Personalized webpage gifting system

Abstract

A personalized webpage gifting system is provided that includes a server that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) on a computing device for receiving recipient information associated with a recipient and one or more participants from a host. Using this information, the server creates a personal uniform resource locator (URL) based upon at least a portion of the recipient information, and generates a personalized webpage addressed by said personal uniform resource locator, the personalized webpage comprising personalized content for the recipient received from the host and the one or more participants.

1 . A personalized gifting system comprising:
 a server in communication with a computing device and comprising at least one processor; and   an application stored in at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor of the server for generating a graphical user interface (GUI) on the computing device to:   receive, from the GUI, recipient information associated with a recipient from a user of the computing device;   receive, from the GUI, at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content from the user;   receive, from the GUI, a monetary amount to be associated with a gift card from the user; and   transmit the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content and the gift card to the recipient.   
     
     
         2 . The personalized gifting system of  claim 1 , wherein the gift card comprises an electronic gift card (e-gift Card), the application further executable to electronically transmit the e-gift card and the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content to the recipient. 
     
     
         3 . The personalized gifting system of  claim 2 , wherein the application is further executable to transmit the e-gift card and the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content as an element of a personalized webpage that is personalized according to the recipient. 
     
     
         4 . The personalized gifting system of  claim 1 , wherein the application is further executable to transmit at least a portion of the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content to the recipient prior to transmitting the at least one gift card to the recipient, the portion of the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content comprising teaser information associated with the gift card to be transmitted to the recipient. 
     
     
         5 . The personalized gifting system of  claim 1 , wherein the memory stores a plurality of video templates, the application further executable to:
 receive, from the GUI, selection of at least one video template from the user;   combine the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content with the selected video template; and   transmit the combined at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content and the selected video template to the recipient.   
     
     
         6 . A personalized gifting method comprising the steps of:
 generating, a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving recipient information associated with a recipient and one or more participants from a host;   receiving, from the GUI, the recipient information associated with the recipient from a user of the computing device;   receiving, from the GUI, at least one of a user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content;   receiving, from the GUI, information associated with a merchant of a gift card and a monetary amount to be associated with the gift card from the user; and   facilitating transmit of the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content and the gift card to the recipient.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the step of electronically transmitting the gift card and the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content to the recipient, wherein the gift card comprises an electronic gift card (e-gift card). 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising the step of electronically transmitting the e-gift card and the user-supplied content using at least one of an email message or a short messaging service (SMS) message. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising the step of transmitting the e-gift card and the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content as an element of a personalized webpage that is personalized according to the recipient. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the GUI is configured for receiving, from the user, one or more administrative operations associated with the personalized webpage. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the gift card is a physical gift card. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the step of
 facilitating generation of a gift card holder; and   facilitating the transmission of the physical gift card and the gift card holder to the recipient.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the step of transmitting at least a portion of the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content to the recipient prior to transmitting the gift card to the recipient, the portion of the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content comprising teaser information associated with the gift card to be transmitted to the recipient. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the portion of the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content is electronically transmitted using at least one of an email message or a short messaging service (SMS) message. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising the steps of:
 receiving, from the GUI, selection of at least one video template from the user;   combining the at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content with the selected video template; and   transmitting the combined at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content and the selected video template to the recipient.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the user-supplied content is received by interfacing with one or more peripheral devices of the computing device. 
     
     
         17 . A personalized gifting method comprising the steps of:
 generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving recipient information associated with a recipient and one or more participants from a host;   receiving, from the GUI, the recipient information associated with the recipient from a user of the computing device;   receiving, from the GUI, at least one of a user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content from a plurality of users;   compositing the received at least one user-supplied audio, video, textual, and photographic content into a single sequential message;   receiving, from the GUI, information associated with a merchant of a gift card and a monetary amount to be associated with the gift card from the user; and   transmitting the sequential message and the gift card to the recipient.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 ,
 wherein one of the plurality of users is the host and a rest of the plurality of users are participant users, and   wherein the GUI is configured for receiving, from the host, one or more administrative operations associated with a personalized webpage that is personalized according to the recipient.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 ,
 wherein the gift card is an e-gift card, and   further comprising transmitting the e-gift card and the sequential message as an element of the personalized webpage.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising the steps of:
 receiving, from the GUI, selection of at least one video template from the user;   combining the sequential message with the selected video template; and   transmitting the combined sequential message and the selected video template to the recipient.