14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140095248 | SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCIAL ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH TASK COMMUNICATION USING UNIVERSAL FORMAT - A system is provided that communicates tasks. The system generates a task including task payload data, where the task payload data is in a task payload format. The system further transforms the task payload data from the task payload format to a universal format. The system further sends the task payload data and a system parameter to an external interface layer, where the task payload data is sent in the universal format, and where the system parameter identifies an external target system. The system further identifies an external target system and connector service based on the system parameter. The system further sends the task payload data to the connector service, where the task payload data is sent in the universal format. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095249 | SUPPLY CHAIN ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH ORCHESTRATION, CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL MATERIAL TRANSFER FLOW - A system is provided that orchestrate a supply chain orchestration process. The system receives a supply request and creates a supply order. The system further selects a supply chain orchestration process for the supply order, where the supply chain orchestration process includes one or more steps. The system further generates an executable supply chain orchestration process. The system further executes the executable supply chain orchestration process to generate one or more supply tasks that are defined by the one or more steps of the supply chain orchestration process. The system further sends the one or more supply tasks to one or more external supply execution systems. The system further receives one or more status values from the one or more external supply execution systems. The system further generates an overall status value for the supply chain orchestration process based on the one or more status values. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095250 | INNOVATION MANAGEMENT - A system and method for facilitating facilitating management of innovations and accompanying constituent concepts. An example method includes providing a first user option to define one or more alternate solution categories for one or more concepts, wherein each alternate solution category is associated with an innovation comprising a structure of concepts, and wherein an alternate solution category is associated with an alternate solution structure; providing a second user option to define a concept as an alternate solution concept belonging to an alternate solution category; and associating one or more metric attributes with an alternate solution concept. The user options may be provided via a user interface display screen with additional user interface controls for generating analysis pertaining to alternative concept structures in association with one or more metrics, such as supply chain risk, cost, compliance, fulfillment, and/or other product objectives or metrics. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095251 | Methods and Systems for Optimizing Marketing Strategy to Customers or Prospective Customers of a Financial Institution - Methods and systems for optimizing marketing strategy to financial institution customers or prospective customers employ a processor coupled to memory and other computer hardware and software components for receiving customer profile data with a plurality of transaction card issuers other than the financial institution, developing models based at least in part on the customer profile data and at least in part on financial institution customer account and credit data, and generating estimated spend and balance behaviors for at least one financial institution customer with the plurality of transaction card issuers other than the financial institution based at least in part on said models. Based at least in part on the estimated spend and balance behaviors, financial institution marketing initiatives are created. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095252 | TAGGING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS THAT REFERENCE A SUBJECT BASED ON THEIR CONTEXT - A system may identify and tag social media postings that contain information of interest about a subject. The system may determine whether any of the social media postings that do not contain information indicative of the subject were posted in a context that is indicative of the subject; determine whether any of the social media postings contain information that is of interest about the subject; to add metadata tagging the information of interest about the subject to each of the postings that contains information that is of interest about the subject and that contains information that is indicative of the subject; and to add metadata tagging the information of interest about the subject to each of the postings that contains information that is of interest about the subject and that does not contain information that is indicative of the subject, but was posted in a context that is indicative of the subject. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095253 | BUSINESS PROCESS GLOBAL SEARCHING - Embodiments of the invention provide for performing a search across business objects of one or more business processes. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for performing a search across business objects of one or more business processes based on an index of business objects and additional information supplementing the index. The additional information can indicate business objects of different types or of different business processes that are related to the indexed business objects. According to various embodiments of the present invention, providing business object and business process searching can include but is not limited to: the ability to more quickly find related documents using search in one step; the ability to do so without using menus; the ability to quickly refine search results with common facets; and/or the ability to do advanced common attributes searches across business objects such as comments for a supplier across numerous business objects. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095254 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING PROFILES FOR AN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS APPLICATION - Methods and systems for implementing extensible profiles for enterprise applications. Users of the system are able to continuously extend their contact model by adding additional attributes or by adding related custom objects over a period of time. This permits the users of the system to adapt to changing circumstances and needs. Web services are able to perform operations on the extended attributes and objects through the use of profile adapters. Some embodiments also provide the ability to capture data from various sources, such as web surveys, data imports, and web services and write it to the extended attributes/objects. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095255 | RADIO STATION MARKET ANALYSIS - A radio station market analysis program extends Cume values for individual stations to multiple stations (for a particular geographic market, a particular demographic, and a particular daypart) according to the formula C=[1−Π | 2014-04-03 |
20140095256 | MARKET EVALUATION INVESTIGATION DEVICE AND INVESTIGATION METHOD - By adopting a component index with which it is possible for the evaluation subject to freely move over a screen and cite components of interest of an evaluation object overall image, it is possible to efficiently acquire information of the components which receive attention through the eyes of a typical consumer without being constrained by components which the specialists have prepared as objects to be evaluated, and by organizing and grouping the information thus acquired and displaying together with positions and frequencies of components of interest, it is possible to easily comprehend investigation results. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095257 | ANALYZING USER ACTIONS IN A SOCIAL GRAPH - A method includes collecting user interaction data for one or more users in an extended social network, clustering each of the one or more users into one or more groups of users based on the collected user interaction data for each user, wherein each of the one or more users is clustered into no more than one group of the one or more groups of users, monitoring, over a time period, a change in a size of each group of users at one or more increments of the time period and generating observation information for each group of users during each of the one or more increments of the time period, wherein the observation information is based on the monitored change in size of each group of users. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095258 | CONSUMER ANALYTICS SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES, OFFERS, AND MONITORS USE OF REWARDS INCENTIVIZING CONSUMERS TO PERFORM TASKS - A method and system are provided for providing incentives and rewards to consumers in return for their sharing of their electronically-derived consumer location data and sharing their opinions and feedback. The system may be programmed to determine parameters of a reward offered to an individual consumer or group of consumers based on or more criteria. In addition, location-derived insights and information reported by the consumers may be used to segment and customize the available incentives and rewards for each consumer. Reward redemption analytics may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of reward customization. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095259 | OFFERING SURVEY RESPONSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE - A system for offering survey response opportunities for sale to purchasers in a survey market system that is associated with a consumer analytics system. A survey response “opportunity” may be an expectation of the system that, if a survey is distributed, a response will be received and represents a chance for a potential surveyor to request that a survey be distributed on its behalf. Using the system, a purchaser may specify one or more conditions for distribution of a survey and one or more questions to be included in the survey, and request that a consumer analytics system distribute the survey in response to detecting that the conditions are met. For example, if a condition relates to consumer behavior, a survey may be distributed in response to detecting, from an analysis of location data indicating geographic locations of the consumer, that the consumer engaged in the behavior. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095260 | TRACKING BRAND STRENGTH USING CONSUMER LOCATION DATA AND CONSUMER SURVEY RESPONSES - Techniques that may be used by a consumer analytics system to track consumers' knowledge of brands and interactions with brands based in part on location data for consumers and responses to surveys that are distributed to consumers based at least in part on location data for the consumers. Such location data may be received, for example, from mobile devices operated by the consumers. A brand strength may represent any suitable measurement of a fraction or share of a market category. In some embodiments, a consumer analytics system may determine brand strength for a business using factors that each represent a “share” of a market category held by a business. The system may additionally track changes in these factors over time. Examples of factors that may be tracked include brand awareness for a business, brand accessibility for the business, brand consideration, brand usage, and brand favorites. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095261 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING STAND POPULATION, STAND CONSISTENCY AND STAND QUALITY IN AN AGRICULTURAL CROP AND ALERTING USERS - A computer-based system for combining data related to stand population, consistency and quality in agricultural crops and dynamically analyzing the data whereby stand determinations based on that analysis during a crop growing season can be made. The system is programmed to alert a user (farmer) or other designated parties when the stand fails to meet user-defined parameters. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095262 | Sales system and business method including computer apparatus and product for and method of determining price - A portable, handheld computer apparatus is used by a contractor's representative to determine the price of construction services at a job site in real time for presentation to a customer. Stored in a memory of the apparatus is data providing costs of a plurality of different construction materials used in building a structure at the customer's job site including at least some visual images of different construction materials to be displayed on the apparatus' display screen. This enables a customer to see the image and make a selection of materials while at the job site and after viewing the images. The apparatus has a program that based at least in part upon the specific materials selected by the customer and other information entered by the contractor's representative determines the total costs and a profit. The contractor's representative while at the job site and in real time may present a contract to the customer for the construction services. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095263 | COMPREHENSIVE COST MODELING OF SUSTAINABLY AUTOGENOUS SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, MATERIAL RESOURCES AND NUTRIENT REGIMES - A cost accounting system and method of promoting four organizing principles of sustainability measurement: (1) the principle of measuring “sustainably autogenous systems” (nature and behavior) for efficiency engineering to achieve measurable increases in EROEI; (2) the principle of measuring “full spectrum renewable energy technology” to include: (a) integrative design engineering for increased energy production capacity by the combination, synergy and aggregation of solar, wind, geothermal, moving water, biomass conversion; and (b) integrative design engineering to achieve measurable increases in economic capacity of produced capital by infrastructure engineering; (3) the principle of measuring hydrogen-carbon dissociation to achieve measurable increase in renewable energy value and measurable increase in renewable material resource value and (4) the principle of measuring the liberation of local economic talent by creating local jobs in sustainability programs and eliciting local leadership so as to achieve measurable increases in program governance, mission development, entrepreneurship, innovation, and community development. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095264 | Methods for Incentivizing Clients Engaged in Pre-Transaction Navigation of an Online Image or Text-Based Project Creation Service - A system for working with image and or text-based projects includes a server having a processor and a data repository, with software running from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing functions for establishing a client-server connection between the server and a user-operated appliance, maintaining a data session between a user through a graphics user interface (GUI), monitoring and recording working behaviors of the users, determining that a user should be incentivized to purchase a particular product, determining an amount for the incentive based in part on the parameters of the particular product, and providing notification, at a dynamically determined time during the instant active session, or at some time after the session, to individual ones or to the group of users of the availability of and the value of the incentive. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT VENDOR SELECTION - Systems and methods for facilitating complex purchasing decision across a plurality of potential product vendors are based on accumulating pricing, logistical (inventory, shipping, transport, etc.), and performance (past delivery timeliness, satisfaction, etc.) information from a spectrum of relevant sources (vendors, shippers, warehouses, distributors, manufacturers, etc.) and using linear optimization methods to identify one or more recommended vendors from whom to buy a given product at a given logistical moment. The linear optimization analysis is preferably further refined by considering vendor selection priorities of the purchaser, which may be either purchaser-specific or may be generalized to a category of purchaser (such as government versus private, employee size, etc.). | 2014-04-03 |
20140095266 | SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCIAL ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH CUSTOM QUALIFIER PARAMETERS - A system is provided that implements a qualifier. The system selects a qualifier definition that defines the qualifier; where the qualifier definition includes a computer program code definition including one or more conditions. The system further selects a condition from the one or more conditions, where the condition includes a parameter. The system further determines that the parameter is a custom parameter, where a custom parameter indicates that an external computer program is used to generate a value for the custom parameter. The system further invokes the external computer program to generate a value for the custom parameter. The system further evaluates the condition using the generated value. The system further evaluates the qualifier definition using the evaluated condition. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095267 | EXECUTING A BUSINESS PROCESS IN A FRAMEWORK - Various embodiments of systems and methods for executing a customized business process in a business process framework are described herein. A user selection of a solution type corresponding to a business process is received from a user interface. In response to the user selection, a query is executed to retrieve application types and corresponding sub-application types from a business logic stored in a database. Configurable attributes are generated based upon the application types and the corresponding sub-application types. Based upon the application types, the sub-application types and the configurable attributes, the business process is customized to create a customized business process. Based upon a configuration information, a user input to the customized business process is captured from the user interface. The user input is validated by comparing the user input with the business logic. The customized business process that is validated is further executed in the business process framework. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING CONTACT CENTER SUPERVISOR DECISION MAKING - Various embodiments of systems and methods for facilitating decision making in a business operation are described herein. In an embodiment, the method involves receiving a first set of data representing predefined optimal performance factors of the business operation and generating a performance baseline based on an aggregate of the optimal performance factors. Further, the method involves receiving, in real-time, a second set of data representing performance measures initiated by a plurality of entities and predicting a potential business performance based on analyzing a collective impact of the initiated performance measures on a current business performance. In another aspect, the method involves comparing the predicted business performance with the generated performance baseline and providing a recommendation on the initiated performance measures based on the comparison. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095269 | AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT CENTER - Systems and methods for providing an automated assessment to a user may include authenticating, by a processor, the user for the automated assessment, providing, by the processor, a description of a job to the user, providing, by the processor, a plurality of tasks to the user, receiving, by the processor, a plurality of responses, wherein each response is elicited by at least one of the plurality of tasks, associating, by the processor, one or more first numerical scores with at least one response, providing, by the processor, at least a portion of a response to an evaluator for evaluation according to predetermined criteria, receiving, by the processor, one or more evaluations for at least a portion of one response, associating, by the processor, one or more second numerical scores that correspond to at least one evaluation and processing, by the processor, the one or more first numerical scores and the one or more second numerical scores to obtain an assessment rating. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095270 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING GRANTS - A system and method for managing grants is provided. A method includes multiple entities associated with a grant, each having an instance of a grant management application. Each instance of the grant management application includes the capability to receive disparate fiscal, human resource, and program data associated with the grant, and to compare the combined data to a goal of the grant to determine the entity's performance to the goal. The combination of instances of the grant management application allows for a complete roll-up of individual entity's performance into a total performance for the funder of the grant and according to the funder's specifications. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095271 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095272 | Systems and Methods for Generation of Incentive Offers for On-Road Users - Systems and methods for generating incentive offers for road use are provider. Incentive offers may be generated by a service provider server. The incentive offers may be generated b identifying, by the computer having at least one processor, at least one use-condition associated with a transit point based at least in part on historical transit data. The generating the incentive offers may include generating one or more offers for a plurality of toll collections passes configured to enable the at least one use-condition associated with the transit point. Further, the method may provide for facilitating a distribution for the one or more incentive offers to a use group. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095273 | BASKET AGGREGATOR AND LOCATOR - A system and method for determining a basket, or total, price of items in a shopping list from various retailers is provided. Items may be added to the shopping list based on, for example, a coupon related to an item, items added to the shopping list by a user, items listed in a recipe, and items suggested for the user. The system may determine the price of the items from the various retailers and whether incentives are available for the items. If available and applicable, the incentives are applied to the total price for each retailer and a price comparison of total prices is generated. The price comparison results may be transmitted via various communication channels and may be displayed on a map. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095274 | Lost Item Database to Facilitate Recovery of Lost Items - In one embodiment, a system and method for monitoring lost items, includes a database configured to store lost item information, the lost item information pertaining to lost items recovered at one or more establishments; and a computing device operatively connected to the database, the computing device operable to: (i) receive lost item information for a given lost item that has been recovered at the one or more establishments; (ii) entry of a lost item record for the given lost item into the database, the lost item record includes the lost item information for the given lost item; (iii) browse or search the database to locate lost item of a current or prior patron of the one or more establishments; and (iv) facilitating transmission of an electronic recovery notification to the current or prior patron when the lost item of the current or prior patron has been located in the database. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095275 | PROMOTIONAL CODE DISTRIBUTION USING MOBILE DEVICES - Improved systems and methods to distribute codes, such as promotional codes, are disclosed. The improved systems and methods can enable recipients to acquire a downloadable asset from a networked-based distribution system. In one embodiment, through use of mobile devices, a code can be delivered and redeemed to acquire a downloadable asset with minimal burden to developer and recipient. In one implementation, delivery of the code to the recipient mobile device can be facilitated by providing the mobile device of the developer closely proximate to the mobile device of the recipient. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095276 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OFFERING COMBINATIONS OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR PURCHASE AND CONTROLLING EXPENSES - A method and system are provided for bundling primary goods or services offered by a first entity with secondary goods or services offered by a second entity. Using the system, lodging services (such as in the form of a lodging reservation) may be bundled with food (such as food or meal vouchers), whereby a customer may make a single reservation that includes a room reservation from a lodging provider and a food/meal voucher associated with a food services provider, such as for a single price. A method and system are also provided for issuing and redeeming value vouchers, such as upon presentation of a voucher by a customer to a food vendor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095277 | DETAIL-IN-CONTEXT LENSES FOR INTERACTING WITH BJECTS IN DIGITAL IMAGE PRESENATIONS - Methods for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for initiating a control operation for a user-selectable video game character, for emphasizing an advertisement in a computer generated display, and for presenting multiple GUIs in desktop user interfaces using detail-in-context graphical distortions. The method for initiating an electronic shopping transaction, for a user-selectable item presented in a computer generated original image on a display, comprising: receiving a selection signal for the item from a user; distorting the original image to produce a distorted region for the item to provide the user with detailed information for the item; and, receiving a purchase signal for the item from the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR EVENT-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - A social network is associated with an event. The event is joined by individuals who have visibility of others joined to the event via a third party network or via the social network. Demographic data is collected on the individuals joined to the event based on their social behaviour. Demographic patterns are extracted from the demographic data and individuals are targeted for ads based on the demographic patterns. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095279 | Web-based Marketing Method - An Internet marketing venue focused around a Web-based casual game. The game is an entertainment site designed for simplicity of play with low commitment. Sponsors provide prizes and rewards, which are made available to the highest-scoring players. These winners select the prizes they most prefer, while non-winners earn points to be “spent” on rewards they choose. In this way, sponsors are connected to customers with both a proven interest and emotional investment in their products. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095280 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN PROGRAM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An example game system ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095281 | CONSUMER ANALYTICS SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES, OFFERS, AND MONITORS USE OF REWARDS INCENTIVIZING CONSUMERS TO PERFORM TASKS - A method and system are provided for providing incentives and rewards to consumers in return for their sharing of their electronically-derived consumer location data and sharing their opinions and feedback. The system may be programmed to determine parameters of a reward offered to an individual consumer or group of consumers based on or more criteria. In addition, location-derived insights and information reported by the consumers may be used to segment and customize the available incentives and rewards for each consumer. Reward redemption analytics may also be used to evaluate the effectiveness of reward customization. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095282 | Methods and Apparatus for Advertising and Sale Promotion - A method for advertising and sales comprising: a first electronic device which is carried by an ad agent, wherein said first electronic device contains a list of ad products used by said ad agent and wherein when first electronic device inquired by a second electronic device which is carried by a potential buyer that is located within proximity to said ad agent, first electronic device provides information about said ad products to said second electronic device. The method further comprises servers which receive and store information on the inquiries performed to between said first and second electronic devices and enables on-line purchasing of the ad products. Ad products are typically consumer products including shoes, clothes, bags, apparel, watches, glasses, luggage cases, accessories, mp3 players, cellular phones, tablets and laptops. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095283 | REFERRAL BASED MARKETING SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for managing referrals for referred products, including providing rewards in response to accepting a purchase transaction request for the referred product, executing a purchase transaction related to the request, and receiving referring consumer identification data. Referring consumer identification data may be transmitted to the first electronic device after an account is created. A product data request relating to a referred product may be received from a first electronic device associated with a referring consumer, and the product data may be transmitted to the first electronic device. A purchase transaction request for the referred product and the referring consumer identification data may be received from a second electronic device associated with a referred consumer. A reward may be provided to the referring consumer in response to executing the purchase transaction, and may be based on the purchase transaction request. A purchase reward for the referred product may also be provided to the referred consumer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095284 | USING UPGRADE OPTIONS TO PROVIDE PRICE DIFFERENTIATION FOR TRAVEL PRODUCTS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates a purchase of a travel product. Upon receiving a commitment to purchase the travel product from a first supplier by a buyer, the system presents the buyer with a first upgrade option of a first premium travel product from a second supplier. If the buyer accepts the first upgrade option, the system processes the purchase with the first premium travel product. If the buyer declines the first upgrade option, the system processes the purchase with the travel product. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095285 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING CONSUMER SHOPPING PURCHASE-DECISION - A method comprises: (a) receiving from a mobile device (MD) a first list identifying an item and a store list identifying a store. The first list of items at each store represents a basket; (b) for each store, performing in a computer remote from the MD a comparison calculation among baskets. The calculation is performed at the category or lower level, identifying a combination of commercial substitutes or at least SKU's, corresponding to items in the basket, that best satisfies the comparison calculation for each basket; (c) after step (b), receiving from a computer implemented direct marketing campaign management system, a retail incentive offer; and (d) after step (c), transmitting to the MD identification of a recommended store, or a second list containing a set of respective SKU level descriptors that best satisfy the comparison calculation for the basket, and results corresponding to the baskets for the other store. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095286 | Private Third Party Validation of Hardware Identification for Offer Enrollment - Systems and methods are described herein for validating computer hardware identification information. A validation server can receive a request from an offer provider to validate an instance of computer hardware for enrollment in an offer. The offer may be associated with a service identifier. The validation server can request a hardware identification code from the instance of computer hardware. The validation server can receive the hardware identification code from the instance of computer hardware. The validation server can validate that the hardware identification code is eligible to enroll in the offer associated with the service identifier and then transmit a response to the offer provider indicating the validated status while maintaining privacy of the hardware identification code away from the offer provider. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC AND IDENTIFIABLE COUPON REDEMPTION - A method for distributing coupons includes: storing consumer profiles, each profile including a consumer identifier and authentication information; storing coupons, each coupon including a coupon identifier, consumer identification, reward, and merchant identifier; receiving a request, the request including authentication data and merchant information; identifying a consumer profile for a consumer based on the authentication information and the authentication data; identifying a coupon associated with the merchant information and the consumer profile; and transmitting, to a merchant, the coupon. A method for applying coupons includes: receiving a coupon, the coupon including an identifier, reward, and a merchant or product identifier; transmitting the coupon to a consumer where the coupon includes the merchant identifier or the product identifier corresponds to the product; receiving instruction to apply the coupon; modifying a transaction amount based on the associated reward; and submitting an authorization request for the transaction based on the modified amount. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095288 | NETWORK CENTRIC LOYALTY SYSTEM - A network centric system that enables participation by any number of entities including sponsors, issuers, merchants, portable devices, and acceptance point devices in one or more loyalty programs is provided. Any combination of entities may be specified for different loyalty programs. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095289 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING AN ONLINE TRANSACTION - The present invention relates to an electronic transaction system that facilitates electronic transactions where one or more initial transactions and one or more subsequent transactions are carried out. The subsequent transactor accrues a certain amount of credit based on the value and/or nature of the subsequent transaction. The subsequent transactor must then allocate the accrued credit to an initial transactor or initial transaction, or this may be carried out automatically for them to random initial transactors. In return, the initial transactor may accrue further credit in an even more subsequent transaction, and allocate it to the subsequent transactor, thereby repaying the favour. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095290 | SAVINGS-GUARANTEE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method for comparing pricing of selected products over a certain period of time is disclosed. The method may begin with completing, by a computer system, a plurality of transactions between a first business and a particular customer. The plurality of transactions may comprise the purchase, by the particular customer, of a plurality of goods from the first business. The method may further including recording, by the computer system, an actual cost charged the particular customer for the plurality of goods. The computer system may also calculate a first hypothetical cost reflecting what the particular customer would have been charged for the plurality of goods had the plurality of goods been purchased from a second business. Accordingly, the computer system may generate a comparison between the actual cost and the first hypothetical cost and present the comparison to the particular customer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095291 | MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A media distribution system ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140095292 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Each of the calling and the receiving side mobile terminals repeats transmitting its identification information to the base station and receiving notice information from the base station at certain time intervals. When a telephone call is made, the calling side mobile terminal transmits telephone number information to the base station, upon receiving the telephone number information, the base station transmits the identification information of the calling side mobile terminal to the receiving side mobile terminal which corresponds to the received telephone number information, and upon receiving the identification information, the receiving side mobile terminal displays, from among a predetermined number of moving image contents stored in advance, a moving image content corresponding to notice information most recently received from the base station on its display section for a predetermined period of time. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095293 | SOCIAL CONNECTIONS THROUGH TAGABLE APPAREL - Disclosed are a method, a device and a system of social connection broadcast data publication through a social-networkable apparel server using a radial algorithm to automatically distribute the social connection broadcast data on a set of user profiles having associated verified addresses in a threshold radial distance from a set of geospatial coordinates associated with a tagging of a taggable apparel generated through a computing device. In one embodiment, the social connection broadcast data is radially distributed as a broadcast data to (1) a set of recipients through an internet protocol (IP) based network (2) a set of merchants through the IP based network and/or (3) a set of user profiles in a circular geo-fenced area defined by the threshold radial distance from the set of geospatial coordinates associated with the tagging of the taggable apparel generated through the computing device through the radial algorithm of a neighborhood broadcasting system. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095294 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING CONTEXT-AWARE BROADCAST AND VIRTUAL VISUALIZATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS - A mechanism is described for facilitating context-aware broadcast and virtual visualization of advertisements according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes evaluating, via data management logic, context-aware data, and recommending, via advertisement recommendation logic, a context-aware advertisement based the evaluation of the context-aware data, and wherein the recommended context-aware advertisement is placed via at least one of a radio of a vehicle or a computing device within a proximity of the vehicle, wherein the computing device includes a mobile computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING CALENDAR OPTIMIZATION - Disclosed is an improved approach to implement and handle promotion optimization by an enterprise software application. Promotion optimization functionality is provided to permit customer controlled rules to be processed for the promotions. The promotion optimization functionality in some embodiments include adding exclusions sets, improving the buy-down calculation, increased flexibility when entering event costs, better support for different causal types, and/or new parameters that provide greater flexibility. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND REPORTING GEOFENCE PERFORMANCE METRICS - A method of tracking an advertising campaign is provided. Information about clicks made on advertisements distributed to mobile devices in the advertising campaign as well as information about numbers of impressions made on mobile devices in the advertising campaign is retrieved. Click-through-rates of impressions within a defined geofence are calculated and broken down into click-through-rates in each of a plurality of different sub-areas within the defined geofence based on physical locations identified in metadata of the information about clicks. A report may then be generated for the defined geofence identifying the click-through-rates for the different sub-areas within the defined geofence. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095297 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR MOBILE ADVERTISING CONVERSATION ATTRIBUTION - A method for mobile advertising conversion attribution can include receiving, for example, at a conversion tracking server, a signal from a user device indicating that a conversion tag has been received. The signal can include a segment identifier, and a user agent (UA) and/or an internet protocol (IP) address of the user device. A conversion identifier can be defined that is associated with the segment identifier, the UA, and/or the IP address. The conversion identifier can be stored in a first database along with an indication of when the conversion identifier was received. A second database can be searched for an advertisement identifier that matches the conversion identifier and was received within a predetermined period of time before the conversion identifier. If a match between the conversion identifier and an advertisement identifier is located, a signal indicating that an advertisement was converted can be sent to an advertiser. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EFFECTIVE OFFERS TO REPLACE MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile communications device needs to be replaced. An evaluation is made as to which offers were effective in replacing devices of the same type as the mobile communications device. Based on the evaluation, an offer is generated to replace the mobile communications device with a replacement mobile communications device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRESENTATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS - A system and method for the presentation of advertisements is present. According to one embodiment, a number of impressions of an advertisement message are presented over a computer network such as the Internet to a variety of viewer computers. Depending on the actions taken by the viewers (e.g., whether the Viewer selects the advertising message and accesses a web-link to the advertiser's web-site), bonus exposure (e.g., an additional number of impressions provided to the viewers) of the advertising message is given. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095300 | Advertising System - An advertising system including one or more advertisements, at least one identification means and a consumer portal, said consumer portal linked to at least one database wherein the database includes data relating to the one or more advertisements and records further data relating to the input of the identification means into the consumer portal such that cost per lead or cost per acquisition advertising models can be applied to printed advertising campaigns. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095301 | REVENUE ADJUSTMENT PROCESSES - In a system that provides an open exchange environment to connect business entities through a network, methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for performing a revenue adjustment process to distribute one of a revenue surplus or a revenue deficit amongst business entities involved in one or more transactions from which the one of the revenue surplus or the revenue deficit originates over a predefined time interval, the performing including identifying a set of business entities involved in the one or more transactions to which the one of the revenue surplus or the revenue deficit is to be distributed; and determining a proportion of the one of the revenue surplus or the revenue deficit to which each business entity of the set is distributed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095302 | Enhanced Commercial Offer Presentation System - The present application discloses devices, methods and systems that target a user with commercial offers having geographic and/or time-based qualities. The invention can include an aggregation system that presents the user with a map showing aggregated data for a plurality of commercial offers within a predetermined geographic area. The commercial offers can be presented to users in a staggered time-based manner to negate or minimize overwhelming a vendor with a large but temporary increase in business due to a plurality of users utilizing commercial offers. The commercial offer can also diminish over time to better determine the ability of the commercial offer system to acquire repeat business for the vendor. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095303 | Apparatus and Method for Personalizing Maps - Provided is a process for personalizing an interactive map that includes the following: receiving a user request to view an interactive map; determining a map extent responsive to the request; obtaining a profile of the user; personalizing, with a computer, an interactive map based on the profile; and presenting the personalized map to the user. Personalizing includes determining whether to depict geographic features within the map extent in the personalized map based on the profile, and formatting a depiction of the features to have, for each respective feature, a prominence determined based on the profile. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095304 | Providing Notifications for Redeeming Offers Based on External Signals - A system and methods for automatically generating and providing notifications with suggestions of unredeemed offers to users who have acquired them, based on external signals that are generated by determining user interests, for example, user intentions, user actions, or significant events relating to users. The user interests may be determined from multiple sources for example, emails, calendars, locations, searches, social network streams, social graphs, etc. This technology searches through unredeemed offers associated with users and co-relates them with user interests to identify unredeemed offers that may be appropriate to the user interests and generates notifications suggesting the appropriate unredeemed offers before they expire. The notifications may be provided to users via email, instant messaging, social streams, SMS/MMS messages, telephone calls, among other methods for electronic communication. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCENTIVE BASED DRIVING - Methods and systems for providing incentives for safe driving include collecting data from a vehicle monitoring system, analyzing the data from the vehicle monitoring system to create a driver report with an overall score, delivering the driver report to a target driver, and rewarding the target driver based on at least the overall score. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095306 | DIGITAL SIGN ADVERTISEMENT SELECTION BASED ON MOBILE DEVICE ACTIVITY - Various embodiments are directed to cooperation among computing devices to employ visually identifiable traits of a person and data concerning their online activities to determine subjects of interest to them and select advertisements. An apparatus comprises a processor circuit; an interface operative to communicatively couple the processor circuit to a network; and a storage communicatively coupled to the processor circuit and arranged to store a sequence of instructions operative on the processor circuit to: monitor online activities comprising interactions with a computing device via the interface and the network; store collected data about the online activities; store profile data comprising visually identifiable traits; detect a signage device; and form a link with the signage device via the interface and transmit the profile data to the signage device via the link in response to detection of the signage device. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095307 | SPOTTING TRENDS BY IDENTIFYING INFLUENTIAL CONSUMERS - Relevant information for a plurality of consumers may be gathered from a plurality of electronic devices. Influence information is determined from a correlation between the relevant information and one or more items. The influence information may be used to identify one or more influencers. Information gathered from contemporary online behavior of the one or more influencers with respect to one or more categories of items may be used to identify a trend with respect to one or more particular items in the one or more categories. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095308 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A specifying unit | 2014-04-03 |
20140095309 | Method and Apparatus for Targeted Advertisement Delivery - A computer implemented method includes retrieving one or more data elements relating to user shopping habits. The method also includes identifying one or more merchants along a route corresponding to the one or more data elements. The method further includes identifying at least one advertisement for at least one of the one or more merchants. Also, the method includes presenting the advertisement to a vehicle occupant, as a vehicle moves within a perimeter of a merchant for which an advertisement has been identified. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095310 | Methods and Apparatus for Advertising and Sale Promotion - A method for advertising and sales comprising: a first electronic device which is carried by an ad agent, wherein said first electronic device contains a list of ad products used by said ad agent and wherein when first electronic device inquired by a second electronic device which is carried by a potential buyer that is located within proximity to said ad agent, first electronic device provides information about said ad products to said second electronic device. The method further comprises servers which receive and store information on the inquiries performed between said first and second electronic devices and enables on-line purchasing of the ad products. Ad products are typically consumer products including shoes, clothes, bags, apparel, watches, glasses, luggage cases, accessories, mp3 players, cellular phones, tablets and laptops. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095311 | Pizza Sales Promotion - A process for promoting sales of a food item. The process may include receiving an order for an ordered food item to be delivered to a first location and sending a vehicle with the ordered food item towards the first location. The process may include sending one or more secondary food items along with the vehicle, preparing a list of the one or more secondary food items, preparing a list of one or more customers, and broadcasting a first message including the list of secondary food items to one or more customers on the list of one or more customers. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095312 | Method and System for Delivering Electronic Communications - A system directs a browser or browsing application associated with a user to a targeted web site after the user performs at least two activations or “clicks” of his pointing device. The first “click” is typically on a communication provided by the system, serving as an intermediary, and the second “click” is typically on a first data object or web page of the intermediary, before the browser of the user is redirected to a second data object or targeted web page, typically associated with a party unrelated to the party or entity controlling the system. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095313 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SECURELY COLLECTING, SAFEGUARDING, AND DISSEMINATING ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION - Applicant has created methods, systems, and computer readable media for securely collecting, safeguarding, and disseminating electronically stored information to facilitate an account owner's management of her personal, private, business, and legal documents. The method for safeguarding can include a double authentication process that only grants exclusive access to an account owner's encrypted information through the use of a uniquely generated security key. The method for collecting information can include a real-time encryption process to permit an account holder to securely upload and store electronic media in category-based compartmentalized locations. Further, the method can include a process for generating category-based advertisements through an integrated marketing platform with geo-fencing capabilities to facilitate the account owner's selection of a variety of services related to the stored information. Finally, the method for disseminating information can include authenticating a request to disseminate the stored information to one or more trustees. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095314 | TIME POST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING - A system and method allows anyone to advertise using the language and attributes of a standard time clock. The present invention allows anyone to visit a website, purchase a fixed length of time (typically from 15 seconds to 6 minutes) to represent duration of one period of display of an advertisement, and specify frequency of periods of display of the advertisement within allowed parameters. The system and method maintains freshness of advertisements by limiting one particular advertisement to be displayed no more than once per period. The date or dates of display may also be specified. The pricing structure of the present invention charges a fixed price based on the specified duration of the advertisement. The limitations also level the playing field preventing large entities from monopolizing the entire duration for advertisements. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095315 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH REVEAL OF DYNAMIC CONTENT - A mobile device displays a page-turn icon with abbreviated dynamic content. When a user interacts with the page-turn icon, additional dynamic content is revealed. Dynamic content may be selected and/or controlled by an operating system or a mobile application. Analytics may be collected that describe user behaviour when interacting with the dynamic content. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095316 | MOBILE ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure generally relates to an application for displaying advertisements. The application resides on a mobile device or an electronic device with mobile networking capability and is in communication with a user database mediation server and an advertisement inventory server. The application and associated servers are adapted to acquire users' permission to automatically display advertisements on the incoming call screen of their electronic device, connect users who wish to view advertisements on their electronic device whenever they receive a call from one another, download an advertisement to a contact image record of a users' electronic device address book, display a contact record, and credit users for the calls that they place to other users which result in the display of an advertisement on the other user's electronic device. Related systems and methods are described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095317 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED MEDIA DELIVERY TO MOBILE DEVICES AND MOBILE DEVICE LOCKSCREENS - A method and system for automated media delivery to mobile devices and mobile device lockscreens. The method includes receiving a first media request associated with a first target device, obtaining a first user account associated with the first media request, wherein the first user account comprises first user category criteria; selecting a first user-submitted media item based on the first user category criteria, and sending, to the first target device, the first user-submitted media object, wherein the first user-submitted media object is presented on a lock screen of the first target device. The method further includes receiving a second media request associated with the first target device, selecting a first advertiser-submitted media object based on the first user category criteria, and sending, to the first target device, the first advertiser-submitted media object, wherein the first advertiser-submitted media object is presented on the lock screen of the first target device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095318 | Personalized Advertising at a Point of Sale Unit - Methods and apparatuses are provided to deliver advertisements personalized for customers proximate a point of sale unit, e.g., a fuel dispenser. A visual information capturing unit captures visual information of an object, e.g., an image, a shape, etc., disposed in a specified range of the point of sale unit, e.g., within 6 feet of the point of sale unit. A processor determines a visually perceptible characteristic of the object based on the visual information, selects an advertisement based on the determined characteristic, and outputs the selected advertisement from an advertisement unit proximate the point of sale unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095319 | Text-Based Communication Services Based On User-Specified Privacy Settings - A text-based communication service executes a collaborative data security protocol and/or pricing of services based at least in part on a user-specified privacy policy. The user-specified privacy policy may dictate, for example, a manner of filtering or encryption of user text and may be implemented in text-based communication services including, without limitation, webmail, social networking, web search and Instant Messaging services. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095320 | System and Method for Determining Related Digital Identities - Internet advertising to users of web browser personal computer systems is a very large and mature industry. However, many new digital devices such as cellular telephones, table computer systems, and video game console are now presenting an even larger internet advertising market. Although the techniques used for targeting advertisements to web browsers on personal computers are sophisticated, the techniques for accurately targeting internet advertisements to these new digital devices are limited. To improve the quality of targeting advertisements on new digital devices a set of techniques for accurately pairing digital identities is disclosed. Once various digital identities are linked, all of the accumulated digital profile information from these linked digital identities may be used to accurately select advertisements for all of the linked digital devices. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095321 | SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS - A method of collecting resources and making them available to charitable institutions comprises creating a fund that allocates at least one third of its capital gain to one or more charitable institutions, making investment fund shares available to an Internet content provider, the Internet content provider joining the fund, disclosing that the Internet content provider has joined the fund and allocating at least a proportional share of the profits earned by the Internet content provider, through to the navigation of a Web navigator through contents of the Internet content provider, to the purchase of fund shares. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095322 | Advertising Management - Disclosed are, among other things, techniques to allow advertising management, providing a framework to share ad revenue between authors, publishers, hosts, or other stakeholders of content, and enforcing rules for advertisements. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095323 | Method of Second Price Auction with Monopoly Reserve Price and Apparatus Conducting the Same - The present application relates to systems and computer-implemented methods for conducting a second price auction associated with an opportunity to realize an online advertisement. In some implementations, advertisers may be informed with the opportunity to realize the online advertisement, and may be provided with information associated with a user that may view the opportunity to realize the online advertisement; an individual reserve price may then be determined for each advertiser, based on the advertiser's individual bidding preference and the information associated with the user; and then the auction may be conducted to determine a winning bidder among candidate advertisers whose bidding price is higher than the individual reserve price associated therewith, using second price method. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095324 | Systems and Methods for Serving Secure Content - A method and system for maintaining and delivering secure online content includes facilitating registration of secure content with an online content placement auction system, auditing the registered content to ensure security requirements for the registered content are met, and holding an auction among bidders for placement of content in a secure online content space. The process of holding an auction for the content space includes receiving a call for secure content to be served in the content space, transmitting a bid request to bidders in response to the call, receiving bid replies having bid amounts and proposed content to be securely served in the content space, and determining a qualifying subset of the received bid replies having proposed content approved as secure. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095325 | OPTIMIZING MONETIZATION WITH BRAND IMPACT SCORING - Systems and methods for generating a bid for use in a content auction include providing brand-related content to a client device for presentation with first-party content. The method also includes receiving activity data indicative of online activity regarding the brand and analyzing the activity data to determine a brand impact score. The method further includes generating a content auction bid using the brand impact score. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095326 | Presenting Advertisement On Invocation of Browser Back Button - Some embodiments provide code that enables online content providers the ability to better monetize the visits of bounce visitors using display advertisement. The code is embedded in the landing site of a particular content provider. When the landing site is first loaded, the code creates two entries for the landing site in the browser history unbeknownst to the user with the second entry comprising a forwarded fragment of the landing site that allows the code to continue to run. When the user invokes the browser back button, the code detects the invocation. Rather than transition the user from the second entry of the landing site to the first entry, the code retrieves and displays an advertisement. A second invocation of the browser back button then causes the user access a site of a different content provider that was accessed prior to the landing site of the particular content provider. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095327 | Apparatus and Method for Preserving Advertisements in a Web Page with Dynamically Served Advertisements - A computer implemented method includes fetching a preserved advertisement specified by a first user, fetching a web page specified by the first user, positioning the preserved advertisement in the web page and delivering the preserved advertisement and the web page to a second user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095328 | INTERACTIVE REVEAL AD UNIT - An interactive reveal advertising unit is presented in a webpage. The motion and animation of the advertising unit's creative is tied to the user interaction with the device displaying the webpage, the web page or the advertising unit itself, so that the creative responds directly to the user interaction. The overall layout of the creative elements in the unit is changed based on various factors. The advertising unit also expands to reveal an expanded canvas that displays additional media. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095329 | OPEN CANVAS ADVERTISING UNIT - A full screen advertisement is embedded within the content of a webpage that comprises a plurality of portions that are configured to form fit the display so that each portion of the webpage extends between the four edges of the display. The advertisement is also response as it reshapes to form fit the resolution of the output device. The advertisement also includes a gated content section that can be unlocked through a product purchase or through a social tie-in. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095330 | INTERACTIVE PRODUCT PLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for facilitating the order of commercial products in connection with the display of media content, whereby a player comprises a media production component and an interactive e-commerce component embedded therein. The player with the e-commerce component can be virally copied and propagated from one web page to any number of other web pages. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095331 | MOBILE BARCODE GENERATION AND PAYMENT - An application on user's mobile device (having a display screen) generates a transaction-specific barcode on the display, where the barcode contains a plurality of funding sources for the transaction and/or merchant loyalty, reward, or membership numbers. The barcode can be scanned to make purchases at a point of sale (POS). | 2014-04-03 |
20140095332 | SENDING A COUNTER-OFFER TO USE AN ALTERNATE PAYMENT OPTION - In a method for sending a counter-offer in response to receiving an indication about a point-of-sale transaction, a computer receives from a point-of-sale program a point-of-sale transaction and an indication that the point-of-sale transaction is to be paid for utilizing a first payment option and is to be recorded using a second payment option. The computer determines that a counter-offer is appropriate. The counter-offer includes a request that the point-of-sale transaction be paid for utilizing the second payment option. The computer sends to the point-of-sale program the counter-offer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095333 | System and Method for Purchasing a Playlist Linked to an Event - The present disclosure involves a system and method for conducting an electronic purchasing transaction involving media items associated with an event. The system receives, from a user, a request to purchase a plurality of media items associated with an event. The event may be a sporting event or an entertainment event. The media items may be audio or video items shown at the sporting event or the entertainment event. Using one or more electronic processors, the system compiles the plurality of media items into a playlist. The playlist arranges the media items according to a sequence in which they are presented during the event. Thereafter, the system conducts an electronic purchasing transaction in which the playlist containing the media items is sold to the user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRODUCT UPGRADE TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for facilitating upgrade transactions for certain purchased products is disclosed. Information regarding a purchased product may be stored in a database, and upgrade options and upgrade pricing information regarding the purchased product may be displayed to the customer. A mobile application may be used by the customer to purchase the original product, and the mobile application may further allow the customer to track upgrade options for the product and to initiate the upgrade transaction. When a customer initiates an upgrade transaction, an upgrade payment is matched to the originally purchased product. The upgrade payment may be sent from the mobile application. The system and method may then arrange for the return, or trade-in, of the originally purchased product as well as the delivery or pick-up of the upgrade product. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095335 | Method for Dynamic Invoicing of Print Vendors at Real-Time Negotiated or Advertised Pricing for Online Printing Services - A system for locking in a dynamically changing pricing for an electronic print order among a grouping of two or more print vendors over a data network includes a server connected to the network, the server having access to least one processor and a data repository, the server including a non-transitory physical medium, and software running from the non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function for recording a current vendor price associated with vendor completion and shipping of the print order, a second function for generating an invoice covering the print order according to the vendor price, and a third function for electronically sending the invoice along with the print order. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE VALUATION MANAGEMENT - The exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for providing vehicle valuation management services on a computer system. The computer system includes a tangible storage medium readable by the instruction processing system and storing instructions for execution by the instruction processing system. The method comprises receiving a request from a client for a value quote of a vehicle, and determining the curb weight of the vehicle. The method further comprises determining estimated freight costs to obtain the vehicle, and sending the value quote of the vehicle to the client. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR EVENT-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING - A social network is associated with an event. The event is joined by individuals who have visibility of others joined to the event via a third party network or via the social network. Demographic data is collected on the individuals joined to the event based on their social behaviour. Demographic patterns are extracted from the demographic data and individuals are targeted for ads based on the demographic patterns. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095338 | MULTI-SOURCE CONFIGURATOR CONTENT PROCESSING FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS DOCUMENT TO CONTRACT CREATION - An authored contract document can be created based on an existing RFx sourcing document such as a “terms and conditions” document. This RFx sourcing document can be the product of collaboration and editing by unrelated bidders, thus creating bidder-specific RFx documents. The authored contract document can be created using a rules-based multi-source configurator. This multi-source configurator can include in or exclude from the authored contract document clauses or edits that have been made to the RFx document. The multi-source configurator can replace text from the RFx document that is not typically found in or relevant to an authored contract document with contract-specific text that is not typically found in or relevant to an RFx document. The multi-source configurator can add, to the authored contract document, contract-specific text that is not contained within the RFx document. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095339 | ONLINE SERVICE METHOD - An online service method is performed on an online service system including at least one server. The method includes the steps of receiving, with the online service system, bids from service providers in relation to a service to be performed for a customer; receiving, with the online service system, acceptance of one of the bids by the customer; and notifying a service provider server of the online service system to order one or more parts required for the service to be performed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095340 | ONLINE OFFER SYSTEM - An online offer system is directed toward methods and devices that allow a seller to enter information about the attributes of a non-fungible good based on parameter values provided on a database. In response, an automated purchaser issues a firm offer to purchase the good at a set price. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095341 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A CUSTOM MEDIA BUNDLE - Systems and methods for generating a custom media bundle are provided. In some embodiments, a quantity of media to be included in a custom media bundle is determined based on a user profile. A media content collection is selected, and from the media content collection a set of media assets containing a number of media assets corresponding the determined quantity is selected. A custom media bundle is generated that includes the selected set of media assets. In response to a user selection, one or more financial transactions are performed to grant the user access to the set of media assets of the custom media bundle. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095342 | Method for Previewing Orders Placed for Image-Based Projects created through an Electronic Interface from a Mobile Application - A system for creating image and or text-based projects from a mobile application includes a server having access to least one processor, a data repository, and a non-transitory physical medium. Software running from the medium provides a first function for establishing a client server connection between the server and at least one user-operated mobile computing device connected to the network, a second function for initiating an active data session with the user through a graphics user interface (GUI), a third function for capturing a visual likeness of one or more ordered image and or text-based projects, a fourth function for presenting the likeness of the one or more ordered image and or text based projects as the primary indicator of an ordered project, and a fifth function for enabling navigation of and digital expansion of the one or more ordered projects indicated in display on the mobile computing device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095343 | SUPPLY CHAIN ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM WITH CONFIGURE-TO-ORDER ITEM MATCHING - A system is provided that searches and matches data. The system receives a payload including one or more data values, where the one or more data values represent an item configuration. The system further generates a match key for the payload that includes at least one data value of the one or more data values. The system further compares the match key with one or more match keys stored in a match repository. The system further retrieves a configuration item identity from the match repository when the match key matches a match key stored in the match repository, where the configuration item identity represents a previously ordered item configuration. The system further generates a new configuration item identity when the match key does not match a match key stored in the match repository, where the new configuration item identity represents the item configuration. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095344 | CATALOG MANAGEMENT MODULE IN A CUSTOM PRODUCT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A software system may be used to define configurable products for use in a selling application module by sellers of products to define custom configuration of products to satisfy customer needs. During periodic points in time, a subset of all configuration of these configurable products may be offered for sale by sellers user special price terms and conditions. Catalogs of sale products may provide a mechanism for configuring only products that are included within sale products. A catalog manager module may assist in preparing a catalog of product data and related configuration rules associated with only products included within a particular catalog. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095345 | DATA ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A personalized data analysis method is provided, so as to find features having discrimination capability from target analysis items. In particular, a data analysis method includes: acquiring sample data; selecting discriminative features of the sample data; determining, for a target analysis item, whether it has a discriminative feature; and correlating the target analysis item with the discriminative feature in response to having the discriminative feature. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095346 | DATA ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A personalized data analysis method is provided, so as to find features having discrimination capability from target analysis items. In particular, a data analysis method includes: acquiring sample data; selecting discriminative features of the sample data; determining, for a target analysis item, whether it has a discriminative feature; and correlating the target analysis item with the discriminative feature in response to having the discriminative feature. | 2014-04-03 |
20140095347 | BUSINESS EVENT PROCESSING - Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receiving a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing. The operation may include performing an inventory check on the at least one additional listing. | 2014-04-03 |