Abstract: A system and method for communicating gift card purchases, performed at a server, includes receiving a request from a benefactor to establish a gift card account for a beneficiary; creating a gift card account record which stores an identifier of the beneficiary and contact information of the benefactor; receiving a request from the beneficiary to purchase an item; receiving or acquiring a digital identifier of the item; and in response to the request from the beneficiary: authorizing the requested purchase; and sending a gift message to the benefactor using the benefactor contact information stored in the gift card account record. The gift message includes the digital identifier of the purchased item, includes the identifier of the beneficiary, and indicates that the beneficiary has used credit from the gift card account to purchase the purchased item.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for communicating digitized data associated with a purchase made by expenditure of a monetary credit account, such as a gift card account. The digitized data may be or comprise audio, photographic or video data. A gift card may be provided that relates to a monetary credit account that may specify an expendable monetary value, a benefactor who initiated the account, and a beneficiary who may use the monetary card. The gift card may record of at least part of the monetary credit account. The system may enable the generation of an electronic message that includes digitized data representing a purchased item and the message may be communicated to a photo-sharing webservice and/or an address associated with the benefactor. The digitized data may be a photograph, icon or a graphic image and the purchased item may be a service, good, license, lease, rent, or permission.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for communicating digitized data associated with a purchase made by expenditure of a monetary credit account, such as a gift card account. The digitized data may be or comprise audio, photographic or video data. A gift card may be provided that relates to a monetary credit account that may specify an expendable monetary value, a benefactor who initiated the account, and a beneficiary who may use the monetary card. The gift card may record of at least part of the monetary credit account. The system may enable the generation of an electronic message that includes digitized data representing a purchased item and the message may be communicated to a photo-sharing webservice and/or an address associated with the benefactor. The digitized data may be a photograph, icon or a graphic image and the purchased item may be a service, good, license, lease, rent, or permission.