20th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130124309 | MANAGING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DEVICE IDENTIFIERS - Device identifiers for devices, such as computing devices, software, and applications, etc., are analyzed to determine whether the device identifiers are associated with each other (e.g., are connected to each other) and how strongly the device identifiers are associated with each other. A stronger connection between two device identifiers may indicate that the device identifiers are connected to the same user, same computing device, or same household. Connections between device identifiers are identified and/or weighted if the device identifiers are associated with the same network or if the device identifiers use the same login information to access content. The identifiers and their connections may form a device graph. Content is targeted to the clients based on the device graph. The device graph may also be used to perform targeting and orchestration of advertising, attribution reporting, analytics, and content optimization across devices in the device graph. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A USER - A method and apparatus for creating recommendations for a user is described. A user input relating to an item is received (step | 2013-05-16 |
20130124311 | System and Method for Dynamic Integration of Advertisements in a Virtual Environment - Systems and methods for dynamic integration of advertisements in 3D virtual environments may provide contextual placement of advertising assets into those environments. The advertising assets may include 3D models of products or advertisements. The selection of appropriate advertising assets during runtime may be dependent on context-sensitive metadata associated with placeholders tagged in the virtual environment by a virtual environment authoring application, and corresponding metadata associated with available advertising assets. The metadata may include classification attributes, visual attributes, physical attributes, behavioral attributes, or interactivity attributes. The selection of appropriate advertising assets may be further dependent on user information and/or game session information captured at runtime. Additional advertising assets may be dynamically selected in response to interactions with the advertising assets, or dependent on changes in status of a user or game session. The methods may be implemented as program instructions stored on computer-readable storage media, executable by a CPU and/or GPU. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124312 | System and Method for Management and Delivery of Content and Rules - A system and methods for management and delivery of content and rules is disclosed. An exemplary method may comprise managing, for an organization, a plurality of data and a plurality of content in separate database entities, wherein the plurality of content is associated with the plurality of data based on a plurality of rules; packaging the plurality of rules with the plurality of content in a carrier that is independent from one or more presentation channels, wherein at least part of the plurality of content is integrated with at least part of the plurality of data; delivering the plurality of data and the carrier to the one or more presentation channels; integrating, at the one or more presentation channels, the plurality of data with the plurality of content based on the plurality of rules; and distributing the integrated data and content through the one or more presentation channels. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124313 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONETIZING WEB PAGE TRAFFIC - The present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous methods and systems for providing a marketing opportunity on a webpage of a browser displayed on a mobile device. The method includes receiving an indication that a user has pressed the “back” button; identifying a cookie for the displayed webpage; and upon receiving an indication that a “back” button has been pressed, redirecting to a webpage selected by a third party. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124314 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROMOTIONS AND ACTIVITY INFORMATION IN A RESTAURANT - A system is provided for managing promotions and activity information in a restaurant. The system may be implemented as a network service that provides a series of interfaces or web pages to implement promotion and activity information management. Promotion information regarding a promotion offered by a restaurant merchant may be received. The promotion information may include a plurality of parameters. User information for one or more restaurant users may be accessed. A user may be matched to a promotion based on the user information and the promotion information. Activity information regarding a restaurant activity performed by the merchant may be received. The activity information may be also provided. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124315 | IDENTIFYING A SAME USER OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON USER LOCATIONS - A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124316 | AUDIENCE SEGMENT ESTIMATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for estimating segments from key values for advertising impressions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124317 | MANAGING SPONSORED CONTENT BASED ON TELEVISION VIEWING HISTORY - A system and method of delivering sponsored content based on television viewing history of users includes the steps of receiving bids from sponsors relating to presentation of respective ads relating to the television viewing history and attributing priority of delivery of the ads based upon yields derived from financial considerations of the respective bids. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124318 | Providing Multiple Creatives For Search Queries - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing multiple creatives in a display order are disclosed. A user may submit a search query. Advertisements responsive to the search query are identified, and an advertisement with one or more creatives is identified based on a bid amount associated with the advertisement. One of the creatives is provided to the user based on a display order of the creative. The user may submit a second search query, and advertisements responsive to the second search query may be identified. A second creative, according to the display order, may be provided to the user from an advertisement identified based on bid amount. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124319 | PAYMENT OPTIONS BASED ON LOCATION - Systems and methods are provided that allow for a portable electronic device to provide smart menus to a user based on a context of a transaction. Specifically, the method of using a portable electronic device may include opening a near field communication (NFC) channel with a point-of-purchase device and providing a smart menu based on a determined context. The portable electronic device may be configured to determine the context based at least in part upon acquiring sales transaction information for the point-of-purchase device. Additionally, the portable electronic device may be configured to determine the context based at least in part upon acquiring vendor identification information. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124320 | SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATING AT A VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - In some embodiments, a system for advertising and communicating at a vehicle charging station and method of using the same as disclosed herein. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124321 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, STORE TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An advertisement delivery system of the present invention includes a store terminal, a management device connected to the store terminal via a communication network, and a mobile terminal connected to the management device via the communication network. The store terminal transmits a delivery instruction to the management device in response to an operation giving an instruction to deliver advertisement data. When the delivery instruction transmitted from the store terminal is received, the management device push-delivers the advertisement data of the store that has given the delivery instruction to the mobile terminal. Then, when the advertisement data of the store push-delivered from the management device is received, the mobile terminal judges whether or not the distance from the store to its current position is within a predetermined range, and outputs the advertisement data on a condition that the distance is within the predetermined range. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124322 | TARGETING INFORMATION TO A USER BASED ON VIEWED PROFILE PAGES - A social networking system maintains profile information about a subject user and about a viewing user. The viewing user requests a page of information about the subject user (e.g., a profile page) from the social networking system. The social networking system determines a set of interests or other information about the subject user based on the subject user's profile information. One or more ads are selected based at least in part on the set of determined interests or other information about the subject user. The profile page of the subject user is generated, where the profile page comprises profile information about the subject user along with the selected ads. The profile page of the subject user is then sent to the viewing user for display. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124323 | String Based Promotional System and Method Thereof - A system for associating a promotion with strings with the string being based upon a plurality of places and a relationship between two or more of those places. The strings represent an authentic user experience of a quality, character, and/or feel intended by the string author. The user experience can be further enhanced or guided through a narrative accompanying the string or places, written by the string author, that describes or invokes the quality, character or feel of the experience intended by the author. The promotions system promotes and suggests places, relationships, or strings that a user may want to experience based upon selections made by the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124324 | IDENTIFYING A SAME USER OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON USER ROUTES - A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124325 | INTERNET BUSINESS TRANSACTION PROCESSOR - Targeted products are offered over a communications network. Product data for a plurality of products from a plurality of distributors for the products is received. Customer data from a plurality of customers comprising personal information about customers is received. Using the data, at least one user-specific product offering from the plurality of products is generated. Automated messages comprising the at least one user-specific product offering to the one or more customers are then sent. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124326 | PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method for providing advertisements in an augmented reality environment to a user includes receiving data related to a marker, the marker placed amongst one or more physical objects captured by the video camera. The computer-implemented method also includes retrieving dynamic digital content associated with the marker. Further, the computer-implemented method includes displaying the dynamic digital content amongst the one or more physical objects. Furthermore, the computer-implemented method includes receiving a user interaction with the dynamic digital content. Moreover, the computer-implemented method includes performing an action based on the user interaction. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124327 | IDENTIFYING A SAME USER OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON WEB PAGE VISITS - A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124328 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CHILD-ORIENTED COMPUTER NETWORK APPLICATIONS, ADVERTISING, AND USER FEEDBACK - Exemplary methods and devices in accordance with the disclosure relate generally to networked provisioning of content to young users such as children, as well as providing user monitoring and customized feedback and other information to parents and others. More particularly, but not exclusively, embodiments in accordance with the disclosure relate to systems, methods, devices, and computer media for receiving user input associated with provided or available content, processing the input, and providing information such as text, video, audio, other media, advertising, and feedback associated with user inputs and preferences to a person associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124329 | VALIDATION OF DATA FOR TARGETING USERS ACROSS MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES ACCESSED BY THE SAME USER - A system for validating user identifications is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving at a data management platform a plurality of first user identifications associated with a first communication device accessed by a first user, wherein the data management platform includes data relating to the first user; (b) receiving at the data management platform a plurality of second user identifications associated with a second communication device accessed by a second user; and (c) determining at the data management platform via a predetermined number of the plurality of receipts of the first and second user identifications that the first user accessing the first communication device is the second user accessing the second communication device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124330 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING INTERESTS OF USERS OF MOBILE AND NONMOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON DATA RECEIVED FROM A PLURALITY OF DATA PROVIDERS - A system for determining interests of users of mobile and non-mobile communication devices based on data received from a plurality of data providers, wherein the system is configured to perform the steps of: (a) obtaining multiple datasets, wherein each dataset comprises at least one user and at least one corresponding attribute for the at least one user; (b) creating a first cluster comprising a first user from at least one dataset and the at least one corresponding attribute for the first user; (c) creating a second cluster comprising a second user from the at least one dataset and the at least one corresponding attribute for the second user; (d) merging the first cluster with the second cluster; and (e) assigning values to previously unknown attributes based on probabilistic estimations. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124331 | IDENTIFYING A SAME USER OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES BASED ON APPLICATION USE PATTERNS - A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124332 | CREATION OF A UNIVERSAL PROFILE OF A USER BY IDENTIFYING A SAME DATUM ACROSS A PLURALITY OF USER PROFILES CORRESPONDING TO THE USER - A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124333 | CREATION OF A UNIVERSAL PROFILE OF A USER BY IDENTIFYING SIMILAR USER-MANAGED ASSETS ON A PLURALITY OF DEVICES OF THE USER - A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124334 | ORDER FULFILLMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING PRODUCTS INCLUDING INDIVIDUALIZED INFORMATION - Interactive custom printed order placement and fulfillment systems and methods for placing, selling, accepting, proofing, transmitting, producing, servicing, and delivering orders for printed products including individualized or personalized information in time-efficient ways. Video conferencing technicians can provide direct access to professional, expert, and knowledgeable help. The interactive custom printed order fulfillment systems and methods further provide opportunities for targeted up-sells, cross-promotion, advertising, marketing, and information management to benefit those placing orders, those facilitating or brokering orders, and those producing and delivering orders, thereby increasing information efficiency. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124335 | System for Delivering Advertisements to Wireless Communication Devices - An advertising system and method for a communication system that delivers advertisements to subscribers based on the respective subscriber data. The advertisers, through the provider of the system, have advertisements selected and delivered to the subscriber based on the subscriber data. The advertiser pays for advertisement delivery such that the provider can offer reduced rates or free communication services to the subscribers. The provider is capable through the system to update the subscriber data in real time including personal profile, purchase history, financial condition, and location. The provider through the system is capable of establishing advertisement delivery priority by evaluating the subscriber data in real time just prior to triggering advertisement delivery. The advertisement can fee delivered in place of ring tones, at the end of the conversation, and while waiting for the other party to answer. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124336 | DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - A method for data forwarding storage and retrieval in a network of interconnected computer system nodes may include directing data to a computer memory, continuously forwarding the data, from one computer memory to anther computer memory in the network of interconnected computer system nodes without storing on any physical storage device in the network, and retrieving the data in response to an activity. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124337 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING METADATA FOR E-COMMERCE OFFERINGS FROM VARIABLE DATA CAMPAIGN CONTENT - A method and system for making marketing campaigns discoverable to non-recipients via, for example, the Internet. In one example, information from a VDP marketing campaign is used to generate metadata that is embedded in web pages that support the VDP campaign. A non-recipient Internet user may discover the VDP campaign through various paths, such as via search engine results returned to the user during a web search. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124338 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION AMONG CONTENT PUBLICATION, ADVERTISEMENT SERVICES AND REWARDS COLLECTION - A computer-implemented method and system for integration among content publication, advertisement services and rewards collection is provided. The method and system comprises publishing a first content generated by a first user for public viewing, determining whether a predetermined condition of the published first content reaches a first predetermined threshold, providing a first slot available for a first advertisement if the first predetermined threshold is reached, and allowing the first user to set a first price for the first slot to sell for rewards collection. When the published content reaches a second predetermined threshold, a second slot is then provided for the user to set a second price for rewards collection and so on. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124339 | Providing Multiple Creatives for Contextual Advertising - Methods for providing multiple creatives in a display order are disclosed. A user may request a resource, and a request for an advertisement may be received. A plurality of advertisements responsive to the request are identified. Each advertisement may be associated with one or more creatives, and a display order for each of the one or more creatives. An advertisement from the plurality of identified advertisements is selected based on a bid amount associated with each identified advertisement. One of the creatives of the selected advertisement is then provided, based on the display order of the creatives associated with the selected advertisements. The user may make a request for a second resource, and a second request may be received. Advertisements responsive to the second request may be identified. A second creative, according to the display order, may be provided to the user from an advertisement selected based on bid amount. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124340 | Match engine marketing - Enabling advertisers using a computer network such as the Internet and a match engine to submit their offerings to product, service, benefit seeking entities. In some embodiments, a database having accounts for the providers is made available. Accounts contain contact and billing information for an advertiser; and at least one offering having at least a description, a criteria set comprising one or more criterion factors, and a bid amount. An advertiser influences a position of an offering in the advertiser's account by first selecting offering relevant criteria. The advertiser enters the criteria and the description into a listing; influencing at least in part the position for the listing within a results page through an online bidding process. This results page is generated in response to a seeking entity query of the match engine. Pay for performance demographic, geographic, psychographic criteria/characteristics targeted directly advertising (frictionless advertising) is enabled. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124341 | Persistent content capture - Persistent content capture is described, including detecting an input associated with data presented in a first area of an environment, moving the data from the first area to a second area of the environment in response to the input, wherein moving the data generates processed data, and providing an interface element in the second area, the interface element being associated with the data and processed data, wherein the interface element is not affected by a function performed in the first area of the environment and the data and the processed data are accessed when the interface element is selected. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124342 | LIVE ADVERTISEMENT PREVIEW DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTION - A live advertisement (“ad”) preview may be used by an advertiser and/or publisher to ensure that an ad is displayed correctly and to maximize user interaction with the ad. The live ad preview may be provided before the general public has access to the ad. The live ad preview may include a display of the ad within a real-time version of a destination web page. The live ad preview of the ad in the destination web page may be distributed with a universal resource locator (“URL”) that may be distributed externally. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124343 | PREMIUM INSTANT MESSAGING SPACE - Monetizing on-line communications includes: assigning a price to become a buddy of a publisher in an on-line chat board; advertising the price to prospective subscribers of the publisher; receiving a bid from a prospective subscriber; and transmitting the bid offer to the publisher such that the publisher can accept or decline the bid offer. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124344 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING USER LIKELIHOOD TO SELECT AN ADVERTISEMENT PRIOR TO DISPLAY - A computer implemented system and method of determining whether to display an advertisement to a user can include determining, using at least one processor, a likelihood that a user accessing a web page would select an advertisement if displayed to the user in the web page at a future moment during that trip by the user to the web page. An analysis module can determine whether or not the determined likelihood satisfies criteria imposed by a click-through-rate associated with the web page. If the determined likelihood value satisfies the click-through-rate, then an advertisement can be output to the user through at least one output device. Otherwise, the system can refrain from causing an advertisement to be output to the user for inclusion in the web page during that particular visit by the user to the web page. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124345 | EXPANDING COMPUTER DISPLAY ADVERTISING METHOD CONTINUATION - A method and system is disclosed for creating additional advertising space by sensing the position of an element on a web page or other client viewer, and upon interaction of a user with that element positioning the appearance of additional web page elements not limited by the boundary of the initial element. Marketing methods enabled thereby are disclosed where among other possibilities this created advertising space can be sold to pay for placement of instances of the invention, where licensees are motivated to themselves place instances of the invention in exchange for usage rights, or further be compensated with a share of income from built-in links, where instances of the invention can carry value added content so that hosting sites will pay for the placement or carry it at no charge, and where a content provider might pay for having its content programmed or provide it for free for promotional value, where instances of the invention maintain links back to a generator site for its own propagation, where a web presence can be created across multiple sites for any commercial or social purpose as a conglomerate world wide billboard, where any instance of the invention can be reconfigured on any site where it resides in real time protected by optional password, and other alternatives more fully described in the specification. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124346 | Security Token for Mobile Near Field Communication Transactions - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which relate to an NFC-enabled security token that is removably coupled to a mobile device. The security token may be provisioned with the information by the mobile device, then decoupled from the mobile device and used to authenticate the user or perform a transaction at a POS terminal equipped with an NFC reader. The security token includes logic for user-controlled restrictions on allowable purchases, such as payment limits, timeouts, vendor identifiers, allowed purchases, and location-based restrictions. The security token is further equipped with “self destruct” security features, such as deactivating itself or erasing any sensitive information upon being unable to contact the mobile device for a specified duration, or being subject to an unauthorized or restricted transaction, until such time as it is re-coupled to the mobile device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL PRICE-PROTECTION - A fuel-price protection mechanism whereby customers may pre-purchase quantity-based amounts of fuel and retrieve said fuel at any participating fuel retailer. The quantity-based amounts of fuel are represented in the customer's account as a quantity-based fuel credit. The fuel credits may be redeemed at a participating fuel retailer to obtain fuel. The fuel credits are associated with a customer's home geographical region or a customer's selected price class. A conversion mechanism will allow the customer to redeem fuel credits in a different geographical region or price class. Redemption within the home region or the customer selected price class can occur without conversion. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124348 | PLUG-IN BASED CHIP CARD PAYMENTS - A chip card payment processor interface component exposes a plurality of different interfaces for a plurality of different chip card payment processors. A chip card peripheral device interface component exposes a plurality of different chip card peripheral device interfaces for a plurality of different chip card peripheral devices. A payment services component can thus interact with the plurality of different chip card peripheral devices in conducting a transaction, and can also interact with a plurality of different chip card payment processors to authenticate and validate the transaction. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124349 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PROVISIONING AND UTILIZING AN AGGREGATED SOFT CARD ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing and provisioning an aggregated soft card are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for an aggregated soft card from a mobile device, wherein the aggregated soft card includes a primary component soft card and at least one secondary component soft card. The method also includes requesting component soft card data associated with each of the primary component soft card and the at least one secondary component soft card from a plurality of issuing system servers. The method further includes generating aggregated soft card data by establishing a link among the component soft card data received from the plurality of issuing system servers and sending the aggregated soft card data to the mobile device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124350 | MONEY TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention provides systems and methods of facilitating money transfers. The method includes receiving, at a money transfer system, access to a customer's account, establishing, at the money transfer system, a money transfer record including a recipient and an amount, and receiving, at the money transfer system, an identifier for the money transfer record. The method further includes receiving presentation of the identifier at an input device of the money transfer system and authorizing a money transfer associated with the money transfer record. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124351 | USING AN NFC ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE AS A POS TERMINAL - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124352 | MANAGEMENT OF DYNAMIC ASSEMBLY AND LICENSING OF APPLIANCES - Methods and arrangements for assembly and licensing of appliances. A base image is created, the base image corresponding to a combination of an operating system and hardware. A purchasing medium client is embedded into the base image, and a provisioning request for a pay-per-use license is developed. A provisioned instance is started, and a product bundle plan is executed. The license is requested from a purchasing medium. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124353 | MANAGEMENT OF DYNAMIC ASSEMBLY AND LICENSING OF APPLIANCES - Methods and arrangements for assembly and licensing of appliances. A base image is created, the base image corresponding to a combination of an operating system and hardware. A purchasing medium client is embedded into the base image, and a provisioning request for a pay-per-use license is developed. A provisioned instance is started, and a product bundle plan is executed. The license is requested from a purchasing medium. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124354 | Automatic Modification of Web Pages - A system for interactive paper is described. Data fragments are captured at locations in a rendered document. A digital version of the document is optionally located. Markup data applied to the capture creates a rich set of interactions for the user. New models for publishing documents and new document-related services are described. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING GROUP ORDERS - A system and method for group ordering is provided including displaying an item of a vendor to users of a group, receiving orders for at least one particular item associated with the same vendor from the users of the group, combining the orders into a group order, sending the group order to the single vendor, and calculating a second price for each particular item, different from the first price, based on an amount of orders received for the single vendor. Each vendor may include multiple items and each of the multiple items may include a first price. Each order may be associated with a single vendor. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124356 | Auctions with Socially-connected Private Advance Offerings - Auctions with socially-connected private advance offerings are provided by by a social auction integration server by receiving at least one parameter regarding an item to be offered in an online auction by an offeror user; using the parameter and an identifier of the offeror user, searching at least one social network server for identifies of friends and associates that have a recorded affinity for the item or for similar items; preparing a list of the friend users and associate users; configuring a restricted auction wherein only the friend users and associate users are allowed to review and bid on the offered item; and providing the friend users and associate users a digital means for accessing the restricted auction. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124357 | System and method for online buying and selling goods and services within the context of social networking - A system and method is provided for online buying and selling goods and services within the context of social networking. The social relation closeness between a buyer and a seller is determined using information from social networking services and a business transaction record database. Trust and credibility between buyers and sellers may be derived from the social relation closeness between them. Therefore, the initial transaction barriers may be lowered. The business relation closeness between a buyer and a seller may be determined and may be used to search for potential buyers and sellers. Furthermore, buyers and sellers may acquire more information from their social and business relations so as to aid the sales decisions and detect frauds. To provide desired privacy and credibility, a seller may use groups and requirement on the closeness of social and business relation with the seller to control access to the seller's item information. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124358 | Method to Create a Secondary Market (Exchange) Using a Web Auction to Price Annuity Payments - The method to create a secondary market using a web auction to price annuity payments comprises of an initial owner, a payor, an entity, an intermediary advisor, an annuity, and a lump sum of money. A plurality of payments is a fixed sum of money. The method also includes a method to create a wide area network, which comprises of a market price assessment module of web auction technology. The market price assessment module comprises of web auction technology comprises of a database module and a due diligence module. The due diligence module comprises of a buyer module, a seller module, and a bidding module. The buyer module comprises of the initial owner, the payor, and a source of funds. The seller module comprises of a copy of annuity, a credit report, an affidavit, and a uniform commercial code filing. The bidding module comprises of a reverse financial pricing engine. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124359 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online auction website has anti-counterfeiting measures. The website requires a seller of an item to input information about the product for sale, including at least a brand of the product and a product identification code. If the brand code and product identification code are not entered, the website does not allow the seller to post the item for sale. If entered, the brand and the product identification code are included in the listing on the online auction webpage that advertises the product for sale during the auction period. Verification may be performed on the item to determine its authenticity. The verification process includes comparing the listed brand and product identification codes with a plurality of authentic brand and product identification codes. When the brand and product identification codes are determined to be counterfeit, the listing is terminated and the sale of counterfeit items is prevented. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED PRICING - Systems and methods for generating location-based retail pricing options are discussed herein. In an example, a method for generating location-based retail pricing options includes receiving, over a network from a user, a pricing request. The pricing request includes information identifying the user, a merchant, and an intended purchase. In this example, the method further includes determining a pricing option associated with the merchant and the intended purchase, and transmitting the pricing option to the user. The method still further includes processing a purchase transaction, associated with the user, for the intended purchase based on the pricing option. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124361 | CONSUMER, RETAILER AND SUPPLIER COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system and method for generating recommendations is disclosed. The system includes first and second client machines, a connection router connected to the first and second client machines, at least one database, and at least one server connected to the connection router and in communication with the at least one database. The method involves generating and providing a list of recommendations. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124362 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SHOPPING LIST GENERATION AND FULFILLMENT - A system and method for assisting user fulfillment by using a product input device is disclosed. The system includes a product input device that enables a user to input data and send the data to a server wirelessly. The server processes the received data in order to identify a product associated with the received data and provides a list to the user. The user's computing device is configured to receive the list and provide the list on a display of the computing device so that the user may interact with the list for fulfilling user needs. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124363 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SUSPICIOUS ORDERS - Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to systems and methods for identifying suspicious orders for controlled substances based on performing checks on a received order using historical information on previous orders. According to various embodiments, these checks may include: (1) comparing the order quantity for the received order with the order quantity history for the customer who placed the order for the controlled substance; (2) comparing the order quantity and the days since the last order was shipped to the customer for the same controlled substance with the order quantity history and the days between orders for the particular customer and controlled substance; (3) comparing the order quantity with order quantity history for orders received by customers of the same type for the controlled substance; and (4) comparing the order quantity with order quantity history for any customer for the particular controlled substance. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT USING PAYEE PROVIDED TRANSACTION IDENTIFICATION CODES - A computerized method of payment based on short, temporary, transaction ID numbers which protect the security of the payer's (customer's) financial accounts. The payee will first register a source of funds and a payer device with a unique ID (such as a mobile phone and phone number) with the invention's payment server. Then once a payee (merchant) and the payer have agreed on a financial transaction amount, the payee requests a transaction ID from the payment server for that amount. The payment server sends the payee a transaction ID, which the payee then communicates to the payer. The payer in turn relays this transaction ID to the server, which validates the transaction using the payer device. The server then releases funds to the payee. The server can preserve all records for auditing purposes, but security is enhanced because the merchant never gets direct access to the customer's financial account information. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124365 | DYNAMIC MERCHANDISING CONNECTION SYSTEM - Mechanisms are provided for efficiently and effectively connecting users such as customers, consumers, and clients with remote agents such as salespeople, assistants, personal shoppers, etc., by using a merchandising interface in store, shop, and showroom environments. A merchandising connection system identifies and analyzes characteristics of users, target products, and remote agents, and matches users and remote agents using data such as demographic information, common interests, compatible personality types, areas of expertise, attractiveness levels, etc. Various sensors, detectors, actuators, scent emitters, etc., at the merchandising interface work to enhance the user and remote agent connection. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124366 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT GENERATION AND DELIVERY OF ITEM INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods for utilizing content from an item description source to enhance item quality information. In one exemplary embodiment, the information is pulled from an item advertisement in order to add value to an item quality report advertisement. In one variant, content from the item advertisement is utilized in an advertisement for an item quality information report. Providing this descriptive content pulled from the advertisement creates a connection for the customer between the item of interest and the item quality report. The descriptive information from the item advertisement may also be utilized to add value to the reports by incorporation therein as well. Providing the item description into an advertisement for an item quality report enables, among other things, the customer to validate that the description listed in the advertisement matches the description provided for that item from trusted item quality sources. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124367 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING INDIVIDUALIZED AUDIO INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK - A system for providing individualized information to a consumer over a network has been developed. The system includes a device, such as a sign, that identifies to a consumer a subject of interest. The device provides a unique identifier associated with the subject that allows the consumer to access individualized information about the subject of interest through a website. The consumer sends the identifier to the system with a mobile communications device and receives the information about the subject in the form of an audio file. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124368 | PERFORMING DEDUPLICATION ON PRODUCT INFORMATION SEARCH RESULTS - Performing deduplication on product information search results is disclosed, including: receiving update information associated with stored product information; retrieving and updating the stored product information and sets of feature vectors associated with the stored product information, wherein updating includes generating sets of feature vectors for any newly added pieces of product information or modified pieces of product information determined based at least in part on the update information; determining correlations between pieces of the updated stored product information based at least in part on the updated sets of feature vectors; and classifying one or more pieces of the updated stored product information into a category based at least in part on the determined correlations associated with the one or more pieces of the updated stored product information, wherein in response to a subsequent search query, a piece of product information is to be selected from the category. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124369 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING PURCHASE, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - In a B-to B transaction performed via a telecommunication network, a supplier can obtain the opportunity of having a new business customer while a buyer can figure out a reasonable price of an item to be purchased, thereby reducing useless sourcing cost. Information indicative of items each buyer purchased in the past is stored correlated with each buyer in a purchase assistance device, which assists each buyer in purchases of items via electronic business transaction from any one of a plurality of suppliers, the items having a specification desired by each buyer. Further, information on similar items having the same specification is stored in the purchase assistance device correlated with the items that each buyer purchased. In response to a question about items a buyer purchased in the past, the information on similar items is presented to the buyer in the purchase assistance device, together with the information about the item. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124370 | Workflow integration and presentation management - A content editor application enables a computer user to modify content displayed on a display screen. In response to receiving a command from the computer user to view different selectable font styles for application to selected content on the display screen, the content editor application initiates display of a listing of different selectable font types including active fonts, inactive fonts, and/or on-line available (e.g., purchasable) fonts. The active fonts in the listing are those registered with a corresponding operating system while inactive fonts presented in the listing are those not currently registered with the operating system. Based on selection of an entry (e.g., a particular font type) in the listing, the content editor application applies a respective selected presentation option (e.g., selected font type) to modify the content on the display screen. The computer user can initiate commands to activate fonts, deactivate fonts, and/or obtain fonts on-line. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124371 | DETERMINING LOCAL CATALOG OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A method includes receiving local digital content consumption information associated with a location. The method also includes identifying a local consumption pattern for digital content based on the local digital content consumption information. The method further includes receiving a global catalog of digital content. A local catalog of digital content is determined based on the local consumption pattern for digital content and the global catalog of digital content. The method also includes providing the local catalog of digital content using a local area network. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124372 | INTEGRATED MULTI-LICENSOR APPLICATION AND DATA PURVEYANCE - A single integrated offering includes a dataset license and a license to an application tailored for using the dataset. The dataset licensor and the application licensor are distinct entities. However, the integrated offering is electronically purveyed under a single offering price, in a public online marketplace and/or on licensor websites. In some cases, purveyance includes obtaining a purchaser's consents to the licenses, disclosing one or both of the licensors' identities, provisioning a purchaser with the dataset and the application, making payments to licensors, tax authorities, and/or other parties in response to a purchaser's payment, and reporting dataset/application usage to the licensors. Purveyor code permits cancelation of a purchase of the integrated offering only as a unified whole. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING, SELLING AND DELIVERING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR REAL ESTATE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES - A method for developing, selling and delivering software applications for real estate multiple listing services (MLS), brokers, agents, companies, franchises, and consumers. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124374 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PRODUCTS, AND WEBSITE FOR PROGRESSIVE E-COMMERCE - An e-commerce system where progressive incentives are displayed to entice shoppers to purchase goods is disclosed. The e-commerce system includes a database with a region of memory having data related to a first inventory of physical goods and a second inventory of digital goods. The e-commerce system also includes a website configured to facilitate an event, where the website is coupled to the database for accessing the first inventory in response to the event. The event may be a purchase of one or more physical goods. The e-commerce system further includes a webpage configured to display at least a portion of the first inventory that is available for sale, and to display one or more digital goods, where the webpage presents a locked digital good before the event occurs, and in response to one or more events occurring, the webpage presents an unlocked digital good. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124375 | FOOD TRACING AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A food tracing and tracking system, method, and computer-program product are provided. The present invention allows companies that operate within these supply-chains, to exchange information bi-directionally throughout the entire supply-chain while maintaining data integrity and appropriate levels of security at all times and in real-time. The present invention enables a continuous linkage across the supply-chain-entities and changing of supply-chain entities in near real-time and ensures data integrity and data security, performs language translation, maintains a continuous history over time without the need for data conversion, and provides each entity within the supply chain the option of publishing their identity and data to the other supply chain entities. New fields can be added as needed for processes and materials. The present invention supports distributed data hosted on various machines by various organizations over a public or private data network. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124376 | Method and Apparatus for Automated Bill Timeline - A computer-implemented method for displaying a plurality of bill due dates, the method comprising: displaying an account identifier for each bill in the plurality of bills; showing a timeline with a due date indicator for each bill in the plurality of bills, the timeline disposed proximate to the account identifier; and wherein each of the account identifiers and timelines are disposed along an axis relative to the other account identifiers and timelines | 2013-05-16 |
20130124377 | Method And Apparatus For Automated Trading Of Equity Securities Using A Real Time Data Analysis - A system and method for buying and selling securities based on volatility and liquidity rather than other fundamentals is demonstrated. The method involves: providing at least one decision model to buy and sell a security; inputting real-time data into the decision model; and automatically generating an order and executing transactions to buy and sell the security based in response to the decision model. The method continues in buying and selling the security based in response to decision model until the method is stopped. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124378 | Open End Mutual Fund Securitization Process - A computer implemented system is provided for administering and exchanging shares in an exchange traded product. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124379 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND TRADING DYNAMIC SECURITIES - Systems and methods for creating and trading dynamic securities are provided. Dynamic securities according to the invention may preferably include any security or non-securitized investment. To form the dynamic security, a user may select a plurality of securities including stocks, bonds, baseball cards and modern art paintings to create a dynamic security. The selection may be limited to a pre-determined list of securities. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124380 | Template Based Matching - Systems and methods for matching orders are provided. One or more trade templates are created. The trade templates define groups of orders for financial instruments that may be combined such that all of the orders are matched. New orders and resting orders are analyzed using one or more trade templates to determine whether a combination of orders satisfies all of the elements of a trade template. When all of the elements of a trade template are satisfied, the corresponding orders may be matched contemporaneously. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124381 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXECUTING A BUY OR SELL ORDER - An auto-trading strategy for executing an order to buy or sell a specified quantity of a certain item. The strategy utilizes urgency scores rather than time bins. In one embodiment, an urgency score is determined at a certain point in time. The urgency score is a function of a trading target associated with the point in time and the actual number of items that have been traded as of the certain point in time. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124382 | FINANCIAL MARKET REPLICATOR AND SIMULATOR - A financial market replicator and, simulator, intermixes and records data streams of real time financial market data. The FMRS replays such recorded data to simulate the real time financial market(s) in a manner that represents substantially the entirety of information relating to the financial market(s) such that an observer would have difficulty differentiating between the simulator playback of the data and real time data. A user may employ the playback as a research and training tool for developing and executing trading strategies. A user may then determine if the trading strategy would have been successful. In addition, a user may alter the recording and playback parameters to provide various opportunities for studying market activity and/or altering the level of challenge of the simulation. A user may also freeze the simulator playback in order to explore the behaviors of the market's participants and related securities. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124383 | TBA Futures Contracts and Central Counterparty Clearing of TBA - Networks, systems and methods that match orders for TBA futures and settle and clear open positions for TBA futures are disclosed. The TBA futures may include MBS TBA future contracts. A central counterparty clearing firm may net long and short positions and generate delivery instructions to parties having open positions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124384 | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to a system and method by which the recommendations of a third party advisor chosen by an investor and with whom an investor has entered into a separate relationship can be matched with conditional trading criteria chosen by the investor. In a process for structuring such a trading system, when a matching correspondence occurs between the criteria specified in trades recommended by an advisory service and conditions chosen by the individual investor, the combined set of matching criteria then becomes the basis to initiate a formal trading order for the financial securities so defined. The trading order so generated may additionally include specified criteria not pre-defined by the investor, such as for example timing instructions that can be designated without prescription from the investor. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124385 | Server for Supporting an Exchange Transaction - The present invention is a server for supporting an exchange transaction, in which users can complete exchange transactions between and/or among themselves. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124386 | System and Method for Providing Electronic Price Feeds for Tradeable Objects - System and methods for a price feed generation are described. According to an example method described herein, upon receiving market information including a plurality of linear prices and order quantities, a reference price level is selected and a price feed message is generated to include the reference price level and the plurality of order quantities. The price feed message is then provided to client terminals. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124387 | USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM - A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote client terminals, and this information is routed to a transaction server. The transaction server receives order information from the remote terminals, matches a bid for an item to an offer for an item responsive to the bid corresponding with the offer, and communicates outstanding bid and offer information, and additional information (such as trades and contextual data) back to the client terminals. Each client terminal displays all of the outstanding bids and offers for an item, allowing the trader to view trends in orders for an item. A priority view is provided in which orders are displayed as tokens at locations corresponding to the values of the orders. The size of the tokens reflects the quantity of the orders. An alternate view positions order icons at a location which reflects the value and quantity of the order. Additionally, contextual data for the item is also displayed to allow the trader to consider as much information as possible while making transaction decisions. A pit panel view is also provided in which traders connected to the pit are represented by icons, and are displayed corresponding to an activity level of the trader. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124388 | Derivatives Trading Methods That Use a Variable Order Price and a Hedge Transaction - Systems and methods are provided for executing a hedge transaction in connection with the execution of a derivative product order in which the price of the derivative product is defined by one or more variables. The hedge transaction may be executed at an exchange or match engine that is different from the exchange or match engine executing the derivative product order. The execution of derivative product transaction may be contingent on the existence of an appropriate hedge transaction. Alternatively, a best efforts approach may be used to fill the hedge transaction order after executing the derivative product transaction. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124389 | System and Method for Settling Trades - A method of settling trades includes the steps of obtaining an authenticated delivery instrument, wherein the authenticated delivery instrument is authenticated by a first exchange and may be used to settle a trade undertaken on the first exchange. An electronic proxy is issued for the delivery instrument, wherein the electronic proxy may be exchanged for the authenticated delivery instrument and where the electronic proxy is used to settle a trade undertaken on a second exchange. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124390 | Order Risk Management for Financial Product Processing - Systems and methods are provided for processing derivative product orders at an exchange. Traders provide derivative product order risk data to the exchange. The order risk data may include maximum delta, gamma and/or vega utilization values for derivative product contracts based on the same underlying product. Before executing a trade, a match system analyzes the trader's current utilization state and the utilization that would result after the trade. The match system may then execute all or a portion of the trade. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124391 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MARKET ORDER INFORMATION AND PLACING ORDERS - Methods of displaying and placing orders for financial instruments. Financial market information is displayed on a screen controlled by a processor. The display includes a plurality of bid columns, a plurality of ask columns, and a price column acting as an axis for the bid and ask columns. Values in the columns are updated as the state of the financial market changes. The values in the columns automatically re-center if either one of the highest bid price, or lowest ask price scrolls off the screen. Placing an order includes presetting order parameters, selecting a price at which to place the order, indicating the price at which to the place the order by indicating a cell associated with a price in a column of a computer display through the use of a computer input device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124392 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE-SCALE CREDIT DATA PROCESSING - Systems and methods are provided for processing large volumes of credit-related data and other data, and generating products based on the processed data. Data received from a number of different data sources may be processed in parallel and stored in memory. Reporting rules may be defined in association with each of a number of different accounts. Products, such as credit reports, may then be generated based on one or more rule sets. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124393 | CONNECTING DECISIONS THROUGH CUSTOMER TRANSACTION PROFILES - An apparatus and method for developing financial risk decisions for a customer associated with a number of different financial services/channels are disclosed. A hierarchy of relationships among the financial services/channels is generated. Transactional behaviors of the customer related to each of the financial services/channels is summarized, using one or more analytical approaches executed on the hierarchy of relationships, to generate a customer level transactional behavior summary. A customer profile associated with the customer is generated which includes the transactional behavior summary and aggregated information on recent financial transactions associated with each of the financial services/channels. A score for a risk decision can be generated for one or more specific services/channels, based on the customer profile. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124394 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND ANALYTICAL PREDICTION PROCESS TO GENERATE CONSUMER PERSONALIZED LENDER APPROVAL AND PRICING COMPATIBILITY INFORMATION - System and analytical prediction process to generate consumer personalized lender approval and pricing compatibility information is disclosed. The analytic prediction processes applied against historical data from an indiscriminant, autonomous and unaffiliated plurality of lenders is unique and affords consumers numerous advantages over the confusing and incentivized influences associated with the existing systems via an unbiased informational advisory record. Furthermore, the system may make certain information available to consumers that was previously kept private and made confidential by lenders. Consumers may save both time and money through a computer readable medium that identifies and publishes their most cost effective borrowing options, as well as provides guidance on recognizing and procuring equitable interest rates via an analytically derived numerical representation. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124395 | Systems And Methods For Disabling Recurring Charges - A system, a method, and a software product disable recurring charges incurred on an account of a user. A plurality of transactions that occurred within a predefined period for the account is received within a server. The transactions are analyzed to identify a recurring charge, which is indicated to the user. A delete button is displayed proximate the recurring charge and the recurring charge is cancelled if the user clicks on the delete button. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE TO PURCHASE ONE OR MORE GOODS AND SERVICES - The present invention is a system to purchase one or more goods and services that includes one or more payment receiving apparatuses that include a distinctive product code, a mobile device with an input system to input purchasing data and a payment distribution application utilized to input purchasing data and a communications network that allows the mobile device to be in communication with the one or more payment receiving apparatuses. A payment is performed by the mobile device to purchase the goods and services provided by the one or more payment receiving apparatuses which are in communication with a user's monetary funds to transfer the user's monetary funds over the communications network to the payment receiving apparatus to purchase the goods and services. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124397 | COLLABORATIVE FIRST ORDER LOGIC SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC ONTOLOGY - A collaborative first order logic system with dynamic ontology for example that enables collaborative discussion of documents, subjects associated within the documents, assertions about the subjects and theorems that utilize the assertions along with dynamic creation and association of two or more subjects that may represent the same thing. Enables geographical and temporal displays of assertions and opinions regarding the assertions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124398 | MOBILE PLATFORM FOR EVENT REGISTRATION - Method and systems of registering participants for an event at an event site are disclosed. Identification data specific to a participant encoded on a first token object is read with a mobile computing device. A query is generated from the mobile computing device to a remote event registration system for prior registration data based upon at least a subset of the received identification data. The prior registration data is received on the mobile computing device. A first subset of the prior registration data is transmitted to a local event registration system, and a payment success indicator is received upon successful payment processing. Registrant identification data is generated by the local event registration system in response to recording the first subset of the prior registration data and the payment success indicator. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124399 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE LIQUID FUNDS IN THE ONLINE AUCTION AND MARKETPLACE ENVIRONMENT - A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage to implement a lending system for use with electronic commerce web sites such as auction sites. A seller may receive a cash loan for items placed for sale but not yet purchased by a buyer. The seller can be required to pay back the loan after a predetermined amount of time or as soon as the item for sale is sold and payment is received from the buyer. The lender would charge interest or commission for the loan. In this manner, sellers can receive cash for items listed on auction sites before those items are actually sold, generating additional cash flow for the seller. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124400 | CLOUD COMPUTING OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cloud computing operating system is described. The system, in one aspect, includes a plurality of core data structures ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130124401 | Internet-Based Group Cloud Management System - (GCMS) for Information Exchange Among Cloud Management System Sites - (CMS) (Systems and Methods) - System and Methods for implementing a Internet-Based Group Cloud Management System (GCMS) comprised by several Cloud Management System sites (CMS sites), where providing institutions, means for: A) The Creation of the Educational Group comprised by: A1) Community CMS sites for Campuses and/or Groups of Users, A2) Personal CMS Sites for each Faculty, Staff, Student and Alumnus, A3) Project CMS sites for each Project Team. B) Communication within the Educational Group: B1) Among CMS Sites, B2) to e-mail and text-messaging devices. The CMS sites are reachable by their own domain names or sub-domain from the GCMS, and by any search engine. Each CMS site is multi-user and includes its own security system, user-defined and predefined pages for among others, Professional Profile, Web Apps, Virtual Desktop/Apps and Web/Cloud Services. Each CMS site is connected to the GCMS, allowing the Exchange of Information among CMS sites within the GCMS and among GCMS sites. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124402 | INTERNET PACKAGE SHIPPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for shipping a package from a package sender to an intended recipient, utilizing Internet communications to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize pre-stored profile information, view shipping history, track orders, etc. A package sender with an Internet-accessible computer accesses an Internet site and associated shipping system operated by a shipping service provider. The package sender enters information required for shipping the package, including shipping options and methods for payment, and the shipment transaction is validated. If the transaction is validated, printer indicia are communicated to the customer's computer, which is enabled to locally print a prepaid label containing special machine-readable as well as human-readable indicia. The shipping service provider acquires the package by drop-off, standard pickup or on call pickup, scans the machine readable indicia, verifies other indicia of authenticity, and processes the package in accordance with information encoded on the label. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124403 | Notification Systems and Methods Enabling Selection of Arrival or Departure Times of Tracked Mobile Things in Relation to Locations - Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized as follows: engaging in a communication session with a personal communications device, based upon impending arrival or departure of one or more mobile things in relation to a location; during the communication session, providing a plurality of arrival or departure times in relation to a location and enabling selection of one of the times; and causing a mobile thing to arrive at or depart from the location at substantially the selected time. A representative system, among others, is a computer system that has been programmed to perform the foregoing steps. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124404 | Notification Systems and Methods Enabling Selection of Arrival or Departure Times of Tracked Mobile Things in Relation to Locations - Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized as follows: engaging in a communication session with a personal communications device, based upon impending arrival or departure of one or more mobile things in relation to a location; during the communication session, providing a plurality of arrival or departure times in relation to a location and enabling selection of one of the times; and causing a mobile thing to arrive at or depart from the location at substantially the selected time. A representative system, among others, is a computer system that has been programmed to perform the foregoing steps. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124405 | Mobile-To-Mobile Payment System and Method - A mobile-to-mobile payment method and system are presented. One or more payor messages are received at a payment server from a mobile device associated with a payor. The one or more payor messages include an identifier of a payee and an amount. The identifier of the payee is associated with a payee account, and the mobile device is associated with a payor account. The payment server executes a transfer of funds of the amount from the payor account to the payee account. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124406 | Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment System and Method - A method and system using a communication network such as the Internet to allow registered users the flexibility to pay a bill by using traditional non-electronic payment methods after receiving an e-mail notification. The e-mail notification contains at least summary information which is formatted in the form of a remittance which can be included with the non-electronic form of payment allowing a user to retain the ability to pay a bill non-electronically while still being electronically notified that the bill is coming due. Additionally, a registered user has the option to pay a bill electronically after receiving the e-mail by clicking on an appropriate web address embedded within that e-mail. The registered user will either be directed to a biller website or a Customer Service Provider (CSP) and/or a Business Service Provider (BSP) website and given the option to pay the bill electronically. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124407 | System and Method for Electronic Wallet Conversion - A system and method for electronic wallet conversion allows conversion of a basic electronic wallet to a more flexible wallet account, providing additional services and requiring additional authentication. The basic accountholder eventually requires the additional services provided by the more flexible wallet, typically editing rights and making purchases at sites requiring authentication beyond the basic level. To convert the account, the account holder is presented with a one-time challenge and response mechanism that requires the accountholder to summon information that only the account holder would know. If a successful match is made, the account is converted to the more flexible account for all time. The accountholder replaces the one-time challenge and response with a second-level password that grants the accountholder ongoing access to more sensitive wallet features, such as the ability to purchase at sites requiring a second-level password, and editing rights to the information stored in the wallet. | 2013-05-16 |
20130124408 | System and Method for Electronic Wallet Conversion - A system and method for electronic wallet conversion allows conversion of a basic electronic wallet to a more flexible wallet account, providing additional services and requiring additional authentication. The basic accountholder eventually requires the additional services provided by the more flexible wallet, typically editing rights and making purchases at sites requiring authentication beyond the basic level. To convert the account, the account holder is presented with a one-time challenge and response mechanism that requires the accountholder to summon information that only the account holder would know. If a successful match is made, the account is converted to the more flexible account for all time. The accountholder replaces the one-time challenge and response with a second-level password that grants the accountholder ongoing access to more sensitive wallet features, such as the ability to purchase at sites requiring a second-level password, and editing rights to the information stored in the wallet. | 2013-05-16 |