Philanthropy management apparatus, system, and methods of use and doing business
First Claim
1. A method of managing charitable donations into charitable projects, the method comprising the steps of:
- A. providing at least one server computing system connected to a communication network supporting communications through one or more communications networks including the Internet, B. maintaining in association with server computing system at least one charitable donation project database system having project data regarding a plurality of charitable projects; and
C. providing access to the project data to a plurality of remote computing devices through said one or more public communications networks and server computing system.
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Abstract
A philanthropic donation management system and methods of use and doing business. The system includes a computing server in communication with a communications network, such as the Internet, a LAN, or a WAN. The computing server maintains information about charitable projects and provides remote users and others with management tools for inputting information about charitable projects, pre-approving or otherwise assessing them, and accessing and managing charitable project information, portfolios, user team member information and access. The system can provide a business based on, for example, providing system, access, charitable fund management, and charitable donation transaction fees.
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63 Claims
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1. A method of managing charitable donations into charitable projects, the method comprising the steps of:
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A. providing at least one server computing system connected to a communication network supporting communications through one or more communications networks including the Internet, B. maintaining in association with server computing system at least one charitable donation project database system having project data regarding a plurality of charitable projects; and
C. providing access to the project data to a plurality of remote computing devices through said one or more public communications networks and server computing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of managing charitable project information, the method including the steps of:
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A. Maintaining charitable project data for a plurality of charitable projects;
B. providing a server system with access to said charitable project data;
C. providing access to the server system through a communications network;
D. allowing one among a plurality of pre-approved remote users to login to the server system through said communications network and thereby gain access to said charitable project data; and
E. providing each of said pre-approved remote users with interface information through which said remote user may transfer to the server system additional charitable project data for the or additional charitable projects. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of providing remote users with charitable project assessment information, the method including the steps of:
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A. maintaining at least one charitable project computing system in communication with a computer network;
B. assessing a plurality of potential charitable projects and entering project assessment information regarding the plurality of charitable projects into the charitable project computing system;
C. allowing a plurality of remote computer users to log in to the charitable project computing system through the computer network and thereby access the project assessment information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A charitable donation management system of the type accessible by a plurality of remote users through a communications network, the charitable donation management system comprising in combination:
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A. at least one server computing system in communication with said communications network;
B. one or more charitable project databases mounted on the server computing system, the one or more charitable project databases including the identity of a plurality of pre-approved charitable projects, financial information about said plurality of pre-approved charitable projects, and project objective information about said plurality of pre-approved charitable projects; and
C. a charitable project data server system mounted on the server computing system in communication with the one or more charitable project databases and the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of providing charitable project management service for a fee, the charitable project management method including the steps of:
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A. maintaining information about a plurality of charitable projects on a computing server system in communication with a communications network;
B. charging remote users a fee in connection with accessing said charitable project information on said computing server system through said communications network. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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