23rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150154592 | AUTHORIZING A TRANSACTION BETWEEN A CLIENT DEVICE AND A SERVER USING A SCANNABLE CODE - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a first server transmitting, to a first client device, a scannable code for display on the first client device. The scannable code encodes a session identifier for a session between the first client device and the first server. The first server receives a transaction identifier to authenticate a transaction within the session between the first client device and the first server. The transaction identifier is transmitted to the first server in response to a second client device scanning and decoding the scannable code displayed on the first client device to obtain the session identifier. The first server transmits an indication of a successful authentication to the first client device in response to the received transaction identifier. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154593 | METHOD, SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE PAYMENT - A secure payment method is provided. The method includes a payment server receiving order payment information from a first user terminal, where the order payment information includes a login account of the first user terminal and a transaction order. The method also includes the payment server sending payment request information to a second user terminal associated with the first user terminal based on the login account of the first user terminal, where the payment request information contains the transaction order, and the second user terminal is a mobile terminal. Further, the method includes the payment server receiving payment confirmation information from the second user terminal based on the payment request information, where the payment confirmation information contains a payment account and verification information inputted by a user. The method includes the payment server performing a payment operation for the transaction order based on the payment confirmation information. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154594 | UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY - A secure registry system and method for the use thereof are provided which permits secure access to a database containing selected data on a plurality of entities, at least portions of which database has restricted access. Mechanisms are provided for controlling access to restricted access portions of the database are provided, such access being determined by at least one of the identity of the requesting entity and the entity's status. A multicharacter public code may be provided which the system can map to provide permit delivery of items, complete telephone calls and perform other functions for entities. The system may also be utilized to locate an individual based on limited biological data. Organizations utilizing the system may have custom software facilitating their access and use of the system. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154595 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE AUTHENTICATION OF USER AND MOBILE DEVICE WITHOUT SECURE ELEMENTS - A method for generating payment credentials in a payment transaction includes: storing, in a memory, at least a single use key associated with a transaction account; receiving, by a receiving device, a personal identification number; identifying, by a processing device, a first session key; generating, by the processing device, a second session key based on at least the stored single use key and the received personal identification number; generating, by the processing device, a first application cryptogram based on at least the first session key; generating, by the processing device, a second application cryptogram based on at least the second session key; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, at least the first application cryptogram and second application cryptogram for use in a payment transaction. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ADVANCED STORAGE KEY IN A MOBILE DEVICE WITHOUT SECURE ELEMENTS - A method for building an advanced storage key includes: storing, in a mobile device, at least (i) device information associated with the mobile device, (ii) program code associated with a first program including an instance identifier, and (iii) program code associated with a second program including a first key; generating a device fingerprint associated with the mobile device based on the device information via execution of the code associated with the first program; generating a random value via execution of the code associated with the first program; building a diversifier value based on the generated device fingerprint, the generated random value, and the instance identifier included in the code associated with the first program; and decrypting the built diversifier value using the first key stored in the code associated with the second program via execution of the code associated with the second program to obtain a storage key. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154597 | Method and System for Secure Transactions - This invention relates to systems and methods for authenticating transactions using a mobile device based primarily on the introduction of a layer of middleware and wherein the Payment Networks, Merchants, Issuing Banks, Credit Reporting Bureaus, Insurance Companies, Healthcare Providers may customize the implementation of the services based on individual strategy and consumer preferences. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154598 | Secure Interaction with Input Devices - Methods of obtaining input on a physical input device are provided. A virtual input device is superimposed over the physical input device. The virtual input device has a different layout than the physical input device, such that a first input on the physical input device is mapped to a different input on the virtual input device. In another aspect, methods of securing a transaction according include displaying a first input screen to a user, encrypting a scrambling key using a public key, the scrambling key defining a second input screen that has a different layout from the first input screen, transmitting the encrypted scrambling key to a user device, receiving an input from the user device, and mapping the input to the second input screen. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154599 | Identity Risk Scoring - An identity risk score may be determined for subscribers of a service to indicate a level of confidence or certainty associated with a subscriber's identity. The identity risk score may be modified upward or downward in order to reflect changing levels of certainty. The changes may be based on transactions performed on behalf of and/or information submitted by the subscriber. Functionality provided to the subscriber may also be dependent upon whether the subscriber's identity risk score meets a threshold. In one or more arrangements, an identity risk score may be determined based on whether information entered by the subscriber can be confirmed and a level of confidence with which the information is confirmed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154600 | Method and Apparatus for Risk Identification and Mitigation - Systems and methods provide for monitoring, determining, and processing risk indicators relating to a network and/or a consumer. Primary risk indicators may be determined that include measurable metrics of changes in consumer complaint data, e.g. fraud complaint volume or a change in volume with respect to other factors such as number of agents, transactions, and the like. Secondary and/or tertiary risk factors may also be determined, e.g. changes in network such as an increase in the number of agents, total transactions, metrics regarding agent training, trends in particular areas, changes in regulations, etc. With these primary and secondary metrics, systems and methods may monitor these metrics and provide statistical data regarding potential fraudulent activity or other loss data. Upon observing that risk indicators are beyond a pre-determined threshold, systems may determine and/or implement loss prevention measures throughout the network or in targeted areas of the network. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154601 | ONLINE FRAUD PREVENTION USING GENETIC ALGORITHM SOLUTION - Online fraud prevention including receiving a rules set to detect fraud, mapping the rules set to a data set, mapping success data to members of the rules set, filtering the members of the rules set, and ordering members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greater probability for being fraudulent based upon the success data of each member of the rule set in detecting fraud. Further, a receiver coupled to an application server to receive a rules set to detect fraud, and a server coupled to the application server, to map the rules set to a data set, and to map the success data to each members of the rules set. The server is used to order the various members of the data set by giving priority to those members of the data set with a greatest probability for being fraudulent. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154602 | PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS OF DIFFERENT PAYMENT DEVICES OF THE SAME ISSUER ACCOUNT - Each portable payment device associated with a single account within a payment processing system is distinguished using track data. The track data from the portable payment device is read at each of a plurality of merchant point of sale terminals (POS). Rather than relying on the PAN alone, a merchant may utilizes the track data, or a proxy thereof, as the unique identifier for the portable payment device. The merchant may then process transactions involving the portable payment device based on the unique identifier. For example, in the transit environment the transit fare for each rider with different portable payment devices but the same account can be calculated using the unique identifier, such as the full track data read from both tracks of the corresponding portable payment devices. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154603 | METHOD OF COMPLETING PAYMENT THROUGH CLIENTS, RELATED DEVICES AND A PAYMENT SYSTEM - A method, device and system of completing payment through clients are disclosed. The method includes a first client being a payee and a second client being a payer. The first client performs audio encoding on: a first client identifier and obtained pending payment charge indication information in order to obtain a computed payment charge voice message, subsequently broadcasts the computed payment charge voice message. The second client performs: monitoring the computed payment charge voice message subsequently decodes the computed payment charge voice message to extract the first identifier and the pending payment charge indication information; generates a payment request and sends to a server the payment request including the first identifier, the pending payment charge indication information and payer information. The server: initiates a payment transaction process to complete funds transfer between a payer account corresponding to the payer information and a payee account corresponding to the first client identifier. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154604 | CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM ALERTING CUSTOMER-SPECIFIED NETWORK ADDRESS OF UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS ATTEMPTS TO CUSTOMER ACCOUNT - A network security system includes a server configured to receive an access request via a network from a remote computing device, a database storing customer account information accessible by the server, and memory accessible by the server and storing a customer notification program. When executed by the server, the program identifies the remote computing device by a device fingerprint and requesting location, determines whether the device fingerprint matches any authorized device fingerprints stored in the database, and sends, responsive to a mismatch between the device fingerprint and the authorized device fingerprints, a notification of the request to a customer-specified address. The notification indicates the request, the identity of the remote computing device, and the requesting location. The program may resolve the request responsive to a reply to the notification from the customer-specified address. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154605 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM OF WARRANTY ACCOUNTING AND PROCESSING METHOD CONCERNING WARRANTY ACCOUNTING - The invention relates to registration, conversion and saving the digital data concerning warranty accounting. The access to the processing center with database servers is provided via web-based platforms for customer, manufacturer and service point for customer identification in the database by customer warranty cards. The invention allows simplifying the accounting and administration of such commitments also resulting in more services availability for customer. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154606 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SOFTWARE FOR ENTERPRISE-WIDE COMPLAINT AGGREGATION - In certain embodiments, a method includes accessing ( | 2015-06-04 |
20150154607 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CORRELATING BUSINESS INFORMATION TO DETERMINE SPAM, CLOSED BUSINESSES, AND RANKING SIGNALS - Systems and methods are provided for determining whether given business listings are spam or are closed businesses. In one example, a system receives a business listing from a user. The business listing contains a geolocation and the name of a business. The system also receives one or more street level images related to a geographic object that is at or near the same geolocation as the business listing. The system determines if the business listing is spam or is closed based on the received street level images by determining if the geographic object is the business or by analyzing whether the business associated with the listing is shown in any of the street level images. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154608 | Apparatus and Method for Perusing Selected Vehicles Having a Clean Title History - A system and method for allowing a consumer to search a database containing used vehicles from a variety of sellers that can be queried to provide search results that include only vehicles having clean title histories. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154609 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS - A method and system as described identifies business records. A business listing stores one or more business records. In order to filter spam records, the method and system operate to identify whether a target business record is a spam business record. To identify the target record as a spam record, the method and system compare extracted characteristics of the target record with characteristics of known spam or good business records. Depending upon the similarity with the known business records, the target business record is identified as a spam record or a good record. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154610 | DETECTING POTENTIALLY FALSE BUSINESS LISTINGS BASED ON AN ANOMALY DETECTION THRESHOLD - An apparatus for detecting potentially false business listings is provided. The apparatus may include a memory that stores a plurality of business listings and a plurality of corresponding impression values for the business listings. The apparatus may also include a processor operative to provide one or more business listings to one or more client devices during a first time period. During the first time period, the processor may determine one or more impression values for the provided one or more business listings. Based on one or more of these impression values, the processor may further determine an anomaly detection threshold. The processor may then compare the anomaly detection threshold with one or more impression values stored during a second time period in which the one or more business listings were requested. Based on this comparison, the processor may identify potentially false business listings in the plurality of business listings. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154611 | DETECTING POTENTIALLY FALSE BUSINESS LISTINGS BASED ON GOVERNMENT ZONING INFORMATION - An apparatus for detecting potentially false business listings is provided. The apparatus may include a memory that stores government zoning information and mappings between the government zoning information and specified business types. The apparatus may also include a processor operative to receive a request to verify whether a business listing is a potentially false business listing. The apparatus may compare the business type of the business listing with the government zoning information by leveraging one or more of the stored mappings. Based on this comparison, the processor may identify potentially false business listings in the plurality of business listings. Even further, depending on the similarity between the business type from the business listing and the compared government zoning information, the apparatus may request moderation of the business listing so that the business listing is not erroneously identified as a potentially false business listing. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LEGITIMACY OF A LISTING - A system and method is provided wherein, in one aspect, the likelihood of a listing being spam is determined based on the frequency that a term contained in the listing appears in updates to a set of listings, and further based on the estimated monetary value of the term to an entity that submitted a spam listing. The likelihood that the listing is spam may be used to determine the position of the listing within search results to be displayed to a user. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154613 | COMPETITOR ANALYTICS - A system and a computer implemented method for providing a business with reputation data, the method including receiving a request to provide a business with competitor analytics regarding the business, identifying one or more competitors of the business, where each of the one or more competitors of the business include a business, collecting from one or more reputation data sources reputation data corresponding to the business, generating review metrics regarding the business based on the reputation data corresponding to the business, collecting from the one or more reputation data sources reputation data corresponding to the one or more competitors, generating review metrics regarding the one or more competitors based on the reputation data corresponding to the business and providing the review metrics regarding the business and the review metrics regarding the one or more competitors for display in response to the request. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154614 | PROVIDING TRACKING AND MARKETING ANALYTICS - Systems, methods, computer storage media, and user interfaces are provided for vacation tracking and providing marketing analytics. Check-in information for a group of people is received. A tracking device is associated with each of one or more persons associated with the group of people. Each tracking device associated with the one or more persons is activated. One or more boundaries are received from the user or location. The one or more boundaries may define safe areas associated with the location. Tracking information associated with locations of each of the one or more persons is provided. Alerts initiated by the tracking device may be provided to the user. Incentives are provided to the user and may be based on tracking information received by the location to encourage the user or the one or more persons to move to another area within the location. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154615 | Entity Identification and Association - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for receiving transaction data associated with a transaction between a first business entity and a second business entity are provided. Data may be extracted from the transaction data to determine a category of the transaction. In some examples, an identity of a first and/or second business entity may be determined from the transaction data and/or additional data. One or more business characteristics of the first or second business entity may be determined based on the identity of the business and the category of the transaction. Accordingly, a network of other business related or having potential to be related to the business entities may be identified (e.g., potential or current vendors, suppliers, service providers, customers, and the like). | 2015-06-04 |
20150154616 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SERVICE FOR ANALYZING TECHNOLOGY MARKET THROUGH CONNECTION NETWORK FOR PRODUCT SUPPLY AND DEMAND - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a service for analyzing a technology market which, after analyzing the technology market by matching information for technology market analysis, such as patent information and trade information, chemistry information and manufacturing company information, with HS codes, and using a connection network for product supply and demand constructed in a hierarchical structure of a front-oriented supply and demand connection network or a rear-oriented supply and demand network, provides the traded state of corresponding products for each individual extension step, the traded state between a trade target and the corresponding products and uses defined for each area, the traded state of the products and uses corresponding to CAS numbers, and the analysis state of associated technology patents. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154617 | DETERMINING LEADS BASED ON WEB SITE INTERACTIONS AND BROWSER SESSIONS - Apparatuses, computer readable mediums, and methods for determining a lead from Web site interaction. The method may include capturing one or more Web site events of a user, adding metadata to the captured Web site events, and responding to a trigger by packaging the captured Web site events and the trigger as a lead. A lead server may include a lead receiver configured to receive events with added metadata, a lead packager configured to receive an indication of a trigger, and package the received events with added metadata and the trigger into a lead, and a lead selector configured to select one or more leads from a plurality of leads for playing to an operator. The leads may be ranked in comparison with previously packaged leads. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154618 | Systems and Methods for Determining and Utilizing Customer Energy Profiles for Load Control for Individual Structures, Devices, and Aggregation of Same - A system and method for creating and making use of customer profiles, including energy consumption patterns. Devices within a service point, using the active load director, may be subject to control events, often based on customer preferences. These control events cause the service point to use less power. Data associated with these control events, as well as related environment data, are used to create an energy consumption profile for each service point. This can be used by the utility to determine which service points are the best targets for energy consumption. In addition, an intelligent load rotation algorithm determines how to prevent the same service points from being picked first each time the utility wants to conserve power. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154619 | Systems and Methods for Forecasting - A computer-implemented forecasting method is disclosed. The method may include collecting a plurality of historical demand streams. Each historical demand stream may include a time series of historical demand data for a target item at a product distribution node in a supply chain. The method may also include constructing a model tree for the plurality of historical demand streams based on a plurality of forecasting models. The method may further include forecasting a future demand stream of a target item to be distributed by a product distribution node by using a forecasting model that is associated with a specific subgroup that includes a historical demand stream of the target item at the product distribution node. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FORECASTING TOOL AND MARKET VALIDATION FOR NEW PRODUCTS OR CONCEPTS - This invention provides a system and method for collecting data from consumers, focus groups, or other test participants including professionals and layman in a game show to provide a more accurate forecasting tool and market validation for new product launches, reintroductions, or concept testing for audience feedback and voting through the use of television, smart phone applications, and computer-hosted platforms. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INCENTIVES - Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating incentives. An access point model may be generated based in part on access point model data, e.g., collected scan information from devices that travel through an indoor space. The wireless access point model may include an indoor map of a location or building, such as a store or portion of a store. At some point, it may be determined that the access point model data may not meet a predetermined quality threshold. For example, the data may be outdated or inaccurate. An incentive may be generated and transmitted to a client device within a predetermined distance of the access point associated with the access point model. When the client device redeems the incentive and enters the indoor space associated with the access point, scan information may be collected. The scan information may be used to update or otherwise modify the access point model. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154622 | VOLUNTEER INCENTIVE SYTEM - A volunteer incentive system where organizations post information about volunteer projects and merchants post information about products and services on an administrator's website. Volunteers join the system and earn redeemable rewards by completing volunteer work. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154623 | Menu Level Advocate and Reward System - An advocate and reward process is dedicated to mobile users. The process includes the following steps: a consumer posts an advocate on the Electronic Menu and Reward (EMR) Bank for an ordered product or service; the consumer earns certain value of reward points based on the influence level of the advocate. The customer can redeem the reward points in his account when the reward points reach a certain level. Meanwhile, the merchant pays the same value reward points and a transaction fee to the EMR Bank. A customer can be linked to the EMR Bank system from smartphone applications, such as the On Location Master Menu (OLMM). | 2015-06-04 |
20150154624 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING PRODUCTS INFORMATION - A platform receives an indication that at least a first user has performed a data collection activity. In response, the platform allocates at least one unit of a reward to at least the first user. Data collection activity can include the first user sharing, with a second user, product information that was transmitted to the first user by the platform in response to receiving a product identifier captured by the first user. Data collection activity can also include the first user re-sharing product information received from a third user. To allocate at least one unit of a reward, the platform adds units of the reward to the first user's account. Meanwhile, the first user can also request to redeem units of the reward, in which case the platform subtracts units of the reward from the first user's account. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154625 | Reward Program for Financial Accounts - A computer system enables a financial institution to award a fixed reward that may include one or more fixed components based on at least one payment criterion when a customer remits a payment in a timely basis. The payment criteria, for example, may include paying a minimum amount for each consecutive billing period in a timely manner over a predetermined calendar interval. When the customer is awarded the fixed reward, the reward may be directed to an account that is designated by the customer. The fixed reward may also include a basic fixed amount for satisfying the at least one payment criterion a well as an additional fixed amount if the customer has a specified relationship (such as a checking and/or a savings account) with the financial institution. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154626 | PROMOTION INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SELLERS - A system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption provides customers making online purchases to automatically retrieve and redeem all applicable rebates and coupons during an online purchase. Purchase orders from customers are selectively fulfilled and products are shipped to the customers either by the system for online sales with automatic rebate and coupon redemption or by other merchant or manufacturer environments. The system makes purchases from merchants or manufacturers using all applicable coupons and rebates and then sells the products to the customers, passing the savings to them. The system automatically retrieves coupons and rebates for items in a shopping cart during the activity of an online purchase at an electronic mall or an online merchant site and to retrieve manufacturer's and merchant's coupons prior to an online purchasing activity for subsequent submission to an online merchant during a subsequent purchasing activity. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154627 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING LIMITED USE OFFERS AT POINT OF SALE DEVICES - A method for validating limited use offers includes: storing a plurality of offer data entries, each including an offer identifier, limitations on redemption, and a use flag; receiving an offer validation request including a specific offer identifier; identifying a specific offer data entry including the specific offer identifier; generating a notification regarding the validity of the offer when a use flag indicates that the offer has not been redeemed more than a specified number of times and the limitations on redemption of the specific offer data entry are satisfied, and indicates the offer as being invalid when the use flag indicates that the offer has been redeemed more than a specified number of times or one of the limitations on redemption of the specific offer data entry are not satisfied; and transmitting the generated notification. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154628 | System and Method for Multi-Entity Funded Prescription Benefit Card - A system and method are provided to aggregate benefits offered by multiple entities and process prescriptions for these benefits involving, a service provider, one or more prescription benefit management companies or insurers, individual consumers (note: the term consumer, consumers, patient, and patients are used interchangeably), and participating pharmacies. The service provider aggregates incentives available in the marketplace and specific incentives that may be provided that are unique for individual programs. Individual consumers receive the benefits of these incentives when a pharmacy transmits a claim request via their pharmacy computer system to the service provider's database and that request is authorized. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154629 | Payment Rewards - A computer system enables a financial institution to award an account reward points when a customer remits a payment in a timely basis. Consequently, the financial institution encourages repayment of debt and recognizes good behavior through reward points every time a payment is received on-time. Each time a customer pays on-time, a credit card company may assign reward points to the customer's account for the amount of the payment. When a payment for a loan has been received in accordance with a reward policy, a number of reward points may be awarded to a customer that is dependent on a payment amount. For example, when the payment amount is at least as great as a minimum due and not greater than a balance due, setting the number of reward points to a constant multiplied by the payment amount. However, the reward points may be determined in a non-linear fashion. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154630 | USE OF INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTION OF CONTENT IN A CONTROLLED MANNER - Systems, methods, and computer storage mediums are provided for incentivizing users to contribute content in a controlled manner. A method includes receiving content and metadata associated with the content from a user. The content relates to a geolocation and the metadata includes geolocation information that relates to the content. It is then determined whether the content and the associated metadata meet a threshold of specific criteria. The specific criteria is based on a set of rules that determines an amount of points awarded to the user for providing content that satisfies the specific criteria. The specific criteria include at least a geolocation or geolocated area. If the content meets the threshold of the specific criteria, points are awarded to the user. The amount of points is based on a comparison of the content and the associated metadata with the specific criteria. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154631 | Advertisement Platform With Novel Cost Models - Introduced is a method for presenting online advertisements. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user, decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and increasing opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and charging advertisers according to the user's exposure to the displayed advertisement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154632 | Determining a number of view-through conversions for an online advertising campaign - Embodiments consistent with the present invention may be used to provide accurate view-through conversion information, even in the absence of impression cookies. A view-through conversion occurs when, first, a user is exposed to an online ad (also known as an impression event), but does not select (e.g., click on) it, but the user later visits the advertiser's Website and a “conversion” occurs within a certain period (e.g., a 30-day period). | 2015-06-04 |
20150154633 | Hierarchical Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Displaying Context-Aware Content - The invention provides in some aspects a system for display of context-aware content that includes a server storing context-sensitive data, a player that is persistently or, at least intermittently, coupled to the server, and that is likewise coupled to a plurality of output devices—such as, for example, electronic shelf labels, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, and LCD, LED or other fixed displays. The player responds to the context of each of the plurality of output devices by obtaining from the server data germane to that context, storing that data or content germane to that context generated from that data, and driving that content to that output device for presentation thereon, wherein the player concurrently drives different content to at least two of said output devices. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154634 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSACTIONS AND PROMOTIONAL OFFERS - A method and a system for implementing transaction and/or promotional offers are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes testing multiple communication methods and choosing the optimal communication mode to process transactions and/or issuing promotional offers. The communication methods may include short-range communications. In an embodiment, the system detects the presence of mobile terminals in preset region, and may send commercial information, transaction information, and/or invitations. In an embodiment, the system supports mobile payment as well as other payment types. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154635 | System and Method for Interactive Marketing - A system and method of interactive, location-based presentation and advertising that enables users with wireless network addressable communications devices to control multi-media content on network addressable screens and enables marketers to track, monitor and respond to users interactions in real time. A Proxy Gateway directs a network addressable client PC, connected to a digital display, to serve local content or pull content from one or more web servers. A wireless, network addressable device, typically a mobile phone, is used to communicate commands to the physically remote Proxy Gateway. The Proxy Gateway bridges between the communications device and the display by interpreting the commands from the communications device, forwarding them to the client PC which may pull content from the appropriate web server, or display native message content. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154636 | Determining online ad targeting information, such as keyword-targeting suggestions - Advertisers can be helped to find good targeting-keywords (or targeting criteria other than targeting keywords). This may be done by generating an index including entries, each of the entries including an association from a first serving constraint to each of one or more serving constraints paired with the first serving constraint (where each of the paired serving constraints are used under at least one common online advertising entity). At least some embodiments consistent with the present invention may accept a seed serving constraint, and generate one or more suggested serving constraints using the seed serving constraint in concert with the index. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154637 | Secured Identities Collaboration System and Method - An identities collaboration system that comprises a Personal Service Provider (PSP) system for supplying specific user related personal service(s); means for assigning two different data files to each user opting-in to the PSP system, wherein one data file contains data representing the user identity at the PSP system and it assigned on a first domain, and the other data file(s) contains data representing the information regarding whether the user is opted-in, or another identity number that is related to the user identity at the PSP, and is assigned on a second domain. The data files are stored within the terminal of each of the opting-in users; The system also comprises a third party server for providing personal service or tailored content to the opting-in user; and a utilities package, located within each of the third party servers, for identifying or re-tagging the user as a PSP user by using the data files, whenever such data file exists, or existed in the past, and is currently missing from the terminal of the user. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154638 | FUEL PURCHASE PLANNING ALONG A ROUTE - A method is provided for recommending a fuel purchase plan along a route to a selected destination. The method includes obtaining a fuel tank size, amount of fuel in the tank, and a fuel efficiency for an automobile. The method further includes accepting user entry of a destination for traveling in the automobile, automatically identifying a current location and determining a route to the destination. For each of a plurality of refueling stations along the route, the method acquires a location of the refueling station and a current fuel price being offered at the refueling station. The method then provides output recommending one or more refueling stations at which to stop and a quantity of fuel to purchase at each of the one or more refueling stations in order to reach the destination without running out of fuel and minimizing the price of fuel purchased. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154639 | SERVING ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON USER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - Aspects of the disclosure relate to serving content. In one example, while on a shopping trip at a store, a device may scan for wireless network access point information. The scanned information may be compared to a location model store to determine the device's location in the store and how the device is moving through the store. This information may be compared to behavior models. In one example, identifying a behavior model may include comparing the average speed of the device to a single threshold value (faster or slower than this speed?), by comparing the behaviors of the device to a set of pre-determined behavior models (the browser, the list-follower, the single-item purchaser), or by comparing to the device's shopping habits. The behavior model may then be used to select and serve content. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING RESOURCE ACCESS INFORMATION - Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for collecting resource access information, a system for collecting resource access information, and a computer program product for collecting resource access information. A method for collecting resource access information is provided. The method includes acquiring an access request sent by a user terminal, the access request being generated by the user terminal based on a scanned information code, acquiring resource content and geographic location information of the user terminal based on the access request, determining an advertisement delivering location from a resource database that corresponds to the resource content and that is closest to the geographic location information of the user terminal, and collecting session access information relating to the advertisement delivering location. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND ASSOCIATING MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION DATA - A computer-implemented method for processing mobile device location data is provided. Location data is filtered based on age and accuracy or precision of location coordinates. Location data is partitioned based on the location coordinates into a plurality of clusters including a plurality of location data instances. The plurality of clusters are filtered based on a number of data instances in a particular cluster and a period of time over which data instances of the particular data cluster are generated. A distance is determined from a location coordinate corresponding to the data instances of one or more of the plurality of clusters to a particular predetermined location, and the one or more of the plurality of clusters are correlated with the particular predetermined location in response to the distance being less than a predetermined distance. The invention further provides a location data processing system. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MOBILE DEVICES TO CREATE SECURITIZED LOCALLY DEPLOYED SIGNALS TO DELIVER VALUE - A system and method for using mobile devices to create securitized locally deployed signals to deliver value are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: detecting a trigger event in a location, by a data processor in a first mobile device without the use of a stationary transmission device at the location; initiating a local broadcast of a signal from the first mobile device in the location in response to the trigger event, the signal including a value offering; and receiving the signal at a second mobile device in the location. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154643 | INTERACTIVE INFORMATION, WAYFINDING AND MESSAGE TARGETING DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer network implemented system is provided for generating and displaying interactive map information, wherein the system includes: computing devices that are linked to a central server and configured to display wayfinding content and associated content. The central server includes an integrated wayfinding content management utility that enables updating of: (1) a wayfinding map for a particular location, (ii) one or more customer business objectives: and (iii) one or more rules for (A) establishing dynamically a user profile based on one or more wayfinding requests from a user, (B) generating one or more targeted messages for promoting the business objectives, and for (C) determining one or more display parameters for displaying the wayfinding content, and the targeted messages in connection with the wayfinding content, in a way that promotes the business objectives. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154644 | DEEP LINKING TO MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Techniques are described for providing deep linking capability from any mobile app to any other mobile app in a way that is scalable. App configuration information (including deep link information) is programmatically accumulated and provided to mobile devices in a way that enables launching or linking to mobile apps to meet expressed information needs of users. In addition, online marketplaces are described that employ such techniques to enable a wide variety of transaction types. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154645 | Unknown - A method suitable for urging via a specific social network in the Internet at least one subject willing to fulfill a given not-binding specific request of purchase for a product of interest (product request) at at least one specific maximum economical condition (maximum economical condition) made by at least one logged-in user of a specially provided social network, where (a) a logged-in user asks the administrator of said social network to create a specially provided product request page (product request page) and to add his/her maximum economical condition, having met the publication conditions set by the social network administrator according to a pre-determined table (publication conditions) and (b) the administrator of the social network publishes the product request page in the Internet. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154646 | STORAGE, RETRIEVAL, ANALYSIS, PRICING, AND MARKETING OF PERSONAL HEALTH CARE DATA USING SOCIAL NETWORKS, EXPERT NETWORKS, AND MARKETS - Systems and processes are provided for securely storing, retrieving, sharing, and selling private data, such as genome wide sequences, sequence related metadata, electronic healthcare data, biological data, demographic data, medical data, and other biomedical data, which, in turn, may allow the usage of genomic variations at multiple scales and across multiple population strata. In some examples, users may be matched with healthcare experts based on a medical need or interest. In other examples, an information-based market for utilizing the available data in a privacy-preserving manner may be provided. In these examples, individual or group data may be tracked, compared, rated, analyzed, and priced to allow individuals to establish connections and/or carry out financial transactions using their data with other participants, healthcare practitioners, and businesses. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154647 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A MEDIA CONTENT STREAM - There is disclosed a method for processing a media content stream which comprises primary media content and secondary media content, the method comprising: replacing the secondary media content with replacement content in dependence on a user profile; combining the primary media content and the replacement content into a user output content stream. A corresponding device and a corresponding computer program product are disclosed as well. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154648 | SELECTING CONTENT FOR A USER - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing, by a computing device, at least a portion of a user profile that is based at least in part on historical data associated with a user and receiving, by a computing device, data indicative of a current state of the user from a remote system. The current state of the user is the user's current activity. The method also includes selecting, by a computing device, content by matching one or more attributes of the content to the portion of the user profile and the current state of the user and providing, by a computing device, the selected content for display to the user. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154649 | CROSS-BROWSER, CROSS-MACHINE RECOVERABLE USER IDENTIFIERS - Methods and systems to identify a user across multiple browsers and machines are described. In some embodiments, a web request is received at a retrieval service from a browser. The web request may include a request to access a retrieval service website of the retrieval service and may be initiated by a redirection of the browser from a requesting service to the retrieval service. A unique identifier associated with a user logged in to an account of the retrieval service may be determined. The user may be logged in to the account via the browser. A redirect request is sent from the retrieval service to the browser. The redirect may include the unique identifier and may redirect the browser from the retrieval service website to the requesting service. The unique identifier may be used by the requesting service to perform additional functionality specific to the user. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154650 | Systems And Methods For Implementing An Advertisement Platform With Novel Cost Models - Introduced is a method for presenting online advertisements. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user, decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and increasing opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and charging advertisers according to the user's exposure to the displayed advertisement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154651 | Streaming Content Delivery System and Method - An exemplary embodiment of a streaming content delivery system and method may deliver one or more static, dynamic and video advertisements or other marketing and sales content items to recipient computing devices which include, for example, cell phones and tablets. Content providers may pay the system to stream their content items to recipients, and the system may pay the recipient each time the content item is interacted with by the recipient by way of, for example, the content item being displayed on the recipient's device or the recipient actively clicking on or near the content. For accounting purposes, in certain embodiments the system and method may keep track of what content item is played on which computing device, and a counter may be provided to inform the respective recipient how much money the recipient has earned as a result of having watched or otherwise interacting with the content item. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154652 | ADVANCING PAYMENT TO AN AFFILIATE BASED ON COMPANY ELECTRONIC LINK ACTIVITY - A method for advancing payment of a portion of one or more amounts due under an affiliate program to an affiliate, the amount being owed by a merchant of a website subject to the affiliate program. The method includes the steps of, first, providing a means for transmitting information to an administrator. The information is for use by the administrator to verify the affiliate's identity. Second, the method provides a means for enabling the administrator to verify the identity of the affiliate based on the information. Third, the method provides a means whereby the affiliate assigns the amount due under the affiliate program absolutely to the administrator, and whereby the affiliate requests that the portion of the amount due be advanced. Next, the method provides confirmation from the merchant that the amount due under the affiliate program is assigned absolutely to the administrator. Finally, the method provides a means for enabling the administrator to effect payment to the affiliate of the portion of the amount due under the affiliate program. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154653 | ADVERTISING BUSINESS MODEL AND CONTENT CREATION SYSTEM FOR COMMUNITIES OF LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE - System and method for online marketing and advertising. The owner/manager of a place runs advertising campaigns and thus remunerates a writer of a story based on the popularity of the story among visitors to the place who vote for the story. Content curators who create and/or manage the content in a place can also be given financial incentives or rewards. A mechanism for investing internal or external attracted capital in content creation and user acquisition, the mechanism providing a return on investment. A mechanism for searching highlights, stories, places, peers, and other information, wherein the search can be enhanced based on a likeness index. Publish stories in guides, curate, promote, and otherwise manage the crowd-sourced content, which can be owned by the authors. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154654 | SOCIAL MEDIA MERCHANDISING AND ADVERTISING PLATFORM - Consistent with embodiments of the present invention, a social media merchandising and advertising platform may be provided. The platform may enable any third party website, page, or entity referred to herein as an “advertiser” to post interactive content on a publisher's website. The interactive content may comprise, for example, a customizable badge. The platform may enable the advertiser to create, customize, and deploy the badge for display and access on the publisher's specified domain. Moreover, the platform may enable the advertiser to provide the publisher with various specifications and elements to be integrated into a customized badge and, in turn, provide the customized badge to a publisher. Either the publisher or advertiser, individually or collectively, may then post the advertiser's badge to a website. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154655 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING PARKED DOMAIN CONTENT - Systems and methods of providing content on a computer network are provided. A parked domain of the computer network is identified. The parked domain corresponds to an internet domain name associated with a web page. A data processing system can assign an assigned value to the web page. The assigned value can include an indication of revenue generated by a plurality of content items configured for display on the web page. A bid from a content provider to provide exclusive content for display on the web page can be received at the data processing system, and the data processing system can determine a bid value corresponding to the bid. The bid value can be compared with the assigned value to identify the bid as a winning bid, and the content placement circuit can provide the exclusive content corresponding to the winning bid for display on the web page. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF ADVERTISEMENT - Provided is an advertisement service system for providing additional information regarding an item as an advertisement target. The system for providing additional information of an advertisement includes an original advertisement server configured to provide original advertisement content and identification information regarding the original advertisement content, and a processing server configured to generate processed advertisement content by inserting the identification information into the original advertisement content, extract feature information with respect to the original advertisement content, and store at least one of the identification information and the feature information, together with additional information with respect to the original advertisement content. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154657 | WEB-BASED SOCIAL ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for soliciting user-created advertising content is provided including the steps of: providing a web-based social advertising system including a solicitation database, a plurality of user devices, and a plurality of social media networks wherein the solicitation database is in communication with the user devices and the social media networks through a communications network; storing a solicitation request on a data storage device of the solicitation database wherein such solicitation request includes one or more digital media files for use by a user to create advertising content; accessing the solicitation request; accepting a solicitation request; creating advertising content using the plurality of user devices and using the one or more digital media files to create such advertising content; submitting the created advertising content for posting; and posting the created advertising content on the plurality of social media networks. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154658 | HIGH QUALITY SEMI-AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION OF CUSTOMIZED RICH MEDIA VIDEO CLIPS - A method and system for the high quality semi-automatic production of customized rich media video clips is disclosed. Media source material, such as text, graphics, pictures, and video clips can be submitted by a customer. A computerized content aggregator utilizing an automated production assistant can locate additional source material by searching available information libraries and databases. The computerized content aggregator may be programmed to organize and assemble the various source materials to create suggested video elements and a suggested voice-over script or recording. A human video producer can then quickly and efficiently create a rich media video clip from the suggested video elements and the voice-over script or recording. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TRANSITIONAL MOBILE ADS DURING NETWORK PAGE DOWNLOAD LATENCY TIME - An electronic computer appliance, method, and computer program product are provided for providing a user of a mobile electronic device with a predetermined message during a communication network page loading latency time. The method comprises pre-caching the predetermined message; detecting the beginning of a page loading latency time; displaying the predetermined message on the mobile electronic device during the page loading latency time; and supplanting the predetermined message with a page that had been loaded during the page loading latency time. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154660 | DYNAMIC NATIVE ADVERTISMENT INSERTION - Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for automatically inserting supplemental items into documents. According to an embodiment, a first request is received, comprising document information that identifies a particular document. A target repeated structure type, to which a group of items in the particular document conform, is identified within the particular document. Based on the target repeated structure type, a template is generated. A new content item is generated by applying descriptive metadata that describes the new content item to the template. The new content item conforms to the target repeated structure type. The new content item is inserted in the particular document at an insertion point before or after a particular content item that conforms to the target repeated structure type. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154661 | Advertising with video ad creatives - The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ad spot(s), and (c) arbitrate among competing advertisements, using at least the offers, to determine at least one advertisement to be served in that ad spot(s). As another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an advertisement, (b) determine at least one video document using the accepted relevance information, (c) present information about the video document(s) to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, and (d) accept, from the advertiser, an offer to have its advertisement served with at least one of the video document(s) accepted. As yet another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an video document, (b) determine a plurality of advertisements relevant to the video document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the advertisements, and (c) select at least one of the determined relevant advertisements to be served with the video document. Examples of video documents include video files published on the Internet, television programs, live or recorded talk shows, video-voice mail, segments of an video conversation, etc. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154662 | OUTPUT DEVICE CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING ADDITIONAL PAGE, METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING ADDITIONAL PAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON FOR EXECUTING METHOD - A method of outputting an additional page includes: a first step of applying a note change signal for changing a note current outputted on a display unit; and a second step of moving a first note displayed on the display unit to gradually disappear to a side on a screen, moving a new second note to gradually appear on the screen sequentially from the first note, and outputting an additional page between the two notes. By using the apparatus for outputting an additional page, the method of outputting an additional page, and a recording medium having a program for implementing the method, it is possible to output an additional page without covering an image with a note, selectively output advertisements in an additional page in accordance with user's inclination, and expose an additional page to the view of a user, thereby improving usability of an additional page. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154663 | PROPERTY APPRAISAL DISCREPANCY DETECTION AND ASSESSMENT - An appraisal error detection method includes accessing a database of appraisal-data-field entries of property appraisals. Because sales transactions are cited repetitively as comparables on multiple appraisals, it is possible to inspect appraisal-data-field entries for consistency. An error detection operation is performed for each of the corresponding appraisal-data-field entries by detecting any discrepancies, both between appraisers, and between different appraisals by the same appraisers, where corresponding appraisal-data-field entries are for a same property characteristic of a same property. Appraisal-data-field entries determined by the error detection operation to be erroneous are flagged, and a discrepancy score may be assigned to flagged erroneous entries that indicates an amount of risk posed by the entry. Appraisals in the database may be assigned a score based upon the sum of their entries' discrepancy scores. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154664 | AUTOMATED RECONCILIATION ANALYSIS MODEL - A device including a memory with an automated collateral fraud and risk detection application installed thereon, wherein the application determines whether a final appraised value of an appraisal was correctly reconciled from comparable properties listed on the appraisal by extracting reconciliation information from the appraisal, the reconciliation information including adjusted sale prices for each comparable property listed on the appraisal and the final appraised value; applying a rule set to the reconciliation information to generate sub-scores; applying a heuristic to the sub-scores to generate a reconciliation score; and outputting a scorecard for the appraisal based on the reconciliation score. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154665 | Plan Reader - The instant application discloses, among other things, ways to read a plan for a project and provide a list of components. This may be used, for example, to create a bill of materials for a building project, or a list of components for a circuit board. Any plan with distinctive marks identifying various component-types may be processed. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154666 | FACILITATING CHARITABLE DONATIONS ON A BANKING SYSTEM - Methods, apparatus and systems for automatically calculating charitable donations for donors and for distributing the charitable donations in accordance with the donors' wishes to approved and/or registered recipients, such as approved charitable organizations. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving contributor information, recipient information and donation data during a predetermined period of time, and then aggregating the donations from a plurality of contributors into a plurality of recipient contribution amounts. The process also includes distributing, at the end of the predetermined period of time, the recipient contribution amounts to recipient financial institutions based on the contributor information, the recipient information and the donation data. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154667 | System and Method for Charitable Giving - A computerized processing method and system for managing charitable donations and providing a giving lifecycle for the donor. The method and system includes granting a donor electronic access to a giving account, wherein the giving account includes a plurality of donation funds. The method and system include electronically receiving a donation request from the donor to generate a donation to a user-selected charity from a plurality of charities, the donation providing a donation value of at least a portion of the donation funds within the giving account. The method and system include processing the donation including transferring the donation value to the selected charity, updating the donation account of the donor to reflect the allocation of donation funds, and providing a graphical user interface to the user including types of charitable donation causes by the user within a defined time period. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154668 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DRUG PRICING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS (PBMS) - A system according to certain aspects of the disclosure provides drug pricing information from multiple PBMs to users. For example, the system may obtain, calculate, and/or estimate drug prices that are available under contracts or agreements between PBMs and various pharmacies. These prices may be prices of drugs for purchase at the various pharmacies. In response to requests for prices of particular drugs, the system can display relevant prices. For example, the system displays a price for each pharmacy chain and/or displays prices for a particular geographical area. The users can compare the prices for a particular drug and determine which pharmacy they would like to purchase the drug from. The system can provide a discount coupon that allows the users to purchase the drug at the price listed by the system at the selected pharmacy. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154669 | ACTUAL TIME BASED PARKING MANAGEMENT METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSOR-READABLE MEDIA - A time based parking management method, system and processor-readable media. A video-based parking occupancy detection unit can operate in association with an image-assisted parking kiosk to provide an automatic parking-time monitoring element. An image with respect to a vehicle parked onsite (e.g., parking lot, street side parking, etc.) can be captured via an image-capturing unit associated with the video-based parking occupancy detection unit and/or the image-assisted parking kiosk. The vehicle can be identified based on input provided to a GUI associated with the parking kiosk with said image displayed to initiate a parking session. A parking fee can be calculated based on the actual time parked and payment can be made by at least one payment mode after said parking session terminates. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154670 | Online Optimization and Fair Costing for Dynamic Data Sharing in a Cloud Data Market - A system for fair costing of dynamic data sharing in a cloud market is disclosed. The system uses an online method for sharing plan selection, as well as a set of fair costing criteria and a method that maximizes fairness. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION - A system and method for automatically identifying an electronic document. The method includes accessing, within an electronic device, an electronic document and extracting text from the electronic document. A signature is then determined based on the text of the electronic document and the signature is communicated over a communication channel. The method further includes receiving an identifier of the electronic document over the communication channel. In one embodiment, the identifier is determined by a server matching the signature against a signature library. The method further includes receiving a bookmark associated with the electronic document. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154672 | DYNAMIC HIERARCHICAL FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL OFFER METHOD FOR ONLINE SALES TRANSACTIONS - A method comprising providing an indication that a purchasable is for sale by a seller to an online sales platform connected to a communication network. Buyer data is provided for a plurality of buyers and is indicative of online shopping behavior of each of the buyers. A first group and second group of buyers is selected from the plurality of buyers in dependence on the buyer data. A first offer of sale of the purchasable is provided to each buyer of the first group of buyers and not to any other buyers. If a request to purchase the purchasable is received from one of the buyers of the first group of buyers the purchasable is sold to the one of the buyers of the first group. If a request to purchase the purchasable is not received from one of the buyers of the first group of buyers a second offer of sale of the purchasable is automatically provided to each buyer of the second group. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED AND NON-CONTROLLED ITEMS - Systems and methods for supporting regulatory requirements for the distribution of controlled and non-controlled items such as, for example, non-controlled prescriptions (Rx), medical devices, and controlled substances in countries such as the United States and Canada, are provided. The systems and methods incorporate a license verification module that is configured to perform license validation for a particular order placed for a controlled and/or non-controlled item. In certain embodiments, the license verification module compares order data to historically sorted data and if one or more discrepancies exist, validation is unsuccessful. The license verification module may further query a third party database for updated license information upon validation failure. The systems and methods further incorporate a suspicious order monitoring module that is configured to perform a plurality of checks on the order to identify the order as an “order of interest” that may be further investigated and deemed to be suspicious. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154674 | CUSTOMER SHOPPING HELP SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing customer shopping help include a system provider device that receives first customer location information from a plurality of beacon devices at a merchant physical location. The first customer location information is collected during a shopping session from a first customer device that is associated with a first customer. The system provider device analyzes the first customer location information to determine a merchant physical location area that is included in the merchant physical location and in which the first customer has not been located during the shopping session. The system provider device then selects a first product, from a plurality of products that are associated with the merchant physical location in a database, which is located in the merchant physical location area. The system provider device then provides a product recommendation for the first product over the network for display on the first customer device. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154675 | CUSTOMER SHOPPING HELP SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing merchant recommendations include receiving sets of shopping session information from beacon devices in a merchant physical location. Each set of shopping session information is collected from a respective customer device during a respective shopping session, and the sets of shopping session information and information about the merchant physical location are analyzed to determine a merchant physical location area in the merchant physical location in which the customers have been located in less often than a plurality of other merchant physical location areas in the merchant physical location. A product or product-related item that is located in the merchant physical location area is selected and a merchant recommendation is provided to move the selected product or product-related item from the merchant physical location are to one of the plurality of other merchant physical location areas. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154676 | Fully Customizable Mobile Greeting Card App - A system is provided for downloading a fully customizable greeting card application to a mobile device such as a tablet, the application simulating the behavior of a child making handmade cards with blank paper and physical drawing tools and other decorative effects. The application allows a user to create a card from a variety of pre-designed greeting card templates or to fully customize three full pages of a blank greeting card. A completed greeting card may be electronically mailed to one or more email recipients or one or more copies of the greeting card can be ordered and purchased from within the application and may be printed and sent from a remote fulfillment facility to one or more specified recipients. The application contains parental controls for ordering and purchasing the greeting cards while not interfering with a child's ability to fully express their creativity through various in-app drawing tools and available effects. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154677 | COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A software system for facilitating the design process and minimizing the time and effort required to complete the design and fabrication of an integrated circuits (IC) is described. The software system utilizes a data center having a plurality of repositories, rules engines and design and verification tools to automatically produce a hardened GDSII description or other representation of the device in response to the formation of a electronic license agreement. Designers select contractual terms for incorporating third party intellectual property and then design and initiate manufacture of the IC by way of a network portal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154678 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM, USER-SPECIFIC EYEWEAR - Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and/or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154679 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM, USER-SPECIFIC EYEWEAR - Systems and methods for creating fully custom products from scratch without exclusive use of off-the-shelf or pre-specified components. A system for creating custom products includes an image capture device for capturing image data and/or measurement data of a user. A computer is communicatively coupled with the image capture device and configured to construct an anatomic model of the user based on the captured image data and/or measurement data. The computer provides a configurable product model and enables preview and automatic or user-guided customization of the product model. A display is communicatively coupled with the computer and displays the custom product model superimposed on the anatomic model or image data of the user. The computer is further configured to provide the customized product model to a manufacturer for manufacturing eyewear for the user in accordance with the customized product model. The manufacturing system is configured to interpret the product model and prepare instructions and control equipment for the manufacturing of the customized product. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154680 | One-Stop Shopping System and Method - A system and method are disclosed for one-stop shopping for health-care services and related needs. The one-stop shopping system and method provide objective information for the system enrollee to assess and decide on health-care insurance and services. The system and method provide this objective information in a way that is easily accessible by system enrollees in an economical and rapid manner. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154681 | ENRICHING PRODUCT CATALOG WITH PRODUCT NAME KEYWORDS - A keyword generator identifies words or phrases of interest in a product catalog and also identifies synonyms for the words or phrases of interest. The synonyms are integrated into the product catalog to generate an enriched product catalog. The level of co-occurrence of synonyms between sets of product catalog entries is identified and, if it meets a threshold level, the product names from the catalog entries are integrated into the other catalog entries in the set, as synonyms. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154682 | ENRICHING PRODUCT CATALOG WITH SEARCH KEYWORDS - A keyword generator identifies words or phrases of interest in a product catalog and also identifies synonyms for the words or phrases of interest. The synonyms are integrated into the product catalog to generate an enriched product catalog. The enriched product catalog is published for use in one or more commercial channels. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154683 | PRODUCT SEARCH SUPPORT SERVER, PRODUCT SEARCH SUPPORT METHOD, AND PRODUCT SEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM - A product search support server that is connected to communicate with a terminal of a user and provides product pages of a plurality of shops selling a same product includes a receiving unit to receive a display request of a product page of one shop from the terminal, an extraction unit to extract product specifying information for uniquely specifying a product on sale on the product page of the one shop from a product information storage unit that stores one or more product information containing shop information indicating a shop and information indicating a product on sale in the shop, and a transmitting unit to transmit search-related information related to search for the one or more product information using the product specifying information to the terminal. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154684 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED EMOTIONAL MOTIVATOR BASED SERVICE - The present invention provides methods and apparatus for assisting a Purchaser in making a decision related to a Purchase. The decision may include which Product or Service will most satisfy a Purchaser in the event that the Purchaser acquires the Product or Service. The assistance is based upon emotional motivators associated with the Purchaser. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154685 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF NEW ITEM FEATURES BY ANALYSIS OF ITEM ATTRIBUTE DATA - A system may identify new features of items represented in an electronic catalog by comparing the attributes of items from an earlier time period (e.g., 1 to 3 years ago) with the attributes of items from a later or more recent time period (e.g., today) for a given items classification. By identifying attributes associated with items from the later time period, but not with items from the earlier time period, the system can identify new features associated with the given items classification. In some cases, the system may use search behaviors of users to assess whether such new features are important to users. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154686 | Online Registry Splash Page - In one embodiment, a web page presented to a user includes a header section that substantially spans the top of the web page and provides a menu of selectable options as well as a search input box. A main section beneath the header section provides a registry creation control, selectable to activate a gift registry creation process, and a registry search box, providing a user with a means for searching for a particular gift registry. Beneath the main section, two promotional regions are positioned side-by-side. One of the promotional regions includes two or more sub-regions, each sub-region presenting information regarding a respective promotional concept. The other promotional region presents information regarding a main promotional concept. In some embodiments, the sub-regions are vertically aligned in a column. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154687 | RESELLER SALES FORCE - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to providing an online reselling platform for proactive e-commerce. In particular, merchants can publish products, together with respective prices and commissions in an online marketplace. Resellers can then browse the published products and choose one or more to sell using their own contacts and sales techniques, generating purchase orders. When a client approves and pays for a purchase order, the order is automatically passed to the merchant for fulfillment, and the payment is automatically split between the merchant, sales platform, and reseller according to specified commission rates. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154688 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Gift Giving - A shopper selects from gifts that are compatible with a recipient's devices. When the shopper wishes to purchase a gift, descriptions of gifts are compared to the recipient's devices. Compatible gifts may be recommended, while incompatible gifts may be rejected. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154689 | System and Method for Providing Electronic Commerce Data - A mechanism for providing electronic commerce data onto publisher's site. The mechanism also provides ability for a consumer to interact with that data to complete a purchase from within the publisher's website or application. A method includes retrieving merchandise data from a plurality of merchants and storing at least one group of merchandise data formed based on the merchandise data and content on a publisher site. The method also includes embedding the group of merchandise data on the content of the publisher's website and generating a merchandise frame in view of the embedment. The method further includes rendering the merchandise frame directly onto the publisher site. The method further includes rendering a universal check out frame on the publisher's site, which provides the user the ability to check out from multiple retailers within a single universal check out on a publisher's site. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154690 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC MENU, ORDERING, MONITORING AND PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic menu has a plurality of display devices, an input device, at least one microprocessor coupled to the plurality of displays and the input device and a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing program instructions. The program instructions when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: displaying a plurality of language icons on one of the display devices; translating text on the plurality of displays to a language associated with a selected one of the plurality of language icons; display an interactive advertisement on one of the display devices; and rewarding a user of the electronic menu when the user enters data in response to the interactive advertisement. | 2015-06-04 |
20150154691 | System and Method For Online Virtual Fitting Room - A system and method for virtually fitting an article of clothing on an accurate representation of a user's body obtained by 3D scanning of the user in minimal clothing and in standard garments of known properties. A graphical user interface allows the user to access a database of garments and accessories available for selection for the virtual fitting simulation for which each garment's physical and material properties are known. A finite element analysis is applied to determine the shape of the combined user body and garment and a an accurate visual representation of the selected garment or accessory on the proportional model of the user's body based on the analysis is generated. Means are also provided for the user to solicit custom garments or accessories from a participating designer or retailer, purchase selected garments or accessories from the participating designer or retailer, and communicate his or her preferences with participating designers, retailers, or other users. | 2015-06-04 |