摘要:
A device-implemented method and multi-component system are described. The method and system enable the selection of a charity to receive donations from persons interested in one another, and further enables a subject who is the target of interest from an initiating party to confirm the sincerity of the initiating party by third party brokered transactions that quantitatively demonstrate the substantive interest of the initiator. The initiator is also able to confirm the genuine interest by his or her target recipient in that the initiator and the recipient can set minimum donation level thresholds that must be met before their identities are confirmed.
摘要:
The present invention teaches a method of conducting an auction on behalf of a charity or other organization, including having bidders provide payment information at a check-in, and giving to each bidder a sticker sheet having thereon a machine scan able code associated with the bidder. Bid sheets for each auction item have a space to affix a sticker associated with a code which combines both an item identifier and a bid price identifier. The invention further teaches that each auction event may have a payment processing gateway account set up, and the amounts receivable from winning bidders after the conclusion of bidding may be batch processed using the gateway. Numerous convenience features are designed to make carrying out the auction extremely convenient, including locating bidders by table, providing instant SMS messaging templates for communication, allowing purchases and donations in addition to bids and more.
摘要:
The invention relates generally to increasing the efficiency of knowledge sharing promoting research and innovation, and more specifically to increasing the efficiency of knowledge sharing and collaboration between experts in particular fields. More specifically, an internet-based website is described wherein users can collaborate on proposed research projects or areas of study. Users register to become members on the website, and when they register they input information which may include their areas of interest, areas of expertise, educational background, current employment, past employment, etc. such that expertise in an area is matched to a research project.
摘要:
A system and method of processing, within a single procedure, cash equivalents and fix assets from any disposition class. The method includes identifying the benefactor and asset to be donation. Once identified, the asset is classified into one of three disposition classes. The disposition classes are used to determine the value for valuing. Once the value is determined, an impact statement is generated. Depending on the disposition class, the item is either converted to funds directly or through an intermediary. Once the item is converted to funds, the funds are transferred to the identified benefactor.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for transferring funds are disclosed. In particular methods and systems for transferring funds comprising: receiving an image of a logo from a mobile device wherein the image of a logo has been captured by an image capture device integrated into the mobile device; receiving data from the mobile device, the data associated with the image of a logo and identifying a sending party's account; comparing the image of a logo with a plurality of images of logos stored in a database; finding a matching image from the plurality of images of logos; determining a receiving party's account associated with the matching image; and, causing funds to be transferred from the sending party's account to the receiving party's account.
摘要:
A system for tracking donor influence in a charitable fundraising campaign by generating unique URLs in response to a fundraising transaction, and associating web page metadata with donors in a transaction database is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for generating unique links for online donation forms containing embedded GUIDs, and provisioning GUID data to a transaction database to track the relationships between donors across database nodes, and calculate an aggregate impact of a referring donor's online link sharing efforts across a network.
摘要:
A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. Fact checking results are able to be validated by re-fact checking the fact check results.
摘要:
An internet-based, user-controlled aspirational savings social network system and associated method for end-to-end articulation, savings, and fulfillment of user's aspirations bridges the existing chasm between the user's savings and the purpose for their savings. A network platform facilitates users to discover and articulate aspirations and connects individual accounts assigned to the user's aspirational goals. A plan is developed for each account and a collaborative savings amplification tool of the platform increases the effective monetary amounts beyond the user's principal contributions and/or reduces the price of the aspired goods or services to advance the plan in ways that fulfill the aspirational goals. The network platform engages with a plurality of merchants associated with the aspirational goals to supply the goods or services and yield a comprehensive end-to-end solution. The saving social network system and method allows users to attain aspirations, including those that may otherwise have been out-of-reach.
摘要:
A system and method for funding the creation of audio tracks, comprising: provisioning of a expandable set to store prerecorded audio data in multiple tracks, request for funding indicator in the set, enabling a registered user to create the request for funding indicator providing the information about the expected funding amount in a permitted currency and a timeframe to reach this amount, allowing the requesting user to optionally provide a draft or sample of the track, allowing the requesting user optionally to add hypertext information as a description of the track to be funded, enabling the funding user to download or stream an arbitrary combination of tracks of the set including the sample of the track to be funded, enabling the funding user to provide an arbitrary amount of money in a given currency, a presentation of the remaining time and the remaining amount to reach the funding goal, the billing of the funding user and the refund in case the funding goal is not reached, the payment of the requesting user, enabling the requesting user to upload the funded track.
摘要:
A system and method for collecting microdonations of provided. Specifically, the system and its method of use provide a user with an easy way to scan and document the contents of a receipt, calculate the dollar amount necessary to bring the total to an integer amount, and facilitating the transfer of this dollar amount to at least one charity of a user's choice. In some instances, the system is also capable of generating these microdonations within a software application without the use of a paper receipt.