ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,214, issued on Aug. 26.
"System method and apparatus for enhanced gift cards" was invented by Alan Gremald (Saint Petersburg, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enhanced gift card and system include the enhanced gift card and prizes. One of each or multiple of the prizes are pre-assigned to one of the enhanced gift cards. After a purchaser buys the enhanced gift card and either uses or gifts the enhanced gift card to someone, a test is made to see if the enhanced gift card was purchased and if this enhanced gift card is associated with a prize and, if so, the prize is awarded to the purchaser or recipient. In one embodiment, an i...