Verifying Purchasers of Restricted Gifts

摘要

A social networking system provides verification of gift orders placed for restricted gifts. The restricted gift is subject to limitations on the giving and receiving of the gift, such as minimum age thresholds. A user purchasing the gift is directed from a social network to a landing page of a gifting system. At the landing page, the user provides login credentials to verify the user's identity within the purchase flow and prior to gift purchase. The social networking system verifies whether the login credentials match the user and determines whether the user may be permitted to purchase the restricted gift by comparing limitations of the restricted gift with profile information of the verified user. An order for the gift is provided to a gift delivery location where the recipient can receive the gift.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing an advertisement to a client device of a user logged in at a social networking system, the advertisement promoting a restricted gift subject to a limitation on sale of the restricted gift, and the advertisement including a link to a landing page; receiving a request to verify the identity of the user of the client device accessing the landing page; and responsive to the request to verify the identity of the user at the landing page:
receiving login credentials from the client device,verifying that the login credentials received from the client device are correct for the user, anddetermining whether the user may purchase the restricted gift based on a characteristic of the user meeting the limitation on sale of the restricted gift.