness designation associated with the first item; at a second date in a second year, receiving a customer order for a second item for the recipient, wherein the second item is intended as a second gift; accessing from the electronic database a second age appropriateness designation associated with the second item; inferring in a computer a recipient age range based at least upon the first age appropriateness designation accessed from the electronic database and the second age appropriateness designation accessed from the electronic database; inferring in a computer a period wherein the gift recipient's birthday occurs based upon at least the first date and the second date; providing electronically a birthday reminder to the customer at least partly in response to the inferred period; and providing electronically the customer recommendations for age appropriate gifts for the recipient based at least upon the inferred recipient age range.