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20100332347 | Integrated Marketing System for a Jewel Common Market - An integrated marketing system for a jewel common market has a common marketing jewel source offered by the common marketing head office. The head office has a common market integration server and a full common marketing jewel database. The server has a management system and a website interface. To manage the data, the management system functions to manage the records of jewel enter, selling, and deposit. Customers may get the data regarding the common marketing jewels on the website interface and then purchase a random commonly marketed jewel from the head office or the dealers, or may purchase the commonly marketed jewels directly from one of the dealers. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332348 | Methods and Apparatus for Freshness and Completeness of Information - A system that facilitates publishing and consuming information that is of time sensitivity, for example, price information. Methods are employed to achieve completeness and freshness in information for a given domain. A preferred embodiment is a shopping site that is capable of comparing prices, purchasing bundled products and dealing with coupons. | 12-30-2010 |
20110093361 | Method and System for Online Shopping and Searching For Groups Of Items - An online shopping system and system for searching groups of items is provided which allows the simultaneous purchase of multiple items from multiple shopping websites in one checkout step, allows the tagging of inventory to create searchable, dynamic and remixable, simultaneous multivariately grouped items, allows the aggregation and processing of user browsing behavior to allow the system to make targeted, user-specific recommendations, allows the interfacing of online shopping with social networking and social media. The system also allows users create online “Social Shops” delivering incentivized peer-to-peer shopping and recommendations. | 04-21-2011 |
20110313887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT AND DOWNLOADING THE CONTENT OR A PORTION THEREOF TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method are provided for identifying an article of commerce, e.g., digital media content, and downloading all or part of content related to the article of commerce to mobile devices such as portable digital media players and/or mobile phone devices. The present disclosure will enable a user to find an existing digital entertainment product of interest such as but not limited to a music CD, music DVD, electronic game, text (such as a book,) or a movie/television DVD, to identify that product and then to transfer full or selected content, or associated content, to a mobile device, e.g., a portable digital media player and/or a mobile phone device. The system and method of the present disclosure will provide on the spot delivery of the exact content identified by the user, or a portion thereof, on the user's portable digital device(s). | 12-22-2011 |
20110320318 | CONTEXT-AWARE SHOPPING SERVICES ON MOBILE - A user is alerted on their mobile devices when a desired or potentially desirable item is available for purchase. The user can provide information about what the user is interested in purchasing, such as a general item (e.g., a 32″ LCD television), a specific item (e.g., a white Apple iPad2), a maximum price the user is willing to pay for the item, distance from user, availability (e.g., in stock, available within two weeks, not yet available but will be, etc.). A service provider may run queries to obtain information from merchants and other sellers. When there is a match with the user-specified parameters, the user is sent a notification, such as by SMS, email, voice message, or WAP Push, of the match. | 12-29-2011 |
20120016768 | CONTEXTUAL PRESENTATION ON ELECTRONIC CATALOG PAGES OF INFORMATION REFLECTIVE OF PRIOR ORDERS - An interactive system personalizes pages of an electronic catalog with information reflective of related orders placed by the user. In one embodiment, when a user requests a category page (such as a browse node page, author page, or artist page) of an electronic catalog, the system determines whether the user previously ordered any items falling within the associated category. If any such orders are identified, information regarding the prior order(s) is incorporated into the requested category page. This information may include, for example, an indication of the particular item(s) ordered, and the order date and/or status of each such order. The system may also personalize item detail pages with information regarding any orders placed for the corresponding items and/or similar items. | 01-19-2012 |
20120066094 | PROVIDING TIME-SENSITIVE INFORMATION FOR PURCHASE DETERMINATIONS - A method, system, and medium are provided that are directed to providing a user with time-sensitive information that is usable to determine when to purchase a product. In accordance with embodiments of the technology, exemplary steps include using historical product information to generate time-sensitive information. Moreover, in response to receiving from a user a request to receive information describing a given product, time-sensitive information is caused to be presented. For example, time-sensitive information might be usable by the user to determine when to purchase the given product and an alternative product. | 03-15-2012 |
20120109783 | Product information search - Searching for product information is disclosed, including: receiving a search request that includes at least a desired purchase quantity and a desired unit price; determining a preset purchase quantity that corresponds to the desired purchase quantity, wherein the determined preset purchase quantity is selected from a set of preset purchase quantities and each of the set of preset purchase quantities is associated with a different predetermined number of units; generating a search query that includes at least the determined preset purchase quantity and the desired unit price; and using the search query to search for matching products, wherein a matching product is associated with a unit price corresponding to the determined preset purchase quantity that corresponds to the desired unit price. | 05-03-2012 |
20120123904 | SEARCHING FOR GOODS AND SERVICES BASED ON KEYWORDS AND PROXIMITY - Techniques for keyword-based searching are described. Some embodiments provide a Merchant Information Search System (“MISS”) that allows a potential customer to search for information about proximately located merchants that provide goods and/or services that match one or more keywords provided by the customer. In some embodiments, multiple keywords are associated with individual goods and/or services provided by a merchant. By associating keywords with individual goods and/or services, rather than a category or type of goods, the MISS may provide fine-grained search results that identify merchants that would not have been otherwise identified by category-based approaches to searching. Some embodiments employ other or additional techniques, including proximity-based searching and keyword feedback to improve search performance. | 05-17-2012 |
20120143725 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFLUENCING SEARCH AND SHOPPING DECISIONS IN ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT - Disclosed embodiments relate to an electronic procurement tool that enables the buyer, or purchasing organization, on a near real-time basis, to review or influence the search and purchasing patterns from the supplier(s) catalogs that are enabled through an electronic marketplace using priorities, specified ranks, and promotions. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may allow users to view supplier catalog items that are more relevant to their search criteria and/or that comply with an organization's contract with a supplier. It may also allow users to view popular items in terms of purchase frequency and the average/relevant purchase price or transparently in terms of the preference of the purchasing organization. | 06-07-2012 |
20120158546 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DIGITAL ARTICLES OF COMMERCE WITH A PORTABLE MOBILE DEVICE AND LINKING THE ARTICLE TO A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE - Systems and methods are provided for identifying an article of commerce, e.g., a DVD, book, or grocery item and linking that item to a social networking site by placing a description of the item on the social networking site or automatically setting up a page on a social networking site so that other users can discuss, purchase, rate, and share information on the article of commerce selected. | 06-21-2012 |
20120179578 | PURCHASE HANDOFF IN A TRAVEL SEARCH ENGINE - A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection engine. User actions are detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination is made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information is extracted electronically from third party web sites, direct supplier connections, and intermediate databases. Potential information suppliers are automatically selected in response to the detected user search. Queries are formulated from the user search and transferred to each selected supplier over a network coupling. The queries include a request for information. Responses are received from the suppliers, and the responses are used to generate a result list for the user. The result list includes information and query status information. Further, an electronic link may be provided to a web site of each supplier from which the information was derived. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185358 | Learning as a Service in a Learning Network - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing learning as a service in a learning network. At least certain embodiments connect users with providers of learning content using an online learning marketplace in a web-based user interface that allows users to control content and pace of learning. The learning can be self-directed, through self-paced online courses, as well as live online courses. The platform is configured to fulfill user requests for learning content without regard to location of the content or time of access. The learning content can be decomposed into monetized components, which can be accessed by users on a per-use or per-session basis. | 07-19-2012 |
20120239533 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE THEREWITH - An image of at least one object ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120239534 | DETERMINING COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT CONTENT FROM PRIMARY PRODUCT DOCUMENT INFORMATION AND PROVIDING SUCH COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT CONTENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PRIMARY PRODUCT DOCUMENT, IN AN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT - When purchasing a product or service from an online merchant (“first merchant”), e-commerce consumers might want to purchase a complementary product and/or service not offered by the first merchant. Such consumers are provided with an opportunity to purchase or otherwise learn about such complementary products and/or services, and secondary merchants are provided with the opportunity to sell or market such complimentary products and/or services in a way that would not jeopardize the first merchant's sale, and indeed, in a way that might provide a benefit to the first merchant. | 09-20-2012 |
20120259739 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING PRODUCTS FROM VENDOR WEBSITES - A method for retrieving product codes from a Vendor Website over a network and inserting the product codes into an Affiliate Website. A search of the Vendor Website is conducted based on a keyword list created by a registered affiliate and product codes are acquired including graphic data and descriptive text for products obtained in the search. A unique identification code is inserted into the product codes, which are stored in a products database and displayed along with manually activatable editing buttons which allow the registered affiliate to edit the products database. The products database is uploaded to a server to serve the products database along with the Affiliate Website so that viewers of the Affiliate Website can purchase the products. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265647 | INTEGRATED FINDING EXPERIENCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An integrated finding experience is a workflow configured to facilitate a search by a user for one or more items among many items (e.g., an inventory of items). An integrated finding experience machine may provide one or more user interfaces that support the workflow in presenting information differently as the user progresses through a search process (e.g., a finding experience) with respect to a database (e.g., storing information regarding one or more items). For example, the workflow may include various stages of a search process from defining a query, to refining the query, to visually scanning search results, to displaying details of one or more selected search results, to comparing selected search results to each other. Each stage may have a specialized user interface configured to facilitate one or more user activities pertinent to that stage. | 10-18-2012 |
20120265648 | Web-based Dealership Management System - An integrated web-based dealership management system providing accounting, financial reporting, parts and service sales tracking, vehicle and parts inventory, vehicle sales tracking, and customer management software developed on a relational database on a web server and with web application tools. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271737 | Navigation Device - A navigation device includes: a data storage unit that stores map data including information relating to a map, and information relating to positions and usage fees of facilities; a budget range determination unit that determines a range of budget desired by a user; a facility search unit that searches the facilities under a predetermined search condition; and a display unit that displays a facility list that lists up a facility, for which the usage fee complies with the range of budget, out of the searched facilities searched by the facility search unit is indicated with emphasis. | 10-25-2012 |
20120290439 | DIGITAL DIRECTORY OF BRAND GOODS USED IN MOTION PICTURES AND MEDIA - A method for online marketing may include the steps of collecting procurement data relating to items that are portrayed in entertainment media productions or in public images of a celebrity and electronically correlating the procurement data into a processor searchable data base. The correlated procurement data may be presented on a processor searchable website that is accessible to consumers. An operator of the website may accept online procurement orders from the consumers for any of the items. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290440 | System and Method for the Delivery of Customized Information Related to a Specific Product of Interest to a Consumer - A system and method is provided for delivering customized information related to a specific product of interest to consumer. In practice, the consumer uses a suitably enabled portable, mobile and/or wireless device (e.g., such as a mobile camera phone) to scan or otherwise read a marker associated with a product, retail item or other article of interest. From the marker, a unique ID is obtained (i.e., the marker ID). The marker ID is then used to cross-reference a URL or other like address in a database that relates marker IDs to corresponding URLs. The target URL is returned to the consumer's device and an http session is established with a content management server at the target URL. In one suitable embodiment, the content management server obtains a SKU and/or template web page ID that are associated with the marker ID in a database. Suitably, the SKU relates to the specific product with which the marker was associated. Having in this way determined the actual specific product of interest to the consumer, customized information related thereto can be delivered to the consumer's device, e.g., via a web page optimized for the identified device. Optionally, the web page content and/or template is obtained from a database that associates the same with the template web page ID received by the content management server. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290441 | Using Application Market Log Data To Identify Applications Of Interest - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a query log, the query log including data relating to information input to an application marketplace and one or more applications available through the application marketplace, generating a map based on the data of the query log, for at least one of the one or more applications, identifying one or more applications of interest based on the map, generating an index, the index associating the at least one of the one or more applications to the one or more applications of interest, storing the index in computer-readable memory, receiving a user selection of a particular application of the one or more applications, retrieving the one or more applications of interest based on the particular application using the generated index, and providing the one or more applications of interest for display. | 11-15-2012 |
20120310780 | Pre-Qualifying Sellers During the Matching Phase of an Electronic Commerce Transaction - A system providing seller pre-qualification during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a directory structure comprising multiple hierarchically organized product classes, each product class categorizing multiple products and defining one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The system also includes one or more pointers for each product class, each pointer identifying a seller database in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products categorized in the product class. The system further includes a search interface configured to communicate a search query for product data only to one or more seller databases associated with sellers having seller attribute values matching the specified seller attribute criteria, these seller databases being identified by the one or more pointers associated with the selected product class. | 12-06-2012 |
20120316994 | CUSTOMIZABLE RETAIL SYSTEM WITH REVENUE SHARING - Disclosed are methods, processes, systems, apparatuses, and non-transitory, tangible computer-readable media for facilitating online sales of goods and services, including revenue sharing with non-profit organizations, such as schools or charities. In various embodiments, a revenue-sharing retail system facilitates an organization in proving an online retail interface through which goods or services can be purchased. In various embodiments, the online retail interface may be skinned to look and act like a website for the organization. In various embodiments, the goods or services provided for sale by the revenue-sharing retail system may be specialized goods or services which are associated with the organization, common stock items which carry no particular association, or a combination thereof. In various embodiments, the revenue-sharing retail system may share a portion of revenues received for the goods and/or services with the organization. In various embodiments, the revenue-sharing retail system may facilitate fulfillment of the goods or services. | 12-13-2012 |
20130041778 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING A PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION MADE FOR MATCHING A CONSUMER WISH LIST - A computer-implemented method and system for automatically improving the matched products recommended to a potential buyer by helping the buyer refine his answers to a product discovery questionnaire. One method comprises of processing the consumer's answers to an interactive product discovery questionnaire, identifying answer constraints, searching for reasonable alternative answers and offering them back to the consumer as a questionnaire refinement option. Another method comprises of allowing the buyer to visually navigate different tradeoff axes while viewing newly matched products in real-time during navigation. Accepting these optional refinements will yield superior, better matching products to the consumer, increasing his satisfaction with the product and service, and increasing the conversion rates and ultimately the revenues of the shopping service. | 02-14-2013 |
20130066745 | METHODS AND APRARATUS FOR CATALOG DATA CAPTURE, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION - An invention is described herein that provides methods and apparatus for collecting, distributing and storing product data. A data structure suitable for use in collecting, distributing or storing product data for use in a catalog is disclosed. More particularly, the data structure is based on a data model having one or more classes, where each of the classes has one or more associated categories. The data structure includes at least one class definition, each class definition being arranged to identify one or more associated categories. In addition, the data structure includes a plurality of category definitions, each category definition being arranged to identify an associated attribute group. | 03-14-2013 |
20130080291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING, ORGANIZING AND PRESENTING VEHICLE HISTORY INFORMATION - A system for collecting, organizing and presenting vehicle history information comprises for each vehicle gathering images, audio data and video data relating to the vehicle or the vehicle history events and presenting the gathered data for the vehicle to the user in response to the user request for vehicle history information relating to the vehicle. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080292 | Pre-Qualifying Sellers During The Matching Phase of an Electronic Commerce Transaction - A system providing seller pre-qualification during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a directory structure comprising multiple hierarchically organized product classes, each product class categorizing multiple products and defining one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The system also includes one or more pointers for each product class, each pointer identifying a seller database in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products categorized in the product class. The system further includes a search interface configured to communicate a search query for product data only to one or more seller databases associated with sellers having seller attribute values matching the specified seller attribute criteria, these seller databases being identified by the one or more pointers associated with the selected product class. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085892 | ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE FOR HOSTED SERVICE IMAGES - Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate providing a marketplace for acquisition of service images to be executed in a hosted computing environment. Service image providers submit service images for inclusion in the service image marketplace. Providers may further specify pricing and usage conditions associated with the service images. Customers browse and select service images for hosting on either the marketplace hosted computing environment, or an alternate hosted computing environment. If necessary, customers may submit payment information. The service image marketplace may monitor usage of hosted service images and bill customers according to use. | 04-04-2013 |
20130085893 | ACQUISITION AND USE OF QUERY IMAGES WITH IMAGE FEATURE DATA - An apparatus and method for providing recommendations are disclosed herein. A query image is received from a remote device, the query image comprising an image included in a web page and the image being of interest to a user viewing the web page. Item recommendations corresponding to the query image are provided for automatic display at the web page at the remote device. The item recommendations are obtained by comparing a first image attribute associated with the query image to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images for a plurality of inventory items. Item details corresponding to an item of interest by the user from among the item recommendations are provided for automatic display at the web page at the remote device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130124367 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING INDIVIDUALIZED AUDIO INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK - A system for providing individualized information to a consumer over a network has been developed. The system includes a device, such as a sign, that identifies to a consumer a subject of interest. The device provides a unique identifier associated with the subject that allows the consumer to access individualized information about the subject of interest through a website. The consumer sends the identifier to the system with a mobile communications device and receives the information about the subject in the form of an audio file. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124368 | PERFORMING DEDUPLICATION ON PRODUCT INFORMATION SEARCH RESULTS - Performing deduplication on product information search results is disclosed, including: receiving update information associated with stored product information; retrieving and updating the stored product information and sets of feature vectors associated with the stored product information, wherein updating includes generating sets of feature vectors for any newly added pieces of product information or modified pieces of product information determined based at least in part on the update information; determining correlations between pieces of the updated stored product information based at least in part on the updated sets of feature vectors; and classifying one or more pieces of the updated stored product information into a category based at least in part on the determined correlations associated with the one or more pieces of the updated stored product information, wherein in response to a subsequent search query, a piece of product information is to be selected from the category. | 05-16-2013 |
20130138534 | AUGMENTED REALITY FOR ASSISTING CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS - A portable device which assists shoppers. The device identifies items of merchandise, and retrieves information about the items from a remote location. The items can be identified based on their labels, by image recognition, by their location, by the shopper, or by other approaches. This additional or enhanced information about the items can then be overlaid on the real-time display of the portable device, such that the shopper has access to said information and can associate it easily to the relevant items. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138535 | NETWORK SECURE PAY-AS-YOU-GO SYSTEM - The present technical scheme relates to a network secure pay-as-you-go system, especially to a network secure pay-as-you-go system capable of confirming the identities of buyers and sellers in advance. The system includes a transaction platform unit, at least one buyer processing end and at least one seller processing end. The transaction platform unit provides at least one vending message distribution, and the transaction platform unit has at least one entity account. The buyer processing end can connect with the transaction platform unit through the Internet, and the buyer processing end has at least one buyer bank account of an entity financial institution. The seller processing end connects with the transaction platform unit through the Internet, and the seller processing end has at least one seller bank account of the entity financial institution. The identities of buyers and sellers are confirmed in advance when the entity financial institution opens an account, and buyers prepay money to the network transaction platform when the buyers purchase merchandise, and a network transaction construction end pays money to the sellers after completing the transaction. The system reduces the phenomenon of the transaction on behalf of others such that the security in transaction is improved. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144758 | COMPONENT PART SEARCH SYSTEM WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMUNITIES - A method of providing a searchable parts database includes collecting component part data from a plurality of users to form a component part database. An exclusive group is formed including a subset of the users. User members of the exclusive group are provided with access to the component part data contributed to the database by other user members of the exclusive group. Users excluded from the exclusive group are denied access to the component part data contributed to the database by the user members of the exclusive group. The user members in the exclusive group are enabled to provide images of desired component parts and to search the component part database based upon the images of desired component parts. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151377 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GROUPING MULTIMEDIA FILES FROM PLURAL VENDORS' SERVERS IN MEDIA STORE'S CATALOG - A media store server provides customers' digital information devices with a catalog of multimedia content available from servers of multiple vendors. To provide a unified catalog for the store, the multimedia contents are grouped according to descriptive texts. A descriptive text for a multimedia content item or file is obtained from a vendor's catalog, and the descriptive text is standardized to generate a token for that particular multimedia content item. The multimedia content is classified in an existing catalog group corresponding to an already existent token, if the generated token matches an existent token in the catalog of the media store server. A new group for multimedia content is generated and the particular multimedia content is assigned to the new group, if the generated token does not yet exist in the catalog of the multimedia store server. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151378 | Discovery method for buyers, sellers of real estate - Sellers can, anonymously to buyers if they choose, expose to potential buyers a property that is or may be for sale, with or without a sales price or listing agreement, with as little or as much description of their property as the sellers wish to provide. Potential buyers can identify the location and/or types of properties that they would be interested in purchasing, with as little or as much specificity as they wish, and, at their option, provide information about themselves, such as their financial ability to complete a purchase, to the extent they wish. The system allows sellers to gauge demand for their properties and, if desired, initiate contact with potential buyers who have expressed an interest in purchasing those types of properties. Similarly, the system allows buyers to identify properties that match their interests and, if desired, initiate contact with potential sellers. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159140 | Systems and Methods for Online Matching of Consumers and Retailers - Systems and methods match buyers and sellers of goods and/or services online. More specifically, a website facilitates a search by consumers of retailers for goods and/or services. In addition, the website facilitates the advertising of goods and/or services by retailers. Specifically, a user of the system may search for particular products and services, and/or businesses. Interactive maps provide a user with location information of businesses and/or service providers that fit one or more criteria searched by the user. Icons may be generated on the map, whereupon users may obtain information relating to products or services searched for by selecting the icons. Further information may also be obtained relating to the businesses, service providers, products and/or services of the businesses and/or service providers. Users may select to buy particular products and/or services directly from the businesses and/or service providers, or may tag products and/or services for viewing at a later time. Moreover, users may correspond with others for recommending and/or reviewing particular products, services, businesses and/or service providers. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166415 | Adapting Mobile Catalogs by Filtering for Available Products, Mass Movers and Hot-Sellers - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided generating catalogs for use on a mobile wireless device. The method may include sending, from a mobile wireless device, a request for available to promise information; receiving, at the mobile wireless device, the requested available to promise information; and presenting, based on the received available to promise information, at least one of a first product information and a second product information, the first product information representative of a first product having a sales volume exceeding a sales volume threshold, the second product information representative of a second product having a sales rate exceeding a sales rate threshold. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173428 | AUGMENTING PRODUCT INFORMATION ON A CLIENT DEVICE - Techniques for augmenting information related to a product captured at a client device are described herein. In one aspect, information for the product is captured at the client device. One or more data sources are chosen for extracting additional product data. The one or more data sources are selected from a set of data sources based on a registered characteristic of the data sources. In a further aspect, one or more data queries are sent to the selected one or more data sources, where data queries are generated based on the captured product information. In yet another aspect, the captured information for the product is augmented with the data retrieved by the one or more queries from the selected one or more data sources. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179304 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO CONSUMER ACTIONS - Shopping, the examining and purchase of goods or services from retailers is considered a leisure activity and an economic one with some people considering it recreational and therapeutic and others a task of inconvenience and vexation. Except for the advent of the Internet the fundamentals of shopping have not changed for centuries. However, at the same time the Internet provides unprecedented access to information such as maps, inventory, and pricing to users with fixed and portable electronic devices. Embodiments of the invention allow users to define needs and preferences against which the software application and software system establish results which may be presented to the user in a variety of formats allowing users to plan shopping activities to meet their preferences which may include visiting minimum number of outlets, travelling minimum distance within shopping environment, lowest cost, and stock of outlets as well as comparing Internet and “bricks-and-mortar” retail outlets. | 07-11-2013 |
20130204746 | AUTOMATIC WEB PRESENCE FEATURE DEPLOYMENT - An app store provides a searchable catalog of selectable elements representing programs that provide capabilities for enabling the online presence of a customer, and automatically installs such programs and enables such web presence-enabling capabilities upon selection by the customer of the selectable element. | 08-08-2013 |
20130218723 | GLOBAL SHIPPING PLATFORM - A system and method for a global shipping platform for an online marketplace is described. A transaction between an international buyer and a domestic seller for an item listed by the domestic seller in the online marketplace is generated. A domestic shipping transaction of the transaction is generated for the domestic seller. An international shipping transaction of the transaction is generated for the international buyer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130238467 | OBJECT DISPLAY SERVER, OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD, OBJECT DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING THE PROGRAM - An AR server | 09-12-2013 |
20130246222 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Personalized Haptic Emulations - Methods, systems, and products personalize haptic emulations of merchandise. An association is defined between merchandise item numbers and anatomical identifiers. A query is received for an anatomical identifier associated with a merchandise item number. The anatomical identifier is sent in response to the query to identify an anatomical part associated with the merchandise item number. | 09-19-2013 |
20130268408 | TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING A PRODUCT FINDER - The principles set forth herein describe building a product finder. One aspect comprises receiving a request at a computing device to develop a product finder for a specified product category; receiving input at the computing device to configure the product finder, the input comprising data representing product information associated with the specified product category; developing, via a processor accessible by the computing device, the product finder based on an existing template, wherein developing the product finder based on the existing template reduces writing of computer code; and utilizing the input to customize the product finder. Other embodiments are disclosed herein. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268409 | Network-Based Platform For Storing, Tracking, Sharing And Selection Of Consumer-Defined Preferences - A system and method of enabling user-defined, preference-based retail shopping configured to be directed “outward” from the user—who defines his/her own “preferences” and then utilizes a network-connected mobile device to seek out “bricks and mortar” establishments where these “preferred” products/services may be found. Thus, instead of focusing on ways a merchant can reach “targeted” consumers, this system and method empowers the end-user/consumer to define his/her own preferences and make this information known to the retailers. A user develops a set of product/service “preferences” that are entered, updated, etc. to a network service platform via his/her mobile device. A user may make a recommendation about a product or service to someone in his “retail network”, where this is defined as referral or “ref” (and may also receive “refs” from other network members). | 10-10-2013 |
20130268410 | PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY RELEVANT WEBSITE CONTENT - A method, system and computer-readable device for presenting geographically relevant content are provided. They can include reading a remote internet protocol address of a user computing device based on an initial request for content from the user computer device, determining a primary home airport based on the internet protocol address of the user computing device and searching a database for an available flight and hotel package having a flight originating at the primary home airport. They can also include identifying a preferred flight and hotel package from among a plurality of available flight and hotel packages having flights originating at the primary home airport by eliminating travel packages from among the plurality of available flight and hotel packages that have destinations unlikely to be popular for a particular geographic region associated with the internet protocol address. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268411 | AUTOMATED RANKING OF ONLINE SERVICE OR PRODUCT PROVIDERS - An online computer system is configured to receive requests from seekers for products or services and to provide the seekers and products a place to complete work once connected. The computer system searches through personal contacts of the seekers for trusted providers of the product or service request based on their proximity to the seekers. The computer system is configured to search through contacts within referral networks of the personal contacts for level-1 and level-2 providers of the product or service request. The level-2 providers might be more reliable because they are referred through the personal contacts of the seekers. The providers and referral contacts of the referrals can be rated and then provider candidates ranked according to the associated provider and referral ratings. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275269 | SEARCHING SUPPLIER INFORMATION BASED ON TRANSACTION PLATFORM - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for searching supplier information based on a transaction platform. Each supplier may have one or more product group information and each of the product group information may have its corresponding characteristic weighted parameter. A search request for one or more supplier submitted by a user is received. The search request includes one or more search keywords. A preset supplier information database is searched to find product group information of the suppliers that matches the search keywords. A weighted result of respective matched product group information of a respective supplier is obtained according to its respective characteristic weighted parameter. The weighted product group information of the suppliers is ranked and corresponding supplier information is returned to the user. The present techniques may provide individualized searching functionalities to a buyer and enable the buyer to efficiently and simply find a best supplier. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275270 | METHOD, WEB SERVER AND WEB BROWSER OF PROVIDING INFORMATION - The present disclosure discloses a method, a web server and a web browser of providing information. The method of providing information includes: in response to receiving a webpage access request of a user, obtaining, by a web server, attribute information of second product information that matches with first product information corresponding to a webpage which the user requests to browse; finding second product information which satisfies the attribute information; and sending the found second product information to a web browser used by the user in order for the webpage browser to include the received second product information in the webpage for provision to the user. The technical scheme of the present disclosure solves the problem of repeatedly performing actions (such as searching, clicking, browsing, etc.) by a user in an electronic commerce website and thereby wasting a relatively large amount of processing resources of the electronic commerce website under existing technologies. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275271 | EXTERNALIZING VIRTUAL OBJECT TAGS RELATING TO VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A system and method in a virtual universe system for tagging objects in one virtual world so that avatars in other virtual worlds can search for, review, purchase, and exchange real goods and virtual objects. In a virtual universe having more than one virtual world, an object in one virtual world may be tagged with a seller identification, an advertising location, an item type, and details of the item. The object may then be externalized to other virtual worlds within the virtual universe for searching. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282529 | EXTERNALIZING VIRTUAL OBJECT TAGS RELATING TO VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A system and method in a virtual universe system for tagging objects in one virtual world so that avatars in other virtual worlds can search for, review, purchase, and exchange real goods and virtual objects. In a virtual universe having more than one virtual world, an object in one virtual world may be tagged with a seller identification, an advertising location, an item type, and details of the item. The object may then be externalized to other virtual worlds within the virtual universe for searching. | 10-24-2013 |
20130311333 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR FACT CHECKING WITH A CAMERA DEVICE - A fact checking system verifies the correctness of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317946 | PRODUCT SEARCHING IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, one or more search criteria are received from a mobile device. In response, one or more products corresponding to the search criteria are extracted. Further, a plurality of factors associated with the one or more products are retrieved and weightages are assigned to the plurality of factors. Furthermore, product scores of the one or more products are determined based on the plurality of factors and the weightages. Based on the product scores, the one or more products are presented to assist product searching in retail environment. | 11-28-2013 |
20130332316 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Business to Business Commerce - Included are embodiments for facilitating business to business commerce. Some embodiments include registering a supplier account for a business supplier on an online marketplace, wherein registering the account comprises receiving a catalog of items provided by the supplier, registering a purchaser account for a business purchaser on the online marketplace, wherein the business purchaser represents a business entity, and providing a user interface to facilitate purchase of the item by the business purchaser from the business supplier. Similarly, some embodiments include receiving an indication from the business purchaser of a purchase of the item and facilitating exchange of the item for a predetermined price between the business purchaser and the business supplier. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332317 | Object Information Derived from Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339190 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DIGITAL INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING RETAIL SEARCH RESULTS - A user interface for displaying retail search results is disclosed. The system and methods allow users to search for a plurality of retail items while simultaneously viewing a plurality of search results for each of the plurality of retail items. This interface allows users to easily compare the search results for each retail item, and to purchase a plurality of retail items simultaneously. In one example of the present disclosure, users may enter a plurality of retail items into a shopping list. The system may then display multiple results for each item on the shopping list in a carousel-like user interface, so users may view a plurality of results for a plurality of items simultaneously. | 12-19-2013 |
20140006212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140006213 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140006214 | SERVICE FOR ADDING FUNCTIONALITY TO APPLICATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
20140025539 | ADJUSTABLE PRIORITY RETAILER RANKING SYSTEM - An adjustable priority retailer ranking system that performs a method for generating an ordered comparison list of merchant sources is disclosed. A first unordered list of merchant sources is received from a queried search engine. A location value of an end user is derived. For the merchant sources in the unordered list, a plurality user independent merchant evaluation factors are retrieved, and a plurality of user-independent merchant evaluation factors are generated based upon the location value. Predetermined weights are assigned to the merchant evaluation factors. A merchant ranking score for the merchant sources are generated from a composite of the weights and the merchant evaluation factors. An ordered list of merchant sources arranged according to the ranking scores is outputted to the end user. | 01-23-2014 |
20140046804 | CUSTOMIZING ONLINE AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE SEARCHES - A method for providing notifications related to a vehicle to the consumer, comprising receiving a plurality of activities of a user on a webpage of a web site posting of a vehicle, determining an interest level of the user for the web site posting of the vehicle in view of the plurality of activities of the user, receiving an indication of a change of a status of the web site posting of the vehicle, and providing to the user a notification of the change of the status of the web site posting of the vehicle in view of the interest level of the user, and in response to the indication of the change of the status of the web site posting of the vehicle. | 02-13-2014 |
20140052581 | Systems And Methods For Communicating Music Indicia - Systems and methods for providing a menu permanently stored on a mobile device. The menu provides a ranked music indicia option to review a ranked list of music indicia over a cellular network. The menu further provides a news and reviews option to review news and reviews relating to a music artist or a band over a cellular network. The menu further provides an artist option to obtain information about a music artist or a band over a cellular network. An application provisioning server comprising instructions for (i) receiving a selection over a cellular network and (ii) providing over a cellular network, as a function of said selection, any of (a) a ranked list of music indicia, (b) news and reviews relating to a music artist or band or (c) information about a music artist or a band. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052582 | ONLINE SYSTEM FOR PERSON TO PERSON TRANSACTION - The present document describes methods and systems for matchmaking a consumer searching for a product or a service, to a provider. The present document also describes methods and systems for matchmaking a consumer searching for a product or a service, to a provider, having a traceable and verifiable identification, and within a specific geographical zone. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052583 | Pre-Qualifying Sellers During the Matching Phase of an Electronic Commerce Transaction - A system providing seller pre-qualification during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a directory structure comprising multiple hierarchically organized product classes, each product class categorizing multiple products and defining one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The system also includes one or more pointers for each product class, each pointer identifying a seller database in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products categorized in the product class. The system further includes a search interface configured to communicate a search query for product data only to one or more seller databases associated with sellers having seller attribute values matching the specified seller attribute criteria, these seller databases being identified by the one or more pointers associated with the selected product class. | 02-20-2014 |
20140058899 | INTERACTIVE RETAIL SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT AND INTERFACES EMPLOYED THEREIN - An interactive retail shopping system includes one or more computing devices and a date store operatively coupled to the computing devices. Each of the computing devices includes a processor, memory operatively coupled to the processor and a display device operatively coupled to the processor for exhibiting data and information thereon. The data store includes data and information defining an inventory of merchandise. Each of the processors execute computer implemented instructions that allow consumers to locate, to review and to select merchandise from within the inventory of merchandise, and that allow a retailer to pick and to present the selected merchandise and alternative merchandise to the consumers for purchase within a retail shopping environment. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067611 | SUPPLIER RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND SUPPLIER RETRIEVAL METHOD - A supplier retrieval apparatus is offered which has a control section for accepting an input made by a buyer or a supplier from a supplier information storage portion where classification codes of parts capable of being offered by partner suppliers are stored, a computing section for extracting combinations of classification codes capable of being offered by candidate alternative suppliers in response to an input of retrieval conditions from a buyer and calculating the degrees of similarity with classification codes being capable of being offered from the partner suppliers, and an output portion for outputting the results of the calculations. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067612 | FACILITATING INTRODUCTIONS BETWEEN BUYERS AND AUTOMOBILE DEALERS - System and processes for facilitating introductions between consumers and dealers are provided. In one example method, a vehicle database storing information for vehicles being sold by multiple dealers may be searched using vehicle search criteria provided by a consumer. A list of available vehicles may be returned to the consumer and, in response to a selection by the consumer, the consumer may be deep linked to a webpage of a dealer's website. The number of consumers that are deep linked to a particular website may be tracked, and the owner of the website may be charged accordingly. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067613 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING AN ARCHITECTURE FOR A SALES CATALOG - A sales catalog interface, wherein the architecture allows the user the ability to controllably view the data with certain engines either running or not running, so that certain items of detailed information is either displayed or not displayed to the user. Data from engines may include, price, eligibility, and availability, may be retrieved synchronously or asynchronously, and may be based upon consumer context, such as account type, geography, etc. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ITEM SEARCHING AND LINKING TRANSACTIONS FUNCTIONALITY IN MOBILE COMMERCE - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to facilitating item searching and linking transactions functionality in mobile commerce. In some embodiments, a user device may receive an identification of an item from a user. The user device may receive one or more search parameters. The user device may facilitate a search for the item based at least in part on the identification of the item and the one or more search parameters. The user device may insert the item into a lifecycle shopping list. The user device may store the lifecycle shopping list. | 03-13-2014 |
20140089144 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING A PRODUCT SEARCH USING USER-GENERATED AND CROWD-SOURCED CONTENT - A non-transitory computer-readable medium, method and system for providing results associated with a ranking of a plurality of items of a particular item type can be provided. For example, for each respective item of a plurality of items having an associated cost, it is possible to (i) determining an item utility value for the respective item of the items based on aggregate data associated with a plurality of users without requiring utilization of information particular to each of the users, and (ii) determine a surplus value for the respective item as the item utility value less a cost utility value associated with the cost of the respective item. Further, it is possible to provide the results, based on the respective surplus values, to a particular user of the users. | 03-27-2014 |
20140100991 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF A MARKETPLACE - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108200 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING SEARCH PHRASES - Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for recommending search phrases, a system for recommending search phrases, and a computer program product for recommending search phrases. A method for recommending search phrases is provided. The method includes obtaining subject terms and descriptive terms relating to the subject terms from title information, combining s subject term with a descriptive term to form a set of search phrases, calculating a first appraisal value for each search phrase, the calculating of the first appraisal value comprising multiplying term frequency of the search phrase with an inverse document frequency of the search phrase, determining a second appraisal value of each search phrase, combining the first appraisal value and the second appraisal value of each search phrase to obtain a publisher recommendation appraisal value for each search phrase, and selecting a recommended phrase. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108201 | Method and System for the Location-Based Discovery and Validated Payment of a Service Provider - A method and system for consumers to find service providers is presented. The method and system minimizes the amount of the consumer's time required to find a service provider to provide a desired service. The system employs real-time geolocation information available within mobile devices to increase the efficiency of the process. Either automated or manual two-way communication between consumers and service providers for discovery and payment allows for a quick and easy user experience for all parties involved. | 04-17-2014 |
20140114812 | VIRTUAL SHELF WITH SINGLE-PRODUCT CHOICE AND AUTOMATIC MULTIPLE-VENDOR SELECTION - A retail front-end experience for the user with a multi-seller back-end. A product is displayed on a webpage, and if the user views it, the software automatically selects at least one best supplier for each item and condition (new, used, etc.) for that user, and then displays the one specific price from only those vendors. The price includes the shipping costs from that vendor's location to the user's location. Thus, the back end is hidden from the user—the user is not forced to choose from a list of vendors. The software selects the best vendor based on a variety of criteria, such as item selection (condition, price and version), the geographic closeness of the vendor (reduced shipping costs and/or reduced shipping speed), the reliability rating of the vendor (responsiveness, product description accuracy, etc.). | 04-24-2014 |
20140122298 | Mobile Information Tool System and Method - A mobile information application is generated for use with a mobile information tool on a mobile computing device platform. A reader framework for integrating with one or more platform-independent documents is generated from a platform-independent document generator, and the platform-independent documents are imported into an integrated development environment project. A mobile information application is generated with an application generator from the integrated development environment project, and deployed on one or more mobile computing devices associated with the mobile computing device platform. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SELECTION OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS - Systems and methods for facilitating the selection of a real estate agent online, which includes storing agent location data relating to a plurality of real estate agents, comparing property location data with the agent location data to identify the one or more real estate agents from the agent location data who are the geographically closest agents to the property listed for sale, and displaying at least a portion of the identified real estate agents and information regarding the property through a user interface. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122300 | Retail Website User Interface - In one embodiment, a web page presented to a user includes a header section that substantially spans the top of the web page and provides a menu of selectable options as well as a search input box. A product display region provided below the header displays images and information about a selected product. Below the product display region is a carousel control that shows information about other products in a horizontally scrollable list. Two columns of various types of product review information provided by sources such as professional reviewers, existing owners, and the user's friends are displayed below the carousel control. Below the review information, a sortable and filterable grid of products is displayed such that the user's attention is drawn to the variety of products available for purchase. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129389 | CLOUD SOLUTIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS - Aspects of the disclosure relate to generation of cloud solutions tailored to an organization or an environment thereof. In one aspect, the cloud solution bundles a group of cloud services that can include software applications, professional services, managed network services, and/or infrastructure services. The cloud services that can form a cloud solution can be selected in response to a query associated with an organization or an environment thereof. | 05-08-2014 |
20140136372 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SALES LEADS FOR CEMETERIES UTILIZING THREE-HUNDRED AND SIXTY DEGREE IMAGERY IN CONNECTION WITH A CEMETERY DATABASE - A device and a method for generating sales leads for cemeteries utilizing three-hundred and sixty degree panoramic imagery in connection with a cemetery database is provided where a cemetery database made up of cemetery interment data is combined with three-hundred and sixty degree imagery of the cemetery and a user interface is built to search and view the combined database. By providing access to the combined database and using data request functions in the user interface, sale leads will be generated for the cemeteries. | 05-15-2014 |
20140143093 | KNOWLEDGE PRODUCT TRADING METHOD OF ONLINE STORE - Disclosed is a knowledge product trading method of an online store. The knowledge product trading method as an operation method of an online knowledge trading system includes providing a knowledge authoring application (app), collecting knowledge from a knowledge provider through the knowledge authoring app, providing a knowledge service app, receiving a knowledge query request from a knowledge consumer through the knowledge service app, and selling the knowledge collected through the knowledge authoring app in response to the knowledge query request. | 05-22-2014 |
20140143094 | PROCESSING OF CATEGORIZED PRODUCT INFORMATION - Data processing includes accessing a product category tree, the product category tree comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels. A leaf category level of the plurality of hierarchical levels comprises a leaf category node. The leaf category node includes product information. The product information comprises a plurality of product attribute parameters. The plurality of product attribute parameters comprises standard product information. Data processing further includes selecting, among the plurality of product attribute parameters that correspond to the leaf category node, a representative product attribute parameter that is representative of the product information; and partitioning standard product information of the leaf category node to obtain a plurality of sets using the representative product attribute parameter, wherein each of the plurality of sets includes at least some of the standard product information. | 05-22-2014 |
20140156465 | BUY NOW OPTION FROM MAP VIEW - Product search results may be presented to a user via a map view, with merchants selling a selected product displayed on a map. A buy now button may be displayed for a merchant within the map view, allowing the user to execute a purchase transaction directly from the map view. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164187 | SERVICES MARKETPLACE - A communication system provides a service provider marketplace that includes a data store storing provider data for a plurality of different service providers. A search or selection component provides user interface displays that allow users to search for and select service providers. A payment component provides a mechanism by which payment for the services can be made by the users. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164188 | ONLINE AUTOMOBILE SELECTION AND SALES SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Examples described include online automobile selection and sales systems and methods. Systems and methods disclosed herein may provide a start-to-finish web-based automobile shopping and purchasing experience. Examples described may include a variety of software modules including, but not limited to, a buying module, a selecting module, a valuation module, a financing module, an interface module, and a data integration module. One or more software modules may be integrated into a single module and hosted on the same or different servers. A consumer may be able to obtain a commitment to purchase a trade-in vehicle at a specified price, a commitment to sell another vehicle at a specified price, and an approved financing package without the need for personal negotiations. In this manner, examples of the present invention may facilitate sales of automobiles over the Internet at any time of day or day of the year. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172642 | ANALYZING COMMODITY EVALUATIONS - Analyzing commodity evaluations includes: receiving a commodity evaluation analysis request including information associated with a commodity; obtaining commodity evaluation information associated with the information associated with the commodity of the commodity evaluation analysis request; dividing the commodity evaluation information into a plurality of sentences; comparing a sentence of the plurality of sentences against a stored commodity word bank, wherein the commodity word bank includes a plurality of preset commodity evaluation keywords; including a phrase of the sentence that matches an entry of the commodity word bank in a set of successfully matched commodity evaluation keywords; and providing the set of successfully matched commodity evaluation keywords to a user interface. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT INFORMATION AND RELATED FUNCTIONALITIES - A system and method for allowing a consumer to quickly access product information and/or commerce functionalities as related to one or more products that are associated with an electronic document, such as a web page, that is currently being viewed by the consumer in an electronic document viewing program, such as an Internet browser. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188665 | CrowdChunk System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Searching Summaries of Online Reviews of Products - System, method, and computer program product for researching reviews written online to assess the performance and functionality of digital media consumer products bought online or not (e.g. eBooks, movies, TV shows, music, DVD's, etc.). The system extracts reviews from multiple online sources comprising: online “stores”, professional articles, blogs, online magazines, websites, etc.; and, utilizes sentiment analysis algorithms and supervised machine learning analysis to present more informative summaries for each product's reviews, comprising: a sentence that encapsulates a sentiment held by many users; the most positive and negative comments; and a list of features with average scores (e.g. performance, price, etc.). Additionally, the user may view a separate review detail page per product that provides further summaries, such as a short list of other products that the same reviewer gave a very positive review for the features. The user is then able to purchase the product via a link. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188666 | Methods for Correlating First Mile and Last Mile Product Data - Traceability codes on perishable products facilitate the correlation of product data from the origin of a distribution chain to quality assessments of the perishable products made at points along the distribution chain. The product data is initially associated with the code, the product is marked with the code, and then the product is distributed. Receipt of a code after the perishable product enters the distribution chain establishes an elapsed time. Location information submitted with the code can also establish a traversed distance. A quality assessment submitted with the code can be associated with both time and distance. Consumers, for example, may submit codes, provide assessments and locations, and in return access product data linked to the specific products they consider in retail stores, purchase, and use. Inspectors can likewise submit quality assessments from locations earlier in the distribution chain as well as in retail stores. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195383 | HOME APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR SHOPPING FOR GOODS USING THE SAME - A home appliance includes an input unit arranged on one side of a main body of the home appliance and to receive a designation command for at least one product, a communication unit to transmit information to a server related to a purchase site or receive information from the server related to the purchase site, an output unit to display, on a display screen, a purchase list according to the designation command, and a control unit to control the output unit to display on the display screen. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195384 | MESSAGE BASED GENERATION OF ITEM LISTINGS - According to various exemplary embodiments, an electronic text message is received from a source telephone number, the electronic text message including content describing a product item. A seller of the product item is identified, based on the source telephone number, and the product item is identified, based on the content included in the electronic text message. Thereafter, a draft version of an item listing is automatically generated, where the item listing lists the product item as being for sale by the seller on a marketplace website. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195385 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR SIMPLYING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A method of generating a presentation comprising providing a collection of content where each unit of content has an identifier, providing a seed unit of content that contains references to the said identifiers, searching the existing collection of content for units of content with identifiers that are referenced by the seed unit of content, generating a presentation by gathering all units of content that were found in the said searching, whereby the presentation generated can contain more content than the seed content. Also a method of placing an order comprising providing an item with a plurality of pricing tiers, providing pricing rules for enforcing the said pricing tiers, providing a criterion, providing a method to identify inputs required from the user such that an order can be created that meets the requirements of the user while optimizing said criterion while conforming to the said pricing rules, requesting the said identified inputs from the user of the client system, whereby the user of the client system is not exposed to the pricing tiers and is not able to submit an order that violates the pricing rules. Also an apparatus. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201034 | Private-Party Vehicle Trade Method and System - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory, tangible computer-readable media associated with private-party vehicle owners wishing to trade their vehicle for another private-party vehicle either permanently or temporarily through an online, electronic bulletin board. In various computer-generated embodiments, a user posts their vehicle's features, details, and pictures along with the type of vehicle they are interested in trading for; including if they wish to give or take money with the trade, how far they are willing to travel outside their zip code, and if they seek a permanent or temporary trade. Vehicle matches are then created, published, and shared between users. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201035 | USING MODEL INFORMATION GROUPS IN SEARCHING - Managing user accesses is disclosed, including: determining a matching merchandise category based at least in part on a keyword associated with a query; retrieving a model information group corresponding to the matching merchandise category; extracting at least some attribute information from the model information group based at least in part on a quantity associated with an attribute; and presenting the extracted at least some attribute information from the model information group. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201036 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - It is made possible that a user easily find a part which the user wants to see from contents of information of an item for sale purchased by the user. An information processing apparatus determines whether or not a user who requests contents including information of an item for sale has purchased the item for sale. Further, the information processing apparatus identifies a part that has been seen in the contents on the basis of a history indicating at least a displayed part of the contents after purchase of the item for sale. Then, the information processing apparatus causes the contents to be displayed in a state in which the identified part is seen more preferentially when it is determined that the user has purchased the item for sale than when it is determined that the user has not purchased the item for sale. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207621 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF RETAIL AND WHOLESALE WINE INVENTORY AND A CONSUMER TRACKING SYSTEM DERIVED FROM CONSUMER INITIATED DATA - WineScan is a system of providing a web-based, mobile-enabled wine community for wineries, retailers and consumers. This system uses industry data, consumer preference data and location data stored in a database to provide consumers with personalized location-based wine recommendations. Analysis of the consumer preference data collected provides marketing data back to retailers, wholesalers and vintners. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207622 | INTENT PREDICTION BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM USING DATA COMBINED FROM MULTIPLE CHANNELS - User intent is identified while the user browses online and recommendations are provided to the user. The recommendations are based on the identified intent, interests, and preferences of the user who is performing the searches. The determination of user intent and interests is based on a statistical model derived from data compiled from the user and a plurality of other users. Other resources may also be determined to be relevant, for example, because of past interactions of the user, memberships of the user in ecommerce websites, the user's interests and preferences are similar to those of other users, and so on. The result of the user search is a ranked set of recommendations that is provided to the user. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214621 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PUSHING INFORMATION - A method for pushing information includes obtaining first commodity information including the predetermined characteristic information selected by customers on an e-commerce website; obtaining second commodity information with the same predetermined characteristic information as that of the first commodity information; extracting at least two predetermined attribute information from each of the second commodity information; pushing the second commodity information with the same predetermined characteristic information as that of the first commodity information according to the at least two predetermined attribute information, to make the pushed information meet customers' requirements. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214622 | PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, AND PRODUCT INFORMATION OUTPUTTING DEVICE - To provide product information to a user. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222621 | METHOD OF A WEB BASED PRODUCT CRAWLER FOR PRODUCTS OFFERING - The invention relates to a method of a product crawler having relatively simple automatic program that systematically fetches all the hyperlinks from the view source of the web pages of specific URL or website that has been registered on the service provider's database server through a service provider's website and therein the said service provider's website of which a product search engine being embedded for searching the products that has been offered. The product crawler further analyses the said hyperlinks and then crawls and extracts only their product information related data such as title, description, image, price, model number and save them in the service provider's database to produce finally a product related data index in the search engine repository to display the product related information for products offering and marketing during when user makes substantially same product related query from the service provider's website. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236770 | PROXIMITY DEVICE FOR BUNDLING OF PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES - A process stores, at a data storage device within a product and/or a product package, data associated with a bundle of products and/or services. Further, the process sends, from a proximity-based device within the product and/or the product package, the data to a mobile device when the mobile device is within a proximity to the proximity-based device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244441 | System and Method for Assembling a Shared Shopping Cart - A system and a method are provided for assembling, and publishing, a persistent cart of products online. The cart can have products from a single vendor or a variety of different vendors. When the cart is published, various deals, discounts, and incentives can be offered. An individual who created the cart can be rewarded. A computer readable non-transitory storage medium stores instructions of a computer program that when executed facilitates creation of the cart of items to be purchased and selects the individual or group of individuals to whom the cart is published. The purchasing of a cart does not eliminate the availability of the cart for subsequent users. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244442 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY FILLING A VIRTUAL SHOPPING CART WITH ITEMS - A method of automatically filling a Virtual shopping cart with items. Users automatically fill their Virtual shopping carts with a Predetermined List of Items that are required or recommended to create or complete a Product(s). The Method allows Users to automatically fill their Virtual or online shopping cart(s) with selected items in one easy step. Users can customize a List of Items and then automatically fill their Virtual shopping carts with the customized List of Items in one step. The Invention comprises of the Method of automatically filling a Virtual shopping cart in one step with a Predetermined List of Items, which may be complete or customized, for purchase, comprising of the following steps: Displaying a Predetermined List of Items and information about the items; Allowing a User to customize the group of items; Adding the complete or customized group of items to a Virtual shopping cart in one step. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING MEDIA ASSETS - A search engine, system and method for locating and rating a plurality of electronic mentions of respective ones of a plurality of brands. The engine, system and method includes a web crawl engine that seeks mentions of ones of a plurality of keywords in proximity to ones of the electronic mentions of the respective ones of the plurality of brands, a content reviewer that electronically presents to a manual reviewer the mentions of ones of a plurality of keywords in proximity to ones of the electronic mentions of the respective ones of the plurality of brands, a scoring input for receiving a first of the ratings from the manual reviewer of the mentions of ones of a plurality of keywords in proximity to ones of the electronic mentions of the respective ones of the plurality of brands, at least one electronic rating input for receiving second ones of the ratings of the mentions of ones of a plurality of keywords in proximity to ones of the electronic mentions of the respective ones of the plurality of brands, and a correlator that normalizes the rating by comparing the first of the ratings to the second ones of the ratings, and that correlates ones of the plurality of brands to a desired purchaser profile in accordance with the normalized rating. | 08-28-2014 |
20140249962 | INTERACTIVE PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR A HANDHELD WIRELESS DEVICE BASED ON ITS LOCATION AND METHOD THEREOF - An interactive platform system for a handheld wireless device based on its location and method thereof is provided. The server platform receives a query from the user end and issues a request to the mapping engine. The mapping engine searches the database and issues a list of the vendor ends based on the request and located within an area of a location of the user end. When one of the vendor ends within the list is selected by the user end, an instant messenger is established for communication directly between the user end and the selected vendor end. Also, the vendor end may requests an activity query to the server platform. Therefore, the application program may apply multiple diversification operations and interactive services. | 09-04-2014 |
20140249963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCT INFORMATION AND BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS - A shopping aid for electronically supplying product information is provided. In one aspect of the invention, product, sales, status, availability and/or other related product information may be transmitted locally from a computer system associated with a merchant or from the Internet to a portable electronic device of the consumer. The customer may consult the mobile device as a shopping aid to receive current and accurate information about a product, product status and availability or other information such as compatible products and/or services, promotional or other items of interest useful in making purchasing decisions. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258040 | DYNAMICALLY CREATED NETWORK SITES - Disclosed are various embodiments for dynamically generating a network site for a topic. A set of search terms that are associated with one or more search engines are obtained. A respective set of items in an item catalog that are relevant for each of the search terms are identified. A respective network site is established for each of the search terms when the respective set of items includes at least a predefined number of items. The respective network site offers at least some of the respective items for sale. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258041 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A computerized system for vehicle management and purchase including a database including information regarding vehicles in a set of vehicles, wherein a plurality of the vehicles in the set of vehicles are in arrangements wherein third parties use the vehicles, wherein the information may include configuration of respective vehicles. The system may also include a computer interface that provides access to the description of the vehicles in the database and provides for setting price of respective vehicles, an option on the user interface to search, an option on the user interface to indicate intent to purchase a vehicle, a computer interface that receives information regarding a vehicle returned, and a computer interface to facilitate a purchase of the returned vehicle. | 09-11-2014 |
20140279248 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULTS INCORPORATING SUPPLY CHAIN INFORMATION - A systems and methods for providing a search refinement tools that incorporate contextual information, such as supply chain information is disclosed. In general, the example methods and systems provide the customer with the ability to refine search results on an e-commerce website using previously stored historical supply chain information. Supply chain information refers to historical information about a purchaser and the purchaser's previous purchases. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279249 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING THIRD PARTY PRODUCT CROSS REFERENCING - An third party cross-referencing functionality related to an item number directed to a product within an electronic catalog hosted by a vendor system is presented on a client computing device in a page providing an access point for searching an item. The system allows a customer to enter a vendor or non-vendor specific item number into a vendor system and have the provided number display a catalog page and/or item information related to the item number to the user whether the displayed data is vendor information or non-vendor information alike. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279250 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Delivering Tailored Content Based Upon a Service Dialog - The present disclosure identifies and/or delivers tailored content based upon a service dialog. For example, the systems may receive a request for tailored content, facilitate a service dialog to obtain information related to the request, and communicate a plurality of tailored content based upon the information related to the request. Further, the systems may identify tailored content based upon a consumer profile, communicate the tailored content to a web client, and/or receive a selection of the tailored content. Further still, the systems may modify a magazine (e.g., content that is presented electronically) based upon tailored content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279251 | SEARCH RESULT RANKING BY BRAND - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing search results, particularly product records from a product database. For an individual query, relevant search results are identified and brands corresponding thereto are also identified. Brands are then ranked according to the popularity and representation in the search results. Popularity may be a function of click-through rate for results corresponding to a brand as well as a function of sales and cultural popularity. One or more brands are selected according to the ranking. Search results filtered according to one or more selected brands are transmitted to an author of the query. Results may be transmitted with interface elements for selecting a brand to invoke display of search results belonging to a brand. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279252 | System and Method for Aiding User In Online Searching and Purchasing of Multiple Items - A system and method for searching for and/or purchasing multiple items on the Internet is provided. The system identifies a plurality of purchasing alternatives based on predetermined criteria and allows the consumer to select from among the purchasing alternatives to purchase the desired items. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279253 | System And Method For Providing Commercial Functionality From A Product Data Sheet - An electronic commerce system configured to implement a product ordering method for receiving a product search inquiry from an input device, displaying a plurality of products in a product listing available from purchase based on the product search inquiry on an output device, receiving a selection of a product, and displaying a first product information page including at least a product name, a product price, general product information, a first product ordering link for accessing a product ordering interface and a product information detail link. The system further includes a secondary product information display system configured to display a product datasheet including the product name, the general product information, product technical information and a commercial function display including at least one of a second product ordering link for accessing the product ordering interface and an inventory reporting display. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND PROVISIONING PRODUCTS - Aspects of the present disclosure disclose systems and methods for providing order configuration platform that automatically enables communications service providers to define and configure products and/or services and subsequently offer such products and/or services to customers in near real-time. Additionally, the order configuration platform may enable customer to submit order for the various products and/or services. More particularly, one or more interactive interfaces, dynamically driven by a products catalog, may be generated that enable communications service providers to automatically process orders received from customers for such products. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAYERED VISUALIZATION OF POINTS OF INTEREST DATA - A system and method for layered visualization of points of interest data may include receiving an indication of a search location; presenting a user interface on a display device of a computing device, the user interface including: indicia representing a plurality of property listings overlaid on a map according to the search location; and a list view of the plurality of property listings overlaid on the map, wherein each property listing in the list view includes an image associated with a property listing of the plurality of property listing; receiving an input gesture on an image of a first property listing, of the plurality of property listings, in the list view; and in response to receiving the input gesture presenting a second image of the first property listing in the list view. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279256 | LOCAL PRODUCT SEARCH BASED ON PHOTO SHARING SERVICE ACTIONS - Information about user actions with respect to one or more photos on a photo sharing service may be received. A user intent regarding a first of the one or more photos may be determined. A product in the first of the one or more photos may be identified, and the product may be matched to a further product on a local search service. A local search may be performed on the matched product on the local search service, to locate one or more stores local to a user's current location that have the matched product in stock. The results from the local search may be displayed to a user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279257 | CONTENT CURATION AND PRODUCT LINKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method of operating a user-searchable database system of curated, themed digital content data, which method includes operating a Connects function to process and store heterogeneous digital content comprising topic data as curated topic data and identified connections between each topic and other topics, and operating a user interface to enable users to search the curated topics and present a search results page in a way that invites further investigation of topics searched, including a list or compilation of topics matching terms defining the search. The method also includes displaying topic elements corresponding to the list or compilation of matching topics in prioritized order based on each topic's relatedness to the search. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279258 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING COST OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP - Systems and methods for estimating the cost of vehicle ownership wherein, in one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor that is coupled to a network interface, a data storage device and an output device, the processor being configured to receive information identifying a user-specified vehicle of interest and interval of interest. The processor uses this information to identify and retrieve pre-calculated data items that are stored in the data storage device, and to request external data items from an external data source and receive the requested external data items via the network interface. The processor computes cost-of-vehicle-ownership (COVO) components for the vehicle of interest, sums the components to determine an overall COVO, and outputs the components and overall COVO to a user via the output device. The user may provide further input to modify the COVO calculation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING VENDORS WITH CUSTOMERS THROUGH A VIRTUAL INTERFACE - The disclosed embodiments relate to connecting real-world vendors with customers through a virtual interface using a computer-implemented method executed by one or more computing devices, an apparatus comprising one or more processors and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors, and at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions. An exemplary method comprises receiving, through a virtual interface, information from a user regarding a desired product or service, providing, through the virtual interface, information to the user regarding one or more real-world vendors offering the desired product or service, and enabling interactions between the user and at least one of the one or more vendors offering the desired product or service through the virtual interface. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279260 | BUSINESS PROMOTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - The present invention provides a business promotion system and a method thereof. The system includes a profile creator module configured to facilitate creation of a user profile, wherein the user profile comprises a set of user desired products, services, and related attributes of the products and services. A locator module configured to facilitate a web search to locate and analyze one or more vendors comprising said user desired products, services, and related attributes of the products and services. A communication module configured to communicate information of the one or more vendors to the user via a preferred communication mode and an execution module configured to allow the user to purchase at least one of said products and services and complete the purchase transaction. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297476 | RANKING PRODUCT SEARCH RESULTS - Ranking product search results is disclosed, including: determining a plurality of sample pairs corresponding to a query word; determining a plurality of feature score values corresponding to a set of ranking features associated with the query word for each product associated with each of at least a subset of the plurality of sample pairs; and determining a set of weightings corresponding to the set of ranking features based at least in part on the plurality of feature score values and ranking priority assignments corresponding to the at least subset of the plurality of sample pairs. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297477 | Pre-Qualifying Sellers During the Matching Phase of an Electronic Commerce Transaction - A system providing seller pre-qualification during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a directory structure comprising multiple hierarchically organized product classes, each product class categorizing multiple products and defining one or more attributes of the products categorized in the product class. The system also includes one or more pointers for each product class, each pointer identifying a seller database in which product data enabling a product transaction is stored for products categorized in the product class. The system further includes a search interface configured to communicate a search query for product data only to one or more seller databases associated with sellers having seller attribute values matching the specified seller attribute criteria, these seller databases being identified by the one or more pointers associated with the selected product class. | 10-02-2014 |
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 |
20140304116 | LIFE ADVISOR APPLICATION FOR TASK COMPLETION - A life advisor application may provide unified user interface pages for acquiring products or services that are used to accomplish multiple life activity tasks. The application may present user interface items for accessing the application. The user interface items may correspond to unified user interface pages for requesting product or service information that are aggregated from multiple data providers. Each unified user interface page may facilitate the accomplishment of a category of life activity tasks or a specific life activity task. When a selection of a user interface item is received, the application may be launched to receive a query for products or services that facilitates a life activity task associated with the selected user interface item. | 10-09-2014 |
20140316945 | PROVIDING GIFT CLUSTERING FUNCTIONALITY TO ASSIST A USER IN ORDERING MULTIPLE ITEMS FOR A RECIPIENT - A method and system for creating of gift clusters of multiple items in a client/server environment by users, and for the ordering of such user-defined gift clusters of multiple items. In particular, a user can specify multiple items to be associated together as a gift cluster, and can also specify a variety of descriptive information about the gift cluster. That user or another user can then order the gift cluster as a gift for themselves or for another recipient, and may also order the gift cluster for the same or different recipients multiple times. The descriptive information can provide various information about how the gift cluster is to be used, and can also assist the user or others in identifying when the gift cluster is appropriate for a recipient. When customers are later searching for appropriate gift clusters, the various categorization or other descriptive information can then assist is identifying appropriate gift clusters. The gift clustering functionality may be provided by and work in conjunction with a particular item ordering service, or instead may work independently from any particular item ordering service. | 10-23-2014 |
20140316946 | EVENT-DRIVEN SALES PLATFORM AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online marketplace where second-hand sellers can attract and notify buyers of their inventory. An item can be added to the market place by a seller using the seller's computer. Alternatively, the seller can advertise a sale of multiple items using the online marketplace. A buyer can browse items and sales using the buyer's computer, can choose to add items to wish lists or watch lists, and can purchase items directly from the online marketplace. Alerts are sent to the user when items added to the watch lists or wish lists are altered to change quantity, quality, or price information. | 10-23-2014 |
20140316947 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Delivering Tailored Content Based Upon a Service Dialog - The present disclosure identifies and/or delivers tailored content based upon a service dialog. For example, the systems may receive a request for tailored content, facilitate a service dialog to obtain information related to the request, and communicate a plurality of tailored content based upon the information related to the request. Further, the systems may identify tailored content based upon a consumer profile, communicate the tailored content to a web client, and/or receive a selection of the tailored content. Further still, the systems may modify a magazine (e.g., content that is presented electronically) based upon tailored content. | 10-23-2014 |
20140316948 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Delivering Tailored Content Based Upon a Service Dialog - The present disclosure identifies and/or delivers tailored content based upon a service dialog. For example, the systems may receive a request for tailored content, facilitate a service dialog to obtain information related to the request, and communicate a plurality of tailored content based upon the information related to the request. Further, the systems may identify tailored content based upon a consumer profile, communicate the tailored content to a web client, and/or receive a selection of the tailored content. Further still, the systems may modify a magazine (e.g., content that is presented electronically) based upon tailored content. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324631 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING CONTENT PROVIDERS WITH POTENTIAL PURCHASERS - Systems and methods for connecting content providers with potential purchasers are described. A method may include receiving content submissions from first users that includes contact information, content, information regarding the content, and descriptive keywords regarding the content. The method may further include directing a storage device to store the content submissions in a database configured to be indexed for searching search criteria based upon the content submissions and receiving search requests from second users that includes request criteria corresponding to a desired search result. The method may further include searching the database for search criteria corresponding to the request criteria to obtain content submissions, directing a display to display the content submissions, and receiving a selection input that corresponds to an indication that one of the content submissions is desired. The method may further include directing the display to display information corresponding to the desired content submissions. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324632 | Product Search System, Product Search Server, Product Search Terminal, Product Search Method, and Storage Medium - This product search server is provided with: a WEB server which communicates with an exhibition terminal and a product search terminal; a control unit which performs processes in response to a request such as product offering, search, order, etc.; a clock which holds and returns the current time; an product-offering DB which accumulates offered-product information, registration time, latitudes and longitudes of registration places, and contact information of registrants; and a mail server which transmits order notification. With this structure, the offered product of the entry is displayed only when the distance (unit: kilometer [km]) from the entry registration place to the search place is less than the square value of the elapsed time (unit: hour [H]) from the entry registration to the search, so that the searcher located at a shorter distance from the seller can acquire the right of order earlier. | 10-30-2014 |
20140337175 | Universal Electronic Payment Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The UNIVERSAL ELECTRONIC PAYMENT APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“UEP”) transform touchscreen inputs into a virtual wallet mobile application interface via UEP components into purchase transaction triggers and receipt notices. In one implementation the UEP provides, via a user device, a product information search request; and obtains, in response to the product information search request, information on a first product for sale by a first merchant and a second product for sale by a second merchant. The UEP generates a single purchase transaction request, using the information on the first product for sale by the first merchant and the second product for sale by the second merchant. The UEP provides, via the user device, the single purchase transaction request for payment processing. Also, the UEP obtains an electronic purchase receipt for the first product for sale by the first merchant and the second product for sale by the second merchant. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337176 | Performing Image Searches In a Network-Based Publication System - Methods and systems to perform image searches in a network-based publication system, such as image searches for items available for purchase via the network-based publication system, are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access an image of an item, identify a purchaser of and/or user associated with the item in the image, query, using the image, a collection of images whose contents include items that are associated with the purchaser and that are offered for purchase by a network-based publication system, and match the item in the image to one or more of the items offered for purchase based on a result of the query. The network-based publication system may then present the matched one or more items, or recommendations for the matched items, to a user that provided the image. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337177 | ASSOCIATING ANALYTICS DATA WITH AN IMAGE - A device and method of capturing one or more images and determining associated interest information are provided. After receiving a data input, an item is identified based on the data input. Subsequently, an instruction to capture an image of the item is received and the image of the item is captured in response thereto. An interest level of the item is measured based on a quantity of times that the image of the item is captured and the interest information is then provided to a server device. The interest information may be used to identify an interest level trend of the item, and/or create or update a user profile that stores information regarding the item. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337178 | System, Methods, and Apparatus for Interactive Advertising - The present invention relates to a system and methodology for searching and presenting merchant and advertised information to a user over a wide area network such as the Internet. The system and method actively links manufacturer and merchant information within a search query so as to enable a user to conduct more efficient searching when seeking products or services in a proximity or geographical area. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344114 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEGMENTING QUERIES - Apparatus and method for segmentation of text-based user input are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a text snippet is received from a search interface. The text snippet may include a plurality of units that are each separated by a separation character. A plurality of unit groupings are then generated from the plurality of units. Each unit grouping is scored based on a frequency that the unit grouping is present in a buyer vocabulary and further on a frequency that the each unit grouping is present in a seller vocabulary. A segmented version of the text snippet is generated based on the scoring of the plurality of unit groupings. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351090 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PRESENTATION OF ITEMS - Methods and apparatuses for presenting a user interface for visual search results are described herein. The methods include indexing a plurality of metadata values of each of a plurality of items and generating a plurality of item categories based on the plurality of metadata values, and determining a primary item category and a subordinate item category from the plurality of categories. The methods also include presenting, in a search window, a primary row comprising a first plurality of metadata icons, wherein each of the first plurality of metadata icons is indicative of one of the plurality of metadata values associated with the primary item category, presenting, in the search window, a subordinate row comprising a second plurality of metadata icons, wherein each of the second plurality of metadata icons is indicative of one of the plurality of metadata values associated with the subordinate item category, and presenting, in a results window, the plurality of items associated with the first plurality of metadata icons and the second plurality of metadata icons. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED WEB SCRAPING - A method includes obtaining information associated with a product, service, or event. The method also includes scraping data based on the obtained information substantially concurrently from two or more web pages associated with websites that list a same product, service, or event to produce scraped data for the same product, service, or event from each corresponding web page at substantially a same time. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351092 | Methods, Systems, and Media for Marketing Beauty Products and Services - Methods, systems, and media for marketing beauty products and services are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, systems for marketing beauty products and services are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor that is configured to: receive a set of credentials associated with a beauty service provider; retrieve, from a database, a profile associated with the beauty service provider in response to receiving the set of credentials; cause the profile associated the beauty service provider to be presented; receive a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of beauty products; receive at least one video corresponding to creating a makeover using at least one of the plurality of beauty products; receive at least one specialist tip relating to the beauty service provider; and store, in the database, the plurality of images, the video, and the specialist tip in association with the profile associated with the beauty service provider. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351093 | CHAT ENABLED ONLINE MARKETPLACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of this disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method including the step of receiving a search query for a user; providing, on a graphical user interface, a chat option to chat with one or more other users based on the search query; and generating a chat session between the user providing the search query and the one or more other users based on a user selected chat option. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CATEGORY DISPLAYING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Users are enabled to select a category with more ease than in the past. An information processing device estimates, for a target category that is one of a plurality of categories which have a tree structure including a plurality of hierarchy levels and to each of which one or more objects belong, whether a user is knowledgeable about categories below the target category, based on an input from the user, and controls whether or not display means displays the categories below the target category, based on whether or not the user is estimated as being knowledgeable about the categories below the target category. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358733 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REFINE SEARCH INFORMATION - Methods and systems to refine search results were described. The system communicates a first user interface to a mobile device that includes search results that include data items. The system receives a first request from the mobile device that includes an indication of at least one swiping motion that is applied across a touch-sensitive screen on the mobile device. The mobile device is associated with a previously selected refinement and corresponding value. The system filters the search results. The refined search results include a second plurality of data items based on the previously selected refinement and the corresponding value. The system generates a second user interface that includes the refined search results. The system communicates the second user interface, over the network, to the mobile device. The second user interface includes the refined search results that include the second plurality of data items to display on the mobile device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365336 | VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE PRODUCT DISPLAY WITH MOBILE DEVICE INTERACTION - A virtual interactive product display is provided. The interactive display includes a display screen and a plurality of sensors, including video cameras or motion sensors. The sensors provide gesture recognition, face recognition, and other types of gesture analysis. Three-dimensional rendered images are generated for a plurality of retail products. A customer can view the 3D images on the interactive display, and manipulate the images using natural gestures. Image manipulation may include rotating the object, virtually operating the product, or manipulating two or more images at the same time. Multiple products may be displayed in a side-by-side product comparison. A mobile device is provided to facilitate using the interactive display. The device may be used to search for products. The customer can then select products on the device and send images of the products to the interactive display. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365337 | Systems and Methods for Online Matching of Consumers and Retailers - Systems and methods match buyers and sellers of goods and/or services online. Specifically, a website facilitates a search by consumers of retailers for goods and/or services. In addition, the website facilitates the advertising of goods and/or services by retailers. More specifically, the website facilitates consumer and representative communications regarding inquiries relating to the searching, advertising, locating, matching, and purchasing of goods and/or services. Even more specifically, a user of the system may search for particular products and services, and/or businesses. Additionally, the user of the system may ask a representative to aide them in locating particular products and services, and/or businesses. Further information may also be obtained relating to the businesses, service providers, products and/or services of the businesses and/or service providers. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372255 | EMBEDDABLE MEDIA CONTENT SEARCH WIDGET - A system and method are disclosed by which a first computer system that is associated with a first organization provides a software component to a second computer system that is associated with a second organization, where the software component, when embedded and executed within a user interface provided by the second organization, includes in the user interface a first link to a first media content item and a second link to a second media content item. In one implementation, the first media content item and the second media content item reside in a data store associated with the first organization, and the first media content item and the second media content item are selected from a plurality of media content items based on content in the user interface. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICALLY BUILDING WEIGHTED SEARCH QUERIES - A system and method allows a user to define a search request by selecting and weighting graphical icons provided on a search creation interface. The graphical icons may be selected by using an icon selection feature provided on the search creation interface. The graphical icons may further be assigned relative search weights using an icon weighting feature provided on the search creation interface. The system and method generates search results based on metadata associated with the selected ones of the graphical icons and the search weights assigned to each of the selected ones of the graphical icons. The search results may comprise a ranked list of items, such as products listed for sale on an e-commerce server. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012386 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, SEARCH DEVICE, SEARCH METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus may include a control unit to control display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and to control display of a search result according to the search information. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019380 | Dynamic Array Presentation and Multiple Selection of Digitally Stored Objects and Corresponding Link Tokens for Simultaneous Presentation - A system and method for the multiple selection of digitally stored objects and the link-tokens of each selected object for simultaneous presentation and examination of the selected objects with their associated linked objects and information, including organized array presentation for graphical thumbnails that represent the selected objects, as well as sub-framing, which allows intelligent partitioning of information associated with an object. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019381 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VENDOR ASSURANCE - Methods and systems for identifying and coordinating vendors capable of providing a product or service associated with a transaction. Specifically, the invention includes methods and systems for creating order profiles used to select vendors for providing products or services available according to the transaction. A product or service related to the completion of the transaction is selected, a vendor ordering profile is selected, a vendor is selected according to a distribution selection method or by selection of a user, and the selected product or service is ordered from the selected product vendor. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026012 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE PRESENTATION OF STOREFRONT IMAGES - An search query may be received from a user device, the search query indicating retail-related search criteria. A user device may be caused to display a search result based on the search query. The search result may comprise one or more search result items respectively comprising a storefront image representing a storefront of a corresponding brick-and-mortar store. A respective plurality of merchandise items may be visible in each storefront image. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026013 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COGNITIVE VISUAL PRODUCT SEARCH - A visual product searching apparatus includes a product area determining part, a visual word generating part and a product searching part. The product area determining part extracts a product area in an input image. The visual word generating part generates a visual word reflecting human visual cognitive characteristics based on the product area. The product searching part searches a product using the visual word. | 01-22-2015 |
20150039473 | NEAR-DUPLICATE FILTERING IN SEARCH ENGINE RESULT PAGE OF AN ONLINE SHOPPING SYSTEM - Reducing near-duplicate entries in online shopping system search results. For each pair of entries in a set of entries, each entry characterizing a product in a data store of an online shopping system and each entry characterized by a set of attributes, determining a distance between the entries in the pair based on the attributes. Determining entry clusters from a graph formed with each determined distance as an edge between nodes representing the entries used to determine the distance, each entry cluster identified by cluster identifier. Returning an ordered list of results responsive to the query from the data store of an online shopping system, filtered as a function of at least one of the distance and the cluster identifier. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039474 | PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR TEXT CAPTURE FROM A RENDERED DOCUMENT - A facility for initiating a purchase is described. The facility receives a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device. The facility identifies in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product. In response to identifying the reference, the facility presents to the user an opportunity to place an order for the established product. If the user accepts the presented opportunity to order the distinct product, the facility orders the distinct product on behalf of the user. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039475 | POINT OF SALE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND PURCHASING DIGITAL CONTENT - A system for sampling and purchasing digital content includes at least one processor, at least one computer-readable tangible storage device, and program instructions stored on the at least one storage device for execution by the at least one processor. The program instructions include first program instructions configured to receive data indicative of a keyword. The program instructions further include second program instructions configured to identify digital media content associated with the keyword. The program instructions further include third program instructions configured to communicate data indicative of a hyperlink, wherein the hyperlink is configured to link to sample content associated with the digital media content. The program instructions further include fourth program instructions configured to receive payment confirmation. The program instructions further include fifth program instructions configured to communicate data indicative of instructions for accessing the digital media content. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046289 | Personal Merchandise Cataloguing System with Item Tracking and Social Network Functionality - An online personal merchandise cataloguing system is equipped with integrated item tracking and hosted (or imported) social network functionality. The system comprises an internet application with a supporting backend network, the pertinent configuration and operation of both being substantially under the control of an individual retailer. Accessible through an internet browser or a smartphone “app”, the internet application is configured to provide a user with means for listing or otherwise cataloguing items of merchandise. In combination with and supported by the retailer's backend computer network, the internet application enables the user to share his online catalog with an extrinsic social network and to track cataloged items. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046290 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELEVANT SEARCH RESULTS - Systems and methods for determining search results. The method may include receiving an at least partial search term, and identifying keywords based on the at least partial search term, wherein each keyword has an associated keyword measure based on the number of times each keyword has been previously searched for within a predetermined time period. For each keyword search results associated with the keyword may be identified, wherein each result has an associated search measure. A relevance measure may be determined for each result using the keyword measure the search measure, and used to provide at least one of the results as a search result for the at least partial search term. | 02-12-2015 |
20150052019 | System and Method for Multiple Weighted Factor Routing Schemes in Heterogeneous Fulfillment Networks Serving Multiple Clients with Distinct Routing Policies - An enterprise fulfillment system for order fulfillment from a heterogeneous fulfillment network is shown having a server configured to connect to a communication network to communicate with an ordering system and obtain inventory data from the nodes of the fulfillment network. The server receives a customer query regarding a product from the ordering system, identifies nodes in the fulfillment network stock of the product, and scores fulfillment options from the fulfillment network based on a routing schema. The server replies to the ordering system with rank ordered fulfillment options. The system may provide independent routing schema for different clients that provides different fulfillment options from the fulfillment network for each client. An interface may be provided permitting the routing schema to be revised by a client or based on dynamic data. The fulfillment network may include nodes from client, enterprise and vendor networks having different inventory, capabilities and cost. | 02-19-2015 |
20150066704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD - Systems, media and methods for presenting information relating to a good for sale are provided. In an example embodiment, a system comprises at least one module, executing on one or more computer processors, to receive from a seller, via a network, product information relating to a good for sale, store the received product information in a database, receive an inquiry from a buyer via a portable wireless communication device, the inquiry including data usable to identify the good for sale, and based on an identification of the good, send, via a network, for display in an interface of the portable wireless communication device, at least some of the information relating to the good for sale. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066705 | ELECTRONIC SEARCH ENGINE WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITIES OF GENERATING VISUAL-ONLY PRODUCT/SERVICE-RELEVANT SEARCH RESULTS CONFIGURED FOR DELIVERY OF PRODUCT/SERVICE- RELEVANT INFORMATION UPON SELECTION THEREOF, AND MOBILE SMART DEVICES AND METHODS OF UTILIZING THEREOF ONLINE - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a method being implemented by an electronic search engine system, including the steps of: storing at least: visual presentations associated with a plurality of providers of products and/or services; and visual presentations of the products and/or the services; causing to concurrently display a first graphical user search interface to a plurality of users to allow each user to submit a search query; based on query data, searching for a subset of providers that offer product and/or service; where each visual presentations associated with each provider is configured to result in displaying the visual presentations of the product and/or the service, in response to a single action performed by such user; causing to display a second graphical user search interface to such user; where the second graphical user search interface displays the visual presentations associated with the subset of providers. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE SHOPPING FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND DO-IT-YOURSELF (DIY) VIDEO FILES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an online shopping system related to a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) project. Metadata is overlaid or embedded in an interactive DIY video file which may be viewed from a social media website. The metadata includes information associated with a set of materials used in the DIY video. A user registers the DIY video file a user web page and the DIY video is played from the user web page. The materials information is extracted from the metadata and displayed on the screen. The system connects to any number of online shopping malls where the DIY materials may be purchased. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073941 | HOTEL FINDER INTERFACE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a search query, where the search query includes one or more terms; identifying one or more locations associated with the one or more terms prior to execution of the search query; providing the one or more locations as query suggestions; receiving a selection of a location; and in response to the selection, determining that the selected location references a hotel and providing a hotel search results interface, the hotel search results interface including a first region displaying one or more hotel listings, where the hotels listings include hotels located within a geographic region containing the selected hotel, and a second region, where the second region is configured to present one or more user selected hotels from the one or more hotel listings. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073942 | PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO A PRODUCT UNIQUE TO A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION - Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing information regarding a product that is unique to a geographical region. In one or more embodiments a method may include determining a location of a user, receiving information indicative of one or more products unique to a particular geographical region corresponding to the determined location of the user, wherein each of the one or more products are offered for sale in the particular region by one or more merchants, and providing information about at least one of the products and about a merchant, from the one or more merchants, offering that product for sale in the geographical region. | 03-12-2015 |
20150088694 | KIOSK NETWORK IN A KIOSK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A kiosk apparatus, method and system of providing and distributing a plurality of items to one or more consumers is provided. Each kiosk in a plurality of kiosks may be configured to communicate with a kiosk management system to provide inventory data, which is provided to consumers such that one or more requested items may be reserved in a transaction. The kiosk may be further configured to interact with the consumer to retrieve the reserved items, where the consumer may use a portable device to interact with the kiosk, or the consumer may be prompted by the kiosk to enter account information and/or a generated code associated with the transaction provided by the kiosk management system. Then, a payment process is initiated with the kiosk management system or other entity, and when the payment process is verified, release the requested items to the consumer. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCH TERM PRIORITIZATION - A query for product search includes multiple search terms. A priority among the multiple search terms may be determined based on past queries and the results of the past queries. Using the priority of the search terms, better and relevant search results may be returned for the query. Further, the priority of the search terms may be used to implement search term expansion, search term reduction, and search term substitution to suggest relevant alternative queries to a user to improve search results. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095195 | CONTENT DISCOVERY VIA TAGS - Content provided at a venue may be stored to a database by associating the content provided with a content identifier and a venue identifier. In some configurations, the play time indicator may be associated with the content identifier and venue identifier. A query may be received based on a scan of a static, machine-readable computer code. The query may request a search of the database to be performed in order to identify the content provided at the venue. The query may be for content that is currently playing or for content that has been played at the venue within a defined time frame. A response to the query may be provided that identifies the content for the venue. The response may be provided, for example, to a smartphone belonging to a user and may present a purchase option for the content. | 04-02-2015 |
20150127489 | Dynamic creation of temporal networks based on similar search queries - Techniques for creating a user network based on user interest in a product are described. For example, a first search query is received from a first client device. The first client device is associated with a first user. A second search query is received from a second client device. The second client device is associated with a second user. The first search query is matched to a product. The second search query is matched to the product. A user network corresponding to the product is created. The first user is added to the user network based on the matching of the first search query to the product. The second user is added to the user network based on the matching of the second search query to the product. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127490 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD TO RECOGNIZE A PRODUCT - A system, and a method adapted to recognize a physical product at a retailer's physical outlet through a cellular device, having a geographic positioning signaling means, utilized by a user of it. Product price tags are scanned, decoded, and the output data is queried against a product database to search for product matches. If there are multiple matches geographical positioning coordinates from the cellular device GPS, base stations or WI-FI access points are utilized to pick the correct product information in the database, which is then stored in a user database. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127491 | DETERMINING SEARCH RELEVANCE FROM USER FEEDBACK - Disclosed are various embodiments for using relevance indications provided by a user in performing a search. Search results corresponding to a search query are provided to a user of a client computing device. The user provides a relevance indication corresponding to relevance of at least one of the search results. A subsequent search is performed which takes the relevance indication into account. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134488 | SHOPPING TRIP PLANNER - A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142606 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL OF RELATED ITEMS FOR ONLINE AND IN-PERSON SHOPPING THROUGH IMAGE AND CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS - The present invention generally relates to computer implemented and web-based systems and methods for retrieving information based on image and contextual information analysis. Specifically, this invention relates to systems and methods for the retrieval of information on related items for online and in-person shopping through image and contextual information analysis. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142607 | SHOPPING MIND READER - Determining user intent based on current user query behavior comprising receiving from a client machine a plurality of signals indicating current user behavior when querying for items; tracking events of current user behavior indicated by the signals; and recommending items that the events indicate are items intended by the current user behavior. Seller performance may be and used in recommending the items. The recommended items may be ranked by a ranking algorithm that may comprise a boosted rank model algorithm that customizes ranking to each of a plurality of client machines. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149323 | METHOD FOR SURFING PURCHASE INFORMATION ON SHOPPING WEBSITE - A method for surfing purchase information on a shopping website comprises the steps of: logging into the shopping website by account data of a first user stored in a social network site; displaying a user icon of a second user who has purchased an article before in a recommender display area on an article display page of the shopping website to inform the first user that the second user has purchased the article previously; and clicking the user icon to open a dialog window for conversing and interacting with the second user. As such, the first user further learns the evaluation of the second user on the same article to determine whether to purchase the article or not. | 05-28-2015 |
20150294388 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CATEGORY PATH RECOGNITION - A method and server for processing item identifiers, and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining from a user device over a network, by a server, a commodity title input by the user through the user device and performing, by the server, word segmentation on the commodity title to obtain a keyword set comprising keywords comprised in the commodity title. The method also includes determining, by the server, a category path of the commodity title according to the keyword set and a preconfigured commodity category recognition model. The commodity category recognition model comprises correspondences between a plurality of keywords and a plurality of category paths and a counting value of the number of occurrences of each of the keywords under each corresponding category path. | 10-15-2015 |
20150302502 | ELECTRONIC COMPUTER ENGINES FOR ANALYTICAL SEARCHING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides an improved computer system programmed for searching which includes at least the following components: a specialized computer machine, at least one processor for executing a particular program code stored in a memory, where the particular program code is configured to perform the following operations upon the execution: obtaining business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses; generating a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings; associating each business with the rating score; and concurrently conducting a plurality of searches of the business information based on: business identifying search parameter(s) obtained from each consumer, a geographic indication, a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, a rating score filtering parameter. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310526 | INCREMENTAL SEARCHING IN ECOMMERCE - A method for optimizing identification and access to product records in a product database, the method executed as a set of stored instructions by a computer processor to implement the steps of: receiving over a communications network textual information representing a potential portion of multiple different words or phrases, the textual information being a sequence of characters; searching metadata of each of a set of product listings stored in the product database for one or more of said multiple different words or phrases in the metadata matching the sequence of characters by having the sequence of characters included as a portion of the one or more of said multiple different words or phrases; executing a search query against the set of product listings using the one or more of said multiple different words or phrases to return a query search result containing a plurality of product listings matching the search query; selecting a product listing subset from the query search result, each product listing in the product listing subset associated with respective said metadata containing the sequence of characters; sending over the communications network the product listing subset for display on a user interface as a list of user selectable links, each of the user selectable links in the list for each said product listing coupled to a respective product record of the product records; and receiving over the communications network a link selection from the list of user selectable links and returning the respective product record associated with the link selection. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310527 | METHODS OF AUGMENTING SEARCH ENGINES FOR ECOMMERCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - A system for processing a query request on behalf of a user requesting product information, the system comprising: a computer processor for implementing instructions stored in storage to: receive the query request from the user over a communications network, the query including a query term; access product definitions associated with a master and variant record differentiated product database containing the product information for a particular product; compare the query term to the product definitions to determine whether the query term matches one or more master definitions of the product database or one or more variant definitions of the product database; augment the query request based on results of said matches to generate an augmented query request containing augmented query content; send the augmented query request to a search engine for searching against the product database; receive a query result from the search engine containing the product information in response to the augmented query request, the product information including either a representative image of a master record of the particular product from the product database or one or more representative images corresponding to one or more variant records of the particular product from the product database; and send the product information over the communications network to the user for subsequent presentation on a user interface of the user, the product information formatted as a response to the query request. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317714 | FRESHNESS AND SEASONALITY-BASED CONTENT DETERMINATIONS - The relevance or ranking of various dynamically-determined instances of content can be adjusted or otherwise improved based on aspects such as the freshness or seasonality of the content. In many conventional relevance or ranking algorithms, factors such as popularity, performance, and profit are used to determine which content to present to a user, as well as how to display the selected content. Such algorithms do not necessarily reflect domain-specific knowledge very well, and thus fail to accurately select content that is of differing levels appeal at various ages of the content and/or during various seasons of the year. Freshness and/or seasonality adjustment scores can be used to generate improved relevance, selection, or ranking determinations for various categories of content. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324888 | RANKED NAVIGATION ELEMENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for a navigation element generation application. A navigation element comprising a plurality of navigation aids is generated responsive to a search query and other data. A relevance score is calculated for the navigation element. The navigation element is inserted into a ranked list of search result items as a function of the relevance score and communicated to a client. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324889 | Recommendation Systems and Methods Using Interest Correlation - A search technology generates recommendations with minimal user data and participation, and provides better interpretation of user data, such as popularity, thus obtaining breadth and quality in recommendations. It is sensitive to the semantic content of natural language terms and lets users briefly describe the intended recipient (i.e., interests, eccentricities, previously successful gifts). Based on that input, the recommendation software system and method determines the meaning of the entered terms and creatively discover connections to gift recommendations from the vast array of possibilities. The user may then make a selection from these recommendations. The search/recommendation engine allows the user to find gifts through connections that are not limited to previously available information on the Internet. Thus, interests can be connected to buying behavior by relating terms to respective items. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324892 | CONTENT-BASED MARKETPLACE - The present invention generally relates to a content-based marketplace that is designed to provide a place for individuals to post, market and sell user created content. In one embodiment, the present invention is a web-based content marketplace that permits a user to post, market and sell user created content. In another embodiment, the present invention is a web-based content marketplace that permits a user to post, market and sell user created content, as well as a web-based rating service the permits potential buyers to rate user generated content. In still another embodiment, the present invention is a web-based content marketplace for class notes that permits a user to post, market and sell user created content, as well as a web-based rating service the permits both potential buyers to rate user generated class note content and content generators to rate a professor and/or class. | 11-12-2015 |
20150332370 | SMS INTERMEDIATION - A system for receiving, at a server with one or more processors, a request for a respective product page from a first client system. The system then sends the respective product page to the first client system for display, wherein the respective product page includes a send SMS message link. The system receives, from the first client system, a first SMS message, wherein the first SMS message is generated by user selection of the send SMS message link. The system transmits the first SMS message to a second client system associated with a seller of the respective product. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332371 | A Method For Ranking A Plurality Of Real Properties On Offer And A System For Ranking A Plurality Of Real Properties On Offer - Disclosed herein is a system ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150339751 | DYNAMIC PRICING MODEL - A system to provide a dynamic pricing model is described. An item listing in an on-line trading platform may be designated as being a subject to dynamic pricing functionality. When an item listing, that has a dynamic pricing option enabled, is selected for inclusion into the search results, a dynamic pricing system determines whether the search results are to be ordered according to respective prices associated with the listings and whether the listing is at the top of the list of the search results. If the original price associated with the listing is such that the listing would not be placed at the top of the list of the search results, the dynamic pricing system may reduce the price associated with the listing such that, based on the reduced price value, the listing can be positioned at the top of the search results list. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339752 | Deriving Dynamic Consumer Defined Product Attributes from Input Queries - Methods and systems of defining product attributes may involve receiving a search query and extracting a user expectation from the search query. In addition, an attribute may be defined for a product based on the user expectation. In one example, consumer generated content such as forum content, review content, blog content and social networking content, is used to define the attribute. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339759 | DETECTING PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCT UPGRADES BASED ON BEHAVIORS OF USERS - A system may use search refinements to identify new product trends. These product trends may be associated with attributes or product features that may previously have been available, but are newly of interest to a users. The system may compare search refinements used by users during an earlier time period with search refinements used during a more recent time period to identify search refinements that are used more often during the later time period. Based on this comparison, the system can identify a product feature that is of interest to users during the later time period, but not the earlier time period. The system can then recommend products with the product feature to potential customers. Further, if the product feature was not available during the earlier time period, the system can identify to potential customers that the product feature is newly available in relation to the earlier time period. | 11-26-2015 |
20150348157 | DIGITAL TIMELINE LINKING MEDIA CONTENT - Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage mediums for linking media content are disclosed. An online marketplace interface module provides content and receives, from a user device, a first message that includes target identification data identifying a target book character. A data access module accesses a database storing data structures. The respective data structures include character identification data, event data, and book identification data. The book identification data identifies content of the online marketplace related to the respective storyline events. A database management module provides timeline data for display on the user device. The timeline data, being based on the event data of a selected data structure, includes data for graphical indications of the one or more content indicated by the book identification data of the selected data structure. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348159 | PLATFORM FOR PROVIDING OCCASIONAL IN-HOME CARE ADDRESSING TRUST AND SAFETY - Disclosed are systems, media, and methods to provide a coarse qualification process, the coarse qualification process comprising specifying filters and associated ranking characteristics for service providers, the filters comprising at least location, availability, and skills, and resolving practical concerns by displaying candidate service providers based on the filters and ranked based on the ranking characteristics; provide a qualification refinement process, the qualification refinement process comprising modifying the filters and ranking characteristics, applying the refined filters and ranking characteristics, and displaying refined candidate service providers; and provide a service provider booking process, the service provider booking process comprising resolving emotional concerns by viewing service provider video clips, wherein the time to resolve emotional concerns is less than an optimal customer review period, and resolving rational concerns by viewing service provider qualifications. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC SEARCHING AND SHOPPING CARTS - A system of electronic shopping with an electronic shopping cart includes a computer processor, a network interface configured to connect the processor to an electronic shopping site and to shop at the shopping site using the electronic shopping cart, an input device configured to receive search string input from a user, a display device configured to display search string preview results to the user as the user enters the search string input in the input device, and a non-transitory physical medium. The medium has instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to receive from the input device a partial search string entered by the user, display on the display device relevant search string preview results from the shopping site based on the partial search string, and display on the display device contents of the shopping cart concurrently with the displayed search string preview results. | 12-03-2015 |
20150356640 | RETRIEVING REVIEWS BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION - In an approach to retrieving reviews for a user based on user profile information, a computer receives user profile information for a first user. The computer receives a search term from the first user and determines review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information. Responsive to determining review information corresponding to the search term and the user profile information, the computer retrieves the review information and transmits the review information to the first user. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUITION OF MUSIC AND OTHER FORMS OF USEFUL INFORMATION - The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE PURCHASE RECOMMENDATIONS - A vehicle data system may receive, via a website, a user query about a vehicle or features of a vehicle that may not actually exist. The vehicle data system can transform a set of features representing a query vehicle associated with the user query into a query vehicle feature vector, compare the query vehicle feature vector with one or more inventory vehicle feature vectors representative of one or more dealer inventory vehicles, determine a similarity score between the query vehicle and the one or more dealer inventory vehicles, and generate at least one recommendation based on the similarity score, for instance, a great match and/or a good match to the vehicle that the user has inquired about. The at least one recommendation can be presented via the website in real time. | 12-17-2015 |
20150371311 | SEARCHING FOR GOODS AND SERVICES BASED ON KEYWORDS AND PROXIMITY - Techniques for keyword-based searching are described. Some embodiments provide a Merchant Information Search System (“MISS”) that allows a potential customer to search for information about proximately located merchants that provide goods and/or services that match one or more keywords provided by the customer. In some embodiments, multiple keywords are associated with individual goods and/or services provided by a merchant. By associating keywords with individual goods and/or services, rather than a category or type of goods, the MISS may provide fine-grained search results that identify merchants that would not have been otherwise identified by category-based approaches to searching. Some embodiments employ other or additional techniques, including proximity-based searching and keyword feedback to improve search performance. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371312 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An obtainer ( | 12-24-2015 |
20150379137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SEARCH RESULT - A method for displaying a search result and an apparatus for displaying a search result are provided. The method comprises: receiving a search term; obtaining a first search result and a second search result according to the search term, in which the first search result comprises overall information corresponding to the search term and the second search result comprises individual information corresponding to the search term; and displaying the first search result and the second search result. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379606 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PURCHASE PRODUCTS SEEN IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A product purchase system that purchases a product seen in a multimedia content is provided. The product purchase system includes a database, a product selection module, a product identification module, and a purchase module. The database stores information related to (a) the product tagged in the multimedia content, and (b) a sound signature associated with the product. The product selection module allows a user to select a product that is shown in the multimedia content. The product identification module identifies the selected product based on a tag associated with the product. The product identification module includes a sound signature module that recognizes a sound signature at which the product appears in the multimedia content. The sound signature module identifies the product that is associated with the sound signature by accessing the database. The purchase module directs the user to websites to purchase the product when the product is identified. | 12-31-2015 |
20160012508 | AmeriZone Select | 01-14-2016 |
20160012509 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON TIME TO OBTAIN | 01-14-2016 |
20160019610 | SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING, COMPARING AND ACQUIRING COLLECTIBLES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF - A system for acquiring and managing collectibles is disclosed and described herein that comprises: a first subject collectibles database, a global collectibles database, a collectibles catalog, a comparison module, a search module, and a reporting module. In some contemplated embodiments, the system further comprises a sales module or interface. Each of these databases, catalogs and modules are described in detail herein, along with how they are operatively connected and utilized. A separate online collectible marketplace, which may act as a companion or component to the system for acquiring and managing collectibles or may be independent from that system, comprises: a global collectibles database comprising information from at least two different sources, a collectibles catalog and a search module. Methods and applications are also disclosed. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019619 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DYNAMIC PRICE RANGES - This disclosure provides systems and methods of determining price quantiles for associated search queries and displaying said price quantiles when one or more search queries are received. In various embodiments, a search query for an item offered for sale may be received. Search results from a plurality of offered items may be determined based on the search query. The search results may each be associated with a price. The search results may be displayed, and a selection of a search result may be received. The price of the selected search result may be associated with the received search query. Various price quantiles may be determined based on the associated price(s). In addition, the price quantiles may each include prices associated with the search results. The determined price quantiles may then be displayed in response to a second search query determined to be related to the first search query. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019620 | DYNAMIC IMAGE SITELINKS - Systems and methods for determining and providing dynamic content item images are provided. A data processing system can determine a content item including an image. The content item is provided for display on a device. Upon receiving an indication of interest in the image, a plurality of additional images is determined based on historical activity information associated with the device. The additional images are provided for display by the device, in place of the image. Data associated with each image includes a URL of a web page associated with a product depicted in an image. The web page enables the user to purchase the product depicted in the image. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019621 | REVIEW BASED NAVIGATION AND PRODUCT DISCOVERY PLATFORM - Methods and systems for providing review based navigation on an ecommerce website are described. The method comprises receiving a user query associated with a specific feature of a product. According to the method, a sentiment analysis of a plurality of reviews associated with the product is performed, along with topic based modeling and contextualization of the reviews by relevance to the query. The analysis may provide a sentiment classification regarding the strengths and weaknesses of each product for that specific feature based on the plurality of reviews associated with the product. The method further provides topic based navigation of the ecommerce website, contextualization of the prior customer reviews, and product relevance. In response to the user query, the contextualized product(s) are displayed to aid the user in selecting a product for purchase. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019622 | SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING, COMPARING AND ACQUIRING COLLECTIBLES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF - A system for acquiring and managing collectibles is disclosed and described herein that may include a global collectibles database, a collectibles catalog, and a comparison module. The global collectibles database includes about collectibles for sale from at least two different vendors, auction sites, dealers, trade shows or a combination thereof. The collectibles catalog includes information about known collectibles in existence. The comparison module may be used to compare collectibles for sale with known collectibles and/or collectibles of a collector and available collectibles for sale. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019623 | INTERNATIONAL SEARCH RESULT WEGHTING - A method and a system for international search result weighting. A migration trend of users in a first interaction set to a second interaction set in a time period may be evaluated. A weight may be assigned to members of a set of searchable listings corresponding to a country associated with the second interaction set based on the migration trend. In response to a search query that satisfies a subset of members of both the set of searchable listings and a second set of searchable listings corresponding to a second country associated with the first interaction set, return search results with the members ordered with respect to each other using the weight. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019636 | CLOUD SERVICE BROKERAGE SERVICE STORE - A cloud service brokerage system includes an electronic cloud service catalog containing cloud service defining information for a plurality of cloud services and a cloud service store coupled to the electronic cloud service catalog. The cloud service store includes cloud service publications each representing cloud service functionality corresponding to one or more of the cloud services. The cloud service store includes a user interface structure enabling generation of cloud service orders each including one or more of the cloud service publications. | 01-21-2016 |
20160027083 | SURFACING LOCAL INVENTORY - Disclosed are various embodiments for surfacing local inventory. A location of a client device is determined based at least in part on a user-specified location associated with the client device or a geolocation technology using an identifier associated with the client device. It is determined that the location is within a region served by local deliveries from a materials handling facility. A first product and a second product that are stored in the materials handling facility are identified. While both the first and the second products are available for local delivery from the materials handling facility in the region, the first product is unavailable for delivery from the materials handling facility outside the region, but the second product is available for delivery from the materials handling facility outside the region. Data encoding a listing of products, including the first and second products, is sent to the client device. | 01-28-2016 |
20160034997 | EVOLUTIONARY CONTENT DETERMINATION AND MANAGEMENT - A visual refinement interface enables users to adjust and/or refine search results by selecting results that match a user's interest, and displaying subsequent results that are closer to the selected items. Multiple result sets can be displayed concurrently such that the user can maintain context for the results. Further, the user can quickly go back to modify an earlier selection without having to navigate to a previous page, for example, and a single modification can cause several subsequent result sets to automatically change such that the user can quickly view dozens of new results, for example, simply by selecting at least one different result from a displayed result set. Prior result sets can be modified, such as by reducing the size or adjusting the placement of the sets, such that the user can easily determine the current set and the relatedness to previous results sets. | 02-04-2016 |
20160042424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF MERCHANT TRADE AREAS INTO SEARCH RESULTS - A method for identifying merchant trade areas for search result filtering includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and merchant geographic location; storing a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry including data related to a payment transaction including a specific merchant identifier and merchant geographic location associated with a merchant involved in the transaction, a consumer primary geographic location associated with a consumer involved in the transaction, and a travel distance based on a distance between the merchant and consumer primary geographic locations; identifying, for each merchant profile, merchant trade area data, the data including trade distances based on the travel distance included in transaction data entries where the included specific merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identifier included in the respective merchant profile; and updating merchant profiles to include the respective identified merchant trade area data. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042425 | LOCAL MERCHANT RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - Systems and methods of the present invention provide for one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network and configured to: receive a request for a product or service; determine a geographic region associated with the request; search a first data regarding websites available only to the hosting provider as host of the websites and a second data regarding websites available to the public via the Internet; determine, based on the first data and the second data, which of the websites are most relevant to the request; and return an information about one or more of the websites responsive to the request, wherein each of the websites has a physical location within the geographic region. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042427 | Mining For Product Classification Structures For Internet-Based Product Searching - A product search engine uses web-crawling software to index textual webpage content from multiple internet sources. The product data obtained from the web-crawling process is then granulized by parsing methods into key words, such as, words and/or phrases. These components are compared with existing key words from search queries or webpage content. Each key word includes component tags, where the component tags map each component to product classification information in the form of structural parameters; and other product information such as, URLs, product images and product descriptions. When at least one matching key word is found, structural parameters are extracted from the matching components and assigned to the received key words. A search results webpage including product information grouped by associated structural parameter may be provided. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042478 | Methods and Systems for Verifying Images Associated With Offered Properties - Methods and systems are provided for verifying images associated with properties offered for sale, lease, or rent. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a computing device, at least one image associated with a real property and searching, in a listing database, for the at least one image. The at least one image depicts at least a portion of the real property, and the listing database includes a plurality of known images, each associated with real property. The method also includes flagging, at the computing device, the at least one image as a preexisting image when the at least one image matches one of the plurality of known images in the listing database. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048898 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF ITEM INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods for efficient delivery of a plurality of information regarding vehicles or chattel. In one embodiment, a request for information regarding a quality of plurality of items is received and an item information source is queried for the requested information, which is compiled and provided to the device. At a predetermined future time, second information is received and provided to the device. The second information updates one or more aspects of the requested information. In one variant, the plurality of items are vehicles and the request includes a VIN uniquely associated to each vehicle. The predetermined future time may be monitored an entity which requests the second information, or by an entity which provides it automatically. In another variant, the information source provides the second information in substantially real-time. Consideration may be required in exchange for one or both of the requested information and the second information. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048901 | CONTENT SUGGESTIONS - Users may create and/or interact with content that may reference various businesses. For example, a user may submit a search query “Akron Hardware Store” to a search interface that may provide relevant search results for the search query. As provided herein, content suggestions may be provided to the user based upon an occurrence of a business reference of a business. For example, search keywords that resulted in user engagement with the business may be evaluated to identify a set of search keywords (e.g., search queries that led users to an Akron Hardware Store website). A set of content suggestions (e.g., coupons, maps, search queries, website links, images, descriptions, etc.) may be generated based upon the set of search keywords, and may be provided to the user. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055563 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DISCOVERY OF PRODUCTS IN E-COMMERCE - In one aspect, a computerized method for assisting a user in a real-life shopping situations includes the step of receiving an extracted a list of shopping intents in a computer with a memory. With at least one processor of the computer implementing the following steps are implemented. The process discovers the list of shopping intents and extracts the list of shopping intents from the memory. The process hierarchically organizes the list of shopping intents. The process maps a shopping intent to one or more products using a set of web-scale unstructured data. The process receives a product search query. The process parses the product search query. The process matches the product search query with at least one shopping intent. The process uses a matched product search query and at least one shopping intent to obtain a set of products to return as a search result. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055564 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A PRODUCT CATEGORY - Methods and systems for using a demand metric for disambiguating a keyword entered from a user of a client machine, the keyword ambiguously identifying a product category, deriving a dominant product category that indicates the probable identity of the product category, and providing selectable images of aspects of the dominant product category for rendering at the client machine. Selection of one of the selectable images of aspects of the dominant product category disambiguates the identity of the ambiguously identified product category. Additional aspects of the disambiguated product category are then presented to the user. | 02-25-2016 |
20160071181 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DISPLAY AND SEARCH IN A LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT MANNER - A method to facilitate a language independent search includes displaying a search attribute, including an attribute name and a selection of attribute values, to a user and receiving from the user a search attribute value selection corresponding to the attribute name. Then, the attribute name and attribute value selection are translated into language independent symbols, such as numbers. The numbers are used in a search of a sellers item listings table to select item listings with attribute values that match the search attribute values selected by the user. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078516 | WASUL TRANSPORT APPLICATION - A system for peer-to-peer (P2P) transport accommodation including an application server configured to communicate with at least two user mobile location based service applications, the application server configured to provide user access for administration, registration, edit and settings, view and retrieval of transactional records, a user mobile land based service application that runs on a user mobile device and configured to communicate with the application serve and enable the at least two users to communicate directly with one another, wherein the user mobile land based service application is further configured to register a user and allow a user to login in a service provider mode, service requester mode or both, service provider and service requester modes. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078517 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A product introduction support device includes a display control part, a keyword extraction part, a sorting word selection part, and a group presentation part. The display control part is configured to create display control information to arrange a plurality of selected products in a browsable state on a web. The keyword extraction part is configured to extract a keyword representing an attribute for each of the plurality of selected products. The sorting word selection part is configured to select at least one keyword common to or similar to a plurality of products among the keywords extracted by the keyword extraction part as a sorting word. The group presentation part is configured to perform processing of presenting candidates for a product group that are bracketable by the sorting word among the plurality of selected products. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078518 | SHOPPING CONTEXT ENGINE - A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system also receives context data from a plurality of users, where the context data pertains to one or more attributes of a context. The system then using the context data ranks the one or more attributes of the context to create ranked data and generates a user interface based on the ranked data. In yet another embodiment, the system communicates context data associated with a context and a user to a server, and receives result data created by the server filtering data retrieved based on the context data. The system then generates a user interface based on the result data. | 03-17-2016 |
20160086246 | LOCAL SEARCH OF NETWORK CONTENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for locally searching a search string in network content. A user accesses network content through a client device and enters a search string through the client device. Once the local search is performed on the network content by a client application or a search application through a network, the result would be encoded and displayed for the user to view. Furthermore, the content may be modified based at least in part on stored search data corresponding to prior searches. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092958 | MACHINE TO GENERATE A SELF-UPDATING MESSAGE - A machine may generate and provide a message that updates itself when opened. Such a message may include a link that, when operated during display of the message by a user's device, causes the machine to generate an image that depicts updated information in the form of one or more updated parameters. For example, the machine may operate within a travel search engine and may generate and provide a message that includes a previously found search result and also includes a link to an image that, once generated, depicts an updated parameter for the search result. As part of displaying the message, the user's device may operate the link, which causes the machine to generate the image and provide the image to the device. The device receives the image and displays the message, which includes the search result and now also includes the image of the updated parameter. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092959 | Tag Based Property Platform & Method - A property tagging system permits stakeholders (owners, neighbors, gamers, merchants, realtors) to comment, rate and tag features of properties in accordance with customizable filters. The annotations, labels, etc., can be presented and targeted within mobile interfaces for user ease and engagement. | 03-31-2016 |
20160092960 | PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS OVER MULTIPLE STORES - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for identifying matching products relative to a reference product. A reference product is identified from a received product query and a query is generated based on the reference product. A generated query comprises of an ontology, at least one word appearing in a title of the reference product, and a set of key words appearing in social media data associated with the reference product. A database is searched using the generated query to find matching product sets and the results are returned and filtered. Results are filtered by calculating a relationship score between the reference product and one or more matching products in the set of matching products, and/or by filtering a subset of the set of matching products based on a customer profile. The filtered subset of results are communicated to a recipient. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098773 | INFUSING PRODUCT POPULARITY INSIGHTS INTO SEARCH RESULTS FOR PRODUCT RESEARCH QUERIES - In one embodiment, a search query may be received. It may be ascertained that the search query pertains to a particular product category. A set of products that pertain to the particular product category may be identified, where the set of products are top selling products in the particular product category. Information pertaining to each product in the set of products may be provided. | 04-07-2016 |
20160104227 | GENERATION AND SEARCH OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL LINKED LISTS AND COMPUTING ARRAY - A computing server is described that can transform hierarchical data structures (for example, tree structures, which are also referred to as trees) storing data into multidimensional linked lists and an in-memory computing array (also referred to herein as a computing array). The computing array can include pointers to nodes of the multidimensional linked lists. The storage of data in the form of multidimensional linked lists and computing arrays can enable the computing server to quickly retrieve data values from the data stored in the hierarchical data structures without parsing the hierarchical data structures. Related apparatuses, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104232 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A MAP OF A GEOGRAPHIC REGION BASED ON CLIENT LOCATION DATA - Described herein are technologies pertaining to presenting a map to a user that comprises graphical icons that are representative of retail stores. The user has provided a shopping list, wherein the shopping list includes a plurality of products that are desirably purchased by the user. Inventories of retail stores in a geographic region of interest to the user are searched, and a map is generated that includes graphical icons representative of the retail stores, data that indicates that product(s) in the shopping list are available at the retail stores, and price data that indicates prices of product(s) in the shopping list at the respective retail stores. | 04-14-2016 |
20160117334 | Search Method and Apparatus - A computing device may identify multiple search results that have relatively high correlation with the keyword. The device may determine multiple additional search results based on the corresponding relationships among the keyword, the multiple additional search results, and transaction parameters. The device may list the search results related to the degree of transaction success on the top and the search results related to the correlation on the bottom. The transactional parameters may be determined based on a click index and a purchase index that are associated with the keyword and each search result of the multiple additional search results. The click index and the purchase index may be generated in a predetermined time period. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117751 | ALGORITHM FOR USER INTERFACE BACKGROUND SELECTION - A system and method may be configured to determine at least one attribute of an item, determine a plurality of images having at least one related attribute, and determine a score for each of the images based on the at least one determined attribute and the at least one related attribute. The system and method may further select one of the images for use as a user interface background based on the scores, and cause a user device to display the selected image as the user interface background. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117755 | Replacement Upholstery System And Method For Electronically Identifying And Ordering Replacement Upholstery - The described “Replacement Upholstery System and Method For Identifying and Ordering Replacement Upholstery,” provides a unique and convenient process for replacing worn upholstery and software for ordering replacement upholstery, which is shipped directly to and installed by the end user. The process utilizes a hook and loop upholstery recovering system, which allows the end user to easily replace damaged or worn upholstery. Once the system is in place, the physical seating arrangement, and dimensions of the seating furniture are mapped digitally, and associated with the specified product for each piece of seating furniture. A system administrator then establishes an account for the end user, which can be accessed by software installed on any general use computer. The end user then clicks on the digitally represented piece of furniture to generate an order for a replacement cover. The replacement cover is then fabricated and shipped to the end user for installation. This system and method can be used in any setting where seating upholstery is utilized. The preferred embodiment has been developed for the restaurant industry for replacement of booth and chair upholstery. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRADING COLLECTIBLE ITEMS - A system and method which enables anyone possessing collectible items to trade, and exchange these collectable items with each other and document the transaction via the internet from anywhere around the world. The present invention enables users to identify which collectible items available for trade and assists in the coordination of the exchange/trade process. Currently collectors maintain a collection of items including but not limited to stamps, comic books, trading cards, dolls, watches, trading pins, luxury cars, etc. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125497 | MANAGING PRE-COMPUTED SEARCH RESULTS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for re-computing pre-computed search results, such as pre-computed priced recommendations. Pre-computed search results stored in a search platform are subdivided into shares of related pre-computed search results including a first share. A re-computation controller determines a validity trend indicating a change rate of a validity probability of a pre-computed search result over time and an instantaneous validity rate for the pre-computed search results. If a difference between the instantaneous validity rate and the validity trend exceeds a given extent, the re-computation controller adjusts the validity probabilities being associated with other pre-computed search results included in a second share correlated with the first share. The re-computation controller issues re-computation orders to a computation platform to re-compute a part of the pre-computed search results, the part being selected by the re-computation controller on the basis of the validity probabilities associated with the pre-computed search results. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132952 | COMPUTER-AIDED EXTRACTION OF SEMANTICS FROM KEYWORDS TO CONFIRM MATCH OF BUYER OFFERS TO SELLER BIDS - One embodiment involves a method and apparatus for mapping lexical keywords into entity description semantics in order to create unambiguous buyer-confirmed descriptions of entities. The method described herein relies on a computer program and some mechanism for computer data storage. | 05-12-2016 |
20160140640 | LIST PRESENTATION DEVICE, LIST PRESENTATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A list presentation device generates list information that is sent to a first user and includes a plurality of items each indicating a trade object, obtains an item that is selected by the first user among the plurality of items included in the list information, lowers, in a case where a first item is selected by the first user among the items included in the list information, display priority stored in a storage in association with a trade object indicated by a second item, which has been selected before by the first user among the plurality of items included in the list information, and generates new list information, which is sent to a second user, based on a transmission request from the second user and the display priority stored in the storage. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148293 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING A PRODUCT SEARCH USING USER-GENERATED AND CROWD-SOURCED CONTENT - A non-transitory computer-readable medium, method and system for providing results associated with a ranking of a plurality of items of a particular item type can be provided. For example, for each respective item of a plurality of items having an associated cost, it is possible to (i) determining an item utility value for the respective item of the items based on aggregate data associated with a plurality of users without requiring utilization of information particular to each of the users, and (ii) determine a surplus value for the respective item as the item utility value less a cost utility value associated with the cost of the respective item. Further, it is possible to provide the results, based on the respective surplus values, to a particular user of the users. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148294 | USER INTERFACE FOR COMPARING ITEMS USING GESTURES - In an example embodiment, a method of presenting marketplace listings is provided. Search parameters are received from a user interface on an electronic device. A search on marketplace listings is then performed using the search parameters, returning marketplace results. The marketplace results are then organized into a plurality of web pages, each web page corresponding to a different marketplace result, with each page organized so that a row on any one of the web pages corresponds to the same type of product attribute as that row on any of the other of the plurality of web pages. Then one of the plurality of web pages is displayed on the electronic device. When a swipe left or swipe right gesture is received, another of the plurality of web pages is displayed. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148295 | IDENTIFYING MISSING SEARCH PHRASES - In various embodiments, approaches for identifying missing search phrases are described. Search terms are behaviorally associated with an item in the electronic repository. If a search of the electronic repository fails to surface the item, the at least one search term can be identified as a missing search phrase for the item. | 05-26-2016 |
20160155180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SINGLE INPUT FIELD HAVING MULTIPLE PROCESSING POSSIBILITIES | 06-02-2016 |
20160162969 | KNOWLEDGEBASE WITH WORK PRODUCTS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND PROCESSING THEREOF - In one embodiment one or more service provider work product of a knowledgebase can be processed according to one or more methods. A knowledgebase can be provided that includes a work product of one or more service provider. According to one method one or more work product of a knowledgebase can be processed. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162970 | System and Method for Matching Consumers with Real Estate Service Providers - A system and method for connecting consumers to real estate service providers. The present method includes the steps of obtaining a real estate action selection from the user, presenting the user with criteria relevant to choosing a service provider that can aid in accomplishing the selected action, obtaining criteria selections from the user, and identifying candidates based on the user's selected criteria. The matching system also provides a feedback tool that allows consumers to rate and comment on the chosen candidate, an educational tool that displays definitions and advisory comments, and a GPS home search tool that notifies a user when he or she is within a pre-selected proximity of a home that meets the user's specifications. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160171585 | SEARCHABLE TRANSACTION BASED COMMERCE DATABASE | 06-16-2016 |
20160180430 | SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION TO A CONSUMER AND RELATED METHODS | 06-23-2016 |
20160180431 | SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION TO A CONSUMER AND RELATED METHODS | 06-23-2016 |
20160180432 | SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE CONSUMER PRODUCT INFORMATION TO A CONSUMER AND RELATED METHODS | 06-23-2016 |
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20160189272 | MOBILE LOCAL SEARCH PLATFORM - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a method comprising hierarchically structuring geographic locations to attach and deliver content to individuals near the geographic locations through a web-based search facility, wherein the geographic locations have data associated with them; storing the geographic locations with their associated data as points of interest (poi) in a poi database; and claiming ownership of the poi by an entity associated with the poi, via an Internet web application and whereby an entry in the poi database is marked as being owned by that entity. | 06-30-2016 |
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