205 results about "Gift giving" patented technology

A method for rule-based gift giving method collects information about life events of one or more friends from one or more social network systems and / or from one or more online profiles. The gathered information may be organized in a news stream format or a calendar items format. The user creates rules including parameters such as monetary value of the gift, identity of the recipient and the life event on which to send the gift. The user may generate a default list of friends who will automatically receive user-selected gifts on user-selected life events. According to another embodiment, the user may generate an on-demand list of friends who will receive gifts on selected life events upon user's approval.

A storable, reusable-insulating sleeve for a beverage container that provides insulation to the user from hot or cold beverages. The improved sleeve maintains insulation of hot temperatures approximately five and ten degrees higher for a thirty-minute interval, than, for example, cardboard counterpart sleeves. The improved sleeve comprises an integral storage-securing mechanism for storing the sleeve in a compact form. The compact form can easily fit into a pocket, purse, car glove compartment or desk drawer. The sleeve is made of various fabrics and is therefore reusable. Further, a pocket contained in the sleeve will accommodate a prepaid card or a key, for storage, transport and gift giving.

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 invention discloses a virtual item giving method and apparatus, and a storage medium, and belongs to the field of network technology. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first request sent by a first audience terminal, wherein the first request carries information of an anchor account and a virtual item to be given; and sending a gift giving prompt message and a specified indication to the audience terminals in a first direct broadcasting room, wherein the gift giving prompt message comprises the information of the virtual item, and the specified indication is used for indicating the audience terminals to display the gift giving prompt message and display a shortcut giving option at a specified position, and the shortcut giving option is used for triggering an event of giving the virtual item having the same information as that in the gift giving prompt message. In this way, the problem of giving the virtual item through complex processes each time is avoided, andthe convenience of operation is improved, thereby improving the gifting efficiency of virtual items.

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 gift card point-of-sale package comprises a payment card and optical recording disc packaged for merchandizing and display in a retail location. The gift card, optical recording disc, and backboard are printed with trademarks, logos, sales messages, and graphics that generate some gift-giving purchase interest in a retail buyer. The gift card includes a magnetic stripe payment card with recording information identifying the gift card point-of-sale package. Such information becomes automated business intelligence that can be communicated to the gift card sponsor, and used to analyze buyer behavior and sales performance. The optical recording disc comprises computer programs, video programming, musical performances, games, and interactive presentations. Its use is automatically reported over the Internet. The products and services offered by the gift card sponsor are related to the optical recording disc content. The backboard allows gift-givers to identify themselves to their recipients.

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 computer-implemented method and system for electronic gift giving. The method includes providing an internet site for access by a giver via a giver device, prompting the giver to enter giver identification information, and storing the giver identification information in a data store. The giver is prompted to enter recipient information, and the recipient information is stored in the data store. The giver is prompted to select from a plurality of composition templates, and create a composition based on the selected composition template. The giver is prompted to enter a value of a monetary gift, and the entered value is stored in association with the created composition for delivery to a recipient. An embodiment of the invention may include interest being accrued based on the value of the monetary gift. In another embodiment, at least one sponsor pays a fee for an advertising message to appear in the composition.

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 invention provides a virtual gift giving method and device, and the method comprises the steps: enabling a live client to obtain a to-be-given pre-paid virtual gift selected by an initiation user, responding to a giving operation of the initiation user, and sending a virtual gift giving request to a live server, wherein the virtual gift giving request comprises the identification of the to-be-given pre-paid virtual gift and the identification of the initiation user; enabling the to-be-given pre-paid virtual gift to be correlated with a receiver user corresponding to the user identification after the live server receives the virtual gift giving request, and returning a giving success message, so that the live client displays prompt information of giving success corresponding to the giving success message at a live interface. The invention provides a new virtual gift form, and solves a problem that a user cannot give a valuable virtual gift to an anchor in the prior art when the user has no money in the account.

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.

The invention discloses a method and a system for implementing gift giving in the video live broadcasting process on the basis of an AR (Augmented Reality) technology, and relates to the technical field of video live broadcasting. The method comprises the steps of: after a user selects an AR gift to be given, recording an ID of the AR gift by a user side; judging whether the AR gift can be given, and if the AR gift cannot be given, ending the operation; if the AR gift can be given, displaying a video live broadcasting interface of an anchor, and in the video live broadcasting interface, according to a position where the gift selected by the user is put, acquiring corresponding space coordinates and color values of pixel points in a designated range around the space coordinates, and according to a gift size regulated by the user, acquiring a corresponding gift scaling; then transmitting corresponding data to an anchor side; and after judging that the gift putting position is not shielded, displaying the given AR gift by the anchor side. According to the method and the system which are disclosed by the invention, gift giving and the AR technology can be reasonably combined in the video live broadcasting process, so that the initiative of giving gifts by the user is improved, interactivity is reinforced, and user experience is better.

The invention discloses a gift giving method and system. A live-broadcasting platform server counts and obtains the practical gift income of an anchor live-broadcasting room corresponding to an anchor client side; if the practical gift income (namely gifts given by audiences) is up to the first gift giving upper limit value, the anchor live-broadcasting room corresponding to the anchor client side is controlled to return gifts to audiences in the anchor live-broadcasting room in the anchor client side according to the first gift return proportion; namely, gift return to users in a live-broadcasting room can be carried out; users having relatively low payment rate in live broadcasting also can be used as targets, to which gifts are given; the gift giving range is enlarged from anchors to live-broadcasting audiences; all audiences in a current room can receive other limited small gifts separated according to the proportion; small gifts given by the audiences are innovatively bound with the audiences in the current room; the audience participation of the current room is improved; and thus, the gift effect is improved indirectly.