Patent ID: 8515875

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for sponsoring an area of land, comprising: storing, at a database, information identifying a plurality of areas of land, a first indication reflecting that a first area of land is sponsored, a second indication that a second area of land is unsponsored, and a third indication that a third area of land is unsponsored; storing one or more indications that a first user has pledged to preserve the second area of land and the third area of land; storing data specifying a first activation code associated with a first product or service offered by the first user and further associated with the second area of land and the third area of land; receiving the first activation code, from a remote computing device, from a second user who purchased the first product or service from the first user; receiving input, from a remote computing device, identifying the second area of land from the second user who purchased the first product or service from the first user wherein the input specifies a selection of the second area of land from among the second area of land and the third area of land; modifying, based on the input and the first activation code, the second indication to reflect that the second area of land is sponsored in the second user's name; and causing, after the modifying the second indication, the remote computing device to display an updated map showing the plurality of areas of land, the first indication reflecting that the first area of land is sponsored, the second indication that the second area of land is sponsored in the second user's name, and the third indication that the third area of land is unsponsored.