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System and method for redeeming affinity rewards as political contributions

  • US 7,996,262 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2008
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for facilitating the redeeming of affinity points as political contributions, comprising:

  • a) querying an individual, via the website of a political organization, whether said individual would like to donate points from an affinity program to said political organization;

    b) presenting said individual via a server, when the result of said querying step (a) is positive, with a list of affinity programs from which to donate points to said political organization, and, when negative, the facilitating method does not proceed with points from an affinity program;

    c) receiving, from said individual, a selection of a desired affinity program from among said list of affinity programs;

    d) receiving, from said individual, a desired amount of points to be redeemed from said desired affinity program;

    e) deducting said desired amount of points to be redeemed from an affinity program selected in step c) by said individual;

    f) converting said desired amount of points into a cash equivalent amount; and

    g) forwarding at least a portion of said cash equivalent amount to said political organization.

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