WO2003054659A3 - Electronic gift linking - Google Patents

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WO2003054659A3
WO2003054659A3 PCT/US2002/039083 US0239083W WO03054659A3 WO 2003054659 A3 WO2003054659 A3 WO 2003054659A3 US 0239083 W US0239083 W US 0239083W WO 03054659 A3 WO03054659 A3 WO 03054659A3
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gift
linking
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Peter M Karas
James E Cowell
Henry M Abelman
Mark Thompson
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First Data Corp
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Priority to EP02805545A priority patent/EP1456795A4/en
Publication of WO2003054659A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003054659A2/en
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Priority to AU2009201088A priority patent/AU2009201088A1/en

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Abstract

According to the invention, a method for creating an electronic greeting card (700) that references a gift (708) is disclosed. In one step, a selection of the electronic greeting card is received from a sender of that greeting card. Identification of the gift (708) is received. A code indicative of the gift is created, whereby the code facilitates retrieving information about the gift. The code is embedded in the electronic greeting card.
PCT/US2002/039083 2001-12-06 2002-12-06 Electronic gift linking WO2003054659A2 (en)

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EP02805545A EP1456795A4 (en) 2001-12-06 2002-12-06 Electronic gift linking
AU2009201088A AU2009201088A1 (en) 2001-12-06 2009-03-18 Electronic gift linking

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