Internet web site for providing portion of purchase price to donees and/or back to purchasers
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a Internet web site which allows a purchaser to make a first purchase for a first amount of money of a first item through the web site;
wherein the Internet web site allows the purchaser to select a first donee to give a first portion of the first amount of money to;
and wherein the Internet web site causes the first portion of the first amount of money to be paid to the first donee.
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Abstract
A method is provided comprising the steps of providing a Internet web site which allows a purchaser to make purchases through the Internet web site and to select donees to give a portion of the purchase price to. In one embodiment of the present invention the donees and the purchaser are located in a single township. The present invention can be thought of as creating an Internet community and as being a portal for serving the residents in a community. An Internet web site in accordance with the present invention may include information about a particular community or township and about the surrounding communities or townships, information about large and small businesses in the community, job listings, shopping and sale information, listings and activities of charitable organizations, government offices and their services and the like. Anyone using a web site in accordance with the present invention may help their township, their schools and/or charitable organizations of their choice, particularly organizations within the community or township. Alternatively or additionally a portion of the money a user spends through the web site may be provided back to the user as stock for ownership in the company that owns the web site. The Internet web site may provide a list of potential donees and the purchaser may select donees from the list of potential donees. The purchaser may select the portions of purchase amounts of money to be provided to particular donees. The portions may be percentages. The portions may be displayed on a computer display. As a community portal, residents will have the option to post items for sale, exchange etc. using the portal.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing a Internet web site which allows a purchaser to make a first purchase for a first amount of money of a first item through the web site;
wherein the Internet web site allows the purchaser to select a first donee to give a first portion of the first amount of money to;
and wherein the Internet web site causes the first portion of the first amount of money to be paid to the first donee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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15. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing a Internet web site which allows a purchaser to make a first purchase for a first amount of money of a first item through the web site;
and wherein the Internet web site causes a portion of the first amount of money to be paid back to the purchaser in stock.
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17. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing an internet web site which allows a seller to post an item for sale; and
wherein the internet web site includes a web page which gives the seller the option to display his e-mail address or his street address for allowing a potential buyer to see the address where the item is offered for sale and to allow the buyer to decide whether to obtain the item for sale.
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