Method and system for processing charity contribution
AssigneeEarth Sector International, Inc.
InventorKatsunori Yanase
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Abstract
A system comprising a purchase information receiving unit for receiving item purchase information including the information of a store at which a purchaser purchases an item using a credit card and the information of the purchase cost at said store, a contribution condition determining unit for searching whether or not the store is a member who agrees to a contribution to a charity (NPO) and determines contribution conditions such as the algorithm for determining its amount of contribution and the designated charity when the store is such a member, and a contribution execution processing unit for paying the amount in which said algorithm is applied to the purchase cost to the designated charity as the amount of contribution.
Claims26
A computer implemented method for processing charity contribution comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving the charge for a cost relating to a purchase concerned from a store where a purchaser purchases an item or service using a credit/charge;
- (b) searching whether or not said store or manufacturer of said item or service is a member that agrees to a contribution to a charity and determining the algorithm to determine its amount of contribution and the designated charity for the contribution when said store or manufacturer is such a member;
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- (c) paying the amount, which said algorithm determined in said step (b), is applied to said cost relating to the purchase to said designated charity determined in said step (b) as a amount of contribution.
A system for promoting contributions to charities in association with purchases using credit/charges, said system comprising:
- a purchase information receiving means for receiving purchaser's purchase information of an item or service using a credit/charge wherein said purchase information includes at least the information of the store at which said purchaser performs the purchase and information of the purchase cost at said store;
- a contribution condition determining means for searching whether or not said store or the manufacturer of said item or service is a member who agrees to a contribution to a charity and determining contribution conditions such as the algorithm to determine the amount of contribution and designated charity when said store or manufacturer is such a member;
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- a contribution payment processing means for paying the amount in which said algorithm is applied to said purchase cost to said designated charity as the amount of contribution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.