07th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150046189 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM - A method and system for producing and storing information related to medical health of at least one patient comprising:
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20150046190 | MEDICAL DATA SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present application regards a system and method including database(s) of medical records, processed medical records, user profile information and electronic medical information including information associated with medical terminology associated with diagnoses, treatments and evaluations. A first user interface module is configured to provide prompts for information regarding electronic medical information, and to receive and store responses to the prompts. Further, an electronic medical record processing module converts a medical record into a processed medical record. Further, a second user interface module displays the processed medical record and at least some corresponding information to a first user in accordance with electronic user profile information associated with the first user, and displays the processed medical record and at least some different corresponding information regarding at least one different medical term from the medical record to a second user in accordance with user profile information associated with the second user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GENOMIC INFORMATION - Various embodiments provide interfaces to access genomic testing information and incorporate it into daily physician practice. According to one aspect, a graph-based data model is used that may be used to organizes and revise precision medicine knowledge. In one example structure, gene states are abstracted into alteration groups, where alteration groups are built using reverse engineering actionable information and storing that information within the graph-based data structure. Volumes of genomic alterations and associated information (e.g., journal articles, clinical trial information, therapies, etc.) are analyzed and synthesized into actionable information items viewable on an alteration system in a graph-based data format. According to one embodiment, the system can be configured to focus practitioners on discrete portions of the alteration information on which they can act. According to other aspects, curated information is provided on the system to enable practitioners to make informed decisions regarding the implications of the presence of specific genomic alterations. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046192 | RECORDS ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT - An electronic device for aggregating electronic medical records, in which electronic medical records are aggregated from multiple electronic repositories and displayed as a single set of records. The multiple electronic repositories may store records for a particular patient using varying identifying/access information to facilitate anonymous access to the electronic medical records. Emergency medical services providers may be able to access medical records for a patient using the electronic device after being authenticated as a valid/licensed medical services provider. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046193 | CONTRACTOR SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A contractor selection server is described that assigns to each of a plurality of traits a weight percentage. A total of weight percentages is one hundred percent. For each of the plurality of traits, the contractor selection server assigns each of a plurality of contractors a rank. The contractor selection server further assigns each of the plurality of contractors a weighted rank. Each weighted rank is calculated by summing products of a contractor's rank and a trait's weight percentage for each of the plurality of traits. The contractor selection server also selects a contractor from among the plurality of contractors based on a weighted rank of the contractor. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING CROWD SOURCED DATA FOR INSURANCE CLAIMS BASED ANALYSIS - A crowd sourced based system for evaluating catastrophe areas for insurance entities and insureds. The system leverages crowd sourced photo data to construct a virtual map in real time corresponding to an afflicted area. User provided photo information as well as other third party information may be utilized to supplement the virtual map. A number of insurance based processes and actions may be based on an evaluation of the virtual map. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046195 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING INSURANCE TRANSACTIONS - Methods implemented by computer systems for processing insurance transactions. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046196 | Computer System and Method for Management of User Interface Data - This invention relates generally to a computer system and method for integrating insurance policy underwriting. In one aspect it integrates the older legacy insurance policy generating systems to on line systems where users access the system through browsers. The computer system to perform the process of underwriting, rating, quoting, binding, and booking an insurance policy includes browsers, data bases, processors and a dispatcher that parses the information to select an insurance process. Suitable software programs review messages received from users to determine if certain messages are less than a prescribed limit. If a message is greater than the limit, then the message is parsed into a header information and one or more data fields whereby the header information is provided to a legacy processor and to policy generation software for further creation of policy related information and documentation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DRIVER FEEDBACK USING A HANDHELD MOBILE DEVICE - A method for using a mobile device arranged within a vehicle to provide risk analysis for a driver of the vehicle includes receiving sensor data representing information (i) collected by a sensor of the mobile device and (ii) indicative of a driving environment of the vehicle, storing the received sensor data in a memory, processing the stored sensor data to determine a set of one or more characteristics of the driving environment of the vehicle, and determining, based on the determined set of characteristics, a driving score indicative of risk for the driver of the vehicle. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046198 | Computer Network Platform for Consolidated Transport Services - A consolidated transport booking network platform is disclosed. This system offers the options of combined services of multiple cross-sectional carriers in one booking. The system also offers automatic payment process and real-time service pricing that takes into account of profit margin and commissions. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046199 | COMPUTER BASED GUEST MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A guest monitoring and identification system is shown. The system comprises an RFID carried by a guest and includes therein programmed predetermined data identifying a guest. An activating transmitter transmits a monitoring signal over a designated area to be traversed by a guest having the RFID. A receiver receives from the RFID a transmitted data signal containing the programmed predetermined data identifying the guest. A guest identification and service information processor receives the transmitted data signal. The processor interprets the programmed predetermined data identifying a guest and generates data/information signals providing the name and service profile for an identified guest. A communication device communicates to service staff the name and service profile for an identified guest. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046200 | CHARGER RESERVATION SYSTEM, CHARGER RESERVATION APPARATUS, CHARGER RESERVATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The charger reservation system has: a reservation processing unit that receives a use reservation registration for a charger and manages reservation information containing a use starting date/time and a temporary use ending date/time; and a charge required time calculation unit that calculates a time required for charging when a user starts using the charger based on the use reservation registration, wherein the reservation processing unit calculates a new use ending date/time based on the time required for charging and updates the temporary use ending date/time to the new use ending date/time. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046201 | Travel Booking Platform - A method for guaranteeing a price of an itinerary is disclosed herein. The method comprises receiving travel attributes from a customer. Based on the travel attributes, one or more itineraries can be generated. The itineraries can be provided to the customer along with options to lock the price of the itineraries for a predetermined time in consideration of a payment. The payment for locking the price for a selected itinerary may be received from the customer. Upon making the payment, the customer may be able to purchase the itinerary at the price within the predetermined time. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046202 | Universal Ticketing and Payment System - A remotely-accessible computer system allows a purchase to establish an account and then purchase admission to live events or venues. The system provides the purchaser with a pass containing data identifying the account established for the purchaser which account contains information about purchased admissions. The pass can be used to gain access multiple events. The purchaser presents the pass at the entrance to the event and a reader reads the identification data and forwards it to the system. The system checks that the purchaser has purchased entry to the particular event and provides a signal to the event indicating whether admission to the event should be allowed or refused. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046203 | Determining Recommendations In Data Analysis - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining recommendations in data analysis. A computer identifies an analysis step currently being performed in a data analysis. The computer identifies data points corresponding to the identified analysis step currently being performed and one or more previous analyses. The computer determines a distance between the data points corresponding to the identified analysis step currently being performed and each of the one or more previous data analyses utilizing a distance computing algorithm. The computer determines a ranking of the one or more previous data analyses corresponding to the determined distances between the data points corresponding to the identified analysis step currently being performed and each of the one or more previous data analyses. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046204 | CUSTOM-BRANDED ANALYTIC APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENT - A consolidated business intelligence platform provides customized business analytics for a plurality of customer databases, each associated with a corresponding plurality of customers. Responsive to a request from a user for a customized business intelligence interface, the system determines a customer of the plurality of customers with which the user is affiliated; accesses a set of customization parameters for the determined customer, the customization parameters including a set of data analytics parameters and a set of data display parameters; and identifies, from the plurality of customer databases, a customer database associated with the determined customer. The system analyzes a dataset from the identified customer database using the set of data analytics parameters, and then formats the analyzed dataset for display based on the set of data display parameters, thereby generating the customized business intelligence interface for transmission to the user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046205 | PALLET - A material handling apparatus including pallets developed to operate in radio frequency rich environments. Pallets are provided having at least one large compartment capable of enclosing at least one electronic device or a package populated with a plurality of devices. The devices include RFID pallet tags that communicate with RFID item tags and RFID beacon tags positioned within distributed RFID networks. The devices include sensors to monitor pallet conditions to which a pallet management system is responsive. The devices include wireless transceivers for communicating indicative information through LAN, WLAN and Cellular communications networks. An antenna array operating on different radio frequency signals is provided. The apparatus includes a power resource in order to facilitate long term autonomous operation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046206 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Managing Work Flow - A method, apparatus, system and media for managing work flow. One embodiment comprises a processor-readable media having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, comprising instructions to receive a service request from the customer via a user interface on the wireless communication device, the service request comprising a type of service desired by the customer, instructions for transmitting the service request by a communication interface in the wireless communication device to a central server, the central server for providing an invitation, based on the service request, to service providers that are pre-authorized by a central authority entity and who offer services matching the type of service identified in the service request, and instructions for a receiver in the wireless communication device to receive an acceptance of the service request from the central server, the acceptance provided by one of the pre-authorized service providers that received the invitation to the central server. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046207 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Automatically Scheduling a Plurality of Tasks - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product is provided for optimizing a schedule for a plurality of tasks. The method includes receiving user input comprising a plurality of tasks including, for each task of the plurality of tasks, a due date and an estimated time required for completion. The method also includes determining, with at least one processor and for each task of the plurality of tasks, an urgency factor based at least partially on the due date and the estimated time required for completion. The method also includes distributing, with at least one processor, each task temporally as at least one time entry in an electronic calendar, the distribution of each task based at least partially on the urgency factor for each task. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046208 | Systems and methods for the computer implemented management of business tasks - Systems and methods for filling one or more available appointment windows. The methods can include communicating, by a computer, one or more available appointment windows to one or more existing and/or potential customers wherein at least one appointment window specific discount is associated with at least one of the one or more available appointment windows; receiving, by the computer, an acceptance by one or more of the existing and/or potential customers of one or more of the available appointment windows associated with the at least one appointment window specific discount. The systems can include a processor; a non-transitory memory in electronic communication with the processor; and one or more code sets stored in the non-transitory memory, the code sets being executable by the processor to at least associate each of at least one appointment window specific discounts with a customer account. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046209 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALENDAR SERVICES TO USERS - A method for providing a calendar service to a first user is provided. A user interface is provided to a computing device of the first user. The user interface includes a calendar of the first user. The first user is associated with a calendar of a second user. The first user can view, on the calendar associated with the first user, one or more activities offered by the second user. The one or more activities are capable of being individually joined by the first user. A user input to join an activity offered by the second user is received. In response to receiving the user input, an entry for the joined activity is added in the calendar of the first user, and information for the accepted activity is modified in the calendar of the second user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046210 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTENTION OBJECT GENERATION - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for generating an intention object. Activity data defining activity attributes of an intention of a user to undertake an activity is obtained. The activity attributes may comprise at least one temporal attribute defining a time constraint relating to the activity and at least one contextual attribute identifying a context relating to the activity. One or more content items related to the activity are obtained. An intention object is then generated based on the activity attributes, the intention object comprising a data structure including the activity attributes and the one or more content items. An additional activity attribute is inferred based on the activity attributes and the one or more content items. The intention object is then updated to include the additional activity attribute. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY PRESENTING A COLLECTION OF INTENTION OBJECTS - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for providing a collection of intention objects to a user. A collection of intention objects is accessed. Each of the intention objects comprises a data structure including a plurality of activity attributes of an intention of the user to undertake an activity. A relevancy rank for each of the collection of intention objects is determined based on the plurality of activity attributes corresponding to each intention object. The relevancy rank may provide a suggested order in which the user undertake each respective activity. One or more intention objects of the collection of intention objects with a relevancy rank above a predefined threshold are identified. A graphical representation of each of the identified intention objects is then presented in a free form spatial user interface. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046212 | MONITORING OF BUSINESS PROCESSES AND SERVICES USING CONCEPT PROBES AND BUSINESS PROCESS PROBES - A computer-implemented business process monitoring system and method are disclosed. The business process runs in a Business Process Management Suite (BPMS) having a BPMS monitoring component. The activities of the business process communicate with services running in a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) having an SOA monitoring component. The system includes memory which stores a concept probe and optionally a business process probe. The concept probe receives information from the BPMS monitoring component and the SOA monitoring component about activities associated with the concept probe and aggregates the information, generating alerts. The business process probe receives information from the concept probes and the BPMS and aggregates the data, generating alerts. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046213 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A SHOPPING GROUP IN A STORE - A method is provided for identifying a shopping group in a store. A store server receives a list of items expected to be purchased by the shopping group to be identified and determines items placed in carts of a plurality of customers in the store. The items placed in the carts of the plurality of customers are compared with the list of the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group. The two or more customers are identified as a shopping group when the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group matches the combination of items placed in the carts of two or more customers. The information related to the identified shopping group is transmitted to a third party, such as a security department server and/or police department server. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046214 | SALES LEAD QUALIFICATION OF A CONSUMER BASED ON SALES LEAD RULES - Systems and methods for qualifying a sales lead may include one or more of the following. Information, received via a network, about an identified end-user computing device and/or an end-user of the identified end-user computing device may be processed. Lead qualification rules that include criteria for qualifying a lead may be accessed. A characteristic of the end-user of the identified end-user computing device may be derived based at least in part on the information about the identified end-user computing device and/or the end-user. A lead characterization of the end-user of the identified end-user computing device may be generated based at least in part on the characteristic of the end-user of the identified end-user computing device and the lead qualification rules. The lead characterization may indicate a lead assessment of the end-user. The lead characterization of the end-user of the identified end-user computing device may be stored. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046215 | SCORING SALES LEADS IN A SALES LEAD MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods are disclosed to receive at a computing system user entered data that was entered by a first user into a plurality of data entry fields published by a first webpage hosted by a first webserver. The user entered data may comprise at least first data entered into a first field of the plurality of data entry fields, second data entered into a second field of the plurality of data entry fields, and third data entered into a third field of the plurality of data entry fields. The computing system may compute a data score based on a function including at least the first data and the second data. The data score and the first data may be published on a second webpage hosted by a second webserver, but not publishing the second data on the second webpage. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046216 | SMART RETAIL ANALYTICS AND COMMERCIAL MESSAGING - A real-time fraud prevention system enables merchants and commercial organizations on-line to assess and protect themselves from high-risk users. A centralized database is configured to build and store dossiers of user devices and behaviors collected from subscriber websites in real-time. Real, low-risk users have webpage click navigation behaviors that are assumed to be very different than those of fraudsters. Individual user devices are distinguished from others by hundreds of points of user-device configuration data each independently maintains. A client agent provokes user devices to volunteer configuration data when a user visits respective webpages at independent websites. A collection of comprehensive dossiers of user devices is organized by their identifying information, and used calculating a fraud score in real-time. Each corresponding website is thereby assisted in deciding whether to allow a proposed transaction to be concluded with the particular user and their device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046217 | Computing Social Influenceability of Products and Social Influencers - A method for identifying influence on user interest for products and ability of users and products to be influenced is disclosed. A processor identifies a degree of influence a number of influencers has over user interest for each of a number of products based on a history of user interest of a number of users for the number of products, wherein each influencer in the number of influencers as one of a user in the number of users and a product in the number of products. The processor also identifies a degree of ability of one or more of the number of users and the number of products to be influenced based on the degree of influence of each of the number of influencers and a number of relationships between the one or more of the number of users and the number of products and the number of influencers. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046218 | TREND-FACTORED RFM SCORES TO IMPROVE CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE - A computer determines an RFM score for each of a plurality of contacts, each RFM score comprising a recency score, a frequency score and a monetary score respectively based on assigning recency values, frequency values, and monetary values of the plurality of contacts to groups. The computer generates trend factors, wherein the trend factors are based on the monetary values and timestamps of each of a plurality of transactions for each contact of the plurality of contacts. The computer generates a mean trend factor, based on the trend factors generated for each of the plurality of transactions for each contact of the plurality of contacts, and determines, by one or more processors, a trend adjusted RFM (tRFM) score based on applying the mean trend factor to at least one of the recency score, the frequency score, and the monetary score, for each contact of the plurality of contacts. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046219 | AVATAR-BASED AUTOMATED LEAD SCORING SYSTEM - An automated lead scoring system includes a web crawling process configured to collect data from one or more disparate, unaffiliated data sources to obtain information describing attributes of an avatar, the attributes including information descriptive of a prospective customer and actions taken by the prospective customer in response to exposure to a product or service. The system further includes a database communicatively connected to the computing system and configured to receive the information for storage in a database entry associated with the avatar. The system also includes a scoring component assigning a value in the database entry to each of an avatar, attributes of the avatar, and each data source from which the attributes are retrieved, as well as a prediction component configured to compare based on a correspondence between the database entry and known profiles of users of a product or service. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046220 | PREDICTIVE MODEL OF TRAVEL INTENTIONS USING PURCHASE TRANSACTION DATA METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to predict travel intentions of a payment cardholder based on transaction payment card purchases. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046221 | LOAD FORECASTING FROM INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER TO SYSTEM LEVEL BASED ON PRICE - The present invention relates to system and method for providing near real-time DR events and price signals to the customer end-points to optimally manage the available DR resources. The system utilizes bottom up load forecasting for accurate individualized forecasts for customer loads in the presence of dynamic pricing signals. For better efficiency and reliability of grid operation the system utilizes advanced machine learning and robust optimization techniques for real-time and “personalized” DR-offer dispatch. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046222 | POWER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ADJUSTING SYSTEM - A power supply and demand adjusting system | 2015-02-12 |
20150046223 | TREND-FACTORED RFM SCORES TO IMPROVE CAMPAIGN PERFORMANCE - A computer determines an RFM score for each of a plurality of contacts, each RFM score comprising a recency score, a frequency score and a monetary score respectively based on assigning recency values, frequency values, and monetary values of the plurality of contacts to groups. The computer generates trend factors, wherein the trend factors are based on the monetary values and timestamps of each of a plurality of transactions for each contact of the plurality of contacts. The computer generates a mean trend factor, based on the trend factors generated for each of the plurality of transactions for each contact of the plurality of contacts, and determines, by one or more processors, a trend adjusted RFM (tRFM) score based on applying the mean trend factor to at least one of the recency score, the frequency score, and the monetary score, for each contact of the plurality of contacts. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046224 | REDUCING FALSE POSITIVES WITH TRANSACTION BEHAVIOR FORECASTING - An artificial intelligence fraud management system comprises a real-time analytics process for analyzing the behavior of a user from the transaction events they generate over a network. An initial population of smart agent profiles is stored in a computer file system and more smart agent profiles are added as required as transaction data is input. Transactions in particular merchant category codes (MCC) are likely to be followed by predictable related transactions. A forecast of those likely future transactions is calculated and used to desensitize corresponding smart agent profile datapoints. Fewer false positives are produced and overall fraud management performance is improved. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046225 | Survey Targeting - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems generate a first candidate list of users that meet a first set one or more characteristics and a second candidate list of users that meet a second set one or more characteristics. When a user appears in both of the first and second candidate lists, the user is selected to receive only the first survey or only the second survey based upon a first priority value for the first survey and a second priority value for the second survey. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046226 | Information Modeling and Projection For Geographic Regions Having Insufficient Sample Size - The various exemplary embodiments provide a method for projecting survey information into a geographic region. The geographic region is divided into a plurality of geographic subregions, each of which are profiled using a plurality of profiling variables to form a selected geographic subregion profile. The profiling variables include both demographic and behavioral variables. A plurality of survey respondents are then randomly assigned into the selected geographic subregion to form a modeled population, with the random assignment weighted based on a representation probability of each of the corresponding plurality of survey respondents for the selected geographic subregion profile, with the representation probabilities having been determined using a sample balancing algorithm. Following such profiling and assignment for all subregions, survey information corresponding to the modeled population is projected into the geographic region. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046227 | INVENTORY DEPLOYMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for optimizing a flow network. In the method, a computer system may obtain first data characterizing supply sites, demand sites, and lanes of a distribution network. The computing system may also obtain second data characterizing supply and demand for an item distributed within the distribution network. Using the first and second data, a computer system may determine a maximum possible flow of the item within the distribution network. Subsequently, the computer system may use the maximum possible flow as a benchmark in determining which lanes of the distribution network are required to achieve the maximum possible flow and which lanes of the distribution network are redundant lanes. From among a remaining set of required, non-redundant lanes, a computer system may select a lowest cost solution for achieving the maximum possible flow. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046228 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD FOR COMMISSION AND KPI TRACKER AGGREGATION AND CONTEXTUALIZATION - Exemplary embodiments provide a tool that aggregates data from multiple database sources and application programming interfaces. The tool takes the data collected from the sources and applies one or more pre-defined formulas to the data in order to execute enhanced performance calculations. The tool may receive updated data from the sources at defined intervals. Certain data may be provided in real time. The updated data and/or real time data can be used to refine the calculations and provide updated calculations. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046229 | MANAGING TRAILERS AND SHIPMENTS - A shipping management system manages trailers and shipments across supply chains, provides universal dashboards for shipment and trailer management and for monitoring meaningful statistics, and provides universal analysis and optimization techniques for shipment and trailer visit management and for analyzing and optimizing meaningful statistics. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SYSTEMS - A system and a method of evaluating information technology (IT) infrastructure. The evaluation method may include receiving a value of an IT infrastructure parameter, for example, a value of a data protection parameter, a value of service availability parameter and/or a value of the IT investment parameter, for a first IT infrastructure. A business profile associated with a user of said first IT infrastructure may be received and a plurality of IT infrastructures associated with said received business profile may be identified. For each of said identified plurality of IT infrastructures representative values of IT infrastructure parameter may further be identified. The evaluation may include comparing said received value with said representative values. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUALITY ORDER TRACKING - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for increasing order quality. In one implementation, an order for a product, such as a telecommunication product or service, is received. Information corresponding to critical order attributes is extracted from the order. The critical order attributes include technical data for provisioning the product. The information is automatically validated according to a set of critical-to-quality rules defined based on the product. An auditor review of the information is received. The auditor review assigns a pass/fail status to the order. The validated information is collated with the auditor review to obtain an order status. A determination of whether the order is complete for release to provision the product is based on the order status. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORDER ATTRIBUTE TRACKING - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for tracking attributes of an order for one or more products, such as telecommunication products or services. In one implementation, a record for an order for one or more products is generated. The record specifies sales exit criteria corresponding to one or more defects in the order. The record is stored in one or more databases. A notification for modifying the order is generated based on the sales exit criteria, and changes made to the order are tracked based on the sales exit criteria. The record is updated based on the tracked changes. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046233 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ENTITY - A computer implemented method and system for providing to a user (a manager) the effectiveness of an entity (employee or group of employees) by analyzing emails, social network data, CRM, calendar data, audio/video data, typing speed, galvanic skin response, etc. The computer method captures, analyzes and displays communication volumes, response times, and sentiment metrics, enabling the user to understand the effectiveness of an entity, optimal use of resources, trends, customer contact, collaboration patterns, security issues, entity turnover, entity health, and ideal work environments. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046234 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCES OF UTILITY PROVIDERS - A method and system for managing resources of various types of utility providers. The system includes a user interface configured to allow a consumer to select a rate plan having a limitation on resource usage and allow the consumer to select a level of participation in the rate plan and a server configured to vary a charge rate applied to a consumer's energy usage based on the level of participation selected through the user interface. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046235 | INTERSTITIAL CONTENT ITEM REVENUE SHARING - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for interstitial content item revenue sharing. In one aspect, a method includes identifying an interstitial content item that was presented during a particular device session; identifying two or more participating resources that were requested during the particular device session; determining that two or more different participating publishers are associated with the two or more participating resources, each participating publisher being a publisher that has been approved to receive revenue for presentation of interstitial content items; and assigning a revenue share value to each of the two or more participating publishers, each revenue share value specifying a portion of interstitial revenue that the participating publisher is allocated for display of the interstitial content item. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046236 | SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING AND REWARDING PARTING WITH GOODS AND SERVICES - A new computer based economic model is disclosed which relies on users to donate or give away at a low cost material things or services in exchange for discounts on goods. In one embodiment, a person posts an old item, gives the old item away, buys a new item and gets a rebate within predetermined time period. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046237 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADVERTISING AND SALE PROMOTION - A method for promoting sales including receiving an indication from a potential customer's device that a computerized application on the potential customer's device was activated after the potential customer sees a tangible consumer product and a signal from a wireless tag located in the tangible consumer product was received at the potential customer's device, and responsive to the indication, issuing a reward associated directly with the tangible consumer product. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046238 | POOLING BUSINESS CREDITS TO PROVIDE CROSS-REDEMPTION OPTIONS OF BUSINESS-SPECIFIC CREDITS - Systems and methods enable creation of assets redeemable for products and services for businesses. Business credits are assigned to users and applied toward transactions. Business credits from different businesses may be pooled and applied toward a single transaction. Rules for business credits may limit amounts that may be added to a pool. A users assets are ranked to determine those that are preferred to hold. Those assets that are available to fund a transaction and that are less preferable to hold are used first. Also disclosed is a system whereby brand-specific credits may be assigned to a user. A brand-specific credit may be selected and, in-response, branded products for which the credit may be redeemed are displayed. Upon selection of a product, an optical code is transmitted to a user device, which can be scanned to fund purchase of the selected product. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046239 | Pooling Business Credits to Provide Cross-Redemption Options of Business-Specific Credits - Systems and methods enable creation of assets redeemable for products and services for businesses. Business credits are assigned to users and applied toward transactions. Business credits from different businesses may be pooled and applied toward a single transaction. Rules for business credits may limit amounts that may be added to a pool. A users assets are ranked to determine those that are preferred to hold. Those assets that are available to fund a transaction and that are less preferable to hold are used first. Also disclosed is a system whereby brand-specific credits may be assigned to a user. A brand-specific credit may be selected and, in-response, branded products for which the credit may be redeemed are displayed. Upon selection of a product, an optical code is transmitted to a user device, which can be scanned to fund purchase of the selected product. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILE COUPONS FOR REDEMPTION - A system that uses a mobile device to efficiently redeem a coupon through a financial institution that includes a communication interface that receives, via a network, coupon data associated with one or more discounts and receipt data from a mobile device, a comparison processor that determines product data based on the receipt data and compares the coupon data with the receipt data, and a discount processor that provides a credit to an account holder based at least in part on the results of the comparison between the coupon data and the receipt data, wherein the credit is based on the coupon data. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046241 | Universal Value Exchange Multipoint Transactions Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The UNIVERSAL VALUE EXCHANGE MULTIPOINT TRANSACTIONS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“UVEMT”) transform cross-ecosystem currency exchange instructions via UVEMT components into cross-ecosystem currency exchanges. In one embodiment, the UVEMT may obtain a cross-ecosystem currency exchange instruction and determine one or more sources and destinations based on parsing the cross-ecosystem currency exchange instruction. The UVEMT may identify currency types associated with the sources and the destinations and determine exchange rates of the currency types relative to a standard currency. In one implementation, the UVEMT may obtain currency exchange restrictions and conditions associated with the sources and the destinations and generate a currency exchange flow path for currency transfer from the sources to the destinations. The UVEMT may also issue currency transfer requests to the sources and the destinations, determine that the cross-ecosystem currency exchange has been completed and provide a notification of completion of the cross-ecosystem currency exchange. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046242 | System and Method of Gifting, Gift Sharing, and Gift Redemption - A system configured to promote goods and/or services from a business to a user via a network and an interface device of the user. The system provides a method to offer a gift from the business to the user, allow the user to transfer or share the gift with another user, and allow the user to redeem the gift at the business. The system also provides a method to obtain and transmit information related to the user to the merchant. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046243 | PRODUCT PRICING ASSISTANT - A method, system, and stored processor executable instructions are provided that receive a product identifier, determine a vendor offering best pricing, and propose a transaction structure to consummate the product purchase transaction. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046244 | Server, Computer Readable Storage Medium, Computer Implemented Method and Mobile Computing Device for Discounting Payment Transactions, Facilitating Discounting Using Augmented Reality and Promotional Offering Using Augmented Reality - A mobile computing device for facilitating discounting using augmented reality includes a processor structured to process digital data and to execute computer program code, a memory device coupled to the processor and storing the digital data including the computer program code, a video capture interface coupled to the processor and capturing video scene data, and a display device coupled to the processor and displaying the video scene data. The processor is controlled by the computer program code to receive, via the video capture interface, the video scene data, display, using the display device, the video scene data, determine an occurrence of a discount event, and display, using the display device, a discount related overlay in accordance with the occurrence of the discount event. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046245 | MOBILE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING POINT VALUE - A transaction is conducted at a merchant location using redeemed loyalty points maintained in a loyalty point account for a customer. The transactions are conducted using a mobile device at a POS terminal. In response to receiving a customer ID from the mobile device, a loyalty server provides the monetary value of loyalty points. The customer may use the mobile device to redeem those points and have the value transferred into a financial account. A payment processing system connected to the POS terminal completes the transaction using the financial account. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046246 | Multi-Level Transaction Rebate Computation and Distribution System and Method - The invention provides a system and method to compute and distribute rebates during various business transactions. The system comprises a transaction end, a transaction itemization end, a user end, a data processing end, a coefficient set up end, a rebate division end, a rebate settlement end, and a payout. Rebates can take the form of direct rebate, queued rebate, or reserved rebate. A novel computing method is provided to bring various type or scale of business transactions onto a centralized platform, and redistribute rebates in a timely window. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046247 | Methods and Systems for Computer Application Incentivization Based on Reduced Advertisement - A notification of requirements to earn a reduced-ad reward is provided to a user of an ad-associated computer application (app). Actions of the user are monitored to determine whether or not requirements to earn the reduced-ad reward are satisfied by the user. Upon determining that requirements to earn the reduced-ad reward are satisfied by the user, the reduced-ad reward is provided to the user of the ad-associated app. The reduced-ad reward is a specified amount of time in which the user can execute a reduced-ad version of the ad-associated app without monetary cost to the user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046248 | CAMPAIGN MANAGER - A campaign management system, including tracking interfaces for enabling third parties to provide consumer media-related tracking data, a tracking database, coupled with the tracking interfaces, for storing and managing data received via the tracking interfaces, a campaign generator for generating campaigns, including content interfaces to content management systems, a generation tool for identifying content for use in a campaign via the content interfaces, and for defining a campaign in terms of the identified content, and a rule tool for defining rules for campaigns in terms of tracking data, a campaign database, coupled with the campaign generator, for storing campaigns that have been generated, a rules database, coupled with the campaign generator, for storing and managing rules governing distribution of campaigns, and a campaign distributor, coupled with the campaign database, the rules database and the tracking database, for distributing campaigns in the campaign database to client media devices in accordance with rules in the rules database and tracking data in the tracking database. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046249 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING WEB ADVERTISING EFFECT BASED ON MULTIPLE-CONTACT ATTRIBUTION MODEL - The disclosure discloses a method and a system for measuring a web advertising effect based on a multiple-contact attribution model. The method comprises: collecting user access information and purchase transformation information of a website, and uploading the user access information and purchase transformation information to a server side; cleaning data for the user access information and the purchase transformation information on a server side; calculating contact contribution value data and importing the contribution value serving as fundamental metrics and contact information serving as dimensionalities into OLAP database, and aggregating data. The method and the system can help an advertiser to understand actual web advertising effect from a number of perspectives to accurately measure underestimated or overestimated channel value in conventional methods, thereby providing the most accurate data support for optimizing web advertising and improving rate of return on investment. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046250 | System and Method for Determining the Effectiveness of Marketing Content - A method of determining the effectiveness of marketing content comprising the steps of recording user access to items of marketing content. Recording customer transactions, and for each transaction, identifying previous access to items of marketing content by the same customer. Assigning a value to each of the identified accessed items of marketing content, the assigned value being derived from the value of the transaction. Then combining the values assigned to each accessed item of marketing content by the different transactions to provide a customer score for that item, and deriving a performance score for each item of marketing content from the customer score for that item and the recorded user access for that item. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046251 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS - A method, computer system and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for updating attributes data of a plurality of media events; indexing a plurality of key performance indicators for a plurality of group keys using the attributes data; generating at least one predictive score associated with each group key based on the indexed data from a report table in the database that includes the indexed data and based on a plurality of predetermined rules; automatically adjusting the applied predictive score in real-time from the previously indexed all combinations based on the updated user input in the configuration module; applying the at least one predictive scores associated with the group keys to a plurality of thresholds; and providing the at least one media transaction recommendation for the group keys based on the applied threshold values and based on the automatically adjusting. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046252 | Augmented Reality System - An augmented reality device may consist of at least a controller, memory, and at least one screen. The augmented reality device can be configured to display an augmented reality digital content only when a user is oriented a physical location where the augmented reality digital content is anchored. The augmented reality device may be configured with at least one network adapter that wirelessly connects to a remote server where the augmented reality digital advertising content is stored. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046253 | Methods Circuits Apparatuses Systems and Associated Computer Executable Code For Providing Dynamic Customer Engagement - Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatuses, systems and associated computer executable code for providing dynamic customer engagement. According to some embodiments, an engagement code generator translates one or more engagement rules, including targeting conditions and corresponding triggered actions, into dynamic engagement code, which may be self-executing and may be locally cached, including a rule engine corresponding to the translated one or more engagement rules. Once instanced or running on a customer browser, the code and rule engine provide for dynamic customer interaction. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY RELEVANCE WATCH - A system and method for relevancy of display placement, comprising a processor on non-transitory memory that compiles transactional information from advertisers, publishers and users and provides an interface that allows the advertiser to determine relevancy of the placement based on the activity of the user and publisher information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046255 | Asset maps - Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing a graphical representation of advertiser assets and advertising parameters related to the assets. Marketable products and/or services can be represented graphically along with visual indications of the value of one or more advertising parameters related to an advertising campaign for those products and/or services. An implementation can provide selectable detailed advertising information, comparison to industry averages, and suggestions based on the comparison. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046256 | AUDIENCE MATCHING NETWORK WITH PERFORMANCE FACTORING AND REVENUE ALLOCATION - Performance based delivery of content to an audience member. A network of audience member information collection domains provide information about audience members. A profiled audience member may belong to a network segment. Delivery of an advertisement to the profiled audience member is accommodated based upon membership in the network segment and performance criteria. The performance criteria may be configured to benefit a publisher, such as by maximizing revenue. Allocating revenue based upon the collection of data used to target audience members is also provided. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046257 | SECURE TOKENLESS TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The tokenless transaction system described herein allows a user conduct financial transactions absent the need for his/her credit cards, debit cards, promotional cards, discount cards, and all other cards typically used in executing a financial transactions. In the same manner, the chances to have a card lost or stolen are reduced, bolstering the security of the user's financial information. The transaction terminals list the entire collection of a user's credit cards and the like and allow the user to access any one or a combination of the cards to finish a financial transaction. These accounts are accessed via multiple layers of security and the system further employs various security strategies to protect the user's sensitive information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046258 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE ADVERTISMENTS BASED UPON ACTIVITY HISTORY AND RELATED METHODS - A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device and an advertising server cooperating with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network. The advertising server may be for generating an activity history for the at least one wireless communications device including geographical positions at corresponding times of day, and selectively sending advertisements to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the activity history and a given time of day. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046259 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED ORCHESTRATION OF BUSINESS INFORMATION - Systems and methods for personalized orchestration of business information are provided. Responsive to a request, personalized curation information for an identified end user may be accessed and may include geo-relevant graph information, collection information specifying collection characteristics corresponding to collections associated with the identified end user, and/or window information specifying window characteristics corresponding to business participants in a listing directory service and having been previously associated with the identified end user consequent to indications of end-user interest. A set of business information related to the one or more business participants may be accessed, may include business listing information, and may be windowed as a function of the window information. The windowing may include processing the set of business information based on the personalized curation information to form a windowed set of information, and may further include transmitting the windowed set to facilitate display of the personalized business information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046260 | USING ENTITIES IN CONTENT SELECTION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for comparing a request entity to a campaign entity. A method includes: identifying a campaign associated with a content sponsor, the campaign having an associated creative for presentation to users and selection criteria for use in evaluating when to present the creative in response to received requests for content; receiving at least one keyword from the content sponsor to be used as selection criteria; identifying an entity from a plurality of entities to associate with the keyword; storing the identified entity along with the keyword in association with the campaign; and using the keyword and the identified entity when evaluating the received requests for content. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046261 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION - Methods for providing contextual information about communication devices and/or services. Profile information indicating a user's communication devices and/or services is stored. When profile information or a message log is displayed, the user may identify a communication device and/or service. A query inquires whether the user would like contextual information. The contextual information may be obtained from a gateway in a data network or a telecommunications manager in a telecommunication network. The contextual information is displayed. Profile information about a user's communicating partner may be stored. When the user makes an effort to communicate with the partner, a check may be made of the partner's profile information for a preferred communication device and/or service. If the user does not have a communication device and/or service corresponding to that of the communicating partner, a query may inquire whether the user would like contextual information. If so, the contextual information is presented. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046262 | METHOD FOR MAKING A PROFIT USING INDIVIDUAL SHOPS, AND SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method for making a profit using an individual shop. The method includes (a) when a first advertisement is provided from an advertisement provider terminal, an information providing server searching for display units that are suitable for displaying the first advertisement from among a plurality of display units installed in a plurality of individual shops on the basis of the properties of the first advertisement and medium analysis information for each of the plurality of display units installed in the plurality of individual shops; (b) when the advertisement provider terminal selects at least one display unit from among the searched display units, transmitting, by the information providing server, the first advertisement to the at least one selected display unit; (c) displaying the first advertisement on the at least one selected display unit; and (d) calculating, by the information providing server, an advertisement fee for the first advertisement, and calculating a portion of the advertisement fee as a profit of an individual providing the individual shop in which the at least one selected display unit is installed. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046263 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING CONTENT USING MOBILE MESSENGER - Provided is a method of providing commercial content by a mobile messenger in a mobile device. The method includes: receiving a request to start the mobile messenger; displaying a virtual keyboard in a virtual keyboard region of a display unit of the mobile device as a virtual input unit, wherein the virtual keyboard is adapted to receive user input indicating a first message to be sent to a recipient; and displaying commercial content on at least a portion of the virtual keyboard region during a standby state after the first message is sent to the recipient and before a first response message is received from the device of the intended recipient. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046264 | Location Blocking Service From a Wireless Service Provider - Subscriber authorization information from a wireless communication device is identified. The subscriber authorization information indicates that an identity of a subscriber associated with the wireless communication device is authorized to be shared without sharing information that identifies a location of the wireless communication device. Subsequent to the subscriber authorization information being identified, the identity of the subscriber associated with the wireless communication device is received or retrieved without information that identifies the location of the wireless communication device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAILORING CONTENT WITHOUT PUBLISHER ACCESS TO CONSUMER DATA - In some embodiments, dynamically generated, individually tailored content from a content producer may be provided through a content distributor to a consumer without revealing the consumer's identity or exposing any of the consumer's data profile directly to the distributor or producer. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046266 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING TARGETING DATA - A system and method for targeting of content is based on indirect gathering of information of users. Activities of a user are recorded and may be aggregated to determine a profile of a user. When a request for content which indicates a publisher is received, a profile of a user and/or a publisher is determined and used to target content to a user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046267 | LIVE MEDIA STREAM INCLUDING PERSONALIZED NOTIFICATIONS - A live media broadcast includes core content streamed to multiple users. While all consumers can be presented with the same core content, each individual consumer can be provided with individually customized content from various notification services during commercial breaks. For example, while one consumer can be provided with customized banking updates from her bank account during part of a commercial break, during that same commercial break another user might be provided with social media notifications or reminders from his calendar. Notifications or updates can be received in a text format and converted to an audio or other suitable format at an ad server, and delivered to a media automation system for insertion into a media stream in a way that integrates notifications into the listening or viewing experience without interrupting presentation of the core content. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046268 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR DISPLAY OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for selecting advertisements for display over a communications network and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting video advertisements for display within internet web pages based on relevance, bid price, past performance, or a combination thereof. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046269 | Systems and Methods for Providing Interaction with Electronic Billboards - Systems and methods deliver advertisements to electronic billboards, additionally deliver social media content relevant to the advertisements, control content of the electronic billboards, including through social media interactions, and deliver interactive applications to the electronic billboards and control the interactive applications. An advertisement is delivered to an electronic billboard for display, and social media content relevant to the advertisement is also delivered to the electronic billboard for display in real time. The social media content is used to update the display of the electronic billboard in temporal proximity to a time of posting of social media content. Content and applications are received at the electronic billboard by push, and may be removed from storage of electronic billboard after display to make storage room available for additional interactive applications and to ensure that updated content is always displayed. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046270 | System and Method of Using Artificial Intelligence to Valuate Advertisements Embedded Within Images - In an embodiment of the disclosed technology, advertisements are embedded on specific regions within already displayed images on websites, and valuated based on characteristics of the region with respect to the image as a whole and the corresponding web page. A method involves detecting a particular region of an image which primarily contains a particular item or type of content. The detected region of the image is analyzed pursuant to a number of factors. The factors are generally indicative of the value of the region in the context of the image as a whole, and the value of the image in the context of the page as a whole. The factors may include determining the prominence, position, relevance and size of the region within the image, as well as the image within the page. The particular regions of the image may then be assigned a value. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046271 | ONLINE ORDERING FOR IN-SHOP SERVICE - Systems and related methods providing for online ordering of menu items from a merchant are discussed herein. Circuitry may be configured to generate an online menu based on menu information stored in a menu database. The menu information may be also configured to facilitate point-of-sale functionality at the merchant, such as by a point-of-sale device. The online menu may be provided to a consumer device. An online order may be received from the consumer device. The circuitry may be configured to process the online order, such as by facilitating a reservation, order preparation, and payment. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046272 | GRAPHICAL INTERFACE AND INPUT METHOD FOR ALLOCATING AN INVOICE AMONGST A PLURALITY OF ACCOUNTS - A novel graphical interface and input method is provided. In certain implementations, a touch screen interface is provided with a plurality of icons that each represent seats around a table in a restaurant. Each icon is associated with a unique account. Accounts can be easily merged and split by using touch and swipe interfaces with the icons. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046273 | Decision Engine For Payments - A system and method that changes the payment flow at the point of sale and an EFT device based upon the Transaction Factors, so that the customer is guided during their interaction with the transaction based upon the card that they are utilizing, the payment types supported by that card, and their cash back selection, such that the transaction incurs the least cost for the retailer. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046274 | GRATUITY PROCESSING SYSTEM APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - Apparatus and methods are disclosed to improve the administration of tip monitoring, collection, and distribution, and related reporting needs (such as for U.S. tax reporting). POS systems and employee prepaid debit cards can be used to make the distribution process “cash-less.” | 2015-02-12 |
20150046275 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING POINT OF SALE DEVICES - A system for programming point of sale devices is provided. The system includes a terminal programming system that can program point of sale devices provided by different manufacturers and having different proprietary operating systems. A communications interface is connected to the terminal programming system that receives update requests from the plurality of point of sale devices, such as when the point of sale devices call in to the system or when the point of sale devices respond to a poll. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046276 | Consumer Device Based Point-Of-Sale - Systems and related methods facilitating interactions between a merchant device, a central system and a consumer device are discussed herein. Wallet identifying data may be used to secure messages between the consumer device and the merchant device over a wireless link. For example, the merchant device may include circuitry configured to wirelessly receive the wallet identifying data from a consumer device and to transmit the wallet identifying data to the central system. In response, consumer identifying data associated with the wallet identifying data may be received by the merchant device from the central system. In some embodiments, the consumer identifying data may be associated with a unit of location, such as a dine-in location at a restaurant, to facilitate consumer service. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046277 | PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WITH DICTIONARY REGISTRATION - A product identification apparatus includes a storage device which stores a dictionary including reference data of each of a plurality of products stored in association with identification information of the product, an imaging section which captures image data of a target product, and a processor which performs a dictionary registration process. The processor extracts reference data of the target product from the image data captured by the imaging section. The storage device adds the extracted reference data to previously stored reference data in association with the identification information of the target product. Alternatively, the storage device stores the extracted reference data in association with the identification information of the target product when no reference data is previously stored in association with the identification information of the target product. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING SPONSORED CONTENT IN A SOCIAL NETWORK INTERFACE - A system and method optionally includes or utilizes a processor may receive a request for social network content for display in a position of a plurality of sponsored content positions in a newsfeed of a social network interface, each of the plurality of sponsored content positions having a position criterion, at least two of the plurality of sponsored content positions having a different position criterion and identify a sponsored content item of a plurality of sponsored content items stored on a database based, at least in part, on a characteristic of the sponsored content item meeting the position criterion and a bid associated with the sponsored content item. A transmitter may transmit the sponsored content item from the processor to a server for display on a user interface. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046279 | AUCTION-BASED RESOURCE SHARING FOR MESSAGE QUEUES IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating an auction-based fair allocation and usage of thread resources for user messages according to one embodiment in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving, by and incorporating into the database system, a bid for allocation of resources to a tenant. The bid may be received from a computing device associated with the tenant and placed, via an auction interface, based on one or more factors including at least one of a budget, a reservation, and a price. The method may further include dynamically comparing the bid with one or more other bids associated with one or more other tenants seeking the resources, and allocating the resources to the tenant, if the bid is accepted over the one or more other bids. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046280 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR VIDEO-BASED COMMERCE - A computer system receiving audiovisual information, geographic information, and a seller term from a seller computer, said audiovisual information disclosing a seller offer at a seller location captured via said seller computer, said geographic information associated with said location, said audiovisual information associated with said geographic information, said system providing said audiovisual information to a buyer computer for an acceptance of said offer via said buyer computer, said system conditioning said acceptance upon said buyer computer being geographically positioned in compliance with said term based on said geographic information. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046281 | PRODUCT SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED ITEMS - Techniques for providing improved product suggestions for related items are described. According to various embodiments, a product listing webpage associated with a retailer website that describes a specific product may be crawled, the specific product being included in a product inventory of the retailer website. Thereafter, product relations information associated with the specific product may be identified in the product listing webpage, the product relations information describing a group of one or more additional products in the product inventory having a particular relationship with the specific product. The product relations information may then be transposed to a second product inventory associated with a second retailer. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046282 | System and Methods that Allow Customers to Order a Payment Sticker from a Provider - A process that allows consumers to order Near Field Communication (NFC) payment stickers directly from a provider using the internet, mobile smart telephone, email, regular mail or other channels. The process allows the consumer to express the desire, validate their identity, provide delivery instructions and authorize a payment for the stickers. The patent application describes a method to administer such a program by a provider that ensures accuracy, completion of the consumer request and allows the provider to benefit from the revenue opportunity, cost reduction, retention and loyalty benefits of offering such a service. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046283 | COMPUTERIZED SALES LEAD MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - The system software facilitates and enables communication and commerce between sales agents and multiple sales lead vendors. Multiple sales agents, whether individually or associated with a corporation or company, may communicate and interact with multiple sales lead vendors. Sales lead vendors offer or submit individual sales leads to any interested sales agent. Sales agents submit orders for sales leads to lead vendors. The system software coordinates and manages these transactions between a sales agent and multiple sales lead vendors. The system software also evaluates the sales leads prior to purchase by a sales agent. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046284 | Method of Using an Augmented Reality Device - An augmented reality device may be positioned proximal a user and consist of at least a controller, memory, and at least one screen. After a user is oriented towards a physical location, an augmented reality digital content can be displayed on the at least one screen, the augmented reality digital content positioned at the physical location and displayed on the at least one screen only when the user is facing the physical location. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046285 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A LOTTERY TICKET USING A MOBILE PHONE - A method and a system are disclosed for providing a lottery ticket using a mobile phone, the method comprising receiving a ticket request sent by a user using the mobile phone, the ticket request comprising data associated with the lottery ticket and, if the user is allowed to purchase the lottery ticket, providing a lottery ticket comprising a first part and a second part, the first part for qualifying the user to an instant draw and the second part for qualifying the user to a scheduled draw wherein the scheduled draw is unrelated to the instant draw. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046286 | PRODUCT CONTENT LIFECYCLE AND PRODUCT FEATURES - A holistic process is presented that may define a mature definition and management of product content over the entire lifecycle of the product. Product features may be used to describe business or technical details provided by functions for different releases of the product. The product features may be used to manage different product content types and provide links to additional information managed in various storage locations. The product features may be used to provide both transparency about the capabilities of the software product at a detailed level and a systematic way of documenting the relationship between the product features and related product content types such product documentation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046287 | COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT A PRODUCT VIA AN ATTACHED TAG - Communicating information about a product includes associating a tag with the product, where the tag provides information to a smartphone of a user that interacts with the product and the tag, sending product identification information from the smartphone of the user to a back end processing system, where the information indicates an owner of the product, the back end processing system sending product sales information to the smartphone of the user in response to receiving the product identification information, the user interacting with the back end system through the smartphone to purchase the product, and the back end system recording the owner of the product and the sale to the user. The tag may be visual and may include a decorative pattern and/or a QR code. The tag may be implemented using smart fabric. The tag may be photographed using the smartphone. The tag may be an NFC tag. | 2015-02-12 |
20150046288 | DYNAMIC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An dynamic electronic communication device. The tag according to embodiments of the invention is designed or set to discount, promote, incentivize, or apply information at certain states or within a certain timeframe at initial deployment, the tags themselves being capable of handling the logic. The tag generally includes a circuit, such as a silicon chip, that controls a flexible printed display, which displays the information when applied. The tag is optionally encapsulated in a plastic or glass case. The tag is made of a suitably small size such that the tag can easily be placed on individual items, and can be secured to other objects via an adhesive backing, sewn in, pinned on, and the like. | 2015-02-12 |