26th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 71 |
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20140180811 | AUTOMATIC RECOMMENDATION OF ELECTRONIC OFFERS TO AN OFFER PROVIDER BASED ON HISTORICAL TRANSACTION DATA AND OFFER DATA - According to an embodiment, a data processing system for recommending offers to an offer provider comprises: a memory storing a set of historical transaction records pertaining to past consumer transactions and a set of offer data relating to an offer provider; and a logic module adapted to automatically recommend an offer to the offer provider based on at least a subset of the historical transaction records and at least a subset of the offer data. In an embodiment, upon selection by the offer provider, the electronic offer is included in an electronic receipt transmitted to a data processing system associated with a consumer. In an embodiment, the offer is recommended to the offer provider based on a trend identified with respect to a set of products or offers. In an embodiment, the recommendation of the offer includes the automatic determination of terms or campaign parameters for the recommended offer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180812 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY MANAGEMENT METHOD - An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a prediction information storage unit, an acquisition unit and an allocation unit. The prediction information storage unit stores information including user attributes of a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations. The acquisition unit acquires a plurality of order requests designating user attributes and the numbers of deliveries. The allocation unit allocates the delivery target users to the plurality of order requests, on the basis of the user attributes and the numbers of deliveries designated by the plurality of order requests, such that the number of predetermined user attributes of the delivery target users who have not been allocated to the order requests is the maximum. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180813 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY MANAGEMENT METHOD - An advertisement delivery management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an allocation unit and an advertisement delivery unit. The allocation unit selects delivery target users who have the user attribute designated by each of order requests and whose number corresponds to the number of deliveries designated by each of order requests, from a plurality of delivery target users predicted as future advertisement delivery destinations, and allocates the selected delivery target users to the order requests. The advertisement delivery unit selects the advertising information of the order request corresponding to a user attribute of a user of a user terminal on the basis of the allocation result of the allocation unit and transmits the selected advertising information to the user terminal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180814 | Method for a plurality of online digital video commercials on a consecutive and non consecutive viewing pattern applied for digital music file downloading over internet - A method using TV advertising principles with some interactivity improvements, applied to the internet network domain is used to sponsor a free digital music file download by generating a sufficient amount of money which enables paying all royalties which are constituted by mechanical royalties, production royalties and recording artist royalties, giving the user a complete personal non-commercial license for the use of the digital music files he has just acquired; this process is made possible by using an algorithm to calculate the number of ads required, a process of selection of ads depending on different factors with different weighting but not limited to geographical location, event related, cyclic, targeted audience, special request; the audio file is available only after the viewing of all ads which is achieved by using a proprietary media player. This method is made possible through the support of a central internet server which includes a song database, advertising database, user database, data concerning standard copyright or specific contract-based copyright, a formula for the calculation of the number of adds required, automatic selection of advertising, and accounting process. This central database has the possibility of linking to external databases from outside partners to obtain songs or advertising, and to link to the computerized unit of the user through the internet network. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180815 | Real-Time Bidding And Advertising Content Generation - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, in real-time, user information associated with a user of a client computing device. One or more user features are derived from the user information associated with the user. The one or more user features include one or more user intents. The one or more user intents are matched with one or more of a plurality of advertiser intents. The user information is determined to be accepted. In response to accepting the user information, an advertisement is generated based on the matching of the one or more user intents and the one or more of the plurality of advertiser intents. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180816 | PROVISION OF ANONYMOUS CONTEXT INFORMATION AND GENERATION OF TARGETED CONTENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards selective disclosure of user or computing environment attributes to facilitate generation and/or provision of targeted content. In various embodiments, a likelihood that disclosure of an attribute of a user or of a computing environment associated with the user will enable identification of the user may be determined based on an associated population count of users or computing environments sharing the same attribute. In various embodiments, the attribute may be selectively disclosed to a content provider configured to provide targeted content, or a recommendation may be selectively provided to the user as to whether the user should disclose the attribute to the content provider, based on the determination and a risk tolerance associated with the user. In various embodiments, a dimension authority may track and make available population counts of users or computing environments having various attributes. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180817 | REMINDING USERS OF OFFERS - Provided is a computer implemented process for reminding users of offers that were discovered by the user at one location when, at a later time, the user is at another location, the process including: displaying, with a mobile device, an offer and a reminder interface to indicate that the user requests themselves or another reminder recipient to be reminded of the offer when near another computing device of the reminder recipient; receiving an interaction with the reminder interface by the user and, in response, storing a reminder request in memory, the reminder request identifying the offer; obtaining data identifying the other computing device, a geographic area of the other computing device, or a wireless environment of the other computing device; detecting, with a processor of the mobile device, that the reminder recipient has interacted with the other computing device, entered the geographic area, or entered the wireless environment; and in response to the detection, presenting a notification reminding the reminder recipient of the offer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING CUSTOMIZED COMMERCIAL RADIO-STYLE BROADCASTS TO BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS - A system and method for delivering customized audio streams to business establishments are described. Business establishment are provided with live, commercial radio-style programmed audio streams, with interstitial elements produced and custom tailored to support the branding, atmospheric, energetic, and promotional needs of each business, while generating revenue from outside advertisers and sponsors. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180819 | OFFER PLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TARGETED MARKETING OFFER DELIVERY SYSTEM - A system and methods for an offer placement system for delivering targeted marketing offers to consumers during a session with an online (web-based) Internet portal, such as an online banking portal of a financial institution. A component receives advertising campaign data from an advertiser including a plurality of targeted marketing offers for delivery to consumers in response to a particular condition (e.g. an offer-triggering event), and stores the campaign data in a database. A component determines the occurrence of an offer-triggering event caused by a consumer during an online session with the online portal, for example, viewing a list of banking transactions. A component identifies a predetermined targeted marketing offer stored in the database that corresponds to the offer-triggering event. A component delivers information corresponding to the targeted marketing offer to the consumer during the online session with the portal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180820 | SELECTING INFORMATIVE PRESENTATIONS BASED ON NAVIGATION CUES AND USER INTENT - Promotional or informational materials are selected for presentation to mobile device users based at least in part on knowledge about where those users intend to go. If a user performs a points-of-interest search that evinces a particular intent, then the mobile device can select informational materials that are associated with that particular intent, and then display those informational materials. The informational materials selected can be limited to those that are mapped to a point of interest that the searching user selected from a list of points of interest that are relevant to the user's specified intent. Additionally or alternatively, the mobile device might display only the informational materials that are mapped to a particular point of interest in response to detecting that the user has entered within a specified proximity of that particular point of interest, as determined through a global positioning system of the user's mobile device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180821 | MEDIA SERVICES WITH ACCESS CONTROL - Systems and methods are describe wherein a service provider provides media services that can include, but are not limited to, telephone, radio, interactive and television services. A user residence and/or a user receiving device are designated as a primary location or device for receiving the services of the service provider. An authorization center authenticates a request to provide the service(s) at one or more secondary location/device. The verification process can include, but is not limited to, password(s), Personal Identification Numbers (PIN) and biometric identifiers such as voice, retina, finger print and DNA. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180822 | TARGETED MOBILE ADVERTISING AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A mobile advertising exchange and method includes a data processing system that receives notification of a potentially ad-triggering event associated with a mobile subscriber, generates an advertising package including filtered mobile subscriber data, transmits the advertising package to an advertising entity, and receives fee from the first advertising entity. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180823 | VALIDATION OF MOBILE ADVERTISING FROM DERIVED INFORMATION - A system and method of validating an advertisement presented to an advertisement recipient via a mobile communication device includes presenting an advertisement for a product or service to a recipient via a mobile communication device, monitoring the geospatial location of the mobile communication device relative to some predetermined criteria, and inferring information about the reaction of the advertisement recipient to the advertisement on the basis of the monitored geospatial location information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180824 | Usage of video for advertising and marketing on a web or mobile platform - The websites that features deals and coupons from retail businesses and other directory or classified websites only features descriptions and photos of businesses that advertise on these websites and mobile applications. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180825 | Interactive Mobile Advertisement Banners - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for associating an interactive element with a sponsored content, presenting the sponsored content to a mobile communication facility based at least in part on a relevancy to a mobile subscriber characteristic associated with the mobile communication facility, and allowing a user of the mobile communication facility to engage the interactive element within the sponsored content. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180826 | CONSUMER IDENTITY RESOLUTION BASED ON TRANSACTION DATA - According to an embodiment, a data processing system for facilitating consumer identity resolution comprises: a first logic module adapted to receive at least two collections of consumer records from at least two different sources; a second logic module adapted to compute first trust scores for first data fields of the first collection and second trust scores for second data fields of the second collection; a third logic module adapted to generate a master collection of consumer records comprising at least one master consumer record that is correlated to a record from the first collection and a record from the second collection, the correlation being based on at least on the trust scores; and a fourth logic module adapted to receive a set of contextual transaction data. The data processing system is adapted to identify a consumer based on the contextual transaction data and the master collection of consumer records. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180827 | METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CARRYING OUT PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS - A method and computer-readable medium for carrying out a promotional campaign, comprising: identifying at least one influencer of at least one target of the promotional campaign; identifying at least one indicator of association between the influencer and a brand associated with the promotional campaign; and releasing towards the target a data element derived from the indicator of association. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180828 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a recording medium having stored therein the information processing program, which can perform control such that a display time of content information for a user is equal to or exceeds a time desired by a provider of the content information, or approaches the desired time as close as possible. The information processing apparatus performs control such that a display time for which content information of a time count target is displayed within a display area is counted, and the content information is continuously or intermittently displayed within the display area until the counted display time exceeds a display guarantee setting value set to the content information of the time count target. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180829 | Advertising Platform - 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. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180830 | MAP MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MAP MANAGEMENT METHOD - A map management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores therein update history information which stores therein a user of a terminal unit to which a version of an area of a map is available, the user being associated with the version of the area of the map, and at least one area constituting the map; and a control unit that creates, based on the update history information, information for encouraging the user to update the version, by comparing a first route which is searched using a currently-available version to a second route which is searched using a version updated from the currently-available version, transmits the created information to the terminal unit, and makes the transmitted information display in the terminal unit. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180831 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FEES FOR ONLINE AD IMPACT - An electronic device implemented method includes facilitating an auction for an ad space of an advertisement network. A bid and a creative are received from an advertiser for the ad space. An attribute of the creative is determined that is obtrusive to a viewer experience. An extent that the attribute is obtrusive is determined. An extent that the attribute is effective in obtaining a goal of the advertiser is determined. A correlation between the extent that the attribute is obtrusive and the extent that the attribute is effective in obtaining a goal of the advertiser is determined. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180832 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POPULATING CONTENT ON A WEB PAGE - Methods and apparatus for automatically placing products on a web page to recommend to individuals may include identifying key attributes in content from at least one web page and assigning one or more products to the key attributes. The methods and apparatus may also include assigning retailers to the one or more products. The methods and apparatus may include selecting at least one product associated with a selected key attribute and providing information on the web page about the selected product to allow a consumer to purchase the product from an associated retailer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180833 | Path Queries - Data identifying a path between two or more geographic locations is received. Path information is identified along or near the path. A relevance is associated to the path information. A subset of the path information having a highest relevance is provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180834 | DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to generating interactive advertising web pages. A method includes entering information for advertising multiple products or services. Advertisement characteristics are selected. One or more of the advertisement characteristics are manipulated using a user interface. The advertisement information and characteristics are transmitted. One or more interactive advertisement web pages are generated based on the received advertisement information and characteristics. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180835 | DIGITAL SIGNATURES FOR ONLINE ADVERTISEMENT SECURITY - Online advertisements may be verified before being rendered. In one example, an ad control is incorporated into an application or web page. When the ad control is to present an ad, the ad control requests an ad from an ad provider. Ads that are provided to the ad control have previously been submitted for certification, and have received a certificate. When the ad control receives the ad, it verifies the certificate using a digital signature. If the certificate verifies, then the ad is deemed acceptable to render, and the ad control renders the ad. Otherwise, the ad is not deemed acceptable to render, and the ad control requests another ad from the ad provider. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180836 | CONTEXTUAL CONTENT TARGETING - Techniques are provided, relating to online advertising, in which a special link, which may be a short link, associated with an advertiser, may be provided to a user on a first Web page, such as on a social networking related Web site. The special link may be part of an advertisement or communication from the advertiser. If the user clicks on or otherwise activates the special link, a branded version of a second Web page, including particular content, may be presented to the user, which includes a particular advertisement of the advertiser. Users who arrive at the second Web page via links other than special links will be presented with a non-branded version of the Web page, which does not include the particular advertisement of the advertiser. The particular content may be pre-selected by the advertiser, such as part of a content set associated with an advertising campaign. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A system can include at least one computer to store cursor data; and a user computer connected to a user display and configured to receive the cursor data from the at least one computer, and to display a user movable cursor on the user display; wherein the user computer is further configured to use the received cursor data to modify the user movable cursor from a first display configuration to a second display configuration in response to an event on the user computer, with the second display configuration providing information provided by the at least one computer for some duration before restoration of the first display configuration. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180838 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A method can include providing at least one computer having cursor data; receiving on a user computer the cursor data from the at least one computer, the user computer connected to a user display to display at least a user movable cursor, and in response to an event on the user computer, using the received cursor data from the at least one computer to modify the user movable cursor on the user display from a first display configuration to a second display configuration, with the second display configuration providing information provided by the at least one computer for some duration before restoration of the first display configuration. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A cursor control computer program storable on a computer readable medium can include program code configured for execution on a user computer that causes the user computer to perform the operations of: receive cursor data from at least one remote computer, display a user movable cursor on a user display; and in response to an event on the user computer, use the cursor data received from the remote computer to modify the user movable cursor on the user display from a first display configuration to a second display configuration, with the second display configuration providing information provided by the at least one remote computer for some duration before restoration of the first display configuration. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A cursor control computer system can include a user computer supporting first program code operable to request and receive specified content information and specific cursor related images from at least one remote server, the specified content information comprising information to be displayed and at least one cursor display instruction to control presentation of the specified content information; second program code operable by the user computer to recognize the cursor display instruction in connection with processing the information to be displayed; and third program code operable on the user computer to execute cursor display code in response to the cursor display instruction, the third program code acting to display specific cursor related images and at least a portion of the specified content information. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A method can include providing specified content information including information to be displayed by the remote display of a user computer and at least one cursor display instruction including an indication of the cursor image data; transmitting the specified content information, the cursor image data, and the at least one cursor display instruction to the user computer; and processing the cursor display instruction with cursor display code to modify the cursor image of the remote display of the user computer to present the shape and appearance of the specific image. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A data updating system for modifying a cursor image can include a cursor movable on a display of a user computer having a cursor image; cursor image data corresponding to specific images, with the specific images having content corresponding to information to be displayed on the display of the user computer; and at least one cursor display instruction associated with the cursor image data, and executable to provide updated data from a remote data source, the updated data being associated with the cursor by initiating modification of the cursor image from an initial cursor image to the specific images on the display of the user computer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A data updating method for modifying a cursor image, comprising the steps of: in response to moving a cursor on a display of a user computer, changing cursor image data corresponding to specific images, with the specific images having content corresponding to information to be displayed on the display of the user computer; and executing at least one cursor display instruction associated with the cursor image data of the specific image to provide updated data from a remote data source, the updated data being associated with the cursor by initiating modification of the cursor image data to display the specific images on the display of the user computer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A system for associating sounds with a cursor can include a user computer operable to receive sound data from a remote data source, the sound data for association with a cursor; at least one cursor related data instruction including the sound data received from the remote data source; and a cursor code module, stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, executable to process the at least one cursor related data instruction on the user computer to modify cursor associated sounds with the sound data based on content information shown on a display of the user computer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PET MEMORIAL - A system and method for online marketing a pet death care provider comprising providing an online pet memorial on the website of a pet death care provider. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180846 | AUTOMATIC WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY AND COMPATIBILITY - A method for an accessibility solution provided as a software. The method includes approving or implementing by a website owner of a code into his website and receiving web format by a user device by “scraping” the data from the website pages or by other means of using client side plugin, server side plugin, browser or 3 | 2014-06-26 |
20140180847 | Methods and systems for device management with sharing and programming capabilities - A system which includes a network of appliances functions to retrieve from a data repository, such as a centralized server, at least one data set containing food preparation instructions and to control one or more operations of at least one food preparation device, such as cooking temperatures and times associated with a stove, in accordance with the retrieved at least one data set containing food preparation instructions. The retrieved data set may additional be utilized to cause one or more devices to provide voice prompts to assist a user in the performance of the corresponding food preparation task. The data sets provided for this purpose may be standardized to allow recipes to be shared and used across multiple different appliance types. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180848 | Estimating Point Of Sale Wait Times - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing an estimate of the delay to check out at a store for a target time and date. A user computing device may receive or infer target data such as a time, date, and location at which a user would like to go shopping. The target data may then be input to a delay model for a target location. The delay model returns a checkout delay estimate that is provided to a requesting user. In some embodiment, alternate locations to a target location that provide a shorter wait time may be identified. In some embodiments, delay estimates may be based on throughput data for cashiers working at a target time. The delay model may be trained or updated using observations of wait times based on images of a queue at a POS station. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDUCTING TRANSACTIONS - According to some embodiments, a transaction may include receiving a funds transfer request, the funds transfer request specifying a source account associated with a first unit of value, a transaction amount, and a destination account associated with second unit of value, wherein the second unit of value is different than the first unit of value. The transaction may proceed with a response to the funds transfer request which is processed by automatically determining an exchange rate between the first and second units of value, wherein at least one of the first or second units of value is not a governmental currency, and automatically initiating a debit request to debit the transaction amount from the source account and automatically initiating a credit request to credit the transaction amount to the destination account. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180850 | SECURE MOBILE DEVICE TRANSACTIONS - Systems and methods are described for communicating private user information from a mobile device to a transaction terminal or other external device. More specifically, systems and methods are described for improving authentication through the use of mobile devices used to facilitate transactions with external devices. The authentication described herein can be adaptive, thereby providing a flexible level of automatic on-the-spot transaction security. Unlike prior art systems, the mobile device is not required to have network connectivity. Additionally, the systems and methods described herein are easily adapted to most current systems. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180851 | Using Harvested Power for NFC Transactions - In some embodiments, a system includes a mobile communication device and a secure element physically coupled to the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a first wireless transceiver, first processor, and first memory. The secure element includes a second wireless transceiver, second processor, and second memory. The mobile communication device is configured to transmit data via the first wireless transceiver to the secure element in packets, using a packet protocol. The secure element is configured to transmit data via the second wireless transceiver to the mobile communication device in messages, using a messaging protocol distinct from the packet protocol. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180852 | COMMUNICATING PAYMENTS - For communicating payments, a mobile device reads a point-of-sale code from a point-of-sale device. A clearing house generates a payment authorization comprising an authorization code and a transaction amount. The clearing house communicates the payment authorization to the point-of-sale device. The point-of-sale device completes the transaction in response to receiving the payment authorization. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180853 | Framework for Generating a Personalized Item List - A framework | 2014-06-26 |
20140180854 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND MANAGING VEHICLE COSTS - A computer-implemented method for performing an electronic transaction using a payment computer coupled to a database is provided. The transaction includes an item purchased in association with a vehicle and initiated by a cardholder with a merchant. The method includes receiving, at the payment computer, an authorization request message from the merchant, the authorization request message including first transaction data, wherein the first transaction data includes a vehicle identifier for identifying the vehicle; transmitting an authorization response message from the payment computer to the merchant; storing, within the database, other transaction data associated with other purchased items for the vehicle, wherein the first transaction data and the other transaction data define a total transaction data associated with the vehicle; and tracking, by the vehicle identifier, the total transaction data for access by the cardholder. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180855 | PRE-PURCHASE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for enabling pre-purchase feedback. Within the method, a primary customer carrying a first computing device may be received within a brick-and-mortar store. A computer system corresponding to the store may receive via the first computing device an instruction to share with a secondary customer data describing a proposed purchase of one or more products. The computer system may then pass the data to a second computing device corresponding to the secondary customer. The computer system may also receive, via the second computing device, feedback corresponding to the proposed purchase and pass the feedback to the first computing device. Accordingly, the primary customer may receive pre-purchase feedback from the secondary customer. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180856 | SYSTEM PROVIDING WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS RESPONSIVE TO COMPLETED TRANSACTION PAYMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A system may include a payment terminal and a mobile communications device capable of completing at least one electronic payment transaction with the payment terminal via near field communication (NFC). The payment terminal may be capable of transferring password data to the mobile communications device for accessing a wireless network responsive to completion of the at least one electronic payment transaction. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180857 | SELF-CHECKOUT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A point-of-sale self-checkout terminal includes a code reader device for automated entry of a product identification code present on items for purchase and a customer input device for receipt of data from a customer. A customer oars initiate a purchase of a non-scannable item and, in response, a database is queried to identify items based on a prediction of purchase of the items, and the identified items are displayed for selection by the customer to purchase the item. Image processing and voice processing, can also be implemented to assist customers with the purchase of non-scannable items. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180858 | DEPLOYING MULTIPLE E-COMMERCE SYSTEMS IN A SINGLE COMPUTING PLATFORM - A method, system, architecture and apparatus for deploying multiple e-commerce systems in a single computing platform. In accordance with the present invention, an e-commerce systems architecture can include an instantiable owning business logic component derived from an abstract business definition and one or more instantiable business element components configured for aggregation under the control of a business facility instance. The business facility instance can include a coupling to an instance of the owning business logic component. Finally, the architecture can include an instantiable partner business component derived from the abstract business definition. In particular, the instantiable partner business component can include a configuration for limited access to selected ones of the instantiable business element components aggregated under the control of the business facility instance. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING AND MANAGING ONLINE PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS - A purchase card system configured in accordance with the invention offers purchase card products that facilitate online purchases of life sciences research products and/or services via an e-commerce application. The acquisition and use of such purchase card products complies with mandated procurement, spending, and appropriations rules, regulations, and laws, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Anti-Deficiency Act, and the Department of Defense “bona fide needs” rule. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180860 | PUBLISHER COMPENSATION SYSTEM - Fragments ( | 2014-06-26 |
20140180861 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE BUNDLING - A method and a system for collaborative bundling of items in an online marketplace are provided. For example, a first identification of a first item for sale in an online marketplace and an indication of availability to bundle may be received from a client device. Based on the indication of availability to bundle, an identification interface that presents identifications of one or more items suitable for bundling with the first item may be provided to the client device. A selection of a second identification of a second item may be received. The second identification may be selected from the identifications of the one or more items. A negotiation within the online marketplace pertaining to a bundling of the first and second items may be facilitated. A bundle listing including the first identification of the first item and the second identification of the second item may be generated based on the negotiation. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180862 | MANAGING OPERATIONAL THROUGHPUT FOR SHARED RESOURCES - Usage of shared resources can be managed by enabling users to obtain different types of guarantees at different times for various types and/or levels of resource capacity. A user can select to have an amount or rate of capacity dedicated to that user. A user can also select reserved capacity for at least a portion of the requests, tasks, or program execution for that user, where the user has priority to that capacity but other users can utilize the excess capacity during other periods. Users can alternatively specify to use the excess capacity or other variable, non-guaranteed capacity. The capacity can be for any appropriate functional aspect of a resource, such as computational capacity, throughput, latency, bandwidth, and storage. Users can submit bids for various types and combinations of excess capacity, and winning bids can receive dedicated use of the excess capacity for at least a period of time. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180863 | PRODUCT OR SERVICE REQUESTS SYSTEM FOR MOBILE CUSTOMERS - An on-line venue in which buyers can anonymously communicate precisely what product or service they want to purchase by posting an interactive request that a number of sellers/service providers can then directly respond to according to one embodiment of the invention. Such embodiments may promote the buyers interests in directly matching their needs with qualified vendors. In contrast to what others provide, where the buyer has to search within each seller/service providers and then send their request. Embodiments of the present invention broadcast a buyer's needs to relevant/selected sellers/service providers. Such embodiments may take the burden from a buyer in finding the right products and services by self-qualifying the lead to proactive prospective sellers/service providers. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180864 | PERSONALIZED CLOTHING RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system provides an automated clothes shopping recommendation based on personal style information that defines one or more attributes of clothing articles and/or clothing styles preferred selected by a user, and based on measurement information that defines one or more physical user measurements. On-site direction assistance is provided to the user based on the measurement information through provision of an augmented reality display on a mobile electronic device. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180865 | INFORMING CUSTOMERS REGARDING ITEMS ON THEIR SHOPPING LIST - Systems and methods are disclosed for alerting a customer when an item is out of stock or in stock. In embodiments, the customer may add items to a shopping list within a shopping list software application (commonly known as an “app”) installed on a mobile computing device such as a smart phone. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, if one or more items on the shopping list become out-of-stock, and/or later become in-stock, the system may transmit an alert to be displayed on the shopping list app to notify the customer. The system may notify the customer regarding relevant changes in product inventories at selected retail store branches where the customer is most likely to shop and/or has recently shopped. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180866 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO RE-CREATE AN INTERNAL SHAPE OF A SHOE - A method and a system are provided to re-create an internal shape of a shoe using a pneumatically-powered inflatable sock. For example, a shoe last used to manufacture a shoe product based on a selected shoe identifier may be identified. A description of the dimensions of the shoe last may be accessed. The description of the dimensions of the shoe last may be expressed as a set of fills per chamber of a sock having a plurality of fillable chambers. The set of fills per chamber may be determined based on the displacement of an inner wall of the sock when the fillable chambers are in an inflated state. Further, an instruction to cause the plurality of fillable chambers to inflate according to the accessed description may be transmitted. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180867 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS-BORDER LOCATION OF EQUIVALENT GOODS AND SERVICES - A system receives a preference of a user, wherein the preference relates to a product or service located in a first geographic location, and then the system receives an identification of a second geographic location. The system analyzes, based on the preference of the user, a database to identify candidate products or services in the second geographic location. The system then determines, from the candidate products or services, an equivalent product or service at least in part by comparison of the candidate products or services to the preference of the user. The system transmits to the user an identification of the equivalent product or service located in the second geographic location. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180868 | ONTOLOGY BASED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A search technology generates recommendations with minimal user data and participation, and provides better interpretation of user data, such as popularity, thus obtaining breadth and quality in recommendations. It is sensitive to the semantic content of natural language terms and lets users briefly describe the intended recipient (i.e., interests, eccentricities, previously successful gifts). Based on that input, the recommendation software system and method determines the meaning of the entered terms and creatively discover connections to gift recommendations from the vast array of possibilities. The user may then make a selection from these recommendations. The search/recommendation engine allows the user to find gifts through connections that are not limited to previously available information on the Internet. Thus, interests can be connected to buying behavior by relating terms to respective items. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180869 | INTEGRATED BUSINESS ATTIRE JACKET AND SPORTS JERSEY AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ONLINE ORDERS OF THE SAME - A business jacket integrated with parts of a sports jersey having a first and second layer. The first layer is formed of materials and styled to have the appearance of a business jacket that would be used for business wear. The second layer is formed of materials and styled and decorated to have the appearance of a team jersey of the type worn by members of a sports team while playing sports. A player number and/or a logo may be adorned on the sleeves of the business jacket. The business jacket may be adorned with a captain's “C” on the front. The business jacket may be of a complimentary color to the athlete's team jersey, and the player's name, numbers, and/or logos may be those that would appear on the player's jersey. A system for providing a website to process online orders of this business jacket integrated with parts of a sports jersey is also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180870 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTHORIZING PERFORMANCE OF A MEDICAL TASK BY AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - An authorization is required for performance of medical tasks by an implantable medical device (IMD). The authorization may be based on a process implemented by the IMD to check for the authorization. As an alternative, the authorization may be based on a process implemented by an external device, such as to check whether there is authorization to provide a power transmission to the implantable medical device that is necessary for the IMD to perform the medical task. This authorization allows a fee to be charged to performance of the medical task, which in turn allows the initial cost of the IMD to be substantially reduced. This in turn increases the population of patients that are able to afford the IMD to improve their quality of life, which increases the number of IMDs that can ultimately be sold. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180871 | Method, System and Program Product for Online Commercial and Social Activity - Method, system and program product comprise requesting to join a trading network of a website. Said trading network is established for commercial and social activity. Said request is transferred to a share network engine to be posted on an out of network board to be viewable by all consumer members and merchant members. Said request is acceptable by any member of said trading network. An acceptance of said request is received from said share network engine. At least a voucher for a product or service provided by at least one merchant member of said trading network is received. Information is transferred to said share network engine to be at least posted on a board of said trading network. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180872 | PURCHASE SUMMARY THROUGH EMAIL SCAN SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for a purchase summary through email scan are described. The methods include accessing an email for a user, wherein the email includes a transaction history corresponding to a purchased item from a merchant, determining item and sales information from the transaction history, and updating a purchase summary display corresponding to the user with the item and sales information, wherein the purchase summary display includes account information corresponding to a plurality of items. The account information may include at least one of a total number of items purchased by the user, a total money spent by the user, a number of different categories of purchase by the user, and a number of different merchants purchased from by the user. Additionally, the purchase summary display may be used to offer additional items, engage in price matching, and/or sell purchased items. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180873 | SHOPPING BY VIRTUAL FITTING - A system, article of manufacture, and method is disclosed to enable people to determine how clothing, such as a shirt, will look on a person without the person having to try the shirt on. The buyer takes a photograph of the buyer's best fitting shirt, which may be from front, back and both sides. When the buyer shops for a shirt there is no need to try the shirt on. Instead a photograph of a selected new shirt will be compared with the photograph the shopper has taken of the best fitting shirt. Alternatively, people can fill in the style, brand and size of the shirt on a user interface and the shirt will be compared with the photograph the shopper has previously taken of the best fitting shirt. This can be extended to pants, jeans, skirts and all other articles of men's, women's and children's outfits. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180874 | LOCAL PRODUCT COMPARISON SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing local product comparison include receiving an image that includes a first product from an image capturing device and receiving location information associated with a location of the first product from a location determination device. First product identification information is retrieved using the image. The first product identification information identifies at least a type of the first product. First product purchase history information about the first product and second product purchase history information about a second product that is associated with the location are retrieved using the first product identification information and the location information. The first product purchase history information and the second product purchase history information are then provided for display on a display device. The first product purchase history and the second product purchase history may be provided for display on the display device as a graphical comparison. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180875 | Method and System for Distribution of User Generated Content - Systems and methods for distributing user-generated content are disclosed. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention may allow content to be generated by a user at a manufacturer's site with respect to a corresponding product and this content distributed to one or more retailers who sell that product such that the user-generated content may be incorporated into the retailer's site or brick and mortar location in conjunction with that product to allow consumers shopping at that retailer to access or view such user-generated content. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT INFORMATION AND RELATED FUNCTIONALITIES - A system and method for allowing a consumer to quickly access product information and/or commerce functionalities as related to one or more products that are associated with an electronic document, such as a web page, that is currently being viewed by the consumer in an electronic document viewing program, such as an Internet browser. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180877 | METHOD FOR SMART RATE PLANS - The present invention relates generally to a process for determining optimized communication rate plans for one or more communications devices across one or more communications networks. The present invention provides for determining an intelligent rate plan for a user having one or more devices operative on a communications network with one or more rate plans. The present invention, in one or more embodiments provides a user of communication devices with a cost-effective rate plan solution in relation to the user's use of their devices and available cost-savings programs available to the user. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180878 | ELECTRONIC SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cloud server receives an order and position information from a mobile device. The cloud server then determines which store have the product in the order, determines the store nearest the mobile device according to stored position information of stores and the received position information when two or more stores have the product. The cloud sever then transmits the order to a terminal of the nearest store, receives order information from the terminal, and transmits the order information and the position information of the nearest store to the mobile device. A related electronic shopping method and storage medium are also disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180879 | Systems and Methods of Processing Information and Transactions Involving Digital Content, Digital Products and/or Experiences - Systems and methods described herein relate to processing of information, data and transactions involving content and/or experiences. According to one exemplary implementation, an illustrative method of computerized information processing may involve handling and/or checkout of a product, the product comprising an experience, a physical product, and/or a digital product. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180880 | SLIDE CHECKOUT - A system and method of presenting selectable checkout options for an item listing on a single page. A single page for an item listing is caused to be displayed on a device. The single page comprises a selectable item identifier for an item and a plurality of selectable checkout options for the item. The plurality of selectable checkout options comprises different types of selectable checkout options. An indication of a selection of the item identifier and an indication of a selection of one of the selectable checkout options are received. A visual representation of the selection of the selectable item identifier and a visual representation of the selection of one of the selectable checkout options are causes to be displayed on the single page. A visual representation for each of the selected checkout options are displayed as being attached to the visual representation of the selected item identifier. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180881 | Multistage Configuration Trees for Managing Product Family Trees - A product line engineering (PLE) feature modeling structure called a multistage configuration tree that supports the engineering, deployment and maintenance of complex product family trees is provided. Feature selections and downselections are incrementally staged throughout the nodes in a product family tree. Feature decisions made at any node are inherited by all descendants of that node, thereby defining a product family subtree. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180882 | PAY-PER-SALE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A vehicle sales matching system may include a vehicle sales lead data database, a vehicle sales information database, and a sales matching system embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and communicatively connected to the vehicle sales lead data database and the vehicle sales information database. The vehicle sales lead data may include validated customer data and third party customer data. The vehicle sales information may include sales data from vehicle dealers, third party data extract services, and third party sales data sources. The sales matching system may be configured for applying one or more matching rules for matching a vehicle sales lead from the vehicle sales lead database to a vehicle sale from the vehicle sales information database. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180883 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR PROVIDING TAX SERVICES IN A NETWORK-BASED TAX ARCHITECTURE - A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for affording network-based tax services. First, a request is received from a user to access a tax service server utilizing a network. Next, a user is allowed access to the tax service server utilizing the network after a validation process. An identity of the user is then determined based on the request and/or the validation process. Thereafter, a plurality of forms with fields are displayed utilizing the network. At least a portion of the fields are filled based on the identity of the user. Additional data is subsequently received from the user for filling the fields utilizing the network. Further, a tax amount is calculated based on the received data and business rules. Further, the tax amount is displayed utilizing the network. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180884 | System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid - Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power, wherein Internet Protocol (IP)-based messages including IP packets are generated by transforming raw data content into settlement grade content. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. Messaging related to settlement is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180885 | System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid - Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power, wherein Internet Protocol (IP)-based messages including IP packets are generated by transforming raw data content into settlement grade content. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. Messaging related to settlement is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180886 | System, method, and apparatus for settlement for participation in an electric power grid - Systems, methods, and apparatus embodiments for electric power grid and network registration and management of physical and financial settlement for participation of active grid elements in supply and/or curtailment of power. Settlement is provided for grid elements that participate in the electric power grid following initial registration of each grid element with the system, preferably through network-based communication between the grid elements and a coordinator, either in coordination with or outside of an IP-based communications network router. A multiplicity of active grid elements function in the grid for supply capacity, supply and/or load curtailment as supply or capacity, and are compensated through settlement for their functional participation in the electric power grid. Also, messaging related to settlement is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180887 | Personal Account Management Devices, Methods, Programs and Media - This invention relates to an apparatus for managing personal accounts. The apparatus comprises a database (C), a database-updating section (D). The a database (C) stores at least personal IDs allocated to individuals, respectively, payment data associated with each personal ID, receipt data associated with each personal ID, and rank data associated with each personal ID. The database updating section (D) determines a rank for each personal ID, from the payment data and the receipt data, and records the rank as the rank data. The apparatus reliably determines the state of the financial transaction of each client, i.e., the receipt data and payment data about the transaction, correctly evaluates the contribution of the client, and provides special services to the client, by setting interests and charges that are as favorable as possible to the client. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180888 | WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wagering system may include a server, an application server, a client device, and a terminal. The wagering system may issue a voucher or a wagering ticket to a client device. Wagers may be placed against the voucher balance and redeemed at the terminal. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180889 | Systems and Methods for Routing Trade Orders Based on Exchange Latency - Systems and methods for routing trade orders based on exchange latency are disclosed. An example method includes measuring a first latency associated with a first exchange based on a processing time of a first trade order; and routing a second trade order from a trading device to one of the first and a second exchange based on the first latency. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180890 | Speed Adjustable and Reversible Tool for Slicer Orders - The disclosure generally relates to a speed adjustable and reversible tool for slicer orders. In an example, a user command is received to adjust one or more parameters of a slicer order that has been submitted for trading or otherwise includes one or more child order to be submitted for trading. A user input device, or controller may be used to receive the command, such as by sliding one or more sliders along a range to affect adjustment of one or more corresponding parameters of the slicer order and/or child orders. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180891 | Systems and Methods to Offload Risk P&L Calculations - Certain embodiments provide systems and methods to offload one or more components of risk checking for an order. An example method includes receiving, at a trading strategy engine, an order for a quantity of a tradeable object outbound to an exchange. The example method includes receiving, at the trading strategy engine, computed profit and loss data and margin data for a user associated with the order, the profit and loss data and margin data computed at a gateway external to the strategy engine. The example method includes evaluating whether the quantity associated with the order is greater than an order quantity limit. The example method includes computing a credit check with respect to the user and the order based on the profit and loss data and the margin data. The example method includes determining a risk associated with the order based on evaluating the quantity of the order and the credit check. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180892 | Mitigating Communication Risks in an Electronic Trading System - Certain embodiments provide methods to mitigate communication risks in an electronic trading system. An example method including monitoring a communication link established between a mobile trading device and a gateway. The gateway is to provide access to one or more markets at an exchange. The example method also includes determining a communication state related to the communication link and comparing the communication state to a communication risk threshold. The communication state reflects an ability of the mobile trading device to communicate with the exchange. If the communication state falls below the communication risk threshold, a risk mitigation action stored at the gateway is initiated. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180893 | Methods and Systems For Generating A Mid-Point Periodic Mark Pool Tradeable Index - A computerized method provides periodic mark trading of financial instruments on a computerized trading system having one or more server computers. The method comprises at least one of the server computers: receiving a communication from a customer computer on a trading date, the communication including at least one periodic mark limit order, including at least an amount and an indication of a mark time at which a price will be determined for the at least one periodic mark limit order, and placing the received at least one periodic mark limit order in a periodic mark pool; calculating a periodic mark price from non-periodic mark orders on the book of an FX ECN; matching the received periodic mark limit order with a compatible other periodic mark limit order in the periodic mark pool; after the mark time, executing the matched received periodic mark limit order at the calculated periodic mark price. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING AN ELECTRONIC TRADE ORDER QUANTITY - A system and methods for dynamically changing a trade order quantity in an electronic trading environment are described herein. According to one example embodiment, an automated trading tool determines if a leaned on quantity of a trading strategy has increased or decreased and if so, dynamically changing a desired order quantity to reflect the change in the leaned on quantity. Dynamically changing an order quantity may be more profitable for a trader as order queue position may be maintained and portion of the desired order quantity may get filled; rather than a trader losing their order queue position and/or taking a chance of not getting any of their order quantity filled. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTING A TRADING ORDER OVER A RANGE OF PRICES - According to one embodiment, a method of managing trading is provided. A trading order intended for a trading exchange is received from a trader, the trading order having an associated trading order price. A group of distributed trading orders is automatically generated based at least on the trading order price and a set of pre-configured distribution parameters associated with the trading order. The group of distributed trading orders is distributed over a multiple price levels. The generated group of distributed trading orders is automatically submitted to the trading exchange. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180896 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A CENTRAL BANK CURRENCY TRADING RIGHTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS OVER A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK DEPLOYED IN A FINANCIAL MARKETPLACE - A computer-network implemented system recognizes that a central bank retains the right to lend a currency or the currency trading ownership right prior to the issuance/sale of a currency, or to restructure its currency to recapture and withhold the right to lend or trade its currency. The system allows currency borrowers/purchasers to request the right to lease or purchase the non-borrowable currency from the central bank, according to prices and time periods set by the central bank. The currency borrowers/short-sellers or purchasers can acquire the right to lend or trade the non-borrowable currency so as to purchase the non-purchasable currency from the central bank. Thereafter, currency borrowers/short-sellers and currency purchasers can sell the non-borrowable currency short or purchase the non-purchasable currency in the marketplace and profit from a short sale of the currency or from owning the currency, without adversely effecting the central bank's, or its country's economy. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-CURRENCY TRADING - A multi-currency interface: programmed or configured for limit orders in a customer currency for financial instruments traded in an exchange traded currency. A multi-currency interface programmed or configured for facilitating purchases of goods or services from an online merchant in multiple currencies. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180898 | CLICK BASED TRADING WITH MARKET DEPTH DISPLAY - A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading commodities on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. Click based trading, as described herein and specifically the “Click” and “Dime” methods of the present invention, enables a trader to execute single mouse click trades for large volumes of commodities at a price within a pre-specified range. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180899 | TRADER PORTAL SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented trader portal system and method for use within a trading organization supporting multiple traders. The trader portal system integrates available trader related resources from multiple sources for trader viewing and utilization. The trader portal system may include administrative controls for allowing administrative configuration of the trader related resources visible to the multiple traders within the trading organization. The trader portal system may further include a source collection engine for collecting the trader-related resources from the multiple sources and a source integration engine for integrating the collected trader related resources with the trader portal system in accordance with the administrative configuration. The trader portal system may further include multiple modules accessible to the traders through a user interface, each of the multiple modules displaying at least one of the collected trader related resources as determined by the source integration engine. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRADING MULTIPLE TRADEABLE OBJECTS USING A SINGLE TRADING INTERFACE - A system and method are provided for displaying information related to a plurality of tradeable objects using a single graphical interface. One example graphical interface includes at least two screen regions displayed in relation to each other, with each region including a plurality of locations. Each location in the first screen region corresponds to a value along a first value axis, and each location in the second screen region corresponds to a value along a second value axis. The graphical interface also includes a first indicator in the first region and a second indicator in the second region. In response to a repositioning command based on an algorithm, the graphical interface includes a repositioned first value axis and the second value axis, such that the indicators are displayed in new locations determined based on the algorithm. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180901 | System and Method for Creating Trade-Related Annotations in an Electronic Trading Environment - A client terminal displays a trading screen interface and an annotation interface in relation to the trading screen interface. The annotation interface allows a trader to enter trade-related annotations in a quick and efficient manner or flag a predetermined time and input annotations to be associated with the flagged time a later time, while the trading screen interface allows the trader to make trades at the most favorable prices and in a speedy manner. The annotation interface may alternatively not be displayed and allow for audio input. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZED AUTOMATED TRADING IN AN ELECTRONIC TRADING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method are provided for prioritized automated trading. One example method may include receiving a plurality of parameters, where each parameter has an order-related action associated with a trading strategy, and then detecting one or more events that trigger a plurality of order related actions. The method then includes determining priority levels in relation to a plurality of triggered order-related actions using at least one priority rule, and processing the plurality of triggered order-related action in an order associated with the determined priority levels. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180903 | Offload Processing of Data Packets - Various techniques are disclosed for offloading the processing of data packets. For example, incoming data packets can be processed through an offload processor to generate a new stream of outgoing data packets that organize data from the data packets in a manner different than the incoming data packets. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the offloaded processing can be resident in an intelligent switch, such as an intelligent switch upstream or downstream from an electronic trading platform. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180904 | Offload Processing of Data Packets Containing Financial Market Data - Various techniques are disclosed for offloading the processing of data packets. For example, incoming data packets can be processed through an offload processor to generate a new stream of outgoing data packets that organize data from the data packets in a manner different than the incoming data packets. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the offloaded processing can be resident in an intelligent switch, such as an intelligent switch upstream or downstream from an electronic trading platform. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180905 | Intelligent Switch for Processing Financial Market Data - Various techniques are disclosed for offloading the processing of data packets. For example, incoming data packets can be processed through an offload processor to generate a new stream of outgoing data packets that organize data from the data packets in a manner different than the incoming data packets. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the offloaded processing can be resident in an intelligent switch, such as an intelligent switch upstream or downstream from an electronic trading platform. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CREDIT CARD APPLICATION TRANSACTIONS - Various methods are described for facilitating credit card application transactions. One example method may comprise requesting credit card application information from a user. The method may further comprise providing the credit card application information to a credit authorization server for credit approval. Additionally, the method may comprise receiving an indication of credit approval for the user from the credit authorization server. The indication may comprise a graphical representation of credit information. The method may further comprise displaying the graphical representation for use in completing a payment transaction. Similar and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT - A system for managing collateral allocations in Tri-Party repurchasing agreement(s) includes memory element(s) coupled to processor(s) and configured to store deal attributes including rule sets associated with a lender l, and collateral characteristic(s) for collateral provided by the borrower b that are associated with each of the Tri-Party repurchasing agreements. The system includes at least one collateral allocation module, configured through the processor(s) to optimize auto cash, an amount short, a cost of carry index, and optimize a collateralization index, associated with the Tri-Party repurchasing agreement(s). A similar system includes at least one collateral allocation module, configured through the processor(s) to optimize a settlement index, a collateralization index, and a cost of carry index, associated with the Tri-Party repurchasing agreement(s). Associated methods are also disclosed. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180908 | Method for Mortgage Customer Retention - This disclosure relates generally to a method and system by which mortgage customers are linked to their existing mortgage servicer via an improved Internet process for achieving a mortgage modification, by their existing mortgage servicing institution rather than by a mortgage refinancing with loss of the customer to another servicing institution. | 2014-06-26 |
20140180909 | SECURE ONLINE COMMUNICATION THROUGH A WIDGET ON A WEB PAGE - A client device requests a web page via a network, where the web page is identified by an identifier and references a widget. In response to receipt of the requested web page, the client device requests the widget referenced by the web page and presents, within the requested web page, a presentation of the widget. Thereafter, in response to a user input via the presentation of the widget, information is transmitted via a secure connection between the widget on the client device and a server. The client device optionally presents confirmation of receipt of the information via the presentation of the widget while maintaining user context in the web page | 2014-06-26 |
20140180910 | DORMANT SHIPPING LABEL - A system and method for a dormant shipping label system are described. A shipper registers with the dormant shipping label system. Partial shipping information for a shipment is received from the shipper. The dormant shipping label system generates a dormant shipping label based on the partial shipping information and provides the dormant shipping label to the shipper, the dormant shipping label to be activated with a shipping service provider that generated the dormant shipment label upon receipt of additional shipping information to compute a shipping cost of the shipment, and upon receipt of payment of the shipping cost. | 2014-06-26 |