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US 10,966,495 B2Granted
Charity box device
OwnerStewart Holzkennerinventor
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Abstract
A charity box device is provided which counts the acts of charity and the dollar amounts inserted by the users of the device by inserting coins into the coin counter. The device then relays the total counts of acts of charity and dollar amounts to a remote database, which may be on a website that is accessible for the user from any computer or internet device. The total amounts may also be obtained and displayed by the device.
Claims19
A system for tracking monetary contributions to a fund, the system comprising:
- a box device for receiving and holding monetary contributions, the monetary contributions including at least one of paper currency and coins;
- a microcontroller operatively associated with and located on the box device for tracking the monetary contributions;
- a display unit located in or on the box device operatively associated with the microcontroller for displaying the monetary contributions, wherein the microcontroller is in electronic communication with a remote central database to upload an amount of the monetary contributions to the database, and
- the box device including a speaker operatively associated with the microcontroller for at least one of broadcasting premade audio messages of locally stored information, broadcasting audio messages from other information received through a connection to a server;
- wherein the database is in electronic communication with additional box devices, and
- wherein the box device includes a lipped tray and a coin deposit section with a coin deposit slit and a coin compartment.
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A system for tracking monetary contributions to a fund, the system comprising:
- a box device for receiving and holding monetary contributions, the monetary contributions including at least one of paper currency and coins;
- a microcontroller operatively associated with and located on the box device for tracking the monetary contributions;
- a display unit located in or on the box device operatively associated with the microcontroller for displaying the monetary contributions, wherein the microcontroller is in electronic communication with a remote central database to upload an amount of the monetary contributions to the database,
- wherein the database is in electronic communication with additional box devices, and
- wherein the box device further comprises a lipped tray and a coin deposit section with a coin deposit slit and a coin compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.