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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150120520 | AGGREGATED BILLING FOR APPLICATION-BASED NETWORK ACCESS AND CONTENT CONSUMPTION - Providing for aggregate billing related to provisioning network access and network content to an application or device is described herein. By way of example, the application or device (e.g., a client, . . . ) can be provided network access at a discounted rate to access content of content provider. The network access can be general access, or can be limited access to one or more web-pages, domains, hosts, etc. in various embodiments. Charges for content consumed by the client can be an aggregated charge that includes charges for the content and charges for the network access. In various embodiments, network access can facilitate a relatively persistent connection to a network, with network access charges aggregated into charges for consumption of online content or utilization of online services, or vice versa. | 04-30-2015 |
20150106502 | DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF CONNECTION PRIORITIES FOR APPLICATIONS OPERATING ON A CLIENT DEVICE - Providing for prioritization of applications operating on a client device with respect to access to online content or services is described herein. By way of example, the prioritizing can be correlated with allocation of network resources for respective applications. An application having higher priority can be allocated a larger amount of resources, a guaranteed amount of resources, a guaranteed quality of service, first access to resources, or the like. Likewise, an application with lower priority can be allocated a lower amount of resources, have best effort resources, access to residual resources, and so forth. In various embodiments, applications can be prioritized based on a status of the application with respect to the client device. As one illustrative example, applications actively receiving content, responding to user commands, or maximized or displayed on a graphic display can be afforded higher priority, whereas inactive or minimized applications can be afforded a lower priority. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106501 | FACILITATING HIGH QUALITY NETWORK DELIVERY OF CONTENT OVER A NETWORK - Providing for improved efficiency in delivery of content over a network is described herein. By way of example, a metric of communication related to electronic communication between a device and a network access point can be obtained and utilized to calculate or infer a resource load associated with delivering the content to the device. If the metric of communication indicates a resource load that exceeds a predetermined measure, a message can be sent to a content server originating the provisioning of content for the device. In particular aspects, the message can instruct the content server to reduce a resource-impacting characteristic of the content, or transmission of the content. The metric of communication can continue to be monitored, and the change to the resource-impacting characteristic can be maintained or revoked based on subsequent indications of the metric of communication. | 04-16-2015 |
20150103754 | BASE STATION CONDITIONS RESOURCE ADAPTATION - Monitoring client traffic at frequencies suitable to infer playback information of applications executing at the client device is described herein. By way of example, network traffic transmitted to a client application can be analyzed to determine an amount of traffic consumed by the client. Based on the amount of traffic and optionally network conditions observed by the client, a suitable resource level can be determined for conveying the traffic to the client. Adjustments to allocated resources can be made, where requested, to improve consumption rates of allocated resources. The resource level can be determined at a frequency suitable to identify changes in playback state of the client application, to provide changes in allocated resource that closely respond to changes in traffic demand. | 04-16-2015 |
20140310151 | MANAGEMENT OF A LINE OF CREDIT OR FINANCE-RELATED OFFER - Techniques for providing automated real-time approved financial offers to communication devices associated with users are presented. An open credit exchange platform (OCEP) includes a credit management component that collects personal and financial information respectively associated with users. Financial service providers associated with the OCEP generate approved financial offers, based on the personal and financial information, and assessment criteria of the financial service provider, and provide these financial offers to the OCEP. The OCEP evaluates the financial offers directed to a user and identifies at least a preferred financial offer for presentation to the communication device of the user. If the user decides to accept the financial offer, the user can enter the user's electronic signature on a contract relating to the financial offer via the communication device, and the electronic signature can verify the user's electronic signature, to facilitate creating a legally binding contract. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308919 | APPLICATION-LEVEL TRUSTED THIRD PARTY SOLUTION BASED ON AN ANTIVIRAL MOBILE CLIENT - An application-level trusted third party solution is provided based on an antiviral mobile client. The system can receive, from an application executing on a mobile device, requests to perform functions controlled by an operating system executing on the mobile device, and send status requests to an antiviral application executing on the mobile device in response to receiving the requests. The system can also receive antiviral status reports associated with the mobile device in response to sending the status request to the antiviral application, and thereafter can forward the antiviral status report to the application, wherein the antiviral status report is employed by the application to perform the functions on the mobile device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140282943 | UNIVERSAL MANAGEMENT OF USER PROFILES - An authentication component to authenticate users can generate a unique identification for a user based on device characteristics, operating characteristics, and the like. The authentication component can provide authentication of a user to applications. Applications can provide a user with personalized content based on the authentication. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282656 | PERSONALIZED VIDEO CHANNEL CONTROL - Video content is identified by a source component via a processor from a plurality of media sources. The media sources can comprise a wireless broadcast media channel, a web site, a web data feed, and/or a wired broadcast channel for communication via a personalized video channel. A profile component can determine user profile data that includes user preferences associated with a first client device for the video content and the plurality of media sources. A control component can generate a set of viewing controls associated with the user profile data that control transmission of the video content via the personalized video channel. A streaming component is configured to communicate the set of predicted video content from the plurality of media sources to a mobile component via the personalized video channel based on the set of viewing controls and the user profile data. The personalized video channel can be re-configured to communicate, at different times, the video content identified from different media sources of the plurality of media sources. | 09-18-2014 |
20140259038 | DEMOGRAPHIC PREDICTION CHANNEL - Video content is identified by a source component via a processor from a plurality of media sources comprising at least two of a wireless broadcast media channel, a web site, a web data feed, and/or a wired broadcast channel for communication via a personalized video channel. A demographic component is configured to classify a user device in a demographic class based on demographic data. A set of predicted video content is generated from the video content of the plurality of media sources based on the demographic data with a prediction component. A streaming component is configured to communicate the set of predicted video content from the plurality of media sources to a mobile component via the personalized video channel and re-configure the personalized video channel to communicate, at different times, the video content identified from different media sources of the plurality of media sources. | 09-11-2014 |
20140250229 | DATA ACQUISITION PERTAINING TO CONNECTIVITY OF CLIENT APPLICATIONS OF A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK - Providing for external control of data network client resources for application-based client network access is described herein. By way of example, the external control can be implemented by a third party service provider in conjunction with delivery of content to the client devices. The external control can be provided over a network gateway, for instance, and facilitate a proxy access to resource allocation components of the data network, or alternatively a direct communication access between the resource allocation components and third party service provider. The external control enables a content service provider to allocate resources on an as-needed basis to subsets of client devices requesting such content. Billing for data network resources as well as for service provider content can be reconciled among the respective networks and client according to a predetermined billing arrangement. | 09-04-2014 |
20140249977 | INTERACTIVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION INTERFACE - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing an interactive financial interface that uses messages sent to and from financial institutions to view account information and interact with accounts at disparate financial institutions. The interactive financial interface can display balances of the accounts at the financial institutions, combined or individually, the interface can also show spending history, income history, and trend information which can be used to facilitate making financial decisions. Charts and graphs showing spending history and trends can also be sorted and filtered based on a number of criteria to better show relationships and patterns in the transaction history. Based on the trends and patterns, the interface can also provide recommendations to accomplish financial goals. The interface can also facilitate two-way communications with the financial institutions and instructions and commands can be sent to the financial institutions via the interface. | 09-04-2014 |
20140245334 | PERSONAL VIDEOS AGGREGATION - Media content programming and portions of the media content programming are aggregated and communicated via a single communication channel based on a user profile. Various channels of video content are selected for viewing content. A channel is configured to communicate various programming according to video content and/or a media source. The channel can be configured with video content from media sources such as from various broadcast channels, news feeds, web page feeds, social network feeds, online subscription services, and the like. User profile data provides access to one or more of the media sources for video content. The user profile can include user preferences for content, times and/or media sources from which the content is viewed from. Multiple personalized channels can therefore be configured and personalized according to the user profile. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244498 | BANK TRANSACTIONS FEED - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing a banking transaction and feed display system are provided that allow a user to visualize and interact with a financial transaction feed displayed on a mobile device. The feed displays a list of transactions made over a defined period of time, and the user selects different views, grouping the financial transactions by type, by recipient, by donor, by amount, and so on. The banking transaction and feed display system provides a rich set of tools to allow the user to customize the views and quickly display a desired format. The system also enables peer to peer payments to contacts stored in an address book on the mobile device. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244476 | CONTINUOUS DIALOG TO REDUCE CREDIT RISKS - A financial interaction related to personal data analytics and behavioral data is facilitated. The financial interaction drives behaviors to affect a real-time credit risk, and provides direct feedback during the financial interaction. The system operates as a personal companion for assisting clients with personal financial decisions as well as personal interactions according to personal data and behavioral data learned about the user. Communications from the system can be initiated to facilitate a conversation according to data learned, such as personal data, user preference data, and behavioral data from different financial transactions. Based on continued interactions with the user, estimates can be made of a financial score and rewards or stimulus can be presented to the user. | 08-28-2014 |
20140237570 | AUTHENTICATION BASED ON SOCIAL GRAPH TRANSACTION HISTORY DATA - Techniques user or user device authentication using data based on social associations and interactions of users or user devices are presented herein. In an aspect, a method includes receiving social graph transaction history data associated with a user identity of a user and contact information associated with the user identity, wherein the social graph transaction history data includes data relating to usage of the contact information for communication between users via respective user devices. The method further includes analyzing the social graph transaction history data, and based on the analyzing, determining a degree of confidence that the user identity is authentic. | 08-21-2014 |
20140201766 | PLAY USAGE STATISTICAL SYSTEM - Viewing history regarding one or more instances of media content is generated for subsequent analysis. The viewing history is developed based on recording timestamps associated with one or more instances that viewing of the media content is interrupted, paused, terminated, etc. The timestamps can be supplemented with metadata associated with the media content (e.g., media title, genre, duration, actor, actress, etc.) along with information collected from the communication system conveying the media content. By data mining the timestamps in conjunction with other pertinent data it is possible to determine why a viewer may not have viewed the media content in its entirety, as well as recommend future content. Analysis of the viewing history can be performed in conjunction with previously stored viewing histories, along with other viewers viewing histories, etc., to gain a broader understanding of a viewing history for a given media content. | 07-17-2014 |
20140172689 | FUNGIBLE MONETIZATION OF MEDIA - Flexible managing and monetizing of multimedia content are applied in a distribution network. Credit amounts to charge to accounts are determined. Content servers can determine alter access to and ownership of services and/or multimedia content. Services and content can be purchased and/or altered during multimedia playback. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172622 | SELECTING AND SCROLLING MEDIA CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS - A media content item is associated with one or more of the media content items based on a similarity of a feature of the media content items and displaying such one or more media content items as a scrollable set of image icons. Also, the scrollable set of image icons can enable playback, rewind, forward, search, pause, or record for selection at a user device. In an aspect, a shopping bag component can enable selection of a subset of the media content items for storage in association with bag data representative of a bag, wherein the subset of the media content items associated with the bag data are at least one of stored, accessed, shared, or purchased by the user device. Furthermore, in an aspect, the subset of the media content items associated with the bag data are searchable as a scrollable set of image icons for selection at the user device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140165170 | CLIENT SIDE MOBILE AUTHENTICATION - Techniques to facilitate user authentication on a mobile device executed on the client side are provided. An embodiment includes a subscriber identity module device, comprising at least one memory to store computer executable components and user information representing a user identity associated with a device with a subscriber identity module interface with which the subscriber identity module device is configured to be employed. The computer executable components comprise a local server component configured to, as facilitated by a processor of the device communicatively coupled to the at least one memory, at least receive a hypertext transfer protocol request message for the user information from an application of the device over a local area network, and provide the user information to the application over the local area network using the hypertext transfer protocol in response to receipt of the hypertext transfer protocol request message. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164764 | ASSIGNMENT OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE AND QUALIFICATION FOR RELATED SERVICES - Technologies are generally described for security algorithm methods in issuing, managing, and using digital certificates in online transactions. Certificate holders can be identified based on the device ID from the equipment they are using to access online services. The equipment can be previously linked to an identity known by the equipment service provider. A consumer can then authorize the using of the digital certificate associated with their device in online transactions. Third parties can then trust the identity behind the digital certificates and accept their use in identifying a private party and performing a transaction with that party. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164507 | MEDIA CONTENT PORTIONS RECOMMENDED - Media content portions are generated based on received message inputs having words or phrases. The media content portions are recommended based on predetermined criteria, classification criteria, and/or user preferences. The media content portions are identified and extracted among media content based on predetermined criteria that can include a match of audio content with the words or phrases of the received message inputs. The media content portions correspond to the words or phrases of the message inputs and can further be recommended to a user based on additional criteria. The media content portions that are recommended can be included in multimedia message, which can be further communicated. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164506 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE HAVING PORTIONS OF NETWORKED MEDIA CONTENT - A multimedia message is generated according to media content portions identified by a message input including words or phrases. The media content portions are extracted from among media content based on a set of predetermined criteria, such as a matching of audio content of the media content. The message input can include home video content, audio content, image content, and other media content. A social networking component can publish shared media content portions to a social network or data store and enable access to the shared media content portions. A multimedia message is generated having one or more of the shared media content portions that correspond to words or phrases received in the message inputs. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164373 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DESCRIPTION TAGS AND/OR MEDIA CONTENT IMAGES - Systems and methods for associating tagged data in media content and/or media content images are disclosed herein. A tag is assigned to a content element in a media item. The tag is associated with one or more other tags based at least in part on information associated with the tag. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164371 | EXTRACTION OF MEDIA PORTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CORRELATED INPUT - A multimedia message is generated with a set of media content portions that corresponds to a set of inputs. Media content portions are concatenated together to generate a continuous stream of media extracted from different media content. The media content portions are extracted to correspond to words or phrases of the set of inputs. The media content portions are identified and classified according to a set of predetermined criteria. The order of the media content portions can be modified and different video and/or audio portions can be selected to correspond with the words or phrases. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164176 | FAST-CHECKOUT USING SMART CART - Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to fast checkout using a smart cart. A forward facing radio frequency identification (“RFID”) reader component can read a first set of RFID tags and generate a first set of items based on RFID information read from the first set of RFID tags. A rear facing RFID reader component can read a second set of RFID tags and generate a second set of items based on RFID information read from the second set of RFID tags. A shopping cart list component can and remove items to a set of shopping cart items based on updates received from the forward facing RFID reader component and the rear facing RFID reader component regarding the first set of items and the second sets of items. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164175 | SHOPPING CART LIST - Shopping cart lists at a retail store are provided relative to limits. A customer can use their own smart phone, for example, or a proprietary store device to scan products as they are added to a shopping cart. Prior to adding products, the phone or device can be personalized with the customer's payment information. The device can determine a transaction limit based on the customer's payment information. As products are added to the shopping cart, the customer can be alerted regarding the reaching of the transaction limit. The device can also give suggestions to the customers of items to be removed from the shopping cart to stay within the transaction limit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164174 | FAST-TRACK PAYMENTS - Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to fast-track payments at a retail store. Identification data can be received related to a user of a personal shopping device wherein the identifier includes payment preferences associated with the user. The personal shopping device can be personalized with the identification data. A shopping cart list can be dynamically received from the personal shopping device. A checkout request can be received from the personal shopping device. The checkout request can be processed based on the shopping cart list, using, at least in part, the payment preferences associated with the user. An area around the user at a security checkpoint can be scanned. An exit list can be identified based on the scanning. The exit list can be compared to the shopping cart list. Upon the list and the shopping cart list not matching, remedial action can be taken. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164144 | SPONSORSHIP OF MEDIA DESCRIPTION TAGS - Systems and methods for managing and/or controlling tagged data in media content are disclosed herein. A tagging component assigns a tag to a content element in a media item. A bidding component determines a sponsor for the content element. A presentation component presents the tag with information regarding the content element. The information regarding the content element is determined by the sponsor. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163980 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE HAVING PORTIONS OF MEDIA CONTENT WITH AUDIO OVERLAY - A multimedia message is generated according to media content portions identified by a message input. The media content portions are identified from among media content that can include videos, images, and audio content that is associated or not associated with the media content portions respectively. The media content portions correspond to words or phrases of the message inputs. A multimedia message is generated having one or more of the media content portions corresponding to words or phrases received. Audio content of the media content portions can be separated and reassembled with different media content portions than originally associated with. The multimedia message comprises the media content portions having different audio content portions than initially. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163957 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE HAVING PORTIONS OF MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON INTERPRETIVE MEANING - Disclosed are systems, devices and techniques that generate a set of media portions associated with a set of message inputs for a multimedia message based on a meaning of the words or phrases in the message inputs. A semantic component can determine segments of media content according to words or phrases that are different from words or phrases received. The semantic component is configured to determine portions of media content that convey the same meaning as the words or phrases received, and a multimedia message is then generated with the media content portions. | 06-12-2014 |
20140163956 | MESSAGE COMPOSITION OF MEDIA PORTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CORRELATED TEXT - Disclosed are systems, devices and techniques that generate a set of media clips associated with a set of text inputs for a message called a cinegram. A user, for example, provides a textual word or phrase, or a vocal word or phrase as input, in which an apparatus, in response to the input, associates a set of media clips with the input. The user can modify the sequence of the media clips, modify which media clips are associated with which word or phrase, and/or modify a set of classification criteria for modifying the type of media clips generated for a message. The set of media clips is presented in a defined order and formulates segments (e.g., words, phrases and the like) of the textual overlay in order to present a continuous stream of video comprising multiple different media clips associated with words and/or phrases of the message. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161423 | MESSAGE COMPOSITION OF MEDIA PORTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH IMAGE CONTENT - Disclosed are systems, devices and techniques that generate a set of media portions associated with a set of message inputs for a multimedia message. A set of images can be received and spliced so that a set of media content portions are generated from the set of images, which can include video content, picture content, drawn content, other image content, as well as audio content associated or not with the set of images. Media content portions are generated from the set of images received and correlated with a word or phrase to identify the portions. A set of message inputs is received, in which the multimedia message is generated from with the media content portions identified. The user can modify the sequence of the media clips, modify which media clips are associated with which word or phrase, and/or modify a set of classification criteria for modifying the type of media content portions generated for a message. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161356 | MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE FROM TEXT BASED IMAGES INCLUDING EMOTICONS AND ACRONYMS - Disclosed are systems, devices and techniques that generate a set of media portions associated with a set of message inputs for a multimedia message based on an emoticon or an acronym. A text based message can be received having an emoticon or acronym. The emoticon or acronym is identified in the text based message. A splicing component extracts a set of media content portions from media content, in which the media content portions correspond to the emoticon or acronym received. A multimedia message is generated with the media content portions to convey the text based message as a multimedia message. | 06-12-2014 |
20140149281 | SIGN INTERFACE CONTROL WITH OPTIONAL PAYMENT - An interface control is activated to provide a signature to a legal document, an application for a contractual obligation or other document requesting legal signature, in conjunction with an optional payment mechanism. The interface control initiates facilitation of signing of the document or application, and optionally enables payment for the document, application or associated product or service. A client signature generated from a client with a client device and purchasing data of the client are provided in a transaction in response to activation of the interface control. | 05-29-2014 |
20140122695 | DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR NETWORK CONTENT DELIVERY - Providing for dynamic allocation of network resources for delivery of network content is described herein. By way of example, network resources can be correlated with real-time network conditions, and monitoring of the network conditions can be employed to track availability of subsets of network resources. Where a subset of network resources allocated to support a particular application is available, the subset of resources can be allocated to one or more client devices, on demand. Where insufficient resource availability exists, resources can be freed up from other subsets of network resources to bolster availability of requested resources to support an application, or a demand for resources can be rejected. Billing for network resources can be in part or in total based on resources consumed, among other dynamic factors, in addition to or in lieu of static factors. | 05-01-2014 |
20140108214 | FINANCIAL PLANNING BASED ON CONTEXTUAL DATA - A financial planning system uses contextual data about a user to help create and modify a financial plan to achieve a financial goal. Financial goals can include money saving goals, investment goals, loan payment goals, and goals to purchase or rent goods, property and/or services. In some embodiments, the financial planning system can create a collaborative financial plan to create a financial plan for a group of people to achieve a shared financial goal. Contextual data, such as banking information, social network activity, past activity, preferences, etc., can be used to shape the financial plan to make it more effective and efficient. Banking accounts, social network accounts, loyalty program accounts, and others can be linked to the financial planning system to enable the financial planning system in gathering contextual background information. | 04-17-2014 |
20140101039 | CONVERTING PAPER INVOICE TO ELECTRONIC FORM FOR PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT THEREOF - Remote processing of paper invoices online is described. In an aspect, a device can receive an electronic image representative of an invoice associated with a user of the device and a payee, send the electronic image of the invoice to an online accounting system, wherein the online accounting system converts the electronic image of the invoice into an electronic form, access accounts associated with the user of the device, accessing the electronic form of the invoice, and authorize payment of the invoice, including authorization of an electronic transfer of money from at least one of the accounts to the payee. A list of payees can also be received, and the payee can be selected from the list of payees. The selection of the payee can be sent to the online accounting system, which links the payee to the invoice. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101012 | ONLINE CATALOGS AND COLLABORATIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing collaborative financial planning system for online shopping. An input component can receive a set of data related to a collaborative financial goal from one or more participating users (e.g., via user identities) and/or a set of data sources. A goal-setting component can generate a collaborative financial goal associated with an object from an online catalog based on least in part on the received set of data. The collaborative financial goal can include a description of the object, a set of participating users, and/or a target completion date. A planning component can dynamically generate a collaborative for participating users to achieve the financial goal and an execution component can execute the collaborative plan for the financial goal. | 04-10-2014 |
20140089170 | FINANCIAL ACCOUNT LABELS - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing financial account labeling. A labeling component generates a label for an account based in part on data implicitly or explicitly provided by a user associated with the account, and applies the label to a subset of a set of funds maintained in the account. A rules component determines or infers a set of rules for the label based in part on data implicitly or explicitly provided by the user, a set of rule generation criteria, and/or a financial collaborative plan. An access component controls, based in part on the set of rules, transactions relating to the subset of funds corresponding to the label. | 03-27-2014 |
20140081816 | COLLABORATIVE FINANCIAL PLANNING - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing collaborative financial planning. An input component can receive a set of data related to a collaborative financial goal from one or more participating users and/or a set of data sources. A goal setting component can determine or infer a collaborative financial goal based on least in part on the received set of data. The collaborative financial goal can include a savings and/or investment objective, a set of participating users, a goal description, and/or a target completion date. A planning component can dynamically generate a plan to achieve the collaborative financial goal, and an execution component can execute the plan, monitor progress, and update the plan based on the progress. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076967 | MOBILE DIGITAL SIGNATURE READER - Disclosed are systems and techniques that communicate data from a smart card to a smart card reader component and a computer device for an online application, transaction, or service. A smart card reader component converts data from the smart card to audio data and communicates the audio data to the computer. The smart card reader component is a portable component that communicates account data, personal identification data, digital signature data and authentication data to an online application via a network. | 03-20-2014 |
20140074688 | BEHAVIORAL BASED SCORE - A financial interaction related to a set of financial behaviors is facilitated. The financial interaction drives behaviors to affect a real-time credit risk, and the visualization of alterations (increases and decreases) of the credit risk as direct feedback. The system demonstrates how behaviors identified in the financial interaction affect credit risk. Based on the financial interaction, estimates can be made of a financial score and presented in a display. | 03-13-2014 |
20140059388 | DIAGNOSTIC AND PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to provide an automatic diagnostic data collection system to facilitate diagnosis of technical problems associated with computing device and to facilitate the analysis of marketing and performance metrics of the computing devices. When a user of a computing device calls or accesses a help desk and/or call center, data can be automatically collected from the computing device to allow the help desk operator quickly and accurately diagnose the problem. If no error is specified, general diagnosis data including results of a trace route between a server and the computing device can be collected. If an error is specified, error logs associated with the error can also be collected. The data can be filtered based on a diagnosis request and transferred to the relevant technical support system. | 02-27-2014 |
20140047562 | SELECTIVE PROVISIONING OF ONLINE MEDIA CONTENT - Providing for client-selected user authentication in relation to accessing or acquiring online media content is described herein. In response to an access request transmitted by a client device, a server can determine a type of request employed by the client device and identify a type of media playback device associated with the client. Identification can be based on information specified within the access request, information derived from information pertaining to the access request, information derived from stored associations between access request and types of playback devices, or suitable combinations thereof. Once identified, promotional content or service(s) can be allocated to a subscriber account in response to the access request satisfying one or more criteria. In this manner, a service provider can facilitate client-selection of a mode of user authorization, while incentivizing a particular type of playback device for acquiring content from or generally interfacing with the service provider. | 02-13-2014 |
20140040181 | AUTOMATIC FAQ GENERATION - Generally described is auto generation of an FAQ based on partly textual content. A network service can receive at least partly textual content. A FAQ can be generated based on the content. Questions within the FAQ can be ranked based on popularity, usefulness, etc. When a question in the FAQ is selected, a link can be generated to the portions of the content where the question and answer were derived from. | 02-06-2014 |
20140019342 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND SUPPORTING METHODS AND DEVICES - Electronic payment systems and supporting methods and devices are described. For instance, the disclosed subject matter describes aggregated transactional account functionality configured to receive electronic financial transactions associated with one or more of a set of electronic identifying information such as phone ID, email, instant message, etc. for a user and related functionality. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to system design and tradeoff considerations. | 01-16-2014 |
20130340057 | Image Facilitated Password Generation User Authentication And Password Recovery - User authentication systems and supporting methods and devices are described. For instance, the disclosed subject matter describes image-facilitated generation of user authentication credentials, user authentication, etc. for a user and related functionality, where a selection of images can correspond to a grammatical structure comprising disparate parts of speech according to various non-limiting aspects. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to system design and tradeoff considerations. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339226 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSACTIONS UTILIZING A DATA STORE OF BILLING INFORMATION - Establishment of transactions via a data store, such as a data store, located in a network environment, such as a cloud computing environment is facilitated. The data store can store information about an entity, including information about one or more bank accounts and associated identifying information, and a third party can search the data store to find the entity. The entity can implement various access controls to restrict the amount of identifying information displayed as a result of the search. The third party can add the entity to a private data store based on access controls and verification procedures established by the entity. The third party can also establish transactions, such as electronic funds transfers, with the entity. | 12-19-2013 |
20130317951 | AUTO-ANNOTATION OF VIDEO CONTENT FOR SCROLLING DISPLAY - Generally described is auto annotation of video content for scrolling display. A network service can receive video content. The content can be automatically annotated to generate differing sets of the content. The varying sets of content can be scrolled in a content browser. In response to receiving a selection, from the content browser, of a set of video content among the scrolling sets of video content, the selection can be displayed while the scrolling continues during the display. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317891 | CONTENT RATING AND WEIGHTING SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to provide a content rating system to modify and weight ratings of online content. The content rating system can collect votes and ratings for online content received at a content rating portal, calculate the overall rating, and then weight the rating based on the number of votes collected. The ratings can be weighted downwards to compensate for the less statistically significant ratings. Once the number of votes collected passes a predetermined threshold, the ratings cease to be weighted. The ratings can also receive a confidence score that indicate a reliability or usefulness of the rating. The confidence score can be based on the items being voted on, and the voting history, among other factors. | 11-28-2013 |
20130298216 | SINGLE SIGN-ON ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - Providing for single sign on functionality implemented for a network-enabled display device is described herein. By way of example, single sign on functionality can comprise accessing stored login credentials for a set of online content or service accounts, and initiating login requests to respective online servers for these accounts in response to a successful user verification or successful login to a subscriber account associated with the network-enabled display device. A user profile created for the network-enabled display device can comprise login credentials for online multimedia television content/services, and include login credentials for one or more other online accounts. Thus, upon successfully logging into a user's television services, other online accounts can be automatically logged in and access provided over the network-enabled display device, significantly reducing overhead involved in accessing online content from multiple service providers. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298215 | SINGLE SIGN-ON USER REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE OR CLIENT ACCOUNT SERVICES - Providing for single sign on (SSO) registration for local or network applications in conjunction with a multimedia display device is described herein. By way of example, SSO registration can comprise creating a registration account and linking one or more local or network applications with the registration account. SSO registration can facilitate auto-filling user data requests submitted by registration servers associated with the applications, in conjunction with registering a user for content or services provided by the respective applications. User verification, where requested, can be facilitated by digital certificate or other secure communication. Once registration is completed, a user can access content provided by an application by activating a linked application at the multimedia display device, or a remote device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298155 | VIDEO PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CODE FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVICES - The subject disclosure provides for user account authorization in conjunction with online multimedia television content services. By way of example, a network-enabled television device can request a video identification code in response to a power-on event. A set of video data comprising a picture of a distinct identification code can be received from a network server in response to the request. The video data can be played on a video display of the television device, to facilitate verifying that a user or viewer of the television device maintains a subscription account associated with online multimedia television services. Upon successful verification, the television device can be linked with the subscription account, and promotional content or services associated with the verification can be allocated to the subscription account. | 11-07-2013 |
20130298003 | AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION OF CONTENT - Generally described is auto annotation of content. A network service can receive at least partly textual content. The content can be automatically annotated to generate varying sets of the content. The varying sets of content can include varying levels of annotation to better meet user preferences or device capabilities. One or more of the varying sets of content can be output to a content browser, allowing a user of the content browser to see an annotated version of the content. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297513 | MULTI FACTOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Technologies are generally described for multi factor security authentication algorithm methods in authorizing and using client devices to perform banking transactions. A customer can register and associate a client device with their account. The customer can further create unique login information associated with their account. A customer's login information, client device, and a push confirmation must be verified for accuracy prior to allowing the customer to perform banking operations. Using multi factor authentication process, banking transactions can be performed more reliably and securely. | 11-07-2013 |
20130268953 | USE OF SCORING IN A SERVICE - Systems, methods, and apparatus for dynamically providing an incentive to a customer of a service based on a detected unexpected behavior of the customer are presented herein. A model component can create a model associated with a service based on information associated with a use of the service. Further, a prediction component can predict, based on the model, a behavior of a user associated with the use of the service. Furthermore, a scoring component can identify a deviation from the behavior and determine an action associated with the user based on the deviation from the behavior. In an aspect, the action can be communication of an incentive directed to a network-enabled device. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268551 | DYNAMIC FORMATION OF A MATRIX THAT MAPS KNOWN TERMS TO TAG VALUES - Systems and methods for generating a matrix that maps known terms to tag values based on pre-existing tag value assignments are disclosed herein. A tag finder component receives a term and queries one or more networked data sources to identify a usage of the term and one or more tags assigned to the term in association with the usage of the term. A tag extraction component extracts the one or more tags assigned to the term in association with the usage of the term, and a matrix formation component associates the one or more tags with the term in a data matrix. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268544 | AUTOMATIC FORMATION OF ITEM DESCRIPTION TAGS FOR MARKUP LANGUAGES - System and methods are disclosed for employing a matrix that maps known terms to tag values based on pre-existing tag value assignments in order to automatically assign tags to item descriptions. In particular, the matrix maps terms to tags as a function of pre-existing associations between the terms and the tags in one or more external data sources. A term generation component receives a description comprising a plurality of terms and filters the description to identify a subset of the plurality of terms. A tag assignment component then identifies one or more tags associated with the subset of the plurality of terms in the data matrix and assigns the one or more tags to the description. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268394 | DYNAMIC RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing dynamic recommendations based on psychological types. A dynamic association component can associate recommendation features employed in a network site, such as a web portal, with respective psychological types based on a set of usage data for the web portal and/or the recommendation features. A dynamic feature provisioning component can determine a psychological type corresponding to a user, and provide recommendation features associated with the psychological type to the user during interaction with the web portal. | 10-10-2013 |
20130247078 | EMOTICONS FOR MEDIA - Disclosed are systems and techniques that generate a set of measures for one or more users to rate media content. A user, for example, indicates her emotions towards the media content according to one or more various inputs. As inputs are received, the inputs are analyzed and associated with at least one of the set of measures to rate the media content according to an emotion. For example, the set of measures include images that indicate various emotions. These measures are associated with the inputs received from the one or more users, and used to evaluate the media content according to the one or more users emotions detected. Therefore, potential users have additional metrics for evaluating potential media content before purchasing, viewing, interacting with, or sharing the media content. | 09-19-2013 |
20130218779 | DUAL FACTOR DIGITAL CERTIFICATE SECURITY ALGORITHMS - Technologies are generally described for security algorithm methods in authorizing and using digital certificates to perform banking transactions. A customer can register and associate a personal identification number with a digital certificate. The personal identification number can be used by a client device to generate a certificate request. A request to perform a banking transaction along with a certificate request can be sent to a bank server, where, upon authorization of a valid certificate request, the banking operation can be performed. Using the digital certificate as one authentication factor and a customer login and password as a second authentication factor, banking transactions can be performed more reliably and securely. | 08-22-2013 |
20130179350 | ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE SECURITY ALGORITHMS - Technologies are generally described for security algorithm methods in authorizing and linking devices associated with a customer. A first device can be linked to a customer account. Additional devices can be linked to the customer account. Those devices can be authenticated to perform banking operations using dual factor authentication wherein a customer's login information is a first factor and the customer using a previously authenticated device is a second factor. By using additional methods of authentication, transactions can be done more reliably and securely. | 07-11-2013 |
20130159288 | INFORMATION GRAPH - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques that generate an information graph with associated validation measures related to information obtained from data sources for providing recommendations about a potential candidate for a financial product. Search results are used to gather data associated with a potential client for loan offers. Levels of certainty are initiated from the associations and used to modify the search criteria or identifying data for searching further. A credit worthiness score related to the potential client is configured based on the information graph. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159195 | AUTHENTICATION OF DEVICES - Disclosed are systems and techniques that authenticate and authorize a mobile device to conduct transactions over a network with a banking server. Once a mobile device is authenticated, the server generates a client device identifier and a secret key, which is then stored on the mobile device. In response to a transaction request sent by the mobile device, the server authorizes a session by generating a random code and communicates the random code to the mobile device. By using a combination of the secret key and the random code, the mobile device generates two keys, a hash code and a symmetrical key. The server receives the hash code and the unique client device identifier, and based upon a determination, authorizes the transaction on the banking server. | 06-20-2013 |
20130141456 | AUTOMATIC MODIFICATION OF IMAGE CONTENT FOR DISPLAY ON A DIFFERENT DEVICE - Techniques for automatic modification of an image for display on a different device are presented. A content management component can analyze image content associated with a first image display frame, wherein the image content can be displayed in the first image display frame in accordance with a first subset of display characteristics of a first display. In relation to displaying the image content within a second image display frame on a second display, the content management component can automatically or dynamically modify the image content for display in the second image display frame on the second display so that the image content is displayed in the second image display frame to at least substantially correspond to the display of the image content in the first image display frame, in accordance with a second subset of display characteristics of the second display. | 06-06-2013 |
20130139222 | AUTHENTICATION OF MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed are systems and techniques that generate one-time passwords in a banking server in order to authenticate a mobile device for transactional functions related to a user account. At least two one-time passwords are generated at the banking server and communicated to the mobile device via different communication pathways. A first communication pathway is encrypted and a second pathway is non-encrypted. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139196 | AUTOMATED AUTHORIZATION FOR VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVICE - Providing for automated network-related user authentication in conjunction with video on demand streaming media services is described herein. A network-enabled media playback device, such as a television, can be configured to initiate a network process in response to being powered-on. The network process can facilitate access to a network data store, where stored data indicative of authorization status of one or more user accounts can be obtained, and used for loading account preferences associated with a user. Where no accounts are authorized, a login and authorization message is sent to a communication account associated with the network-enabled playback device to facilitate authenticating and logging a user into the network-enabled playback device. Particular aspects provide for filtering media content based on user preferences and account profile information, and displaying a subset of preferred content, or automatically initiating playback of a selected media program for the user account. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERPRETING RESULTS BASED ON PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA - Disclosed are systems and techniques that generate different sets of attributes for determining a credit worthiness score of a client. A first set of attributes is obtained from reliable data sources having information related to the client's credit score. A second set of attributes is obtained from publicly available data sources. The data is scored with respect to validity and relevancy to the potential client based on associations between the first and second set of attributes. A credit worthiness score is determined according to the first and the second set of data wherein the second set of attributes relates to characteristics of the client different from the first set of attributes. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138554 | DYNAMIC RISK ASSESSMENT AND CREDIT STANDARDS GENERATION - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing dynamic risk assessment and credit standards generation. The risk assessment component can dynamically determine a risk of lending to a potential borrower based on a set of risk assessment criteria, and classify the potential borrower based on the risk. In addition, the risk assessment component can forecast a subset of the risk assessment criteria. A standards generation component can dynamically generate a set of lending criteria for respective classifications of potential borrowers based at least in part on a set of predetermined criterion or previous lending outcomes. An approval component can determine whether the potential borrower is eligible for one or more loans as a function of the set of lending criteria corresponding to the determined classification, and a terms component can generate a set of terms for the one or more loans. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138553 | CREDIT SCORING BASED ON INFORMATION AGGREGATION - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing credit scoring based on information aggregation. An aggregator component can obtain data relating to a user from virtually any open, publicly available, or private sources of information, and generate, or update, a profile of candidate characteristics based on the information obtained. A scoring calculation component can inspect the profile of candidate characteristics, determine a set of factors included in the profile of candidate characteristics that are relevant for a loan or credit eligibility determination, and rate the factors. A credit score for the user can be generated based on the ratings of the factors, and the eligibility of the user for one or more loans can be determined as a function of the credit score. In this regard, banks and retailers can automate credit scoring and loan eligibility determination using information about the applicant that is readily available. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138552 | UNIFIED CHARGING AND CREDIT SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to create and use a unified charging system that provides instant loans in a networking environment. In an example, a loan can be provided when a payment at an online shopping site, such as an online shopping portal, is rejected due to insufficient funds. The loan can be automatic, or the loan can be provided in response to acceptance of a loan offer. In another example, pre-approved credit can be used to pay at an online shopping site when the cash and credit accounts associated with a virtual charging account have insufficient funds to complete the transaction. The payment can consist of a portion, or all of the pre-approved credit. The pre-approved credit can be granted on request, or can be automatically provided based on an analysis of open source information about the holder of the virtual charging account. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137393 | AUTO SELECTION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TRANSPORT MODE - Providing for a point-to-point analysis of available transport modes for a mobile device and a target device is described herein. By way of example, the point-to-point analysis can be performed to determine available transport modes for a mobile communication. A target device can be selected on a user interface of the mobile device, for example, by user input selection in a contact registry. In at least one aspect, a result of the point-to-point analysis can indicate presence of the target device on a network, and availability to receive a call or a message from the mobile device. Optionally, charging rates for the mobile device or target device can be displayed on the user interface. In some aspects, a transport mode selection made at the user interface of the mobile device can override an automated selection, providing user control over conventionally background-only services of mobile communications. | 05-30-2013 |
20130132382 | END CREDITS IDENTIFICATION FOR MEDIA ITEM - Systems and methods for automatically identifying end credits in a media item are disclosed. An analysis component analyzes a media item and identifies a transition point in the media item where end credits begin and a presentation component presents a prompt, such as a survey, based on the transition point. In another aspect, a monitoring component monitors at least one of content or audio of the media item. According to this aspect, the analysis component analyzes the at least one of the content or the audio, identifies a pattern of the media item associated with the end credits, and identifies the transition point as a function of the pattern. In various aspects, the pattern is associated with a streaming of text, a music soundtrack, an absence of speech, an absence object movement, or an absence of an appearance of objects included in the body of the media item. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132360 | ITERATIVE AND DYNAMIC SEARCH OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA BASED ON AUGMENTATION OF SEARCH TERMS AND VALIDATION OF DATA RELEVANCE - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques that generate validation measures related to information obtained from publicly available data sources for providing recommendations about a potential client. Trusted search criteria are used to obtain a set of query results. These results are used to gather metadata associated with a potential client for loan offers. The validation measures are initiated from the associations and used to modify the search criteria or identifying data for searching further. A credit worthiness score related to the potential client is configured based on the validation scores and relevancy of the data. The client information is updated dynamically with continued modification of the initial search criteria in order to alter a scope and improve an accuracy of information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132358 | CONSUMER INFORMATION AGGREGATOR AND PROFILE GENERATOR - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing consumer information aggregation and profile generation. An aggregator component can obtain data relating to a user from virtually any open, publicly available, or private sources of information. A profile of candidate characteristics associated with the user is generated, or updated, based on the information obtained, and the eligibility of the user for one or more offers, such as a loan, can be determined based at least in part on the profile of candidate characteristics. In this regard, banks and retailers can automate an offer decision-making process using information about the applicant that is readily available. | 05-23-2013 |
20130103464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSACTIONS UTILIZING A DATA STORE OF BILLING INFORMATION - Described herein are systems, methods and articles of manufacture that facilitate establishment of transactions via a data store, such as a data store, located in a network environment, such as a cloud computing environment. The data store can store information about an entity, including information about one or more bank accounts and associated identifying information, and a third party can search the data store to find the entity. The entity can implement various access controls to restrict the amount of identifying information displayed as a result of the search. The third party can add the entity to a private data store based on access controls and verification procedures established by the entity. The third party can also establish transactions, such as electronic funds transfers, with the entity. | 04-25-2013 |
20130094642 | CALL SCHEDULING SYSTEM - Disclosed are call schedule systems and techniques for establishing a phone call with one or more participants. A scheduled time can be set for the phone call and one or more messages related to joining the phone call at the scheduled time can be sent to one or more recipient devices. At the scheduled time of the phone call, a notification can be generated to determine whether to start the phone call. In this regard, one or more phone calls can be simultaneously transmitted to the one or more recipient devices in response to an action initiating the start of the phone call. | 04-18-2013 |
20130060708 | USER VERIFICATION FOR ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFERS - Techniques for efficient transfer of funds between parties using personal communication devices are presented. A sender can use a first communication device to transfer funds from an account associated with the sender to a recipient via a communication address associated with the recipient's second communication device even if the recipient is not registered with a financial service provider associated with the account of the sender, without requiring the recipient to travel to a physical office or present a physical personal identification to obtain the funds. A transfer fund request can include the recipient's communication address, and a fund transfer message, comprising a link that facilitates retrieving the funds, can be sent to the recipient's communication address, and the recipient can be validated based on the communication address and/or a validation code. When validated, the funds can be made available to the recipient via an account of the recipient. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060694 | UNIFIED ACCOUNT HANDLING SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to create and use a unified charging system in a networking environment. In an example, a virtual charging card can be created and authenticated, and cash and credit accounts can be associated with the virtual charging card, and billing accounts can also be associated. In another example, the virtual charging card can be used to transfer money from affiliated cash and credit accounts to selected billing accounts, or other virtual charging cards, while anonymizing the transfer process. In another example, the virtual charging card can be used to schedule automatic payments for utility bills, loan repayments, and charitable accounts. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060693 | UNIFIED CHARGING SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to create and use a unified charging system in a networking environment. In an example, a virtual charging card can be created and authenticated, and cash and credit accounts can be associated with the virtual charging card, and billing accounts can also be associated. In another example, a virtual charging card can be initialized when checking out at a shopping portal, and display a list of cash and credit accounts affiliated with the virtual charging card. One or more of the cash and credit accounts can be selected, and payment transferred to the shopping portal via the virtual charging card, masking the identity of the owner of the cash and credit accounts. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060690 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND SUPPORTING METHODS AND DEVICES - Electronic payment systems and supporting methods and devices are described. For instance, the disclosed subject matter describes aggregated transactional account functionality configured to receive electronic financial transactions associated with one or more of a set of electronic identifying information such as phone ID, email, instant message, etc. for a user and related functionality. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to system design and tradeoff considerations. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060689 | ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE - Techniques for efficient transfer of funds between parties using personal communication devices are presented. A first user can use a first communication device to transfer funds from an account associated with the first user to a second user via a communication address associated with the second user's second communication device even if the second user is not registered with a financial service provider associated with the account of the first user. The funds can be sent from the first communication device using the Internet, mobile communication systems, or other communication technology via a message, an email, a voice mail, etc., to the second user, wherein notification of the funds can be sent to the second communication device. The first user can send funds using an account with the financial service provider or an affiliated account, and the second user can have the funds deposited into a desired account. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060684 | CONVERTING PAPER INVOICE TO ELECTRONIC FORM FOR PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT THEREOF - Systems, apparatuses and methods are described for remotely processing paper invoices online. In an aspect, a method comprises receiving by a computing device, an electronic image representative of an invoice associated with a user of the device and a payee, sending the electronic image of the invoice to an online accounting system, wherein the online accounting system converts the electronic image of the invoice into an electronic form, accessing accounts associated with the user of the device, accessing the electronic form of the invoice, and authorizing payment of the invoice, including authorizing electronic transfer of money from at least one of the accounts to the payee. The method can further include receiving a list of payees, selecting the payee from the list of payees, and sending the selection of the payee to the online accounting system, wherein the online accounting system links the payee to the invoice. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060680 | FUNDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Described herein are systems, methods, and articles of manufacture that establish services that facilitate funds management. These services can manage multiple accounts of different types for the same user (either payer or payee). The services can also link a payee account and a payer account to establish electronic funds transfers and other transactions. The services can also facilitate the establishment of an electronic funds transfer through enabling a search for either a payee or a payer according to a criterion. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060679 | THIRD-PARTY PAYMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - Providing for third-party payments for mobile electronic commerce is described herein. By way of example, an electronic transaction initiated at a first subscriber account can be funded at least in part from a second subscriber account. Particularly, the first subscriber account associated with a mobile terminal can select an item for purchase with a content browsing application on the first mobile terminal. A request for payment can be sent from the first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal, associated with the second subscriber account. Funds transferred from the second mobile terminal to a banking account associated with the first mobile terminal can then be utilized to purchase the item and complete the electronic transaction. In an aspect, information pertaining to respective accounts can be masked from respective subscribers to provide financial privacy in conjunction with third party financing of electronic commerce. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060678 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND SUPPORTING METHODS AND DEVICES - Electronic payment systems and supporting methods and devices are described. For instance, the disclosed subject matter describes aggregated transactional account functionality configured to receive electronic financial transactions associated with one or more of a set of electronic identifying information such as phone ID, email, instant message, etc. for a user and related functionality. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to system design and tradeoff considerations. | 03-07-2013 |
20130041901 | NEWS FEED BY FILTER - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for filtering data comprising content requested from a variety of sources, and tracking which of the sources supplied the data and a category that classifies the content. The filtering may comprise implementing a variety of filtering techniques to acquire the content. In this regard, the content can be stored and grouped with other content related to the content in data storage, while discarding a subset of the data not containing the content. | 02-14-2013 |
20130006803 | ITEM SOURCE OF ORIGIN STAMP - Disclosed are electronic systems and techniques for implementing lists that include source of origin information for items added to the lists. A portal can include a component that enables items to be added to lists associated with the portal from a variety of sources, such as social networks, other portals, advertisements, search engines, other users, etc. In this regard, the items can be added to a list with references to the portal, instead of the source of origin, and information relating to the source of origin can be maintained to assist users in future prioritizations of items included in the list. | 01-03-2013 |
20120311624 | GENERATING, EDITING, AND SHARING MOVIE QUOTES - Described herein are systems, methods, and articles of manufacture that facilitate creation, editing, and sharing of video quotes. A video quote can be created based on user input. For example, the video quote can be created based on a time range selected by a user. The video quote can also include comments from the user. In order to create the video quote, the user can be authenticated and/or permissions of the user related to viewing, editing and/or sharing of the video can be verified. If permissions are verified, the user can edit the content of the video quote, for example, by changing the time range and/or including different comments. The video quote can be shared, for example, on a social network and/or via e-mail. | 12-06-2012 |
20120278127 | GENERATING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON DYNAMIC PRODUCT CONTEXT DATA AND/OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY DATA RELATED TO A PRODUCT - Systems and methods are described for generating online product recommendations. A plurality of data objects representative of a plurality of items for user consumption from an online merchant are stored at a computing device. A method then comprises, registering a device associated with a user with the online merchant; and in response to registering the device: associating the device with at least one other device registered with the online merchant associated with an other user in response to selection of the at least one other device by the device, monitoring a first social activity of the at least one other device, wherein the first social activity includes a first activity related to an interaction of the at least one other device with at least one of the plurality of data objects, and collecting and storing first social activity data related to the first social activity of the at least one other device. | 11-01-2012 |
20120275442 | DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF MOBILE DEVICE PROFILES IN A ROAMING NETWORK - Systems and methods for cost-effective phone calls and dynamic provisioning of mobile profiles within a roaming environment are presented herein. A platform component stores multiple profiles for a mobile device and can dynamically reroute incoming phone calls to another profile using a database of stored profiles and a rerouting component. The phone call is rerouted from a first identity of a mobile device that is associated with a first network, to a second identity that corresponds to the second network that the mobile device is roaming in enables the mobile subscribers to bypass the high charges associated with roaming. Furthermore, a roaming platform component can perform location updates on a mobile device, thereby updating the identity of the mobile device's SIM card to ensure that the mobile device has an identity profile that corresponds to a visited network in which the mobile device is roaming. | 11-01-2012 |