| 06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20150039395 | SALES PROPOSAL MIX AND PRICING OPTIMIZATION - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture to generate sales proposals, by determining, for a customer, a level of preference for each of a plurality of items of inventory, classifying each item of inventory into one of a plurality of categories, determining, for the customer, a price range for each item of inventory, computing a demand for each of a plurality of items of media content, selecting a subset of the items of advertising inventory based on: (i) the demand for each of a plurality of programs, (ii) the level of preference for each of the plurality of items of inventory, and (iii) the classification of each of the plurality of items of inventory, and computing: (i) a total cost for the proposal, and (ii) a cost for each item of inventory in the subset. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039396 | Enterprise Architecture System and Method - A method for costing a web service operable for querying one or more data sources, the method including calculating the cost of operating the web service, measuring web service usage data using one or more service metrics, wherein the one or more service metrics include at least one derived service metric, choosing at least one service metric from the one or more service metrics, wherein one or more of the at least one chosen service metrics is a derived service metric, calculating the cost of the web service based on the at least one chosen service metric, and charging for usage of the web service based upon the calculated cost of the web service. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE ACCIDENT DAMAGE AND REPAIR - Described herein is a system and method for predicting the extent and cost of repair resulting from a vehicle accident. The estimates can be based on one or more of in-vehicle sensor measurements during the accident, external observations such as weather and traffic and road conditions and manually or digitally input accident reports. The gathered information is compared to information in a database from historical accidents and the resulting damage and costs for those. The information is classified according to impact force, direction and location along with the specific type of vehicle. Maintaining and refreshing the information and predictive models in the system is also part of the invention. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039398 | System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid - Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power, wherein Internet Protocol (IP)-based messages including IP packets are generated by transforming raw data content into settlement grade content. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. Messaging related to settlement is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIQUIDATION MANAGEMENT OF A COMPANY - The present disclosure relates to a tool for identifying the probability of liquidation of a company. The system may be configured to collect indicators of liquidation data from a plurality of companies. The system may analyze the indicators of liquidation data to determine placement of a company of the plurality companies along a bankruptcy timeline. The system may mitigate a downside risk to a financial institution based on the placement. The computer based system may be configured to determine if a company has entered a bankruptcy proceeding. Term data may be scraped from a website, such as PACER, comprising legal proceeding data associated with the company for targeted terms. The computer based system may be configured to collect financial indicators pertinent to the bankruptcy proceeding from financial reports, analyze based on the identified targeted terms, the financial indicators. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039400 | BUSINESS VIABILITY EVALUATION APPARATUS, BUSINESS VIABILITY EVALUATION METHOD, AND BUSINESS VIABILITY EVALUATION PROGRAM - A business viability evaluation apparatus includes: a data management part that receives that a user enters a calculation process which is a process of calculating a value of an evaluation item for evaluating a business and a prerequisite which is an input value to the calculation process; and a business viability evaluation part that creates a value of the evaluation item in time series based on the calculation process and the prerequisite, displays the value of the evaluation item created in time series, receives that the user re-enters a changed prerequisite, re-creates a value of the evaluation item in time series based on the calculation process and the changed prerequisite, and displays the value of the evaluation item re-created in time series. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039401 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGINEERED KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS - A method and system engineers Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This method and system helps KPI engineers: 1) design effective KPIs based on target KPI behavior and performance leverage points; 2) validate KPI designs against sample sensor data while taking into account goal, resource, and policy changes; 3) verify that KPIs are usable and flexible based on user & owner feedback; and 4) calibrate KPIs for environmental and operational changes, plus anomalies. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039402 | WIRELESS MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION PLATFORM AND RELATED SYSTEM - A mobile device application platform for maintenance management implemented by a personal digital assistant is provided by providing the user with access to a wireless connection, comprising: a repository of forms associated with a commercial cleaning system; a central server; a wireless communication system between the platform and the central server used to transmit data from the completed forms to the central server; and a central processer on the central server to analyze collected data to generate reports on any deficiencies and/or problems with the maintenance management; a related wireless maintenance management system is also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039403 | PREVENTING MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACKS IN ELECTRONIC VOTING - In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a processor including a user interface, an indication representative of an electronic ballot cast electronically; interpreting, by the processor including the user interface in response to the received indication, data associated with the electronic ballot; generating, by the processor including the user interface, a ballot image of the interpreted electronic ballot, without accessing at least one of another device or another server to perform the interpreting or the generating; sending, by the processor, the generated ballot image to a server containing one or more other ballot images to enable auditing of the ballot images. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039404 | WEIGHTED VOTING SYSTEM - A method of weighting votes; said votes cast by users in respect of a user experience; said method comprising applying a mathematical weight to the vote of each user in respect of any given voting event; the weighting determined by application of at least a first weighting rule. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039405 | Collecting naturally expressed affective responses for training an emotional response predictor utilizing voting on a social network - Collecting naturally expressed affective responses for training an emotional response. In one embodiment, a label generator is configured to receive a vote of a user on a segment of content consumed by the user on a social network. The label generator determines whether the user consumed the segment during a duration that is shorter than a predetermined threshold, and utilizes the vote to generate a label related to an emotional response to the segment. The predetermined threshold is selected such that, while consuming the segment in a period of time shorter than the predetermined threshold, the user is likely to have a single dominant emotional response to the segment. A training module receives the label and measurement of an affective response of the user taken during the duration, and trains an emotional response predictor with the measurement and the label. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039406 | INDEPENDENT TARGETED SPONSORED CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system may include a database configured with individual partitions, one of the partitions corresponding to a sponsored content campaign of a social network. The system may further include multiple servers each communicatively coupled to the database, and each configured to implement a campaign having a campaign termination criterion. Each of the servers may include a processor configured to track sponsored content event data received from a user device based on the campaign and transmit the event data to the database and terminate the campaign based on a comparison of the event data as received from a partition of the database corresponding to the campaign and an estimation of event data not received from the database. The database may be configured to store the event data as received from the servers in the partition corresponding to the campaign upon receipt of the event data. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039407 | Mobile Application Based Advertisement System and Method - Disclosed is a system and method for incorporating advertisements into a mobile application for computerized systems, and in particular, mobile devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the system comprises an entertaining game application, a tool application, or a utility application that features various advertised goods or services, wherein the goods or services may be won and redeemed for an actual equivalent at participating businesses. Alternatively, cash or other prizes may be won or redeemed. In another embodiment, the method provides revenue to mobile application developers based on the inclusion of advertised products or services within the mobile applications, as well as on the number of times an advertisement is displayed. Consumers are incentivized to use the mobile application and engage advertisements because they are rewarded with goods, services, cash, or other prizes from participating businesses. In this way, participating businesses gain consumer awareness and benefit from consumer spending. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANONYMOUS COUPON REDEMPTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for a service provider to facilitate the sale and purchase of discount coupons applicable to products buyers are interested in purchasing. A buyer may transmit information on a product to the service provider. The service provider may search a repository of coupons to find coupons applicable to the product. The coupons are available to purchase from account holders of the service provider. The service provider may transmit information on the coupons to the buyer. The buyer may select a coupon to purchase and may transmit the selection to the service provider. The service provider may purchase the coupon. If the coupon is used to purchase the product, the service provider may apply the coupon to the product, charge the buyer for the coupon and the product, credit the coupon seller's account for the sale of the coupon, and pay a merchant for the product. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039409 | Methods And Systems For Providing Scan Triggered Application Services - Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for providing scan-triggered application services to a user using a scan-able information encoded in a service scan code, such as a bar code, a quick response (QR) code, an RFID code/tag, or an NFC code/tag. In one embodiment, a mobile communication device such as a smartphone, tablet computer or other mobile computer is adapted to include a scan-triggered service client module for scanning and communicating scan code information obtained from a scanable service code. In one exemplary embodiment, service scan code scanning is accomplished by a code scanner that is associated with the smartphone or other mobile computing device. The scan-triggered service client module communicates the obtained scan code information to an associated server application for collecting and processing the scan code information and providing the associated service. The server application is adapted to grant the scanning user a digital reward that has an initial value at the time of the grant, and to subsequently alter the worth of the reward to a second value at some time after the time of the grant. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039410 | Dynamic Awards and Restrictive Tender System and Method - A dynamic awards and restrictive tender method and system are provided. The method includes receiving, at a processor of a sales device, a request for a purchase of an item. A purchase rule applicable to the purchase is determined. An update to the purchase rule is received. The request for the purchase is processed based upon the updated purchase rule. At the processor, a notification of a success or a rejection of the processed request for the purchase is provided to a requester initiating the request. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039411 | Preferential Pricing, System And Method - An exemplary embodiment provides for a computer-implemented method for self-selection into a familial-based discount telephonic rate program. The method includes receiving an indication that a person is related to a current participant of the familial-based discount telephonic rate program and adding a person to the familial-based discount telephonic rate program as a relative to a current participant. The computer-implemented method further includes providing discounted telephone call rates for phone calls between the person and the current participant. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039412 | AFFINITY GROUP - A method of creating an affinity group image for application to an affinity group transaction means, the method comprising: displaying at least one image for application to a transaction means associated with the affinity group; receiving instructions to manipulate an image selected from the at least one image; processing the selected image by applying the received manipulation instructions to the selected image to produces a personalised image; and saving the personalised image for selection by a member of the affinity group. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039413 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAKING PAYMENTS AND RECEIVING REBATES - A method and system for providing a rebate for a purchase, the method including collecting, in a database of a rebate server, personal data and transaction history regarding a personal subscriber, receiving rebate parameters from a business subscriber in a database of the rebate server, calculating a personal rebate for a new transaction based on the subscriber data and the rebate parameters for the subscriber and, upon receipt of payment for the new transaction, providing the personal rebate to the subscriber. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISSUING ONLINE REWARDS - The system and method for issuing an online reward disclosed provides a direct way to specifically reward a user for their actions on the internet. For a campaign according to the system and method, a unique code is provided, which could, for example, be a hashtag, and a search of pre-defined internet websites is performed for the unique code. Where the unique code is found on one or more of the pre-defined internet websites, the user associated with that code is validated by checking if the user is in a list of pre-defined users and, if they are approved, a reward is issued to the user. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039415 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME OUT HOME ADVERTISING PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS BASED ON ARBITRARY DATA STREAMS AND OUT OF HOME ADVERTISING DISPLAY ANALYSIS - An approach is provided for determining performance of location-based displays. The coincidences computational platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of at least one data stream associated with at least one device to cause, at least in part, an extraction of one or more data sets. Then, the content platform may determine one or more arbitrary events data sets from among the one or more data sets based, at least in part, on a coincident occurrence of casual and non-causal events of the one or more arbitrary events data sets with at least on location-based display. Lastly, the content platform may determine one or more information placement parameters for the at least one location-based display based, at least in part, on the one or more arbitrary events data sets. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTIMIZING A CONTENT CAMPAIGN - Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to optimizing a content campaign of a computer network. A data processing system (“system”) can receive and parse a first content item of the content campaign from a content provider via a computer network to identify a logical element, which can include at least one of a verb, noun and temporal language. The system can identify a variant of the logical element to generate a second content item that includes the variant and maintains the syntactic integrity of the first content item. The system can provide at least one of the first content item and the second item for display on at least one web page responsive to receiving one or more requests for content. The system can analyze a performance metric for each of the first content item and the second content item to determine an optimum performing content item. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039417 | METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT - A method is disclosed for determining effectiveness of an online advertisement displayed on a first network page. The advertisement refers to at least one of an online shop, a product and a service offered by an online shop. The method include the steps of selecting a group of network users and presenting the online advertisement to a first number of users of the group of network users requesting the first network page, not presenting the online advertisement to a second number of users of the group of users requesting the first network page, assessing each user of the first number of users and of the second number of users with respect to at least one criteria and based on results of the assessment of the users, determining the effectiveness of the online advertisement on the first network page by comparing the user assessment results for the first number of users with the user assessment results for the second number of users. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039418 | CONTENT ITEM DISTRIBUTION BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for content item distribution based on user interactions. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a set of conversion events associated with a content item provider, each conversion event having a corresponding device identifier; identifying, for each conversion event, a number of pre-conversion interactions that i) occurred prior to the conversion event, and ii) are associated with a device identifier that corresponds to the conversion event; generating, for the content item provider, a conversion profile specifying a portion of the conversion events that are associated with different pre-conversion interaction values; and generating, based on the conversion profile, a bid profile specifying different bid values for different pre-conversion interaction values, a difference between the different bid values being based on a difference between the portion of the conversion events that are associated with the different pre-conversion interaction values corresponding to the different bid values. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039419 | KEYWORD PRICE RECOMMENDATION - An system can include a server that includes or is associated with a keyword price recommendation module. The module can be configured to recommend an optimal price for a keyword, per referral event, in a search engine marketing campaign. For making such a recommendation, the module can be configured to determine revenue generated per referral event for the keyword according to a number of referral events for the keyword for a plurality of users and revenue generated for the keyword by the plurality of users. It can also be configured to select a return on investment percentage for the keyword, and determine the optimal price for the keyword according to the revenue generated per referral event and the return on investment percentage. Additionally or alternatively, the keyword price recommendation module can be configured to calculate the return on investment percentage for the keyword according to at least one market condition. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039420 | AUDIENCE CENTRIC PRICING - A system can include a server that includes or is associated with a revenue analysis module. The module can be configured to receive user web browsing session data from a data source. The session data may include page view data, page interaction data, and page referral data. The module may also be configured to determine page referral events, revenue generating events, and relationships between the page referral events and the revenue generating events, according to at least part of the session data. The revenue generating events may include events in which a user interaction with the webpage generates revenue. The module may also be configured to determine revenue generated by the revenue generating events per page referral event of the page referral events, according to the relationships between the page referral events and the revenue generating events. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039421 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON SCENT - Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting media assets based on a scent detected at a location of a user device. For example, a media guidance application implemented on a user device may incorporate or have access to a scent detection component, which may determine one or more scents at the location of the user device. The media guidance application may then select a media asset that corresponds to the determined one or more scents. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039422 | COMMUNICATION WITH SHOPPERS IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - Communication plans are created, modified, and executed by a campaign server. The campaign server creates a retail environment communication plan that specifies communications to be made to unidentified shoppers in a retail environment that includes at least one sensor. The campaign server identifies a shopper in the retail environment by the at least one sensor, and creates a shopper communication plan, based on the retail environment communication plan, that specifies communications to be made to the identified shopper in the retail environment. The campaign server executes the retail environment communication plan and the shopper communication plan. In response to processing an event sensed by the at least one sensor, the campaign server modifies one or both of the retail environment communication plan and the shopper communication plan. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039423 | Enabling Participation in an Online Community using Visual Machine-Readable Symbols - A facility for coordinating an online discussion is described. The facility receives an indication that a user has captured a machine-readable symbol encoding an identifier that identifies a particular online discussion. In response, the facility incorporates into an online forum that hosts this online discussion an indication that this user captured a symbol encoding an identifier that identifies this online discussion. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENTS - Disclosed is a system and method for providing automated micro-targeted advertisements to a small group of engaged users based on the users' interactions with each other. The systems and methods disclosed provide relevant advertisements to members of a small targeted online group, where the members of the group share common interests, behaviors, preferences, online activities, and the like. The advertisements include calls to action for a receiving user to consummate a transaction, which encourages product (or brand) engagement by specifically identifying friends (or other users who have an established relationship with the user) that may be interested in a product, thereby, providing an initial dialogue between the friends over the targeted product. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039425 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving historical responsiveness data of an offeree; computing predicted responsiveness of the offeree to one or more present offers, wherein said computing is based on the historical responsiveness data and is performed regardless of a content of the one or more present offers. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039426 | REVENUE SHARE ANALYSIS - A revenue share analysis module can determine individual session revenues for content items provided by content providers. The module can also determine total session content revenues for each of the content items according to the determined individual session revenues, and determine respective content values for each of the content items according to the determined total session revenues for each of the content items. It also may determine total session provider revenues for each of the content providers according to the determined total session revenues for each of the content items, and determine respective provider values for each of the content providers according to the determined total session revenues for each of the content providers. Also, it can determine revenue share offers according to the content values and/or the provider values. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039427 | Identifying Media Store Users Eligible for Promotions - A developer/requestor may select a subset of users for a promotion by querying a database; however, the developer may not be provided with specific details about each user (e.g., purchase history, browsing history, etc.). The system returns a response to the query that obfuscates a user's data while simultaneously providing the developer with a response to indicate to the developer whether or not a user or group of users is promotion eligible based on the developer's criteria. The developer may dispatch a promotion to the one or more users determined to be promotion eligible. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039428 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information providing method and so on including: obtaining a use history of a device used by a user for processing on a substance; and providing information according to the obtained use history to the user, wherein the processing on the substance includes a movement of the substance or a change in a temperature of the substance. This allows providing the user of the device with information suitable for the user when the user simply uses a device for doing routine housework, without requiring the user to input information such as search words. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039429 | POWER SYSTEM - A computer implemented system and method for demand management in an energy supply network including aggregation of energy use modification offers from energy consumers in order to meet value offers from energy suppliers. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039430 | Method and System for Providing Interactive Advertisement Customization - A system and method may include providing a media stream via a network, the media stream comprising one or more advertisement content segments, identifying aggregate information associated with a viewer, assigning the one or more advertisement content segments to one or more categories and a category score associated with the one or more categories, filtering the one or more advertisement content segments based at least in part on the one or more categories, the category score associated with the one or more categories and the aggregate information associated with the viewer, and outputting the filtered one or more advertisement content segments to the viewer. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLUSTERING SIMILAR ITEMS - A method and system for selecting a product to advertise. The method includes receiving an advertisement request from an application, generating a plurality of nodes corresponding to a plurality of user-entered text strings received from a user by the application, sending, to a marketplace system, a plurality of search queries for the plurality of user-entered text strings, and receiving a plurality of product identifier in response to the plurality of search queries. The method further includes determining a plurality of edges corresponding to the plurality of product identifiers, generating a cluster using the plurality of nodes and the plurality of edges, selecting a product identifier of the plurality of product identifiers to obtain a selected product identifier, and providing, to the application, the selected product identifier, wherein the application displays, to the user, an advertisement for the product identified by the product identifier. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039432 | KEYWORD RECOMMENDATION - An example system can include a server that includes or is associated with a keyword recommendation module. The keyword recommendation module can be configured to select keywords for a search engine for use in a search engine marketing campaign, wherein the search engine provides more traffic to Internet content of a publisher than other search engines, for the keywords. The module can also be configured to determine, per keyword, user engagement with the Internet content resulting from the traffic provided by the search engine for the keywords, according to one or more of time spent viewing the Internet content, page views of the Internet content, and dwell times. The module can also be configured to score, per keyword, the keywords according to the determined user engagement with the Internet content, and generate keyword recommendations according to the scoring of the keywords. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039433 | GIFT MESSAGING BASED CUSTOMER ACQUISITION - In accordance with some of the gift messaging based customer acquisition methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media that are described herein, a message for a gift recipient is determined in connection with a gift based on input from a first network node associated with a gift giver. A message notification that includes access information for accessing the gift message is generated. The access information is associated with the message. A request that includes the access information is received from a second network node associated with the gift recipient. Responsive to the request, the message is transmitted to the second network node based on the association between the access information and the message, and auxiliary customer acquisition information is transmitted to the second network node. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039434 | ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION WITH A COMPUTING DEVICE BASED ON THE PROXIMITY OF THE COMPUTING DEVICE TO A LOCATION - The disclosed embodiment relates to establishing communication with a nearby user computing device. An exemplary method executed by one or more computing devices comprises monitoring a geographic area to determine whether a user computing device is located within the proximity of at least one of the one or more computing devices, and when the user computing device is located within the proximity of at least one of the one or more computing devices, identifying, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the user computing device based on identifying information associated with the user computing device. The method preferably further comprises transmitting promotional information to the user computing device, the promotional information being based at least in part on the identity of the user computing device and the geographic location of the user computing device. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039435 | DayMal.com - The present invention is an internet technology-based system (e.g., webpage) which facilitates discount sales and shoppings. The system categorizes the discount sales as both online and offline sales. The online and offline sellers are provided some facilities to open and design the interior features of their own shops through this system and target their potential customers. In addition, the offline sellers (by using IP geoilocation) are allowed to restrict their target markets in order to advertise their goods and services to potential customers in a particular country, state, city or distinct in a more effective way. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039436 | Method and system for targeted information dissemination - A targeted information dissemination system includes a database, a player, a control device and a plurality of detecting devices. The player, control device and at least one detecting device may be disposed on a public area. If a portable device of a consumer has been detected by the at least one detecting device in the public area, media contents according to preference of the consumer may be played on the player. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039437 | Method of Coordinating Pre-scheduled Sales With Sellers and Buyers - A method of buyer-seller interaction wherein multiple sellers agree to coordinate their individual sales in a coordinated sale is disclosed using a internet-based service. The individual sales within a coordinated sale are scheduled to start in succession. Sellers log onto a website interface for the service, and create a profile, including a listing of featured items for sale. A forum is available on the website where sellers may interact with each other to agree to establish a coordinated sale. The individual sellers desiring to participate in the coordinated sale coordinate the start times of the individual sales. Buyers may access the website to view the coordinated sale announcements, and view location, times and items for sale. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039438 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RECALL NOTIFICATIONS TO CUSTOMERS - A method and apparatus for providing targeted recall notifications are provided herein. During operation the system will determine a probability of a customer actually having purchased a recalled product. A notification of the recall will then be sent to the customer based on this probability, even if no direct evidence exists that the customer actually purchased the product. Because recall notifications will be provided to customers based on their probability of purchasing a recalled product, customers will be more likely to receive a recall notification on a product that they purchased. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039439 | Retailer-Controlled Showrooming - A method for offering a purchase incentive from a retail merchandiser to a retail customer through a handheld customer communications device is executed at least in part by a computer system and includes receiving, at a first processor having a network address, data from an encoding that is scanned and wirelessly transmitted from the handheld customer communications device. A product that is associated with the encoding data is identified and a wireless address that is associated with the handheld customer communications device is recorded. The method further includes transmitting, from the first processor, pricing information for the identified product for display on the handheld customer communications device at the recorded wireless address and responding to a customer selection from the transmitted pricing information by transmitting an incentive message for display on the handheld customer communications device at the recorded wireless address. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039440 | DISPLAYING ADS ON A MOBILE DEVICE OUTSIDE OF A MOBILE APP - Ads delivered to mobile devices by virtue of a mobile app executing on the device are displayed on the device screen outside the confines or borders of the mobile app. This enables app developers to display ads through their apps to app users wherein the ads are displayed outside the confines of the actual app as displayed on the device. That is, the ad may be displayed as what may be characterized as a ‘regular non-app generated’ ad, such as on the device's home or lock screen (display areas not normally associated with an app). In this manner, clutter is decreased within mobile apps that would otherwise be caused by the ads. Consequently, advertisers are more likely to pay higher rates thereby generating more revenue for app developers or related entities. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039441 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AD-HOC APPLICATIONS BASED ON ADVERTISEMENT - The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods and systems for a Framework for Ad-hoc Applications Based on Advertising (FAABA). The FAABA may employ short-range radio-frequency communications. The disclosure teaches mechanisms for providing targeted advertising in connection with ad-hoc applications/point-to-point (P2P) communications between user terminals. In a manner, the invention teaches general collection components for user terminals, which is responsible for collecting and maintaining a dynamic set of advertisements as a background operation. This allows the user terminals to initiate applications that are based on P2P communication, and furthermore, allows collections of pre-loaded advertisements to be provided to the user terminals along and/or during the P2P communications. Also, the FAABA teaches that after advertisements are stored in the receiving device, the advertisements can be tailored more closely to the interests of the user of the device and the advertisements can be filtered based on current context of the user. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039442 | Multiple-Resolution, Information-Engineered, Self-Improving Advertising and Information Access Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The MULTIPLE-RESOLUTION, INFORMATION-ENGINEERED, SELF-IMPROVING ADVERTISING AND INFORMATION ACCESS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“MISAIA”) transforms content and content identifier inputs via MISAIA components into self-engineered, self-improving advertisements and information accessing unique persistent universal name identifier (UPUNI) outputs. MISAIA receives a request for a unique persistent universal name identifier (UPUNI) from a requesting client accessing content, obtains an UPUNI menu specification, if the UPUNI menu specification exists, obtains UPUNI record information from an UPUNI directory, generates an UPUNI menu specification from metadata in the UPUNI directory, if one is unavailable, stores the UPUNI menu specification, in the UPUNI directory, in an UPUNI syndicator, generates an UPUNI menu from the UPUNI menu specification, and provides via a processor the UPUNI menu to the requesting client that is responsive to the request. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039443 | ENGAGEMENT POINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Engagement point management systems are presented. A consumer's behavior can be observed via one or more digital representations. The observed behaviors can be mapped to an expected behavior pattern constructed from individual engagement points. Each engagement point represents a possible communication channel between a third party content provider and the consumer. When a consumer is found within an engagement point, context information associated with the consumer can be matched with contexts of the third party's content. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039444 | APPLICATION OF DYNAMIC TOKENS - A method assigns token requirements to service subscriptions in a service platform, such as a service platform containing entities, such as end-users, contacts, sponsors, membership associations or databases, or a database associating, referencing, or containing a plurality of said entities or databases. The operator of the service platform establishes customization factors and maintains records reserving particular data services associated with token requirements for delivery to entities. In addition, customization factors are determined, at least in part, from values representing the relative quantity of, or representing values or information associated with, objects in a database or data set or the like. Token requirements associated with data services or service subscriptions or contracts are calculated from one or more formulas utilizing customization factors. Sponsorships associated with the entities can be accepted by the service platform. Based at least in part on the acceptance, the service platform can apply one or more credits toward the fulfillment of token requirements. An entity can be provided a data service or a service subscription or contract based on a relationship with a sponsorship such that an entity assigned a subscription or assigned to an interest in a subscription having a token requirement fulfilled, in whole or in part, as a result of applying credit from a sponsorship will receive services related to the subscription. The method is particularly useful in enhancing the accessibility of services and/or service features for entities in a network, such as membership associations or social networks, who can benefit, or whose end-users can benefit, with an application of tokens related to those services and/or service features. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039445 | Providing Advertising - The present disclosure includes a system and methods for providing advertising. In some implementations, a method includes associating a plurality of ad spaces of at least two different types as a unit. The unit is offered to one or more advertisers for purchase. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039446 | OBTAINING REAL-TIME ADVERTISEMENT FEE PAYMENTS - Obtaining real-time advertisement fee payments is disclosed, including: receiving access behavior data from a publisher server, wherein the access behavior data comprises data associated with interactions associated with one or more ads associated with an advertiser; determining a loan amount based at least in part on total ad fees determined based at least in part on the access behavior data; generating a loan processing request including at least the loan amount; and sending the loan processing request to a loan management server, wherein the loan management server is configured to determine whether the loan amount is authorized for the advertiser based at least in part on a loan processing agreement associated with the advertiser. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039447 | DIGITAL EXCHANGE SERVING AS AN INTEGRATED, CONTINUOUS SPONSORSHIP AND PROMOTION SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS - A method of operating a digital exchange system includes providing a server connected to a communications network configured for two-way communications with system users, and configuring the server to display, on a system-user device, information on one or more community organizations or individuals and sponsorship needs thereof. The method also includes accepting, and displaying on the system-user device, electronically-submitted sponsorship offer plans from a sponsor for one of the one or more community organizations or individuals. The method further includes accepting data regarding the one or more community organizations or individuals and the sponsor, the data submitted electronically by system users, providing an electronic revolving sponsorship fund (RSF), wherein the one or more community organizations or individuals can borrow funds from the RSF, and electronically allocating the funds to the one or more community organizations or individuals, based on the amounts requested, and on the available funds in the RSF. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039448 | INCENTIVIZED AUCTION STYLE MESSAGING - A system for incentivization of communications, comprising an incentivization engine and an auction service, and a method for using such a system for providing incentivization of user communications and user competition for incentives. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039449 | INDICATING UNAVAILABILITY OF AN UPLOADED VIDEO FILE THAT IS BEING BITRATE ENCODED - A system for indicating the unavailability of an already uploaded video file is provided. The system includes an advertiser system providing a graphical user interface for uploading a video file to a database and an ad serving system communicatively coupled to the database that receives the uploaded video file. A creative asset processing system is communicatively coupled to the ad serving system and advertiser system and receives the uploaded video file to process the uploaded video file by performing bit rate encoding on the uploaded video file. The bit rate encoding generates a plurality of encoded video files of the uploaded video file having respective bitrates. The advertiser system displays a set of menu options on the graphical user interface for each of the encoded video files. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039450 | CUSTOMER-BASED WIRELESS FOOD ORDERING AND PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive system and method allows customers to electronically place and pay for menu orders without wait-staff intervention at food service establishments and which processes orders. The invention has at least one ordering device with data input, a display, and wireless communications, and one or more computer servers for processing menu orders and payments. The ordering devices and computer servers cooperatively utilize means for adding a menu item to an order from a list or entering a code; means for wirelessly transmitting orders to food preparation areas; means on a terminal and a mobile device to use cashless payment mediums; means for identifying the dining party leader; means for consolidating a customer's reward points; means for offering discounts and accepting coupons; means for pre-ordering menu items; means for reserving seating; means for accessing the internet from a terminal; and means for splitting orders for batch processing. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039451 | Biometrics for Rapid and Enhanced Service and Hospitality and Quantification Thereof - The present invention provides a computer-implemented system and method for enhanced service and hospitality by a facility, such as a restaurant, using biometric identifiers, such as facial recognition, fingerprint identification, palm print identification, iris recognition, retina recognition and voice recognition, and a computer-implemented means for quantifying the rapidity of service to enrolled customers in the program compared to customers not enrolled in the program. Customers enroll in the program and provide specific biometric identifiers as well their one or more preferences related to one or more foods, drinks and/or services provided by the facility. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039452 | Consolidated Retailer-Operated Electronic Payment System - A consolidated electronic payment system operated by a retailer exclusively for its customers is disclosed. Otherwise independent and limited authentication and payment resources are consolidated within the unified system, facilitating broader access at retail checkout to several payment instruments. System functions are executed jointly by a customer-facing checkout facility and backend network resources comprising an authentication agent and a payment processor. Individual customers registered within the system are assigned a primary customer account, which is recorded within the network's data storage facility. Associated with these accounts are all available payment instruments and certain existing authentication accounts. For retail transactions, personal identification information and payment instructions submitted by the customer are transmitted to the network from checkout, with pertinent authentication and payment signals generated and transmitted back in response thereto. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039453 | NGO ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to process financial transactions that traverse an NGO network with an interbank network. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039454 | TECHNIQUES FOR SECURE MOBILE PAYMENT - Techniques for secure mobile payment are provided. A credit or gift card is registered for additional security, such that a secure identifier or personal identification number (PIN) is required for use of the credit or gift card. Registration is not required or even known by the third-party payment service associated with the card. Subsequently, when a consumer attempts to use the card and before payment instructions are sent to the corresponding third-party payment service, the secure identifier or PIN is requested and verified. If properly verified, the payment instructions are forwarded for processing by the third-party payment service. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039455 | Universal Interface Card Swipe Terminal Point of Sale System With Multiple Mobile Wallets/Payment Applications - An invention is disclosed whereby Merchant Card Swipe Terminals, as well as Tablet or PC Computer-based POS systems having card swiping devices are enabled via a software-based solution to interface with multiple mobile payment/mobile wallet solutions and provide check out functionality for corresponding mobile payment platforms. The software is implemented within the card swiper unit and via remove cloud-based server environment connected via the internet to the card swiper unit. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039456 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Misidentification of Items Sold by Weight - A point of sale terminal that performs purchase transactions is presented. The point of sale terminal includes an optical code scanner and weigh scale device. The optical code scanner portion of the optical code scanner and weigh scale device continuously scans for an optical code while the weigh scale portion of the optical code scanner and weigh scale device weighs an item placed on the scale. When the point of sale terminal receives data for an optical code that is read during the time an item is being weighed, the point of sale terminal compares information from the optical code data to the identification data entered by an operator for the item being weighed. If the item information does not match, the point of sale terminal halts the current purchase transaction until a supervisor intervenes. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039457 | SYSTEM FOR SYNDICATING SUBSCRIPTIONS WITH RETAILERS - System and methods for facilitating syndication of subscriptions with retailers are described. The retailer can manage the customer relationship and may optionally automatically renew the customer's subscription. The platform fulfilling the subscription receives payment from a retailer and provisions the renewal subscription to the customer. A customer can purchase an entitlement card from the retailer. The entitlement card can be for a subscription redeemable through a platform holder system (via entry of a token) and includes (or is assigned) an indicator of the retailer that sold the card. The indicator can be used by the platform fulfilling the subscription to provide a differentiated or customized experience for a customer based on the retailer at which the subscription was purchased. Third-party providers can use the platform to syndicate their products and services with retailers. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039458 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED RETAIL CHECKOUT USING CONTEXT RECOGNITION - A gestural checkout system includes a sensor-equipped server programmed with a gestural context application that authenticates a customer's identity upon entry to a retail store. The sensors include cameras. The sensors are identify products and detect gestures of the customer indicating a purchase decisions. Gestures include product pick-up, product movement and product-commit-to-container actions. For bulk items, an Implicit Gestural Scale communicates product identity and volumetric data wirelessly to the implicit gestural checkout. Recognition of shopper locomotion, past a line of demarcation near the exit, automatically authorizes electronic payment. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039459 | DETERMINING A PRICE ASSOCIATED WITH A WINNING BID - Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for determining bid prices for content items. A winner associated with an auction is identified for delivery of a content item, including identifying a first bid associated with the winner and an associated first expected clickthrough rate. A next finisher is identified in the auction including identifying a second bid associated with the next finisher and a second expected clickthrough rate associated with second bid. A price is determined that a content sponsor associated with the winner should pay for presentation of the content item, including identifying a third bid and corresponding third expected clickthrough rate dependent on the third bid whose product, being the first product, is substantially equal to a product, being the second product, of the second bid and the second expected clickthrough rate. The content sponsor is charged the price. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039460 | BI-DIRECTIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION UPDATES IN MULTI-PARTY BIDDING - In an example embodiment, bid specifications for an ecommerce transaction are transmitted from a party requesting bids to a plurality of bidders. Then a modification to the bid specifications is received from a first bidder of the plurality of bidders along with a bid in accordance with the modified bid specifications. The modified bid specifications may then be transmitted to the plurality of bidders other than the first bidder. Bids in accordance with the modified bid specifications are then received from each of the plurality of bidders other than the first bidder. One of the bids may be selected, and the ecommerce transaction may be consummated based on the selected bid. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039461 | OMNICHANNEL RETAILING - A device may determine its location within a store and display the location on a map of the store. A user may provide a shopping list to the device. The device may then display the location of desired items on the map of the store. When an item is located in multiple locations, the device may display one or more of the locations for the item. The device may suggest a route through the store by which the user can find all of the items on the shopping list. The device may recommend products to the user based on items near the device, items on the shopping list, or items identified by the user. The device may have the ability to identify items. The device may communicate with the server to gather information about an identified item. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039462 | E-Wallet Store Injection Search Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The E-WALLET STORE INJECTION SEARCH APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“SIS”) transform aggregated automated shopping lists and user location data using SIS components into automated shopping item availability messages and merchant location navigation responses. In some implementations, the disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of providing an automated store injection search service. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039463 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SERVICE REQUESTS - The invention disclose a system for managing service requests, comprising:
| 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT-BASED GIFT GIVING AND RECEIVING - Online, event-based gift giving and receiving systems and methods eliminate the redundancy of creating a separate registry or wishlist with the same products listed for each life event by using event-based product tags. One or more example embodiments include setting privacy for event-based product tags, setting privacy for each product on a wishlist, filtering wishlists by event-based product tags, searching for event-based product tags, selectively sharing and displaying products for groups, indicating the unavailability of reserved products and automatically re-listing reserved products not received within a determined time period, using event-based product tags with events imported from external sources, providing third party event hosting using event-based product tags, connecting users who received the same gift, and providing product attribute change notifications, among other things. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039465 | CIRCUITS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TO AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF A BUILDING WITHIN A CLOSED CIRCUIT E-SHOPPING - Circuits and method for connecting a communication terminal to at least one end of a twist pair of a building infrastructure and to a complimentary circuit terminating the other end of the twist pair for propagating distinctly modulated higher carrier frequency and lower carrier frequency for propagating simultaneously two modulated information signals comprising higher speed data and lower speed data via at least one twist pair, the higher speed data is used for upgrading and loading data into a memory of the communication terminal and the lower speed data controls and directs the higher speed data through I/O ports of each of the CPUs included in the two circuits terminating the twist pair, the communication terminal uses the stored data to select items of service and merchandise for shopping in a closed circuit e-commerce by propagating a completed order to a server of the building. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039466 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF TANGIBLE PROPERTY THAT IS LOANED, RENTED, LEASED, BORROWED OR PLACED IN THE TRUST OF ANOTHER PERSON - Embodiments are directed towards assessing the condition of tangible property that is loaned, leased, borrowed, or otherwise placed in the trust of another person. A first condition of the property may be documented and possession of the property may be transferred to a first party. A user may employ a mobile device to capture, acquire, and/or provide data documenting the condition, where the documenting data includes at least image data. Subsequently, possession of the property may be transferred to a second party and a second condition of the property may be documented. A variance between the first and the second condition may be determined by comparing the data documenting the first condition to the data documenting the second condition. Any damage, destruction, alterations, and/or modifications to the property that occurred during the time period that the first party had possession of the property may be determined based on the variance. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039467 | Print Service Matching - A print service system including a first stage module to set non-price service terms between a buyer and print service providers, and a second stage module to produce price-based terms between the buyer and one print service provider. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039468 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PEER-ASSISTED E-COMMERCE SHOPPING - A method for peer-assisted shopping including receiving, at a first device, a transacting media container comprising base content and supplemental content related to one or more items in the base content. The method also includes receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more items. The method also includes initiating a first shopping cart within the transacting media container of the first device, the first shopping cart identifying the at least one selected item. The method also includes establishing a communication channel with a second device. The method also includes transmitting information to synchronize a second shopping cart associated with the second device with the first shopping cart. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039469 | CLASSIFICATION BASED ON VEHICULAR DATA RECORDS - A classification system with regard to vehicles is provided. The classification system includes computing device(s) and an application program executable in the computing device(s). The application program includes logic that maintains taxonomic scheme information associated with attribute(s) of vehicles sold through an electronic commerce network site, logic that obtains data record(s) of vehicle(s) sold through the electronic commerce network site, and logic that determines classification(s) associated with the vehicles basing upon the taxonomic scheme information and the data record(s). The disclosure further provides a classification method with regard to vehicles. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039470 | Decentralized Internet Shopping Marketplaces - A method, medium, and system are provided to facilitate local or global exchange of goods and services through a decentralize network of peer-to-peer (P2P) nodes. In one aspect of the disclosure, the nodes may be maintained or operated by the participants in the marketplace system. In one aspect, the system may operate on both desktop and mobile devices. In one aspect, the system operates with decentralized data storage. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system of incentives for participation of nodes. In one aspect, the system operates with decentralized communication. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system to escrow payments between participants. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system of load balancing. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized system by which certain listings can be prioritized in the network. In one aspect, the system operates with decentralized transaction processing. In one aspect, the system operates with a decentralized digital currency as the medium of exchange between participants. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039471 | System for Verifying Source of Food and Providing Customized Information with Respect Thereto - A method for operating a computer system to provide information about a product to a customer is disclosed. The method includes receiving a login request identifying a specific business establishment and the customer from a customer device that is remote from the data processing system, and initiating a session for the customer between the computer and the customer device. When the computer receives a product code identifying a product in the business establishment that originates at a producer of the product, the computer sends information to the customer about the product, the information being verified by an organization independent of the producer of the product and the business establishment. The login request can be generated by the customer device interacting with a display at the business establishment, the display identifying the business establishment and optionally a location within the business establishment at which the customer is located. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039472 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND PRICING MEDIA CONTENT - A media sourcing solution allows consumers to gain access to media content through several different sources. Currently, media consumers are without a means for understanding the most cost beneficial method to access their desired media content. The system and method can inform consumers as to where they can source their desired media content selection(s) for the most competitive pricing. The consumer will then have the ability to compare pricing and modify content usage to allow for the most informed media content sourcing decision making. An interface, such as a web-based interface or a mobile device application, can interact with a media content database to provide media source options to the consumer, saving the user time and money in the process. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039473 | NEAR-DUPLICATE FILTERING IN SEARCH ENGINE RESULT PAGE OF AN ONLINE SHOPPING SYSTEM - Reducing near-duplicate entries in online shopping system search results. For each pair of entries in a set of entries, each entry characterizing a product in a data store of an online shopping system and each entry characterized by a set of attributes, determining a distance between the entries in the pair based on the attributes. Determining entry clusters from a graph formed with each determined distance as an edge between nodes representing the entries used to determine the distance, each entry cluster identified by cluster identifier. Returning an ordered list of results responsive to the query from the data store of an online shopping system, filtered as a function of at least one of the distance and the cluster identifier. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039474 | PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR TEXT CAPTURE FROM A RENDERED DOCUMENT - A facility for initiating a purchase is described. The facility receives a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device. The facility identifies in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product. In response to identifying the reference, the facility presents to the user an opportunity to place an order for the established product. If the user accepts the presented opportunity to order the distinct product, the facility orders the distinct product on behalf of the user. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039475 | POINT OF SALE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND PURCHASING DIGITAL CONTENT - A system for sampling and purchasing digital content includes at least one processor, at least one computer-readable tangible storage device, and program instructions stored on the at least one storage device for execution by the at least one processor. The program instructions include first program instructions configured to receive data indicative of a keyword. The program instructions further include second program instructions configured to identify digital media content associated with the keyword. The program instructions further include third program instructions configured to communicate data indicative of a hyperlink, wherein the hyperlink is configured to link to sample content associated with the digital media content. The program instructions further include fourth program instructions configured to receive payment confirmation. The program instructions further include fifth program instructions configured to communicate data indicative of instructions for accessing the digital media content. | 2015-02-05 |
| 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. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039477 | Inventory Control System - An computer-implemented inventory control system and a method of inventory control which includes an inventory control program executable to analyze a sensor signal generated by a distance sensor having a fixed position at a target location to calculate the inventory level of a target product positioned at the target location based on separation distance between the distance sensor and the target product. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039478 | IN-MEMORY-DATABASE-DRIVEN BUSINESS CONSOLIDATION SYSTEM REPORTING - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing enhanced business consolidation system reporting functionality according to an implementation. One computer-implemented method includes retrieving financial journal entry data from a total record for consolidation into a consolidated financial report, the financial journal entry data classified as single company closing records, inter-company elimination records, and group-dependent elimination records, processing the single company closing records resulting in single company closing records result data, processing the inter-company elimination records resulting in inter-company elimination records result data, processing the group-dependent elimination records resulting in group-dependent elimination records result data, performing, by operation of a computer, a union of the single company closing records result data, the inter-company elimination records result data, and the group-dependent elimination records result data to generate consolidated financial report data, and generating a consolidated financial report based, at least in part, on the consolidated financial report data. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039479 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, MERCHANDISE SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SERVER - An electronic receipt management server includes a storage unit, a network interface configured to receive electronic receipt information related to a merchandise sale, membership information of a consumer associated with the merchandise sale, company information of a store associated with the merchandise sale, and a status indicating issuance of a paper receipt in association with the merchandise sale, and a processor. The processor is configured to function as an electronic receipt management unit that stores the electronic receipt information, the membership information, the company information and the status in the storage unit, an electronic receipt transmission unit that transmits the electronic receipt information, the membership information, and the company information to an information processing apparatus associated with the membership information, and a paper receipt issuance completion information transmission unit that transmits information indicating that issuance of the paper receipt has been completed according to the status. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039480 | DETECTING AND FIXING PROBLEM VIDEO ACCOUNTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - A computer device may include logic configured to manage an account creation process for customers, wherein the account creation process includes creating a DVD account in a DVD system, creating a digital account in a digital system, and creating a billing account in a billing system and manage a subscription generation process for the customers, wherein the subscription generation process includes associated a subscription with the DVD account, associating the subscription with the digital account, and associating the subscription with the billing account. The logic may be further configured to detect a broken account generated by the account creation process and fix the detected broken account in response to detecting the broken account; and detect a broken subscription generated by the subscription generation process and fix the detected broken subscription in response to detecting the broken subscription. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039481 | SERVICE UTILIZATION BROWSER PLUG-IN - A method of using a data monitoring service may include transmitting a request for subscriber billing status information; in response to the request, receiving the subscriber billing status information in a response message; formatting a status message based in part on the received subscriber billing status information, the status message including an estimated cost for a billing cycle of the subscriber; and presenting the status message in a network application. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039482 | CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In the first state in which the position of an external device is included in the first area where a power supply unit executes wireless power supply and is included in the second area wider than the first area where a communication portion performs communication, the power supply unit is controlled to execute wireless power supply. It is determined whether the state of the external device has transited from the first state to the second state in which the position of the external device is included in the second area and is outside the first area. If it is determined that the state has transited from the first state to the second state, information based on the power supply executed in the first state is communicated with the external device via the communication portion. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039483 | System and Method for the Automated Handling of Documents Related to Private Investigations - Disclosed is a system and method for generating, distributing, and accessing private investigation related documents. The system is operated by a host and utilized by a number of different entities that are involved in preparing and distributing private investigated related documents. The system also permits the automated invoicing and billing of private investigation related activities. The archiving of data related to private investigations can also be carried out by the present system. In still yet other embodiments, the system can permit real time editing of reports, the generation of reports via voice recognition, as well as access to streaming broadcasts. Other embodiments permit photographs and/or maps to be embedded into private investigation related reports. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING FINANCIAL CONTROL VALIDATION PROCESSES - The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining compliance of at least one financial control. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining the at least one financial control where the at least one financial control is associated with at least one revenue generation process, selecting at least a portion of sample data associated with the at least one financial control, generating at least one test result by testing the at least one financial control using the at least a portion of the sample data, and determining at least one maturity level associated with the at least one financial control according to the at least one test result, the at least one maturity level for determining compliance of the at least one financial control with at least one regulation. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039485 | BILLING TRANSACTION CURRENCY NORMALIZATION - An apparatus and method for processing of transactions that originate in differing currencies is described herein. More particularly, a currency conversion is described that occurs during for the purposes of counting transactions and charges while rate calculations such as the application of a discount occur in the multiple, different underlying currencies. Thus, the converted or standardized currency is used to determine if thresholds are satisfied and not for setting or calculation of charges. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039486 | GENERATING A DESCRIPTION OF, AND AN OFFER TO TRANSFER OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO ACQUIRE, AN ASSET THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE RETREATMENT CONTRACT - An embodiment of a method includes generating a description of an asset that includes at least one retreatment contract, and generating an offer to transfer, or a solicitation of an offer to acquire, the asset. The asset may also include one or more instruments other than the at least one retreatment contract. Such an embodiment may allow a party to a retreatment contract to diversify its risk, or to recoup at least a portion of the fee it paid under the contract. An example of a retreatment contract includes a party paying a fee (e.g., an insurance premium) for another party to take an action (e.g., pay money to the party) if a subject treated for a condition is retreated for the condition, for a complication arising from the treatment of the condition, or for another reason, within a specified time period. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVESTABLE DELEVERING - The present disclosure is directed toward generating indexes of unlevered asset returns based on the returns of constituents that employ leverage in the return-generating process, without exposing investors to significant tracking error. Data an amount of debt, cost of debt, implied market capitalization, and relative weights are compiled for each constituent of an index of returns of entities employing leverage. Additionally, return data are compiled for each exchange-traded product producing returns relevant to the cost of leverage employed by at least one of the constituents. Using the collected data, absolute weights of each constituent and each exchange traded product in an index of unlevered asset returns are determined. The index of unlevered asset returns may then be generated according to the constituents, the exchange-traded products, and the absolute weights. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039488 | System and Method to Provide Informational Depth via a Gradient Indicator - Example methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed and described to display trading information via a trading interface. An example method to display trading parameters via a graphical trading interface includes defining a first user interface element to be displayed in the graphical trading interface at a computing device. The example method includes identifying a first trading parameter to be displayed via the first user interface element. The example method includes determining a second trading parameter to be displayed with the first trading parameter via the first user interface element, the second trading parameter to be display concurrently with but discernible from the first trading parameter via the first user interface element. The example method includes displaying data relating to the first trading parameter and data relating to the second trading parameter via the first user interface element. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039489 | Electronic Trading Platform and Method Thereof - A computerized trading system having a plurality of independent trading environments for trading quotes relating to financial instruments received from quoting firms. A multicast data bus provides communication between a matching engine, a plurality of edge applications operating in each independent trading environment, and an order gateway which is common to the plurality of independent trading environments. Quotes are received from the quoting firms at the respective quote interface applications. The quotes are placed in the respective assigned areas of the shared memory. The matching engine matches the received quotes by polling and processing each area of the shared memory. The matching engine, upon completion of polling all areas of the shared memory, checks a port of the multicast data bus to receive messages transmitted by the edge applications and to receive incoming orders for financial instruments from the order gateway. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039490 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER-CONTROLLED AUTOMOBILE FINANCING - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing approved financing in advance of a purchase to a buyer of an item, such as an automobile, and allowing the prospective buyer to maintain control over the financing throughout the sales process. According to disclosed embodiments, a financial service system configures a financing website for the buyer, and receives personal information as well as information relating to the desired item. The financial service system approves loan parameters for the buyer, and provides the user with a link to access the financing website on a mobile device while at a dealership. Financing parameters can thus be edited throughout the process until the final sales agreement, providing the buyer with confidence and flexibility in the buying process. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039491 | FINANCIAL-SERVICE STRUCTURED CONTENT MANAGER - A financial-service system that manages content objects includes a chronicles platform with a chronicle associated with a loan request. A content manager determines a set of content objects to be associated with the chronicle and generates a bucket for each content object of the set of content objects. Each bucket is associated with a name and is configured to receive an associated content object. The chronicle is populated with the generated buckets. An interface that detects a user action and that thereafter receives or generates a content object, which is detected by the content manager and associated with a bucket. The content manager causes the bucket to receive the content object and presents representations of the buckets to a user. Representations of one or more buckets that have received a content object differ from representations of one or more other buckets that have not received a content object. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039492 | CHANGE ON CARD METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to enable intelligent management and implementation of travel policies, elite cardholder benefits, or vendor offers related to expenses incurred on a payment card. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039493 | INTELLIGENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PLATFORM METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to enable intelligent management and implementation of travel policies, elite cardholder benefits, or vendor offers related to expenses incurred on a payment card. | 2015-02-05 |
| 20150039494 | PAIRED WEARABLE PAYMENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electronic device | 2015-02-05 |
