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| 20100208069 | AUTOMATED UPLOAD OF CONTENT BASED ON CAPTURED EVENT - Systems and methods for automatically capturing, uploading, and publishing content. The system may include one or more monitoring modules for providing captured content to a remote site. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110050410 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF DEVICES - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20140159879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF DEVICES - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140375436 | NODE HAVING COMPONENTS FOR PERFORMING FUNCTIONS AND SOFTWARE FOR CONTROLLING THE COMPONENTS IF THE NODE HAS BEEN REGISTERED TO A USER ACCOUNT AT A REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375437 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING DEVICE OF NODE FEATURING CLIENT APPLICATION THAT DISPLAYS VIRTUAL COMPONENT CORRESPONDING TO PHYSICAL COMPONENT OF DEVICE AND REMOTE SITE LOCATED REMOTE FROM NODE FOR SENDING CONTROL COMMANDS RECEIVED FROM CLIENT APPLICATION TO NODE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module may be stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375438 | METHOD OF REGISTERING A DEVICE AT A REMOTE SITE FEATURING A CLIENT APPLICATION CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING REGISTRATION MESSAGES BETWEEN THE DEVICE AND THE REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375439 | METHOD OF REGISTERING A DEVICE AT A REMOTE SITE FEATURING A CLIENT APPLICATION CAPABLE OF ESTABLISHING MULTIPLE WIRELESS CONNECTIONS FOR TRANSMITTING REGISTRATION MESSAGES BETWEEN DEVICE AND REMOTE SITE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375440 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING TRIGGER EVENT AT LOCATION AND SENDING NOTIFICATION TO REMOTE USER DEVICE FEATURING DETECTING DEVICE FOR DETECTING TRIGGER EVENT AND REMOTE SITE FOR RECEIVING NOTIFICATION FROM DETECTING DEVICE AND SENDING NOTIFICATION TO CLIENT APPLICATION OF REMOTE USER DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375441 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INSTALLING A DEVICE AT A LOCATION FEATURING A CLIENT APPLICATION CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS VIA A CLIENT DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150058406 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MONITORING DEVICE TO OBTAIN INFORMATION SENSED BY A DEVICE COMPONENT FEATURING CLIENT APPLICATION THAT DISPLAYS VIRTUAL COMPONENT CORRESPONDING TO SENSED INFORMATION AND REMOTE SITE FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CLIENT APPLICATION AND DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process. | 02-26-2015 |
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| 20080249896 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING PRODUCTS - A system and method for selling product is provided. In accordance with one aspect, shoppers using an Internet-based commerce site may request custom designed products rather than mass produced products from willing sellers. Shoppers may provide terms under which the custom good must be manufactured. Various systems and methods may also provide a platform for shoppers and sellers to negotiate terms and/or to incorporate negotiated terms into such requests. According to some embodiments, the system and method for selling product facilitates fabrication, delivery and payment for customized goods. In one embodiment, requests for customized goods may be fulfilled by multiple sellers. One example includes multiple sellers fulfilling a custom request, and another includes multiple sellers each producing a part of a desired quantity for a custom request, among other options. One aspect also includes allowing shoppers to request custom made products from one or more manufacturers. One aspect includes placing a public request for bids to manufacture a custom product and accepting offers from manufacturers to fulfill the bids. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20120130847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A method of searching an electronic commerce website includes searching a plurality of user profiles based upon a user-supplied search query for an item, establishing an interactive online session between the user and the at least one search facilitator, and providing for the at least one search facilitator to present one or more suggested item listings to a user through the electronic commerce website. The searching identifies at least one search facilitator profile among the plurality of user profiles. The search facilitator profile represents a search facilitator who can assist the user in locating the item within the electronic commerce website. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120197700 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHOPPING IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A method of shopping within an electronic commerce environment includes enabling a first user of a plurality of users to add one or more items to a virtual shopping cart of the first user that is maintained by a server computer system, generating, by the server computer system, statistical data related to the one or more items, and providing the statistical data to the first user in a web page that is generated by the server computer system. The statistical data includes a total quantity of at least one of the one or more items that are contained in the virtual shopping carts of all of the plurality of users. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197753 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHOPPING IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A method of shopping within an electronic commerce environment includes enabling a first user to add one or more items to a virtual shopping cart using a first user interface that is generated by a server computer system, enabling the first user to enter into a commitment to contribute funds toward a purchase, by a second user, of at least one of the one or more items in the virtual shopping cart using a second user interface that is generated by a server computer system, and enabling the second user to purchase the at least one of the one or more items by exercising the commitment of the first user. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHOPPING IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A method of shopping within an electronic commerce environment includes providing first, second and third user interfaces generated by a server computer system, enabling a user of an electronic commerce website to select an item for sale using the first user interface, providing, to the user, a suggestion for a recipient for the selected item based on a relationship between the user and the suggested recipient, enabling the user to designate the suggested recipient as a prospective recipient of the selected item using the second user interface, and enabling the user to contribute funds toward a purchase of the selected item using the third user interface wherein the selected item is to be shipped to the prospective recipient subsequent to the purchase. The relationship is to be identified using characterization information associated with the user and stored in a database on the server computer system. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120284145 | ITEM DISCOVERY TOOLS AND METHODS FOR SHOPPING IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method includes prompting a first user to select one or more images representing merchandise items, receiving one or more image selections from the first user through the user interface, and determining a shopping preference of the first user based, at least in part, on the image selections. The shopping preference of the first user includes information about the merchandise items represented by the image selections. The method further includes identifying a second user having a shopping preference that is substantially similar to the shopping preference of the first user. The shopping preference of the second user includes information about one or more preferred merchandise items of the second user. The method further includes generating at least one shopping recommendation based on the shopping preference of the second user, and presenting the shopping recommendation to the first user. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120296926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED CONSTRUCTION OF A SEARCH QUERY IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a search query from a user through a user interface of a user computing device, identifying a search term within the search query, the search term including at least a portion of the search query, generating, based at least in part on the search term, one or more alternative search terms that are each different from the search term, and sending, over the communication network, the one or more alternative search terms to the user computing device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20140143085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOPPING BY COLOR - System and method for shopping for products based on color of the product, time of product listing, and/or location of the seller of the product. Seller submits a representation of the product to be listed with an Internet-based shopping site that may include an image of the product. The site may determine one or more color of the product based on a submitted image by examining image pixels. The pixels examined may be chosen to accurately reflect the color of the product rather than the color of an image background or other image element. The color may include a set of the significant colors of the product or a single most significant or average color of the product. Shoppers may then search for products based on a color selected from a to color search interface, a time selected from a time search interface, and/or a location selected from a location search interface. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140297478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING IN AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT - A method of searching an electronic commerce website includes searching a plurality of user profiles based upon a user-supplied search query for an item, establishing an interactive online session between the user and the at least one search facilitator, and providing for the at least one search facilitator to present one or more suggested item listings to a user through the electronic commerce website. The searching identifies at least one search facilitator profile among the plurality of user profiles. The search facilitator profile represents a search facilitator who can assist the user in locating the item within the electronic commerce website. | 10-02-2014 |
