COLLECTIVELY GIVING GIFTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method for collectively purchasing a gift in a social network environment isdescribed. A request is received toestablish a gift account, a recipient user of the social network environmentis designated to receive the gift, and the gift is selected.Money is received from a plurality of contributing users for deposit into thegift account, and the selected gift is purchased using themoney deposited in the gift account. The purchased gift is then provided tothe recipient user.