FACILITATING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NON-PROFITS, BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS

• US 20120203707A1
• Filed: 10/04/2011
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Karen L. Hungerford, Lance B. Hungerford
• Original Assignee: Karen L. Hungerford, Lance B. Hungerford
• Inventors: Hungerford, Karen L., Hungerford, Lance B.
• Application Number:
  US13/253,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203707A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/329
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0279 Fundraising management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes

Abstract

Technology is disclosed for matching funding needs of an entity in need of a donation. The technology can receive information about a potential donor'"'"'s desired donating requirements; store the captured information in a database; receive information about a nonprofit entity; receive from the nonprofit entity a request for a donation; automatically generate a list of matching potential donors, the list including the potential donor from which information was received, the list generated by matching the received information about the potential donor with the received information about the nonprofit entity; and enable a user of a Web site to accept or decline a donated item.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computing device having a processor and memory for matching funding needs of an entity in need of a donation, comprising:

receiving information about a potential donor'"'"'s desired donating requirements;

storing the captured information in a database;

receiving information about a nonprofit entity;

receiving from the nonprofit entity a request for a donation;

automatically generating a list of matching potential donors, the list including the potential donor from which information was received, the list generated by matching the received information about the potential donor with the received information about the nonprofit entity; and

enabling a user of a Web site to accept or decline a donated item.

2. A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to enable matching of donors to nonprofit entities, the instructions comprising:

providing a list of potential donors in a Web page;

receiving a selection of one of the listed potential donors;

determining whether criteria specified by the selected potential donor matches information provided by an entity associated with a user viewing the Web page;

if the criteria specified by the selected potential donor matches the information provided by the entity, transmitting a donation request to the selected potential donor; and

if the criteria specified by the selected potential donor does not match the information provided by the entity, informing the user that a donation request cannot be transmitted to the selected potential donor.

3. A system, comprising:

a donation response tracking component configured to automatically send notification of a donation opportunity to a network of users, and track responses made by the users in the network; and

a component configured to cause an electronic commerce Web site to display a link that, when selected, accrues a donation in favor of an entity associated with the donation opportunity.