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| 20110087559 | Compliance Assurance System - A system including an image system located at a client facility for observing a facility. A surveillance system is in network communication with the image system and located at the facility to be observed. A compliance assurance system has a server independent of, but in network communication with the client facility and facility to be observed, wherein shared rights for scheduling observation times between the client facility and the facility to be observed are coordinated through the compliance assurance system. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110099087 | HOSGATE - A system and method for ordering, delivering and billing of the medical equipment utilizing the electronic data flow management system is disclosed. The system comprises at least one healthcare provider having at least one workstation, a computer ordering server, an online database and at least one durable medical equipment (DME) company having a mainframe server. The workstation generates and sends an order for the medical equipment. The computer ordering server receives the order from the workstation. The online database receives and stores the order from the computer ordering server. The mainframe server receives the order from the online database and delivers the medical equipment to a patient. The DME company utilizes a billing module to generate a bill for the medical equipment. The electronic data flow management system provides a secure and cost effective way of procuring the medical equipment to the healthcare provider. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099088 | VARIOUS METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COMPLETING A TRANSACTION ORDER THROUGH AN ORDER PROXY SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system for an order proxy are provided. In an embodiment, an example order proxy system implemented in software, hardware logic, or a combination of both, may be configured to allow an e-commerce digital shopping cart to submit and complete transaction orders. An embodiment uses various necessary information and steps for completing a transaction into an e-commerce system without there being any prior software integration between fields and transaction processing steps coded into the shopping cart. A first commerce system may complete a transaction order through the order proxy system. Additionally, the order proxy system may have a merchant cart configuration map module to map the shopping cart information into a merchant server's shopping cart process. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110145095 | Order Fulfillment Method - A business-to-business transaction clearinghouse integrates the traditional point-to-point business supply chain at the clearinghouse. The clearinghouse provides cost effective access to a wide variety of members and includes value-added services. Members of the clearinghouse can include trading members, members that help the trading members ship their products, and banking members. The clearinghouse facilitates business among the trading members by providing a single point of contact for all transactions. The clearinghouse can be specific to an industry, such as the chemical industry. Multiple industry specific clearinghouses may form a network clearinghouses to effectively create one larger and more general business-to-business electronic commerce community. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURCHASING VIA A CELLULAR SYSTEM - A purchasing capability is provided for supporting purchasing by a customer from an establishment, which may include functions such as placement of orders, processing of orders, and like functions. An order is placed from a mobile node (MN) of the customer to an application server (AS) of the establishment to which the order is placed. The AS may process the order for determining whether or not to accept the order and, where accepted, for completing the order. A payment commitment verification process may be used for verifying the commitment of the customer to pay for the order. The placement and processing of the order may be performed using an ordering application supported by the MN and the AS. The communication in support of the purchasing capability may be facilitated using a cellular serving node (CSN) configured for communicating with both the MN and the AS wirelessly. The communication between the MS and AS for the purchasing capability may be via an always-on connection established between the MN and the AS. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161199 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERISHABLE PRODUCT MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for perishable product management are described. In one embodiment, a produce list of a customer may be accessed. The produce list may be associated with a period of time and including a plurality of produce types. A particular produce type of the plurality of produce types may be identified as not being available as locally grown during the period of time. The plurality of produce types including the particular produce type and at least one remaining produce types. A substitute produce type for the particular produce type may be selected. The substitute produce type is available as being locally grown during the period of time. A local produce percentage may be calculated based on the substitute produce type and the at least one remaining product types. Identification of the local produce percentage and the substitute produce type may be provided. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110225065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SINGLE SALE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING ONE OR MORE PAYORS - A system for processing sales transactions may include a first computing device in communication with a buyer-operated computing device, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the first computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for receiving an order including one or more of a commitment of a buyer to purchase an item, and a preferred share value associated with the buyer, receiving contact information associated with one or more third parties, receiving a fractional share value associated with each of the one or more third parties, and in response to a sum of the fractional share values associated with each third party and the preferred share value equaling the purchase price associated with the item, using the received contact information to send a message to each third party. Each message may include the fractional share associated with the third party. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110258081 | SALES FORCE AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sales force automation system and method of facilitating a sales process which integrates computerized intelligent automated salesperson support for multiple phases of the sales process. Various subsystems may be provided to facilitate the sales process which may include pre-sales lead generation, maximize time spent with the customer, effectively manage an order, ensure customer satisfaction and retain the customer for future sales. Also provided to support the phases of the sales process are additional tools, integrated in the system. The additional tools may include self management subsystems, sales management subsystems and training subsystems. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110276433 | FACILITATING THE EXECUTION OF TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN CUSTOMERS AND PROVIDERS | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110288958 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Rapid and Secure Delivery of a Purchased Item - Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for implementing rapid and secure delivery of goods that have been purchased through e-commerce channels. Through these technologies customers can order goods while they are mobile and arrange for rapid delivery wherever they will be at the time of delivery, regardless of whether that location is at a permanent address. Thus, there can be a rapid identification of goods in a warehouse or store and the proper tracking and security for delivery on demand. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110307353 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Goods Tag, Production Bill of Material Hierarchy, and Release Order Template Business Objects across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a goods tag, a production bill of material hierarchy, and/or a release order template business object. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120030067 | System and Method for Vendor and Customer Management in a Supply Chain - A method of managing a supply chain comprises providing at a customer interface module a plurality of order fulfillment options to a customer, and receiving from the customer a selection of a particular order fulfillment option. The method also includes receiving a first order from the customer, and receiving a first inventory status from a first distribution center. A first distribution center sends a first product to the customer in response to determining that the particular order fulfillment option comprises a fill-partial order fulfillment option, and a duration between the time that the first product is directed to be sent and the time when the first product is actually sent is determined. An alert is generated if the duration is greater than a predetermined duration. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120041845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CUSTOMERS TO PERFORM SELF CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES IN A RETAIL SETTING - Systems and methods are provided for enabling a customer to perform a self check-out procedure during a purchasing transaction. In one embodiment, among others, a software program is stored on a computer-readable medium and configured to be executed by a processing device. The software program includes logic adapted to enable a user of a portable customer device to utilize the portable customer device to scan a code associated with a product. The software program also includes logic adapted to enable the user to add the product to an electronic shopping cart and logic adapted to instruct the user to physically add the product to a physical cart. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120072311 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PREPARING AND DELIVERING AN ORDERED PRODUCT UPON DETECTING A CUSTOMER PRESENCE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for preparing and delivering an ordered product upon detecting a customer presence are disclosed. In one example, a method includes detecting the presence of a mobile device associated with a customer identifier at a designated area and initiating, upon detecting the presence of the mobile device, the processing of a stored order request associated with the customer identifier for at least one product. The method further includes utilizing the customer identifier to send a notification message to the mobile device indicating that the at least one product is available for pickup or delivery. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120089486 | MANAGING PROCESS REQUESTS IN A DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM - A fulfillment workbench of a distributed order orchestration system is provided. A distributed order orchestration system can include a fulfillment workbench that provides a user interface for order fulfillment administrators, users and supervisors to monitor and manage order fulfillment processes through the distributed order orchestration system. The fulfillment workbench can receive a process request from a user to modify an ongoing order fulfillment process, where the process request includes one or more line requests, transmit the process request to one or more fulfillment systems, and provide a process request status to the user. The fulfillment workbench can provide a process request status to the user even though the process request interacts with one or more fulfillment systems, and the timing of the response to the process request may not be known. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120095876 | ADVANCE ORDER PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM OF ADVANCE ORDER PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ADVANCE ORDER PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an advance order processing apparatus | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120116921 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PURCHASE ON THE WEB - A method for online purchase automation, comprising identifying when the user has selected to navigate to or receive a web page related to a purchasing action, identifying when content of the web page is received; analyzing the web page concurrent with the purchase action, without requiring detailed structural information about the web page in advance, and determining whether the web page is related to a purchasing action, by parsing the web page or related data elements. If the web page is related to a purchasing action, the next steps are determining the user interface elements of the web page or related data elements, retrieving site-independent customer data for the purchase based on the analyzing of the user interface elements, simulating user input using the site-independent customer data to populate at least portions of the web page, and displaying to the user the populated purchasing page for user action. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120123905 | PURCHASING-ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A assistance device and a system for purchasing and a method using the same. The method includes the following steps. A portable body is provided for a shopper to carry with. A code of a merchandise is read by the portable body to confirm the type and price of the merchandise. The information of the merchandise purchased by the shopper is recorded in the portable body and listed on a purchase list. The purchase list is transmitted to a trade center, which settles the accounts according to the purchase list and withdraws the portable body after the accounts are settled. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120130859 | REAL TIME VEHICLE PURCHASE REQUEST MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for communicating a purchase request to a dealer immediately. A Data Center system has a system database accessible to a plurality of dealers. A potential buyer submits a purchase request over a computer network to the Data Center system. The purchase request may include product identification data and buyer location information. The Data Center system identifies at least one appropriate dealer to receive the purchase request. The Data Center creates a purchase request record from the data and information provided in the purchase request. The Data Center then communicates the purchase request to the appropriate dealer by immediately storing the purchase request record into the system database such that the purchase request is accessible only to the at least one identified dealer. The purchase request becomes available to the at least one identified dealer immediately upon the creation of the purchase request record. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120150692 | ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DECOUPLING OF FULFILLMENT FLOW FROM FULFILLMENT TOPOLOGY - An order management system is provided. The order management system creates the fulfillment flow, where the fulfillment flow does not include any fulfillment topology information. The order management system partitions an order into one or more order components using a decomposition sequence, where the decomposition sequence include one or more routing rules, where each routing rule includes fulfillment topology information, and wherein each routing rule determines a target fulfillment provider. The order management system generates an orchestration plan for the order by applying one or more dependencies of the fulfillment flow and the one or more routing rules to the one or more order components, wherein the orchestration plan includes the fulfillment topology information. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150693 | ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH TECHNICAL DECOUPLING - An order management system is provided. The order management system receives a provisioning order, where the provisioning order includes at least one order line, and where the at least one order line of the provisioning order references a product specification. The order management system transforms the provisioning order into a service order, where the service order includes at least one order line, and where at least one order line of the service order references a customer-facing service specification. The order management system transforms the service order into a technical order, where the technical order includes at least one order line, and where at least one order line of the service order references one of: a resource-facing service specification; or a resource. Thus, the order management system can define a customer-facing service that is not coupled to a technical implementation, nor coupled to a product offering. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120166313 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEB-BASED INVENTORY CONTROL AND AUTOMATIC ORDER CALCULATOR - A method and system for providing order placement and inventory control, integrating customers and suppliers and using both real-time and historical data to provide an automated process for the management of inventory. Various embodiments of this invention can include such features as automatic order placement, usage factor analysis, waste factor analysis, inventory analysis and reconciling of inventory data. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120173386 | Web-Based Product Ordering Method - Call center order system and process allows a customer service representative to make remote calls to a server to perform shopping cart actions, all on one web page. Historically, representatives would need to enter client information and product information on several different web pages to satisfy a purchase. Eventually, the representative would have “loaded” several different pages to enter product and customer information. This method resulted in a high amount of errors and increased the risk of fraud. The system utilizes AJAX and dynamic HTML technology. The representative is able to add, update, or remove products in the cart without waiting for the page to “refresh” after every action. Cart actions are flagged with a “ticking” indicator bar. Orders may be placed in a “queue” instead of loading a different page. A mild fraud mode to allow multiple orders is also described. A storefront is used in this process. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120179579 | CONSUMABLE SUPPLY-ORDERING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONSUMABLE SUPPLY-ORDERING METHOD USING THE SAME - a The consumable supply-ordering system for ordering consumable supplies that is used an image forming apparatus that has been purchased or leased, includes: an environmental information acquisition portion (communicator) for acquiring product information on consumable supplies used in the image forming apparatus and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies; a display portion having the function of displaying product information on the consumable supplies and environmental performance information on the consumable supplies simultaneously or separately in list representation or thumbnail representation; an information selector (display screen) for selecting information displayed on the display portion; and a selection result notifier (communicator) for notifying the source of supplies of the selection result selected by the information selector. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179580 | System and Method for Multi-Source Transaction Processing - A system and method for multi-source transaction processing receives order requests from a client system operated by a user. The order requests may include order placements and order inquiries. For example, an order request may be a placement for a computer system and associated peripherals. The user may have particular fulfillment organization preferences, and different components of the computer system and associated peripherals may be fulfilled by different fulfillment partners. Accordingly, the orders order requests are processed by an order request servicing system to, for example, split the order request into multiple processed order requests and each of the processed order requests is associated with an order request management system and prepared for transmission to the associated order request management system. The order request management systems can utilize the processed order requests to fulfill the order request. Additionally, the order request management systems can be linked together over a network. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120185361 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An Internet based system for executing transactions is described. The system may include transaction data, a database, a business logic manager and user profiles. A rules may also be included, and store information about system responses to modifications of the data. The user profiles may be configured to store information concerning the availability of information and displays depending upon the user. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120191572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSACTION AUTOMATION - A system and method provides a user of a network-based commerce system drag and drop functionality that allows a user to purchase goods from a network-based transaction system through the use of links and images. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191573 | MACHINE, METHODS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ELECTRONIC ORDER ENTRY - Systems, methods, and program product for facilitating electronic ordering of goods, services, or goods and services, or other products, through messaging over a financial services electronic payment network, are provided. A customer provides electronic order registration activation information for an electronic order transaction card. The customer is provided an electronic order card having a unique electronic payment network compatible electronic order card identifier including a non-financial transaction IIN and a customer number, and is provided a catalogue or list including product order codes each associated with a different product, to enable electronic ordering over the financial services electronic payment network. An electronic order card configured to interface with a conventional point-of-sale terminal can be used to facilitate the electronic ordering over the existing financial services electronic payment network when presented to the point-of-sale terminal with a product order code identifying a selected product. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120233028 | INVENTORY POOLING FOR MULTIPLE MERCHANTS - Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing inventory pooling for multiple merchants. A first inventory of an item held at a first fulfillment center on behalf of a first merchant is contributed to a common pool of inventory. A second inventory of the item held at a second fulfillment center on behalf of a second merchant is contributed to the common pool of inventory. Fulfillment of an order placed by a customer of the first merchant is initiated from the second inventory of the item that was contributed by the second merchant to the common pool of inventory. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120253981 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE ORDERING - This invention provides systems and methods for remote ordering where there is a client, that is configurable to accept orders; an information processing system, that is in communication with the client and configurable to receive orders from the client; a plurality of wireless modules in disparate physical locations that are in wireless communication with the information, processing system and configurable to receive orders from the information processing system; and an order presentation client that is in communication with the wireless module and configurable to present the order. Furthermore, the information processing system is configurable to route the orders to a selected wireless module based on the order. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120290443 | Online Network and Associated Methods - Computer program products, computer systems and related methods are provided which compare a URL, title and/or content of an online site viewed by a user with a first index of keywords relating to a plurality of subject matter categories, to determine any subject matter categories to which the online site relates; cross-reference any determined subject matter categories with a second index of alternative online sites categorised by subject matter, in order to determine any alternative online sites in the same or similar category; and perform a variety of actions in response including displaying a determined alternative online site to the user. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120303486 | ON-LINE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - A computer-implemented method includes generating on a user terminal a merchant web site associated with a merchant with code for a merchant web page, transmitting a product selection request for the user to a remote open payment system that is separate from the merchant, and displaying purchase information responsive to the product selection request using the code for the merchant web page. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310782 | SYSTEM FOR USER TO USER PAYMENTS FACILITATED BY A THIRD PARTY - A transaction request is received from a buyer for an item listed by a seller in an online marketplace. A tiered status of funds availability to the seller for the transaction request is generated based on a profile of the seller, a funds hold and release criteria, and a shipping status of the item. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120316995 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DISPLAYING, MANAGING AND SELLING IMAGES IN AN EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing digital images to an event guest sometime after the event is provided where at least a portion of event photos are purchased before or during the event. Copy protected versions of the digital images are delivered to the guest who can copy and save a predetermined number of digital images based on their digital image purchase. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130006814 | GLASSES SELLING SYSTEM, LENS COMPANY TERMINAL, FRAME COMPANY TERMINAL, GLASSES SELLING METHOD, AND GLASSES SELLING PROGRAM - A selling server stores prescription data of a customer transmitted from an optometrist terminal of an optometrist who performs optometry for a glasses prescription through a communication line in association with customer identification information, transmits image data of a frame candidate group of glasses to a customer terminal, transmits image data of a lens candidate group of the glasses to the customer terminal, receives information relating to a frame and a lens purchased by the customer and determined on the basis of a combined image of a frame image selected by the customer, a lens image selected by the customer, and a face image of the customer, and transmits prescription data of the customer to a lens company terminal of a lens company which processes the lens purchased by the customer. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130030958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOSED LOOP PURCHASE ORDER COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT - A system and method are provided for using an optimized order plan including freight allowance and expense per shipment. Further, an notification of non-compliance is sent to purchasing when purchasing attempts to initiate an order outside of the optimized order plan. Additionally, a compliance reporting system reports the actual shipping results as compared with the optimized order plan. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130054421 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS - A system and method are provided for processing transactions between at least one buying company and at least one selling company using a central datastore accessible to users from the buying company and selling company. Purchase order and invoice data are obtained and compared to identify a matched record having purchase order data and corresponding invoice data. A collaborative data set in the central datastore is created, based in part on the matched record and storing in the datastore detailed settlement data regarding settlement of the matched record of purchase order data and corresponding invoice data. A complete settlement transaction history is stored by providing for storage of additional settlement data in the central datastore, wherein credit memos, debit memos regarding the invoice, the purchase order of the matched record, and/or other documents related to the transaction are stored as part of the collaborative data set. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130060664 | Systems And Methods For Using Symbol Command Language Within A Communications Network - Systems and methods for conducting a transaction are provided. In one illustrative embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a mobile communication device, a symbol command message. The symbol command message includes a symbol command. The method may also include comparing at least a portion of the symbol command message to a plurality of symbol commands in a symbol command directory, and initiating distribution of at least one of a good or service associated with the symbol command in the symbol command message. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130080293 | MANUFACTURING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, computer readable media, and devices for managing a manufacturing supply chain to ensure compliance with industry-specific and federal standards from the time the material is supplied by a vender to the time a product is provided to a customer. In some embodiments, a system for managing a supply chain includes a variety of databases (e.g., a customer database, a vendor database, a risk management database, a validation database, etc.). The databases store information associated with material vendors, customers, risk assessments, control parameters, and validation or qualification information related to the use of machines and manufacturing processes. This information is used to process a purchase order and ensure that a customer receives a corresponding quote fulfilling the order and including materials that are in compliance with the customer's own manufacturing and materials standards, as well as any relevant federal and industry-specific standards. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130085895 | HIGH THROUGHPUT GLOBAL ORDER PROMISING SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for high-throughput order promising using multiple servers. Methods and apparatus provide item availability information by receiving an inquiry requesting availability status of a specified item, retrieving summary data associated with the item from a summary data structure stored in a memory of the computer system, determining availability data for the specified item based upon the summary data, and sending an inquiry response indicating the availability of the item based upon the determined availability data. Methods and apparatus provide order scheduling by receiving a scheduling request that identifies an item to be scheduled, determining a schedule for the item, storing availability information for the item based upon the schedule in an in-memory database, and sending a scheduling response based upon the schedule. Storing the availability information may cause the in-memory database to generate a notification that results in an update of the summary data structure. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085896 | Placing a Purchase Order via a Communications Network - An order is placed by a purchaser in which a server system receives an identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from a client system. The server system assigns a client identifier to the client system and associates the identifier with the purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the identifier and a document identifying an item to be purchased and including an order button. The client system receives and stores the identifier and receives and displays the document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client system sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item. The server system receives the request and combines the purchaser information associated with the client identifier to generate an order to purchase the item in accordance with the billing and shipment information. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130091037 | CONTENT RESELLING METHOD AND CONTENT SELLING APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method for reselling contents registered in contents selling apparatus by a content reselling apparatus. The method includes: accessing the content selling apparatus based on reseller information of the content reselling apparatus; selecting at least one reselling content in which reselling is allowed from contents registered in the content selling apparatus; receiving and notifying information of the selected reselling content; receiving reselling content information which is requested to be purchased from a user terminal among the notified reselling contents; and transferring purchase request information of the to user terminal to the content selling apparatus. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130110680 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND SYSTEM WITH THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117159 | TRANSACTION PLATFORM DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to a transaction platform data processing method, and a transaction platform data processing system. The transaction platform data processing method includes: receiving order information corresponding to an order transmitted by a transaction platform, the order information comprising order amount and seller information; retrieving credit information of a seller, the credit information being based on the seller information; determining, using one or more computer processors, whether the order conforms to credit conditions based on the credit information of the seller and the order information; and in the event that the order conforms to the credit conditions, performing credit processing for the order and recording the order in the credit database. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130138536 | LOGISTICS SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE SHOPPING - A logistics support method of a logistics support system for supporting online shopping includes: receiving a usable range for a waybill number from at least one delivery service company system; receiving product order information, except for personal information, from a sales company server selling a product; receiving a request for waybill output information containing the product order information from a supply company system supplying the product or the delivery service company system delivering the product; receiving and encrypting the personal information corresponding to the product order information from the sales company server; generating the waybill output information containing the encrypted personal information, the product order information, and a waybill number belong to the usable waybill number range; and transmitting the waybill output information to the supply company system or the delivery service company system. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130144761 | System and method for the distribution of digital content and revenue - System and method for rewarding the creators, owners, and distributors of digital media are enclosed. The system enables creators and owners to sell digital media to consumers via the Internet. When a consumer purchases the media, the creator or owner is rewarded. The system also enables each consumer who purchases the media to become a distributor, providing tools to promote and sell copies of that media to subsequent purchasers. A subsequent sale rewards both the distributor and the creator or owner. Further sales continue to reward the creator or owner and all or some of the previous distributors along the chain of distribution. The creator or owner sets the sales price, and the rewards are a percentage of the sales price. The creators', owners', and distributors' rewards are determined by their proximity to the most recent sale. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144762 | Cancelling a Purchasing Request - In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A server system receives, as sent by a computing device, a request to purchase a product. The request is initiated by user selection of an element provided for display by a third-party application program. The server system sends, for receipt by a transaction processing system, a charge request to charge an account of a user of the computing device for purchase of the product. The server system determines, after the charge request has been sent for receipt by the transaction processing system, to cancel the charge request. The server system sends, for receipt by the transaction processing system, a request to cancel the charge request. The server system sends, for receipt by the computing device, an indication that purchase of the product has been cancelled. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151379 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AND DELIVERING A FRAMED PICTURE - A method of manufacturing and delivery of a framed picture includes acquiring a digital picture with a user device; selecting a frame type for framing the acquired digital picture using the user device; sending the digital picture and frame selection from the user device to a manufacturer system; acquiring delivery details for delivery of the framed picture; manufacturing the framed picture from the selected frame type and the sent digital picture; applying the delivery details to the manufactured framed picture for identifying the delivery address; and delivering the manufactured framed picture to the delivery address according to the delivery details. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151380 | Advanced Order System - In an advanced ordering system, customers enter their orders using a website or application and transfer their order data to a mobile device such as a smartphone, memory chip, GPS, RFID tag or similar capture device. At a merchant, the order data is transmitted from the mobile device to an advanced order terminal and to the merchant's ordering system, thereby reducing the verbal exchanges needed to process the order. In one embodiment, the advanced order terminal may also receive payment information for the order. In this way, a drive through system can reduce the wait times and emissions associated with idling vehicles as customers wait to give or receive drive through orders. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130159144 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE FULFILLMENT FOR A BUYER'S UNFULFILLABLE ORDER - A method and a system for providing an alternative fulfillment for a buyer's unfulfilled order are described. The system has an order fulfillment issue detection module, an alternative fulfillment qualification module, a replacement item matching module, and a replacement item order module. The order fulfillment issue detection module detects a fulfillment delay of an item in an order placed in an online marketplace. The alternative fulfillment qualification module determines whether the fulfillment delay qualifies for an alternative fulfillment order. The replacement matching module determines a replacement item for the item. The replacement item order module cancels the order and replaces the order with the alternative fulfillment order for the replacement item. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159145 | System and Method for Processing Product Orders - A method of processing a product order is disclosed. The method includes receiving a product order from a consumer and selecting a fulfiller to fulfill the product order. A system for processing a product order is also disclosed. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159146 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an individual material bill of material and/or an order tracking view business object. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130179306 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FUNCTION PRESENTED ON A VISUAL MEDIA - A multi-dimensional function presented on a visual media including a plurality of tags associated with a plurality of parameters of the function is electronically executed using a mobile computing device. Each of the tags is interpretable by the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device interacts with two or more of the tags of the visual media to select values for two or more of the parameters of the function. The function is executed according to the selected values for the two or more parameters. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130198042 | LAST MILE LOGISTICS - A logistics facility, systems and methods for the provision of goods and/or services are disclosed. According to some embodiments, the logistics facility comprises a counter or checkout for purchasing goods and/or services offered for sale at the facility and a drive through or drive up area for the collection of goods from the facility and/or for the ordering of services from the facility. The logistics facility also comprises a storage facility for receiving, consolidating and/or cross-docking goods ordered from the facility or ordered from a plurality of vendors by customers over a communications network via the customers' respective communication devices. The logistics facility also comprises a delivery service for the delivery of goods to destinations specified for the customers. The goods can include perishable goods and/or non-perishable goods and/or higher value goods and the goods are ordered for same day or subsequent delivery or collection | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198043 | SIMPLIFIED ORDERS USING WORDS OR PHRASES - A user communicates, such as through text, a phrase or word to quickly place and pay for an order. The phrase corresponds to details of the order and one phrase can contain orders with multiple merchants. Once the phrase is communicated, a service provider or merchant determines the order from the phrase and processes the order, which may include transmitting order details to the merchant(s) and processing the payment(s) to the merchant(s) on behalf of the user. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130211966 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AND TRANSACTING ELECTRONIC TRADING CARDS - A method of displaying, buying, and trading electronic trading cards on a computer or handheld electronic device by running an electronic trading card application on the computer or handheld device that communicates via the internet with at least one remote server containing a registry of all electronic trading cards. The electronic trading card application running on the computer or handheld device transmits a transaction request to the at least one remote server to execute a purchase or trade between two users of one or more electronic trading cards. The electronic trading card application further displays various components of an electronic trading card based upon user inputs. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218726 | Message Types for Sales Order - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to a sales order business object. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218727 | System and Methods for Purchasing Arbitrage - Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include receiving from a user on a remote device an order for delivery of a plurality of items. Each item comprises an unique identifier. Embodiments also may include determining a location of the user; identifying at least two providers located within a radius of the user, in which each provider is capable of delivering the requested items; computing for each provider a total cost of delivery of the requested items; receive a request for a first provider to deliver the requested item; and facilitate delivery of the items. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130226738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLIPPING OF PURCHASE ORDER INTO INVOICE - A system is described for flipping of purchase orders into invoices within an e-procurement software tool. When a purchase order is sent to a supplier network/portal system, information of the items is retrieved from the purchase order, which is stored on a computer readable storage medium of the supplier network/portal system, followed by comparing the item inputs or pre-determined fields on the invoice with purchase orders to obtain a first compared output, followed by comparing the first compared output with a tolerance limit to obtain a second compared output, followed by copying and flipping the information into the invoice. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226739 | Method Of Controlling Product Inventory - A business method and system for executing the method that involves gathering merchandise orders at a show in the home of a hostess. The method compiles the merchandise orders while maintaining a relationship between each individual order and information pertaining to the guest making the order. The guest information maintains an association with the order throughout the method such that each order made at the show may be individually packaged and labeled, obviating the need for the hostess to sort the ordered items upon receiving them from a warehouse. The system stores records of all purchased items and maintains a running inventory of each item, accessible by the consultants so they may warn customers of potentially low inventories. The database also facilitates returns and exchanges of purchased items. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130232035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC COMMERCE MARKETPLACE AND SETTLEMENT FUNCTIONALITY - A method for facilitating a market transaction includes: storing, in a database, a plurality of quote data entries, wherein each quote data entry includes data related to a supplier quote for goods or services and is associated with a supplier; receiving, by a receiving device, a purchase order for goods or services, wherein the purchase order identifies a supplier; transmitting, by a transmitting device, the purchase order to the supplier identified in the purchase order; receiving, by the receiving device, an invoice corresponding to the purchase order; identifying, by a processing device, a virtual payment number; and transmitting, by the transmitting device, the virtual payment number to the supplier for funding of a financial transaction based on the invoice. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130262269 | SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - An electronic transaction system for facilitating electronic transactions between merchants and buyers includes a shopping cart module configured to provide a merchant portal for merchants to display details of goods for sale and to provide a buyer portal for buyers to select and purchase the goods. A shipping module is configured to provide buyers automatically with details of a shipping service of at least one shipper for shipping the goods selected for purchase by the buyer, and to communicate shipping orders automatically to the at least one shipper following checkout of goods for purchase by the buyer. A banking module is configured for providing a payment gateway for facilitating distribution anti transfer of funds amongst merchants, shippers, and a system provider. An administration module is configured for executing a merchant registration process for enabling a merchant to register with the system provider. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262270 | Purchase Request Management System - System and method for notifying subset of sellers of a purchase request is described. In one embodiment, the present system and method receives a purchase request over a computer network from a potential buyer. The purchase request may include product identification data and potential buyer information. The systems and method determines a subset of sellers from within a group of sellers based upon seller information and one or both of said product identification data and said potential buyer information. The system and method then notifies the subset of sellers of the purchase request. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262271 | System and Method for Conducting Sales - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for conducting sales. A system configured to practice the method receives an inquiry with at least one parameter from a user associated with a sale of an item. The system identifies one or more discount items that satisfy the inquiry and filters the one or more discount items based on a time-sensitive sales opacity scale. The system identifies comparable items for each discount item at nondiscount rates dynamically using real-time data and presents one or more comparable groups to the user, each comparable group including one filtered discount item and respective comparable items. Then the system advances the sale of the discount item based on user acceptance of one of the presented one or more comparable groups. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130275273 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULFILLING TRANSACTIONS THROUGH ANOTHER USER - One embodiment relates to a transaction system that allows one or more users to purchase or reserve goods or services using electronic computer interfaces and authorizes a receiving user to receive fulfillment of the goods or services. The membership of a shared communication context may be used to determine if the receiving user is authorized to receive fulfillment of the goods or services. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275274 | Order Processing System, Method and Program Product - An order processing system, method, and program product that generates an order receipt based on an order request. The system, method, and program product include a plurality of request handlers for processing different types of order requests. One of the plurality of request handlers is selected to process the order request based on the type of order request. Once processing is complete, an order receipt is generated. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130282531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EXPONENTIAL EXPANSION OF COMMERCE - A system and method for turning a buyer into a prospective seller in an electronic marketplace. After the buyer enters into a binding agreement to purchase an item, the buyer is provided with an option of re-listing the purchased item for resale. The purchased item is re-listed if the buyer opts to re-list it. An ecommerce listing to sell the purchased item is automatically generated based on the previous listing. The user only needs to provide the selling price to complete the listing. The purchased item can be re-listed in the same marketplace where the item was purchased or in a different marketplace. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130297456 | Methods and Systems of Digital Rights Management for Vehicles - A vehicle computer system including a processor and memory coupled to the processor is provided. The memory stores a plurality of vehicle applications and a vehicle application management program. The vehicle application management program, when executed by the processor, is configured to initiate restricted operations of the plurality of vehicle applications in accordance with a single digital rights payload received separately from the plurality of vehicle applications. The restricted operations of the plurality of vehicle applications comprise a multimedia operation and a remote access operation. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297457 | TRANSFERABLE SHIPMENTS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for transferable shipments. For example, in various embodiments, items being transported by a carrier can be re-routed after shipment from the consumer who originally purchased the item to another consumer. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297458 | System and Method for Cooperation Between Online and Physical Value-Chain Endpoints - Methods and systems for making an order at a physical value-chain endpoints, e.g., a physical store using a cooperation manager operating on a processing system. The cooperation manager identifies value-chain members involved for the order and provides for specifying manufacturing and fulfillment process workflows, and determines monetary or other compensation for participation. The cooperation manager for example provides an incentive for a physical store to have a terminal to enable a customer to purchase goods at an online store, such purchasing generating compensation for the store owner. Customers' and recipients' purchasing history may be collected and used to target participants of the cooperation system. Personalized communication can be delivered to one-time customers at participating retail stores. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130311336 | PRICE NEGOTIATION FROM USER DEVICE - A consumer is able to negotiate directly with a merchant through the user's computing device by simply selecting a button or link. When the consumer or user locates an item of interest, the user may see a “Negotiate” or similar button or link displayed with the item and price, along with a “Purchase” or similar button. The “Negotiate” button indicates to the user that the seller or merchant is willing to negotiate a price on the item. The user can submit a proposed price, receive a counter-offer, propose a new price, purchase the item, place the item on a wish list, and/or posting a purchase or “like” to a social network or other site. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311337 | Universal consumption service - In accordance with some implementations, a method for selecting a vendor in accordance with some implementations is disclosed. The method is performed on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The server system detects stores one or more vendor profiles, wherein each vendor profile is associated with a particular vendor and includes one or more vendor category scores. The server system then receives a purchase request from a user of the server system, wherein the purchase request includes a product or service to be purchased. The server system then determines a vendor to supply the requested product based on the stored vendor profiles. The server system purchases the requested product from the determined vendor. The server system then arranges for delivery of the purchased product or service. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130317949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE INTEGRATED ORDERING - Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce environment with integrated mobile ordering capabilities. One method includes receiving, from a mobile computing device, an order for at least one item, detecting a location of the mobile computing device, and requesting deliver of the at least one item to the detected location. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325668 | INTERNET PROCUREMENT WITH PROCUREMENT THRESHOLDS AND NOTIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT THERETO - In a method for procuring goods and/or services, needs and procurement habits of a customer are determined. The needs include one or more budgetary spending thresholds, goals and/or constraints. A web site is hosted and operative with a program and a database. Data and information indicative of the customer's needs and habits is input into the database. A plurality of GUIs is presented, the GUIs being customizable by the customer. The GUIs include an order entry/shopping list GUI that the customer uses to place an order. As the order is processed costs of the order are accumulated at a customer defined level and compared to predetermined budgetary spending thresholds, goals and/or constraints. When the accumulated cost approaches, meets or exceeds one or more of the budgetary spending thresholds, goals and/or constraints, a notification message is generated to at least one person of interest. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130339192 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LONGTERM INVENTORY DISTRIBUTION FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure is directed to various computational systems for structuring, financing, and/or managing inventory transfers from an original supplier to a servicing entity. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339193 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVENTORY SHORT TERM DISTRIBUTION FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure is directed to various computational systems for structuring, financing, and/or managing inventory transfers from an original supplier to a servicing entity. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING PACKAGE SERVICE SUBSCRIPTIONS ONLINE - A method allowing service subscribers to modify service subscriptions includes receiving an order for a feature package including multiple features and automatically generating a change request upon identifying an existing feature for the subscriber among the features in the feature package Change requests may be generated automatically until the order includes new features exclusively. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLACING A PURCHASE ORDER THROUGH THE USE OF A SYMBOLOGY - Methods and systems for conducting a sales transaction are disclosed. The methods and systems may contain a plurality of operations that include (1) receiving item information regarding a product or a service for sale from a merchant; (2) creating a symbology encoding data corresponding to the item information; (3) transmitting the symbology to the merchant, wherein the merchant displays the symbology in a public location; (4) receiving the data from a mobile device; (5) verifying that the product or the service is available for purchase; (6) providing a purchase confirmation query to the mobile device; and (7) upon receiving an affirmative purchase confirmation from the mobile device, placing an order for the product or the service. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346253 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE SHOPPING WITH TRY-BEFORE-YOU-BUY OPTION - Systems and methods for online shopping with try-before-you-buy options are disclosed for improving the process of purchasing personal goods over a communications network such as the Internet. A shopper can choose to order an item from a merchant's online system on a trial basis. After the trial period, the shopper can either return the item to the merchant or keep the item. The merchant may only charge the shopper if the shopper decides to keep the item after the expiry of the trial period. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140006216 | DISTRIBUTED ORDER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM THAT TRANSFORMS SALES PRODUCTS TO FULFILLMENT PRODUCTS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006217 | Variable Month Cross-Platform Photo Calendar Builder | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140012706 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING ORDERS IN A SUBSCRIPTION BASED BILLING SYSTEM - A system of processing subscription based orders in a subscription billing management system. The system includes an order manager component for receiving order details and creating order objects of various types. Each of order object has a plurality of values associated with it, including at least a value identifying the type of order. The system also includes an order queue component for storing and ordering order objects created by the order manager component and a subscription manager component for selecting an order object from the order queue component and initiating actions within the subscription billing management systems. The actions are determined at least in part by type of order. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012707 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH FULFILLMENT SOLUTION BLUEPRINT - A system that provides a fulfillment solution blueprint is provided. The system defines order layers for the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further defines provider functions for the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further assigns each provider function to an order layer. The system further defines interface contracts for the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further assigns each interface contract to a provider function. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012708 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - A system that designs a fulfillment solution and fulfills an order using the fulfillment solution is provided. The system defines a technical catalog that includes items including metadata used by a fulfillment solution. The system further defines a fulfillment solution blueprint that includes multiple order layers that define multiple layers of the fulfillment solution, multiple provider functions structured according to a dynamic pattern-driven model, and multiple interface contracts defining multiple interactions between multiple provider functions. The system further designs the fulfillment solution to use at least one item of the technical catalog to fulfill an order. The system further designs the fulfillment solution based on the fulfillment solution blueprint. The system further generates the fulfillment solution based on the fulfillment solution blueprint using at least one item of the technical catalog. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012709 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH TECHNICAL CATALOG - A system that provides a technical catalog is provided. The system defines items including metadata used by a fulfillment solution to drive service order fulfillment, where each item is used by the fulfillment solution to fulfill an order. The system further stores the items within the technical catalog, where the technical catalog includes a data store that stores metadata, and where the technical catalog defines a structure of the items. The metadata defines the key entities and behavioral elements used to specialize service order fulfillment capabilities such as service order orchestration, service order design and assign, etc. The system further designs the fulfillment solution to use an item to fulfill an order. The system further generates the fulfillment solution using the item. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012710 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH SERVICE ORDER - A system that provides a service order is provided. The system defines a service action including metadata that defines a pattern of a structured request to perform work on a customer-facing service that is based on a customer-facing service specification. The system further defines a customer-facing service specification including metadata that defines a customer-facing service that is provided, where a customer-facing service includes a technology-agnostic abstraction of a holistic capability. The system further defines a service order, where the service order includes one or more service order lines, where each service order line includes a service action and a customer-facing service based on a customer-facing service specification. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012711 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH SERVICE ORDER CALCULATION PROVIDER FUNCTION - A system that transforms a customer order into a service order is provided. The system receives a customer order including customer order lines, where each customer order line includes a product action and a product offering that is based on a product specification. The system further defines a structured set of metadata including product specifications, customer-facing service specifications, relationships, and mappings. The system further defines a transformation sequence including customizable process logic, where the customizable process logic is structured within stages. The system further transforms the customer order lines into service order lines based on the metadata and the transformation sequence, where each service order line includes a service action and a customer-facing service based on a customer-facing service specification. The system further generates a service order including the service order lines. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012712 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH ACTION - A system that provides a fulfillment action (or “action”) is provided. The system defines an action specification including a pattern of a structured request to perform work on a subject. The system further defines data for the action specification, where the data includes an action code template that references action codes, and a parameter list template that references parameters. The system further defines the subject for the action specification, where the subject includes a subject template that references entity specifications. The system further defines a target for the action specification, where the target includes a target template that references resource specifications. The system further generates an instance of the action based on the action specification, where the pattern of the structured request to perform work is transformed into process logic configured to perform the work on the subject. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012713 | SERVICE DESIGN AND ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM WITH SERVICE ORDER DESIGN AND ASSIGN PROVIDER FUNCTION - A system that creates a service instance is provided. The system receives a service order including an entity, where the entity includes metadata that defines a capability that is provided, and where the entity includes child entities. The system further designs a configuration for the entity, where the configuration includes the entity, the child entities, and relationships between the entity and the child entities. The system further creates, for each child entity, a design context, where each child entity is a subject for the design context. The system further designs, for each child context, an instance of the child entity using the design context. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019304 | SMART APPARATUS, PAIRING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A smart apparatus for storing pairing information of an accessory and automatically performing pairing with the accessory if the accessory is operated, a pairing system using the smart apparatus, and a pairing method thereof includes a purchase module for receiving a purchase order for an accessory, and a pairing module for receiving product information including pairing information of the accessory if the purchase order for the accessory is received, and automatically performing pairing with the accessory using the pairing information of the accessory. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025540 | System and Methods for Storing Customer Purchasing and Preference Data, Enabling a Customer to Pre-Register Orders and Events, and for Vendors to Market to the Customers Using the Customers' Profiles and GPS Location - A real time management system for marketing to customers and vendors with customer purchasing and preference data in specific consumer markets including restaurant, retail, travel, hospitality, entertainment, and combinations thereof. The management database allows the consumer to make Precision Purchasing™ transactions, reservation transactions, and Precision Gifting™ transactions via a web-based interface, POS based touchscreen interface, and mobile device-based interface. The consumer profile database is comprised of mainly consumer inputted preference and consumer purchase data which is stored into each customer profile and can be accessed/verified with a GPS recognition of the customer's mobile device, biometric hand or finger scan, access card, retinal scan, password, or other terminal kiosk, touchscreen, or mobile application of the like. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025541 | PLACING A PURCHASE ORDER USING ONE OF MULTIPLE PROCUREMENT OPTIONS - A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a user at a client system and received by a server system. The client system can display information identifying the item and, for each of multiple procurement options having information related to ordering the identified item, can display an indication of the procurement option such that selection of the displayed indication represents an ordering of the identified item using the information of the procurement option. In response to selection of a displayed indication, the client system can send to a server computer a request to order the identified item using the information of the procurement option for the selected indication. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032370 | Automatically Linking Product Serial Numbers - A system includes a processor operable to receive transaction information associated with a product purchased by a customer and determine a customer account associated with the customer. The transaction information includes an account identification, a generic product code, and a unique product identifier. The unique product identifier is operable to identify a single unit of the product from among a plurality of identical products and the generic product code is operable to indicate a description of the product. The processor is further operable to determine whether the unique product identifier and the generic product code should be stored in customer account information associated with the determined customer account, and store the unique product identifier and the generic product code in the customer account information if it is determined that the unique product identifier and the generic product code should be stored in the customer account information. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032371 | Systems and Methods of Processing Information and Transactions Involving Digital Content and/or Experiences Associated with Celebrities and Networked Users - Systems and methods are disclosed for processing transactions and associated data. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method for processing information associated with transactions involving a product, wherein the product may comprise an experience, a physical product, and/or a digital product. Moreover, illustrative methods may include performing processing associated with a plurality of subroutines, such as a first subroutine for handling an experience, a second subroutine for handling a physical product and/or a digital product, and/or one or more additional subroutines associated with fulfillment. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032372 | TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for performing a transaction based on a payment identifier which is embedded in or on a product. In response to an order for a product, a payment identifier is generated and associated with a monetary amount which is ring-fenced in an account. The payment identifier is embedded in or on the ordered product and the product is sent to a recipient. On receipt of the product, the recipient uses the payment identifier to obtain the monetary amount, via an Automated Teller Machine or an electronic bank transfer to their account. Ring-fenced monetary amounts in respect of the account are managed by a payment system and an associated method. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032373 | HEURISTIC DATA ENTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A heuristic data entry system/method that integrates data entry search procedures and new data record entry functionality is disclosed. The system/method allows the data entry operator to enter one of more fields within a dialog menu representing a customer context. As these fields are entered a background process scans a customer database using a heuristic algorithm in an attempt to match the customer context against known customer records using a variety of matching algorithms incorporating non-tautological mapping functions. Customer records matched using these imprecise matching functions are then ranked by relevance and displayed as potential candidates for selection by the operator to complete the remaining customer context. The heuristic algorithms make no assumptions as to the accuracy the data operator entry or the customer record database, thus permitting potential matches between customer context and customer data records to occur with symmetrically non-dominant data accuracy assumptions. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032374 | EBOOK MANAGEMENT AND FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for indexing and providing electronic publications in a networked computing environment. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide an ebook distribution engine that has a database for storing and managing data, including: ebook data from a plurality of ebook vendors; curriculum data for a plurality of schools; and fulfillment data including ebook purchase information for individual students at each of the plurality schools; a back office manager having an interface into the database for managing the curriculum data; a publication manager for importing ebook data from the plurality of ebook vendors into the database; and a fulfillment system that effectuates purchase and delivery of ebooks from the ebook vendors to the students. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140040075 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTION AND ORGANIZATION OF CUSTOMER ORDERS IN PREPARATION FOR DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS ORDER FULFILLMENT - A system may receive orders from disparate sources, each order specifying at least one item located in a physical storage area divided into subareas. The orders may be prioritized for desired processing sequence. The system may determine, beginning with high priority orders specifying at least two items for each order, a virtual order footprint that represents all of the subareas corresponding to the items in the order and form a plurality of virtual potential pick batches, each virtual potential pick batch comprising orders in a unique virtual order footprint. When a configurable limit is reached, the number of orders in each virtual potential pick batch is determined. The order counts are a factor in determining which of the virtual potential pick batches are to be released for processing by available work resources. All other non-selected virtual potential pick batches are deconstructed awaiting the future availability of work resources. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040076 | Sale of Footwear by Subscription - A user enters into a subscription to receive footwear having one or more specified performance characteristics. As the user finishes wearing one set of footwear, the user can obtain a replacement set of footwear that also will have one or more specified performance characteristics. The performance characteristics may be consistent for each set of footwear provided according to the subscription. Alternately, the footwear performance characteristics may vary over the life of the subscription. Thus, the footwear provider may periodically obtain biometric information describing the user's athletic activities or performance. The footwear provider then can tailor the performance characteristics of footwear provided under the subscription to match the user's athletic activities or performance. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140046805 | DETERMINING TRANSACTION STATUS INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO INSTANT MESSAGING CONTACT PERSONS - Determining transaction status information is disclosed, including: sending a transaction status information query request corresponding to a contact person associated with an instant messaging client, wherein the transaction status information query request is associated with a user with respect to the contact person, wherein the user is associated with the instant messaging client; and receiving transaction status information determined based at least in part on the transaction status information query request corresponding to the contact person, wherein the transaction status information describes a current stage in a fulfillment process of an order. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046806 | System and Method for Supporting Mobile Unit Connectivity for Home Agent to Process Location Specific Orders - The present invention is an applications gateway that offers multiple functions and features for specific geographic venue locations, while providing easy access to advertising, purchasing, and redemption opportunities for that specific geographic venue location. Venue locations can be stadiums, shopping malls, amusement parks, open air spaces where people can congregate, and/or buildings, which most often require the presence of a concentration of people. The venue location may correlate to the location of the hand-held mobile unit or it may be a remote geographic venue location not near the location of the hand-held mobile unit. Access to the gateway application is through a hand-held mobile unit, which can include a mobile phone, smartphone device, or portable computer having a wireless radio transmission connection. (e.g. iPhone, Droid, iPad, Slate, etc.) | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046807 | System and Method for Supporting Mobile Unit Connectivity for Home Agent to Process Location Specific Orders - The present invention is an applications gateway that offers multiple functions and features for specific geographic venue locations, while providing easy access to advertising, purchasing, and redemption opportunities for that specific geographic venue location. Venue locations can be stadiums, shopping malls, amusement parks, open air spaces where people can congregate, and/or buildings, which most often require the presence of a concentration of people. The venue location may correlate to the location of the hand-held mobile unit or it may be a remote geographic venue location not near the location of the hand-held mobile unit. Access to the gateway application is through a hand-held mobile unit, which can include a mobile phone, smartphone device, or portable computer having a wireless radio transmission connection. (e.g. iPhone, Droid, iPad, Slate, etc.) | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052585 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Order-taking situations in a shop and other shops located in the same region are compared, thereby setting features that are not recognized by the shop. A shop information providing server ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140058901 | ORDERING AHEAD WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention provides a computer-implemented method to order ahead with a mobile device. A user network device receives an input of an order from a user; communicates the order to a merchant network device; receives a preparation time for one or more components of the order; determines a location of the user device; monitors a projected time of arrival at the merchant based on the location of the user device; compares the projected time of arrival with the component preparation time; and notifies the merchant to begin preparation of at least one of the components in response to a determination that the projected time of arrival equals the preparation time of one or more components. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140058902 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR REMOTE ORDERING - Methods and systems for remote ordering. The methods and systems may include receiving vendor information associated with a plurality of vendors and transmitting the vendor information for presentation on a wireless device. In addition, the methods and systems may include receiving an order from the wireless device, wherein the order includes a selection of at least one item from the vendor information associated with a vendor and transmitting the order to the vendor for processing. The methods and systems may also include receiving a notification in real time or near real time with an order status from the vendor and transmitting the notification to the wireless device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140067617 | System and Method for Ordering Items at a Work Site - A system for ordering items includes a plurality of tagged containers, an item being stored in each container. A mobile electronic device reads data in a tag associated with one of the containers and identifies at least one supplier for the item that is within a predetermined distance of the mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device sends an order request to a server that identifies the at least one type of item in the container and the at least one supplier. The server generates an order for the item with only the one supplier identified in the order request and sends the order to another server operated by the one supplier. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067618 | SELF-SERVICE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A self-service distribution system including an e-commerce system and locker terminals, the e-commerce system including an order-placing subsystem, a warehouse and distribution subsystem and a locker management subsystem, the locker terminals being used for storing items or packages ordered by customers and allowing the customers to pick up ordered items or packages therefrom. The order-placing subsystem is used by the customer to place an order online and transmit the order to the distribution subsystem for execution, the warehouse and distribution subsystem is used for storing and managing items, preparing the items according to the order, shipping the items from the warehouse, and delivering the ordered items or packages to a locker terminal chosen by a customer, and the locker management subsystem interfaced with the order-placing subsystem and the warehouse and distribution subsystem, to receive information transmitted by the locker terminal and sends instructions to the locker terminal to manage it. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067619 | Product Catalog, Method For Ordering Products Presented In A Product Catalog And Computer Program Product Therefor - A product catalog with a collection of information about products with the presentation of the information including, at least for certain products contained in the catalog, a machine-readable product code, which contains information about the product. To make it as easy as possible for the user to order products presented in the catalog in an automated manner that saves times and has low susceptibility to error, at least one identification means with individual data of a user of the product catalog for identifying the user is arranged in or on the product catalog such that it can be read out together with at least one product code by a reading device. A method for automatic ordering by a user of products presented in a product catalog or of graphical or virtual representations of such products, and a computer program product for automated performance of the method is also described. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074659 | RAMPED ORDERING FOR CLOUD SERVICES - Provisioning, managing and tracking of services provided by a cloud infrastructure system are described. A subscription request from a customer for one or more services provided by the cloud infrastructure system is received. The request includes a specification of services with different service levels for different time periods. A phased deployment of a customer's subscription order based on the service levels and time periods specified by the customer in the subscription order is then determined. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074660 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF DIGITAL ASSETS - The present invention provides systems and methods for enabling a customer to sample content and select content for purchasing while the customer is in a retail store. Advantageously, the customer may be given one or more options for the delivery of the content. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074661 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE USING INFORMATION PROVIDED ON A MEDIA PLAYING DEVICE - Disclosed are apparatus and method for facilitating a purchase in conjunction with media content information. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a transmission of media content, information regarding the content, and information for facilitating a purchase of at least one of a copy of the content, a good, and/or a service. The content may include broadcast media content and entertainment media content. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to process the information regarding the content and the information for facilitating a purchase of the copy of the content, the good, and/or the service. The apparatus also includes a display device for displaying information. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074662 | ON-LINE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - A computer-implemented method includes generating on a user terminal a merchant web site associated with a merchant with code for a merchant web page, transmitting a product selection request for the user to a remote open payment system that is separate from the merchant, and displaying purchase information responsive to the product selection request using the code for the merchant web page. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140081807 | AUTOMATED SHIPPING ADDRESS PROVISION FOR GIFT GIVING PROCESSES INCLUDING PRIVATE LABEL SERVICE - A method for automated provision of shipping address information for online sales transactions is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request, from an online checkout process at an online retailer, for shipping address information for a first friend of a consumer, reading trademark data from a database, wherein the trademark data corresponds to the online retailer, providing to the consumer a portal displaying a social network login interface, wherein the portal includes the trademark data, generating a message to the first friend requesting shipping address information, wherein the message includes the trademark data, and transmitting the message to the first friend using the contact information that was read, receiving shipping address information from the first friend, and transmitting the shipping address information for the first friend to the online checkout process for completion of the checkout process. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140081808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BUYERS AND SELLERS - A visual communications (VC) tool enables visual communication over a data communications network. An email is sent to a recipient containing a link to a first visual arrangement generated by a sender. The first visual arrangement may include images of various products. The first visual arrangement is displayed via a web browser in a first display area of the VC tool in response to actuation of the link in the email message. The recipient then selects a first image in the first display area. The selection may include dragging and dropping the first image into a second display area of the VC tool. The selection triggers the generating of a second visual arrangement which includes a copy of the first image. The copy of the first image is displayed in a second display area concurrently with the display of the first image in the first display area. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140100992 | MATCHING ORDERS WITH INCOMING SHIPMENTS - The embodiments provide a system for matching orders with incoming shipments. The system may include a product shipment handler configured to receive product shipment information specifying incoming products, a product order handler configured to receive product order information specifying a plurality of product orders and input parameter information associated with each product order, a job dispatcher configured to create a plurality of jobs based on the product shipment information and the product order information, a modeling tool configured to model each job as a separate constrained linear optimization problem, and a linear solver configured to solve each constrained linear optimization problem based on the input parameter information and the product shipment information including generating a delivery plan for each product order within a respective job that matches at least one incoming product with a corresponding product order over a period of time. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140108203 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AND TRANSACTING ELECTRONIC TRADING CARDS - A method of displaying, buying, and trading electronic trading cards on a computer or handheld electronic device by running an electronic trading card application on the computer or handheld device that communicates via the internet with at least one remote server containing a registry of all electronic trading cards. The electronic trading card application running on the computer or handheld device transmits a transaction request to the at least one remote server to execute a purchase or trade between two users of one or more electronic trading cards. The electronic trading card application further displays various components of an electronic trading card based upon user inputs. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108204 | Systems and Methods of Processing Information and Transactions Involving Digital Content and/or Experiences Associated with Celebrities and Networked Users - Systems and methods are disclosed for processing transactions and associated data. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method for processing information associated with transactions involving a product, wherein the product may comprise an experience, a physical product, and/or a digital product. Moreover, illustrative methods may include performing processing associated with a plurality of subroutines, such as a first subroutine for handling an experience, a second subroutine for handling a physical product and/or a digital product, and/or one or more additional subroutines associated with fulfillment. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108205 | Method For A Canvassed Self Healing Bulletin Board - The present invention generally relates to a method for converting a client order into a custom canvassed bulletin board, where the client accesses a board maker's web site and uploads a digital image over the internet to a server. The client verifies the uploaded image, selects an image print size, and submits personal information to the server. The uploaded image is retrieved by the board maker and resized. The board maker prints the image onto a canvas, fixes the printed canvas onto a bulletin board, and delivers the custom board to the client. The bulletin board can be framed, hung on a surface, used with push pins to attach messages to the canvassed surface, or be used as decorative art. Cork's self-healing properties causes holes through the printed canvas and tack receptive cork layers to close up and restore the printed image to its near original quality. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140129391 | DELIVERY GROUP DETERMINATION USING SOURCING AND AVAILABILITY - Techniques and tools are described for delivery group management through determination of delivery alternatives. Order items requested for delivery are combined into delivery groups based on fixed constraints as well as sourcing and availability information. Delivery groups are combined into delivery alternatives. Availability determinations consider multiple sourcing possibilities for the order items. Delivery alternatives can be displayed as part of a user interface to facilitate selection by a user. Delivery alternatives can be useful for selecting cost efficient or otherwise optimized deliveries. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129392 | GIFT SYSTEM - A Web server device provides an order screen for ordering a product which an orderer gives to a participant to an information processing device of the orderer via the Internet, and transmits, upon receiving the order via the order screen, the order to a backyard terminal device in a backyard that provides the product, the backyard terminal device requests, upon receiving the order via the Web server device, an information output device to output information including a content of the order and identification information for identifying the participant to be given the product, the information output device outputs the information upon receiving the request, and the Web server device notifies, upon confirming reception of the product by the participant, the information processing device of the orderer who ordered the product of the reception via the Internet. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136374 | ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - Techniques are disclosed for protecting privacy of parties to electronic transactions, such as transactions conducted through a GSM network. An anonymity service provider receives orders directed from its subscriber to a recipient for goods or services, along with information about its subscriber. The anonymity service provider relays the order to the recipient but withholds information about the subscriber, as the subscriber directs. The recipient receives payment for the good or service by way of a voucher from the anonymity service provider. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140149260 | GIFT ENTITLEMENT NOTIFICATION AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is provided systems and method for a gift entitlement notification and delivery. A payment provider server may receive a gift entitlement from a first user. A gift entitlement may correspond to a gift for a second user, such as a credit at a merchant. The gift entitlement may be known or unknown to the second user. The gift may be retained by the payment provider until the second user is in a gifting opportunity with the merchant, for example, by traveling to the merchant and/or purchasing items with the merchant. If the gifting opportunity qualifies for the gift entitlement, the gift entitlement may be transmitted to the second user or the merchant. The gifting opportunity may qualify for the gift entitlement by meeting the terms attached to the gift entitlement. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156466 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED CUSTOMER ORDER CROSS REFERENCING - An auto cross-referencing functionality related to an order 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 ordering an item. The system allows a customer to enter a manufacturer, competitor, or other non-vendor specific ordering number into an ordering system and have the provided number transformed in-situ to the vendor's ordering number, either in real-time and/or through a batch-like process. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156467 | APPLICATION/CONTENT BUNDLING AND MONETIZATION PLATFORM - Based on submitted software applications, a management system can combine two or more software applications into a bundle that provides users access to the software applications included in the software application bundle. Access to the software applications, including type of access, duration of access, etc., is controlled by financial terms or other credits associated by the management system with the selected software application bundle, such as a monthly subscription fee. Once users are provided access to various software applications, the users and respective publishers may capture various use events related to accessing one or more software applications. After collecting use information, the management system can then initiate a reconciliation event. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156468 | PRINT ORDER RECEIVING AND PLACING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A print order receiving and placing system capable of reducing workloads on operator's ordering operations and input errors. The system for receiving a print product production request from an order placing terminal includes a print process registration unit configured to register a print process including setting information about printing by a printing machine, a processing process registration unit configured to register a processing process including setting information about processing by a processing machine, a product registration unit configured to register a product including a product specification for defining a print process selected from a plurality of registered print processes, a processing process selected from a plurality of registered processing processes, and order information regarding an execution order of these processes, and an item registration unit configured to register the registered product as an item which can be ordered from the order placing terminal. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156469 | Method Of Controlling Product Inventory - A business method and system for executing the method that involves gathering merchandise orders at a show in the home of a hostess. The method compiles the merchandise orders while maintaining a relationship between each individual order and information pertaining to the guest making the order. The guest information maintains an association with the order throughout the method such that each order made at the show may be individually packaged and labeled, obviating the need for the hostess to sort the ordered items upon receiving them from a warehouse. The system stores records of all purchased items and maintains a running inventory of each item, accessible by the consultants so they may warn customers of potentially low inventories. The database also facilitates returns and exchanges of purchased items. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140172644 | DISTRIBUTED MATCHING ENGINE - A system includes a plurality of servers that are configured to execute a distributed matching system for the trading of one or more items. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172645 | INTERNET PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for facilitating payment for online purchases is disclosed. The system allows consumers/customers who shop online to select, at the time of checkout, direct payment from an account as the payment option. An electronic bill (ebill), independent of any confidential financial information pertaining to the consumer, is automatically displayed and emailed to the consumer. The consumer pays the ebill at their bank the same way they pay their utility bill, which then results in a payment confirmation sent from the bank to the payee. Payment information from the bank is sent to the system to update the purchase transactions. Once the payment information is processed, the consumer and merchant accounts are balanced and both receive automatic notification of the payment. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140180878 | ELECTRONIC SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cloud server receives an order and position information from a mobile device. The cloud server then determines which store have the product in the order, determines the store nearest the mobile device according to stored position information of stores and the received position information when two or more stores have the product. The cloud sever then transmits the order to a terminal of the nearest store, receives order information from the terminal, and transmits the order information and the position information of the nearest store to the mobile device. A related electronic shopping method and storage medium are also disclosed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140180879 | Systems and Methods of Processing Information and Transactions Involving Digital Content, Digital Products and/or Experiences - Systems and methods described herein relate to processing of information, data and transactions involving content and/or experiences. According to one exemplary implementation, an illustrative method of computerized information processing may involve handling and/or checkout of a product, the product comprising an experience, a physical product, and/or a digital product. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188668 | Recovery of E-Commerce Orders - Implementations for recovering e-commerce orders are described herein. An e-commerce order is submitted to an order processing system, by an order check-out module of an online transaction system. The e-commerce order includes order information that is provided to the order check-out module by a client device. The check-out module determines that the order processing is delayed or failed and, based at least on a status of the order processing being delayed or failed, initiates an order recovery action to be performed by an order recovery engine. Once the order recovery action is initiated, the order check-out module is made available to handle a new order. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140207623 | PRICE DIFFERENTIATION BY MARKET FOR IN-APP SOFTWARE PURCHASES - Different prices may be charged for an In-App Purchase (IAP) for a same item based on a market associated with the user. For example, a user in one market may be charged a different price for an item than what is charged for the item to a user in a different market. A different product identifier is associated with the item for each of the different markets for the item. The item is submitted to the application store as different items that have the different product identifiers for each of the different markets. When an IAP request for an item is received from a user, a market that is associated with the user is determined based on a location associated with the user. After determining the market for the user, the product identifier that identifies the product is used to obtain the item from the application store. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207624 | FRAMED IMPLEMENTATION FOR PAYMENT WIDGETS - A system and method process an electronic commerce transaction between a consumer and a merchant over a communications network. A checkout webpage of a virtual shopping cart of the merchant is displayed by a consumer device and an initialization routine of the checkout webpage is performed by the consumer device. The initialization routine segments the checkout webpage to display a widget webpage of a service provider within the checkout webpage. Content of the widget webpage is loaded and displayed independent of content of the checkout webpage. A bootstrap routine of the widget webpage is performed by the consumer device to add a payment widget to the widget webpage and to display the payment widget with the checkout webpage. Further, the transaction is processed by the consumer device to completion using the payment widget. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - A system and method for selling software products over a network. The system includes a server computer with access to software products. The system is configured to allow a user to purchase a subscription for the periodic acquisition of selected software products. In one embodiment, as part of the subscription, the user pays an amount during selected billing intervals. In return, the system issues to the user a number of credits for downloading at no additional charge at least one of the software products during a credit interval, which may be equal in length to the billing interval. In one embodiment, the system debits a number of credits in response to fulfilling a user's purchase request. The system may be also configured to deduct credits that are not used within selected credit intervals. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140214626 | METHODS FOR ENABLING GIFT CARD TRANSACTIONS - One variation of the first method includes: receiving a first gift order from a first sender through a social networking system, the first gift order specifying a recipient, a first merchant, and a first monetary value redeemable through the first merchant; issuing a tangible gift card to the recipient, the gift card linked to a gift account, of the recipient, within the social networking system; receiving a second gift order from a second sender through the social networking system, the second gift order specifying the recipient, a second merchant, and a second monetary value redeemable through the second merchant; linking the first and second monetary values to the gift account; and, in response to a first purchase from the first merchant with the gift card, publishing a detail of the first purchase to a feed within the social networking system in accordance with a privacy setting of the recipient. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214627 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF A CLOSED LOOP PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF A FORMULATION-BASED PRODUCT - An order relating to a formulation-based product is received, wherein fulfilling the order requires production of the formulation-based product at a first location, transport of the formulation-based product in a vehicle to a second location different from the first location, and performance of an activity with respect to the formulation-based product at the second location. First information relating to a first change made to the formulation-based product at the first location is received, from the first location, prior to transport of the formulation-based product. Second information relating to a second change made to the formulation-based product during transport of the formulation-based product is received during transport of the formulation-based product. Third information relating to the activity performed with respect to the formulation-based product at the second location is received from the second location. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222623 | Order Processing for Remotely Ordered Goods - A computer-implemented method for processing of an order for goods received at an order processing system from a location-triggered communication through a networked mobile wireless telecommunication computing device. Responsive to the location-triggered communication, a signal is transmitted to commence processing the order for goods. If the mobile wireless telecommunication computing device requests, an item list of available items and corresponding processing times for each request could also be transmitted. The item list may form part of an application program installable on the mobile wireless telecommunication computing device. The location-triggered communication may include payment information. The method may also process payment information and transmit an order receipt to the mobile wireless telecommunication computing device. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL WRITER-READER CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION - A system and method for creation and distribution of writer-reader content through a social publishing service are described. The social publishing service directly connects readers with writers, using words as the unit of currency for transactions. Readers may purchase amounts of words to use as currency, which are then included in a user account and can be exchanged for corresponding word amounts of writer-reader content. Writers within the system may then be paid based on the number of words of their works purchased by readers. The social publishing service provides a platform for commerce transactions between writers and readers, gamification of that transaction process, as well as providing modules within a user interface allowing for users to search for, read, write, review and/or or edit writer-reader content. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236773 | 3D Printer Based Product Delivery System and Methods - A product delivery system operable to deliver a virtual product which is manufactured locally using a 3D printer, and methods for using such. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244444 | Paperless Ticketing System - A paperless ticketing program acts as an intermediary between existing concrete dispatch and concrete batching programs. The paperless ticketing program receives concrete ticket delivery information from the concrete dispatch program and batch weight information from the concrete batching program in order to create a paperless ticket. A paperless ticketing client runs on a portable computer having a touch screen interface to allow a customer to electronically sign the ticket to acknowledge receipt of a concrete delivery. The paperless ticketing program retrofits existing systems with paperless ticketing functionality. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140249965 | MEDIA ITEM COLLECTION PRE-ORDER FULFILLMENT - Fulfilling a pre-order for a collection of media items in an online store, enforcing one or more pricing schemes which adjust the price charged for the collection of media items purchased as a pre-order, and managing changes to a pre-order campaign as they are received from a media publisher. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249966 | System and Method for Recipe, Grocery, and Food Services - A system includes one or more software programs which are utilized to automate a process of converting an object in media, such as a recipe on a website, into a component list, such as a recipe list. The component list may be converted to a shopping items list, such as a grocery list. In one example, a recipe website provides recipes. A user selects one or more of the recipes. Software creates a recipe list of recipe items. In one example, this is accomplished by the software reading a recipe presented in the media content. The software automatically converts the one or more selected recipes into one or more shopping lists. The shopping lists may be used by the user to manually obtain and purchase items at a store. Alternatively, the one or more shopping lists may be used as input for an electronic shopping service or a suppliers fulfillment platform. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140249967 | ORDER RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRASMITTING ORDER OF MENU ITEM BY THE SAME - In accordance with one embodiment, an order reception apparatus, which displays a first selection screen for receiving an order of a menu item, comprises a reception module configured to receive a selection operation of the menu item on the first selection screen by a customer, a connection module configured to be connectable to an external apparatus, and a transfer module configured to transfer a content relating to the menu item the selection of which is received by the reception module on the first selection screen to the external apparatus connected with the connection module. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140279269 | System and Method for Order Processing Using Customer Location Information - Exemplary embodiments are directed to electronic order processing of items in an electronic commerce environment. A geographic boundary associated with a physical location of a retail entity can be implemented using, for example, a geo-fence. An order for an item from the retail location can be received by a customer and a notification prioritizing processing of the order can be generated based on a location of the user relative to the geographic boundary. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279270 | PRE-ORDERING BASED ON LOCATION OF A CUSTOMER - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods that enable a user to pre-order products from an internal or external organization. The organization procures the products and/or completes the pre-order, such as completes a payment for the pre-order or finishes the pre-order, based on the location of the user, as determined through the user's mobile device. The order is only completed when the customer location is determined to be within a desired location of the collection point for the pre-order. Preparation of the products pre-ordered by the user commences upon the user location satisfying a predetermined criteria, such as the user being located an approximate distance from a particular location, the user having an approximate arrival time from a particular location, the user located within an electronic geographic fenced area around a particular location, or the user identified as moving with respect to a particular location. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279271 | Systems and Methods for Configuring a Group Order and Automatic Generation of Group Order Notification and Feedback Conforming to Pre-Specified Feedback Constraints - Systems, methods and tools facilitate efficient and convenient e-commerce based group ordering. A group order organizer tool allows a group order organizer to create and configure a group order, specify group members, specify and configure information to be solicited from group members, and customize various details of the group order. The group order tool automatically generates member-specific group order notification documents containing member-specific input controls to allow individual group members to input solicited information. Group order notification and management tools send out the group order notification documents to the group members and manage the responses. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279272 | Methods and Systems for Sorting Items That Are Received for Further Shipment - A method of sorting items that are received for further shipment includes determining a first quantity of the items to be placed into a first tote and a second quantity of the items to be placed into a second tote. The first tote conveys the items to a first location for immediate shipping to a first set of customers who have ordered only the item. The second tote conveys the items to a second location for matching with different items before being shipped to a second set of customers who have ordered combinations of the item and one or more of the different items. In response to receipt of the items, a first quantity of the items is placed into the first tote in accordance with the determined first quantity, and a second quantity of the items is placed into the second tote in accordance with the determined second quantity. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279273 | Method and System for Multimedia Distribution - A method and system comprises transmitting an identifying code to a server. The identifying code identifies at least one media file associated with a user. The media file comprises at least one image obtained at a venue. The user's order for purchasing contents of the media file is transmitted to the server. The contents are received from the server for viewing and editing. Destinations for receiving purchased contents are transmitted to the server. The destinations comprise at least a first and a second location accessible from internet connections. The server transmits the purchased contents to the first and second locations. The first location is configured to be operable for storing the purchased content for retrieval by the user. The second location is associated with a manufacturer of items in which a visual representation of purchased contents is affixed to one or more items. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279274 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING WEB-BASED PURCHASES - A method implementable on a transaction server for facilitating a web-based purchase without a user visiting one or more merchant websites or without one or more merchants requiring to change anything on their websites is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a user via a marketplace server to make a purchase for at least one item at the one or more merchants. At least a portion of user data associated with the user is transmitted to the one or more merchants for a checkout processing of the request. One or more status messages pertaining to the checkout processing of the request are displayed to the user along with one or more review order messages for confirmation. Lastly, method includes applying the web-based purchase for the at least one item at the one or more merchants based on the confirmation to proceed with the purchase. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279275 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VEHICLE TRANSACTIONS USING OPTICAL DATA - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for searching vehicle listings. An example method may include scanning, by a user device comprising one or more processors, optical machine-readable data associated with a first vehicle. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the optical machine-readable data, a vehicle identification number associated with the first vehicle. The method may further include determining, based at least in part on the vehicle identification number, one or more vehicle attributes. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279276 | ORDERING SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY SERVICE CONTROL THROUGH TEXT MESSAGING - A system allows control of an ancillary server function through a text messaging protocol. The text message allows a connected user to obtain goods or services through a network controller that selectively routes a self-addressed text message to a remote networked server that instantiates the server function based on content in the text message. The self-addressed electronic message (e.g., SMS message) is interpreted by a network component as needing invocation of a specified ordering service and, accordingly, is routed to a server that is tasked with administering, for example, order and delivery of a product or access to an account. The server, upon receipt of the self-addressed electronic message, may interact with the buyer using messaging to confirm the scope of the order and to fulfil the order. The system augments cellular phone functionality with a mechanism for placing orders using a looped text-yourself approach that engenders trust with users. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279277 | OUT-OF-STORE PURCHASE ROUTING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA - Systems, methods, and media for picking-up and delivering products are disclosed. Some embodiments route shoppers to acquire products for multiple customers orders from multiple suppliers using a variety of transportation modes. The transportation modes may differing maximum weight carrying and volume carrying capacities, maximum vehicle speeds. Moreover, some embodiments may account for a different number vehicles for each transportation mode and may further account for the availability of shoppers and vehicles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140279278 | ITEM SUBSTITUTION FOR UNAVAILABLE ITEMS RELATING TO A CUSTOMER ORDER - A technique is disclosed for automatically implementing item substitutions for unavailable items in a customer order. According to one embodiment, line item orders from selected customer orders may be aggregated and processed for substitution analysis. Substitutions for unavailable items of selected customer orders may then be automatically implemented based upon substitution instructions, business rules, and/or other predefined criteria. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140297481 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FACILITATING A TRANSACTION - A method and system facilitate a transaction via a network-based transaction facility. For example, a pre-order relating to an item may be recorded in a database, a plurality of offers to sell the item may be received, and a matching operation may detect a correspondence between the pre-order and the plurality of offers. The pre-order may be set to a reserve state in the database responsive to detecting an offer of the plurality of offers matching the pre-order, in which the reserve state is to reserve the offer of the plurality of offers pending to perform a transaction with the pre-order. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140310132 | COLLABORATION TOOL - A method for enabling collaboration between individuals to design, construct and maintain a building. The method comprises providing a network based computer system including at least one server and multiple clients. The multiple clients allow respective individuals to interact with the server. The server includes a machine-readable storage, which is encoded with software for execution by a CPU for allowing individuals at the respective clients to create, execute and manage projects associated with at least one of a design phase, construction phase and maintenance phase of the building. Each project comprises one or more events that are related to time. The method also comprises storing in the machine-readable storage events as they occur during execution of each project to create a building project database spanning at least the design phase and the construction phase and optionally the maintenance phase of the building. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140324635 | REMOTE ACCESS TO TICKETS - A method and system for receiving digital artifacts from a management server. The method includes sending a request for a digital artifact from a mobile application to the management server for display within a specific mobile application generated screen, receiving the digital artifact from the management server, and displaying the digital artifact with the specific mobile application generated screen. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324636 | Managing Consistent Interfaces For Business Objects Across Heterogeneous Systems - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an individual material bill of material and/or an order tracking view business object. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140324637 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OVER A NETWORK - Systems and methods for facilitating financial transactions over a network include a merchant device, a client device and a payment processing device. The merchant device is adapted to allow a merchant to provide items for purchase via the network. The client device is adapted to allow a user to access the merchant device via the network and view the items for purchase. The client device is adapted to provide a payment mechanism to the user. The user generates a purchase request for an item by selecting the one item, dragging the item to the payment mechanism, and dropping the item over the payment mechanism. The payment processing device is adapted to receive the purchase request from the client device via the network and authorize the user to purchase the item from the merchant based on information passed with the purchase request. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140337181 | COLLECTIVE ORDER FULFILLMENT - In embodiments, a buyer may place a purchase order, e.g., to a collective fulfillment computing platform, for a quantity of a product to be produced. In various embodiments, the purchase order may include one or more criteria for fulfillment of the purchase order. In various embodiments, notification of the purchase order may be transmitted, e.g., by the platform, to a plurality of potential suppliers of the product. In various embodiments, at least some of the plurality of potential suppliers may place bids to fulfill at least portions of the purchase order. In various embodiments, the platform may be configured to automatically apportion at least an initial payment for the purchase order among the bidding suppliers based at least in part on profiles associated with the first plurality of potential suppliers and the one or more criteria for collective fulfillment of the purchase order. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GIFTS FROM A GIVER TO A RECIPIENT - Processing gifts from a giver to a recipient is addressed. The system receives an identification of a product or service as a gift and a recipient. The system transmits an offering including the product/service for selection by the recipient. The system processes the purchase and delivery of the selected product using a recipient payment and delivery account and transfers money from the giver payment account (or a holding account) to the recipient payment account to reimburse the cost of the product. The system can process the purchase and delivery of the selected product using the giver's payment and delivery account. In another embodiment, the system utilizes a group to give a gift to the recipient, each member of the group reimbursing a group giver a portion of the cost of the gift. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337183 | ONLINE PROCESSING FOR OFFSHORE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS - A method and system for processing offshore online transaction use an intermediary platform to conduct foreign currency exchange on behalf of a buyer and an offshore seller. The method allows the buyer to purchase a product of an offshore merchant website using a local currency through the intermediary platform. The buyer places an order at the offshore merchant website, which sends an order request to the intermediary platform. The intermediary platform calculates the purchase amount in local currency, and exchanges the local currency amount provided by the user into an equivalent foreign currency amount through a financial platform, and sends a transaction message indicating successful payment to the offshore merchant website to allow shipping of the product. The intermediary platform periodically conducts accounting and profit sharing operations with the offshore merchant website. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337184 | METHOD OF BILLING AN ONLINE PURCHASE - The present disclosure relates to a method of billing an online purchase of a user by himself or a third party. The disclosure particularly provides a method for handling a superordinated virtual shopping cart in which articles of different online providers can be accumulated and billed commonly. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140351095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DELAYED SALES ORDERS - A system and method for processing delayed sales order. In one embodiment a system for sales order processing includes one or more processors and instructions executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to 1) select from a plurality of stored sales orders, a first subset of the sales orders having a previously scheduled delivery date delayed by more than a predetermined time period; 2) associate with each sales order of the first subset a reason for the delivery date delay; 3) select from the first subset of the sales orders, a second subset of the sales orders associated with a given representative; and 4) display the second subset of the sales orders for viewing by the given representative. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351096 | TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING ACQUISITION AND EXCHANGE OF EBOOK AND OTHER DIGITAL CONTENT VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - Various aspects are described herein for facilitating acquisition, exchange and leasing of digital media products via computer networks. Various Digital Media Exchange and Licensing techniques are described herein for facilitating and enabling monetization of a leased digital media product during “idle” times of the lease term such as, for example, when the leased digital media product is no longer being accessed and/or utilized or when the digital media product is no longer needed or desired by the renter or lessor. In some embodiments, revenue generated from such monetization may be shared with the digital media product content creators and/or content providers. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140365341 | STORE OF THE FUTURE - Techniques for facilitating commerce and retail transactions are described. According to various embodiments, a user selection of a product item offered for sale by a retail store is received, via a shoppable window user interface associated with the retail store. Thereafter, a user request to perform a checkout process for purchase of the product item is received, via the shoppable window user interface. The checkout process for the purchase of the product item is then performed, via a user interface displayed on a smartphone associated with the user. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372258 | Method and Apparatus for Propagating Combination of Signals for Operating a Closed Circuit E-Commerce - A method and apparatus for communicating information and e-shopping signals between servers within a closed circuit e-commerce, and between servers and shopping terminals via main router and interface of a building, propagating the information and e-shopping signals via at least one twisted pair including ASK and FSK modulated data and commands including high speed updating signals for updating the content and programs of said e-commerce stored in the shopping terminals. A delivery station for picking up and deliver the ordered merchandise located within the building or outside the building using delivery devices, and storage devices for verifying the pickup and deliver with no error. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROPOGATING COMBINATION OF SIGNALS FOR OPERATING A CLOSED CIRCUIT E-COMMERCE - A method and apparatus for communicating information and e-shopping signals between servers within a closed circuit e-commerce, and between servers and shopping terminals via main router and interface of a building, propagating the information and e-shopping signals via at least one twisted pair including ASK and FSK modulated data and commands including high speed updating signals for updating the content and programs of said e-commerce stored in the shopping terminals. A delivery station for picking up and deliver the ordered merchandise located within the building or outside the building using delivery devices, and storage devices for verifying the pickup and deliver with no error. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379529 | ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH CUSTOMER LOCATION TRACKING - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide a pickup process for items purchased from a store. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device of a customer may determine whether the mobile computing device and therefore the customer are in a pickup zone for a store. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is in the pickup zone, the mobile computing device may notify the customer and request whether the customer wishes to initiate pickup of purchased items from the store. The mobile computing device may notify a merchandise pickup system of the customer's desire to pickup the purchased items. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379530 | INTEGRATED CARWASH CLIENT SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME WORK SCHEDULING PROCESS AND CARWASH ORDER AND RESERVATION FOR A CAR PARKING FACILITY-BASED HAND CARWASH - An integrated carwash client service management system receives a customer's carwash request, and schedules, coordinates, and manages a car parking facility-based hand carwash service. The integrated carwash client service management system includes an integrated carwash service management application executed in a computer server, an integrated carwash customer order application executed in a customer's electronic device, an integrated carwash order processing application executed in a carwash technician device, and an integrated carwash kiosk application executed in an electronic kiosk machine. A client service management database is managed and operated by the integrated carwash service management application executed in the computer server. This system provides an interactive electronic platform to schedule, view, and share a current progress of the carwash with before and after photos, messages, and status updates between the carwash technicians and the customer. The interactive electronic platform also accommodates carwash and auto detailing sales transactions. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379531 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING SALES AND USE TAX IN REAL-TIME - A system and method for collection of tax in real time from customers conducting a remote, non-in-store purchase. The system comprises a merchant shopping cart subsystem, tax calculation service, and a charging, archival, and reporting system (CARS) subsystem. Participating merchants in the system do not conduct tax calculations and will not receive tax revenue payments, and thus will not be required to maintain and provide reports to tax authorities. Tax revenue on customer purchases from merchants participating in the system will be collected by a third party authorized by the respective participating tax authority. The collected tax revenue will be held by the third party in a trust account until such time as the tax authority request the revenue. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012388 | MERCHANT HOSTED CHECKOUT AT A MERCHANT SERVER - Merchant hosted checkout as described herein allows merchants to process mobile payments via a customized user payment interface (“checkout interface”). The merchant hosted checkout provides dynamic user interface (UI) instructions and user input requirements based on the country and mobile network (carrier) associated with each transaction. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012389 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SOFTWARE PRODUCTS FOR TIMELY PROVISION OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE - The present invention provides systems and methods for time-dependent payment for a service or product, the method including defining a planned time for provision of a service or product to a user location from a service or product provider, measuring an actual time for the provision to the user location of the service or product and reducing the payment for the service or product responsive to a quantification of delay between the actual time and the planned time. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012390 | DELIVERY DEVICE AND MTEHOD FOR VERIFIABLE NO-ERROR DELIVERY BY A DELIVERY STATION - A delivery device and method for delivering without error one of merchandise and service item of an order received by e-provider from a building dweller, said item is stored in a storage facility of a delivery station located within the building and distant including station server connected to e-provider server via a network and a storage device controlling the storage facility, the delivery device comprising a CPU, a memory, operating keys, indicators, display touch screen for identifying the stored item, the order and the dweller, at least one of barcode reader and RFID reader for providing error-free pickup, gathering and delivery, and a transceiver for communicating the delivery including updates and details of the gathering and the delivering processes including acknowledging of the delivery through the network in real time. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012391 | STORAGE DEVICE AND MTEHOD FOR CONTROLLING A STORAGE FACILITY OF A DELIVERY STATION - A storage device and method for controlling a storage facility of at least one of merchandise and service item stored in the storage facility of a delivery station located within a building and distant including station server connected to an e-provider server via a network and a delivery device, the storage device controlling the storage facility comprising a CPU, a memory, operating keys, indicators, display touch screen for identifying an order received from a dweller of the building, at least one of barcode reader and RFID reader for providing error-free pickup and gathering and a transceiver for communicating the storage status and pickup including updates and details of the pickup, gathering and the stored item status in real time with at least one of the station server and the delivery device. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019384 | DIRECT SALE AND SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORM AND SYSTEM - Platforms, systems, media, and methods that enable a direct sale of a product or a service comprising a processor configured to provide an application comprising: a software module for the user or the group of users to purchase a product directly from a manufacturer, provided that the buyer has the option to purchase the product from at least two manufacturers; a software module for selecting a shipping service for the product, provided that shipping is from the manufacturer to the user or the group of users, and provided that the user or the group of users has the option to purchase the service from at least two shipping providers; a software module for tracking the product through the manufacturing and shipping processes; and a software module for social networking comprises directly connecting to the manufacturer, the shipping provider, other users, or other group of users. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019385 | E-COMMERCE PURCHASE PORTAL - In an example, aspects of this disclosure relate to a process for electronic commerce that includes providing, at a website of a manufacturer, an indication of one or more products for sale by the manufacturer, wherein the one or more products are distributed by a distributor that is distinct from the manufacturer. The process also includes receiving an indication of an intent to purchase the one or more products by a customer and an identification number that uniquely identifies the customer, and, in response to receiving the indication of the intent to purchase and the customer identification number, generating order information comprising data identifying the one or more products and data identifying the customer. The process also includes initiating an order with the distributor using the order information without transitioning to a website of the distributor. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019386 | OPERATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An operation device determines, when it is determined that a consumable is gradually consumed, whether or not the remaining quantity of the consumable is not more than 50%. When it is determined that the remaining quantity is not more than 50%, and it is in a fixed value order mode, the operation device executes order processing for transmitting order information of ordering the consumable. Also, when it is determined that the remaining quantity is not more than 50%, that it is in a consumption prediction mode, and that the prediction period to the time when the remaining quantity becomes 0 is within 10 days, the operation device executes order processing. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019387 | BOX-LAST PACKAGING SYSTEM - Implementations of the present invention relate to systems and methods for receiving an order that has been gathered and is ready for packaging. After the order is received, a tracking code can be scanned. The tracking code may be associated with packaging information relating to the order's packaging attributes. A request can then be send to a packaging system to generate a packaging template. The packaging system can then generate the requested packaging template. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150032575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-UNIT KITS - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for distribution and collection of kits of connectable building blocks are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system with circuitry configured to receive a request from a user device associated with a user to place a kit of the kits in a user shipment queue of the user. The circuitry may be further configured to determine a building block count for the kit and to determine whether the kit is accessible to the user based on the building block count. In response to determining that the kit is accessible to the user, the circuitry may be configured to add the kit to the user shipment queue. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING USER INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method for processing user information provided in online ordering, includes receiving an instruction to perform an anonymous process on user information selected from the provided user information; performing, in response to the instruction, an anonymous process on the selected user information, to obtain anonymous information corresponding to the selected user information; and generating an order containing the anonymous information. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032577 | System and method for generating revenue for publishers of multimedia content over a network - A system and method for compensating publishers of content items, such as a video, graphics, songs, movies, images, advertisements, or any other type of content, in response to, or as a precondition to, viewing of a given content item by others at a host website. For example, multimedia content publishers upload their respective content items to a host website. The uploaded content items may be integrated into a video search engine, which is a feature of the host website. A given user wishing to view a given content item remunerates the publisher of the content item with payment through a third party payment provider, which may be a donation or minimal payment. Payment may be effected via a third party payment system such as PayPal™ of San Jose, Calif. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039476 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless thermal printing for order fulfillment - Systems, methods, and a printer apparatus using network-based communication over 3G or 4G wireless networks, and provides for electronic response from the printer relating to order confirmation and fulfillment at the recipient printer, in communication to an order management coordinator or server. The printer provides an order output including at least one symbol representing an order, including at least one of order content, ordering entity or individual, price, time of order, and combinations thereof. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046293 | PAYMENT APPARATUS AND EC SERVER - A payment apparatus that settles merchandise sold at an EC site, includes a receiving unit that receives, when a merchandise page of the EC site is accessed by a user, a merchandise identifier for specifying the merchandise and session data with the user from the merchandise page; a generation unit that generates a payment icon including information regarding a payment of the merchandise based on the merchandise identifier and the session data; a sending unit that sends the payment icon to the merchandise page; and a payment unit that performs, when the payment icon displayed in the merchandise page is operated by the user, a payment process of the merchandise for the user specified by the session data. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046294 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, THE METHOD THEREOF AND ITEM PROVIDING METHOD - Provided is a display apparatus including: a display; an input unit configured to receive a trace of writing performed in a remote control apparatus; a detector configured to extract at least one character corresponding to the trace of writing; and a controller configured to search for at least one item corresponding to the character from among a plurality of items stored in a storage of the display apparatus or provided from at least one external server, and display a result of the search on the display. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150052023 | ITEM DELIVERY USING 3D MANUFACTURING ON DEMAND - Methods and systems can be provided for providing items manufactured on demand to users. A user request for an item can be received. The item can have 3D manufacturing instructions associated therewith. A delivery method for the item can be determined. A manufacturing apparatus can be selected to manufacture the item based on the 3D manufacturing instructions. Instructions can be sent to the manufacturing apparatus to manufacture the item based on the 3D manufacturing instructions. Delivery instructions can be provided for delivering the item according to the delivery method. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052024 | PROVIDING SERVICES RELATED TO ITEM DELIVERY VIA 3D MANUFACTURING ON DEMAND - Methods and systems can be provided for providing items manufactured on demand to users. A user request for an item can be received. The item can have 3D manufacturing instructions associated therewith. A delivery method for the item can be determined. A manufacturing apparatus can be selected to manufacture the item based on the 3D manufacturing instructions. Instructions can be sent to the manufacturing apparatus to manufacture the item based on the 3D manufacturing instructions. Delivery instructions can be provided for delivering the item according to the delivery method. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052025 | FULFILLMENT OF ORDERS FOR ITEMS USING 3D MANUFACTURING ON DEMAND - Methods and systems can be provided for providing items manufactured on demand to users. A user request for an item can be received. The item can have 3D manufacturing instructions associated therewith. A delivery method for the item can be determined. A manufacturing apparatus can be selected to manufacture the item based on the 3D manufacturing instructions. Instructions can be sent to the manufacturing apparatus to manufacture the item based on the 3D manufacturing instructions. Delivery instructions can be provided for delivering the item according to the delivery method. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150058175 | REALIZING BOXED EXPERIENCE FOR DIGITAL CONTENT ACQUISITION - Example apparatus and methods concern realizing the boxed experience for digital content acquisition. Example apparatus and methods associate a digital content purchase with digital metadata. The digital content purchase may be a computer game, a console video game, a film, a television program, or an e-book. The digital metadata may describe a user-customizable physical item portrayed within the digital content purchase. Example apparatus and methods include digital metadata with a digital content purchase, and control the re-creation of a physical item from the digital metadata. Example apparatus and methods may limit the number of times the physical item may be re-created from the digital metadata, and may control the frequency with which the physical item may be re-created. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150073945 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FULFILLING ORDERS - Methods and systems for processing orders for a product or service are described, the methods including the steps of: preparing order data which identifies at least one product or service; providing a user with a transmitting device for indicating their presence at a fulfillment location where the order can be fulfilled; and processing an order based on the order data. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150088695 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CHECKOUT PROCEDURES OF A WEBSITE - In one example, a method includes transitioning, by a server system, from a full checkout procedure of a website to a reduced functionality checkout procedure of the website. The full checkout procedure includes calculations corresponding to a set of parameters associated with an electronic commerce transaction. The reduced functionality checkout procedure includes calculations corresponding to a subset of the parameters associated with the electronic commerce transaction. The method further includes receiving, by the server system and from a client device, a request to complete the electronic commerce transaction via the website, and in response to receiving the request to complete the electronic commerce transaction, executing, by the server system, the reduced functionality checkout procedure. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088696 | DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF INVENTORY PROTOCOL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product to dynamically determine inventory reservation protocols using dynamic shopper trends. In an embodiment, a computing device receives an order request for a product. The computing device determines a threshold criteria that is associated with the product as well as an inventory reservation protocol for the order request using the determined threshold criteria. The computing device also services the order request according to the determined inventory reservation protocol | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095199 | QUICK ROUTE QUEUED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - A system and computer implemented consumer time saving method includes access to a computer application resident on an user device or via a webpage to order a product or service via a wireless network by: selecting a product or service; selecting two or more stores at locations where the selected product or service is available; determining an estimated pick-up or service time at each of the selected stores; selecting one of the store locations to order the selected product or service; and ordering the selected product or service at the selected store location. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150106237 | SYSTEM FOR DESIGN OF DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM - A system for enabling the rapid design and deployment of field-specific drip irrigation systems. More specifically, a system wherein a user can input measurements and limitations as to a specific field, and the disclosed system can provide a unique, actionable blueprint for a field owner as well as information relating to materials needed, instructions for how to assemble materials and install the drip irrigation system, cost estimates, and a payment platform allowing for immediate purchase of materials. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106238 | AUTOMATIC RESUPPLY OF CONSUMABLE COMMODITIES - Methods and systems for facilitating initiation of resupply orders for consumable commodities include using a stand-alone electronic or audio-generating device incorporated into retail product packaging. The stand-alone device is equipped with a rudimentary processor or logic circuit, a memory, and a wireless transmitter. A simple user interface/activation device such as a push button or membrane switch is coupled to the logic circuit or processor. The stand-alone device is incorporated into or with product packaging, and may be configured with a resupply code at or after a point of sale. A user may activate the user interface of the device when the product needs resupplying, causing the resupply code to be transmitted to an access point or terminal that initiates a reorder sequence for the product. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150120508 | Purchasing Systems and Methods - Example purchasing systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method identifies a purchase request that includes a first item to purchase from a first merchant and a second item to purchase from a second merchant. A first virtual machine is invoked and executes an instance of a browser application to purchase the first item from the first merchant. A second virtual machine is invoked and executes another instance of the browser application to purchase the second item from the second merchant. The method receives a first purchase confirmation from the first merchant and receives a second purchase confirmation from the second merchant. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120509 | ELECTRONIC ORDERING SYSTEM - Data describing a purchase order to be prepared by a merchant and an expected arrival time of a user for arriving at a geographic location of the merchant can be received. An order preparation time for the purchase order based on the one or more items specified in the purchase order can be determined. The order preparation time can be a time needed by the merchant to prepare the purchase order. An order start time based on the order preparation time for the purchase order and on the expected arrival time can be determined. The order start time can be a time for beginning preparation of the purchase order to have the purchase order ready at the expected arrival time. The data describing the purchase order and the order start time can be presented. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120510 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR SUBMITTING AND PROCESSING ORDER - A method for submitting an order for use in a terminal, includes: scanning a pre-generated near field communication (NFC) tag to obtain tag data, wherein the tag data includes at least an identification code of a third-party service provider and transaction information; generating an order according to the identification code, the transaction information, and user information; and sending the order for a server to process to obtain the identification code, the transaction information, and the user information, and to further send the transaction information and the user information to the third-party service provider corresponding to the identification code. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120511 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR SUBMITTING ORDER - A method for submitting an order for use in a terminal, includes: scanning a pre-generated near field communication (NFC) tag to obtain tag data, the tag data including an identification code of a service provider and transaction information; generating an order according to the identification code, the transaction information, and user information; and sending the order to the service provider corresponding to the identification code. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150127492 | Hybrid Fulfillment for Shopping Carts - A method for managing an electronic purchase of items. Multiple modes of fulfillment are identified for the items of the electronic purchase. A schedule for the multiple modes of fulfillment is also identified. Payment is received for the electronic purchase. Responsive to receiving the payment, the electronic purchase of the items is processed based on the schedule. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127493 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED SECURE ORDERING AND PAYMENT - An in-vehicle personalized location-based secure ordering and payment system, comprising means to match a GPS location of a vehicle to a location of a merchant, means to automatically launch an application on a computing device of the vehicle that allows a vehicle occupant to order at least one item for sale by the merchant and send the order to a server, means to authorize the server to make a secure payment to the merchant for the order, and means to send identifying information of the recipient of the ordered items to the merchant for use in fulfilling the order. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127494 | REINSTATING ELECTRONIC REQUISITION DEMAND RECORDS - A method of reinstating requisition demands using information from a canceled purchase order in an enterprise accounting computer system may include identifying canceled purchase order distributions in the canceled purchase order. The method may also include generating new requisition distributions based on the canceled purchase order distributions, and generating new requisition lines for the new requisition distributions. The method may further include generating one or more new purchase orders based on the new requisition lines. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150127495 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONETIZING DIGITAL OR VIRTUAL CURRENCY - Method for a first person to receive a wanted item purchased by a second person in exchange for virtual currency includes generating an order for a wanted item by the first person, assigning an amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for fulfillment of the order, displaying an indication of the amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for order fulfillment, and enabling the second person to view the indication of the amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for order fulfillment and indicate a desire to fulfill the order. The second person can fulfill the order and pay real money for each item to a third party, and the amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for fulfillment of the order is forwarded (e.g., released from an escrow account) to the second person upon or after shipping confirmation of the item. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134489 | REAL-TIME IN-MEMORY CHARGE COMPUTATION - In an embodiment, a transport management application is executing in the application layer. User may place orders by specifying order data in a user interface of the transport management application, and initiate calculate charges to calculate transportation charges for the orders. Based on the initiation, the charge calculation function is invoked in the application layer. Charge calculation function reads the order data specified in the user interface, and invokes charge computation engine in an in-memory database. Orders are split and grouped based on number of dimensions in a rate table. Charge computation engine looks up master data and computes transportation charges for the grouped orders in parallel. After the charge computation engine determines the transportation charges for the orders, sum of the transportation charges is returned to the application layer. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134490 | Method for Preparing Orders Listing Unit Loads - A method is provided for preparing instructions that each list unit loads. The method includes: obtaining unit loads; inputting the unit | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150142611 | APPROACH FOR ORDER RESOLUTION - A chain of establishments provides an online ordering system that allows a customer to order virtual items or services from an online menu. When an order is placed, the customer receives an order code that may then be verified at one of many establishment locations at one of many times to initiate order fulfillment. When the order code is verified at a particular restaurant, a point-of-service (POS) system maps the virtual items associated with the order to actual, in-stock items or services that are available at the particular establishment. The order may then be fulfilled and provided to the customer. One advantage of the disclosed technique is that the customer may pickup the order from any desired establishment location, and is not required to select a particular location when the order is placed. Consequently, the customer is provided with streamlined and flexible order placement and fulfillment experience. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142612 | MULTI-MODAL TRANSACTION ENGINE FOR MOBILE RETAIL SYSTEMS - Autonomous operation of a mobile retailing computing system. In one aspect of the invention, an onboard server situated in a public transportation vehicle establishes communication with a plurality of client devices each client device displaying products offered for sale from multiple different merchants and coordinates a purchase transaction in which payment is accepted in exchange for a products from a plurality of the different merchants. Customer information, purchased product information, and payment information is obtained from each of the plurality of client devices. Communication is established with a payment integration server over a wide-area network connection to enable processing of payment transactions with a plurality of different acquiring banks corresponding to different ones of the plurality of merchants. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142613 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for wireless thermal printing for order fulfillment - Systems, methods, and a printer apparatus using network-based communication over 3G or 4G wireless networks, and provides for electronic response from the printer relating to order confirmation and fulfillment at the recipient printer, in communication to an order management coordinator or server. The printer provides an order output including at least one symbol representing an order, including at least one of order content, ordering entity or individual, price, time of order, and combinations thereof. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142614 | TRANSACTION SUPPORT SYSTEM - Generation rule storage unit stores a correspondence between a data item of order slip data and a data item of delivery slip data. Transaction information storage unit stores the order slip data and the delivery slip data as transaction information. The transaction information processor automatically generates delivery slip data from order slip data for a transaction between the traders based on the correspondence stored in the generation rule storage unit, and stores the delivery slip data in the transaction information storage unit. The transaction information processor uses trader identifiers of a seller and a buyer provided in the automatically generated delivery slip data to automatically generate transaction traceability information for each transaction or for each package of the transaction by associating the trader identifiers of the seller and the buyer with each other, and stores the generated traceability information as the transaction information. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149324 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Managing Remote Execution of Transaction Documents - Provided are methods, systems and computer program products for providing remote document execution. Such methods, systems and computer program products may include storing an electronic document as a secure electronic file, identifying a signature space in the electronic document, the signature space, after being executed, includes a signature of a signing party of the electronic document, receiving the signature of the signing party into the electronic document stored as the secure electronic file and responsive to receiving the signature of the signing party, converting the electronic document into a read only electronic document. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149325 | PURCHASE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PURCHASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEMORY MEDIUM - Provided is a technology for more flexibly managing a maximum amount of payment in e-commerce. A purchase managing server causes a storage unit to store a maximum amount of payment, which is input by a user, in a predetermined period, executes purchase processing according to a current purchase including one or more items that the user purchases, each of the one or more items being at least one of goods and service, and determines whether or not to limit current purchase processing based on at least either one of the current purchase and a past purchase of the user, in a case where a total of a payment amount of the user in the predetermined period and a payment amount of the current purchase exceeds the maximum amount of payment. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150294267 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELIVERING OF TIRE BALANCING WEIGHTS - A method and a device are disclosed for providing and delivering of tire balancing weights and supplies, specifically in wheel and tire workshops. A rack comprises slides bearing trays containing balancing weights and/or other articles. Sensors are provided for detecting the number of trays on the slides. If a slide is detected as empty or a certain number of articles have been taken out of the trays, replacement parts are automatically ordered via a network by generating ordering information and providing these to a supplier. The supplier instructs a manufacturing and delivery site for manufacturing and/or delivering the articles which are then delivered by a delivery service to the workshop. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294394 | USING HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAYS TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME ASSISTANCE TO EMPLOYEES IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - A system for delivering one of a good and service to a customer in a retail environment includes a computer located at an order station. The computer is configured to receive an order for the one good and service. The system includes a first image capture device in communication with the computer. The first image capture device captures a first image of a customer ordering the one good and service in response to the order being submitted. The system further includes a wearable computer peripheral device configured to acquire the first image from the first image capture device and electronically display the first image to a user tasked with delivering the one good and service while carrying the second wearable computer peripheral device. In this manner, an identity of the customer can be compared against the first image upon a delivery of the one good and service. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150294395 | LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PICKUP ROUTES FOR RETAIL STORES - According to an aspect, a method for retail store logistics management includes receiving information for pickup order fulfillment including items to be picked up and a store product location map indicating inventory locations and quantities in a retail store. Surveillance data for the store identifies high congestion areas on the sales floor. A pick list and a pickup route through the store are determined to efficiently collect the items on the pick list while avoiding the high congestion areas on the sales floor. The pickup route is displayed as an ordered list or as a route shown on a product location map of the store on a mobile device to guide a user of the mobile device along the pickup route while collecting the items on the pick list. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150302508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A GIFT USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a system for providing a gift icon using a communication network. The system includes: a user terminal configured to receive information about products, select a product, and receive information about a selection of at least one receipt terminal to receive the selected product, information about whether the receipt terminal receives a gift icon corresponding to the selected product or not, and information about whether the gift icon has been used or not; and a gift provision apparatus configured to provide the information about products to the user terminal, provide the gift icon to the receipt terminal, and manage downloading, using, and usable period expiring of the gift icon. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302510 | SMART RECURRENT ORDERS - In various example embodiments, a system and method for smart recurrent orders are presented. An inventory indicator corresponding to an inventory level of a first item may be received. An order schedule for the first item may be identified. An adjustment to the order schedule based on the inventory indicator may be determined. The adjustment to the order schedule for the first item may be facilitated. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302511 | Direct Delivery Shopping System - This invention relates to a direct delivery shopping system which is laid out with one or more order placement centers and a restricted delivery area having a plurality of delivery counters, conveyor belts, employee passageways, storage areas housing specific sale items, storage areas for packaged items and transport elevators. All components of the direct delivery shopping system can radiate from the center of the direct delivery area. These areas are so spaced and so connected in order to retain the polygonal nature of the direct delivery shopping area. The arrangement of the direct delivery area allows a customer to purchase items efficiently while using the direct delivery shopping system's online system and to retrieve the purchased items directly from a plurality of delivery counters or conveyor belts in the direct delivery area. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310383 | Inventory and Supply Chain Control and Tracking Methods and Systems - Inventory and supply chain control and tracking methods and systems are described herein. A method may include maintaining a database of compound identifiers that represent products and providers. A compound identifier includes a product identifier that identifies a product and a provider identifier that is appended to the product identifier, the provider identifier identifying a party that manufactures, distributes, provides, or sells the product to a reseller. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROCESSING COMMODITY OBJECT INFORMATION - A method and system of processing commodity object information. The method includes: determining a commodity object as a future for conducting an advance sale and an advance sale quantity; determining information of a first user of the commodity object of the advance sale and information of a physical logistics warehouse associated with the first user; generating information of a virtual logistics warehouse of the commodity object of the advance sale; and acquiring address information of a second user and determining whether the address information of the second user is located in a distribution coverage of the virtual logistics warehouse when logistics warehouse information of the commodity object is displayed to the second user, and providing the information of the virtual logistics warehouse of the commodity object to the second user if affirmative. The present disclosure can avoid an occurrence of an event such as “over-sale”, exceeding a distribution coverage, etc., during a future advance sale. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150310537 | PAYMENT USING UNIQUE PRODUCT IDENTIFIER CODES - Various methods and systems are provided to capture a unique product code, such as QR code, on a mobile device, process the information contained in the code, provide the user with options of making a purchase, including purchasing a plurality of selected products from different captured codes, and processing the payment via the user's mobile device. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150324775 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR SENDING AND LENDING DIGITAL SERVICE CONTENT - The present invention provides a method and a server for sending and lending digital service content. The method for sending digital service content includes: receiving, by a server, a user request, in which the user request carries a user identifier and a label of the digital service content; determining a type of the label; if the label is a lending label of the digital service content, acquiring a borrower identifier in the lending label; and determining whether the user identifier is the same as the borrower identifier; if the user identifier is the same as the borrower identifier, acquiring a lending period matching the borrower identifier in the lending label, and determining whether the digital service content is in the lending period; if yes, sending the digital service content to a terminal used by a user and identified by the user identifier. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324893 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDER FULFILMENT - A method of fulfilling an order comprising at least one product is provided. The method includes receiving an order comprising at least one product, determining a suitable case from a plurality of available cases for holding the at least one product, said determining being a function of one or more characteristics of each product of the at least one product and one or more characteristics of the plurality of available cases; forwarding information identifying the suitable case to a case former; providing a case blank corresponding to said suitable case to said case former; erecting a suitable case from said case blank corresponding to said suitable case with said case former; and prior to the loading said suitable case with said at least one product, labelling said suitable case with at least one label. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150332225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING MEDIA ITEMS - A system and method for sharing media items. In one embodiment, the invention can be a system including a customer interface portal configured to receive from a first user a chosen media list; and receive a request from the first user to provide the chosen media list to a second user; an account management server configured to send to the second user the chosen media list; receive a licensed media list from a second user device; compare the licensed media list to the chosen media list and identify at least one common media item; and calculate a cost for the provision of the chosen media list to the second user, the cost including a charge for each media item of the at least one chosen media item not including the at least one common media item. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332379 | SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES - A model for a subscription service for electronic cigarettes includes an e-Cig retailer with a network computer that is configured to communicate with an e-Cig, an e-Cig charging pack, a mobile phone of an e-Cig user, a subscription database, and/or a manufacturer of e-Cigs. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUNDLING, SELLING, AND DELIVERING TANGIBLE ITEMS AND ASSOCIATED VIDEOS IN AN EVENT DRIVEN E-COMMERCE SYSTEM - An e-commerce system, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium with a computer processor to execute the method is provided for bundling, selling, and delivering do-it-yourself project kits, which include tangible perishable items and associated instructional videos to consumers. The method includes receiving an order for at least one product kit and specifying a recipient and an event date, wherein the kit includes one or more items and an instructional video associate with the item. The order is fulfilled by shipping the item to the recipient a predetermined amount of time before the event date, and transmitting prior to the event date, by operation of the computer processor, a link to the instructional video for viewing by the recipient for a predetermined amount of time after the event date. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332381 | ECOMMERCE ORDER OPTIMIZATION TOOL - An ecommerce cost optimization system includes: a display including information identifying an item; a quantity selection tool; a delivery location selection tool; an optimized offer presentation tool that provides at least one optimized option through the display component, wherein the at least one optimized option is optimized based on the selected delivery date and the selected delivery location; and an order placement tool to place an order from amongst the options provided by the optimized offer presentation tool. A method of providing optimized offer for non-stock item transactions through an ecommerce application includes receiving a user selection including a selected delivery date and a selected delivery location and determining an optimized offer based on analysis of the possible combinations of a production schedule and a delivery schedule for the selected quantity and delivery location. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332382 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND ORDERING DEVICE - Order information indicating a purchase order is received from an ordering device. Whether a display terminal corresponding to the ordering device from which the order information has been sent exists or not is determined using a table which manages ordering devices and display terminals in association with each other. Message information indicating acceptance of the purchase order indicated in the order information received is transmitted to the corresponding display terminal. It is determined whether status information indicating that the message information was displayed on the display of the corresponding display terminal has been received from the corresponding display terminal or not. A cancellation period during which a process for canceling the purchase order indicated in the order information is accepted is started upon reception of the status information. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150332385 | ONLINE TRANSACTIONS USING AN EMBEDDED STOREFRONT WIDGET - A method and system of using widgets embedded in web pages as virtual storefronts is disclosed. A user of a social networking site may create a merchant account with a transaction service provider. The user embeds a storefront widget provided by the transaction service provider in the user's profile page on the social networking site and the user can use the storefront widget to input information about products that the user is selling. Other users of the social networking site view the user's profile page and the storefront widget will display the products that the user is selling. The other users may interact with the storefront widget to purchase the products that the user is selling. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339625 | MERCHANDISE PICKUP SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIA FOR ALLIED MERCHANTS - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide a pickup process for items purchased from stores of allied merchants. In some embodiments, a customer may place an order via an e-commerce storefront that includes products from multiple merchants in a geographic region. In response to receiving the order, a merchandise pickup system may assign associates to collect the ordered products from the allied merchants and return the collected products to a pickup location. The merchandise pickup system may send a pickup notification to the customer indicating the products are ready for pickup from the pickup location. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150348158 | REPEAT-ORDERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A repeat-ordering service may facilitate convenient “one-touch” ordering of a particular good and/or service. In one embodiment, a special-purpose signaling device may be configured to be associated with a fulfillment profile describing one or more particular goods and/or services, as well as payment and fulfillment information. Such a signaling device may communicate wirelessly with a repeat-ordering service and may be physically configured to be placed in a locale that is near to where a consumer would typically become aware of a need for the particular goods and/or services. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348171 | Smart Order Management And Application Level Sharding - A method for sharding a store order database and order management application is provided. The method may include a computer router associated with a store receiving, from a customer computer, a query regarding an order. The router may use resident shard determination logic to identify a database shard which pertains to the order and which is part of a store order database having multiple database shards. The router may transmit information regarding the order to a database server which implements the identified database shard and which implements an order management system application layer. The database server may process information regarding the order and transmit information regarding the order to the customer computer. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348172 | Smart Order Management And Database Sharding - A method for sharding a store order database is provided. The method may include a store order management server operating an order management system application layer to facilitate online order management. The store order management server may receive, from a customer computer, a query regarding an order to purchase items from the store. The store order management server may transmit the customer query regarding the order to a router which may use resident shard determination logic to identify a database shard which pertains to the order. The database shard may be part of a store order database having a plurality of database shards. The router may transmit information regarding the order to a database server which implements the identified database shard and the database server may process the information and transmit information regarding the order to the customer computer. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348173 | CONCEPTS FOR USING ACTION IDENTIFIERS IN MESSAGES - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for automatically carrying out actions based on action identifiers in messages. In one embodiment, an appropriate computing entity can determine whether a message comprises an action identifier in the message. If the message comprises an action identifier, one or more of the parties of message can be identified and the corresponding action can be initiated. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150356536 | BEVERAGE MACHINE IN A NETWORK - A method for preventing shortage at a customer location of consumable ingredient capsules for use in a machine for preparing a beverage, the beverage preparation machine at the customer location being distant from a capsule supplier and in data-exchange connection with a server of the capsule supplier to form a network. The method can comprise: supplying from the capsule supplier a stock of consumable ingredient capsules to the customer location; automatically monitoring via the network consumption of the consumable ingredient capsules in the beverage preparation machine; and whenever the automatic monitoring detects a reaching of a shortage of consumable ingredient capsules at the customer location, the supplier server generating automatically an instruction: a) to invite the customer to make an order for a shipment of a new stock of capsules, or b) to prepare a shipment of a new stock of capsules for supply to said customer. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356664 | System And Method For Pre-ordering And Delivery Of Concession Products At Entertainment Venues - A system and method for preordering and delivery of concession items is disclosed that enables users to pre-order food and other concessions either prior to arriving to a venue or in real time from the venue itself. The system allows for the installation of hardware having software loaded thereon for organizing fulfillment of orders and assigning storage locations and in some aspects, the system enables users to pick up orders from lockers or kiosks in a self service scenario. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356665 | PRE-PURCHASE MECHANISM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - An onboard computing device of autonomous vehicle interacts with computers utilized by one or more merchants to enable users to pre-purchase items from the one or more merchants while en route to a destination. Merchant computing devices may employ dynamic promotions to incent the user to prep-purchase items and to reroute to a destination of the respective merchant. Once a user pre-purchases an item from a merchant, the merchant may prepare the item for the user's arrival by, for example, prepackaging the item, or manufacturing or assembling the item, while the customer is en route (i.e., before the user's autonomous vehicle arrives at the destination). The merchant computing device may send a pre-purchase confirmation to the onboard computing device of the user, which may indicate where the user's autonomous vehicle should park and/or where the pre-purchased items are being held for pick up. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356667 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION SENSING FOR PURCHASES - Systems and methods are provided for assisting a customer with purchasing a merchandise item in a store. Assisting the customer may include determining a location of a customer (i.e., customer device) in the store, identifying merchandise items located adjacent to the customer, receiving selection of a merchandise item for purchase from the identified merchandise items, receiving payment authorization information for the purchase, and initiating delivery of the merchandise item to the customer. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for inventory management in a store. Consistent with certain embodiments, computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for selecting a sensor, receiving a sensor identifier and a position of the sensor, receiving merchandise identifiers for merchandise items located near the sensor, and storing the merchandise identifiers in association with the sensor identifier. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for providing directions to a customer for locating a selected merchandise item in the store. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363868 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, SERVERS, AND CLIENTS FOR INVENTORY EXCHANGE - According to the embodiments described herein, an inventory exchange client can include one or more processors communicatively coupled to client memory, a client communication module, and a display. The memory can store machine readable instructions. The one or more processors can execute the machine readable instructions to store inventory information on the client memory. The inventory information can include a product instance. Updated inventory information can be received via the client communication module. The product instance can be updated according to the updated inventory information. The dynamic web page can be populated with identification objects. The identification objects can be associated with the inventory information. A product order request can be transmitted to an inventory exchange server. The product order request can be encoded to initiate a product transaction via the inventory exchange server. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363869 | METHOD OF ACTIVATING OTHER FUNCTION OF APPLICATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SERVER APPLY TO THE METHOD - A method of activating an order function of an application is provided. The application is installed in a mobile communication device and includes a display function and an inactivated order function. The method includes following steps of: receiving an input by the mobile communication device to send a request data of activating the order function; sending a validation data by the mobile communication device; receiving an authorization data by the communication device; and activating the order function of the application by the mobile communication device according to the authorization data. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150371316 | System and a Method for Automatically Detecting and Processing Physical Events Indicative of Status of an Order and Notifying Customers of the Same - The present invention provides a system and a method for automatically detecting and processing physical events indicative of status of an order and notifying customers of the same. The method includes receiving an order from a client device. The order includes at least one item selected for purchase. The method also includes retrieving data including time for preparation of the item selected for the purchase and alerting of an existence of the order. The method also includes automatically detecting a physical event associated with the order. The physical event identifies commencement of the order. The method also includes automatically converting the physical event to a status of the order including an estimated time for completion of the order. The estimated time is calculated in view of the retrieved data and the physical event associated with the order. The method further includes transmitting the status of the order to the client device. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150371318 | SYSTEM FOR COMBINED ORDERS DURING BATCH PRINTING - An order fulfillment management system including: a controller; a network interface; and a memory, wherein the controller is configured to: receive one or more data streams of orders from the network interface, each order including a plurality of fields, wherein each field is identified by a corresponding field identifier, wherein the plurality of fields include a field identified by a corresponding field identifier as a product field and fields identified by corresponding field identifiers as portions of an address; assign a unique identifier to two or more orders of the one or more data streams of orders having matching fields specified by a match pattern to form a match, wherein the match pattern specifies a plurality of field identifiers; and generate a packing list for the match including the unique identifier and a product field for the two or more orders of the match. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160005028 | Systems and Methods for Providing Gifts Via a Mobile Messaging Platform - Systems and methods for creating gift messages for sending to individuals via an existing messaging infrastructure are described. A gift provider system may receive a request for a gift catalog from a first user device. The gift provider system may provide an interactive gift catalog to the first user device that includes one or more gift cards available for purchase. The user of the first user device may select the amount of the gift card, create a personalized message for the gift card, select a recipient, and select graphics that may accompany the gift card. The gift provider system may create a gift message based on the purchased gift card and send the gift message to the recipient. The gift message may be sent as an MMS message and may include one or more codes that the recipient can use to redeem the gift card with a providing merchant. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012394 | ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012401 | Methods for Discovering and Purchasing Content for Marine Electronics Device | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012514 | PROVIDING GIFTED TRAVEL-RELATED SERVICES TO A TRAVELER | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160019526 | DRIVE THROUGH MONITORING USING WIRELESS BEACONS - There are provided systems and methods for drive through monitoring using wireless beacons. A merchant may set up a wireless beacon at a drive through location for the merchant. The beacons may provide check-in services to a user when the user arrives at the drive through in a vehicle. The user may be checked-in through a device for the user, such as a mobile phone or a vehicles dashboard console that has communication capabilities with the beacon. Once the device establishes a communication channel with the beacon, check-in information or an identifier is received and associated with an order. The order may previously have been provided to the merchant. The user can complete payment for the order through the device and when the user arrives at a pick-up window, the merchant may utilize another beacon to connect to the device and retrieve the correct order for the user. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019631 | SYSTEM THAT DYNAMICALLY DETERMINES SOLD-TO LEGAL ENTITIES - A system is provided that dynamically determines a sold-to legal entity associated with an electronic financial document. The system receives a request to generate the electronic financial document and qualifiers including attributes of the electronic financial document. The system further selects a supply chain financial orchestration flow based on programmable business rules and the qualifiers. The system further selects a sold-to legal entity that is defined by the selected supply chain financial orchestration flow. The system further generated the electronic financial document comprising the selected sold-to legal entity. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTION INFORMATION FOR COMMODITY OBJECT - A method for processing transaction information for a commodity object is provided. The method includes receiving a request for purchasing a commodity object and generating, based on the request, a transaction order. The transaction order may include transaction amount information, information about a first user selling the commodity object, and information about a second user purchasing the commodity object. The method may further include setting an amount of fund in a fund account of the second user to a frozen state, and after a preset time period, transferring the amount of fund to a fund account of the first user. After the amount of fund is set to the frozen state and before the amount of fund is transferred to the fund account of the first user, an income produced by the amount of fund may be calculated and transferred to the fund account of the second user. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT IN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER - Order allocation techniques pertaining to stops that a container makes in the process of fulfilling a customer order is disclosed. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by first identifying a pod that stocks the largest number of different items in a customer order. Then, a second pod is identified that stocks the largest number of remaining items in the customer order. The collection of pods defines a container path through the distribution center. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160021510 | APPLYING MESH NETWORK TO STADIUM SERVICES - Mesh node modules are associated with stadium seats and companion nodes such as fan CE devices can dynamically form a mesh network which uploads information of the nodes to a network. Sporting information may be downloaded to a fan's CE device or services provided to the fan while in a seat based on information sent through the node modules in the stadium. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026983 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROKERING ELECTRONIC DATA IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are disclosed herein that include an embodiment for determining attributes associated with an instrumented entity, determining contract terms for access rights to instrument data associated with the instrumented entity, and creating a data offering for the access rights, where the access rights are based, at least in part, on the attributes and the contract terms. The embodiment further includes publishing the data offering, and providing evidence of rights to a primary data consumer system if a purchased request for the access rights is accepted, where the evidence of rights indicates the access rights are purchased. In more specific embodiments, the access rights include allowing an endpoint to receive the instrument data in real-time when the endpoint presents the evidence of rights. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027093 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE PLATFORM - An electronic commerce system comprising an electronic commerce platform for looking at items and preparing an order from a computer connected to the server of the platform via a computer network. At least one piece of equipment for providing an order comprising at least one area equipped with a counter that is controlled by the local computer and means for conversing with a code reader. The area comprises a plurality of mobile compartments configured to be related by said counter allowing the items to be removed and/or put into said compartment. Means for allowing the registration of a code corresponding to the compartment containing the items of an order, the secure transmission of said code is the form of an electronic identification and means to present said code to activate the movement of the compartment under consideration opposite the counter and opening of said counter to remove items corresponding to the order. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027096 | MOBILE COMMERCE THROUGH MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND NETWORKS - The disclosed techniques allow for mobile commerce conducted by mobile terminals through social network channel to distribute sales and marketing data to the buyer. In one aspect, a method of mobile commerce includes displaying sales and marketing data on a mobile terminal, wherein the data is received from a server, updating sales and marketing data on the mobile terminal, sending the updated sales and marketing data to the server, and distributing access information for the sales and marketing data to a social network. In another aspect, a method of mobile commerce includes storing sales and market data in a server, sending sales and market data to a mobile terminal, receiving update of the sales and marketing data from the mobile terminal, providing sales and marketing data to a buyer, and receiving an order from a buyer. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160035007 | USING A USER WISHLIST TO AUTOMATE THE ACQUISITION AND RENDERING OF A CONTENT ITEM - A wishlist of content items is associated with a user. The wishlist can include entries which identify individual content items that are deemed to be of interest to the user. A user's progress in consuming a current content item is monitored. From monitoring the user's progress, an event trigger can be detected. The event trigger can correspond to a condition or event that is indicative of the user ending, or alternatively nearing ending his or her consumption of the current content item. In response to detecting the event trigger, a computing device of the user on which the current content item is being consumed obtains a next content item. The next content item can be identified by one of the entries of the wishlist. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035008 | Allowing a Customer to Select Vehicle Services Prior to Visiting a Service Center - A customer is allowed to select vehicle services prior to visiting a service center. A customer can access a website or mobile application to provide input identifying a vehicle to be serviced. A number of possible services that can be performed on the identified vehicle can then be presented including, in some cases, an estimated cost for such services. The customer may then select one or more services to be performed. In response, the website or mobile application can generate a purchase order that the customer can present to a technician once arriving at the service center thereby allowing the technician to commence work immediately on the vehicle. A vehicle may also be automatically enrolled in a warranty program. The actions required to comply with the warranty program as well as estimated dates when the actions should be performed can be automatically determined. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035010 | BINDING DIGITAL ASSETS TO A CONSUMER ORDER - A customer order is process by software which provides a unique identification code to a customer, receives a unique digital image from the customer, and receives data from the customer corresponding to a customer order for a product fabricated is to resemble the unique digital image. The software associates the identification code with either the digital image or the customer order when providing the unique identification code, and receives an association of the identification code with the other of the digital image and the customer order later. The association can be derived from either input from the customer using a digital communication method or information identifying a computer of the user. Finally, the software later associates the unique digital image to the customer order using the unique identification code. The code enables the digital image and the order to be received at different times, using different sending methods. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160042439 | OVERAGE TOLERANCE FOR VARIABLE QUANTITY ITEMS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with order fulfillment using overage tolerance to verify amounts of variable quantity items are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, in a device, a customer order for an item. The customer order indicates at least an ordered amount of the item. The example method may also include determining a unit type of the item. The unit type defines whether the item is measured in discrete unitary quantities or is measured in variable quantities. The method may also include verifying that a picked amount of the item for the customer order is within an overage tolerance of the ordered amount when the unit type indicates variable quantities. The overage tolerance is an upper bound over the ordered amount that is permissible to satisfy the customer order. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042440 | TECHNIQUES FOR FILLING ORDERS - A system includes N location indicators and a mobile scanning device. The N location indicators are configured to be arranged throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders. Each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal. The mobile scanning device includes a display. The mobile scanning device is configured to wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked, detect at least one of the N location signals, and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on which of the at least one of the N location signals is detected. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042444 | TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT LOGISTICS - A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a rental company, a customer's order to hire a transport equipment unit of a first type beginning on a start date. The rental company has an inventory of transport equipment units for hire and a network of diverse storage sites. The computer-implemented method further includes locating one or more transport equipment units of the first type in the rental company's inventory of transport equipment available for hire by the start date, computing the rental company's costs associated with picking up each of the located transport equipment units of the first type for delivery to the customer, and selecting, based on consideration of the rental company's picking up costs, one of the located transport equipment units for delivery to customer. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048822 | Method and System for Delivering Funding Options to a User - A method and system for delivering funding options to a user, with the method being performed by a mobile device, includes operating a processor associated with the mobile device to: allow a user to select an item for purchase; collate data from one or more payment service provider sources to inform a user of the mobile device of any funding options available; allow user selection of the preferred funding option; and fulfill the preferred funding option. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048904 | PET AVATAR PRIVATE LABELING AND PRODUCT FILING METHOD - The present invention is a method and system that enables consumers to easily and conveniently purchase breed specific products. The present invention creates a data store that relates animal breeds with specific products. A user is able to select a specific breed and/or breed variations resulting in a return of products suitable for the selected breed or breed variation. Additionally, the present invention provides images of the selected breed or breed variations with the products to aid the purchaser. After a product is purchased, a label is created and included on or included with the purchased products. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048905 | SHOPPING LIST CREATOR AND OPTIMIZER - A mobile app for a mobile device includes logic for an overlay for the UI of the mobile device, and a location on the UI where the overlay is to be displayed, as specified by the user. The mobile app also comprises a scanning layer to create a list of items to be located and acquired. Instructions for locating the items, and objectives for ordering the locations of the items on the overlay are received from the user. The objectives may be for a trip to acquire the items, such as total cost, time, number of stops, preferred establishments for acquiring the items, preferred brands of the items, and other bases. The locations of the items are identified and filtered in accordance with the instructions. The locations of the items are displayed on the overlay at the area of the user interface specified by the user, according to geographical location. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160055572 | Processing Commodity Transaction and Logistics Solution - Implementations herein relate to method and systems for processing transactions, managing logistics orders, and managing an inventory management system. A method may include receiving, by a computer device, a transaction request for an item from a user. The computing device may obtain location information and/or address information of the user and transmit a stock acquisition request for the item to an inventory management system. The stock acquisition request may include the location information and/or the address information of the user. The computing device may further receive inventory information and warehouse identification information from the inventory management system and determine that the item is in real stock or virtual stock based on the inventory information. If the item is in real stock or virtual stock, the computing device may generate a corresponding trading order and a corresponding logistics order and transmit the logistics order to the logistics management system. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063607 | MANUFACTURING ADAPTIVE ORDER LOAD FOR COMPLEX CONFIGURE TO ORDER PRODUCTS - A data processing system (DPS) and a computer program product selectively modifies an existing production order based on a change request. An order configuration module (OCM) receives order specifications for a second order that replaces and/or modifies a first order, while the first order is being fulfilled. The OCM generates hash tag pairs respectively associated with various characteristics of the orders. For each hash tag pair, the OCM compares a first hash tag associated with the first order with a second hash tag associated with the second order, using an established pattern. If the hash tags match, the OCM includes within a second production order, an unchanged production specification corresponding to the first hash tag. If a match does not occur, the OCM initiates an order reload, which provides, within the second production order, new production specifications that are associated with the second hash tag. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063608 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS BASED ON A REPLY MESSAGE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for electronic transactions based on a reply message. In the context of a computer executed method, the method includes receiving a message, from a sender device, including a reply to buy (RTB) identifier associated with a promotion and a RTB validation code. The method also includes authenticating, using a promotion and marketing service host, the RTB validation code, associating the message from the sender with a recipient identifier, and causing the transmission of a purchase order message to the recipient device based on the RTB identifier. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160071189 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a history storage unit that stores, as a user communication history, a history of communication with a user terminal made via the Internet regarding a purchase of a product; and an arrival notification unit that quantifies a purchase eagerness degree for the product for each of a plurality of users according to an increase in a stock quantity of the product based on the user communication history stored in the history storage unit, creates a priority order for the plurality of users based on the quantified purchase eagerness degree of each of the users, and notifies the user terminal of the plurality of users of an arrival of the product based on the priority order. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071190 | MODIFYING ELECTRONIC ORDERS DURING A FULFILLMENT PROCESS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with modifying electronic orders during fulfillment are described. In one embodiment, a computing system includes order logic configured to receive a cancellation request to modify an electronic order that is for one or more items sold through an electronic commerce source. The cancellation request is a request from a customer to modify an ordered quantity of the one or more items according to a cancelled quantity indicated in the cancellation request. The computing system includes an update logic configured to update the electronic order by modifying fulfillment of the electronic order according to a status and the cancelled quantity. The status indicates progress in fulfilling the electronic order from inventory of the electronic commerce source. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071191 | Customized Processing Method for Ordering Electronic Product and its Application System - A customized processing method for ordering electronic product includes an order receiving process, a searching process, an information creating process, an order preparing process, a material preparing process, and a coding process. A user information file having an user information and a connecting identification code of each user is created. The connecting identification code is written or burned into at least one electronic product that is ordered by the user. The electronic product having the connecting identification code can be automatically paired to other electronic product having the same connecting identification code. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160078403 | PARTS RECOMMENDATION AND PROCUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for recommending and procuring parts to repair a malfunctioning vehicle is disclosed. A recommendation and procurement application can: take information from a vehicle's on-board diagnostic system and recommend a list of parts required to repair the malfunctioning vehicle; find the recommended parts available for purchase via the Internet; retrieve information on such recommended parts; arrange the information in a format most useable to a technician that is to repair the vehicle; and allow the technician to purchase or otherwise procure such recommended parts to facilitate repair of the malfunctioning vehicle. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078523 | FULFILLMENT OF ORDERS FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - This disclosure relates to order fulfillment by various fulfillment sources in a fulfillment network. A fulfillment source may be selected in the fulfillment network to fulfill an order before a contingency deadline. If the order is not fulfilled by the deadline, other fulfillment sources are used. Lead times for fulfillment of orders for products are adjusted for respective fulfillment sources based on their past fulfillment history. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078575 | SOFTWARE RESALE METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a software resale method. A first device that already obtains permission to use target software sends a resale request to a server, to obtain a distributed resale credential; the first device sends the resale credential to a second device; and the second device purchases a target application program by using the resale credential. A problem that software cannot be resold or transferred currently is resolved, and a software developer and a distribution platform can improve a software purchase rate and activeness of the platform by using a proper business model, thereby increasing an operating income. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160086254 | 3D PRINTING: MARKETPLACE WITH FEDERATED ACCESS TO PRINTERS - Systems, methods, and media for optimizing and facilitating 3D printing services in a marketplace environment are provided. In one example, a system comprises a memory and at least one module, executing on one or more computer processors, to host or participate in a 3D printing service marketplace environment including marketplace participants and a federated network of 3D printing service providers. The at least one module receives a 3D printing request from a marketplace participant to print a 3D object at a 3D printing service provider, and communicates with at least some of the federated network of 3D printer service providers within the marketplace environment. In response to the received request, the at least one module lists at least some of the 3D printing service providers based on a 3D printer identifier metric. The 3D printer identifier metric may include a digital rights authorization. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160092583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSACTING DIGITAL CONTENT SEARCH USING TITLES REFERENCED IN BROWSING ACTIVITY OF A USER - A computing device includes browser plugin that is operable to detect when a user selects a content item on a web resource, the web resource (e.g., web page) having been accessed by a browser application. The computing device implements and/or accesses resource to determine a title of a work from the content item. The computing device further performs operations to associate the title with an account maintained at a network service from which a digital form of the work can be obtained, and the account is linked to the computing device. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092828 | System and Method for Taking Inventory and Ordering - The present invention relates to an automated inventory and ordering system. The invention determines inventory needs (by item) based on historical usage of each item to predict how much of each inventory item is needed for a future period of time. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092848 | SYSTEM AND SERVICE DETERMINATION METHOD - A system includes: an apparatus information acquiring unit to acquire, from an apparatus, apparatus information regarding the apparatus; an analysis unit to make an analysis based on the acquired apparatus information; and a service determining unit to determine, on the basis of a result of the analysis, which service of a plurality of services should be provided for the apparatus, the services including a first service of additionally performing maintenance based on the result of the analysis when next other maintenance is performed for the apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092854 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BOOK RECOGNITION TO FACILITATE A USER'S ACQUISITION OF E-BOOKS - An image of a physical book environment is obtained, and the image is associated with a user. The image is processed to detect one or more books in the physical book environment. A title is determined of at least a first book in the physical book environment. One or more operations are then performed to facilitate acquisition of an e-book version of the determined title for the user. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092969 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IN-STORE FULFILLMENT PRIORITIZATION BASED ON CUSTOMER LOCATION - Various examples of methods and systems for in-store fulfillment prioritization based on customer location are described. In one implementation, a method may receive a first order from a first customer for in-store pickup of a first item by the first customer at a store. The first item may include a product or a service. The method may also determine a location of the first customer. The method may further prioritize fulfillment of a plurality of orders for in-store pickup based at least in part on the location of the first customer. The plurality of orders may include the first order and at least a second order for in-store pickup of a second item. The method may additionally execute a human resources logistics algorithm to predict the number of store associates required in order to service the plural orders in view of changes to the orders. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092970 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING IN-STORE AND ONLINE TRANSACTIONS - Items are added to a transaction on a user mobile device. In-store items may be added by scanning and on-line only items may be added to the transaction. Payment for the transaction may be invoked on the mobile device and processed in a single transaction. A verification code may be transmitted to the mobile device, scanned by an employee device, which uses the code to obtain a listing of the items of the transaction. The employee device sends verification to the server, which, in response, sends an electronic receipt to the mobile device. Recommendations for online products, including possible substitutions are provided. Where a desired quantity of an in-store item exceeds available inventory, an online order for the excess quantity may be added to the transaction. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092972 | Operation Management - Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for managing operations, for instance making orders and fulfilling orders, using one or more computing devices. In accordance with an example embodiment, an operations management system can include a self-order system, a self-payment system, and an order-fulfillment system. The self-order system, the self-payment system, and the order-fulfillment system can communicate with each other via a communication system that connects the systems, such as a wireless network for example. Using the operation management system, orders can be placed and fulfilled efficiently and with minimal personal interaction. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092973 | METHOD FOR FINANCING PURCHASES FOR OTHERS USING A SENDER'S CHARGE ACCOUNT - A method allows a sender to buy goods or services for a third party immediately on an established account of the sender even before the sender pays for the expense occurred. The system works particularly well for purchases of mobile telephone airtime for others. In addition, the method works equally well for purchases of small amounts. The method utilizes SIMS protocol to send purchase orders in the form of text messages. The method takes advantage of existing technologies and contractual relationships that SIMS aggregators have with carriers. The method allows brokers to buy large quantities of goods and services such as mobile telephone airtime at discounted wholesale prices and then resell them in smaller quantities at higher retail prices. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098781 | REAL TIME CHARGING MECHANISM FOR PURCHASING A PRODUCT - A method and system for charging a user in real time for purchasing a product through a communications device with or without data connection is provided. The method includes receiving a purchase request from the user of a user terminal, while the user is in the midst of using an application for which the user desires to purchase the product. The method includes sending the purchase request through a call dialing a special number by the user terminal for purchasing the product. The method includes receiving an explicit confirmation from the user for the purchase requests before initiating the charge deduction for the purchase requests. Further, the method includes deducting the charge for the purchase request in coordination with a network operator of the user and allowing the user to receive the requested product. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103820 | AUTHORING TOOL FOR THE AUTHORING OF WRAP PACKAGES OF CARDS - An authoring tool for authoring wrap packages of cards. The authoring tool includes a set of tools that enable an author to create a new card of a wrap selected from a variety of card templates. In various embodiments, the card templates include textual, video, image/photo, document, gallery, chat, location/GPS, transact, appointment, and end-of-wrap card templates. When a particular card template is selected, the template is then duplicated to create the new card. Thereafter, the author may author the card to include various components, content, attributes, layouts, styles triggers and/or behaviors. As the cards of the wrap are created, the authoring tool provides the author with the ability to order the sequence of the cards. The authoring tool thus enables authors to selectively create wrap packages that include media that conveys a narrative story and application functionality. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING AN AUTOMATED DELIVERY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system and method for enhancing an automated delivery system by implementing a laser scanning mechanism. The method accepts the consumer's order over the network and instructs the delivery vehicle to collect the item(s) as per the order placed by the consumer. As the delivery vehicle receives the order from the consumer, the vehicle starts moving towards the placer robot over a guideway track to collect the ordered item(s). Further, as the delivery vehicle identifies a light emitting device (LED) over the guideway track, the delivery vehicle stops at the specified location. As the delivery vehicle stops at the specified location, the motion detector instructs the LED device to emit a laser signal for scanning the delivery vehicle and based on the scanned information, the processing device instructs the placer robot(s) to retrieve and dispense the ordered item(s) into delivery vehicle. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104230 | COOPERATION SERVER, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COOPERATION PROGRAM, AND EC SYSTEM - A server operated by an ERP includes a database in which business data is registered, receives business data from an EC site and an enterprise system, and transmits progress data used for displaying a progress data display screen displaying progress of each business process on a display device of a terminal by referring to the database to the terminal transmitting a progress data transmission request according to a progress data transmission request instruction from an administrator or a customer of the EC site. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASING BY EMBEDDED, PURCHASE-CAPABLE VIDEO PLAYER - A method and device for purchase transactions to be consummated within a media player teaches that a media player may offer a virtual shopping cart and the ability to accept financial information such as credit card information in order to complete an entire sale within the confines of an advertisement for a product. In embodiments the player may have a virtual shopping cart module and a financial transaction module and may be offered as a service to sellers by a third party intermediary advertiser which plays the advertisements, handles purchases through the player and then places the order with the seller and confirms the purchase with the buyer. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110799 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SENSOR-BASED ENVIRONMENT - Method, computer program product, and system to provide assistance to at least a first person during a transaction within an environment having a plurality of items. The method includes identifying the first person within the environment, and analyzing acquired image information to determine at least one item interaction of the transaction and thereby associate the identified first person with the transaction. The method further includes determining whether the first person is associated with a personal profile that includes information related to the environment, the information including at least one of personal preferences and personal historical data reflecting one or more previous transactions of the first person. When the first person is determined to be associated with a personal profile, the method further includes determining, based on the information in the personal profile, an amount of assistance to provide to the first person during the transaction. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110800 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCRIPTED CONTENT DELIVERY - The present subject matter relates generally to systems and methods for adding interactive functionality to a website, other digital media objects, and computer processor applications. Systems and methods for adding functionality to content served by a first server, may include receiving, at a second server, a request from a client-computer for code to add purchase functionality to the content. The code may be sent to the client-computer based on the request. A further request may be received from the client-computer containing information about objects identified in the content as relating to the purchase functionality and a request for information about the objects. Information about the objects may be sent to the client-computer based on the further request. An instruction to complete the purchase may be received from the client-computer, and a confirmation of the completion of the purchase may be sent to the client-computer. The content may be an HTML document and the objects may be objects according to the HTML Document Object Model. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160117639 | DEVICE ASSOCIATION-BASED LOCATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device locating method includes broadcasting by a first mobile device a signal comprising an identifier associated with the first mobile device. A second mobile device receives and measures the signal broadcast by the first mobile device to produce one or more signal measurements. The second mobile device transmits the identifier associated with the first mobile device and the one or more signal measurements to a computing system. The computing system receives the identifier associated with the first mobile device and the one or more signal measurements from the second mobile device. The computing system estimates a location of the first mobile device based on the one or more signal measurements, and the location is transmitted to a user associated with the first mobile device. A traffic flow determination method, product ordering method and associated systems are also provided. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117756 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMBINING ONLINE ORDERS WITH ADDITIONAL PURCHASES - Various examples of methods and systems for combining online order with additional purchase during pickup of the online order are described. In one implementation, a method may receive a first order to purchase at least a first item from a user via a first channel. The method may also receive a second order to purchase at least a second item from the user via a second channel different from the first channel. The method may further process the first order and the second order in a single transaction. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160125509 | ORDER PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Example order processing systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method identifies an order containing multiple items and receives an indication of multiple people associated with the order. The method also receives an indication of a particular person associated with each of the multiple items. Payment information is received for each of the multiple people and that payment information is used to purchase the particular items associated with the particular person. Order processing instructions are generated that identify particular items associated with each of the multiple people. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125511 | System and method for managing vendors, tax allocation and posting journal entries - The present invention consists of an improved system and method for tracking expenses and billing them to a client, matter, task, activity, client group or phase and assessing goods and services purchased to these categories on a line by line basis. The system also allows an employee to place an order by selecting from a list of preapproved vendors and checking both vendor ratings and item ratings prior to purchase. Once the items are received, the bill of lading is reviewed for receipt of the proper items in the proper quantities. This information may be scanned, texted or emailed into the system to generate additional in house reviews for the system. Information on the items purchased is allocated across one or more ledgers on a line by line basis and may be entered into one or more of the following categories: Client ID, Task, Activity, Phase, Matter and Client Group. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132957 | DEVICE CONFIGURATION - A system and method for configuring a device include determining a plurality of configuration settings for the device. The configuration settings are saved in a configuration file, and a sales order for the device is generated. The configuration file is assigned to the sales order. Based on the sales order, the configuration file is retrieved and applied to the configuration settings to the device. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132958 | Hybrid Fulfillment for Shopping Carts - Processing items is provided. Multiple modes of fulfillment are identified for the items. The items are processed with the multiple modes of fulfillment in a single transaction for a customer. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140493 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MANIFESTING IN A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - System and method for providing electronic manifesting access for users of a distribution network. A distribution network may provide a user access point, such as by providing application programming interfaces. The access point may provide access the item tracking module upon receipt of valid credentials, such as a user's unique identifier. The access point may receive item information, generate an electronic manifest including the item information and the unique identifier, and allow for tracking the items on the electronic manifest. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160148210 | RETURNED PRODUCT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, RELATED SYSTEM, AND DEVICE - According to one embodiment, the returned product data processing method reads a first code symbol that represents the order code that specifies the order data from a slip, reads a second code symbol that represents a commercial product code that uniquely specifies the commercial product from the slip, generates a returned product code that includes the order code and the commercial product code, and revises the order data that are correlated with the order code based on the returned product data. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STRONG AND PROVIDING CONTENT TO CLIENT DEVICES - A system and method for content management and delivery. Embodiments of the invention may include receiving a plurality of content items from a plurality of content providers, organizing the plurality of content items in a hierarchy, receiving a request for at least one content item among the plurality of content items; and providing the at least one content item subsequent to receiving the request. The content items may be organized on a server. An end user on a client device that communicates, directly or indirectly, with the server, such as a mobile device, for example, may browse the content, preview it, and purchase it, all in a consistent manner from content item to content item. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148302 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR ALLOWING A CUSTOMER TO PLACE ORDERS REMOTELY AND FOR THE ORDER ASSEMBLER TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE CUSTOMER - Techniques for allowing a customer to order goods on-line or remotely and to pick-up the goods at a desired location or store are disclosed. The techniques include receiving a customer order. The customer order includes at least one good. The techniques further include establishing a list of alternative goods if one or more of the goods in the customer order are unavailable and allowing the customer to choose one of the alternative goods as a substitute good and establishing a revised customer order. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160148303 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR ALLOWING A CUSTOMER TO PLACE ORDERS REMOTELY AND FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADDING GOODS TO AN ORDER BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA - Techniques for allowing a customer to order goods on-line or remotely and to pick-up the goods at a desired location or store are disclosed. The techniques include receiving a customer order. The customer order includes at least one good. The techniques further include populating a virtual basket with a preset list of goods as a function of reference time data and time data associated with the preset list of goods. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160155182 | AN E-PRODUCT VENDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160155183 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE USING INFORMATION PROVIDED ON A MEDIA PLAYING DEVICE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160171496 | System and Method for Preventing Multiple Charges for a Transaction in a Payment System | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171591 | ORDERING SYSTEMS AND METHOD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171592 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CUSTOMERS WITH ORDERED ITEMS AT A RETAIL ENTERPRISE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160185466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS AND INCREASING SURVEILLANCE RANGES WITH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND A DOCK NETWORK - A system and method for enhancing distribution logistics and surveillance ranges with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and at least one dock in a dock network. The UAV remains in communication with the dock for enhancing distribution logistics of at least one package and increasing the range of surveillance for the unmanned aerial vehicle. From the dock, the UAV delivers the package to a destination point, obtains the package from a pick up point, recharges the unmanned aerial vehicle throughout the network of docks, and increases the range of distribution and surveillance. A logistics software controls the delivery and surveillance. A wireless communication device enables communication between the UAV and the dock. Light indicators indicate status of the package and the operational status of the UAV. A camera captures an image of the package in the dock. A motion detector detects the UAV for regulating access for loading/unloading and docking. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189097 | ORDER MODIFICATION - A system is provided that allows a user to make modification to an online order that the user previously made. In particular, when the system receives the user's instruction to modify an online purchase order, the system may determine or track the progress of the purchase order. Based on the progress of the purchase order, the system may implement modification to the purchase order accordingly. In an embodiment, the system may determine the cost of making such modification and may present the user with the fee or cost for making such modification. The system may allow the user to review the cost for making the modification and decide whether to proceed with the modification. For example, the user may decide not to proceed with the modification, because the cost or fee for making the modification exceeds the amount the user is willing to pay. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189250 | ELECTRONIC REVENUE SHARING SYSTEM - An electronic revenue sharing system and method of administering are disclosed. The system includes a user interface configured to enable a shopper to purchase one or more products loadable onto a user device including a display and an input and a server communicable with the user device. The server is configured to receive a donation request from the user device. The system includes a database accessible to the server, the database including profile information for an institution; donation categories; donation goals corresponding to the donation categories; and donation amounts. The server is configured to receive the donation request from the user device, retrieve data stored in the database, cause display of the user interface according to the data retrieved, receive a purchase request from the user interface, calculate a corresponding donation amount based on the purchase request, and initiate a distribution of the corresponding donation amount to the institution. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189278 | Assortment Breadth and Mix Guidance and Reconciliation - A method comprising receiving planned order information, receiving actual order information, determining an assortment of products based on the planned order information and the actual order information, determining an assortment breadth that is a count of product identifiers comprised by the assortment of products, causing display of an assortment breadth indicator that indicates the assortment breadth, identifying a product attribute type that is descriptive of a classification of at least one product attribute, determining a set of product attribute breadths associated with the product attribute type such that each product attribute breadth of the set of product attribute breadths is associated with a distinct product attribute of the product attribute type, the product attribute breadth being a count of product identifiers that identify products that have the distinct product attribute, and causing display of a set of product attribute breadth indicators that indicate the set of product attribute breadths. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189279 | GROUPING ORDERS FOR DELIVERY TO VENDORS OF A VENUE - To improve user interaction with a venue, a venue management system is associated with the venue and maintains information associated with users and with vendors associated with the venue. The venue management system receives orders for products or services from users and communicates the received orders to vendors associated with the venue to be fulfilled. The venue management system may group orders having one or more common characteristics received from various users and communicate the group to a vendor to allow the vendor to more efficiently fulfill orders. Further, the venue management system maintains associations between vendors and regions of the venue and may dynamically modify the associations between vendors and regions of a venue to expedite the fulfillment of orders received from various users. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189280 | MODIFYING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN VENDORS AND REGIONS OF A VENUE - To improve user interaction with a venue, a venue management system is associated with the venue and maintains information associated with users and with vendors associated with the venue. The venue management system receives orders for products or services from users and communicates the received orders to vendors associated with the venue to be fulfilled. The venue management system may group orders having one or more common characteristics received from various users and communicate the group to a vendor to allow the vendor to more efficiently fulfill orders. Further, the venue management system maintains associations between vendors and regions of the venue and may dynamically modify the associations between vendors and regions of a venue to expedite the fulfillment of orders received from various users. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189282 | DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTED ORDERS AND BOOKINGS - The present invention relates to an apparatus comprising an Internet server and a device associated with said Internet server, adapted to allow a user to automatically order goods and/or services so as to reduce purchasing times and difficulty. | 06-30-2016 |
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| 20160379324 | INTERNET BASED TIER SALES AND DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, WEBISODES AND RELATED MATERIALS FOR LOSS PREVENTION OR SALES TRAINING - A method for a producer/seller of educational materials including webisodes, dealing with loss prevention, to sell such materials via security integrators, human resource outsourcers, and other services providers to end-user businesses that are clients of the integrators, human resource outsourcers or services providers. A method for such integrators, human resource outsourcers or service providers to sell such training materials to their end-user clients. The method involves identification of tier resellers, selling of a subscription basis training series mainly accessible via password protected online access to, generally, SCORM compliant formatted high production quality video and a method for capitalizing on a vast threshold between demand and supply and availability and economic feasibility of producing such high quality materials. | 12-29-2016 |
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