Patent application number | Description | Published |
20150213438 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING GIFT CARDS AND ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for distributing and activating gift cards, loyalty cards, and incentives cards and advertising to provide a gift card mall in the home of a gift giver are described. The system can include a unitary single-sheet form, an activation system, a delivery system, and a redemption system. The system can also include a publication. A plurality of the forms can included for delivery to the gift giver. The gift giver can select one or more of the gift cards for activation and delivery to a gift recipient. The gift recipient can then redeem the activated gift received from the gift giver for a redemption item sold or provided by a retailer, service provider, or manufacturer. The redemption item can be a good, service, or money. The redemption item can be purchased at an online shopping mall, by telephone, or in a retail store. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213439 | Multi-Use Numbering System and Method - A numbering system is provided having an identifier with hexadecimal, vigesimal, quadrivigesimal, or any other suitable alphanumeric characters includable on a card and an account identifiable using the identifier. The card can be a gift card, a customer loyalty card, or a customer incentive card. An interface may be connected to a communications network that is accessible to associate the identifier with an account and manage funds associable with the account. Funds data may be associable with the account and storable on the remote server, the funds data relating to the funds transferred by a user to a card issuer. The identifier may be storable on the card in an electronically readable format, and may be included on the card via printing and/or imprinting. A method is provided for using the numbering system. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213441 | One-Sided Gift Card For Publications and Methods - Systems and methods for distributing and activating gift cards and advertising so as to provide a gift card mall in the home of a gift giver are described. The system can include a unitary single-sheet form, an activation system, a delivery system, and a redemption system. The gift card may be one-sided. The system can also include a publication. A plurality of the forms can be delivered or provided to the gift giver. The gift giver can select one or more of the gift cards for activation and delivery to a gift recipient. The gift recipient can then redeem the activated gift received from the gift giver for a redemption item sold or provided by a retailer, service provider, or manufacturer. The redemption item can be a good, service, or money. The redemption item can be purchased at an online shopping mall, by telephone, or in a retail store. | 07-30-2015 |