Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090076893 | METHOD FOR MEMORIALIZING AN INDIVIDUAL'S CREATIVE WORKS - A facilitating entity solicits or is solicited by an organization wishing to conduct a program on a regular basis whereby participants' creative works are memorialized via the creation of commemorative prints. The organization is provided with instructions regarding the conduct of the program. Creative works are received in at least one of electronic and non-electronic format. Creative works received, if any, in non-electronic format are converted to electronic format. The creative works in electronic format along with other information relevant to at least one of the participants, the organization and the program are stored in a content database, the content database being operable to associate the stored creative works with at least a portion of the other information. Orders are received and the commemorative works are generated for the creative works stored in the content database. | 03-19-2009 |
20090094132 | METHOD FOR FUNDRAISING BY PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED ITEMS - In a method for providing access to and using an edutainment website original artwork created by one or more participants as part of a fundraising event and embodied in custom postage is registered on the website. Registrants or entities authorized to act on behalf of the registrants a provided with instructions regarding how to access the website. Once accessed, depending upon where within the website a registrant goes, the registrant can interact with educational and entertainment programming operable on the website. | 04-09-2009 |
20090177545 | METHODS FOR GENERATING AND SELLING CUSTOM POSTAGE - A custom postage has an artwork region and an adjacent cancellation region that includes a meter mark. The artwork region contains an original image having a top edge adjacent to the cancellation region. The custom postage may be placed onto an item of mail with a delivery address thereon, with the custom postage oriented to the upper right of the delivery address and with the image in a vertical orientation relative to the delivery address. The custom postage may be offered for sale as a fundraising effort, optionally via a website. The website may also include a social citizenship program and/or it may promote literacy. | 07-09-2009 |
20090198589 | SEEDED CARRIER AND CUSTOMIZED FUNDRAISING ITEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - A carrier for use in conducting a fundraiser is presented. The carrier including a first layer having a plurality of seeds disposed therein or thereon, a second layer disposed over the plurality of seeds and at least a portion of the first layer, and customizable postage indicia disposed on the first layer. The plurality of seeds and the customizable postage indicia have relevance to the fundraiser. In one embodiment, the first layer is comprised of a biodegradable material that gradually disintegrates when exposed to moisture. When the biodegradable material disintegrates the plurality of seeds germinate over time and develop into a desired organic matter. In one embodiment, the desired organic matter includes at least one of plants bearing flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs, trees and the like. | 08-06-2009 |
20100023413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A FUNDRAISING EVENT - A promoter raises funds for a beneficiary by forming a venture with the beneficiary wherein purchases by customers of products benefit the beneficiary. The promoter offers products for sale, receiving payments from customers for the products; and shares a portion of the payment with the beneficiary organization. In one embodiment, a fundraising website is employed to offer the products. In one embodiment, products are customized by the customer and/or by the beneficiary. The promoter may offer to the beneficiary promotional material that promotes purchases. The beneficiary organization and/or the promoter may send the promotional material to potential customers. | 01-28-2010 |
20100030564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A FUNDRAISING RAFFLE - Funds are raised by raffle by forming a raffle venture between a sponsor and a fundraiser. The fundraiser offers raffle tickets to others, collects raffle revenue, arranges a drawing to select a winner. The revenue is distributed as a jackpot to the winner and as gain to the sponsor. The sponsor may identify contacts and the fundraiser may send to the contacts promotional messages for the raffle. The promotional messages may be composed by, or merely previewed and edited by, the sponsor. The raffle venture may specify initial proportions for distribution of revenue to the sponsor and the fundraiser. The proportions may be adjusted before the drawing. The method may be practiced via a website and may include establishing a sponsor web page that optionally contains content uploaded by the sponsor. There may be a blog site, an online social networking site and a webcast of the drawing. | 02-04-2010 |
20100092932 | AWARDS MANAGEMENT METHOD - In a method for promoting literacy, a website is hosted wherein a literacy award competition is facilitated. Criteria are provided to applicants for the literacy award, the criteria being accessible via the website. Access is provided to a plurality of sponsors via the website. One or more requests are received from at least one of the applicants for access to one or more of the sponsors, the request being in a form specified by the criteria. The requests are evaluated and the applicant with whom the request is associated is credited with an acknowledgment, displayable on the website and indicating that the applicant has met the criteria for accessing information or indicia associated with the sponsor. The acknowledgments associated with the applicant are stored and an award is generated when a predetermined number of the acknowledgments from different sponsors are associated with the applicant. | 04-15-2010 |
20100121778 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Secure Financial Plan - One embodiment of the disclosure is a method for providing a secure financial plan that includes allocating all or a portion of a financial contribution to a financial account having a plurality of financial investments, periodically distributing a balance of the financial account such that a first portion of the balance of the financial account is invested in one or more investments from the of the high risk investment category and a second portion of the balance of the financial account is invested in one or more investments from the low risk investment category, such that a ratio of the first portion to the second portion is generally decreased over a period of time. The method further includes determining a base value, calculating a protected value, and an income amount based on the protected value that a beneficiary is guaranteed to receive on a periodic basis. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121779 | Systems and Methods for Transferring Risk Associated With a Financial Plan - One embodiment of the disclosure is a method, performed by a sponsor offering a financial plan to a customer, for transferring risk associated with a financial plan that includes receiving indemnification from an issuer managing the financial plan, such that the indemnification indemnifies the sponsor of the financial for one or more claims brought by the customer of the financial plan and associated with a financial account, such that the financial account is associated with the financial plan and comprising one or more financial investments. The method further includes generating a notice to the customer, such that the notice notifies the customer of the customer's enrollment in the financial plan unless the customer elects to opt out of one or more features of the financial plan, such that the notice includes an opt-out. The method further includes storing an acknowledgement of the opt-out by the customer. | 05-13-2010 |
20110062666 | COMMUNICATIONS GAME AND METHOD OF PLAYING THE SAME - A communications game including topic cards for displaying one of a question or requirement to one or more players; and a plurality of containers configured to resemble mailboxes, each of the containers defining an interior area for receiving a written response from one or more of the players to the question or requirement. | 03-17-2011 |
20110131091 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUNDRAISING - According to some embodiments, a method and an apparatus are provided to display a webpage comprising a fundraising interface and a selection of interactive games and educational programs, receive an indication of an interaction of a user with at least one of the interactive games and educational programs, and provide rewards associated with the user's interaction with the at least one of the interactive games and educational programs. | 06-02-2011 |
20120249535 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMATION AND ANIMATION OF IMAGES - A computer based system for generating images includes a computing device having a processor operable with software and an input device in communications with the processor. The processor executing software to provide an image processing section, an image transformation section and an applications interface section. The image processing section is operable by the processor to control processing of two dimensional images. The image transformation section is operable by the processor to control transformation of the two dimensional images into transformed images having three dimensional appearances. The applications interface section is operable by the processor to enable use of said transformed images in a plurality of forms. | 10-04-2012 |
20120316998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACCESSING MEMORABILIA - A computer based system for management of memorabilia including a processor coupled to memory and an input-output controller, a data store in communication with the processor, an input device coupled to the input-output controller and a display device coupled to the input-output controller. The memory includes at least one algorithm comprising an initial processing section configured to upload a plurality of images and audio files having a plurality of data file formats. The memory includes an organization and storage section configured to determine at least one location within the data store for storage of each of the plurality of images and audio files. The memory also includes an access and display section configured for at least one of creating, retrieving, viewing, moving, annotating and transmitting the images and audio files. | 12-13-2012 |
20140108400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACCESSING MEMORABILIA - A computer based system for management of memorabilia including a processor coupled to memory and an input-output controller, a data store in communication with the processor, an input device coupled to the input-output controller and a display device coupled to the input-output controller. The memory includes at least one algorithm comprising an initial processing section configured to upload a plurality of images and audio files having a plurality of data file formats. The memory includes an organization and storage section configured to determine at least one location within the data store for storage of each of the plurality of images and audio files. The memory also includes an access and display section configured for at least one of creating, retrieving, viewing, moving, annotating and transmitting the images and audio files. | 04-17-2014 |