公开(公告)号：US20140214626A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-31

申请号：US13835269

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.

Inventor： Neville Bowers ,  Ram Vaidyantathan ,  Soham Mazumdar ,  PJ Linarducci ,  Lee Linden ,  Ted Zagat

IPC: G06Q50/00 ,  G06Q30/06

CPC classification number: G06Q50/01 ,  B42D25/285 ,  G06Q20/342 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0635

Abstract: One variation of the first method includes: receiving a first gift order from a first sender through a social networking system, the first gift order specifying a recipient, a first merchant, and a first monetary value redeemable through the first merchant; issuing a tangible gift card to the recipient, the gift card linked to a gift account, of the recipient, within the social networking system; receiving a second gift order from a second sender through the social networking system, the second gift order specifying the recipient, a second merchant, and a second monetary value redeemable through the second merchant; linking the first and second monetary values to the gift account; and, in response to a first purchase from the first merchant with the gift card, publishing a detail of the first purchase to a feed within the social networking system in accordance with a privacy setting of the recipient.

Abstract translation: 第一种方法的一个变型包括：通过社交网络系统从第一发送者接收第一礼物订单，指定接收者的第一礼物订单，第一商家和通过第一商家可赎回的第一货币价值; 在社交网络系统内向收件人发放有形礼品卡，与礼品帐户相关的礼品卡，收件人发送; 通过社交网络系统接收来自第二发送者的第二礼物订单，指定接收者的第二礼物订单，第二商家和通过第二商家可兑换的第二货币价值; 将第一和第二货币价值与礼品账户联系起来; 并且响应于从所述第一商家第一次购买所述礼品卡，根据所述接收者的隐私设置，将所述第一购买的详细信息发布到所述社交网络系统内的馈送。