System and method for providing electronic multi-merchant gift registry services over a distributed network

摘要

A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers. The method includes the steps of running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site, running a gift registration agent application on at least one goods or services provider (SP) site, a gift registrant accessing the at least one SP site and making a gift selection from the site, the gift registration agent application sending the gift selection to the gift registrar application, gift registrar application storing the gift selection as an update to a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site, and a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site.

主权项

1. A method of providing a gift registry service over a distributed network of computers, the method comprising the following steps:
a. running a gift registrar application on at least one gift registry site; b. running a gift registration agent application on at least one goods or services provider (SP) site; c. a gift registrant accessing the at least one SP site and making a gift selection from the at least one SP site; d. the gift registration agent application sending the gift selection to the gift registrar application, the gift registrar application storing the gift selection as an update to a wish list in a wish list data memory structure accessible to the at least one gift registry site; and e. a gift purchaser accessing the stored wish list from a site on the distributed network remote from any gift registry site.