ARTIST AND CHARITY VOTING PLATFORM

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for selecting Artists and Charities by allowing purchasers in a commercial setting to vote for the Artists and Charities of their choice.

Claims

1. A system for a purchaser to select Artists and Charities comprising a) a portal to upload into a database the profiles of the Artists and Charities, the Artists' Art, and the charity each of the artists supports; b) a portal for a purchaser of an item at a commercial entity to access the database of a), and to obtain a number of Vote Cards based on the value of the item purchased; c) a portal for the purchaser to use the Vote Cards to vote for an Artist based on the Art; and d) a database to store the number of votes to each of the Artists.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the profile of the Artist and the profile of the charity the Artist supports are linked in the database; and the profile of the Artist and the profile of the linked charity are jointly made accessible to a purchaser.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the portals and b) and c) allow the purchaser to: i) obtain a number of Vote Cards having a QR Code; ii) scan the QR Codes to unlock Vote Points, and iii) vote for an Artist based on the unlocked Vote Points.

4. The system of claim 1 where the Artist who has the most votes in a predetermined period will receive a prize.

5. The system of claim 1 where the Charity selected by the Artist who has the most votes in a predetermined period will receive a prize.

6. The system of claim 1 which further comprises a database containing the profile of the purchaser comprising the number of Vote Cards used by the purchaser, and which commercial entity the Vote Cards were obtained.

7. The system of claim 1 where the portal of a) restricts the upload of profiles of Artists that are located in a predetermined community.

8. The system of claim 1 where the database of a) restricts the purchaser to use the Vote Cards to vote for Artists that are located in a predetermined community.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0011] FIG. 1 schematically shows the linking within the database of the Artist Profile that is inputted by the Artist during registration with the Charity Profile that is inputted by the Charity during its registration.

[0012] FIG. 2 shows displays on a smart phone of the cross linkage of the Artist and the charity that the Artist supports, and the cross linkage of the charity and the Artists that support that charity.

[0013] FIG. 3 shows flowchart of how a fan/voter can vote for an Artist of his choice after completing a purchase at a commercial entity.

[0014] FIG. 4 shows an example of the use of a smart phone to scan the QR Codes from the vote cards.

[0015] FIG. 5: shows a schematic of the system architecture that can be used as one embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENTLY PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0016] Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a platform made up of several key components within an ecosystem that works towards creating mutual benefit for all involved parties, this includes:

[0017] Submission Portal

[0018] An open portal through which Artists and Charities can create accounts and profiles to showcase their Art or their Cause. [0019] Charities may, upload profile pictures, organization data, and event information [0020] Artist may, upload their Art, including music or fine art, upload profile picture, Artists data, and event information [0021] User profiles—Profiles of Users (Voters) are created to utilize the various functions of the present inventive apparatus, including, most prominently applying votes to Artists and associated Charities.

[0022] Profile Unification

[0023] Artists, upon creation of a profile, must chose, from a list of pre-approved Charities, a Charity to support. Once this is completed, the Artist and Charity profiles are linked throughout the duration of a specific “promotion period”. Multiple Artists can support a single Charity.

[0024] Voting Process

[0025] Over the course of a promotional period, Users, when completing a purchase at a participating Commercial Entity, will receive Vote Cards relative to the value of their total purchase. A Vote card, which may be integrated into Point-of-Sales systems, includes a QR or code. When this code is input into the platform it will unlock votes, which can then be applied to an Artist, and in turn the charity that the Artist supports. Optionally, when the votes are exhausted, the User is directed to the same or other participating Commercial Entity to complete additional purchases to thereby receive additional Vote Cards.

[0026] Backend Tracking

[0027] The system can track the following information per profile type. [0028] For Artists: Total Votes received within System [0029] For Charities: Total Votes received from associated Artists [0030] For Users: Total Votes completed by an individual voter [0031] For Commercial Entities: Origin location of redeemed Vote Card(s) and Quantified ROI per location

[0032] Frontend Output:

[0033] The output of the system for Users includes: [0034] Charts for Artists/Charities receiving the most votes [0035] Favorite features to track progress of Artist for which a user had previously voted [0036] Push notifications tied to progress of Artist for which a user had previously voted

[0037] Prizing Structure: [0038] Utilizing the backend data generated from the system, participating Commercial Entities may apply rewards or prizes to the top performing Artist, Charities, or Users according to the legal restrictions of their specific market.

[0039] In one embodiment, the Artists are selected by members of a local community where the Commercial Entity is located.