Method and system for third party brokered authentication of reciprocity of interest

• US 9,633,380 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2014
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volodymyr Zdorovtsov
• Original Assignee: Volodymyr Zdorovtsov
• Inventors: Zdorovtsov, Volodymyr
• Primary Examiner(s): RANKINS, WILLIAM E
• Application Number:
  US14/477,205
• Publication Number:
  US 20150066749A1
• Time in Patent Office: 964 Days
• Field of Search: 715758, 715715
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3821 Electronic credentials
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0279 Fundraising management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A device-implemented method and multi-component system are described. The method and system enable the selection of a charity to receive donations from persons interested in one another, and further enables a subject who is the target of interest from an initiating party to confirm the sincerity of the initiating party by third party brokered transactions that quantitatively demonstrate the substantive interest of the initiator. The initiator is also able to confirm the genuine interest by his or her target recipient in that the initiator and the recipient can set minimum donation level thresholds that must be met before their identities are confirmed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for substantiating an interest of a first party and a second party in one another, comprising:

providing, from an application server to a first client device of a first party, data for generating a displayable output on said first client device representing options that can be selected by said first party, wherein providing said data for generating a displayable output comprises providing data for inclusion in a displayable user interface capable of receiving input from said first party;

receiving, at said application server, from the first party'"'"'s client device by way of said user interface, initiator identification information identifying said first party to the application server;

storing said initiator identification information identifying said first party in a memory device coupled to said application server;

receiving, at said application server, from the first party'"'"'s client device by way of said user interface, target identification information identifying a second party in which said first party expresses interest;

storing said target identification information identifying said second party in said memory device coupled to said application server;

receiving, from said first party, from the first party'"'"'s client device by way of said user interface, a first threshold amount that said first party chose as a minimum threshold for demonstration of interest by said second party in said first party;

storing said first threshold amount in said memory device coupled to said application server;

providing to said first party additional data, including data for displaying on said first client device of the first party a list of entities to which a charitable donation may be made in connection with said first party'"'"'s interest in said second party;

receiving from said first party a selection of one of said list of entities from said first party indicating a selected charity to which a charitable donation is to be made;

receiving from said first party an amount of a donation by said first party to be made to said selected charity to substantiate an interest of said first party in said second party;

receiving from said first party payment credential information of said first party and brokering payment from said first party, in said amount of donation by said first party, to said selected charity;

sending, from said application server to said second party, an indication that another party has expressed interest in said second party, without disclosing the identity of the first party to the second party, including sending to said second party confirmation that said first party has substantiated its interest in said second party by way of a charitable donation to said selected charity;

receiving from said second party a response indicating whether said second party has a subject of interest, and whether the subject of the second party'"'"'s interest is said first party;

receiving from said second party an amount of a donation by said second party and second party payment credentials so as to process a donation by said second party to a charity from said list of entities to which a charitable donation may be made;

receiving from said second party a second threshold amount that said second party chose as a minimum threshold for demonstration of interest by any party in said second party;

storing said second threshold amount in said memory device coupled to said application server; and

if (a) said donation by said first party meets or exceeds the second threshold chosen by said second party and (b) said donation by said second party meets or exceeds the first threshold chosen by said first party, and (c) said second party'"'"'s subject of interest is said first party, confirming to both the first and second parties that a successful match has been made.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying said first and second parties of a failed match if any of the above conditions (a), (b), (c) are not met, but without notifying the parties of the reason for the failed match.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if the second party indicates an interest in a third party other than the first party, substituting said first party with said second party in the method, and substituting said second party with said third party in the same method where the second party is now treated as the initiator and the third party is treated as the target.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether said first user had participated in said method more recently than a pre-determined time interval, and if so, denying said first user from participating in said method.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating an electronic file representing said indication sent from the application server to the second party, in a format suitable for display on a display of a second client device of said second party, and delivering said electronic file in said format to said second client device using an electronic communication protocol.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the application server generating an electronic file containing said first party payment credential information and information identifying said selected charity, and transmitting said electronic file to a payment server for processing of payment of funds in the amount of donation of said first party to said selected charity.