Patent ID: 8214287
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of promoting enrolment in a service of financial institutions and distributing charitable contributions through a clearing house so that at a later time when a member enrolls in a service of a financial institution, known to the clearing house, a charitable contribution is made comprising: (a) registering at least one member online with the clearing house, by utilizing a computer generated web page, to create an enrolled member; (b) receiving at the clearing house a designation of at least one charitable organization from the enrolled member through an internet connection; (c) previously registering with the clearing house at least one financial institution which provides a qualified financial service; (d) designating by the member, through a web based interface with the clearing house the at least one financial institution with whom the member intends to establish a relationship with in the future; and (e) crediting an amount to the at least one charitable organization through the clearing house at a future time the member enrolls in the qualified financial service offered by the designated financial institution in which enrolment has been designated as eligible for making a charitable contribution and whereby the previously designated financial institution was previously registered with the clearing house.