Systems, media, and methods for making charitable donations based on user configured events
AssigneeItch App, Inc.
InventorBrett Sean JACOBSON
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Abstract
Applications for automatically transacting charitable donations triggered by location-based events and activities. The applications aggregate triggered donations and conduct a financial transaction when the aggregate amount meets or exceeds a pre-determined threshold. The applications also generate an audible notification to the user and others nearby when each donation is triggered.
Claims24
A computer-implemented system comprising:
- a. a digital processing device comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions and a memory;
- b. a computer program including instructions executable by the digital processing device to create an event-driven, automated donation application comprising:
- i. a software module configured to identify one or more charities for a user, the charities identified at least in part by the user's online behavior;
- ii. a software module configured to provide an interface allowing the user to set parameters for a donation, the parameters comprising a charity, an amount, and at least one trigger event, the charity selected from the one or more identified charities or separately identified by the user, each trigger event associated with at least one location;
- iii. a software module configured to provide an interface allowing the user to set a donation limit for a charity or for a time period;
- iv. a software module configured to determine the location of the user, compare the user's location to locations associated with trigger events, and trigger a donation when the user's location matches that of a trigger event;
- v. a software module configured to utilize the digital processing device to generate an audible notification to the user and others nearby when a donation is triggered;
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- vi. a software module configured to aggregate all triggered donations and conduct a financial transaction, from the user to one or more charities, when the aggregate amount meets or exceeds a pre-determined threshold.
Non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by a processor to create an event-driven, automated donation application comprising:
- a. a software module configured to identify one or more charities for a user, the charities identified at least in part by the user's online behavior;
- b. a software module configured to provide an interface allowing the user to set parameters for a donation, the parameters comprising a charity, an amount, and at least one trigger event, the charity selected from the one or more identified charities or separately identified by the user, each trigger event associated with at least one location;
- c. a software module configured to provide an interface allowing the user to set a donation limit for a charity or for a time period;
- d. a software module configured to determine the location of the user, compare the user's location to locations associated with trigger events, and trigger a donation when the user's location matches that of a trigger event;
- e. a software module configured to utilize the digital processing device to generate an audible notification to the user and others nearby when a donation is triggered;
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- f. a software module configured to aggregate all triggered donations and conduct a financial transaction, from the user to one or more charities, when the aggregate amount meets or exceeds a pre-determined threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.