Patent ID: 8200644

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for automatically triggering charitable donations based on search results, the method comprising: receiving, on a computer, at least one search request from a user, the at least one search request comprising one or more search terms; performing, on the computer, a local search of a data storage medium for data that matches the one or more search terms in response to receiving the at least one search request, the data storage medium communicating with, and locally accessible to the computer, the data storage medium having stored on it the plurality of data to be searched, at least one name of at least one paying subscriber prestored on the data storage medium prior to receiving the at least one search request, and at least one charitable organization; determining, on the computer, without human intervention, in response to performing the local search, whether the local search locates at least one local search result, the local search result comprising data associated with at least one name of at least one paying subscribers prestored in the data storage medium; triggering, on the computer, without human intervention, a billing event, the billing event issued to the at least one paying subscriber associated with the at least one local search result in response to determining that the at least one local search result is associated with at least one name of at least one paying subscriber prestored in the data storage medium; triggering, on the computer, without human intervention, a charitable donation responsive to the billing event, the charitable donation to provide funding to one or more of the at least one charitable organization the charitable donation comprising funding provided by one or more of the at least one paying subscriber; and outputting to the user, the at least one local search result associated with at least one name of at least one paying subscriber prestored in the data storage medium.