10th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160071106 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY - According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a memory and a processor is provided. The memory is operable to store information associated with a user account. The processor can receive a message indicating that a transaction associated with a card has occurred and receive a first input indicating that the transaction is fraudulent. The processor can receive a second input indicating that a report should be filed and present, on a display, a plurality of questions to determine whether the card has been stolen. The processor can receive a third input indicating an answer to each of the plurality of questions and present, on the display, an affidavit. The processor can receive a fourth input indicating the affidavit has been electronically signed and present, on the display, a confirmation message indicating that the report has been filed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071107 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A TRANSACTION REQUEST - A processing system comprises a transaction handler arranged to receive a transaction request from a device over a communications network, an identification obtainer arranged to obtain first identification data of the device from which the transaction request is received and store said first identification data, a verification message sender arranged to send a verification message from the processing system to a nominated user e-mail address, the verification message including a hyperlink specific to the transaction request for verifying the transaction request, and a verification handler arranged to receive an attempt from a device to verify the transaction request based on the hyperlink, the identification obtainer arranged to obtain second identification data from the device attempting to verify the transaction request. The processing system arranged to approve the transaction request upon determining that the second identification data is consistent with the first identification data, and reject the transaction request upon determining that the second identification data is inconsistent with the first identification data. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071108 | ENHANCED AUTOMATED ANTI-FRAUD AND ANTI-MONEY-LAUNDERING PAYMENT SYSTEM - A computerized anti-money-laundering and anti-fraud transaction analysis system may include a computerized cryptocurrency analysis tool system operatively coupled over a computerized network to a cryptocurrency exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange ledger and/or a know-your-customer facility. The computerized cryptocurrency analysis tool may include an automated payment cluster analysis routine for analyzing transaction data for a plurality of proposed cryptocurrency transactions. The transaction data for the plurality of proposed cryptocurrency transactions may be obtained from the cryptocurrency exchange, cryptocurrency ledger and/or the know-your-customer facility. The automated payment cluster analysis routine automatically identifies a cluster of related transactions in the plurality of proposed cryptocurrency transactions based upon an analysis of a plurality of transaction data items associated with each of the proposed cryptocurrency transactions. The computerized cryptocurrency analysis tool may also include automated summary routine for flagging a first transaction in the identified cluster as potentially associated with at fraud and/or money-laundering. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071109 | PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT REDUCES OR ELIMINATES THE NEED TO EXCHANGE PERSONAL INFORMATION - A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071110 | PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT REDUCES OR ELIMINATES THE NEED TO EXCHANGE PERSONAL INFORMATION - A payment system that securely identifies transactions using a transaction identifier that may be set by the parties to the transaction, such that the parties may interact regarding the transaction with one another and with the payment system using that identifier rather than personal identification information. In embodiments, funds may be transferred between individuals that are anonymous to one another, or transferred with limited exchange of personal identification information. When a first individual (the “payer”) seeks to pay a second individual, the first may obtain from the second (the “payee”) an identifier for the transaction. The payer may register the transaction with the payment system, including by providing this transaction identifier. The second individual may subsequently “claim” the transaction by providing that transaction identifier to the system and thereby demonstrating that he/she is the payee of the transaction, after which the system may transfer funds to the second individual. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071111 | IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR USER AUTHENTICATION - A transaction is authorized using an authentication process that prompts the user to perform an action in view of a camera or sensor. The process identifies the user and verifies that the user requesting the transaction is a living human being. The user is identified using image information which is processed utilizing facial recognition. The device verifies that the image information corresponds to a living human using one or more human-verification processes. The device prompts the user to perform an action to confirm the transaction, and causes the transaction to be performed after verifying performance of the action by the identified user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071112 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY IN DATA COLLECTION AND USAGE - A method for providing transparency for gathered purchase data includes: storing a plurality of account profiles, each profile including data related to a transaction account associated with a consumer including an account identifier and a plurality of consumer data entries, each entry including data associated with the associated consumer including a data value; receiving a data request, the request including a specific account identifier and one or more requested consumer data entries; identifying a specific account profile where the account identifier corresponds to the specific account identifier; identifying, in the specific account profile, one or more consumer data entries corresponding to the one or more requested consumer data entries; and transmitting the data value included in each of the identified consumer data entries, wherein the data values are based on one or more payment transactions or use of a payment card associated with the related transaction account. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071113 | Evidence Assessment Systems and Interactive Methods - A method for assessing evidence includes receiving a user request to summarize an ability of the evidence to satisfy agency requirements of one or more agencies. Each of the one or more agencies has a plurality of evidence requirements categorized into one or more domains of a plurality of pre-defined domains. For each combination of an agency from the one or more agencies and a domain from the plurality of the domains, a visual indicator reflecting the ability of the evidence to satisfy at least one evidence requirement of the agency in the domain is generated. An interactive map comprising the generated visual indicators arranged by agencies and domains is rendered on a display device. The interactive map is configured such that a selection of a visual indicator on the map causes information related to the visual indicator to be rendered on the display device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071114 | REPORTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR REGULATORY COMPLIANCE - Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for reporting management for regulatory compliance. For example, an event management computing system may receive event data from a manufacturer computing system. In response to receipt of the event data, the event management computing system may provide an electronic code to a care provider computing system associated with an invited care provider. At the event, the care provider computing system may provide the electronic code to the manufacturer computing system to demonstrate attendance at the event. The event management computing system may receive an amount spent on the care provider at the event from the manufacturer computing system, and may transmit an identifier of the care provider, and an indicator of the amount spent on the care provider at the event, to the regulator computing system. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071115 | MATCHING MOBILE DEVICE TO TRANSACTION AND/OR CUSTOMER ACCOUNT - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide enhanced customer services based on detected mobile identifiers of mobile devices. One system includes a point-of-sale (POS) terminal, a wireless sensor, and a backend system. The POS terminal handles sales of items and generate transactions for sold items. The wireless sensor is positioned proximate the POS terminal and detects mobile identifiers from mobile devices proximate the POS terminal. The backend system receives transactions from the POS terminal and detected mobile identifiers from the wireless sensor. The backend system matches a received transaction to a received mobile identifier based on a detection time of an associated mobile device proximate the wireless sensor and a transaction time for an associated transaction of the POS terminal. The backend system updates a purchase history associated with the matched mobile identifier based on sold items of the matched transaction. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071116 | USER PROFILING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A user profiling system and method are described. The system comprises a receiver for receiving event trigger data in response to a user interacting with an environment; a processor configured to: uniquely determine user identifier data associated with the event trigger data; and to associate the event trigger data with a user profile associated with the unique user identifier. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MARKETING AUTOMATION ACTIVITY DATA FOR LEAD PRIORITIZATION AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN OPTIMIZATION - A system and method for using marketing automation activity data for lead prioritization and marketing campaign optimization are disclosed. A particular embodiment uses marketing activity data to predict whether or not the lead will be qualified by sales (lead conversion) and whether the lead will result in a successful sale. In order to reduce the feature dimensionality while maintaining key information about activity types and marketing campaigns, we perform topic modeling to represent activities as a mixture over topics. We then use random forest classification to predict the probability of lead conversion and successful sale. In addition, we map the topic importances assigned by the classifier, to a “Mean Topic Importance” (MTI) score. We confirm that the relative MTI scores of different activities are intuitive. These MTI scores can be used to give marketing teams information about which marketing campaigns and assets are more important for a lead prioritization model. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAD PRIORITIZATION BASED ON RESULTS FROM MULTIPLE MODELING METHODS - A system and method for lead prioritization based on results from multiple modeling methods are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: provide data communication with a database including a plurality of sales leads in a list of leads, each sales lead having a plurality of associated activities; generate a plurality of scores for each lead in the list of leads using a plurality of different processing models; evaluate results from each of the plurality of processing models; rank the list of leads based on a set of criteria corresponding to the plurality of scores generated from the plurality of processing models; assign a composite score to each of the leads in the list based on the ranking of the corresponding lead in the list; re-evaluate the composite score for each lead relative to corresponding scores for each lead from the plurality of individual processing models; and use the composite score for a lead as a final score for the lead if the composite score for the lead is at least as strong as the strongest score from the plurality of individual processing models. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071119 | SENTIMENT FEEDBACK - Techniques associated with sentiment feedback are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method may include generating a proposed sentiment result associated with a document, the proposed sentiment result being generated based on a rule set applied to the document. The method may also include receiving feedback about the proposed sentiment result, the feedback including an actual sentiment associated with the document and a feature of the document that is indicative of the actual sentiment. The method may also include identifying a proposed modification to the rule set based on the feedback. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071120 | Generating Audience Response Metrics and Ratings from Social Interest In Time-Based Media - Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings are used as the basis for calculating metrics based upon the mappings, and ratings of the time-based media there from. Audience response metrics (ARMs) are calculated from the mappings, which provide an indication of audience engagement or response. In addition, ARMs provide information about the virality, depth, and breadth of the response by the viewing audience. The calculated metrics are stored and are used to generate ratings for the time-based media. The ratings may be published in whole or in part, e.g., as part of a ratings system. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071121 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AND ANALYZING FEEDBACK AND REVIEWS - A computer-implemented method, system, and device for providing and analyzing feedback and reviews. The system may comprise: a feedback application and a wireless badge. The feedback application may run on a computing device, such that a feedback application enabled mobile computing device is provided. The wireless badge, which may be associated with a recipient, may transmit via a transceiver advertising packets. The feedback application enabled mobile computing device may transmit request packets to the wireless badge in response to receiving the advertising packets. The wireless badges may transmit response packets in response to receiving the request packets. After the feedback application enabled mobile computing device receives the response packet, a user may input a feedback review of the recipient. Preferably, the feedback application enabled mobile computing device and the wireless badge may wirelessly communicate with each other via a low power point-to-point communication protocol. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071122 | System and Method for an Estimated Consumer Price - The systems and methods may be used to recommend an item to a consumer. The methods may comprise determining, based on a collaborative filtering algorithm, a consumer relevance value associated with an item, and transmitting, based on the consumer relevance value, information associated with the item to a consumer. A collaborative filtering algorithm may receive as an input a transaction history associated with the consumer, a demographic of the consumer, a consumer profile, a type of transaction account, a transaction account associated with the consumer, a period of time that the consumer has held a transaction account, a size of wallet, and/or a share of wallet. The method may further comprise generating a ranked list of items based upon consumer relevance values, transmitting a ranked list of items to a consumer, and/or re-ranking a ranked list of items based upon a merchant goal. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071123 | Indices for Credibility Trending, Monitoring, and Lead Generation - Some embodiments provide a credibility system that computes credibility scores to quantify the credibility of different businesses and to coalesce the generated credibility scores into various indices. The indices comparatively present the credibility of a particular business relative to other businesses along one or more dimensions. Based on the indices, the system identifies trends in the credibility of a particular business. The system derives preliminary credibility for a new business for which credibility data has not yet been obtained based on credibility that has been previously established for other businesses in an index associated with the new business. The system provides automated services for monitoring credibility of a business and for generating alerts to notify the business that its credibility has reached various thresholds. The system identifies business practices that improve upon or adversely affect the credibility of a particular business. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE ACCOUNT TARGETING - A system and method for predictive account targeting are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes providing, by a data processor, data communication with a database including a plurality of accounts, each account having a plurality of associated account attributes; generating, by the data processor, a user interface for a user at a user platform; presenting to the user, by use of the user interface, a plurality of account attribute options associated with the plurality of accounts; enabling the user to create an account list associated with a targeted portion of the plurality of accounts having account attributes corresponding to a selected account attribute option; and enabling the user to attribute or assign the account list of targeted accounts to a particular individual, entity, or activity. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071125 | REAL TIME PROVISIONAL EVALUATION OF UTILITY PROGRAM PERFORMANCE - Embodiments are directed towards automatic provisional evaluation of utility program performance. Treatment facilities may be determined depending characteristics of a project. A performance profile corresponding to each treatment facility may be generated based on historical information corresponding to each treatment facility. Current usage information and current weather information for each treatment facility may be determined. Pre-treatment usage information that corresponds to each treatment facility may be determined based on the performance profile and the current usage information and the current weather information. A program evaluation report may be generated that includes program realization information. Program realization information may be based on an aggregation of project savings information that corresponds to the treatment facilities. Project savings information may be modified based on confidence weights. A program evaluation report may include information from one or more comparison facilities. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071126 | Customer Journey Prediction and Resolution - Customer journey prediction and resolution is accomplished via a predictive model in which each user is mapped onto all available user journey information corresponding to a specific business. The predictive model is analyzed to understand the characteristics, preferences, and lowest effort resolution for the user related to the services that are subscribed to by the user. The predictive model is analyzed to predict the service or collection of services for each user. Embodiments interact with, provide and receive information from, and react to and/or deliver action to the customer across channels and across services. All customer and system behavior, data, and action is tracked and coordinated and leveraged for continuous feedback and performance improvement. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071127 | Systems And Methods for Conducting Survey to Get Opinions on People - System and method for conducting survey to get references' opinions on target person. References are selected by survey system automatically. Surveys are arranged by survey system automatically. References include anyone who may know or be aware of a target person. Survey question is simple. Survey process is quick and easy. It enables gathering opinions from all or the majority of references who are available to do it. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071128 | TAGGANT BASED ON-PRODUCT SURVEYS - Technologies are generally described for gathering survey response data from consumers by recovering taggants at disposal. Taggants may be incorporated into an on-product survey response label or into a portion of an item by a manufacturer. Prior to disposal, a consumer may remove one or more taggant incorporated survey response labels to indicate a survey response selection. Removal of the labels may also remove the associated taggants. Upon arrival at a disposal entity, the remaining taggants may be separated from the survey response label or item, machine-read, and/or quantified to generate survey response data. The quantified data may then be sent to another entity, such as the manufacturer, a seller, a marketing company, or similar entity. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - There are provided an operation history obtaining unit that obtains an operation history of an electronic device installable in a home, and a classification unit that classifies a life pattern of a user operating the electronic device on the basis of the operation history obtained by the operation history obtaining unit. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING PRODUCT CHOICE FACTORS - A method is provided for mapping a pin location related to a choice factor weighed by a plurality of customers when deciding what brands, products or services to purchase. The pin is mapped on a three circle Venn diagram including a plurality overlapping and non-overlapping zones. The illustrated method includes analyzing survey data obtained from the plurality of customers related the choice factor; determining in which zone of the three circle Venn diagram to place the pin associated with the choice factor; and positioning each pin in the determined zone to provide a visual indication of a level of importance of the choice factor associated with the pin. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071131 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING PRODUCT CHOICE FACTORS - A method is provided for mapping a pin location related to a choice factor weighed by a plurality of customers when deciding what brands, products or services to purchase. The pin is mapped on a three circle Venn diagram including a plurality overlapping and non-overlapping zones. The illustrated method includes analyzing survey data obtained from the plurality of customers related the choice factor; determining in which zone of the three circle Venn diagram to place the pin associated with the choice factor; and positioning each pin in the determined zone to provide a visual indication of a level of importance of the choice factor associated with the pin. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071132 | USE OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT TO RANK PRODUCTS - Product scores are generated for products. The product scores for the products are based on amounts of user-generated content (UGC) mentioning the products and based on how favorable the UGC is toward the products. A product comparison interface is provided to a consumer. The product comparison interface comprises product elements associated with at least some of the products. Each of the product elements comprises information about a different one of the products. The product comparison interface provides information about the product scores for the products associated with the product elements. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071133 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF ACCOUNT OWNERS TO BE ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE POINT OF SALE TRANSACTIONS - According to some embodiments, account owner information associated with account owners of payment accounts (e.g., credit card accounts) may be retrieved from an account owner database. The retrieved account owner information may be analyzed to automatically identify a set of account owners primarily associated with automated teller machine device transactions in connection with the payment accounts. From the set of account owners primarily associated with automated teller machine device transactions, a sub-set of account owners to be encouraged to utilize point of sale transactions in connection with the payment accounts may be automatically created. Moreover, a potential transaction spend value associated with the sub-set of account owners may be calculated and output. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULL FUNNEL MODELING FOR SALES LEAD PRIORITIZATION - A system and method for full funnel modeling for sales lead prioritization are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes two models, DQM (direct qualification model) and FFM (full funnel model), which can be used to rank sales leads based on probability of conversion to a sales opportunity, probability of successful sale, or expected revenue. These models can replace traditional, manually created lead scoring systems, which use hand-tuned scores and are therefore error-prone and non-probabilistic. The disclosed methods achieve high AUC (Area Under Curve) scores in our experiments, and we show that they can result in a substantial increase in conversion rate, a substantial increase in successful sale rate, as well as dramatic increases in total revenue. Unlike traditional lead-scoring, our methods provide an intuitive probabilistic score, and focus more on features that measure customer fit than customer behavior, meaning quality leads can be found earlier on in the sales process. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071135 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM A LARGE DATASET - Behavioural data relating to online interactions is collected and stored in the form of a raw dataset. A data filter created on the basis of defined characteristics of interest is applied to the raw dataset, thereby obtaining a subset of data. Business intelligence analysis is performed on the data of the subset of data, and a business intelligence report is generated, in accordance with the defined characteristics of interest. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071136 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING TRAVEL VISA DATA WITH TRANSACTION DATA - A method for linking travel visa data to transaction history includes: storing a plurality of consumer profiles, each profile including data related to one or more consumers including a plurality of consumer characteristics associated with each of the related one or more consumers and a plurality of transaction data entries each corresponding to a payment transaction involving one of the related one or more consumers; receiving a travel visa profile, the profile including travel visa data associated with one or more specific consumers and a plurality of demographic characteristics associated with each of the one or more specific consumers; identifying a consumer profile of the plurality of consumer profiles where at least a predefined number of the included plurality of consumer characteristics correspond to the plurality of demographic characteristics; and associating each identified consumer profiles with the travel visa data included in the received travel visa profile. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071137 | CROSS-BORDER TREND ALERTS AND VISUALIZATIONS - Systems and methods for cross-border trend alerts and visualizations are provided. In example embodiments, trade data corresponding to a plurality of transactions is accessed. Transaction attributes are extracted from the trade data. The plurality of transactions are filtered according to the extracted transaction attributes. A trend is inferred based on the extracted transaction attributes for the filtered plurality of transactions. A visualization representative of the filtered plurality of transactions is generated. The visualizations is displayed on a user interface of a user device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071138 | ASSET REPOSITIONING - A system and method is presented in which a mobile customer base is incentivized to reposition inventory in rental article-dispensing machine served areas. By utilizing the systems and methods presented herein, an effective increase in the utilization of existing inventory is realized thus making for an overall more efficient system. In part, the system and method entails providing incentive to a mobile customer base through the real time generation of alternative rental contracts during user interface interactions. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071139 | PREAUTHORIZE BUYERS TO COMMIT TO A GROUP PURCHASE - A payment provider preauthorizes and commits consumers to a group purchase when the consumers provide an indication or intent to make a group purchase. Upon receiving the intent, the payment provider may ask the consumer whether they wish to irrevocably commit to the purchase at the advertised price. If so, the payment provider may hold or freeze the appropriate amount in the user account or otherwise commit the funds to the merchant if the minimum number of purchasers is met for the group purchase. The payment provider may release the funds to a merchant account even if the consumer decides, after the initial commitment, to not make the group purchase. Thus, others who committed to the group purchase will still be able to take advantage of the group deal. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071140 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING LOYALTY REWARD PROGRAMS - A system or a method is provided to manage a user's loyalty programs. In particular, the system may retrieve information from each of the user's loyalty programs to identify available loyalty programs for a given purchase. The system may infer or predict the user's future purchases. A comparison of different loyalty programs for a given purchase may be implemented in view of the user's future purchases. One or more loyalty programs that provide the user with good reward options based on the user's future purchases may be suggested to the user for certain purchases. In particular, loyalty programs that provide top reward values may be suggested to the user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071141 | DEFERRED LOYALTY POINTS REDEMPTION METHOD - On-line redemption of loyalty points over time for requested items. A request for an item is received from a customer along with an identification of a layaway program for redeeming at least a portion of the customer's loyalty points with respect to a purchase request for the item. Based upon the identified program, the customer's loyalty points are processed for redemption. The redemption programs can include making installment payments of loyalty points for purchase of the item, reserving a particular price for the item using the loyalty points, providing partial payment for the item using the loyalty points, automatically redeeming or transferring points over a particular amount, or pooling of points among multiple customers. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071142 | EXPORTER - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for self-service design, scheduling, and delivery of user-defined reports regarding promotions. The method includes receiving, from a user device, a report type and report delivery information. Based on the report type, relevant data regarding the one or more promotions is collected, using which a report is generated. The method then outputs the generated report based on the report delivery information. Optionally, analytical insights, such as trends within the data, sample size, suitability of control data, and indications of statistical significance, are generated and included in the report. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071143 | USE OF BEHAVIORAL PORTRAITS IN THE CONDUCT OF E-COMMERCE - A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071144 | USER ACTIVITY ATTRIBUTION - Embodiments are disclosed for attributing user actions to an appropriate referrer. An example system may attribute behavior of a user in an advertiser application of the advertiser to the user's selection of a promotion link presented within a user experience provided by a publisher on a client device. The example system includes a logic machine, a storage machine, and instructions stored within the storage machine executable to receive user click traffic in response to the user selecting the promotion link. The instructions are further executable to generate a token including information relating to the user click traffic, cause the advertiser application to be opened in response to the user click traffic via one or more of an instruction or application identifier that includes the token, and selectively attribute one or more user actions to the user's selection of the promotion link. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS - A system for a precise and complete assessment of the effectiveness of promotional communications, integrating, in a single platform, the measurement of the multiple ways a consumer can engage to an ad published in an offline medium. The system includes and integrates one or more entities A of advertisers ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160071146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL ADVERTISING - This invention relates generally to a method of contextual, digital, and interactive advertisement where a consumer or user is incentivized to participate in order to earn monetary awards. This invention allows the consumer to more thoroughly engage with the subject matter of the primary advertisement, with the effect of supplementing and enhancing the advertising message of the primary advertisement. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071147 | Targeted Marketing Using Cross-Channel Event Processor - Aspects described herein provide systems and methods for targeted marketing in an enterprise-wide computing system. Multiple event monitoring agents may be deployed across an enterprise-wide computing system such that each event monitoring agent monitors at least one event generator of the enterprise-wide computing system. The event monitoring agents may be connected to an event processing server. The event processing server may receive event information generated by the event monitoring agents that describe events occurring at the event generators. The event processing server may perform a marketing analysis based on at least a portion of the event information received. One or more marketing elements may be selected based on the marketing analysis performed, and the event processing server may transmit the selected marketing elements to one or more of the event generators for presentation to an individual. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071148 | ALERT-DRIVEN DYNAMIC SENSOR-DATA SUB-CONTRACTING - An interface mechanism in a system receives an alert associated with an environment. In response to the alert, a control mechanism in the system identifies an environmental monitoring device within the environment, where the environmental monitoring device provides sensor data that represents an environmental condition in the environment. Moreover, the control mechanism: provides, via the interface mechanism, a service offer to an electronic device associated with an entity associated with the environment, where the service offer includes information associated with the environmental condition. After receiving a response from the electronic device that authorizes the service, the control mechanism provides, via the interface mechanism, a data request for the sensor data to the environmental monitoring device. Furthermore, after receiving the sensor data from the environmental monitoring device, the control mechanism provides the service to the entity based on the environmental condition. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071149 | Augmented Reality Shopping Displays - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing augmented reality shopping displays. A processor can execute a shopping service. The processor can receive a request for display data. The processor can analyze shopping data to identify data sources, the shopping data can include user data associated with the requestor, and the data sources can include an offer source. The processor can obtain collected data from the data sources identified, the collected data including an offer. The processor can generate display data based upon the collected data and the shopping data, and provide the display data to a user device. The display data can identify the offer. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CONTENT - Embodiments of methods and systems for incorporating user generated content into a web page are disclosed. In particular, embodiments of such systems and methods may incorporate user generated content into a web page such that the user generated content can be consumed by indexers associated with search engines in association with that web page. Additionally, embodiments may also provide a mechanism by which user generated content may be received and included in a web page when that web page is rendered. Using embodiments as disclosed herein user generated content may be exposed to a search engine indexer in a web page while still providing a mechanism for incorporating the freshest user generated content in such a web page. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071151 | SELECTING ADVERTISING FOR PRESENTATION WITH DIGITAL CONTENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for selecting advertising for presentation to users in association with digital content items. Characteristics of a user are determined based at least in part on historical data that associates the user with one or more items. An advertisement is selected from an inventory of advertisements for presentation in association with a digital content item requested by the user. The advertisement is selected based at least in part on a highest value placed on the characteristics of the user by an advertiser. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) AND INTELLIGENT CLIENT ENGAGEMENT - A system and method for dynamic client relationship management and intelligent client engagement is disclosed. The system collects user information and allows internal Licensee user groups to better know and serve their clients and clients' families, as well as qualified prospects, by providing a customized invitation-only portal with VIP offers and events, corporate hospitality, and exclusive arrangements based on specific client profiles and user segmentation, within a configurable hosted platform securely accessible and optimized for web and mobile devices. The platform facilitates and manages dynamic CRM, moving beyond existing CRM formats where one user or data feed enters data about another individual into a system. The data captured is dynamically augmented based on users' expressed interests and actual behaviors and interactions across sectors and industries, thus facilitating two way data flow, capture, analysis, and predictive promotion of exclusive goods, services or other information, by different companies serving common customer bases. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071153 | Presenting Additional States of Content Items to Users Based on Received Inputs - An online system allows an entity to generate a content item having multiple states, with each state including different content. When a user interacts with the content item, a different state of the content item is identified and content associated with the different state is presented to the user. For example, if the user contacts a portion of a display device presenting the content item, content from a different state of the content item is presented. If the content item is an advertisement request, the online system may charge the entity an amount depending on whether content associated with various states of the content item was presented to a user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071154 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TAXONOMY SERVER FOR IDENTIFYING A LOCATION BASED ON A THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION OF A CLIENT DEVICE - A three-dimensional taxonomy server is operative to identify the location of a client device based on three-dimensional positional information received from the client device. The three-dimensional positional information may include global positioning system coordinates, an Internet Protocol address, cellular network information, or any other type of three-dimensional positional information. The three-dimensional taxonomy server may operate in conjunction with another server, such as an advertising server or business search server, to deliver contextual content based on the location of the client device. The contextual content may include a targeted advertisement, a targeted search result, or other type of contextual content. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071155 | SMART RETAIL SPACE - A cloud server system determines a selection of an item from a number of items within a retail space based on a user preference profile. The selection is determined by matching the user preference profile to one or more items located at the retail space. The cloud server system publishes the selection to a computer via a publisher socket. The computer receives the selection published by the cloud system via a subscriber socket. The computer is subscribed to listen for a message with topic an identifier of the retail space. A microcontroller outputs the selection to at least one electronic component upon receiving string data representing the selection from the computer. The at least one electronic component acts on the retail space in accordance with the determined selection. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071156 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - It is described an information processing method. On a display screen of a terminal it is presented at least one piece of promotion information associated with an application when the application is running on the terminal. Upon detecting that one piece of the promotion information is selected, a payment platform which is in-built in the application is triggered to perform the following: requesting a server to determine whether a payment option corresponding to the selected piece of the promotion information shall be presented on a first page or a second page; jumping to the first page upon reception from the server of a first operation instruction of presenting the payment option corresponding to the selected piece of the promotion information on the first page; and presenting on the first page the payment option corresponding to the selected piece of the promotion information. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071157 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a memory and a processor for performing operations including accessing a user persona comprising a plurality of attributes and a plurality of content preferences of a user of a communication device, presenting at an interactive site a plurality of content suggestions that are generated according to the user persona, receiving a content selection from a presentation of the plurality of content suggestions at the interactive site, and updating the plurality of content preferences of the user persona according to the content selection. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071158 | DATA PROCESSOR, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a storage unit, a management unit that acquires attributes of communication apparatuses from a plurality of the communication apparatuses and stores identifiers of the communication apparatuses and the attributes in the storage unit in association with each other as communication apparatus information, and a selection unit that selects a distributor apparatus that is the communication apparatus distributing a content to the other communication apparatuses as a radio signal based on the communication apparatus information are included. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071159 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for presenting information. The process includes extracting text information for each of multiple shops from introductory information about the shops from a predetermined viewpoint; calculating a feature value for each of the shops from the extracted text information; and presenting information about the shops in accordance with presentation order based on the calculated feature values. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071160 | MAXIMUM PROFIT GOAL SOFTWARE SYSTEM - This invention relates to a system and method to enable a business to meet its business goals. Disclosed are certain non-limiting exemplary embodiments which teach a method for reducing the risk a business takes when doing business with customers in an environment where equal pricing is not the best strategy. Based on the business goal information entered into the system, the rating of the user, and other factors determined by the business, it will automatically calculate and make offers to interested users. This invention is particularly suited for the service industry. In one embodiment, a user can request and make payment for travel services. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071161 | Systems and Methods for Identifying a Target Audience in a Social Data Network - System and methods performed by a server for determining a target group of users in a social data network, including: obtaining identities of friends from an initial group of users, where a user in the group follows one or more of the friends; determining N number friends that are most frequently occurring amongst the identities of friends from the initial group; for each of the N number friends, obtaining identities of followers following a given one of the N friends; filtering out one or more followers from the identities of the followers that follow less than X number of the N number of friends, where X≦N; and including remaining ones of the identities of the followers in the target group of users | 2016-03-10 |
20160071162 | Systems and Methods for Continuous Analysis and Procurement of Advertisement Campaigns - A system and a method are provided for continuously analysing and procuring advertisements. Social data is obtained and is used to identify one or more relationships. The operations further include: modifying or determining a target set based on the one or more relationships, the target set comprising a combination of inputs and a target audience, the inputs comprising a search algorithm for identifying the target audience; presenting the target set when a proposed advertising campaign is detected; procuring the proposed advertising campaign using the target audience to generate a procured advertisement; obtaining feedback about the procured advertisement; and further modifying the target set based on the feedback. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071163 | Associating Advertising Content with a Channel - The disclosure includes a system and method for identifying advertising content and providing a user of a mobile device with a channel related to the advertising content. A recognition application receives advertising content comprising a series of frames, identifies images corresponding to the frames within the advertising content, identifies a first set of feature points from a first image of the advertising content, determines whether the first set of feature points matches a second set of feature points stored in a database, and in response to determining that the first set of feature points fails to match the second set of feature points, identifies the first image as being unique, indexes the first image and the first set of feature points and associates the first image with a channel. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071164 | SELECTING CONTENT ITEMS FOR DISPLAY IN A CONTENT STREAM - A method for selecting content items, comprising: receiving, using one or more processing devices, a request for content items for display in a content stream; retrieving, using the one or more processing devices, in response to the request, a condition for targeting a content item for display in the content stream; detecting, using the one or more processing devices, that the condition is satisfied; adjusting, using the one or more processing devices, the bid price in accordance with the condition; executing, using the one or more processing devices, an auction, based on the bid price adjusted and other bid prices for other content items in the auction; and selecting, using the one or more processing devices, based on the auction, the content items for display in the content stream. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EVALUATE, PRESENT, AND FACILITATE THE ADVERTISEMENT AND PURCHASING OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BASED ON THE EMOTION EVOKED IN A RECIPIENT UPON RECEIPT OF THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE - A method of quantifying and attaching the emotional state of receiving a product or service purchased online so that a buyer who lacks history with a particular product or service can be assured of satisfaction with by that product or service because of emotional satisfaction ratings from all purchasers of the same demographic, which also provides advertisers great feedback on the likelihood of advertising of that product to that demographic leading to a product purchase so therefore generating an advertising fee based on the ranking of emotional state change each product/service provides the end user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY PAUSING ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON USER ATTENTION - A computer-implemented method for automatically pausing advertisements based on user attention includes rendering a digital video to a user, in response to the user initiating the digital video through a web multimedia player. The computer-implemented method also includes streaming an advertisement to the user once the user begins to watch the digital video and monitoring the user attention as the user watches the advertisement. The user attention is monitored based on keystrokes and mouse movements. Further, the computer-implemented method includes detecting one or more changes in the user attention. Furthermore, the computer-implemented method includes pausing the advertisement automatically at instance of detecting the one or more changes. Moreover, the computer-implemented method includes detecting the one or more changes that directs the user attention to the paused advertisement and resuming streaming of the advertisement. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELLING AND PURCHASING ADVERTISING SPACE ON OUT OF HOME ELECTRONIC DIGITAL MEDIA DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to the ability to perform online auction and purchase of advertising space on out of home electronic, digital media devices over the Internet. The buyer end user will look for, bid through auction or buy now, and purchase won advertising space through the Internet via the present disclosure. Professional media buyers, such as marketing agencies and/or brands will create a buy plan, query for matching advertising space based upon plan criteria, and make a bulk buy of that matching space through the Internet via the present invention. The owner/operator of indoor or outdoor electronic, digital media device will offer up through the present disclosure their available advertising space. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071168 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SERVER SIDE COOKIES BY A DEMAND SIDE PLATFORM - The present disclosure is directed to methods for identifying a user by a demand side platform (DSP) across advertiser exchanges. The method includes establishing, by a DSP, a cookie mapping for a user. The cookie mapping includes a mapping of user identifiers for the user from advertisement exchanges to a user identifier assigned by the DSP for the user. The DSP stores to the cookie mapping a first mapping to the user identifier of the DSP, comprising a first user id received by a bidder from a first exchange and a first exchange id for the first exchange. A bidder inserts a pixel into a bid for an impression opportunity to a second exchange. The pixel includes a key to the cookie mapping and a second user id for the user and a second exchange id. The second user id is received by the bidder from a second exchange. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071169 | ADVERTISEMENT PLATFORM APPARATUS - Provided are an advertisement platform apparatus and a method of operating the same. In other words, a total quantity of advertisements may be smoothly and completely exhausted by suitably distributing total quantity of advertisements registered by advertisers over a total advertisement period by reflecting an actual quantity of advertisements received and exhausted by a terminal apparatus. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071170 | METHOD OF CREATING CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON USER RATINGS OF CONTENT WITH IMPROVED USER PRIVACY - A recommendation system provides improved privacy under the local model, in which users store their data locally, and differential privacy is ensured through randomization of ratings under the control of the user before submitting data to the recommender system. The recommender system performs a clustering on the data collected from a plurality of users and returns the results to the users. The users' devices fine-tune the recommendation based on locally stored, non-randomized ratings. The recommendation system provides a user-adjustable degree of privacy while still allowing for generating recommendations with a decent accuracy. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND OPTIMIZING PROVIDER-TO-PATIENT AND PROVIDER-TO-PROVIDER COMMUNICATIONS AND REFERRALS - The present invention integrates accurate healthcare practitioner profile information and user-generated data streams, to include patient experience feedback and health insurance payer cost and quality data, within a web portal to enable secure management of practice visibility on the Internet, facilitate communications between patients and their providers, and streamline referrals of patients to appropriate providers and practices. It does so using a platform that includes a performance analytics engine to analyze performance of providers/practices to whom patients have been referred to generate performance metrics for these provider/practices in essentially real time and combines these generated performance metrics with the accurate healthcare practitioner profile information and user-generated data streams, to enable automatic and/or more focused future referrals which take into account the performance metrics. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-AWARE PARKING EXPIRATION REMINDER AND REMOTE PARKING METER REFILL - Methods and systems that provide parking meter expiration reminders based on location and distance of the driver from the vehicle are provided. The location, parking start time, and purchased parking duration of a vehicle are recorded using a smart device application to scan information printed on the parking meter card. The driver's location is tracked while he is away from the parking lot, and reminders are sent to the driver's smart device, based on the remaining parking duration and locate of the driver, that provide sufficient time for the driver to return to the vehicle from his current location before the parking meter card expires. Additionally, the driver can use a mobile payment option to extend the amount of purchased parking, thereby allowing the driver more time to return to the vehicle before the parking meter card expires. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071173 | System and methods that capture, distribute, and measure shared business opportunities - A computerized system and methods that permit an entity to capture the details of a business opportunity and then share the business opportunity to another entity and track the performance of all entities with regard to the business opportunity. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071174 | MODIFYING CONFIGURATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSTED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are various embodiments of a method and system for modifying configurations associated with a hosted electronic platform environment. A request to modify a configuration associated with an entity is obtained. The configuration describes at least one feature including an amount of bandwidth and/or an amount of storage space that is provided to the entity by a hosted service provider. A preview of the modified configuration is provided to the entity. After providing the preview, the configuration is modified. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071175 | Verifying Purchasers of Restricted Gifts - A social networking system provides verification of gift orders placed for restricted gifts. The restricted gift is subject to limitations on the giving and receiving of the gift, such as minimum age thresholds. A user purchasing the gift is directed from a social network to a landing page of a gifting system. At the landing page, the user provides login credentials to verify the user's identity within the purchase flow and prior to gift purchase. The social networking system verifies whether the login credentials match the user and determines whether the user may be permitted to purchase the restricted gift by comparing limitations of the restricted gift with profile information of the verified user. An order for the gift is provided to a gift delivery location where the recipient can receive the gift. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071176 | SELLING APPARATUS, SELLING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A presenter ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160071177 | BUYER FOCUSED VEHICLE ACQUISITION SERVICE - Techniques for better connecting buyers and sellers to facilitate vehicle acquisitions are described. The techniques include tools to enable buyers to specify the types of vehicles the buyers are interested in acquiring and view offers from potential sellers that have viewed the requests of the buyers. The techniques also include tools to enable sellers to view sales leads for potential buyers and to notify buyers of their interest in offering a vehicle for acquisition. Further, the techniques include a variety of other tools to facilitate vehicle acquisitions. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071178 | Real Estate Offer Management System - A real estate offer management system includes a server in electronic communication with a user computer over the Internet. A user interface is provided by the server and includes a webpage for receiving seller preferences from the user computer. The seller preferences relate to a plurality of offer components for the sale of a property. An offer scorer receives a plurality of offers concerning the property and calculates scores for each offer using the seller preferences. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071179 | FRAMEWORKS TO DEMONSTRATE LIVE PRODUCTS - An example system in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a framework to demonstrate and/or train at least one live product. The framework includes a first panel associated with at least one step, and a second panel to display content and at least a portion of the at least one live product according to the at least one step. The system also includes at least one script to perform at least one task associated with the at least one step. The at least one step is performable independent of an order in which the at least one step is presented by the framework. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071180 | GATEWAY, ELECTRONIC INFORMATION LABEL, AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION LABEL - Disclosed is an electronic information label that electronically shows information of products displayed in the store, and a gateway that manages electronic labels by forming a group thereof. In the present disclosure, an electronic label accesses a gateway having a small data amount to be registered therewith. The gateway includes a first communicator, a second communicator, an electronic label registerer, and a product information gateway. The electronic label registerer may register an electronic label based on whether a sum of data amounts of registered electronic labels is greater than a reference value. The product information gateway may relay product information to an electronic label via a server. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071181 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DISPLAY AND SEARCH IN A LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT MANNER - A method to facilitate a language independent search includes displaying a search attribute, including an attribute name and a selection of attribute values, to a user and receiving from the user a search attribute value selection corresponding to the attribute name. Then, the attribute name and attribute value selection are translated into language independent symbols, such as numbers. The numbers are used in a search of a sellers item listings table to select item listings with attribute values that match the search attribute values selected by the user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071182 | MULTIMEDIA RECOMMENDATION BASED ON ARTIST SIMILARITY - One or more multimedia recommendation candidates are identified for a user. For each of the one or more multimedia recommendation candidates, a similarity between a multimedia artist associated with that multimedia recommendation candidate and a preferred artist of the user is determined That multimedia recommendation candidate is recommended to the user if the similarity exceeds a threshold. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071183 | ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING DEVICE WITH EVENT-DRIVEN SERVICE - A sensor mechanism in an environmental monitoring device provides sensor data that represents an environmental condition in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. Then, a control mechanism in the environmental monitoring device determines, based on the sensor data, an alert associated with the environmental condition and/or the external environment. Moreover, an interface circuit in the environmental monitoring device provides, based on the alert, a service offer to an electronic device of an entity (such as a user or an owner of the environmental monitoring device, a tenant, a property owner and/or a property manager), where the service offer includes information associated with the environmental condition. Next, the environmental monitoring device receives, via the interface circuit, a response to the service offer from the electronic device, where the response authorizes a service based on the environmental condition. Based on the response, the environmental monitoring device performs the service. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071184 | SERVICE-IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS - A control mechanism in a system monitors inputs and outputs exchanged among components in combinations that provide services in environments, where the components in a given combination include at least one of: environmental monitoring devices in the environments and one or more of the partner electronic devices in the environments and/or service providers. Note that the inputs and the outputs from a given component in the given combination include: sensor data representing one or more environmental conditions in one or more of the environments, sub-services in the services, and/or compensation within the given combination for the sensor data and the sub-services. Moreover, the control mechanism stores the monitored inputs and outputs, and analyzes the monitored inputs and outputs to determine: sensor-data patterns, suggested services, and/or suggested sensor-data sub-contracting during the services and the suggested services. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071185 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DINING RECOMMENDATIONS - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates efficient use of a dining application by providing dining recommendations to a user. During operation, a server determines a plurality of labels associated with a plurality of users, where a label indicates dining preference information of a user, and where the dining preference information is based on historical information for the user. The server receives a request from a first user to determine dining preference information of nearby users. The server determines a location for the first user, identifies one or more second users located within a predetermined distance from the first user, and aggregates the labels associated with the second users. Subsequently, the server returns the aggregated labels to the first user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071186 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The information providing server obtains at least one of the first posted information on the plan posted by the user, the piece(s) of second posted information on the other plan(s) posted by the user, and the piece(s) of third posted information on the plan posted by the other user(s). Then, the information providing server identifies the subordinate rating criterion/criteria used for the user to rate the plan based on the obtained piece(s) of posted information, and presents the identified subordinate rating criterion/criteria to the user who rates the plan. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071187 | Electronic Marketplace Recommendations - A shared “universal” virtual shopping cart (“the cart”) may be provided by a host to enable information sharing between multiple disparate electronic marketplaces provided by various merchants. The host may obtain user information via the cart to improve interactions with a user. The host may recommend an item to the user that is offered at a lower price and related to an item retained in the user's cart. The host may also recommend items based on a user's purchase history, such as complementary items (e.g., up-sell items) and items other users may recommend. In some aspects, the host may compile best selling lists based on data from multiple electronic marketplaces. The host may also perform user specific operations such as indicate an item in a cart is a duplicate of a previous purchase and monitor a price and/or available quantities of an item in the cart. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071188 | MINING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION FROM QUERY REFORMULATIONS - In various example embodiments, systems and methods to mine product recommendations from query reformulation is provided. In example embodiments, a search query is mapped to a particular product. Transition data for the particular product is accessed. The transition data includes values reflecting a number of search transitions between the particular product and other products in session sets of previous queries. One or more recommendations based on the transition data is determined and provided to the user. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071189 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a history storage unit that stores, as a user communication history, a history of communication with a user terminal made via the Internet regarding a purchase of a product; and an arrival notification unit that quantifies a purchase eagerness degree for the product for each of a plurality of users according to an increase in a stock quantity of the product based on the user communication history stored in the history storage unit, creates a priority order for the plurality of users based on the quantified purchase eagerness degree of each of the users, and notifies the user terminal of the plurality of users of an arrival of the product based on the priority order. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071190 | MODIFYING ELECTRONIC ORDERS DURING A FULFILLMENT PROCESS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with modifying electronic orders during fulfillment are described. In one embodiment, a computing system includes order logic configured to receive a cancellation request to modify an electronic order that is for one or more items sold through an electronic commerce source. The cancellation request is a request from a customer to modify an ordered quantity of the one or more items according to a cancelled quantity indicated in the cancellation request. The computing system includes an update logic configured to update the electronic order by modifying fulfillment of the electronic order according to a status and the cancelled quantity. The status indicates progress in fulfilling the electronic order from inventory of the electronic commerce source. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071191 | Customized Processing Method for Ordering Electronic Product and its Application System - A customized processing method for ordering electronic product includes an order receiving process, a searching process, an information creating process, an order preparing process, a material preparing process, and a coding process. A user information file having an user information and a connecting identification code of each user is created. The connecting identification code is written or burned into at least one electronic product that is ordered by the user. The electronic product having the connecting identification code can be automatically paired to other electronic product having the same connecting identification code. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071192 | INTEGRATED ACCESS PROVISIONING SOLUTION - An integrated access provisioning system provides an integrated approach to the ordering, design, provisioning, testing and acceptance of access. The system is designed to assist service providers to streamline the delivery of access services to their customers. Specifically, the system: presents an intuitive front end for ordering access, performs access validation, stores customer circuit inventory to assist in circuit design, provides work flow management with dynamic work queues to support major access delivery functions, supports manual Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) interfaces and provides a reporting engine based on testing. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071193 | TERMINAL DEVICE FOR SHOWING DIRECTION TO PRODUCT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A terminal device for providing location information of a product of interest in a store. The terminal device includes a communicator configured to communicate with the repeaters; a display configured to display information visibly; a storage module configured to store the information; a product location searcher configured to generate a message to request search for a location of a product of interest based on received product search information that is input by a user, transmit the message to the lighting management server through the repeater, and receive product location information that is specified as a location of a lighting device in proximity to the product of interest through the repeater; and a controller configured to generate product-location-representation information that displays an overlay of the received product location on a map and display the generated information on the display. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071194 | Providing Interactive Notifications for Completing Online Transactions - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing interactive notifications for completing online transactions. In some embodiments, a processing device determines that completing an online transaction initiated at a mobile device requires fewer than a threshold number of operations. The processing device also generates an interface for obtaining input to initiate at least one subsequent operation for completing the online transaction. The interface is generated based on determining that completing the online transaction requires fewer than the threshold number of operations. The processing device configures the mobile device to display the interface and to receive the input using the interface for completing the transaction. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071195 | ELECTRONIC SHOPPING MALL SYSTEM, TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A display ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160071196 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA AND REVENUE - Systems and methods are described for transferring data, goods, information, and items of value between users, partners, and service providers. The data can be collected by a plurality of sensors installed in a space. Payments, rebates, and incentives can be provided in response to analysis of the collected data. The collected data can be analyzed to provide a monitoring system in a home or other environment. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071197 | System and Method to Facilitate On-Line Ordering - A system and method facilitates continued purchases of goods convenient to a customer, while maintaining a connection to a source provider. The system and methods permit the customer to identify a referring party to receive a discount and provide rewards back to the referring party. The system may for example permit the search, selection, and purchase of goods, track purchases of goods, permit the referring party to communicate with a customer, provide historic purchasing information to either the customer or referring party, present a unique interface to the customer associated with the referring party, interface with one or more systems of the referring party or intermediary such as a distributor to facilitate the selection, purchase, filling, sending, or receipt of the purchased goods, and any combination thereof. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEQUENTIAL MEDIA ITEMS - A system and method of providing sequential media content. The system of some embodiments provides a library that displays representations of media items stored on a device. The library displays representations of a series object. Activating the series object displays purchased media items in a series of media items. After a threshold amount of a media item in the series has been consumed, the series object displays a representation of a next media item in the series along with a control for purchasing the next media item in the series. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071199 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO RENTAL - A method of displaying a media item sub-rental opportunity to multiple users includes receiving information concerning original rental time periods for a plurality of media items, receiving a selection of one of the plurality of media items, displaying sub-rental time slots within an original rental time period for the selected media item, and receiving a selection of an sub-rental time slot. A media device then enables online access to the selected media item in the selected sub-rental time slot and provides a display of the selected media item during the selected sub-rental time slot. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071200 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSUMER BUDGETING BASED ON HISTORICAL PURCHASE DATA - A method for calculating an assisted categorized budget includes: storing a plurality of account profiles, each profile including data related to a payment account including an account identifier, a transaction history for the account, and consumer data for a consumer associated with the account; receiving a budget request, the request including a specific account identifier; identifying a specific account profile including the specific account identifier; identifying one or more related account profiles based on related consumer data and/or transaction history; and generating a budget for the payment account related to the specific account profile, the budget being based on at least (i) the consumer data included in the specific account profile, (ii) the transaction history included in the specific account profile, and (iii) at least one of (a) the consumer data and (b) transaction history included in the identified one or more related account profiles. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SELF-IMPOSED SPENDING LIMIT - A method for imposing spending limits includes: storing data related to a payment account; receiving a spending limit request from a consumer associated with the account, the request including a spending target and spending category; generating a budget including a starting spending limit and two or more periods of time; applying, to the account, a spending limit, such that a value of transactions funded by the account during a first period of time and related to the spending category cannot exceed the applied spending limit, wherein the applied spending limit is the starting spending limit; decreasing the applied spending limit after the first period of time, such that transactions funded by the account during a second period of time cannot exceed the decreased applied spending limit; and repeating the decreasing step until the applied spending limit is equal to the spending target. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071202 | GENERATING INSTRUCTION SETS IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS RULES DESIGNED TO UPDATE BUSINESS OBJECTS OF FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS - An aspect of the present disclosure generates instruction sets implementing business rules designed to update business objects of financial applications. In one embodiment, business rules designed to update business objects used by a financial application are processed to form a set of buckets (of rules) such that each bucket contains rules that do not have inter-dependency in execution order. Then, for each bucket, subsets of rules designed to update a common business object are determined, and a corresponding single instruction set is generated for each determined subset of rules. The instruction sets generated for the subsets of rules contained in each bucket are then executed concurrently. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SEPARATE INTEREST RATE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION - Systems and methods for providing a separate interest rate for an individual transaction are disclosed. A system may provide a service associated with a account having an account balance and an associated first interest rate. The system may include a service device having one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform a separate interest rate service process. The process may include providing a separate interest rate service offer to a client device and receiving a separate interest rate selection from the client device. The process may also include determining a selected portion of the account balance corresponding to an amount to which a second interest rate, different from the first interest rate, is to be applied based on the separate interest rate selection. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071204 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION ACCOUNT CUSTOMER ACQUISITION, ENROLLMENT, AND MANAGEMENT - A system, method, and article of manufacture for transaction account customer acquisition, enrollment, and management is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving a transaction account application, receiving a username and password, creating an account management system (“AMS”) account based upon the username and password, and associating the AMS account with the transaction account application. The method may further comprise requesting information and/or a document from a user associated with the transaction account application, wherein the user's transaction account application is pending. Further still, the method may variously comprise receiving information and/or a document from a user associated with the transaction account application in response to a deficiency associated with the transaction account application. | 2016-03-10 |
20160071205 | PAYMENT CARD BASED REMITTANCE SYSTEM WITH DESIGNATION OF RECIPIENT BY MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER - Methods and systems for providing currency conversion cost estimates to customer mobile devices. In an embodiment, a payment system includes a translation computer and receives, from a customer mobile telephone, a currency conversion inquiry that includes the customer's mobile telephone number, local currency data and transaction amount data. The translation computer translates the customer's mobile telephone number into a customer payment card account number, transmits a currency conversion request to a currency conversion computer, and receives a currency conversion estimate in a home currency. The estimate includes a current foreign exchange rate plus an issuer conversion fee. The payment system computer then transmits the currency conversion estimate to the customer's mobile telephone. | 2016-03-10 |