Online gift delivery confirmation system and method

1. A gift delivery confirmation system comprising:

a server comprising at least one processor and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions executable by the at least one processor to:

obtain, from a customer computing device associated with a customer, delivery confirmation request information associated with an online gift purchased by the customer for a recipient,

wherein the delivery confirmation request information is associated with a plurality of delivery confirmation messages to be transmitted to the recipient of the online gift and a period of elapsed time for each delivery confirmation message of the plurality of delivery confirmation messages;

at each of a period of elapsed time, transmit one of the delivery confirmation messages to a recipient computing device associated with the recipient;

when a response to the one delivery confirmation messages is received from the recipient computing device, transmit a customer confirmation message to the customer computing device; and

transmit a customer delivery failure message to the customer computing device when the plurality of delivery confirmation messages has been transmitted and no response has been received from the recipient computing device,

wherein the customer delivery failure message includes information for re-submission of the online gift by the customer,

wherein the information for re-submission includes an option for cancellation of the gift purchase.

2. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:

obtain the delivery confirmation request information from a second server managed by a merchant sponsoring the online gift purchased by the customer; and transmit the customer delivery failure message to the second server.

3. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable to, transmit, using the at least one processor, the plurality of delivery confirmation messages to at least one alternative set of contact information associated with the recipient.

4. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the period of elapsed time for each delivery confirmation message is a configurable parameter that is selected by the customer.

5. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the customer delivery failure message comprises a request for alternative contact information of the recipient from the customer computing device.

6. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the gift comprises an electronic gift card (e-gift card).

7. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery confirmation request message comprises contact information including at least one of an email address of the recipient, the delivery confirmation messages being transmitted via an email message.

8. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the delivery confirmation request message comprises contact information including a phone number of the recipient, the delivery confirmation messages being transmitted via at least one of a short messaging service (SMS) message or a multimedia messaging server (MMS).

9. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable to, when the response to the delivery confirmation message has been received from the recipient computing device, transmit a customer delivery success message to the customer computing device, the customer delivery success message indicating that the recipient has confirmed receipt of the online gift.

10. The gift delivery confirmation system of claim 1 , wherein the online gift is configured to be delivered at a future point in time, the elapsed time for a first of the delivery confirmation messages commencing after the future point in time.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of confirming a gift delivery, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining delivery confirmation request information associated with an online gift purchased by a customer for a recipient of the online gift from a customer computing device associated with the customer,

wherein the delivery confirmation request information is associated with a plurality of delivery confirmation messages to be transmitted to the recipient of the online gift and a period of elapsed time for each delivery confirmation message of the plurality of delivery confirmation messages;

at each period of elapsed time, transmitting, using the at least one processor, one of the delivery confirmation messages to a recipient computing device associated with the recipient using a first set of contact information associated with the recipient;

obtaining a second set of contact information associated with the recipient;

when a response to the one delivery confirmation messages is received from the recipient computing device, transmitting, using the at least one processor, a customer confirmation message to the customer computing device,

when the plurality of delivery confirmation messages has been transmitted and no response has been received from the recipient computing device, transmitting, using the at least one processor, a customer delivery failure message to the customer computing device, and

when the plurality of delivery confirmation messages has been transmitted and no response has been received from the recipient computing device, automatically transmitting, using the at least one processor, the plurality of delivery confirmation messages to the second set of contact information associated with the recipient.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising the steps of:

obtaining the delivery confirmation request information from a second server managed by a merchant sponsoring the online gift purchased by the customer; and

transmitting the customer delivery failure message to the second server.

13. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the customer delivery failure message includes information for re-submission of the online gift by the customer,

wherein the information for re-submission includes an option for cancellation of the gift purchase.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising configuring the period of elapsed time for each delivery confirmation message by the customer via the customer computing device.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the customer delivery failure message comprises a request for the second set of contact information of the recipient from the customer computing device.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the delivery confirmation request message comprises contact information including at least one of an email address of the recipient, the delivery confirmation messages being transmitted via an email message.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

when the response the delivery confirmation message has been received from the recipient computing device, transmitting a customer delivery success message to the customer computing device, the customer delivery success message indicating that the recipient has confirmed receipt of the online gift.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising configuring the online gift to be delivered at a future point in time, the elapsed time for the first of the delivery confirmation messages commencing after the future point in time.

19. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of confirming a gift delivery, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining, using at least one processor, delivery confirmation request information associated with an online gift purchased by a customer for a recipient of the online gift from a customer computing device associated with the customer,

wherein the delivery confirmation request information is associated with a plurality of delivery confirmation messages to be transmitted to the recipient of the online gift and a period of elapsed time for each delivery confirmation message of the plurality of delivery confirmation messages;

at each period of elapsed time, transmitting, using the at least one processor, one of the delivery confirmation messages to a recipient computing device associated with the recipient;

when the plurality of delivery confirmation messages has been transmitted and no response has been received from the recipient computing device, transmitting, using the at least one processor, a customer delivery failure message to the customer computing device, the customer delivery failure message including an option to cancel the gift purchase.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising the step of, when a response to the delivery confirmation message has been received from the recipient computing device, customer delivery success message indicating that the recipient has confirmed receipt of the online gift.