Patents by Inventor Steve Croth

Steve Croth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130179240
    Abstract: A method and system for sponsored online fundraising in relation to an offer for purchase provided by a retailer, the fundraising campaign, the fundraising service and the retailer having respective account balances. The method comprises matching retailer offers against the fundraising campaign specifying a plurality of campaign criteria; generating a plurality of offers for purchase from among the retailer offers; selecting at least one offer for purchase from among the generated offers for purchase; publishing a fundraising campaign promoting the at least one offer; selecting and purchasing the offer promoted by the fundraising campaign; generating a voucher specifying the monetary value of the purchased offer; redeeming the voucher via a purchase transaction with the retailer, and allocating, from at least a portion of the monetary value, a first payment to the fundraising campaign account balance and a second payment to the fundraising service account balance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Nicholas J.W. Lee, Steve Croth, Mark Bachman