Julie L Schwartz

US Patent:

6847799, Jan 25, 2005

Filed:

Mar 13, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/388824

Inventors:

Harry E. Gruber - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US
Ephraim Feig - San Diego CA, US
Julie Schwartz - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Kintera, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G09B 504

US Classification:

434350

Abstract:

A web-based mission certification quiz for educating various persons involved in a fundraising campaign is disclosed. A web-based method for educating solicitors, donors, participants and others involved in a fundraising campaign about the campaign's mission includes providing, on a website, information about the campaign's mission, taking, on the website, a mission certification quiz by answering one or more questions, wherein the questions are designed to test a participant's knowledge about the campaign's mission. The method further includes determining a final score based on the number of correct answers, and creating a mission certificate on the website based on the final score.

US Patent:

7120387, Oct 10, 2006

Filed:

Jan 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/042000

Inventors:

Harry E. Gruber - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US
Ephraim Feig - San Diego CA, US
Julie Schwartz - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Kintera, Inc. - San Diego CA

International Classification:

G09B 7/00
G09B 3/00

US Classification:

434350

Abstract:

A web-based mission certification quiz for educating various persons involved in a fundraising campaign is disclosed. A web-based method for educating solicitors, donors, participants and others involved in a fundraising campaign about the campaign's mission includes providing, on a website, information about the campaign's mission, taking, on the website, a mission certification quiz by answering one or more questions, wherein the questions are designed to test a participant's knowledge about the campaign's mission. The method further includes determining a final score based on the number of correct answers, and creating a mission certificate on the website based on the final score.

US Patent:

20020091538, Jul 11, 2002

Filed:

Jan 17, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/764787

Inventors:

Julie Schwartz - San Diego CA, US
James Schwartz - San Diego CA, US
Jeane Chen - San Diego CA, US
Harry Gruber - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US
Ephraim Feig - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/001000, 705/026000

Abstract:

A system and method for efficiently conducting a fundraising campaign over a wide-area network is provided. In accordance with the invention a method for conducting an efficient fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network includes hosting a website, registering on the website, making a charitable donation on the website, contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations, and providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign. The method further includes contacting third parties, via email messages, to provide information about one or more teams participating in a competition associated with the fundraising campaign. The method further includes providing information, in the reports, about the third parties that have been contacted via email messages. The method further includes providing, in the reports, a real time status of the fundraising campaign, and wherein the real time status provide a convenient means for monitoring the progress of the campaign.

US Patent:

20030003434, Jan 2, 2003

Filed:

Jun 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/894190

Inventors:

Harry Gruber - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US
Ephraim Feig - San Diego CA, US
Julie Schwartz - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G09B003/00

US Classification:

434/350000

Abstract:

A web-based mission certification quiz for educating various persons involved in a fundraising campaign is disclosed. A web-based method for educating solicitors, donors, participants and others involved in a fundraising campaign about the campaign's mission includes providing, on a website, information about the campaign's mission, taking, on the website, a mission certification quiz by answering one or more questions, wherein the questions are designed to test a participant's knowledge about the campaign's mission. The method further includes determining a final score based on the number of correct answers, and creating a mission certificate on the website based on the final score. The method includes starting a timer prior to presenting the question, the timer being set for a predetermined amount of time allowed for each question, providing a question, selecting an answer to the question, wherein the answer is selected from one or more answers provided, and if a correct answer is selected before the expiration of the timer, then only awarding a score for each correct answer. The method further includes determining if there are additional questions in the quiz, and if there are additional questions in the quiz, then answering the questions, and if the are no remaining questions in the quiz, then determining a final score, determining a grade on the basis of the final score, and indicating the final score and the grade on the mission certificate.

US Patent:

20050159976, Jul 21, 2005

Filed:

Feb 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/064430

Inventors:

Julie Schwartz - San Diego CA, US
James Schwartz - San Diego CA, US
Jeane Chen - San Diego CA, US
Harry Gruber - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US
Ephraim Feig - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705001000, 705026000

Abstract:

A system and method for efficiently conducting a fundraising campaign over a wide-area network is provided. In accordance with the invention a method for conducting an efficient fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network includes hosting a website, registering on the website, making a charitable donation on the website, contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations, and providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign. The method further includes contacting third parties, via email messages, to provide information about one or more teams participating in a competition associated with the fundraising campaign. The method further includes providing information, in the reports, about the third parties that have been contacted via email messages. The method further includes providing, in the reports, a real time status of the fundraising campaign, and wherein the real time status provide a convenient means for monitoring the progress of the campaign

US Patent:

20050240433, Oct 27, 2005

Filed:

May 24, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/137205

Inventors:

Julie Schwartz - San Diego CA, US
James Schwartz - San Diego CA, US
Jeane Chen - San Diego CA, US
Harry Gruber - Rancho Santa Fe CA, US
Ephraim Feig - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

A system and method for efficiently conducting a fundraising campaign over a wide-area network is provided. In accordance with the invention a method for conducting an efficient fundraising campaign by an organization over a wide-area network includes hosting a website, registering on the website, making a charitable donation on the website, contacting third parties via email messages soliciting charitable donations, and providing one or more reports, on the website, including information on the status of the fundraising campaign. The method further includes contacting third parties, via email messages, to provide information about one or more teams participating in a competition associated with the fundraising campaign. The method further includes providing information, in the reports, about the third parties that have been contacted via email messages. The method further includes providing, in the reports, a real time status of the fundraising campaign, and wherein the real time status provide a convenient means for monitoring the progress of the campaign