Method and System for Automated Online Calendar-Based Donations

摘要

In one example, we describe methods and systems for automated online merchant charity donations. In one embodiment, a donation agent interacting with a merchant website can offer an online user an option to allocate at least a portion of a payment for or price of a purchase, associated with a transaction made by the user via the merchant website, to be donated by a merchant corresponding to the merchant website on behalf of the user to a charity of the user's choosing. If the online user exercises the option, the donation agent can calculate an amount of the donation to be made and store the calculated donation amount in a database. The donation agent can disburse the calculated donation amount to the charity selected by the customer. The method also works for the off-line model. The points earned can be combined with a college scholarship award mechanism.

主权项

1. A method of distribution of charity funding, said method comprising:
a computer receiving an order for a merchandise; said computer getting a value for said merchandise from a price database; associating a donation value to said merchandise; a processor module receiving an emergency event charity drive notice with a first goal amount and a first deadline time period; said processor module receiving a current calendar date from a calendar module; said processor module mapping said current calendar date to a specific event in said calendar module; a monitor device displaying said emergency event charity drive and said specific event in a suggestion box for an optional charity list; selecting one or more charities from said suggestion box; adding said one or more charities to said optional charity list; an accounting module receiving said donation value; said accounting module communicating with a charity distribution rule database; said accounting module allocating portions of said donation value between charities in said optional charity list, according to said charity distribution rule database.