US 12,711,437 B1Granted

Skills-based and community-driven philanthropy system and method for facilitating seva

OwnerRoger A. Kessingerinventor

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Abstract

A skills-based and community-driven philanthropy platform, system and method is provided herein. The platform, system and method establish a comprehensive ecosystem for charitable giving, volunteerism and collaboration by integrating live and recorded streaming, skill-matching algorithms, and community engagement tools. In particular, a plurality of philanthropic opportunity records are created, each of which include at least one identified skill and location. The records are then stored at a remote-based management system, accessible by a plurality of user devices. User inputs are then received to define user profile records, that include at least one user skill preference, among other entries. Using a skill-matching module executed by a processor, the skills of the user profile records are matched with one or more of the available philanthropic opportunity records based on the at least one skill associated therewith. Community-driven interactive tools are also provided, including live streaming with integrate donation and chat modules.

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A skills-based and community-driven philanthropy system for facilitating Seva, said system comprising:

a remote-based management system communicative with a plurality of user devices via at least one network, said remote-based management system comprising at least one processor, memory and storage,
a plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records stored at said remote-based management system, each of said plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records comprising at least one skill and at least one location,
said plurality of user devices being configured to receive user profile inputs to define user profile records, said user profile inputs comprising at least one user skill preference,
a skill-matching module configured to generate a user-opportunity pair comprising a user profile record and at least one of said plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records, wherein the user-opportunity pair is based on a match between said at least one user skill preference of the user profile record and said at least one skill of said at least one of said plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records,
a feedback module configured to receive and evaluate user feedback relating to an accuracy of the user-opportunity pair, and to modify said at least one of said plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records based thereon, and
a broadcasting platform configured to stream live audiovisual broadcasting of a progression of at least one philanthropic project, said broadcasting platform comprising a plurality of user engagement tools comprising:
a real-time donation integration tool configured to receive donations in real-time from a plurality of viewers of the progression of the at least one philanthropic project,
a live chat panel where the plurality of viewers communicate with one another, and
a multi-display mode where a plurality of different streams each comprising live audiovisual broadcasting of a progression of the at least one philanthropic project are simultaneously displayed.

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A skills-based and community-driven philanthropy method for facilitating Seva, the method comprising:

creating a plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records each comprising at least one skill and at least one location, and storing the plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records at a remote-based management system, the remote-based management system being communicative with a plurality of user devices via at least one network and comprising at least one processor, memory and storage,
receiving, via said at least one processor, user profile inputs to define user profile records, the user profile inputs comprising at least one user skill preference,
intelligently matching, via a skill-matching module executed by said at least one processor, at least one of the user profile records with at least one of the plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records to create a user-opportunity pair based on the at least one skill associated with the at least one of the plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records and the at least one user skill preference associated with the at least one user profile,
receiving and evaluating user feedback via a feedback module relative to an accuracy of the user-opportunity pair, and modifying the at least one of the plurality of available philanthropic opportunity records based thereon, and
streaming a live audiovisual broadcast of a progression of at least one philanthropic project via a broadcasting platform,
defining the broadcasting platform as comprising a plurality of user engagement tools comprising:
a real-time donation integration tool configured to receive donations in real-time from a plurality of viewers of the progression of the at least one philanthropic project,
a live chat panel where the plurality of viewers communicate with one another, and
a multi-display mode where a plurality of different streams each comprising live audiovisual broadcasting of a progression of the at least one philanthropic project are simultaneously displayed.

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