Method and system for an efficient fundraising campaign over a wide area network
First Claim
1. A method for conducting a fundraising campaign by an organization or person over a wide-area network, comprising the steps of:
- hosting a website including a plurality of linked web pages, the website providing information about the fundraising campaign and soliciting potential donors to make a charitable contribution to the fundraising campaign;
registering on the website;
contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations; and
providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign.
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Abstract
A system and method for efficiently conducting a fundraising campaign over a wide-area network is provided. In accordance with the invention a method for conducting an efficient fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network includes hosting a website, registering on the website, making a charitable donation on the website, contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations, and providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign. The method further includes contacting third parties, via email messages, to provide information about one or more teams participating in a competition associated with the fundraising campaign. The method further includes providing information, in the reports, about the third parties that have been contacted via email messages. The method further includes providing, in the reports, a real time status of the fundraising campaign, and wherein the real time status provide a convenient means for monitoring the progress of the campaign.
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54 Claims
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1. A method for conducting a fundraising campaign by an organization or person over a wide-area network, comprising the steps of:
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hosting a website including a plurality of linked web pages, the website providing information about the fundraising campaign and soliciting potential donors to make a charitable contribution to the fundraising campaign;
registering on the website;
contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations; and
providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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28. A system for conducting a fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network, comprising:
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a website including a plurality of linked web pages, the website providing information about the fundraising campaign and soliciting potential donors to make a charitable contribution to the fundraising campaign;
means for registering on the website;
means for contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations; and
one or more reports on the website including information on the status of the fundraising campaign.
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51. A method for hosting a web-based fundraising system over a wide-area network, comprising the steps of:
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hosting a website including a plurality of linked web pages, the website soliciting potential donors to make a charitable contribution to a fundraising campaign;
registering on the website;
contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations; and
providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign.
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52. A computer program product including a program code embodied in a storage medium for carrying out the method steps for conducting a fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network, the method comprising the steps of:
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registering, by the donors, on the website;
contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations; and
providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign.
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53. A method for conducting a fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network, comprising the steps of:
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hosting a website including a plurality of linked web pages, the website providing information about the fundraising campaign and soliciting potential donors to make a charitable contribution to the fundraising campaign;
registering on the website;
generating a personalized donation web page for a solicitor;
generating a link to the personalized web page;
contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations, the emails having the link to the personalized donation web page;
receiving the email messages; and
reaching the personalized donation web page using the link.
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54. A system for conducting a fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network, comprising:
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a website including a plurality of linked web pages, the website providing information about the fundraising campaign and soliciting potential donors to make a charitable contribution to the fundraising campaign;
means for registering on the website;
one or more personalized donation web pages for a solicitor;
one or more links to the personalized donation web pages;
means for contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations, the emails having the links to the personalized donation web pages; and
means for reaching the personalized donation web page using the link.
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