Donor Management Service for Shared Affiliate Reward Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing affiliate marketing programs do not effectively integrate with donation management systems to automatically direct rewards to user-selected charitable organizations, lacking a seamless mechanism for tracking and distributing funds to recipient organizations based on user preferences.
Innovation Solution
A network computer system that records deposits to a shared donation funding account, maintains user-specific allocation profiles, and automatically generates donation acknowledgment reports, integrating affiliate marketing rewards into a donation management service by attributing funds to user-selected organizations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If affiliate marketing programs are implemented through traditional systems, then transactions can be identified and rewards can be provided, but the system cannot automatically direct rewards to user-selected charitable organizations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines affiliate marketing program management with donation management functionality into a single integrated system. The server system maintains both transaction tracking for affiliate rewards and donation allocation profiles, merging these previously separate functions into one unified platform that automatically directs rewards to charitable organizations based on user preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The server system is designed to perform multiple functions: tracking affiliate marketing transactions, managing user allocation profiles, identifying qualifying transactions for rewards, and automatically distributing funds to selected charitable organizations. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate systems for affiliate marketing and donation management.
2Extent of automation
If manual tracking of affiliate rewards to charities is implemented, then user preferences can be recorded, but automatic distribution and acknowledgment reporting cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The system requires users to pre-establish allocation profiles that specify their preferred charitable organizations and allocation preferences before rewards are generated. This preliminary action enables automatic distribution of rewards without requiring real-time manual intervention when transactions occur, as the server system can immediately match rewards to the pre-configured preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs the entire donation distribution process without manual intervention. The server system autonomously identifies qualifying transactions, calculates reward amounts, retrieves user allocation profiles, and distributes funds to the appropriate charitable organizations, eliminating the need for manual processing while maintaining accuracy.
3Quantity of substance
If a shared donation funding account is used for multiple users, then funds can be aggregated, but user-specific tracking and allocation becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the shared donation funding account into user-specific allocation profiles, where each profile contains distinct information about that user's preferred charitable organizations and allocation preferences. This segmentation allows the system to maintain aggregated funds in a single account while preserving and accurately tracking each user's specific donation intentions through their individual profile records.
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AI summary
A network computer system records deposits to a donation funding account that is shared amongst a plurality of users. The donation funding account includes a total fund that is based on the recorded deposits for the plurality of users. The network computer system maintains an allocation profile for each of the plurality of users, where the allocation profile identifies, for each user, one or more user-selected organization recipients and an allocation of a portion of the total fund that is attributable to that user. In response to a given event, the network computer system automatically generates an output such as a donation acknowledgment report, based on the allocation profile specified by the respective user. The described by various examples, the output can be in the form of a visual representation and/or report.