Systems and methods for micro-payments and donations

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• receiving logic, executed by the processor, for receiving user votes associated with at least one item of content;
• aggregating logic, executed by the processor, for aggregating the received user votes into respective user accounts;
• associating logic, executed by the processor, for associating a respective micro-donation amount with each of the user votes, such that upon receipt of each of the user votes, the respective micro-donation amount is added to a respective user account for future debit and to an account of a respective content provider providing the at least one item of content for future credit;
• determining logic, executed by the processor, for determining if a transaction condition is satisfied for at least one of the user accounts;
• payment effectuating logic, executed by the processor, for effectuating payment for respective aggregated micro-donation amount upon the transaction condition being satisfied.

A computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon, instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive, user votes associated with at least one item of content;
• aggregate, the received user votes into respective user accounts;
• add, upon receipt of each of the user votes, a respective micro-donation amount associated with each of the user votes to a respective user account for future debit and to an account of a respective content provider providing the at least one item of content for future credit;
• determine, if a transaction condition is satisfied for at least one of the user accounts;
• effectuating payment for respective aggregated micro-donation amount upon the transaction condition being satisfied.

A method comprising

• displaying, by a computing device, an item of content and a button that records a user vote indicative of monetary donation for the item of content by a user;
• receiving, by the computing device, a user vote for the item of content;
• and
• transmitting, by the computing device, the received user vote, respective user information and information regarding the item of content to a server.

A computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon, instructions which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• display an item of content and a button that record a user vote indicative of monetary donations for the item of content by a user;
• receive a user vote for the item of content;
• and
• transmit the received user vote, respective user information and information regarding the item of content to a server.