| 摘要 |
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide the ability for an intended recipient to forward an online gift to a secondary recipient prior to shipping the gift to the intended recipient. A gift giver accesses a gift server over a network (such as the Internet) using conventional browser software on a user node of the network. While online with the gift server node (e.g., the gift server's website), the gift giver selects the online gift for the intended recipient. The intended recipient is notified of the gift. In response to notification of the online gift, the intended recipient connects online to the gift server node, reads the gift selection information from the gift queue and determines whether to forward the gift to someone else (e.g., the secondary recipient). If the gift is to be forwarded, contact information related to the secondary recipient is requested and a notification is sent to the secondary recipient about the gift before the initial gift is shipped to the initial recipient.
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