Charitable giving system and method
OwnerRobert W. Soderstrominventor
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Abstract
A donation facilitation system that can allow a donor, such as a customer, to challenge another entity, such as a provider, to make a provider contribution to a portfolio of multiple charities set up by the donor upon, for example, the purchase of a good or service from the provider. The provided portfolio donation facilitation system can allow the other entity such as a provider to create its own provider portfolio of multiple charities and make a provider contribution to a customer's portfolio of multiple charities when at least one component of the provider's portfolio of multiple charities matches at least one component of the customer's portfolio of charities. The provider makes the contribution in digital currency to the charity or charities.
Claims21
A donation facilitation system comprising:
- a data storage that stores content;
- a computing device, of a customer, configured to execute at least one application and containing at least one processor in communication with a network;
- a network server containing at least one processor in communication with the computing device in communication with the network, wherein the network serve includes information about at least one charity, and communicates with the at least one application executed on the computing device, further wherein the network server performs;
- receiving a challenge, from at least one application executed on the computing device associated with the at least one customer, when the customer purchases a good or service, wherein the provider receives the challenge for a contribution to the at least one charity associated with a customer portfolio;
- selecting, in response to the challenge, based on at least one of
- comparing the at least one charity associated with the customer portfolio with the at least one charity associated with a provider portfolio to determine a match, which is based on likelihood of similarity of each of the respective charity in the portfolio,
- input, by the user, of the at least one charity, and
- any combination thereof;
- and
- contribute the contribution to the match, which includes at least one charity, wherein the contribution is in a digital currency.
A donation facilitation system comprising (local computing device):
- a data storage in a computing device that stores content;
- a network server containing at least one processor in communication with the computing device in communication with the network, wherein the network serve includes information about at least one charity, and communicates with the at least one application executed on the computing device;
- the computing device, of a customer, configured to execute at least one application and containing at least one processor in communication with a network, further wherein the computing device processors perform the steps of:
- executing an app for purchasing goods or services
- when purchasing goods or services, sending a challenge, from at least one application executed on the computing device associated with the at least one customer, when the customer purchases a good or service, wherein the challenge is received by the computing device for a contribution to the at least one charity associated with a customer portfolio;
- comparing, in response to the challenge, the at least one charity associated with the customer portfolio with the at least one charity associated with a provider portfolio to determine a match, which is based on likelihood of similarity of each of the respective charity in the portfolio;
- and
- selecting preferred charities;
- contribute the contribution to the match, which includes at least one charity, wherein the contribution is in a digital currency.
A method of facilitating donations comprising:
- charging, by a provider, a customer a price for a good or service when the customer purchases said good or service using an application executed on a computing device, wherein the provider has a provider portfolio of multiple charities;
- challenging the provider to make a customer contribution, to at least one charity in a customer portfolio of charities, of part of the price or in addition to the price, wherein the challenge is made in response to the purchase;
- determining the provider making the customer contribution to the portfolio of multiple charities when at least one charity in the customer portfolio matches at least one charity in the provider portfolio of multiple charities matches at least one charity in the customer portfolio of charities, wherein the match is at least partially based on customer preferences;
- and
- contributing to the match at least one charity of the customer portfolio, wherein the contribution is a digital currency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.