19th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150127408 | STATIC SCHEDULE REACCOMMODATION - A method for reaccommodating of at least one passenger during irregular operations is disclosed. The method includes continuously receiving transportation information from a transportation system. Based on the transportation information and predefined rules, a reaccommodation event associated with the irregular operations is determined. The passenger affected by the reaccommodation event is identified and data concerning the passenger is received. The data may include personal data, itinerary information, and status information concerning the passenger. The passenger can be prioritized based on the received data. Based on the prioritizing and the transportation information, at least one reaccommodation option is generated and provided to the at least one passenger. The passenger can select or decline the provided option. The passenger is reaccommodated in real time based on the received selection. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127409 | PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER AND PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A project data management server includes a project data DB storing project data containing a project ID, process IDs, and process data such that the project ID, the process IDs, and the process data are associated with each other, supplies to a user terminal project setting screen information used for setting information about a project, receives input contents information indicating contents of user's input from the user terminal displaying a project setting screen which includes a business process list display area containing an input area to which detailed items are input from the user for each business process, and updates project data based on the received input contents information. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127410 | POLICY-BASED SCALING OF COMPUTING RESOURCES IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for policy-driven (e.g., price-sensitive) scaling of computing resources in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). In a typical embodiment, a workload request for a customer will be received and a set of computing resources available to process the workload request will be identified. It will then be determined whether the set of computing resources are sufficient to process the workload request. If the set of computing resources are under-allocated (or are over-allocated), a resource scaling policy may be accessed. The set of computing resources may then be scaled based on the resource scaling policy, so that the workload request can be efficiently processed while maintaining compliance with the resource scaling policy. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127411 | WORKFLOW RULES ENGINE - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a workflow rules engine. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to receive data associated with a plurality of events; determine an identity of a user reviewing at least one of the plurality of events; receive a workflow rule from the user relating to at least one of the plurality of events, wherein the workflow rule causes an action to occur in response to a future occurrence of the event; and implement the rule for future events. The system allows a user to personally configure actions that occur in response to events determined by the system during, for example, a phone call with a customer. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127412 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A workflow management system can be implemented by one or more computing systems or services. The workflow management system may be used with a variety of different types of workflows, such as one or more fulfillment systems. The fulfillment systems can be any type of fulfillment system. For example, the fulfillment systems may fulfill orders for digital items, physical products, gifts, services, or a combination of digital products, physical products, services, and/or gifts. The orders may be electronic orders, orders placed via phone or mail, or the like. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127413 | JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM, JOB EXECUTION PROGRAM, AND JOB EXECUTION METHOD - In order to reduce the load of an approval process when approval is required to execute computation jobs using computer resources, the job execution system according to the present invention groups multiple computation jobs and then requests approval in units of groups, and when approval with respect to a group is obtained, all of the computation jobs included in that group are treated as having obtained approval. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127414 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE AUDITING OF MOBILE COMMERCE BASKETS - The invention relates to systems and methods of selective auditing of mobile commerce baskets based on real-time behavior, profile information, event information, and/or other information in self-scan and other self-serve retail systems. The system may make a comprehensive, real-time, audit decision based on various risk factors that indicate a probability that a given shopping trip in a self-scan system includes a scan error. The audit decision may be parameterized such that different risk factors may be considered and weighted/prioritized with respect to other risk factors. For example, audit parameters may be used to determine which risk factors are used when processing the audit decision. The system may keep track of purchases, audits, and audit results in order to provide real-time reports and analytics. The system may also model audit decisions such that audit decisions may be simulated for a one or more retail locations during different time periods. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127415 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR GENERATING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A MANUFACTURING DEFECT RISK MODEL - Some implementations can include a computerized method, system or computer readable media for generating a manufacturing defect risk assessment model. The method can include obtaining training data for a plurality of loans, the training data can include loan information and a forensic audit finding and deficiency code associated with each loan. The method can also include cleaning the training data to obtain data associated with a time of origination for each loan, and enriching the training data for each loan by adding additional data. The method can further include grouping deficiency codes into one or more classes of defects, in which each class includes one or more related defect codes. The method can also include selecting one or more variables for the manufacturing risk assessment model and assigning a coefficient to each selected variable. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127416 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT - Some implementations can include a computerized method, system or computer readable media for multi-dimensional risk assessment. The method can include obtaining loan application data and preprocessing the loan application data including limit checking values and augmenting the loan application data with information from external sources. The method can further include selecting scoring values corresponding to key scoring variables and scoring the application by processing the scoring values in a multi-dimensional risk assessment system including an operational risk model. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127417 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING FINANCIAL RISK - In one embodiment, forecasting financial risk includes eliciting from multiple risk experts subjective probability distributions regarding the future of a risk index, generating a pooled subjective probability distribution for the index based upon the individual subjective probability distributions, and presenting the pooled subjective probability distribution to users. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127418 | NOTIFYING AN ADVERTISER OF HIGH ENGAGEMENT POSTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - To enhance user engagement with a page posts maintained by a social networking system, a social networking system reviews posts associated with a page (e.g., a business or brand page) in a social networking system and measures a degree of user engagement with each post at one or more measures of exposure (e.g., time points or impressions). The social networking system then identifies posts for which the user engagement exceeds a threshold as high engagement or “hot” posts. An administrator associated with the page is notified of the identified high engagement post and can use this information for further promotion or boosting of the identified high engagement post. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127419 | ITEM-TO-ITEM SIMILARITY GENERATION - A system that generates an item-to-item similarity for a category that includes a plurality of products receives attribute values for each product in the category and product-store-week sales units for each product in the category. The system estimates attribute weights. The system then determines the item-to-item similarity as a weighted attribute match score. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127420 | DETERMINING VELOCITY DATA FOR CONTACT - Embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for determining velocity data. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to determine one or more contacts for a customer; determine a number of communication attempts to the one or more contacts over a predetermined time period; compare the number of communication attempts over the predetermined time period to a maximum number of attempts over the predetermined time period; and exclude the customer from a contact list when the number of communication attempts is greater than or equal to the maximum number of communication attempts for the predetermined time period. The system allows a user to track the total number of contacts across a variety of metrics in order to comply with business decisions and local rules. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127421 | INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - Provided is a server device ( | 2015-05-07 |
20150127422 | Social Network Marketing System and Method - A system is disclosed for providing information including an interface for receiving the information from a source and a delivery channel for transmitting the information to a subscriber. The system may include a commerce component for monetization. The information may be at least partially exclusive. A method is described for transmitting information including receiving the information from a source, and transmitting the information to a subscriber. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AND RATING NON-GAMING ACTIVITIES - A system and method for tracking patron events at a plurality of devices is provided. The plurality of devices include electronic gaming machines and non-gaming machines. Each game device has a value associated therewith. The system includes a plurality of player tracking devices (each associated with one of the electronic gaming machines) and a server. The player tracking devices identify patrons interacting with the system, track wagers made by the patrons on the electronic gaming machines and record wager data. The server receives the wager data and stores the wager data in a database and receives transaction data associated with a transaction associated with the patrons use of the non-gaming devices and stores the transaction data in the database, and establishes a player rating associated with each player as a function of the wager data and the transaction data. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING PANEL AND MEMBERSHIP DATA - A system is provided that allows for retail behavioral insights to be gained by linking research responses with transactional behavioral data. In one implementation, a method is provided to allow linking between customer research panel data with data collected by membership systems for particular users. For instance, behavioral data of a membership club account may be linked to a user's participation in a research panel. Such information may be useful for analyzing the user/consumer and predicting the behavior of the consumer and similar other consumers. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127425 | STRATEGIC MODELING FOR ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION OF GRID-TIED ENERGY ASSETS - One embodiment of the present invention provides an energy-asset control system for utilizing an energy asset to provide one of more modes of operation services. The system includes an economic optimizer configured to identify at least one mode of operation opportunity based on current and/or future market conditions; a prognostics module configured to perform a prognostic analysis associated with the mode of operation opportunity for the energy asset using an existing model, and determine a confidence level associated with the prognostic analysis; and an operation controller. The economic optimizer is further to configured to, in response to the prognostics module determining the confidence level exceeding a predetermined threshold, determine an expected profit of the mode of operation opportunity based on outcomes of the prognostic analysis; and optimize, over a predetermined time period, a usage of the energy asset based on the expected profit of the mode of operation opportunity. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127426 | EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method is provides. The method comprises receiving feedback messaged from a plurality of users via a network, each feedback message capturing user experience information for a user; classifying the feedback messages based on content into at least two categories comprising a negative category for feedback messages of a negative nature and a positive category comprising feedback messages of a positive nature; providing a dashboard for a manger to view at least the feedback message in the negative category, and marking those feedback messages that are most negative in nature; and polling each user who sent a feedback message of a negative nature to determine if a reply to said feedback message for found to be satisfactory. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127427 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE MARKET SEGMENTATION DATA WITH ANONYMOUS LOCATION DATA - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to determine a consumer classification segment. A disclosed example method involves generating, with a processor, a list of consumer classification segments based on geographic indicators associated with a mobile device, associating, with the processor, the mobile device with a first consumer classification segment of the list of consumer classification segments if the geographic indicators were retrieved while a first application was executed, and associating, with the processor, the mobile device with a second consumer classification segment of the list of consumer classification segments if the geographic indicators were retrieved while a second application was executed. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127428 | MOBILE PRICE MATCHING - A method may include receiving, from users, information identifying items purchased by the users, the information including a price for each of the items, and storing the information in a database. The method may also include receiving, from a second number of users, additional information identifying items purchased by the second users, the additional information including a price for each of the items, and identifying a first item in the database that matches a second item associated with purchases by one of the second users. The method may further include determining whether the price for the second item is lower than the price for the first item stored in the database and updating the database to include the second price for the first item, in response to determining that the second price is lower than the first price. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127429 | EXPECTATION PRICE PROVIDING SYSTEM OF USED CAR AND METHOD THEREOF - An expectation price providing system of a used car, which is connected with a vehicle terminal, an insurance company system, and a maintenance shop terminal system through a network, and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a database which stores part state information, driving information, maintenance information, a model, and accident detail information of a vehicle. A server receives accident information of the vehicle from the insurance company system, receives the maintenance information of the vehicle from the maintenance shop terminal system, receives the driving information from the vehicle terminal, reads a basic current used car price corresponding to the model and mileage of the vehicle from the database, and corrects and provides basic current used car price information by referring to the part state information, the maintenance information, and the accident detail information of the vehicle. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127430 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ITEMS AND MANAGING A COLLECTION OF ITEMS - A system for identifying, and managing a collection of items by receives an image or images of a target object, identifies, assists in valuation of and catalogs the object by using computer vision to extract identifying characteristics of the target object from the image or images, searching a data set of items to identify a probable match, and retrieving its stored identification and valuation. If no probable match is found, or if the match probability is below a threshold, the system may send the image to other users to help identify and value the item via crowdsourcing. It will then return the identification and valuation data to the requesting user and update its data set to include the crowdsourced data. The system also may store data relating to individual user collections based on data that it receives in this manner. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127431 | Performance Evaluation System for Stores - Exemplary embodiments are generally directed to evaluating a performance of a store based on data representative of a transaction parameter for the store based on transactions at a point-of-sale terminal in the store. Exemplary embodiments can generate performance data for the store based on the transaction parameter. The performance data indicates performance of the store relative to a goal for a key performance indicator. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127432 | Testing and Evaluating the recoverability of a Process - Aspects of this disclosure relate to a computer for determining the recoverability of a process which may include a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to determine the recoverability of a process, by receiving data relating to a contingency plan for recovering the process, receiving data relating to an organization's execution of the contingency plan during a test of the recoverability of the process, and determining the recoverability of the process based on the data by calculating a cumulative overall score for the recoverability of the process, comparing the cumulative overall score with a rating chart stored in the computer, which includes numerical ranges defining a level of assurance of the recoverability of the process, and determining the recoverability of a process based on the comparison of the cumulative overall score with the rating chart. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127433 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PROVISIONING DISCOUNTS BASED ON TRAVEL DISTANCE - In view of the foregoing, embodiments herein provide methods and systems for providing discounts on basic price of services and/or products, wherein the method comprises allowing a user to select and book at least a service and/or product using a user device, identifying position of the user and a destination of booked service and/or product are available, calculating a predetermined radius from the destination, wherein the predetermined radius is an origin, calculating “as-the-crow-flies” travel distance of the user towards the destination during the user traveling within the origin, applying discounts on basic price of the booked service and/or product, wherein the discounts are dynamically applied based on the travel distance to determine dynamic discounted price, allowing the user to avail the discounts for the booked service and/or product; and allowing the user to make or authorize payment for the booked service and/or product. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127434 | EVENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system comprising an information control system configured to receive item data and event identification data associated with the item data, to format the item data and the event identification data, and to provide the item data and the event identification data to an event display. A display control system configured to receive auction data for an item associated with the item data and to initiate an auction after a start of an event associated with the event identification data by generating a notification on the event display. An item registration system configured to read unique item identification data from the item and to store the unique item identification data with time of event data. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127435 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DISCOUNT RETAILING - A system and methods to mutually satisfy a consumer with a discount and a vendor with a minimum number of sales by establishing a tipping point associated with an offer for a good or service. If the tipping point is met, the sale of the good or service is executed and the consumer is charged and receives an indication of the discounted sale, such as a certificate. If the tipping point is not met, the discount offer is abandoned and the consumer is not charged. Once the tipping point is established, the vendor receives a payment, even before the consumer uses the certificate. The system and methods also include a reward or loyalty program, an exchange or secondary market for the purchased deals, and a matching algorithm that matches customers to relevant goods or services. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127436 | COMMUNITY WI-FI NETWORK - Various technologies described herein pertain to joining a computing device in a local network to a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network includes disparate computing devices that share respective network bandwidth capacities with member consumer devices of the community Wi-Fi network. The computing device receives an opt-in signal indicating that the computing device desirably be added to the community Wi-Fi network. Responsive to receiving the opt-in signal, the computing device retrieves account parameters. The account parameters include data indicating a network bandwidth capacity allocated to the account, which is usable by the computing device. A shared portion of the network bandwidth capacity is determined based at least in part upon the parameters of the account. The computing device is configured to share the shared portion of the network bandwidth capacity for consumption by member consumer device(s). The computing device communicates with the member consumer device(s) over a Wi-Fi connection | 2015-05-07 |
20150127437 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ACCOMMODATE MULTI-PARTY BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS - Systems and methods to accommodate business relationships between a supplier, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and an end user. A supplier provides a server having a web site that is accessible by OEM's and end users to purchase subsystems and consumable parts and materials. The OEM's and end users are associated with each other by the server in accordance with established business relationships. The server manages accounts of the OEM's and associated end users to reward on-line credits to the OEM's and the end users when the OEM's and the end users make purchases from the supplier. The rewarding of on-line credits are structured to generate additional business for the supplier from the OEM's and the associated end users. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127438 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A RETAIL NETWORK - Methods and systems for managing a retail network, the retail network including at least one manufacturer and/or merchant of a product or service; at least one retail or non-retail affiliate for promoting the product or service; and a retail network agent having a processor configured to execute computer readable instructions to manage retail transactions between the at least one manufacturer and/or merchant and the at least one affiliate. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING DYNAMIC PRICES - System to manage and provide dynamic personalized prices as a result of a promotion of the product by the customer on the internet, in particular through a mobile device. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127440 | SERVER DEVICE, SERVER PROGRAM, AND GAME PROGRAM - A technique is provided that involves issuing an advertisement code to be posted on an advertisement medium or an invite code issued in response to a request from a user, generating a parameter for associating the advertisement code or the invite code with a predetermined reward, and generating page data and returning the page data upon being accessed by a browser application of a terminal device based on an address specified by the advertisement code or the invite code. The page data is associated with a description of operations for passing the parameter corresponding to the advertisement code or the invite code and starting a predetermined game application. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARD-LINKED SERVICES - A system and method are disclosed for applying a rebate or promotion associated with a transaction account. Offer information representing an offer for a promotion or rebate provided to a purchaser is received, and at least some of the offer information is processed to associate the purchaser with at least one transaction account. Account information representing the at least one transaction account associated with the purchaser is transmitted to a computing device associated with the first party. Transaction information representing a transaction associated with the offer information and the account information is received from a computing device associated with the first party or a second party, and is processed to associate the transaction with the transaction account associated with the purchaser and the promotion or rebate. The rebate or promotion is applied as a function of the transaction information. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127442 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING USER DISCOUNT CARDS WITH A PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE PURCHASES - There is provided systems and method for storing discount cards with a payment account for future purchases. A user may visit a merchant location and purchase goods. During purchase of the goods, the user may utilize a user device to perform a payment using a user account. In other embodiments, the user may provide the merchant with a user account identifier, or other information for identification of the user account. In addition, the user may provide a discount card to the merchant, where the discount card offers rewards to the user on use with the merchant. Discount card information may be stored with a payment provider corresponding to the user account. Thus, when the user pays with the user account at the merchant in the future, the discount card information may be automatically populated. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127443 | CROSS-SITE ONLINE SHOPPING ASSISTANT - A shopping assistant for online shopping. The invention provides for a software system to assist consumers in automatically locating and systematically applying discount codes to electronic commerce platforms to obtain reduced prices. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, discount codes are automatically located, evaluated against a user's shopping cart, and evaluated for the best results for the consumer. In the preferred embodiment, information about the utility of discount codes is recorded to machine readable storage. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127444 | Method and System For Bundling Heterogeneous Demand At Discount - This disclosure comprises a method and system that enable providers of products and services to run effective and efficient discount campaigns when selling their products and services. The method and system in this disclosure accomplish this by enabling providers to bundle their heterogeneous products and/or services in bundles at a discount rate, that may vary across products and/or services within the same bundle, conditional on sales in a given bundle meeting a base dollar volume within a certain period of time specified by the provider offering the bundle. Executing the offered deals requires the accumulated dollar volume of the purchases to match or exceed the base dollar volume of sales within the specified period of time. Otherwise, the discounted bundle is deemed invalid, and accordingly, customers' purchases get canceled and the provider gets notified. Thus, the method and system in this disclosure guarantees providers minimum sales results for their discounted bundles of heterogeneous products and/or services. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127445 | Customer Loyalty System and Method - A loyalty system and a method for customer retention that enables users with mobile devices to interface with venues through a loyalty system using a single application. The application is fully customizable based on the preferences of the venue and the customer and may display different information depending on the venue, location of the user, day, or time at which the customer is present at a venue. The customer interacts with the venue through the loyalty system and may set criteria for rewards and promotions. The loyalty system allows end users to participate in real-time events, receive relevant entertainment information, and receive rewards for participation. Venues may reward end users for participation and target incentives based on preferences of the venue which may be determined by the information collected or according to a schedule. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127446 | SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR DYNAMIC SAVINGS ALLOCATION MODELING - A system and method for allowing a customer to create savings goals for one or more savings categories is provided. More particularly, the customer is enabled to contribute to the one or more savings categories an amount of funds equal to the sum of annuity payment amounts and customer-specified percentages of payroll deposits. When a predetermined number of customers meet and/or exceed a common savings goal, the customers who met and/or exceeded the common savings goal is presented with an offer featuring a discounted group rate based on the predetermined number of customers who met and/or exceeded the common savings goal. The savings goal(s) of each customer may be adjusted based on other savings goal balances. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPON REDEMPTION BASED ON CONNECTIVITY AND SPATIAL CONFIGURATION - An approach is provided for validating redemption of a coupon. The coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of a coupon via a device. Next, the coupon management module receives a first code in response to the presentation. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, validation of a redemption of the coupon based, at least in part, on the first code. The validation is performed at the device, at a server, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module retrieves a second code based, at least in part, on the coupon, the first code, or a combination thereof. Next, the coupon management module causes, at least in part, presentation of the second code for verification. The validation of the redemption of the coupon is further based, at least in part, on the verification of the second code. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127448 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REAL-TIME BIDDING - A method of selecting an advertisement (ad) network for providing promotional content to be presented in an ad spot, comprising: monitoring the performance of response to ad requests for embedding ads in ad spots for each ad networks; assigning a performance score to each ad networks based on the monitoring; constructing a ranked set of data values of the ad networks for a bidding process according to the performance score of each ad network and bid responses received by each ad network; and selecting an ad network according to the ranked set of data values. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127449 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MARKETING DECISIONS BASED ON VISITOR PROFITABILITY - Marketing is facilitated based on a profitability prediction. A merchant optimizes offers to a website visitor based on predicted profit for potentially offered items. The profitability predication can be deployed to determine incentives to marketing affiliates, and to determine bids for search terms when the merchant uses a paid search bid manager. Information specific to a site visitor is used to predict a profitability metric for specific items that can be offered to that visitor. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127450 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF CAN-SPAM VIOLATIONS BY MERCHANTS AND ACQUIRERS - A method for associating a merchant account with violating activity includes: storing a plurality of merchant profiles, each profile including at least a merchant identifier; receiving a uniform resource locator or hyperlink captured from distributed electronic content that is identified as being in violation of a rule or regulation; navigating, via a browsing application program, to a webpage via the received uniform resource locator or hyperlink; initiating a payment transaction for the purchase of goods or services via the webpage; receiving an authorization request for the payment transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least a merchant identification; transmit an authorization response in response to the received authorization request; identifying, in the database, a specific merchant profile where the included merchant identifier corresponds to the merchant identification; and indicating, in the database, the specific merchant profile as being in violation of the rule or regulation. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AD IMPRESSION VIOLATIONS - A method of controlling ads includes receiving a beacon over a network identifying an ad, an end user and a content source; querying a database of unauthorized content sources based on the beacon; determining whether the ad is an unauthorized impression; and storing information from the beacon in a database, including whether the impression was authorized or unauthorized. The database may include a list of unauthorized sites and the querying may include checking whether the content source is one of the unauthorized sites. Querying also may be used by advertising exchanges and networks to determine whether to place an ad on a particular publisher's site. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARD-LINKED SERVICES - A system and method are disclosed for providing a promotion associated with a transaction account. Advertising targeting criteria to target at least one person to receive a respective advertisement for the promotion is submitted to a computing device associated with a data management platform. Viewer information associated with at least one person targeted to receive the respective advertisement is received and processed to assess a value of the at least one person. Thereafter, a bid value that is representative of the assessed value and associated with presenting the respective advertisement is transmitted to a computing device associated with an advertisement exchange. An acceptance of the promotion is received, and the promotion information is processed to associate the promotion with the transaction account. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127453 | WORD RECOGNITION AND IDEOGRAPH OR IN-APP ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A non-transitory processor readable medium storing processor executable instructions is described. The processor executable instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: receive application data indicative of text from a user device via a communications network; analyze the application data for one or more indicator being at least a portion of the text entered into the application and having one or more meaning; retrieve one or more selected ideograph from a database populated with ideographs received from and associated with one or more advertisers, the one or more selected ideograph being indicative of a graphical representation of the one or more meanings of the one or more indicator; transmit the one or more selected ideograph to the user device via the communications network; and charge a fee to at least one advertiser associated with the one or more selected ideograph. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127454 | AUTOMATED ENTITY CLASSIFICATION USING USAGE HISTOGRAMS & ENSEMBLES - Techniques disclosed herein employ entity-activity data expressed in a discrete distribution (histogram) form having one or many dimensions to dynamically classify the entity's usage and/or behavior patterns, where groupings or segmentations of different entities that exhibit similar usage patterns are identified using various approaches, including dimensionality reduction, and/or clustering procedures. A consensus or ensemble clustering may be generated that represents a clustering of clusters, based on subclusterings themselves, and/or any combination of subclusters with entity-activity data to selectively execute a market offering campaign. In one embodiment, the resulting ensemble clusterings enable selective directing of targeted offerings to a telecommunication provider's customers. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127455 | AUTOMATED ENTITY CLASSIFICATION USING USAGE HISTOGRAMS & ENSEMBLES - Techniques disclosed herein employ entity-activity data expressed in a discrete distribution (histogram) form having one or many dimensions to dynamically classify the entity's usage and/or behavior patterns, where groupings or segmentations of different entities that exhibit similar usage patterns are identified using various approaches, including dimensionality reduction, and/or clustering procedures. A consensus or ensemble clustering may be generated that represents a clustering of clusters, based on subclusterings themselves, and/or any combination of subclusters with entity-activity data to selectively execute a market offering campaign. In one embodiment, the resulting ensemble clusterings enable selective directing of targeted offerings to a telecommunication provider's customers. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127456 | DELIVERING OFFERS - A method and system for delivering offers is provided. The method includes enabling for a user via a device, a Web browser and an associated URL. A processor determines a manufacturer and model of the device and that the device is associated with a shared device list. A user agent receives the manufacturer and model of the device and the processor transmits the user agent, the manufacturer and model of the device, and the associated URL. The manufacturer and model of the hardware device is extracted from the user agent and a rules engine is evaluated with respect to the manufacturer and model of the device. Specified content associated with the device is determined based on results of the evaluation. The specified content is transmitted to the Web browser. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARD-LINKED SERVICES - A system and method are disclosed for providing a promotion associated with a transaction account. Target viewer information associated with at least one person targeted to receive an ad is identified. In accordance with the target viewer information and the ad, a probability of the at least one person to accept the promotion is determined. Promotion information associated with the promotion is selected as a function of the determined probability, and the promotion information is transmitted to a computing device associated with the at least one person. An acceptance of the promotion is received from the computing device associated with the at least one person, and processed to associate the promotion with the transaction account. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127458 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127459 | PRESENTING OFFERS TO USERS OF WIRELESS DEVICES - A system and method facilitating the management of current and prospective customers and customer information is provided. The invention includes an aggregation system adapted to provide management and generation of current and prospective customers. The invention further provides management of current and prospective customer information. Additionally, the aggregation system provides for generating advertisements based at least in part upon market information. Finally, the present invention also includes a printstream aggregation method facilitating the printing of print orders. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127460 | TARGETED ADVERTISING BASED ON PHYSICAL TRAITS AND ANTICIPATED TRAJECTORY - A computer-implemented method includes selecting a targeted advertisement based on at least one physical trait of an intended recipient and determining an anticipated trajectory of the intended recipient from a first location based on an observation of the intended recipient at the first location. The method further includes presenting the targeted advertisement for the intended recipient at a second location selected based on the anticipated trajectory. Presenting the targeted advertisement for the intended recipient at the second location can include identifying an advertisement presentation device that is, or will be, available along the anticipated trajectory of the intended recipient, the advertisement presentation device serving the second location, determining an estimated arrival time of the intended recipient at the second location based on the anticipated trajectory, and queuing the targeted advertisement for presentation by the advertisement presentation device based on the estimated arrival time. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127461 | USING CHRONOLOGY AS THE PRIMARY SYSTEM INTERFACE FOR FILES, THEIR RELATED META-DATA, AND THEIR RELATED FILES - Methods, Apparatuses, and Storage Medium associated with chronology based file management are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method may include receiving a selection of a plurality of files or the plurality of files, and generating association data selectively associating the plurality of files with a plurality of events scheduled in a calendar of a user or time periods of the user. The method may further include storing the association data to facilitate subsequent selectively retrieval of the plurality of files in response to retrieval requests for files associated with selected ones of the plurality of events scheduled in the calendar of the user or the time periods of the user. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127462 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVER, AND CHARGING DEVICE - An information distribution server | 2015-05-07 |
20150127463 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION - A system for providing advertisement information is disclosed. The system includes a display device, at least one near field communication (NFC) antenna and a control for controlling the display device for displaying advertisement contents and NFC antenna for providing data related to the advertisement contents displayed on the display device. The system may include as advertisement management server to supply the advertisement contents and data related to the advertisement contents. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CAMPAIGNS USING ADVERTISING TARGETING INFORMATION BASED UPON AFFINITY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Systems and methods for automatically targeting advertising on an online social network in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes detecting affinities between a member profile and one or more keywords based upon data describing activities associated with the member profile, generating a database containing the member profiles and associating detected affinities between member profiles and keywords, identifying member profiles that are associated with an affinity to at least one offer keyword and other keywords for which the identified member profiles have an associated affinity, weighting the importance of the identified member profiles in accordance with an advertising strategy, selecting a set of targeting keywords for which the identified member profiles have an associated affinity, and providing the targeting keywords so that an online social network displays the specific offer to its members. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127465 | Communication Network System and Service Provider - In order to help system users organize the user data and communications, a service provider system organizes the user data according to a specific system data architecture using W | 2015-05-07 |
20150127466 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONTEXT-AWARE SIMILARITY - An approach is provided for determining the context-aware similarity between applications. A similarity platform processes one or more context logs associated with one or more devices to determine one or more context intents. The similarity platform further determines one or more distributions of one or more applications executed at the one or more devices with respect to the one or more context intents. The similarity platform also determines a context-aware similarity between two or more applications based, at least in part, on the one or more application distributions. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127467 | TARGETED ADVERTISING SERVICES METHOD - A method and apparatus for providing an automatically upgradeable software application includes targeted advertising based upon demographics and user interaction with the computer. The software application includes a display region used for banner advertising that is downloaded over a network such as the Internet. The software application is accessible from a server via the network and demographic information on the user is acquired by the server and used for determining what advertising will be sent to the user. The software application further targets the advertisements in response to normal user interaction with the computer. Data associated with each advertisement is used by the software application in determining when a particular advertisement is to be displayed. This includes the specification of certain programs that the user may have so that, when the user runs the program (e.g., a spreadsheet program), a relevant advertisement will be displayed (e.g., an advertisement for a stock brokerage). This provides two-tiered, real-time targeting of advertising—both demographically and reactively. The software application includes programming that accesses the server to determine if one or more components of the application need upgrading. If so, the components can be downloaded and installed without further action by the user. A distribution tool is provided for software distribution and upgrading over the network. Also provided is a user profile that is accessible to any computer on the network. Furthermore, multiple users of the same computer can possess Internet web resources and files that are personalized, maintained and organized. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127468 | USER ENGAGEMENT BASED NONGUARANTEED DELIVERY PRICING - A system can include a processor configured to: receive user session data from a network, identify user session data associated with a creative, and determine user interaction information associated with the creative. The processor may also be configured to determine one or more of a mean, a variance, and a median of a distribution of the user interaction information associated with the creative. Also, the processor can be configured to determine expected user engagement associated with the creative according to one or more of the user interaction information, the mean, the variance and the median. The processor can also be configured to: determine a probability that the expected user engagement will be higher than actual user engagement according to the expected user engagement and determine an expected price associated with the creative according to the probability that the expected user engagement will be higher than actual user engagement. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127469 | RESERVE PRICE MODELING FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING AUCTIONS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages online advertising. During operation, the system calculates an intrinsic value of an online advertisement slot from at least one of a user engagement value and a cannibalization value. Next, the system obtains a reserve price for the online advertisement slot from at least one of the intrinsic value and an advertiser value. Finally, the system uses the reserve price to manage serving of online advertisements from a set of advertising campaigns in the online advertisement slot. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127470 | BID SUGGESTIONS FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING AUCTIONS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages online advertising. During operation, the system identifies a user segment for targeting using an online advertisement slot. Next, the system obtains a distribution associated with winning bids for online advertisements shown to the user segment in the online advertisement slot. Finally, the system uses one or more points from the distribution as bid suggestions for advertising campaigns associated with the user segment. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127471 | Social Media Marketing Auction - The instant application discloses, among other things, a social media marketing auction. According to one embodiment, it may comprise an online auction site or mobile application wherein businesses can bid on offers by social media users to promote certain types of products or services. Users may also be able to utilize a filtered search feature and to sort results based on factors such as a seller's number of followers, interests, age, and geographic location, for example. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127472 | FUTURE DECISIONING FOR CREATIVE SLOTS - A future decisioning module receives, from a user agent, a call requesting a creative for a first slot of the plurality of slots in a template. The future decisioning module generates bid requests for each of the plurality of slots and receives, from one or more bidders, responses to the bid requests, the responses comprising prices for the plurality of slots. The future decisioning module performs a yield optimization based on the responses to the bid requests to determine creatives for each of the plurality of slots that will optimize a payout (or value) for the template and serves, to the user agent, the determined creatives for each of the plurality of slots. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A BIDDING PLATFORM RESPECTIVE OF A USER INTENT - A system and method for generating real-time bids based on a user intent. The system comprises: receiving at least one variable from a user device; determining a user intent of a user of the user device at least based on the at least one variable; selecting a plurality of resources of information respective of the user intent; generating, in real-time, an opening bid to purchase at least one display segment on a display of the user device at least based on the user intent; and sending the opening bid to a plurality of operators of the plurality of resources of information. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127474 | Information Display System and Method - The invention disclosed herein is directed to a system and method for displaying graphics, text, animation, video and other content. In one embodiment of the invention, the system comprises a three-dimensional “Display Carousel” system. The system may include one or more display windows, each of which is capable of displaying different content. The configuration of the windows may give the appearance of rotating like a carousel and also of the carousel and/or images being three-dimensional. Other features of the invention may include functionality which permits the uploading and downloading of content, statistical data gathering, and revenue generation. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127475 | Systems and Methods of Voice Authentication in Transactions - There is provided a method of authenticating data, comprising the following elements. Firstly, a voice biometric system is trained to identify a user from a message spoken by the user. Then a spoken message is received from the user, the spoken message comprising word content to be authenticated. The word content is then authenticated by using the voice biometric system to identify the user, and thereby authenticating the word content in the spoken message as word content spoken by the identified user. Suitable apparatus and systems are also disclosed. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127476 | Systems and Methods for Using a Dual Function Medical Benefits Card - The invention is generally directed to methods of conducting transactions using a dual function card that is transacted amongst a processor in communication with a point of sale: receiving a message including: an indicia of the card and identifiers of goods; identifying a closed loop account and amount, a schedule of eligible goods, and an open loop account and amount; determining eligible goods and a purchase amount; comparing the purchase amount to the amount in the closed loop account, and if the purchase amount is less than or equal to value in the closed loop account, authorizing the transaction. Upon a determination that the purchase amount is less than the amount in the closed loop account, determining if the value in the open loop account is greater than or equal to the deficit, and if so, deducting all value from the closed loop account and the deficit from the open loop account. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127477 | ON-LINE PAY-PER-USE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Aspects of the invention may involve systems, methods, and computer readable medium. In an embodiment of the invention, a computer-implemented method for paying for usage of a pay per use device may be provided. The method may transmit device identification information from the device to a server. Device setup information and vend price may be received and the vend price may be displayed. User identification may be received and transmitted to the server. An account balance value may be received and displayed on the display. A start request may be received and transmitted to the server. The device may start and an updated account balance may be displayed. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127478 | RETAIL CONVENIENCE MARKET TECHNOLOGY WITH ENHANCED VENDOR ADMINISTRATION AND USER MOBILE APP FUNCTIONALITY - A self-service, self-checkout micro-market retail shopping system for disposition and use in an private or public office, factory or other workspace for use by employees, workers and the like. The micro-market may supply snacks, candies, beverages, other food items and various convenience items such as toiletries for use by employees, workers and other during the work day, lunch and break time. The micro-market may also supply work related items such as uniforms and apparel, tools, office supplies, travel accessories and the like. The devices and process also include enhanced vendor administration tools and functionality. The devices and process also include enhanced user ability to use mobile devices and apps, and on-line tools for creating and managing accounts and for purchasing items. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127479 | ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS) OPERABLE WITH EXCHANGEABLE BATTERIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR LOCATING KIOSKS OF BATTERIES AND RESERVING BATTERIES - Electric vehicles that use replaceable and exchangeable batteries, applications for communicating with a service that provides access to kiosks of batteries, and methods and systems for finding charged batteries, reserving batteries, and paying for use of the batteries, are disclosed. One example is an electric vehicle having an electric motor and at least two receptacle slots formed in the electric vehicle. The receptacle slots having at least one connection to the electric motor and at least two batteries configured for hand-insertion into the receptacle slots to enable electrical engagement of the batteries with the at least one connection when disposed in the receptacle slots and each of the batteries are further configured for hand-removal out of the receptacle slots. The vehicle further includes wireless communication circuitry configured for wireless communication between the electric vehicle and a device when linked for wireless communication with an application of the device. A computer on-board the electric vehicle is interfaced with the wireless communications circuitry and is configured to interface with the batteries via the connection to the receptacle slots to access a level of charge of the batteries present in the receptacle slots to enable data regarding the level of charge to be accessed by the application. A display panel of the electric vehicle is configured to display information regarding the level of charge of the batteries in the receptacle slots. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127480 | METHOD FOR QUOTING PART PRODUCTION - One variation of a method for quoting manufacture of a part during construction of a virtual model of the part within a computer-aided drafting engine includes: receiving a quote file specifying a current manufacturing schedule and a pricing structure for a manufacturing facility; at a first time, in response to insertion of a first three-dimensional virtual geometry into the virtual model, calculating a manufacturing quote for the part based on the first three-dimensional virtual geometry and the quote file; displaying the manufacturing quote; at a second time succeeding the first time, in response to insertion of a second three-dimensional virtual geometry into the virtual model, updating the manufacturing quote based on the second three-dimensional virtual geometry and the quote file; and, at a third time succeeding the second time, submitting a form of the virtual model to the manufacturing facility for manufacture of the part. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127481 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FACILITATING INTERACTIONS OF A USER WITH A PERSON IN RELATION WITH THE USER - A method and a system facilitate interactions of a user with a person in relation with the user. A server detects an access from the user. The server fetches a profile of the person in relation with the user from a database. The profile includes at least a type for the relationship between the user and that person. Based on the relationship type, the server fetches a list of procurable gifts from one or more supplier servers. The list of procurable gifts is presented to the user. The user selects a gift and the server orders purchase of the selected gift from a supplier of the selected gift. The profile may include a shipping address and the purchase may comprise a request for delivery of the selected gift to the shipping address. Profiles may be defined for a plurality of persons in relation with the user. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127482 | Merchandise Recommendation System, Method and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Storage Medium of the Same for Multiple Users - A merchandise recommendation method for multiple users used in a merchandise recommendation system including a user database, a merchandise database, a data transmission module, a processing module and a memory is provided. The merchandise recommendation method includes the steps outlined below. The processing module receives participant information and target merchandise information from a remote originator host. The processing module retrieves corresponding user information from the user database according to the participant information. The processing module retrieves corresponding merchandise information from the merchandise database according to the target merchandise information. The processing module analyzes social influence information and preference information included in the user information and analyzes the merchandise information to generate an analysis result. The processing module generates composite merchandise recommendation information according to the analysis result. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING AND STREAMLINING THE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - Methods and systems for improving retail shopping experiences of users and providing users with product suggestions based on merchandise items in which the user has displayed an interest. User interest may be determined based both on merchandise items selected in a retail environment and merchandise items the user already owns. Methods for soliciting user feedback as well as providing an interface for soliciting feedback from social networks are incorporated in the systems and methods. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127484 | ENHANCED TRANSACTION CENTER LOCATOR - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for receiving and processing location information requests are presented. In some embodiments, a decision engine may aggregate location service information and transaction center status information. The location service information may identify one or more services that are available at each of a plurality of enterprise locations, and the transaction center status information may identify a current status of one or more transaction centers at each of the plurality of enterprise locations. Subsequently, the decision engine may receive, from a user device, a data request for a location to perform a defined service, and the data request may include location information for the user device at the time of the data request. In response to receiving the data request, the decision engine may provide one or more options to the user device based on the location service information and the transaction center status information. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127485 | CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A customer management device for managing states of customers visiting a commercial establishment that provides articles or services to the customers in response to orders from the customers, includes: a first image obtainer that obtains customer images of customers captured at some point from when the customers enter the commercial establishment till when the customers go through reception procedures; a second image obtainer that obtains customer images of customers captured at least either when the customers receive the articles or services or when the customers make payment; a customer information manager that, based on the customer images obtained by the first image obtainer and the second image obtainer, generates and manages customer information relating to customers in a state of waiting for provision of the articles or services; and a customer information provider that provides a user with the customer information managed by the customer information manager. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127486 | INTERNET-BASED REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRAVEL SYSTEM AND METHOD - The embodiments herein provide an internet-based virtual travel system and method that allows people (viewers or virtual travelers) to explore any destination or location in real-time without having to be physically present at those destinations or locations by means of other people (serving as guides or virtual travel guides) who are physically present at the destinations or locations and use one or more mobile devices and/or wearable devices and/or accessories to stream real-time video. The internet-based virtual travel system enables viewers or virtual travelers to find and hire guides or virtual travel guides, virtually explore any destination or location anywhere in the world in real-time via guides or virtual travel guides, receive personalized recommendations regarding virtual exploration (virtual travel) options, make payments for virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions, visualize virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions on an interactive map or other forms of visualization, view promotions or product placements incorporated by guides or virtual travel guides during virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions, engage in real-time virtual shopping via guides or virtual travel guides, and make bookings for physical trips after virtual exploration (virtual travel) sessions. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127487 | Method for Transmitting an Anonymous Request from a Consumer to a Content or Service Provider Through a Telecommunication Network - Methods and systems are provided for supporting purchasing of goods or services from a provider. An example system may comprise a database operable to maintain identification data of a consumer; and a server operable to receive a purchase request from the consumer. The server may then add an alias to the purchase request, where the alias corresponds to the identification data of the consumer, and forward the purchase request with the alias to the provider. The aliased identification data is not accessible to the provider. In an example method, a server, in a communication network, may receive a purchase request sent by a consumer through the communication network. The server, which may maintain identification data of the consumer, may then substitute the identification data of the consumer with an alias, and may forward the purchase request with the alias to the provider. The identification data is not accessible to the provider. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127488 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MATCHING REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND CLIENTS - Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for a centralized interface where real estate agents, home buyers, and home sellers may interact with one another. The centralized interface may present information associated with a property a home seller desires to sell, features associated with a property that a home buyer desires to purchase, a real estate agent's commission rate, and information associated with the quality of the real estate agents, which may affect the price the home buyer buys or home seller sells their property. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127489 | Dynamic creation of temporal networks based on similar search queries - Techniques for creating a user network based on user interest in a product are described. For example, a first search query is received from a first client device. The first client device is associated with a first user. A second search query is received from a second client device. The second client device is associated with a second user. The first search query is matched to a product. The second search query is matched to the product. A user network corresponding to the product is created. The first user is added to the user network based on the matching of the first search query to the product. The second user is added to the user network based on the matching of the second search query to the product. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127490 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD TO RECOGNIZE A PRODUCT - A system, and a method adapted to recognize a physical product at a retailer's physical outlet through a cellular device, having a geographic positioning signaling means, utilized by a user of it. Product price tags are scanned, decoded, and the output data is queried against a product database to search for product matches. If there are multiple matches geographical positioning coordinates from the cellular device GPS, base stations or WI-FI access points are utilized to pick the correct product information in the database, which is then stored in a user database. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127491 | DETERMINING SEARCH RELEVANCE FROM USER FEEDBACK - Disclosed are various embodiments for using relevance indications provided by a user in performing a search. Search results corresponding to a search query are provided to a user of a client computing device. The user provides a relevance indication corresponding to relevance of at least one of the search results. A subsequent search is performed which takes the relevance indication into account. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127492 | Hybrid Fulfillment for Shopping Carts - A method for managing an electronic purchase of items. Multiple modes of fulfillment are identified for the items of the electronic purchase. A schedule for the multiple modes of fulfillment is also identified. Payment is received for the electronic purchase. Responsive to receiving the payment, the electronic purchase of the items is processed based on the schedule. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127493 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED SECURE ORDERING AND PAYMENT - An in-vehicle personalized location-based secure ordering and payment system, comprising means to match a GPS location of a vehicle to a location of a merchant, means to automatically launch an application on a computing device of the vehicle that allows a vehicle occupant to order at least one item for sale by the merchant and send the order to a server, means to authorize the server to make a secure payment to the merchant for the order, and means to send identifying information of the recipient of the ordered items to the merchant for use in fulfilling the order. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127494 | REINSTATING ELECTRONIC REQUISITION DEMAND RECORDS - A method of reinstating requisition demands using information from a canceled purchase order in an enterprise accounting computer system may include identifying canceled purchase order distributions in the canceled purchase order. The method may also include generating new requisition distributions based on the canceled purchase order distributions, and generating new requisition lines for the new requisition distributions. The method may further include generating one or more new purchase orders based on the new requisition lines. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127495 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONETIZING DIGITAL OR VIRTUAL CURRENCY - Method for a first person to receive a wanted item purchased by a second person in exchange for virtual currency includes generating an order for a wanted item by the first person, assigning an amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for fulfillment of the order, displaying an indication of the amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for order fulfillment, and enabling the second person to view the indication of the amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for order fulfillment and indicate a desire to fulfill the order. The second person can fulfill the order and pay real money for each item to a third party, and the amount of virtual currency to be provided in exchange for fulfillment of the order is forwarded (e.g., released from an escrow account) to the second person upon or after shipping confirmation of the item. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127496 | Methods, Devices and Computer Readable Storage Devices for Tracking Inventory - The location of a container and the location of a storage device that stores a particular item are determined. A determination is made that the particular item is placed in the container. The locations of the particular item and the container are tracked as the container moves through a premises. For a purchase-related transaction, a determination is made whether the location of the particular item corresponds to the location of the container. If the location of the particular item corresponds to the location of the container, a cost for the particular item is included in the purchase-related transaction. If not, the cost for the particular item is not included in the purchase-related transaction, and the location of the particular item is accounted for. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127497 | Search Based Content Inventory Comparison - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a selection of content filters for content data that identifies products, packages, and repositories, and receiving a selection of environment filters. The method includes filtering the content data to identify content items in view of the content filters and the environment filters. The content items include one or more of the repositories, the products, or the packages. The method includes causing presentation of a list of the content items, which organizes the content items in view of release environments that are within the content items and repositories that are within the content items. The method includes receiving a selection of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the repositories and causing presentation of a comparison of ones of the packages for each of the repository-environment combinations. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127498 | PROVIDING REPLACEMENT TANGIBLE RESOURCE TO A DEVICE - Example implementations relate to tangible resources. For example, a method includes receiving, at a computer, a cumulative consumption value of a tangible resource from a device that consumes the tangible resource. The method also includes calculating a plurality of variable values by way of the cumulative consumption value, a statistically derived depletion quantity of the tangible resource, and an estimated time to ship a supply of replacement tangible resource to the device to form calculated variable values such that the calculating is performed at least in part by the computer. The method further includes causing the supply of replacement tangible resource to be shipped to the device in accordance with the calculating. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127499 | Financial accounting methods and systems to account for assets and liabilities - A method to calculate true ex-ante operating income, via a present value calculation and posting in a double-entry bookkeeping framework based upon credits and debits, is disclosed. The ultimate object is a true ex-ante net income accounting measurement that better serves financial statements users. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127500 | DETERMINING FINANCIAL ACCOUNT PAYMENT HIERARCHY FOR RECOVERY OF PAYMENT IN ARREARS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatus, methods, and computer program products for determining a lead account from amongst one or more financial accounts associated with a customer that are currently in arrears. Once the lead account has been determined a lead account indicator is provided within user interfaces of a unified account payment recovery system application in conjunction with information pertaining to the account. In this regard the representative using the application as a tool to assist in contacting, or being contacted by, customers can readily identify which of the accounts in arrears associated with the customer should be the initial account which the representative attempts to recover payment from. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127501 | System and Method for Capturing Exit Transaction Data - A system and method are provided for obtaining exit transaction data. The method comprises providing a first user interface for entering the exit transaction data from a first source; enabling entry of a first portion of the exit transaction data; enabling at least one additional portion of the exit transaction data to be obtained from a second source using a second user interface; receiving a first entry corresponding to the first portion of data; receiving at least one second entry corresponding to the at least one additional portion of the exit transaction data; and storing the first entry and at least one second entry in association with a particular transaction. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127502 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE TRANSACTION DESCRIPTIONS RECEIVED FROM A CLIENT AT A NETWORK-BASED TRANSACTION FACILITY - Aspects of the present disclose involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method to facilitate uploading of a plurality of transaction descriptions to a network-based transaction facility utilizing a client-side upload application and a server-side transaction application. In example embodiments, the method may include receiving a batch text file including a plurality of transaction descriptions. The method may further include instantiating a dedicated parsing process for the batch text file, and identifying each transaction description in the batch text file using one or more tags included therein. The method may further including constructing a collection of transaction listings from the identified transaction descriptions, and committing the collection of transaction listings to an active state. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127503 | MERCHANT MANAGED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEXT-TO-PAY SUBSCRIPTIONS AT A BILLING SERVER - A subscription identifier is communicated between the billing server and subscription server. The billing server receives a subscription identifier text message from the user device. The billing server identifies a carrier server from the subscription identifier text message. The billing server receives an authorization text message from the user device in response to an authorization request text message and charges an account of the carrier server that has been identified. If the charge has been successful, then the billing server transmits a renewal notification text message to the subscription server. The subscription server updates an account having the subscription identifier to reflect a new expiration. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORIGINATING A BANKING RELATIONSHIP USING DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - A system and method for originating a banking relationship with a bank using at least one electronic communication channel is disclosed. A request is received from a user through a first electronic communication channel wherein the user selects a financial product among a list of different financial products offered by the bank. The user is enabled to send user's information through a second electronic communication channel. The information is received either through the first electronic communication channel or the second electronic communication channel. A validation check is performed on the information and the validated information is processed to check if the user is allowed to access the selected financial product. After processing the information, a reference number for the selected financial product is provided to the user, thereby originating the banking relationship for the user. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND TRANSFORMING DATA PRESENTATION - A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may include systems and methods for generating and transforming data presentation. The method may include receiving, using a processor, a request for a web page, and submitting, by the processor, the request to a computer server system. The request can include a user identification and a user password. The method may further include receiving, from the computer server system, data corresponding to the requested web page. Further, the method includes storing, in a memory, the received data, and causing the received data to be shown on a display associated with the user device. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127506 | Dynamically Building Application Environments in a Computational Grid - Computing environments within a grid computing system are dynamically built in response to specific job resource requirements from a grid resource allocator, including activating needed hardware, provisioning operating systems, application programs, and software drivers. Optimally, prior to building a computing environment for a particular job, cost/revenue analysis is performed, and if operational objectives would not be met by building the environment and executing the job, a job sell-off process is initiated. | 2015-05-07 |
20150127507 | COMMODITY AND COLLECTIBLE IDENTIFICATION, VERIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION MOBILE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - A commodity or collectible identification and valuation system is described that includes at least one executable user interface application comprising a commodity or collectible identification method; and at least one device that stores and accesses the at least one executable user interface application. In addition, commodity or collectible conversion methods, as described herein, include: determining the amount of a commodity or the identity of the collectible, determining the type of commodity, if necessary, accessing at least one commodity or collectible database and pricing index that is related to the type of commodity or type of collectible, utilizing the at least one commodity or collectible database and pricing index to calculate the value of the amount of the commodity or of the collectible, transmitting the value of the amount of the commodity or the collectible to the at least one executable user interface application, and displaying the value of the amount of the commodity or the collectible on the at least one device. In some embodiments, the user interface application will provide comparison listings of the collectible at different locations and/or vendors, including quality/grade, price, authenticity, and physical location. | 2015-05-07 |