Method and System for Automated Online Allocation of 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 first donation value to said merchandise; a processor module receiving said first donation value; associating said first donation value with a first preference list and a first forbidden list; said processor module receiving a second donation value from a piggy bank; associating said second donation value with a second preference list and a second forbidden list; said processor module receiving a third donation value from a user interface; associating said third donation value with a third preference list and a third forbidden list; said processor module receiving an original list of charities; an accounting module allocating fund combination of said first donation value, said second donation value, and said third donation value, among said original list of charities, with restrictions imposed by said first forbidden list, said second forbidden list, and said third forbidden list, and according to priorities described by said first preference list, said second preference list, and said third preference list.