Method, System, Apparatus, and Program for Donation Driven Gift Fulfillment

摘要

The present invention generally relates to software driven, application (“app”)-based methods of gift giving, and more particularly to app-based methods for charitable donation-driven gift fulfillment via computing or mobile devices such as desktop, mobile, smartphones, and the like.

主权项

1. A system of donation driven gift fulfillment, comprising:
a database creation unit, adapted to create a database of available gift options each comprising a product or a service eligible to be purchased from a merchant by a user at a discount; a notification unit, adapted to communicate at least one gift option to a user and informing the user that a percentage of the purchase price will go to charity; and a transaction unit, adapted to initiate a financial transaction, if the user chooses a gift option, for the purchase of the product or service identified by the gift option, wherein said transaction unit initiates a financial transaction to transfer X% of the purchase price to the merchant, Y% to a charitable entity, and Z% to general revenue.