205 results about "Gift giving" patented technology

An electronic calendaring system which allows for one universal calendar to be shared over a wide area network—such as the Internet—between multiple users wherein events are placed on the calendar by individual users and are assigned privacy settings which control whom may view the event. Events placed on the shared calendar can be designated as an “action event” and tied to a scheduled action which is automatically executed. More specifically, when the action date arrives, the system of the present invention will run a set of actions/instructions which have been specifically selected and defined by the user—such as automatically sending an e-mail reminder or text message to another user, e-mailing an on-line greeting card, ordering and shipping a paper card, gift card, flowers or any other goods/services to a designated recipient. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes a “Gift Wizard” feature which gathers, processes and uses important information from each user to compile an accurate and unique profile for each user in order to help users select gifts for other users.

A system and method to facilitate efficient gift giving is disclosed herein. Gift giver, gift recipient, advertisers/sponsors, and third party service providers participate in providing input at the gift evaluation, selection, purchase, delivery, and consumption stages to increase the likelihood of the gift recipient's satisfaction and consumption of the gift. The interactive environment facilitates opaque gathering of information from the relevant parties relative to each other.

The invention provides an interaction method based on live broadcast, a live broadcast system, and an electronic device. The interaction method based on live broadcast is used in a live broadcast system. The live broadcast system includes a first client, a server, and a second client. An AR scene is displayed on the first/second client. The AR scene includes an anchor picture acquired from a realenvironment and a virtual object based on the anchor picture. The method includes the following steps: the first client sends a virtual gift giving instruction to the server, wherein the instruction carries the identification information of the second client and the identification information of a virtual gift given; and after analyzing the virtual gift giving instruction, the server changes the display effect of the anchor picture of the second client based on the identification information and a strategy corresponding to the virtual gift given. Through the method, live broadcast can be moreinteractive and interesting.

A system and method for creating and administering trusts over the Internet. A grantor accesses a website over the Internet that is served by a trust account administration server. The server checks the identity and creditworthiness of the grantor, and then establishes a trust account. The trustee and beneficiary of the trust are electronically notified of the trust. A trust account administration server can also electronically notify the beneficiary of any demand rights that arise for gifts to the trust, and can permit distributions of the gifts if exercised. The beneficiary can also set up a family home page, and solicit contributions from friends, family, and other parties, for example on gift-giving events.

The invention provides an interaction method based on live broadcast, a live broadcast system, and an electronic device. The interaction method based on live broadcast is used in a live broadcast system. The live broadcast system includes a first client, a server, and a second client. An AR scene is displayed on the first/second client. The AR scene includes an anchor picture acquired from a realenvironment and a virtual object based on the anchor picture. The method includes the following steps: the first client sends a virtual gift giving instruction to the server, wherein the instruction carries the identification information of the second client and the identification information of a virtual gift given; and after analyzing the virtual gift giving instruction, the server changes the display effect of the virtual object in the AR scene of the second client based on the identification information and a strategy corresponding to the virtual gift given. Through the method, live broadcast can be more interactive and interesting.

The invention discloses a method for giving virtual gifts and triggering special effects in a chat room. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a gift giving request for giving the virtual gift by a giver; determining special effect functions included in a virtual gift template, wherein the special effect functions include one or more of functions selected from a group consisting of a continuous click special effect, a video regional broadcast in the chat room, a video regional broadcast in a popular chat room and opening of a virtual gift treasure box in the chat room; displaying the virtual gift treasure box in the chat room, such that a donee can obtain virtual gift elements in the virtual gift treasure box; and displaying the special effects according to the special effect functions included in the virtual gift template corresponding to the ID of the virtual gift. The invention further provides a corresponding system for giving the virtual gifts and triggering the special effects in the chat room. According to the invention, the virtual gifts are sent to other users and the special effects are displayed in the chat room; and thus, the interactivity and the entertainment of an internet live-broadcasting platform can be improved.

The invention provides a method of giving a gift instrument having a value to a recipient. The method comprises (a) ordering the gift instrument from a central processing facility, (b) delivering the gift instrument to the recipient, (c) receiving the gift instrument by the recipient, (d) redeeming the gift instrument by selecting goods or services from a redemption facility, where the goods or services have a value corresponding to the value of the gift instrument, and (e) providing the goods or services to the recipient. The step of ordering the gift instrument may include accessing an Internet web page associated with the central processing facility. The step of delivering the gift instrument may include sending an electronic text message to the recipient's text-compatible cell phone. The electronic text message preferably instructs the recipient to visit a particular Internet web page to receive further information needed to redeem the gift instrument to receive the products or services, such as consumer goods, travel vouchers or debit cards.

The invention discloses a method for interaction between an anchor and audiences in webcast process. The method comprises the following steps of S1 dividing anchors into multiple levels from high to low according to the popularity values of direct broadcasting rooms; obtaining the popularity value of the direct broadcasting room where the anchor is located and determining the level of the anchor according to the popularity value; S2 obtaining the number of bullet screens of the direct broadcasting room once at every preset time, carrying out dynamic bullet screen grouping according to the number of the bullet screens and monitoring the bullet screen active value in each bullet screen group; S3 obtaining level information and virtual gift giving information of each user in the direct broadcasting room; and S4 determining bullet screen groups displayed at a user side according to the level information and the virtual gift giving information in the step S3; receiving an instruction of the anchor to click any bullet screen in the direct broadcasting room and playing the content of the subtitle on all user sides through the voice; and receiving an instruction of the anchor to double click any bullet screen in the direct broadcasting room and hiding the content of the subtitle on all user sides.

A system and method for creating and administering trusts over the Internet. A grantor accesses a website over the Internet that is served by a trust account administration server. The server checks the identity and creditworthiness of the grantor, and then establishes a trust account. The trustee and beneficiary of the trust are electronically notified of the trust. A trust account administration server can also electronically notify the beneficiary of any demand rights that arise for gifts to the trust, and can permit distributions of the gifts if exercised. The beneficiary can also set up a family home page, and solicit contributions from friends, family, and other parties, for example on gift-giving events. The trust can include educational accounts, such as Qualified Tuition Plan and Educational Individual Retirement Account accounts.

The present invention relates to a method and system for presenting a virtual gift and falls within the technical field of computers. The method comprises: sending, by a first terminal, a gift-giving request to a gift server, the gift-giving request carrying a target gift identifier; determining, by the gift server, an anchor account of a direct broadcasting room to which a first account logging in the first terminal is attached currently, and sending the gift-giving request to a second terminal in which the anchor account logs; determining, by the second terminal, target gift sound effect data corresponding to the target gift identifier according to a pre-stored corresponding relation between a gift identifier and gift sound effect data, and composing the target gift sound effect data with current live video data in the direct broadcasting room to obtain composed video data; sending, by the second terminal, the composed video data to a video server; and sending, by the video server, the composed video data to a login terminal of each account in the direct broadcasting room. By means of the present invention, the interactivity of a direct broadcasting room can be improved.

A client-server social-network for providing automated clothing suggestions. Fashion interested users form social networks, upload records of their respective wardrobes and fashion preferences, and display their wardrobe items and outfits other members of the network, often displaying entire outfits using customizable virtual mannequins. The social network members can evaluate the fashion merits of both their outfits and their friend's outfits, and the system will further store data pertaining to the social network group's fashion assessments. The system may also make statistical inferences as to what types of clothing may be favored and disfavored by the user's social network group, and present these recommendations to the user. Other factors, such as weather, event type, and user's recent history of wearing various wardrobe items can also be considered. The system can additionally assist in shopping and gift giving, provide fashion related games, spot fashion trends, and provide advanced data for fashion suppliers.

The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for facilitating transfer of funds to a charitable organization or a charitable cause, for example, and facilitate the use of accounts that are established for charitable gift-giving in making contributions to a charitable cause through a website, for example. Such accounts include, but are not limited to, donor advised funds (DAF). A method includes receiving a first signal including instructions, a request or advice indicating a desire to direct one or more payments to a donor-selected charity. At least a portion of the payment is to be transferred from a giving account, the giving account having been established to hold funds for charitable gift-giving.

Gift giving is disclosed, including: receiving a characteristic of an intended gift recipient and a gift amount; and generating a custom catalog of gifts that includes gift items selected based at least in part on the characteristic and the gift amount.

The invention discloses a method for increasing a popularity value in a chat room. The method comprises the following steps that: the chat room receives a transaction result generated after processing of a money transaction server, wherein the transaction result comprises IDs of gifts given to chat room hosts by users, and IDs of the users giving the gifts; the chat room confirms whether the gifts have broadcast special effects or not according to the gift IDs, and send a high-popularity-value broadcast notification to a chat room manager if the gifts have the broadcast special effects; and the chat room manager randomly selects a plurality of high-popularity-value rooms from high-popularity-value rooms according to the special effects of the gifts in order to broadcast a gift giving result in the high-popularity-value broadcast notification. The popularity values of the hosts in a network live-broadcasting platform are increased in a way of broadcasting giving of high-value gifts, so that the technical problems that talented hosts tend not to be known by the public due to lack of a user mining and discovery channel and that the popularity values of rooms to which the talented hosts belong are relatively low in an existing network live-broadcasting platform are solved.

A method for on-line shopping for special occasions includes the steps of providing a link to a network accessible website, receiving and storing data from a user identifying at least one recipient, wherein the data includes at least one special occasion date, sending a notification to the user prior to the special occasion date, wherein the notification reminds the user of the special occasion date, offering a plurality of gifts for on line ordering via the website, receiving and storing an order for a gift in advance of the special occasion date and sending the gift to the recipient a predetermined number of days prior to the special occasion.

A method for displaying authority levels in the process of network anchors, which includes the following steps: S1. Dividing the anchors into multiple levels according to the popularity value of the live broadcast room from high to low; obtaining the popularity value of the live broadcast room where the anchor is located, and according to the popularity value Determine the level corresponding to the anchor; S2. Obtain the number of bullet chats in the live broadcast room every preset time, dynamically group bullet chats according to the number of bullet chats, and monitor the active value of bullet chats in each bullet chat group; S3. Obtain live broadcasts The level information and virtual gift giving information of each user in the period; S4, according to the level information and virtual gift giving information in step S3, determine the bullet chatting group displayed on the user terminal; filter the bullet chatting according to the level corresponding to the anchor The anchor side displays the barrage grouping. The invention also provides a display system for distinguishing authority levels during a network anchor.

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for displaying information, including: presetting a gift display area according to the size of the display interface; acquiring a gift gift message, wherein the gift gift message carries a gift identifier; The virtual gift corresponding to the gift identifier is displayed in the gift display area. The embodiment of the invention also discloses an electronic device. By adopting the present invention, the electronic device can display virtual gifts in the preset gift display area, so as to centrally manage and display the virtual gifts presented by users, which is convenient for users to view.

The invention provides a product personalized customization display system achieved through the Internet and two-dimensional codes and belongs to the field of two-dimensional code customization platforms. The product personalized customization display system achieved through the Internet and the two-dimensional codes comprises two-dimensional code labels and an information platform, and a gift recipient can know information wanted to be expressed and completely understand the gift giving intention through the information platform by using a terminal device capable of scanning the two-dimensional codes and a server carrying the information platform.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an information display method based on online live broadcast. The method comprises the steps that an activity hint message from a main broadcast client side based on a current online live broadcast channel is received; when activity participation client sides and audience client sides in a current online live broadcast channel need to be instructed to display an activity hint message with a preset display period, the activity hint message is broadcast to the activity participation client sides and the audience client sides, and after receiving the activity hint message, the activity participation client sides and the audience client sides are triggered to generate message display windows according to the preset display period information, so that the message display windows are controlled to display the activity hint message within the display period. The invention further discloses a related device and a related system. By means of the information display method based on online live broadcast, the related device and the related system, a display effect for gift giving is improved, the technical problem that in the prior art, the activity participation client sides and the audience client sides only can receive the activity hint message passively is solved, and the requirement for different display modes of different activity hint messages of the main broadcast client side is met.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a live broadcast display method, comprising the following steps: receiving a gift giving request sent by an audience terminal; dividing the audience terminal into one of at least two teams according to the type and/or number of virtual gifts; determining the display control information corresponding to the team according to the total number of gifts corresponding to each team; and sending the display control information to the audience terminal that belongs to the team to display, wherein the audience terminal is used to display UI elements of the gifts in a live broadcast UI according to the display control information. As the display control information of different teams can be different, the UI elements of the gifts that are finally displayed according to the display control information are also different so as to ensure that the UI elements of the gifts viewed by audience users in different teams are different, and the interaction between the audience users in different teams and the UI elements of the gifts can be achieved.