US 2010/0145779 A1 · System and Method for Performing Philanthropic Giving as Marketing Incentive

Abstract

A business organization attracts a client by way of philanthropic giving. The business organization arranges a partnership with a charitable cause where the charitable cause promotes the business organization to a client and the business organization pledges a donation of an amount of funds to the charitable cause based on doing business with the client. The business organization then establishes contact with the client by way of the charitable cause, communicates to the client a pledge from the business organization of a first amount of funds to the charitable cause if the client agrees to do business with the business organization, receives an agreement from the client to do business with the business organization, commences to do such business, and donates the first amount of funds to the charitable cause at a time relevant to a definition of the first amount of funds.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by a business organization to attract a client by way of philanthropic giving, the method comprising the business organization:

arranging a partnership with a charitable cause, wherein the charitable cause agrees to promote the business organization to a client and the business organization agrees to pledge a donation of an amount of funds to the charitable cause based on doing business with the client;
establishing contact with the client by way of the charitable cause;
communicating to the client a pledge from the business organization of a first amount of funds to the charitable cause if the client agrees to do business with the business organization;
receiving an agreement from the client to do business with the business organization and commencing to do such business;
and
donating the first amount of funds to the charitable cause at a time relevant to a definition of the first amount of funds.

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A system operated on behalf of a business organization to attract clients by way of philanthropic giving, the system comprising,

a database operating on a computing device, the database storing for each of a plurality of clients details of a pledge of the business organization with regard to the client when the pledge is made, and the stored details of the pledge being retrievable when the business organization is to donate a first amount of funds to a charitable cause,
wherein when the business organization has arranged a partnership with the charitable cause in which the charitable cause has agreed to promote the business organization to the client and the business organization has agreed to donate an amount of funds to the charitable cause based on doing business with the client,
the business organization has established contact with the client by way of the charitable cause and communicated to the client the stored pledge, such pledge being a first amount of funds to the charitable cause if the client agrees to do business with the business organization;
and the business organization has received an agreement from the client to do business with the business organization and commences to do such business, the stored pledge is retrievable, and based on the retrieved pledge the first amount of funds are donated to the charitable cause at a time relevant to a definition of the first amount of funds.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and Method for Performing Philanthropic Giving as Marketing Incentive

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System and Method for Performing Philanthropic Giving as Marketing Incentive

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