Appeal No. 2005-2744
Application No. 09/849,979
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method of including a monetary gift with an
electronic greeting card.
Claim 58 is representative of the invention and is reproduced below:
58. A method for making a monetary gift, comprising;
receiving, via a network, a request to send an electronic greeting
card and to make an associated monetary gift in an amount, on behalf of a
requesting donor to a recipient;
processing the received request to generate the electronic greeting
card including a notification of the monetary gift;
transmitting, via the network, the generated electronic greeting card
to the designated recipient; and
directing a crediting of funds equal to the monetary gift amount to a
deposit account.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Van Dusen 6,175,823 Jan. 16, 2001
Albrecht 5,984,180 Nov. 16, 1999
Lenhat, “’ Happy Holidays,’ High-Tech Style; Sending Cards Over the Internet
Gains Popularity”, Washington Post (December 20, 1998).
Wijnen, “You’ve Got Money!”, Bank Technology News (June 2000).
“Person-To-anywhere Payments Are Here with Citibanks’ C2it”, Credit Card
News (November 15, 2000).
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