US 7,321,876 B1
Method and apparatus for increasing charitable donations by providing instantaneous donor recognition
James H. Wolfston, West Linn, Oreg. (US)
Assigned to CollegeNet, Inc, Portland, Oreg. (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 1999, as Appl. No. 9/300,881.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/083401, filed on Apr. 29, 1998.
Int. Cl. G06Q 99/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 705—39  [705/8; 705/9; 705/40] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
2. A method of increasing charitable donations to an organization, the method comprising:
providing to a donor over a computer network, in response to the donor's activation of a hyperlink, a page for initiating an on-line electronic funds transfer as a first donation to the organization;
accepting the first donation; and
without human intervention making publicly available over the computer network information about the first donation to provide public recognition to the donor, at least one link for accepting additional donations being provided along with the information about the first donation.