Systems and Methods for Providing Gifts Via a Mobile Messaging Platform

摘要

Systems and methods for creating gift messages for sending to individuals via an existing messaging infrastructure are described. A gift provider system may receive a request for a gift catalog from a first user device. The gift provider system may provide an interactive gift catalog to the first user device that includes one or more gift cards available for purchase. The user of the first user device may select the amount of the gift card, create a personalized message for the gift card, select a recipient, and select graphics that may accompany the gift card. The gift provider system may create a gift message based on the purchased gift card and send the gift message to the recipient. The gift message may be sent as an MMS message and may include one or more codes that the recipient can use to redeem the gift card with a providing merchant.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a processor; and a memory comprising computer-readable instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
receive a request for a gift catalog from a first communications device;provide a gift catalog to the first communications device based at least in part on profile information associated with the first communications device;receive a selection of a gift card from the first communications device, wherein the gift card is selected from the gift catalog, wherein the gift card is associated with one or more merchants;generate a multimedia messaging service message based on the gift card; andtransmit the multimedia messaging service message to a second communications device.