15th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140100911 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE SEQUENCES OF ACTIVITIES - A system and method for analysis of sequences of facts is disclosed. The plurality of facts is extracted from one or more systems of record, the facts are converted to the time-ordered sequences, and then the sequences are converted into unique paths. A plurality of measures is calculated for each path. An operator can change the conversion rules and filter the paths, sequences and facts to be included in the analysis. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100912 | BUNDLING OF AUTOMATED WORK FLOW - An enterprise geospatial intelligence service oriented architecture (EGI-SOA) provides a consumer with one or more tailored products in response to either a dynamic request or a standing request by the consumer. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100913 | BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND RESPONSE PLAN MANAGEMENT - Embodiments described herein include are directed to managing response plans of an enterprise. Business recovery plans, system recovery plans, and emergency management plans for the enterprise are identified, where the business recovery plans relating to business aspects of the enterprise, the system recovery plans relating to technology aspects of the enterprise, and the emergency management plans relating to emergencies affecting the enterprise. The business recovery plans, system recovery plans, and emergency management plans are evaluated and plan metrics for the business recovery plans, system recovery plans, and emergency management plans are calculated independently and separately from each other. The plan metrics are calculated in response to the evaluation of the business recovery plans, the system recovery plans, and the emergency management plans. A readiness of the business recovery plans, the system recovery plans, and the emergency management plans is determined based on the evaluation. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100914 | System Solution for Derivation and Provision of Anonymised Cellular Mobile Network Data for Population Density and Mobility Report Generation - A system for derivation and provision of anonymised cellular mobile network data for population density and mobility report generation can be implemented on a computer, e.g. in a data warehouse system. The system includes effective anonymisation measures to protect the privacy of the mobile network customers. It comprises a load extractor and a database production environment, where the load extractor is connected with the mobile network to receive and anonymise traffic data from a mobile communications network, and where the production environment is set up to allow a third party to query the traffic data for the purpose of population density and mobility report generation. The production environment of the system presents itself as a “black box,” which can be operated by the third party only via specific interfaces. Thus, the system can be operated by a third party without compromising the privacy of the mobile network users. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100915 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Sales and Marketing Parameters for a Product - Systems and methods are provided for determining sales estimates and budget parameters associated with a release of a product. According to certain aspects, an electronic device identifies ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140100916 | ALLOCATING COMMODITY SHELVES IN A SUPERMARKET - A method of allocating shelves includes obtaining shopping paths of customers in a supermarket, classifying the plurality of customers into a plurality of customer classes based on the shopping paths of the plurality of customers, determining one or more shopping paths adopted by more customers in the plurality of customer classes as frequent shopping paths of a class of customers of the plurality of customer classes, calculating a see-buy rate of a commodity for each of the plurality of customer classes based on shopping lists and the frequent shopping paths of the plurality of customers, calculating a location for a set of commodities when total expected benefits for the set of commodities are maximized during a certain period of time. The total expected benefits include a sum of an expected benefit for each commodity in the set of commodities based on the see-buy rate and the frequent shopping paths. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100917 | CONSUMER PREFERENCE AGGREGATION VIA AN ITEM INFORMATION SYSTEM - An item information system implements a method that receives coded content at a server submitted by a plurality of users. The coded content corresponds to items of interest to the plurality of users. The coded content includes one or more of a digital file, a digital image, or an alphanumeric code. The items of interest are organized into item information lists on a per user basis. The users are able to share their items of interest with friends or acquaintances via social networking services. The item information system identifies targeted marketing opportunities by at least analyzing the item information lists of the plurality of users. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100918 | ANALYZING MARKET RESEARCH SURVEY RESULTS USING SOCIAL NETWORKING ACTIVITY INFORMATION - A facility for analyzing market research survey results is described. Among a number of users who have responded to a market research survey, the facility selects users whose responses to the survey match a designated pattern of responses to the survey. The facility then generates output that identifies social networking actions performed by the selected users. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100919 | QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE DATA COLLECTION - Technologies and implementations for providing quality of experience information are generally disclosed. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100920 | CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DASHBOARD - An instrument for measuring and presenting customer impressions of a company uses weighted response values of survey questions to develop a customer experience score and a customer interaction score. The two scores are added to produce a composite score. The three scores for a company may be presented with other score sets for other companies to provide a simple and consistent comparison of companies. When different businesses or even different industries have different customer experiences and interactions, weighting of response values can be adjusted to more accurately reflect the importance of that factor on the overall customer experience, which models customer satisfaction. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100921 | CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DASHBOARD - A method of developing scores for a company including receiving, at a hardware server, customer experience data including information related to a customer's experience with the company and information related to the customer's specific interactions with the company; generating, by one or more processors, an experience score for the company based on the information related to the customer's experience with the company; generating, by one or more processors, an interaction score for the company based on the information related to the customer's specific interactions with the company; generating, by one or more processors, a composite score for the company; and rendering an image of at least one of the experience score, the interaction score, or the composite score for the company for presentation of the image via a computer. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100922 | EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - One embodiment includes employee engagement software instructions encoded on a nontransitory computer readable medium that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations that permit a company to measure both employee sentiment and employee performance and combine these two to generate a real-time employee engagement score. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100923 | NATURAL LANGUAGE METRIC CONDITION ALERTS ORCHESTRATION - Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of business metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100924 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL OPINION NETWORKING - A computer solution inclusive of web-enabled client-server hardware architecture and a unique software method for soliciting, sharing and influencing opinions on social issues. The software gathers metrics from collective opinions and facilitates social-networking using these metrics to guide members in forming informed opinions. Specifically, users are given feedback on their personal opinion selections, others' opinion selections, % in agreement, and other statistics or demographics. Each user is given the ability to “Change Opinion” base on this feedback. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100925 | Utilizing Near Field Communication to Improve Customer Interactions - Systems, methods and devices which utilize near field communication-style technologies in conjunction with one or more of personal devices and communication networks in order to provide for improved customer interactions with a service establishment are provided. In one embodiment an application is configured to provide for various functionality upon the triggering of a near-field communication stimulus. For example, upon scanning a near field device, an application may launch that provides a user with pre-determined information. Such information may include information regarding the nearest locations of a service establishment and approximate wait times for transactions at the listed locations. In another embodiment, the pre-determined information may include information regarding promotions available to a customer such as special offers, coupons, advertisements, and the like. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100926 | Caddies and Caddy Systems with Display Capabilities - Caddies and caddy systems are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes a plurality of caddies located in the establishment, wherein each of the caddies incorporates: a housing, a display unit, a tray and at least one compartment for storing items for use by the patrons; the display unit being detachably mounted to the housing and having a touchscreen display for obtaining input from patrons in the establishment. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100927 | Customizing a Presentation Based on Preferences of an Audience - A data processing system and computer program product for customizing a presentation. A set of individual preferences for each individual of a plurality of individuals to form a set of audience preferences is determined, wherein each preference in the set of individual preferences is associated with one of a plurality of versions of the presentation. A set of versions of the presentation from the plurality of versions of the presentation is selected based on the set of audience preferences. The set of versions of the presentation selected from the plurality of versions of the presentation is presented. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100928 | UPLOADABLE ADVERTISEMENT OBSERVATION AND RESPONSE GAME - An uploadable advertisement rating and response game which utilizes an onsite tournament structure wherein advertisers upload advertisements into a hardware and software platform. Users access the advertisements through a portal (such as website, desktop application, or mobile application) and review and respond to the advertisements in exchange for prizes. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100929 | CONSUMER OFFER REDEMPTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented offer redemption method and system for presenting offers to consumers and processing offer redemptions links offers from businesses directly to a payment account of a consumers, thereby eliminating the need for mail-in rebates or point-of-sale integration, and allows for the sharing of consumer information between different card link offer providers to facilitate the linking of rewards and registration of users. The computer-implemented offer redemption method includes the steps of: (a) presenting an offer to a consumer from an offering business, the offer covering a product or service or a purchase from a third-party; (b) receiving activation of the offer from the consumer prior to the consumer purchasing the product or service and storing it in the computer storage system; (c) determining whether the consumer is a registered user by searching a database of the offering business; (d) if the consumer is not registered with the offering business, asking the user for a unique identifier; and (e) searching a cooperative computer card link offer (“CLO”) network including multiple card link offer businesses for consumer data that match the unique identifier to determine if the consumer has previously registered with any other card link offer business. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100930 | REDEMPTION RECORDATION AND VERIFICATION - The collection of voucher redemption information may reduce instances of redemption error or redemption fraud, which benefits both consumers and merchants. The collection of voucher redemption information may involve a service receiving a selection of a voucher for redemption from an application on an electronic device, in which the voucher was previously acquired by a consumer through a deal offered by a merchant. The service may subsequently direct the application to acquire a credential to complete the redemption of the voucher. In various instances, the credential may be a merchant confirmation credential of the merchant or a consumer redemption credential of the consumer. The service may receive the credential from the application on the electronic device, and store a record of the voucher redemption for the voucher in a voucher redemption database, in which the record includes the credential. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING BILL PAYMENT FUNCTIONALITY IN MOBILE COMMERCE - The disclosure relates to systems and methods for facilitating bill payment functionality in mobile commerce. In one embodiment, a method can include receiving a transaction code at the mobile device; transmitting the transaction code to a merchant device for association with a transaction; receiving transaction information associated with a transaction based on the transaction code at the mobile device; displaying the transaction information at the mobile device; displaying at least one payment option at the mobile device; receiving a selection of one of the at least one payment option; transmitting the selected payment option and transaction information from the mobile device for approval of the payment of the transaction; receiving notification of approval of the payment at the mobile device; and receiving a payment completion code associated with the notification of approval, wherein the payment completion code is provided to the consumer on a bill associated with the transaction. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100932 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND MANIPULATING TRANSACTION DATA - Described herein are apparatus and methods for collecting and manipulating transaction data. For example, presented herein is an apparatus including: a first I/O port; a second I/O port of a same type as the first I/O port, wherein the second I/O port is connected to the first I/O port such that data passed into the first I/O port is allowed to pass through the apparatus to the second I/O port unimpeded in at least a first operating mode; a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions thereon wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to: collect information passed from a first computing device connected to the first I/O port to a second computing device connected to the second I/O port, identify, from the information, transaction data; and provide, to a third computing device, the transaction data. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A DIGITAL SHOPPING NETWORK - A Digital Shopping Network allows consumers to interact with a call to action (CTA) displayed with a unique serialized actionable medium. The actionable medium is associated with a uniquely identifiable variable offer at a public site. When the consumer responds to the CTA, a time variable offer response is generated by a processor accessing variable data stored in a Digital Network Database (DND) for that serialized actionable medium. The DND may include an Offer Database for multiple offer responses, including the time variable offer response, each offer response corresponding to a time variable description for a corresponding CTA available to the consumer at the public site. The offer response is communicated to the consumer, or to a designated recipient, via a mobile communication network, the Internet or other electronic means. The invention includes a network system, software program and a method of operating the network. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100934 | ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND ADVERTISING METHOD - In a display device | 2014-04-10 |
20140100935 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Tying Symbolic Content To A a Physical Locality In A User-Performable Activity Scenario - A computer-implemented system and method for tying symbolic content to a physical locality in a user-performable activity scenario is provided. A computer-executable script for an activity scenario is stored. The activity scenario includes a plurality of user-performable written instructions and at least one requirements within the instructions. The at least one requirement includes both a presence of a mobile device and an acquisition of readable symbolic content by the mobile device while both within a geolocationally-defined physical area. The computer-executable script is executed on the mobile device by displaying the written instructions in the activity scenario to the user and determining fulfillment of the written instructions by the user. Upon satisfactory completion the written instructions in the activity scenario, as confirmed by the mobile device, an incentive is awarded to the user. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100936 | LOYALTY RULES - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for applying loyalty rules. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: receive a rule from a merchant; receive information associated with a transaction executed by the user, the transaction being associated with the merchant; receive information associated with the user's transaction history for transactions associated with the merchant; and determine, based on the rule, the information associated with the transaction, and the information associated with the transaction history, whether to issue a reward to the user's account. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100937 | SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO CARBON CREDIT AND METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a system for converting greenhouse gas emissions to carbon credit and a method for same. The system for converting the greenhouse gas emissions to carbon credit includes a carbon emission reduction device which detects an amount of fuel filled in a vehicle and an amount of fuel used by the vehicle, minimizes the supply of fuel to the engine of the vehicle to prevent excessive fuel consumption and limit carbon emissions when the vehicle does not move within a preset time, supplies fuel to the engine of the vehicle in a normal manner when the vehicle is moved according to detection of the acceleration pedal of the vehicle, generates carbon dioxide reduction information by adding or subtracting an emitted amount of carbon dioxide that is limited during an idling prevention time to or from the emitted amount of carbon dioxide of the vehicle, and converts the carbon dioxide reduction information to carbon credit which includes a generated economic value upon reduction of a ton of carbon emissions. According to the present invention, a greenhouse gas reference emission amount for the vehicle may be reduced, and the greenhouse gas reduction amount for the vehicle may be converted into carbon credit that includes an economic value through the carbon emission reduction device so as to induce active participation by individuals for the reduction of greenhouse gas. Thus, the country, companies, and also individuals may play a role in resolving the problem of global warming, and the economic value of carbon credit generated by reducing the greenhouse gas from the vehicle may be sold or transferred to or acquired from the country or companies to provide economic benefit to the individual and stable growth for the companies. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100938 | LOCATION BASED AFFINITY PROGRAM - Aspects herein describe methods, systems, and apparatuses to provide and administer an affinity/loyalty program that credits affinity points to users based on where each user purchases a particular item (e.g., goods and services). The system may determine the amount of affinity points to award by comparing the geographic location of manufacture of the item purchased by the user with the geographic location where the user purchased the item. The user may be awarded more points the closer the location of purchase is to the location of manufacture. For example, the user may be awarded three points if the location of purchase is within the same city as the location of manufacture. On the other hand, the user may only be awarded two points if the location of purchase is within the same state (but not within the same city) as the location of manufacture. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100939 | REWARD EXCHANGE METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH CONTROL OF EXCHANGED REWARDS AND MONETARY CONSIDERATION - An item may be purchased using a combination of rewards and monetary consideration, wherein a maximum allowable reward payment portion (or correspondingly a minimum monetary consideration amount) is established by the merchant, the reward issuer, or an online reward exchange operator. The user may select, using for example a user interface slider control, the desired number of rewards to redeem (up to the maximum allowable amount) and the corresponding monetary consideration portion is displayed. The transaction may then be executed wherein the selected rewards are redeemed and the balance is paid for with the corresponding monetary consideration. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100940 | REBATE MARKETING PROMOTIONS ASSISTANT - According to one embodiment, a system and methods that provides computer-aided discovery, collection, storage, organization, tracking, monitoring, notification, integration, presentation, analysis, and augmentation or otherwise processing of Rebate Marketing Promotion information. Additionally, the system and methods provides a means for computers to communicate over a network with other computers to process Rebate Marketing Promotion information, by means of discovery, collection, organization, storing, augmenting, presentation of promotion information stored in a database, presentation of the promotional information to consumers, organizations, and third-parties, allow tracking, notification, and monitoring of promotional information to alert consumers, organizations, and third-parties to changes of the database, analysis of the database to provide additional information about or relating to usage of the database. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100941 | Vehicular Part Transaction System and Method - A vehicular part transaction system and method. A transaction coordinator can receive a part request from a purchaser via a computer network; send a respective bid invitation to sellers via the network; store associated sent-timestamps based on when bids are sent; receive a part offer from one of the sellers via the computer network; forward the offer to purchaser via the network; receive an acceptance from purchaser via the network; determine a transaction for part offer; charge the seller the transaction fee; and forward an acceptance notice, via the network, to the purchaser and seller. The transaction fee can be reduced for a fast response time. Optionally, a seller and/or a purchaser can be subscribed, which can independently provide a respective benefit thereto and/or can conditionally provide a respective benefit thereto. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100942 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING PRODUCT SAMPLES - A method of distributing samples to consumers, comprising a kiosk system, a kiosk application and a kiosk. The kiosk system is used to set up the manufacturer and vendor information, to set up a reporting and analytical framework, and to establish communication with the kiosk application and the kiosk. Among other things, the kiosk application is used to locate the kiosk and provide a code to the consumer. The kiosk application may also be used to issue a coupon to the consumer, wherein the consumer redeems the coupon to purchase a variety of the product sample. The kiosk is used to distribute samples. The consumer inputs the code into the kiosk to obtain a sample. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100943 | On-Line Advertising with Social Pay - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication of a reward-generating event associated with an advertisement. The reward-generating event includes an action by a user in response to the advertisement being presented to the user. The method also includes determining based at least in part on the action by the user a reward to allocate to the user for the reward-generating event. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE CAMPAIGN OPTIMIZATION - An advertisement campaign optimization system, method, and a computer product for determining real time bidding data corresponding to one or more advertisement campaigns targeting one or more users are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method comprises receiving a bid request for the one or more advertisement campaigns. User interest data corresponding to the one or more users is determined. One or more bidding rules based on a first data set and a second data set are also determined. The first data set comprises data corresponding to the one or more users and the second data set comprises data corresponding to the one or more advertisement campaigns. The method determines real time bidding data based on the user interest data and the one or more bidding rules. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100945 | TRACKING AND MANAGING ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS USING MIRRORED EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS - A processing device selects a local sub-population that matches a national population based on a fitness function. During a national advertisement campaign, the processing device introduces a local advertisement campaign to a treatment group comprising the local sub-population, wherein the local advertisement campaign mirrors the national advertisement campaign. The processing device measures sales of a product or service in a control group and in the treatment group, and calculates a difference in sales metrics between the treatment group and the control group. The difference is used to estimate an effect on national sales metrics due to the national campaign. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100946 | METHOD OF TESTING ONLINE RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - A recommender system can be analyzed to determine various performance characteristics of an online content service provider. The recommender system is analyzed using a predetermined policy, to determine if it satisfies such policy, and/or has other measurable intended and/or unintended biases. The policy can include such parameters as whether a particular profile is presented with certain particular types of items by the recommender system. The reliability of search engines can also be tested using a similar approach. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100947 | TARGET-WEIGHT LANDSCAPE CREATION FOR REAL TIME TRACKING OF ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGNS - A processing device selects a population of persons and measures sales metrics from the population over a time period and measures an advertising weight over the time period. The processing device determines an effect that the advertising weight has on the sales metrics and additionally calculates values for a degree of targetedness for the advertisement to the population of persons. The processing device determines an effect that the degree of targetedness has on the sales metrics and generates a multi-dimensional model that measures the combined effects of the advertising weight and the degree of targetedness on the sales metrics. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100948 | Automated Monitoring and Verification of Internet Based Advertising - Method for automatically monitoring and verifying advertising content during a campaign, delivered over a data network. Accordingly, advertisers submit a list of sites, on which the advertising content should be placed according to desired insertion order. Mapping crawlers visit these sites and locate pages with advertisements that belong to required sections, pages that do not belong to the required sections or pages with high probability for incidents. A list of pages to visit per every site is generated and autonomous or plug-in visual crawlers are allowed to visit the list of pages, according to predetermined site visiting plan. A crawlers' manager allocates the pages between visual crawlers, for obtaining adequate incident coverage and load on the visual crawlers. An incident identifier compares the insertion orders with the delivery data and whenever an insertion order and its corresponding delivery data do not match, an incident report is generated. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100949 | METHOD OF TESTING INVENTORY AT ONLINE PROVIDERS - A recommender system can be analyzed to determine various performance characteristics of an online content service provider. The recommender system is analyzed using a predetermined policy, to determine if it satisfies such policy, and/or has other measurable intended and/or unintended biases. The policy can include such parameters as whether a particular profile is presented with certain particular types of items by the recommender system. The reliability of search engines can also be tested using a similar approach. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100950 | METHOD OF TESTING ONLINE RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - A recommender system can be analyzed to determine various performance characteristics of an online content service provider. The recommender system is analyzed using a predetermined policy, to determine if it satisfies such policy, and/or has other measurable intended and/or unintended biases. The policy can include such parameters as whether a particular profile is presented with certain particular types of items by the recommender system. The reliability of search engines can also be tested using a similar approach. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100951 | INTEGRATING SPONSORED MEDIA WITH USER-GENERATED CONTENT - A variety of computer based service that permit users to edit, compose, upload, or otherwise generate content also provide for the integration of sponsored media into presentations along with user-generated content. An exemplary service generates text based on user input, provides tags based on the text to a sponsored media repository, receives a sponsored media data structure in return, and formats sponsored media from the data structure for display to the user. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING MESSAGE DELIVERY IN RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for optimizing the performance of a recommendation engine by generating an optimal recommendation time window. During operation, the system receives user click-through behavior on past recommendations and current user information, such as demographics and location. The system also receives information on one or more offers. The system determines the appropriate user-group for each user, and appropriate offer-group for each offer. The system then generates an optimal time period for a given recommendation for a given user and offer, wherein the optimal recommendation time window is the period when the offer is most likely to be accepted. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100953 | Delivering Mobile Messages to Wireless Mobile Devices Based on Current Delivery Preference and Network Capabilities to Improve User Experience - A mobile messaging server of in an example interacts with a wireless communication data network, a device database, a campaign content database, a device preference database, and operator's network requirement database to deliver one or more of images, bar codes, videos and/or simple plain text via a pushed mobile message to a mobile device identified by a mobile number for mobile messaging communication, for example, to meet a desirable, beneficial, good, and/or best possible user experience, for example, based on mobile device capabilities and operator's network requirements at current point in time based on real time capabilities detection. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100954 | Geographic and Keyword Context in Embedded Applications - A computer-implemented method includes generating, using an embedded client application, a keyword context for a container document holding the embedded client application; generating, using the embedded client application, a geographic context associated with a device on which the container document is displayed; submitting the keyword context and the geographic context to a remote server; and displaying an interactive application using information obtained in response to the submission of the keyword context and geographic criteria. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100955 | DATA AND USER INTERACTION BASED ON DEVICE PROXIMITY - Architecture that enables the detection of a user by a user device and interaction with content of the user device by the user before the user physically contacts the device. The detection capability can utilize one or more sensors of the device to identify the user and the proximity (distance) of the user to the device. Based on the user identity and the proximity, the device operates/functions in a certain way. Moreover, ongoing interaction can be enabled by recognition of a natural user interface (NUI) gestures, alone or in combination with other recognition techniques (e.g., speech recognition). Device activity can include causing the device to operate in predetermined ways such as power modes, application launching and manipulation to cause control of hardware and other software (local and/or remote) and, obtaining and presenting specific types of content (e.g., advertisements, notifications, messages, reminders, news, incoming communications, etc.). | 2014-04-10 |
20140100956 | PROVIDING FAST ALERTS FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING REAL ESTATE DATA - A user alert system is described herein that provides direct alerts to users of a real estate website each time a single event meets one of a user's criteria. Unlike periodic summary reports that summarize all events within a regular time period, direct or “instant” alerts are delivered as soon as possible after a condition is met for a subject property or other source of the event, so that the user receives the most timely notification possible. Users can create a set of search criteria and then save the search for future reference. The user alert system leverages these search criteria to identify any item that matches the user's search criteria and provide a real-time notification in a timely manner upon any real estate event occurring that matches the user's search criteria. Thus, the user alert system allows users to find out about changes much more rapidly. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100957 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A system and method for distribution of content on a computer network between a plurality of content providers and a plurality of users. A plurality of content provider packets provided by one or more of the content providers are stored, and a link provided to users for access to the content provider packets. When a user activates the link the selected content provider packet is displayed and the user may store the content provider packet in a personal showcase display for future access by the user. Showcase access is syndicated across web enabled devices through revenue sharing agreements. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100958 | Personal Directory Services with Directed Communication - Included are systems and methods for directing data. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a listing for a data provider, the listing including a plurality of criteria related to the data provider and receiving an indication to add at least a portion of the listing to a personal directory. Other embodiments include adding at least a portion of the listing to the personal directory and receiving an indication from the data provider to send data to the personal directory. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100959 | LOCATION-BASED DIRECTED ADVERTISING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Location-based directed advertisement systems, according to particular embodiments, direct merchant-created advertisements to users when those advertisements meet the user's shopping preferences. The user's shopping preferences may include, for example, preferences to receive advertisements for particular items or classes of items, preferences to receive advertisements from particular stores or types of stores, and preferences to receive advertisements for items that are geographically close to the user's location. In particular embodiments, merchants can limit the recipients of the merchant's created advertisements to particular groups of users such as users of a certain age, gender, or occupation. In various embodiments, merchants can view consumer demand data in order to tailor offers to maximize profits, potential unit sales, etc. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100960 | System and Method for Programmatically Creating Local Business Advertisements Suitable for Display on Mobile Devices and Applications Thereof - A system and method is provided for programmatically creating advertisements effective and suitable for display on a small display screen of a mobile device. The system comprises means for programmatically acquiring advertisement data of a local business, which may include acquiring the advertisement data through accessing a third party data aggregator using open APIs thereof. The system further comprises means for receiving real-time location information of the mobile device. The system further comprises means for programmatically creating a banner ad based on the acquired advertisement data and the received real-time location information of the mobile device. The system may further means for programmatically creating a display ad. The created banner ad or display ad displays information identifying or promoting the local business as well as information indicating location of the local business relative to the real-time location information of the mobile device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100961 | System for Providing Information to Client Terminal when Conducting Communication Service - The present invention relates to a system for providing information to a client terminal when conducting a communication service, and more particularly, to a system for providing information to at least one client terminal including an outgoing terminal and an incoming terminal when conducting a communication service, comprising: a call control and maintenance server for forming and maintaining a media session to conduct the communication service between the outgoing terminal and the incoming terminal; and an information maintenance server for maintaining the information to be transmitted to at least one client terminal, wherein the information maintenance server transmits to either the outgoing terminal or the incoming terminal information-related data, which is related to the information to be provided to the client terminal before the media session for the communication service between the outgoing terminal and the incoming terminal, or while the communication service is being conducted, and wherein the client terminal which receives the information-related data provides information to an information display area on the display portion of a terminal based on the information-related data. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100962 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR AD-SUPPORTED WIRELESS OFFLOADING - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for advertisement-supported wireless offloading are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system for advertisement-supported wireless offloading includes an offload controller for controlling mobile device offloading, the controller including a network interface for sending and receiving messages in a telecommunications network and a control module for detecting a subscriber offload request, causing an advertisement to be sent to the subscriber's mobile device, determining whether the subscriber did or did not accept the advertisement, and providing a response to the offload request based on whether the subscriber did or did not accept the advertisement. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100963 | Method, System and Device For Filtering Mobile Terminal Webpage Advertisements - The present invention relates to the field of internet technology, which discloses a method, device, server and system for filtering mobile terminal webpage advertisements content. The method includes: a mobile terminal making a request to a server for visiting a website for browsing a webpage via a browser; the server analyzing types of sub-resources data of the webpage, and filtering advertisements content associated with the webpage using filtering rules corresponding to the type of sub-resources data; returning to the mobile terminal, the requested webpage content having the advertisements content been filtered out. The server performs intelligent layout of the sub-resources data on the filtered content of the requested webpage of various websites. By performing advertisement filtering according to the preset filtering rules, download speed is increased and traffic volume is reduced, thus enhances the user experience. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100964 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING MARKETING CAMPAIGNS - A computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of contacts, wherein each contact is associated with at least one attribute, and filtering the plurality of contacts based on the at least one attribute. The method also includes generating, using a processor, a production for each contact in the filtered plurality of contacts, wherein the production includes at least one collateral item selected from a plurality of collateral items, wherein the at least one collateral item is selected based on a variable content replacement. The method further includes transmitting the production using at least one outbound channel. A graphical user interface is also provided for creating, managing, and monitoring the marketing campaign. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100965 | ADVERTISING PERMISSIONS IN A CLAIMS-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social graph, which records the actions of users in a social networking system platform, may be modeled at least in part as a collection of claims that may be used for advertising purposes, such as targeting advertisements, based on permissions granted by users and entities. The social networking system may also act as a publisher, enabling web applications and mobile applications to publish claims to a variety of audiences based on the permissions granted by users and entities, or agents of the social networking system. Permissions may be granted based on agreed-upon terms of service between agents, agents and publishers, agents and the social networking system platform, and publishers and the social networking system. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100966 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS WITH DISTRIBUTED ENGAGEMENT CHANNELS - The present invention relates to systems and methods for generating interactive advertisements which include an interactive bridge control. The interactive bridge control may include live statistics that are collected from other distribution channels. The content is optimized for each distribution channel and each advertisement network that the advertiser wishes to interact with. Distribution channels may include any of social networks, blogs, media sources, news outlets, and retailers, for example. The optimized content is published on each distribution channel and each advertisement network. When published on an advertisement network the ad includes the interactive bridge control. The system then monitors for user interaction with the interactive bridge control. When user interaction is detected with the interactive bridge control a distributed engagement channel may be displayed. These user interactions may also be tracked. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100967 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CHANNEL ADDITION - The present invention relates to systems and methods for automated channel addition. A content management system receives a request for channel assessment from the channel. The request may include a JSON file. The system then scores the channel by at the number of users, topics of conversations, sentiment of the topics, and level of engagement for the users. The channel is then cataloged for access by a client (advertiser). Next the system receives approval of the channel from the client. Next the system selects content for the channel. Content selection may be in response to a channel request for particular content, in response to a client request for the particular channel, or through sentiment based matching. After content selection it may be published to the channel. This publishing uses the JSON file to modify the content to be compatible with the channel application programming interface. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100968 | DETERMINING BIDDER-AWARE VALUES FOR CONFIGURABLE AUCTION PARAMETERS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for determining configurable auction parameters based upon historic auction information that includes identities of auction participants or bidders. Such configurable auction parameters specify values to be applied for particular auction parameters (e.g., floor price), at the time of an auction for available advertising space, when one or more of the auction participants are associated with specified identities. Further provided are systems and methods for, at the time of an auction for available advertising space, determining auction parameter values in accordance with configurable auction parameters. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100969 | BUCKETIZED AUCTION FOR ONLINE OFFERS - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for computing a displayable size for a device, a default visible area for the device, and a number of pages of content based upon historical device click-through data and pagination data. A size of an advertising candidate set is determined. The advertising candidate set, containing one or more advertisements, is determined based in part upon a query. The advertising candidate set is categorized into two or more buckets. The advertisements within each bucket are ranked. Selected advertisements based upon the ranked advertisements to send to the device are determined. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100970 | Automated Monitoring and Verification of Internet Based Advertising - Method for automatically monitoring and verifying advertising content during a campaign, delivered over a data network. Accordingly, advertisers submit a list of sites, on which the advertising content should be placed according to desired insertion order. Mapping crawlers visit these sites and locate pages with advertisements that belong to required sections, pages that do not belong to the required sections or pages with high probability for incidents. A list of pages to visit per every site is generated and autonomous or plug-in visual crawlers are allowed to visit the list: of pages, according to predetermined site visiting plan. A crawlers' manager allocates the pages between visual crawlers, for obtaining adequate incident coverage and load on the visual crawlers. An incident identifier compares the insertion orders with the delivery data and whenever an insertion order and its corresponding delivery data do not match, an incident report is generated. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100971 | MULTI-NODE CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT AND ORDERING SYSTEM WITH MOBILE PAYMENT INTEGRATION - A method for delivering advertising content from a central office to customer interfaces positioned at a plurality of remote local stores includes the steps of storing the advertising content on a content control server at the central office and transmitting the advertising content from the central office to customer interface control servers at each of the plurality of remote local stores. The method further includes the step of transferring the advertising content from the customer interface control servers to each of the customer interfaces. The advertising content is displayed at the customer interface in response to a content trigger sent from the customer interface control server. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100972 | Kiosk and Method for Renting Carpet Cleaning Machines - A kiosk for leasing carpet cleaning machines to customers comprises a storage unit and an electronic input device. The storage unit is configured to house a carpet cleaning device and comprises a locking portion and an electronically controlled lock. The electronically controlled lock is able to, alternatively, lock and unlock the locking portion. The storage unit is configured such that the carpet cleaning machine can be secured thereto by electronically locking the locking portion, and such that the carpet cleaning machine can be removed from or returned to the storage unit when the locking portion is unlocked. The electronic input device is adapted and configured to obtain a code key from a customer and to cause the electronically controlled lock to unlock the locking portion following the receipt of the code key without any remote communication with any other non-customer device external to the kiosk. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100973 | SMARTPHONE VIRTUAL PAYMENT CARD - A payment device presents a matrix barcode on a smartphone display screen for scanning by a merchant at a point-of-sale terminal. The consumer authenticates with their payment processor by logging in with their smartphone through a back channel. A successful log-in is rewarded with a matrix barcode the consumer can allow the merchant to scan if the particulars and price of the proposed transaction are acceptable. A transaction summary and request for approval arrive back at the consumer's smartphone through the back channel. Approval can be indicated by the entry of a user PIN code, and the transaction is complete. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100974 | TELEPHONE NUMBER PAYMENT SYSTEM - An automated method for enabling a customer to make a payment for goods or services using one of several possible payment choices selectable by the customer by entering the customer's mobile telephone number and a personal identification number (PIN) at a point of payment terminal and then selecting one of several possible previously entered credit card numbers or payment mechanisms. Once the payment option is selected, the point of sale terminal conducts the transaction with the selected payment option. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100975 | Payment System and Method - A payment system, including: a host server; a digital wallet for storing credit of a user; a user mobile communications device for data communication with the host server; and a point-of-sale terminal operable by a vendor. The point-of-sale terminal is configured to receive purchase data indicative of a desired purchase by the user and to transmit the purchase data to the host server, the purchase data including price data, the mobile communications device is configured to receive the purchase data from the host server or from the point-of-sale terminal and to prompt the user to input user authorization, the mobile communications device is configured to receive the user authorization and in response thereto to transmit authorization data to the host server, and the host server is configured to respond to receiving the authorization data by initiating transfer of funds according to the price data from the digital wallet to a vendor account. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A TRAVELER-SPECIFIC STORE USING MOBILE DEVICES IN A MOBILE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - One aspect of the invention is directed to integrating mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets, etc., into a mobile retail environment commercial system. A mobile device includes a mobile store module that provides an interactive user experience that allows a traveler to browse goods or services that are available in the mobile retail environment. The device further includes a mobile store inventory records module that maintains records of goods and services that are available in each particular mobile retail environment. An update module facilitates data connectivity with a remote server to update the stored data in the mobile store inventory records module. The remote server, in turn, is communicatively coupled with a transportation service provider system, such as an airline business system that provides information on individual travelers and their itineraries. The mobile device further includes an in-flight data exchange module that facilitates interaction with a point-of-sale device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100977 | VENDING DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Vending machine circuitry adapted to interface with vending machine electronics so as to provide data communications between a handheld device, preferably a wireless handheld device operated by a potential consumer, and the vending machine electronics, with the handheld device providing the network communications connectivity for transmitting and receiving information to and from remote data centers, data bases, and/or servers. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100978 | Distributed Point of Sale, Electronic Article Surveillance, and Product Information System, Apparatus and Method - A distributed point of sale, electronic article surveillance, and product information system. The system can include a central database and at least one integrated POS/EAS/information terminal adapted to communicate with NFC-enabled devices, RFID and EAS tags, and the database, wherein, when a customer places an NFC-enabled device and a product having an RFID and EAS tag and proximate the terminal, the terminal facilitates a transaction for purchasing the product. The terminal can include a processor, an NFC transceiver, a UHF RFID reader, and a Bluetooth transceiver. The transaction for purchasing the product can be performed via the NFC-enabled device. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100979 | TOUCHLESS AND TOUCH OPTIMIZED PROCESSING OF RETAIL AND OTHER COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS - A computer implemented method for reducing input performed in a commerce based application is provided. The method includes receiving a sequence of input values from an input device and associating the sequence of input values with an object in the application based on the sequence. A context of the application is determined One or more tasks in the application are automatically performed based on the object, the context and the sequence of input values. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100980 | MULTIPLE UI PARADIGMS WITHIN A SINGLE APPLICATION - A user interface (UI) with multiple UI paradigms. Each of the multiple UI paradigms is substantially different from the other UI paradigm(s). The substantially different UI paradigms are within a single application. A switching mechanism, which is also a part of the single application, enables a user to relatively rapidly switch between the different UI paradigms. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100981 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED PRODUCT SHOPPING SERVICES - A distributed shopping services system includes a host server that is utilized to create and operate one or more silhouette websites. These silhouette websites are located on subdomains of the domains of one or more corresponding merchant websites operated by merchant servers. The host server receives data about each of the merchant websites and stores the data in a merchant database such that based on the data, the host server is able to both ensure the silhouette websites look and feel like the corresponding merchant websites and provide e-commerce functionality for the products of the merchant websites. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100982 | GUIDED PROCUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A guided procurement system for guiding the buyer for procuring when the item to be purchased is not present in the catalog database, which is an integration of a procurement tool, supplier information system tool and supplier performance system tool. The system includes a processor unit and a computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor unit, including a first procurement guiding module that is adapted for guiding the requester for procurement when the item is not available in the catalog database, and a second procurement guiding module that is adapted for guiding the procurement team or the buyer for procurement from the right supplier. The system is adapted for guiding the buyer while procuring by suggesting the source of procurement based on the user provided information on a web form. It further guides by suggesting the supplier from which a particular item can be procured. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100983 | MULTI-PARTY PAYMENT OBJECT ORIENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention involves a server for accommodating multiple payments in an e-commerce transaction. The server includes a processor with a communications device and software modules. The vendor software module is adapted to receive payment requirements from a vendor via the communications device, and also to receive payment parameters from an initiator. The payment parameters include an item payment amount and an identification of at least one contributor. The contributor software module is adapted to obtain payment information from at least one of the initiator and the contributors wherein the payment information is sufficient to authorize the commitment of funds to a transaction. The aggregation software module is adapted to send participation messages via the communications device to at least one contributor. The participation messages include information on the item, the item payment amount, and directions for the contributor to interact with the contributor module. Further, the aggregation software module maintains a total of committed funds and initiates a payment transaction when the committed funds are sufficient to pay the vendor the item payment amount. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100984 | METHOD FOR REGULATED MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL VISIONS - The method for regulated management of virtual visions which their creators use to communicate in a multilayered communicative fragmentation positioned in a network environment will be applied mainly, but not only, to platforms for communication between network users such as social networks, astral media, etc. According to the method the users ( | 2014-04-10 |
20140100985 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING BUYERS AND SELLERS - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for connecting buyers and sellers by scanning social networks, are described herein. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include scanning social network entries made by users on one or more social network. The method may further include identifying keywords from the social network entries that indicate a product available for sale and identifying keywords that indicate a potential purchase of the product. In some embodiments, the method may include determining the intent of a user to purchase a product. The method may further include determining a first user (e.g., a potential buyer) and a second user (e.g., a potential seller) are a match based on the two users referring to the same or similar products in one or more social network entries. In response to determining that the first user and the second user are a match, the two uses may be communicatively connected. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100986 | AUTOMATED DETECTION AND EXPOSURE OF BEHAVIOR-BASED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BROWSABLE ITEMS - Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100987 | MONITORING A DROP SHIP PROCESS OF A PARTNER - A method for monitoring a drop ship process may include receiving a drop ship order for an item from a vendor, the item being ordered by a customer of the vendor. The method may also include performing a supplier drop ship process in response to receiving the drop ship order. The method may further include providing a plug point associated with the supplier, the plug point being connectable through an intermediary to an interface, wherein the supplier drop ship process is monitorable through the interface. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100988 | On-Line Garage Sale - One example embodiment relates to a method that comprises receiving from a first user, via a network, a listing of one or more items that are part of a garage sale. The method includes storing the item listing in a database and presenting, using at least one processor and via the network, at least part of the item listing to a second user connected to the network. The method also includes providing data to the second user indicating a geographic region or location at which the garage sale is located. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100989 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEETERMINING A FAIR PRICE RANGE FOR COMMODITIES - A system and method for determining cross-market correlation factors which contribute to a response to a user request for a price. The system includes a database of plurality of commodities. The system includes a factor determination unit that, responsive to a user request, identifies inter-market and intra-market factors which contribute to a price determination for nearly all of the commodities. The system includes an evaluation unit that, responsive to the user request, evaluates the contribution of each of the inter-market and intra-market factors to identify candidate factors in a model of the commodity for which a price is requested. The system further includes a price response unit that responds to the request with a price for the asset, good or service based on the model. The system and method predict the price based on factors across multiple markets. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100990 | REVIEW TEXT OUTPUT SYSTEM, REVIEW TEXT OUTPUT METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To enable a user to easily read and compare review texts about a plurality of commercial transaction objects that are posted by the same reviewer, provided is a review text output method, including: a condition receiving step of receiving a plurality of commercial transaction object search conditions; a review text identifying step of identifying, out of review texts about one or more commercial transaction objects that respectively satisfy the plurality of commercial transaction object search conditions, review texts that have been created by a common reviewer; and a review text outputting step of outputting, in association with one another, the review texts that have been identified in the review text identifying step as review texts that respectively satisfy the plurality of commercial transaction object search conditions. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100991 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF A MARKETPLACE - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100992 | MATCHING ORDERS WITH INCOMING SHIPMENTS - The embodiments provide a system for matching orders with incoming shipments. The system may include a product shipment handler configured to receive product shipment information specifying incoming products, a product order handler configured to receive product order information specifying a plurality of product orders and input parameter information associated with each product order, a job dispatcher configured to create a plurality of jobs based on the product shipment information and the product order information, a modeling tool configured to model each job as a separate constrained linear optimization problem, and a linear solver configured to solve each constrained linear optimization problem based on the input parameter information and the product shipment information including generating a delivery plan for each product order within a respective job that matches at least one incoming product with a corresponding product order over a period of time. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100993 | Product Purchase in a Video Communication Session - Various implementations for purchasing products in a video communication session are described. In one example implementation, a system provides a video communication session stream associated with a multi-user video communication session to a client device of a user for presentation. The system analyzes the video communication session stream in real time for a purchasable product being depicted by the video communication session stream and determines product data for the purchasable product based on the analyzing of the video communication session stream. The product data is transmitted by the system to the client device for presentation. The system can receive a product selection from the client device selecting the purchasable product and enable a purchase of the purchasable product by the user. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100994 | BACKEND SUPPORT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY WINDOW SHOPPING - A consumer user can perform a number of augmented reality shopping operations using a local client shopping application executable on a mobile device. Features related to implementations of the current subject matter can include, but are not limited to, the ability to view an augmented reality depiction of a shopping display using the mobile device and to execute various “e-commerce” functions accessible via the augmented reality depiction. Other features of the current subject matter can relate to preparation of the necessary three dimensional models and two dimensional projections of such models for viewing as an augmented reality view of the shopping display. Related methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are described. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100995 | Collection and Use of Consumer Data Associated with Augmented-Reality Window Shopping - A consumer user can perform a number of augmented reality shopping operations using a local client shopping application executable on a mobile device. Features related to implementations of the current subject matter can include, but are not limited to, the ability to view an augmented reality depiction of a shopping display using the mobile device and to execute various “e-commerce” functions accessible via the augmented reality depiction. Vendors can benefit from various data aggregation and consumer incentive features. Related methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are described. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100996 | DETERMINING NETWORKED MOBILE DEVICE POSITION AND ORIENTATION FOR AUGMENTED-REALITY WINDOW SHOPPING - A consumer user can perform a number of augmented reality shopping operations using a local client shopping application executable on a mobile device. Features related to implementations of the current subject matter can include, but are not limited to, the ability to view an augmented reality depiction of a shopping display using the mobile device and to execute various “e-commerce” functions accessible via the augmented reality depiction. Visual image processing based on one or more inputs from sensors on the mobile device can be used to compute and efficiently provide the two dimensional projection of the three dimensional model to be presented on the screen of the mobile device. Related methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are described. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100997 | AUGMENTED-REALITY SHOPPING USING A NETWORKED MOBILE DEVICE - A consumer user can perform a number of augmented reality shopping operations using a local client shopping application executable on a mobile device. Features related to implementations of the current subject matter can include, but are not limited to, the ability to view an augmented reality depiction of a shopping display using the mobile device and to execute various “e-commerce” functions accessible via the augmented reality depiction. Related methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are described. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100998 | FILLING AN ORDER AT AN INVENTORY PIER - A system includes an inventory pier, a mobile drive unit, and a management module. The inventory pier includes a defined area arranged to station an inventory holder. The inventory holder stores an inventory item. The mobile drive unit is operable to transport an order holder. The management module is operable to calculate a metric associated with demand for the inventory item. Based at least in part upon the metric, the management module is operable to select, from a plurality of inventory holders, the inventory holder storing the inventory item to be stationed at the defined area of the inventory pier. The management module is further operable to receive an order for the inventory item and instruct the mobile drive unit to transport the order holder to the inventory pier. The order holder is operable to receive the inventory item from the inventory holder proximate to the defined area. | 2014-04-10 |
20140100999 | FILLING AN ORDER AT AN INVENTORY PIER - A method for fulfilling orders at an inventory pier includes receiving orders. The orders are examined to identify an inventory item stored by an inventory holder stationed at an inventory pier. A first order is grouped with a second order based at least in part upon determining that the first order and the second order include requests for the inventory item. A first container associated with the first order and a second container associated with the second order are arranged on an order holder at an induction station. The first container and the second container are operable to receive the inventory item. The mobile drive unit is instructed to transport the order holder from the induction station to the inventory pier. The order holder receives the inventory item from the inventory pier at a location opposite to the inventory holder. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101000 | ELECTRONIC PRODUCT INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be placed. The area has a length and a depth. The label includes product information printed thereon for identifying the at least one product for display on the shelf, and first and second space indicators for indicating a position, corresponding to a portion of the length of the shelf, at which the at least one product is to be placed. The label is constructed and arranged to have a predetermined length that is coextensive with the portion of the length of the area of the shelf on which the at least one product is to be placed. The first and second space indicators define the predetermined length. The first space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf begins and the second space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf ends. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101001 | INVENTORY POOLING FOR MULTIPLE MERCHANTS - Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing inventory pooling for multiple merchants. A first inventory of an item held at a first fulfillment center on behalf of a first merchant is contributed to a common pool of inventory. A second inventory of the item held at a second fulfillment center on behalf of a second merchant is contributed to the common pool of inventory. Fulfillment of an order placed by a customer of the first merchant is initiated from the second inventory of the item that was contributed by the second merchant to the common pool of inventory. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101002 | INTELLIGENT HANDLING OF UNSTRUCTURED DATA ITEMS - Systems and methods for intelligent handling of one or more unstructured data items may include receiving a request for a buffer. A context for the request may be determined. A sorting input may be received. Based upon the sorting input, a determination of one or more unstructured data items may be made. The determination may be made based upon comparing the sorting input with one or more data elements of each unstructured data item. One or more of the unstructured data items may be associated with a grouping. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101003 | DATA TRACKING BASED ON STATUS - System and methods for tracking data based upon a status. A request for data associated with a status may be received. A set of data structures associated with the status may be determined. The each data structure of the set of determined data structures may be queried for a data element. An output may be generated based upon the returned data elements. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101004 | AGGREGATION OF RELATED DATA ITEMS - A first data item may include data elements and be associated with a first source. A second data item may also include data elements and be associated with a second source. A determination may be made that the first data item and the second data item are related based, at least in part, on determining that a data element of the first data item matches a data element of second data item. A determination may also be made that the first source and the second source are different. The first data item and the second data item having a matching data element and different sources may then be associated with an aggregate data item. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101005 | SELF-SERVICE INTERFACE FOR POLICY CONTROL IN THE CLOUD - One embodiment a method for providing a cloud-based service to an enterprise comprising a plurality of members includes receiving at least a portion of a policy a first user within the enterprise, where the policy defines a limit on usage of the cloud-based service by at least some of the plurality of members, receiving a request for the cloud-based service from a second user associated with one of the plurality of members, and automatically responding to the request in accordance with the policy. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101006 | Pass-Through Entities Visualization - A tax visualization program which uses the SAS Social Network Analytics tool or other link analysis or social network analytics tools, and as a tool for the tax examiner, providing near instantaneous access to the pass-through data related to an individual or entity under tax examination. The pass-through data can provide a view of various patterns of compliance risk, inappropriate/abusive preparer behavior, enterprise ownership and control, as well as provide a diverse network analysis of people, documents, data, and organizational entities. A method which identifies abusive tax transactions by pass-through entities is also included. A system which identifies abusive tax transactions by pass-through entities which interacts with government tax administration agencies and commercial analytical systems is also included. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101007 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA NORMALIZATION, SCALABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY - Methods and apparatus for normalizing data, such as e.g., charts of accounts, across a plurality of entities are provided. In one embodiment, a centralized web application is accessed by an administrative user. A standardized chart of accounts (SCoA) is generated or accessed within the web application. When a financial data file from a remote user is received, a chart of accounts (CoA) is generated for the received financial data file. The SCoA and CoA are displayed to the remote user. The generated CoA is normalized to the SCoA by aligning data fields between the charts of accounts and prompting the remote user to map unaligned fields. The financial data file is modified to match the SCoA based on the normalized CoA. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101008 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER-AUTOMATED ADJUSTING ENTRIES - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums storing computer program code implement methods for providing a computer-aided dual-date system and method for accounting. In some cases, the described systems and methods include steps of receiving a plurality of accounting transactions to a computer device, storing the plurality of accounting transactions, and utilizing the plurality of stored accounting transactions to generate a financial statement. In some cases, each accounting transaction includes two dates, namely a transaction date and an accrual date, wherein the accrual date is for any part of the transaction that is linked to an income statement account. In some cases, the accrual date, unlike the transaction date, may be different for each part within the transaction, indicating when the individual parts of the transaction accrued. Inclusion of the dual dates for each transaction can facilitate generation of accounting reports and statements and other accounting duties. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101009 | AUTOMATIC CALCULATION WITH MULTIPLE EDITABLE FIELDS - A simplified transaction data management system using automatic calculation with multiple editable fields is provided. The system enables a user to manage transactions with a simplified interface, with multiple editable fields and automatic calculation of other fields based on mathematical relations with inputs that are received in any of the other editable fields. For example, either net amounts subject to a tax or gross amounts including the tax may be entered for a transaction, and the other value is automatically computed and displayed. Either value may subsequently be re-entered, and the other value may again automatically be computed and displayed, replacing the earlier input and output. | 2014-04-10 |
20140101010 | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE REPORT PROVIDER - A system for providing a business intelligence report for a user. The system displays a list of available business intelligence reports. The system receives a request, from a business intelligence application, for at least one business intelligence report from the list of available business intelligence reports. The system provides configuration details to the business intelligence application. The configuration details determine a query. The business intelligence application performs the query on business data of a user database. The at least one business intelligence report is based upon the results of the query. | 2014-04-10 |