28th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 50 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130179220 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR SALES FORECASTING AND ADJUSTING A SALES FORECAST - A computer program product and method for sales forecasting and adjusting a sales forecast for an enterprise in a configurable region having one or more clusters of stores. The method includes periodically receiving a sales forecast for an enterprise over a configurable period of time, periodically receiving actual sales information, sales anomalies and anticipated events within the at least one of the clusters of stores over a computer network, determining positive and negative deviations from the anticipated sales of the sales forecast based on the sales information, determining whether one or more trends are occurring or have occurred using a pre-defined mathematical expression based on the sales information, the positive and negative deviations, and the sales anomalies, adjusting the anticipated sales of the sales forecast based on the sales anomalies, the trends and the anticipated events, and outputting the adjusted sales forecast to a user. The sales forecast includes anticipated sales for a plurality of items within at least one of the clusters of stores. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179221 | Live Polling Means - A live polling means used to distribute a polling request on whether or not to purchase a product or for any polling purpose between a user and members of a user's social network, commonly via mobile phones or handheld computers. A user creates a product profile by completing product information fields manually or via prior art product code/barcode scanning means; alternatively and similarly, a user submits a polling purpose with information reasonably necessary for polling members to make a polling decision, for example, a proposed meeting time. Poll members respond with a final decision whether or not to buy, or alternatively with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ final decision, and may submit comments along with a final decision. User-created personal profiles, product profiles, polling purposes, final decisions and comments are sent to a third party for creating and maintaining product information and polling purpose database(s). | 2013-07-11 |
20130179222 | ON-LINE BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHOD USING CLIENT/CUSTOMER SURVEY/RESPONDENT GROUPS - The present invention is directed to a computer implemented web-based system for on-line behavior research using client/customer survey/research respondent groups known as tribes comprising a) a definition module for the purpose of defining client/customer survey/research respondent groups known as tribes; b) a recruitment module for the purpose of recruiting a defined client/customer survey/research respondent group known as a tribe; c) a fielding module for the purpose of fielding a defined and recruited client/customer survey/research respondent group known as a tribe to generate a tribe data set; and d) an analysis and reporting module for the purpose of analyzing and reporting on the tribe data set to generate optimal tribe recommendations, whereby said system provides the capability to custom recruit research respondents for online behavior monitoring based on client-provided criteria, and provides an integrated approach to combining behavioral data and survey data to derive a broader and more in-depth understanding of human decisions. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179223 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SEGMENTATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION CUSTOMERS - A method and arrangement in a segmentation manager ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130179224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND CONVERTING SALES OPPORTUNITIES - Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method of displaying and reviewing prospective customers. The system and/or method may display a prospect map showing geographic areas, corresponding technical infrastructure, and prospects present in the areas. The prospect displayed may be adjusted based on user defined prospect attributes. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND CONVERTING SALES OPPORTUNITIES - Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method of sales prospect and customer service optimization. The system and/or method may include a computing device which operates a plurality of computing modules. These modules include a prospect module for displaying a geographic map along with technical infrastructure information and prospect information, a present module displaying a plurality of content associated with rich content, by providing an interface allowing a user to drag and drop content into a presentation flow; and a quote module for quickly creating a quote for presentation to a customer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179226 | AUTOMATED TASK PRICING IN CROWDSOURCING MARKETPLACES - Illustrative embodiments disclose pricing tasks by receiving a request comprising a task and a description of the task and then identifying the type of task based on the description. A pricing module retrieves a condition in a marketplace associated with the type and selects a strategy for pricing based on a rule for the type. The module then generates a price for the task using the strategy, and it adjusts the price based on the condition. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179227 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF MANAGING BOOK SALES AND RENTALS - To generate customer loyalty, a management system and method is implemented to ensure a purchase or rental is made while at a store. The management system enables a user to set specific goals or requirements, and then the system provides an interface to the user to reach those goals including generating marketing schemes. The management system is also able to be used by a customer to compare prices of items and make a single purchase of items in disparate locations while in the store. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179228 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CALCULATION OF COEFFICIENT FOR PRICE SENSITIVITY - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for calculating a sufficiently accurate coefficient for price sensitivity to use in a target pricing system. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve providing an expanded data set by adding shadow data to a historical bid data set that allows a logistic regression approach to mathematically calculate the coefficient for price sensitivity with greater accuracy. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179229 | ANALYZING BUSINESS DATA FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing efficient planning through analyzing data. One process includes operations for generating a business object containing parameters and plan data of a business plan, the plan data represented by a plurality of aggregation levels. A change to a particular item in the plan data is identified, the change associated with a particular aggregation level. The change to the particular item is automatically propagated to a lowest level of granularity of the plan data, and the change to the particular item is available to each of the plurality of aggregation levels. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179230 | ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY IMPROVEMENT AND PRIORITIZATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTING DOMAINS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for determining and/or enhancing an organization's agility across one or more computing domains. Among other things, embodiments of the present invention parse and mine organizational documents for relevant data, calculate and weight business agility scores, determine improvements to optimize domain elements to ensure optimal outcomes for customers, prioritize improvements, and/or provide organization agility information for transfer to consultants or the like. It is understood that these functions may be used independently or in conjunction with each other depending on the scope of improvement desired for a particular organization. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179231 | INTELLIGENT MILESTONES FOR COLLABORATION SYSTEMS - A method for using an intelligent milestone for a collaboration system includes, with a physical computing system, determining event sources for a set of events associated with a milestone object for a project, subscribing the milestone object to the event sources, receiving event notifications from the event sources for the milestone object, and applying a set of predefined logical conditions using the event notifications to determine if an objective of the milestone object is complete. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179232 | ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY DETERMINATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTING DOMAINS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for determining and/or enhancing an organization's agility across one or more computing domains. Among other things, embodiments of the present invention parse and mine organizational documents for relevant data, calculate and weight business agility scores, optimize domain elements to ensure optimal outcomes for customers, and/or provide organization agility information for transfer to consultants or the like. It is understood that these functions may be used independently or in conjunction with each other depending on the scope of improvement desired for a particular organization. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179233 | CONTROL ASSET COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY - A system and method is provided for determining the variability induced on a process output. The method includes the analysis of input variable values to determine the total variability. A series of processes may be analyzed and ranked so that a process owner may gain an understanding of how a target process performs relative to the processes of other process owners. The method includes the generation of graphical process comparisons and advice regarding asset performance. The method also includes the estimation of cost impacts due to changes in induced variability. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179234 | CONTROL ASSET COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY - A system and method is provided for determining the variability induced on a process output. The method includes the analysis of input variable values to determine the total variability. A series of processes may be analyzed and ranked so that a process owner may gain an understanding of how a target process performs relative to the processes of other process owners. The method includes the generation of graphical process comparisons and advice regarding asset performance. The method also includes the estimation of cost impacts due to changes in induced variability. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179235 | COMPUTER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATION OF PROCESS PLANNING OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL - A system and method, which may be implemented in a plant such as a refinery, are provided for identifying at least one mismatch between operation of at least one process unit and a scheduled target for that process unit. Production values are obtained for each process unit of interest, as are prices and scheduled targets for each process unit. A differential profit value is calculated for each process unit or the set of process units, the differential profit value representing a difference in profit based on the scheduled target and the production value for the profit units. The differential profit value can be indicative of the mismatch. Remedial action can then be taken to alter a scheduled constraint of one or more process units, or an operational constraint of one or more process units. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179236 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING THE SALES PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED SALES FORCE PROFESSIONALS - Disclosed are computerized methods and systems for enhancing the sales performance of selected sales force professionals comprising assessing a plurality of sales reps along various objective and subjective dimensions (including sales performance information) and generating, for each such sales rep, an associated sales rep record; and comparing each such sales rep record to a computer database of high-performing sales rep records to identify, for each selected sales rep, those dimensions which by improving will, based on the organization's sales culture (determined by the aggregate of sales rep records), better align such sales rep record with high-performing sales rep records. Moreover, other important features are disclosed, and examples given. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179237 | Online Address Book System and Method - An online communications platform provides an online social networking address book. In some embodiments, the platform further provides one or more of group purchase of advocacy or other services, a crowd-sourced vote-counting mechanism for legislative issues, and support on target selection, tactic prioritization, fundraising, supporter recruitment, campaign marketing, and content creation and aggregation. According to some embodiments, an online communication platform may be realized as a computer-implemented method for communicating using social networks. The method may comprise specifying content for a message using a blast tool, gathering specified contacts from a plurality of social networks, and associating the message with the specified contacts. The method may further comprise formatting, using a formatting module, the digital content separately for each of a plurality of social networks, wherein the formatting is capable of altering the digital content based on a social network. The method may include transmitting the message to the plurality of social networks and saving a list having the specified gathered contacts. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179238 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS CONTROLLED PARKING - Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for an access controlled parking system. The invention includes a parking access system with a public parking location having controlled access; a garage door opener transmitter adapted to generate at least one unique signal; a receiver operable to receive the unique signal from the garage door opener transmitter; a processor coupled to the receiver and operable to grant or deny access to the public parking location based on the unique signal and to communicate receipt of the unique signal from the garage door opener transmitter to a central system; and a database system within the central system operable to associate the unique signal with an account for payment for use of the parking location. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179239 | GENERATING A SCORE FOR A COUPON CAMPAIGN - Techniques are provided for generating, by a coupon distributor, a score that represents a quality of a coupon campaign that a coupon provider offers to the coupon distributor. The score may be generated based on the brand of the product, the product category to which the product belongs, the coupon value, and the percentage discount reflected by the coupon. One or more of these factors may be based on historical data that indicates the success (or failure) of previous coupon campaigns (e.g., of the same product, brand, and/or product category, and/or similar coupon value). The coupon distributor uses the score to, e.g., determine whether to accept a proposed coupon campaign, project the number of prints/redemptions of the coupon campaign, determine how to present the coupon, determine an amount to charge for running the coupon campaign, and/or determine products or product categories of coupons to which the coupon distributor should seek. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPONSORED ON-LINE FUNDRAISING - A method and system for sponsored online fundraising in relation to an offer for purchase provided by a retailer, the fundraising campaign, the fundraising service and the retailer having respective account balances. The method comprises matching retailer offers against the fundraising campaign specifying a plurality of campaign criteria; generating a plurality of offers for purchase from among the retailer offers; selecting at least one offer for purchase from among the generated offers for purchase; publishing a fundraising campaign promoting the at least one offer; selecting and purchasing the offer promoted by the fundraising campaign; generating a voucher specifying the monetary value of the purchased offer; redeeming the voucher via a purchase transaction with the retailer, and allocating, from at least a portion of the monetary value, a first payment to the fundraising campaign account balance and a second payment to the fundraising service account balance. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179241 | UNIVERSAL LOYALTY PROGRAM AND SYSTEM, WHICH CAN INCLUDE ASPECTS IN FOOD AND MEDICINE RECALL, ANTI-COUNTERFEITING, ANTI-IDENTITY THEFT, ANTI-CREDIT CARD FRAUD AND MORE - The present invention includes providing a universal loyalty program, such as, for example, a loyalty program that includes participation of multiple separately-owned large retail companies as well as users who are customers of each of the companies. Wide and large scale participation and data sharing, among companies or other entities as well as users, may be encouraged, incentivized, obtained and rewarded, such as through programs provided by the universal loyalty program. Such programs may include, among others, a food recall related program, a medicine recall related program, an anti-counterfeiting program, a credit card fraud prevention program, and an anti-identity theft program. Moreover, the universal loyalty program, as well as the other programs, may themselves benefit and be strengthened by the wide and large scale participation, including the resulting wide and large scale data sharing, collection, mining and uses afforded in part thereby. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179242 | System and Method for Managing Promotional Offers Using a Communications Platform - A system and method for managing, distributing, and processing promotional offers is provided. The system includes at least one consumer interface that enables communication between the promotional offer processing system and a plurality of consumers; a consumer information database for storing consumer data for a plurality of consumer profiles; an offer catalog having a plurality of offers; a product catalog having product codes corresponding to products associated with each of the accepted offers; and an offer management module. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179243 | Tools For Communicating, And Tools For Configuring And Managing Communicated Data - Apparatus are provided that include a provider interface configured to communicate with at least one provider access device, and a consumer interface configured to communicate with at least one consumer access device. A rewards program engine is configured to communicate with the provider interface to allow a provider to create and manage a rewards program for offering rewards points to consumers as part of a transaction. The rewards program engine presents a template to the provider for creating the rewards program, and the rewards points are available for use in subsequent transactions with the provider. A consumer rewards engine is configured to communicate with the consumer interface to allow a consumer to manage rewards points from one or more providers. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179244 | Core Gateway System And Method - A computer implemented method for a core gateway for an identity management system can comprise: on a computer device having one or more processors and a memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: utilizing a content management system comprising a Framework and a Module; adding a Dimension at the Framework level of the content management system, wherein the Dimension is pervasive across all Modules of the content management system; and displaying content based on the Dimension of each Module. Also, a computer system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for the same. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179245 | System and Method for Providing Incentives to Users for Using Payment Instruments to Complete Financial Transactions - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for providing incentives to users for using payment instruments to complete financial transactions is presented. Information identifying a user and a merchant is received from a device. A set of payment instruments that are available to the user and that are associated with incentives to be provided by the merchant are identified, where a respective payment instrument in the set of the payment instruments being associated with at least one incentive to be provided by the merchant when the user uses the respective payment instrument to fulfill a financial transaction with the merchant. Information identifying at least a subset of the set of payment instruments and the corresponding incentives is transmitted to the device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179246 | PROVIDING TARGETED OFFERS BASED ON AGGREGATE DEMAND AND AGGREGATE SUPPLY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products for collecting location data, wherein the location data comprises information related to a physical location of a user, retrieving, based at least in part on the collected location data, aggregate data related to the product, the aggregate data comprising at least one of aggregate demand data or aggregate supply data, identifying at least one offer related to the product based at least in part on the collected location data and the retrieved aggregate data; and communicating the offer to the user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179247 | Frequency Reward Method and System for Matching a Debit Card Buyer with an Advertiser Willing to Pay for a Sale - A method is provided for rewarding purchasers of prepaid debit cards and card reload packs by providing incentives based on the purchasers' buying history and user profile. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179248 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING REWARD REVERSAL AFTER POSTING - A system for managing reward reversal is provided. The system includes a device that is capable of adjusting the accumulation and redemption levels of rewards after a purchase or return transaction. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179249 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY GENERATING AND REDEEMING ELECTRONIC COUPONS - A system for generating a personalized digital instant rebate coupon (DIRC) for financial transactions with sponsoring merchants comprises a server-based virtual private network and a group of participating merchants whose point-of-sale systems are attached to the virtual private network, and users having mobile devices connected to the virtual private network, whereby a user completing a transaction with a merchant is provided with a DIRC that may be displayed on the user's mobile device, and may be immediately redeemed at a facility of another participating merchant. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179250 | Digital coupon redemption - A method for the simultaneous redemption and crediting of a product or service discount coupon, wherein a coupon's digital bar code is provided at the point of redemption, the digital bar code information bundled with purchase/redemption information generated at the point-of-sale, and the bundled information electronically transmitted to the coupon sponsor for instant validation and merchant compensation. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179251 | METHOD OF PROVIDING ERROR-SPECIFIC ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY - Methods for providing an error-specific advertisement at a client computer are implemented in a computer system, and include providing an error-specific advertisement at a client computer. The methods also include determining that an error has occurred, identifying an advertisement for a product or a service relating to resolution of the error and/or generating an error message. The error message may include the advertisement and information regarding the error. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179252 | METHOD OR SYSTEM FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS - Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to recommend content to a user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179253 | Method, algorithm, and computer program for targeting messages including advertisements in an interactive measurable medium - Techniques for improving and optimizing or attempting to optimize performance of messaging campaigns, particularly to marketing campaigns in which advertisements or other messages are distributed over an interactive measurable medium. When message is an advertisement, campaign involves a list of ad alternatives and a target customer population. Goal of message manager or marketing manager is to allocate ad alternatives to customer population to optimize business objectives such as maximizing the number of positive responses received. This is achieved by segmenting customer population into segments and then finding best allocation of ad alternatives for each segment. The number of segments and grouping of a customer population changes at different stages of the campaign. When the message is other than an advertisement, goal is to allocate messages to optimize analogous business or campaign objectives, typically measured by the number of successes or successful responses. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179254 | USING USER EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO DEEPEN USER RELATIONSHIP - Embodiments of the invention are directed to collecting one or more expressions of interest from a user, where the one or more expressions of interest indicating potential interest in one or more financial products or financial services. Then, using a processing device, an interest index is calculated based at least in part on the collected one or more expressions of interest from the user. The interest index is configured to quantify a level of interest expressed by the user for one or more financial products or financial services. Next, based at least in part on the interest index, a level of engagement for deepening a relationship with the user is determined. Finally, one or more offline marketing efforts for deepening the relationship with the user are initiated based on the determined level of engagement. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179255 | BUILDING AND USING AN INTELLIGENT LOGICAL MODEL OF EFFECTIVENESS OF MARKETING ACTIONS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to receiving one or more triggers associated with a customer of a financial institution, determining, using one or more processing devices running an intelligent logical model, one or more weightings, each of the one or more weightings corresponding to one of the one or more triggers, applying the weighting to each of the one or more triggers resulting in one or more weighted triggers, and determining, based on at least one of the weighted triggers, a marketing action to initiate. In some embodiments, the invention is also directed to initiating the determined marketing action, receiving feedback corresponding with the customer of the financial institution, the feedback also corresponding to the determined marketing action, inputting the customer feedback to the intelligent logical model, and associating the feedback with the one or more triggers and the determined one or more weightings. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179256 | CONTEXTUAL SOLICITATION IN A STARTER APPLICATION - A reduced capability subset of an application referred to as a “starter application” is provided on a computer device prior to purchase and intended for use by a user purchasing the computer device. The starter application may monitor input from the user when the starter application is executing to ascertain opportunities to inform the user of an upgrade and then solicit the user for purchasing the upgrade. The starter application may use a limited access browser to contact a server to assist in the solicitation and complete the transaction. Upon completing the transaction, the upgrade is provided to the computing device. The upgrade may comprise the full capability version of the application, templates, clip art, or other software. The upgrade may entail transmitting the upgrade to the computer device or providing an authorization key to unlock the upgrade that is already stored on the computer device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179257 | In-Text Embedded Advertising - Computer program products, devices, and methods for generating in-text embedded advertising are described. Embedded advertising is “hidden” or embedded into a message by matching an advertisement to the message and identifying a place in the message to insert the advertisement. For textual messages, statistical analysis of individual sentences is performed to determine where it would be most natural to insert an advertisement. Statistical rules of grammar derived from a language model may be used choose a natural and grammatical place in the sentence for inserting the advertisement. Insertion of the advertisement creates a modified sentence without degrading a meaning of the original sentence, yet also includes the advertisement as a part of a new sentence. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179258 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE BY PROVIDING GROUP BUY OFFERS - Methods of conducting electronic commerce at a server by providing group buy offers are disclosed. In one aspect, the method involves receiving requests from group buy participants to participate in a group buy offer; determining that the group buy offer is valid once a minimum threshold number of initial group buy participants is met; offering an incentive to a selected initial group buy participant to share the initial group buy offer; receiving input from a subsequent group buy participant, the subsequent group buy participant having been shared the deal from the selected initial group buy participant; determining a relationship between the selected group buy participant and the subsequent group buy participant; assessing a degree of influence the selected group buy participant has on the subsequent group buy participant based on the relationship; and varying the incentive offered to the selected group buy participant corresponding to the assessed degree of influence. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179259 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TARGETING INVESTORS COMPATIBLE WITH A COMPANY - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and non-transitory, computer-readable product target potential investors for a company. A computer server obtains investment characteristics information associated with each of a first number of investors and determines asset characteristics information associated with a company interested in attracting investment. The server then analyzes the investment characteristics information associated with each of the first number of investors and the asset characteristics information associated with the company. The analysis includes determining a total compatibility score for each of the first number of investors that is based on a first quantitative fit parameter, a second total impact parameter, and a third quality rating parameter. A second smaller number of investors is identified from the first number of investors based on the total compatibility scores and then provided for the company to prioritize investment targeting efforts on investors having higher respective total compatibility scores. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179260 | Predicting Trends Using A Geographic Position System - Embodiments of the invention relate to dynamic assessment of a prior purchase pattern to predict a future purchase. The prior purchase pattern is tracked and mapped to a geographic position system. Based upon a current physical location or a known future location, both a future purchase and purchase location are ascertained and communicated to a mobile device in communication with the geographic position system. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179261 | Personal Business Service System and Methlod - A system and method of computerizing companies with customized individual addressable electronic direct marketing, self-service automation, and customer care support. The system contains a private network connecting product companies, manufacturers, stores, educational institutions, travel companies, medical providers, financial institutions, and many others to a specified individual customer. The connection is made to a personal agent device carried or worn by a participating consumer that contains local processing means with an interactive display, security features, optional camera, and wireless communications with the private network. Communications microchips can be placed on products that communicate product information upon interrogation with the personal agent. The invention also includes business professional units in communication with the private network and in-store local wireless communication between personal agents and the business professional unit. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179262 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY PROGRAM, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM - Advertisement information ( | 2013-07-11 |
20130179263 | CONTEXTUALLY LINKING PEOPLE TO STRATEGIC LOCATIONS - In a method for linking a person to a location, a computer determines that a device of a person is within a predetermined distance of a location, based on data received from the device. The computer identifies the at least one of the person and the device, determined to be within a predetermined distance of the location, based on the received data. The computer associates the at least one of the person and the device with the location. The computer generates a message based on the association. The computer communicates the message to the person. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND SENDING PROMOTIONAL OFFERS VIA TEXT MESSAGE - A method for electronically generating and providing promotional offers to a mobile device is provided. Consumer-initiated text messages are directed to a common code. Based on a natural language request from the consumer in the text message, promotional offers matching the consumer request from a group of promotional offers for a number of businesses are identified and sequentially sent in sets to the consumer. Promotional offers are provided based on the location of the consumer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179265 | LOCATION-BASED PROMOTION DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for providing location-based promotions, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179266 | Location Blocking Service from a Web Advertiser - Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., a cellular phone operator) to a third party (e.g., a web advertiser) subscribing to the identity-blocking service. However, the service promoter may not send any identity information for the mobile subscriber to the third party. On the other hand, in the location-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the mobile subscriber's identity information to the third party, but not the current physical location of the mobile subscriber. Blocking of the mobile subscriber's identity or location information may be desirable for privacy reasons, to comply with a government regulation, or to implement a telecommunication service option selected by the mobile subscriber. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179267 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT BASED ON USER CIRCUMSTANCE, AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and method for providing an advertisement based on a user circumstance is provided. The mobile terminal includes a user input unit for receiving user-input circumstance information; a storage unit for storing the user-input circumstance information terminal-obtained circumstance information obtained by the mobile terminal, and user profile information; a communication unit for receiving a customized advertisement information configured based on the user input circumstance information, the terminal-obtained circumstance information, the user profile information, and user movement prediction information; a controller for predicting a movement of the user based on the user-input circumstance information, the terminal-obtained circumstance information, and the user profile information, providing the predicted movement of the user, and controlling output of a corresponding advertisement based on the received advertising information; and a display unit for displaying the corresponding advertisement. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179268 | PRESENTING DEALS TO A USER OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A social networking system suggests deals relevant to a user. The deals are selected for suggestion based on social information associated with the user. Social information used for selecting candidate deals for a user includes information describing other users connected to the user and their associations with the candidate deals or with related deals, for example, deals from the same provider. Associations of connections of the user with the candidate deals may be determined based on actions associated with the candidate deals performed by the connections. The actions performed by the connections may be weighted based on types of the actions to determine a measure of relevance of the candidate deal for the user. Candidate deals are selected from a set of deals by applying deal targeting criteria received from deal providers. The deal targeting criteria specify attributes describing users to be targeted for a particular deal. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179269 | ENTERPRISE MARKETING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING RETAIL NEGOTIATION BETWEEN MERCHANTS AND CONSUMERS - A method, computer program product and system are disclosed for tracking and soliciting potential consumers of selected commercial offerings by third-parties who have subscribed to a marketing network. In some embodiments, a system forwards consumer requests for commercial offerings to merchants while also gathering information relevant to the geographic position of consumers in the marketing network. The system and method make use of mobile locator mechanism in consumer cellular phones to gather information about consumer proximity to retail business incorporated into a marketing network. Consumer requests are forwarded to a server capable of quickly identifying merchants near selected consumers, which merchants are subsequently prompted to craft commercial offerings specific to the consumer submitting the consumer request. Merchants and consumer are put into near real-time negotiations for products or services. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179270 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED ENTERPRISE MARKETING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING RETAIL NEGOTIATION BETWEEN MERCHANTS AND CONSUMERS - A method, computer program product and system are disclosed for tracking and soliciting potential consumers of selected commercial offerings by third-parties who have subscribed to a marketing network. In some embodiments, a system forwards consumer requests for commercial offerings to merchants while also gathering information relevant to the geographic position of consumers in the marketing network. The system and method make use of mobile locator mechanism in consumer cellular phones to gather information about consumer proximity to retail business incorporated into a marketing network. Consumer requests are forwarded to a server capable of quickly identifying merchants near selected consumers, which merchants are subsequently prompted to craft commercial offerings specific to the consumer submitting the consumer request. Merchants and consumer are put into near real-time negotiations for products or services. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179271 | Grouping and Ordering Advertising Units Based on User Activity - A viewing user is provided with an ordered group of advertising units when accessing content associated with a social networking system. Each of the advertising units can be related to a user activity, where the user activity is performed at least by the viewing user or a friend of the viewing user. The advertising units can be ordered using a sales funnel. In particular, the sales funnel may include a number of different positions. Each advertising unit can be assigned to a position in the sales funnel. Based on each advertising unit's position in the sales funnel, an ordering for the advertising units can be determined. The ordering can be used to place the advertising units on a web page requested by the viewing user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179272 | Communication Network System and Service Provider - In order to help system users organize the user data and communications, a service provider system organizes the user data according to a specific system data architecture using W | 2013-07-11 |
20130179273 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A communication system, apparatus and method thereof are provided. The system includes a connection processing server, an advertisement server, and a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus, which is connected to the connection processing server and the advertisement server, transmits an advertisement request to the advertisement server and receives an advertisement information from the advertisement server, wherein the advertisement information includes an advertisement list and a plurality of advertisement contents corresponding to the advertisement list. When the communication apparatus displays the advertisement list and an operating signal is received by the communication apparatus, the communication apparatus displays one of the advertisement contents corresponding to the operating signal, and transmits a view-ad request to the advertisement server. When the advertisement server receives the view-ad request, the advertisement server transmit an account credit request to the connection processing server to update a account balance corresponding to the communication apparatus. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179274 | MAP-BASED SOCIAL AND ADVERTISING NETWORK - A network that can be organized around a mapping function and that can be used for social, business, or other information is disclosed. This network can allow users and businesses to post advertisements for items and services for sale as well as items and services that are sought. It can also allow users to post reviews, both of businesses themselves as well as individual items in the businesses' inventories or on the businesses' menus. The network can allow businesses to post and manage coupons and promotions, and allow customers to follow particular businesses or even specific menu/inventory items so that they are notified of any related promotions. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179275 | INTERACTION WITH MEANINGFUL CONTACT ON THE ROAD - Method and device for: receiving a playlist identifying a media item comprising a song or an advertisement, or a combination thereof, storing the playlist in a database, associating the identified media item with a first supplemental data and a second supplemental playlist data, sending the first supplemental data to a radio station server to be broadcast substantially simultaneously with the associated media item, and displaying the second supplemental data on a website, wherein the display is configured for accessing by a computer and mobile device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179276 | KEY TAG MAILER AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION - The key tag mailer comprises a postcard with multiple detachable key tags deposed therein. At least some of the key tags are associated with different advertisers and some have different web address deposed thereon. In some embodiments, some of the key tags have advertising information deposed thereon, such as an advertiser name or logo. A website pointed to by the web address returns additional advertising information in response to queries using the web address. In some embodiments, the web address is encoded in a quick response (QR) code deposed on the key tag. A consumer receives key tag, scans it with a consumer device such a mobile phone, sending a query. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179277 | DYNAMIC PAGE GENERATOR - An custom page server is provided with user preferences organized into templates stored in compact data structures and the live data used to fill the templates stored local to the page server which is handing user requests for custom pages. One process is executed on the page server for every request. The process is provided a user template for the user making the request, where the user template is either generated from user preferences or retrieved from a cache of recently used user templates. Each user process is provided access to a large region of shared memory which contains all of the live data needed to fill any user template. Typically, the pages served are news pages, giving the user a custom selection of stock quotes, news headlines, sports scores, weather, and the like. With the live data stored in a local, shared memory, any custom page can be built within the page server, eliminating the need to make requests from other servers for portions of the live data. While the shared memory might include RAM (random access memory) and disk storage, in many computer systems, it is faster to store all the live data in RAM. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITEM INQUIRY AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION VIA STANDARD COMMUNICATION PATHS - A method and system is provided for item inquiry and information presentation via standard communication paths. More particularly, the method and system detects an item associated with an avatar of a virtual universe (VU) user in a VU and determine information associated with the item. Additionally, the method and system are operable to display the information in the VU in a high-resolution component of the VU. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179279 | Retail Peripheral Management System - A method and a system for maintaining a retail terminal having a plurality of peripherals are provided. The method comprises determining at least one of an operating quality and a maintenance need of the plurality of peripherals. The method further comprises facilitating remediation of at least one peripheral of the plurality of peripherals based upon the operating quality and the maintenance need of the plurality of peripherals. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179280 | SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE CARDS - According to one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for activating a plurality of cards. A first card number and a total number of cards can be provided to an activation system to process the activation of the plurality of cards. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179281 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLINE STAND-IN OF FINANCIAL PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for conducting offline transactions using mobile devices at a point of sale device while the point of sale device is disconnected from a network. The point of sale device may receive a mobile transaction code from a mobile device, the mobile transaction code associated with an offline transaction between the mobile device and the point of sale device. The point of sale device may compare the received mobile transaction code at the point of sale device to at least one stored offline stand-in transaction code in response to a determination that the point of sale device is disconnected from the network, determine that the offline transaction is preauthorized based on the comparison, and complete the off-line transaction based on the determination that the offline transaction is preauthorized | 2013-07-11 |
20130179282 | Systems and Methods for Providing Disclosures to Customers - In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods of providing disclosures or information associated with goods or services. Methods in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention may include receiving at a processor an indicia associated with the transaction; determining by the processor disclosures or information based on the indicia; providing the one or more disclosures or information to the customer. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, methods of providing disclosures or information associated with goods or services obtained in a transaction conducted at a point-of-sale may include: processing by the POS the transaction; generating or determining an identifier of the transaction; communicating between the POS and a third party processor the identifier of the transaction; receiving at the POS indicia associated with the disclosures or information; communicating between the POS and the customer the indicia associated with the disclosures or information. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179283 | MEDICAL AND ESTATE PLANNING INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of providing medical and estate planning documents comprising: loading at least one form to a server, the at least one form being one of medical forms or estate planning forms; downloading an application to a mobile device, the application configured to communicate with the server; pressing an icon on the mobile device related to the application; and displaying information stored on the at least one form on a display of the mobile device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179284 | Social Price - The present invention provides a system and method, implemented in part on an internet sale's entity's website for enabling prospective customers to control the price of a given product through customers' referrals in their social networking systems. In other words, the price of a given product is driven down by popularity. That means, the more an item is shared and talked about the lower the price. The popularity of a given product may be determined based on the number of referrals. Each unique referral that comes from customers using the system will lower the price by a given integer which may be one penny or more. Once the product's price reaches a predetermined bottom limit or timer is up, it will become the daily deal for a period of time. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179285 | CAPTURING OF UNIQUE IDENTIFIER IN M-COMMERCE TRANSACTION - In obtaining data for a financial transaction between a mobile device and a merchant device, the merchant device: receives data obtained from the mobile device during the financial transaction between the mobile device and the merchant device, where the data comprising a unique identifier from a mobile device user; associates the data with a record of the financial transaction; stores the record of the financial transaction with the associated data; and sends a copy of the stored record with the associated data from the merchant device to the mobile device. The merchant device may determine that the unique identifier is required from the mobile device user to complete the financial transaction and sends the request for the unique identifier to the mobile device. Both the mobile and merchant devices may be NFC-enabled devices. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179286 | Business method to reduce costs resulting from returning of unwanted merchandizes from customers - This invention relates to a business method for reducing costs resulting from returning of unwanted merchandizes from customers. The method involves interacting with the final merchandize recipient prior to shipment of the merchandize. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE AND DATA - According to computerized methods of distributing software and data, software components may be distributed electronically for execution in controlled environments. Such a controlled environment may, for example, restrict the components' ability to communicate through a network to one or more specified hosts. When a component requests data, such as a stream of financial data, the request may specify a source of the data, and the request may be granted or denied by the distributor based on whether the specified source is an authorized source of the data and/or whether the requested data is available from an authorized source. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179288 | COLLECTING AND USING ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS - A computer program for obtaining anthropometric measurements of a person, implementing a method including providing instructions to a person to set up conditions for producing a suitable image, receiving the image from a camera, the image including at least part of the person's body, analyzing the image, providing at least one measurement based, at least in part, on the analyzing. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179289 | PRICING OF RESOURCES IN VIRTUAL MACHINE POOLS - Systems and methods are provided for assigning resources in a cloud computing environment via a spot pricing process. The spot pricing process allows virtual machines to be assigned on a preemptible basis to pools based on bids associated with the pools. The bids can be used to determine a price for assignment of preemptible virtual machines. Preemptible virtual machines can then be assigned to pools based at least in part on the submitted bids in relation to the determined price. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179290 | WIRELESS JUKEBOX ORDERING AND ADMINISTRATION APPLICATION WITH RESTAURANT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT - A systems and methods providing queued content selection and delivery to geographically distributed venues and wireless devices and providing ancillary information and services related to such venues, including provisioning, management, and tracking of media selections and information provision. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179291 | BANDWIDTH AUCTIONS - Technologies and implementations for facilitating and participating in bandwidth auctions are generally disclosed. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179292 | ACQUISITION OF ITEMS OFFERED FOR PURCHASE ONLINE THROUGH A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - In an example embodiment, a method is provided. The method may comprise receiving an item identifier from a global positioning system (GPS) apparatus. Data associated with the item identifier is accessed and transmitted to initiate a purchase of the item. In some embodiments, a voice portal may be used to facilitate the purchase. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179293 | INTEGRATION OF REMOTE BIDDERS INTO MULTIPLE AND SIMULTANEOUS LIVE AUCTIONS - Multiple simultaneous auctions can be monitored and participated in using a single bidding device operated by a single remote bidder. A multi-windowed environment allows for the display of active bidding windows and docked bidding windows. The active bidding windows are fully functional bidding windows and include auction status, product information and the like. The docked bidding windows provide a subset of the information but, nonetheless provide real-time auction status information and allows for bidders to enter bids into the auctioning process without having to move the bidding window into an active status. A customer-identifier selector of identifier allows the remote bidder to associate a customer with a particular bidding window. The customer-identifier advantageously helps the remote bidder to track who purchased items are associated with, as well as providing control structure over the bidding process. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179294 | REAL TIME AUCTION WITH END GAME - A real time auction system operates in a non real time mode, and an end game mode in which the users are placed in a forum. In both modes the users are capable of placing bids along with times when those bids should be executed. An agent treats the bids as secret until the time, and then at the time executes those bids. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179295 | REAL TIME AUCTION WITH END GAME - A real time auction system operates in a non real time mode, and an end game mode in which the users are placed in a forum. In both modes the users are capable of placing bids along with times when those bids should be executed. An agent treats the bids as secret until the time, and then at the time executes those bids. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179296 | CONSUMER REPRESENTATION RENDERING WITH SELECTED MERCHANDISE - A representation system receives a subscription for a consumer to monitor online vendors. The representations system monitors a separate inventory of merchandise items of each online vendor. The representations system detects a new merchandise item added by at least one of the online vendors to a current inventory of merchandise items. The representation system accesses a representation of the consumer specified by a selection of sizing measurements stored by the selection service. The representation system selects at least one merchandise item from among the new separate merchandise items each with a set of merchandise characteristics of a size selected to fit the selection of sizing measurements. The representation system generates an email communication to deliver to the consumer from which a rendering of the selected merchandise item on the representation according to the set of merchandise characteristics as applied to the selection of sizing measurements is accessible to the consumer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179297 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING EYEGLASS LENS, METHOD FOR DESIGNING EYEGLASS LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EYEGLASS LENS, MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR EYEGLASS LENS, AND EYEGLASS LENS - For evaluating custom made eyeglass lenses using a visual fatigue function, the visual fatigue function includes at least one of or both of a positive relative convergence and a negative relative convergence of the positive relative convergence, the negative relative convergence, a positive relative accommodation, a negative relative accommodation and a vertical fusional vergence. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179298 | WEB SITE PROVIDING COSMETIC AND NUTRITION REGIMEN FROM COLOR IMAGES - A cosmetic regimen and/or a nutrition regimen is outputted almost instantly to a user who transmits a digital color image, preferably video, of the surface tissue, for example at the face of a human to a web site. The regimen is custom tailored to the surface tissue type of the subject. The surface tissue type is based on value ranges of multiple surface tissue bioparameters, such as surface tissue moisture, surface tissue collagen levels, surface tissue pH and surface tissue sun sensitivity. The system may track changes in the surface tissue parameters between one digital color image provided by a user at one time and a further digital color image provided later. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179299 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MOBILE PROCESSING OF PACKAGE SHIPMENT ORDERS AT A POINT OF SALE - Various embodiments provide computer program products and mobile purchase shipping systems for facilitating purchase of a product by a customer. The products and systems may be configured to receive customer data associated with the customer and to validate at least a portion of the received customer data. The products and systems may then receive package data associated with the product and receive payment data from a type of payment presented by the customer. Once received, the products and systems may use at least a portion of the validated data, the package data, and the payment data to generate a shipping manifest. In certain embodiments, the products and systems may include a magnetic card reader configured to read customer data from a customer driver's license. Still other embodiments may incorporate a mobile printer, such that the products and systems may generate a package shipping label, a shipping manifest, and/or a receipt. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179300 | Providing Notice and Purchasing A Gift In An Online Or Electronic Environment - Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for funding the purchase of one or more gifts. In one embodiment, a method for purchasing gifts may include providing a computing device configured to access one or more retailer websites. Each retailer website may list one or more gifts available for purchase. The method may include selecting a plurality of gifts available for purchase. The method may include ranking the selected plurality of gifts to indicate a funding order. The method may include receiving one or more monetary contributions to fund the purchase of one or more of the selected plurality of gifts. The method may include allocating the one or more monetary contributions according to the rank of the selected plurality of gifts prior to purchase of one or more of the gifts. The method may include deselecting at least one of the selected gifts. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179301 | COMPUTERIZED REAL ESTATE MARKETING SYSTEM - A computerized real estate marketing that assists a buyer having available assets locate property to purchase. A computer executes application software that causes the computer to implement a database and a communication dataport. The database includes an entry for the qualified buyer and a description of the real estate the qualified buyer wants to purchase. The computer then markets the qualified buyer to real estate sellers. A seller supplies seller information with the seller information containing a description of property that the seller wishes to sell to the qualified buyer. The computer filters the seller information to determine if the seller property matches the described real estate. If it does the computer causes the qualified buyer to be informed about the seller property. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179302 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING A TRANSACTION BY MATCHING SELLER INFORMATION AND BUYER INFORMATION - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate a transaction between a seller and a buyer. According to one embodiment, seller offer information is received at a controller. The seller offer information is associated with an item, such as a secondary market item, being offered for sale by a seller. Buyer offer information, associated with a buyer offering to make a purchase, is also received. An evaluation rule is determined, and the seller offer information and the buyer offer information are matched based on the evaluation rule. It is then arranged for the seller to sell the item to the buyer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179303 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING REAL-TIME PRODUCT AND VENDOR IDENTIFICATION - A method and apparatus for enabling dynamic product and vendor identification and the display of relevant purchase information are described herein. According to embodiments of the invention, a recognition process is executed on sensor data captured via a mobile computing device to identify one or more items, and to identify at least one product associated with the one or more items. Product and vendor information for the at least one product is retrieved and displayed via the mobile computing device. In the event a user gesture is detected in response to displaying the product and vendor information data, processing logic may submit a purchase order for the product (e.g., for an online vendor) or contact the vendor (e.g., for an in-store vendor). | 2013-07-11 |
20130179304 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO CONSUMER ACTIONS - Shopping, the examining and purchase of goods or services from retailers is considered a leisure activity and an economic one with some people considering it recreational and therapeutic and others a task of inconvenience and vexation. Except for the advent of the Internet the fundamentals of shopping have not changed for centuries. However, at the same time the Internet provides unprecedented access to information such as maps, inventory, and pricing to users with fixed and portable electronic devices. Embodiments of the invention allow users to define needs and preferences against which the software application and software system establish results which may be presented to the user in a variety of formats allowing users to plan shopping activities to meet their preferences which may include visiting minimum number of outlets, travelling minimum distance within shopping environment, lowest cost, and stock of outlets as well as comparing Internet and “bricks-and-mortar” retail outlets. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING INTERNET SHOPPING - As part of the general search functionality in the context of a comparison shopping site, a skip by popularity functionality evaluates each keyword submitted to a search engine. The skip by popularity functionality then determines whether the keyword or keywords submitted are highly relevant to a specific attribute or category. When a relevance threshold with respect to a specific attribute or category is met, certain criteria may be applied to test whether the user can be skipped over intermediate navigational steps and immediately delivered to the highly relevant category or attribute or even to a comparison shopping page for a specific product. Skip by popularity functionality may be used to determine and select the single most popular product associated with the keyword as determined either by users, or according to some other suitable determination scheme. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179306 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FUNCTION PRESENTED ON A VISUAL MEDIA - A multi-dimensional function presented on a visual media including a plurality of tags associated with a plurality of parameters of the function is electronically executed using a mobile computing device. Each of the tags is interpretable by the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device interacts with two or more of the tags of the visual media to select values for two or more of the parameters of the function. The function is executed according to the selected values for the two or more parameters. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179307 | Methods And Systems For Restocking Inventory - Methods and systems for restocking inventory. Machine readable code associated with a product that is part of a stockroom inventory is scanned with a mobile device. Based on data in the machine readable code, the mobile device obtains data relating to the product via a wireless network and displays the data to the user. The data may include product images, details, prices, marketing promotions, regulatory or safety media, and other data that is retrieved from an updated database. The mobile device may also populate an order amount window with a desired amount of the product to be ordered based on known and desired inventory levels. Products may be added to an order and the order placed or saved for later submission though the mobile device based on the displayed data. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179308 | Methods and Systems Related to Monetization Plug-Ins in Interactive Multimedia Applications - Monetization plug-ins in interactive multimedia applications. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: accepting an indication of flow of an interactive application configured to selectively implement an in-application purchase, the accepting by way of a graphical user interface (GUI); creating a representation of the flow of the interactive application, the representation at least partially in a declarative format; and executing the interactive application by a first runtime engine, the first runtime engine becomes executable code that implements the in-application purchase. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179309 | Methods and Systems For Restocking Inventory - Methods and systems for restocking inventory. Machine readable code associated with a product that is part of a stockroom inventory is scanned with a mobile device. Based on data in the machine readable code, the mobile device obtains data relating to the product via a wireless network and displays the data to the user. The data may include product images, details, prices, marketing promotions, regulatory or safety media, inventory rules, and other data that is retrieved from an updated database. The mobile device may also populate an order amount window with a desired amount of the product to be ordered based on known and desired inventory levels. Products may be added to an order and the order placed or saved for later submission though the mobile device based on the displayed data. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179310 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONSUMABLES STOCK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONSUMABLES STOCK MANAGING METHOD, CONSUMABLES STOCK MANAGING PROGRAM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM - A frequency of a residual amount signal which includes the absence of consumables and is issued by a printing apparatus is analyzed, whether new consumables have been attached or not is properly discriminated, and proper stock management is made. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179311 | LOCAL SHOPPING AND INVENTORY - Estimating product inventory comprises determining a rate of sales events for a product and an amount of time that has elapsed since a previous product availability estimate fro the product. Then, a new product availability estimate for the product is determined based on the rate sales events for the product. The rate of sales events for the product can be determined based on product data feeds from the merchant or other sales data. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179312 | Methods and Systems for Controlling Costs Associated with a Third-Party Vendor of a Network Provider - An exemplary method includes a cost control system 1) acquiring estimated cost data from an estimated cost management system, 2) acquiring quoted cost data from an order management system independent of the estimated cost management system, 3) acquiring invoiced cost data from an invoice management system independent of the estimated cost management system and the order management system, 4) aggregating the estimated cost data, the quoted cost data, and the invoiced cost data in accordance with a data aggregation heuristic, and 5) automatically identifying one or more billing issues associated with a third-party vendor of a network provider based on the aggregated cost data. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179313 | System and Method for Converting and Presenting Financial Information - A system for converting and presenting financial information from at least one accounting and reporting standard to another accounting and reporting standard comprising an access control means to verify credentials of a user logging in to get access of the system, an input source for feeding in transaction details and calculating account head-wise trial balance; an extraction layer for fetching the head-wise trial balance from the input sources; a financial data management module (FDM) for validating and mapping account head-wise trial balance received from the input sources; an ETI block for fetching and populating account head-wise trial balance and populating the same into a database through an interface table; the interface table for converting head-wise trial balance and fetching other transaction details together known as financial information, for conversion purpose. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179314 | Risk Based Data Assessment - A system for receiving and processing data includes a data processing and verification component that accepts data from a client in an electronic format and identifies therefrom data elements that can be directly verified. A risk assessment component receives data elements that have not been identified as directly verifiable and assesses a risk that the data elements are incomplete or incorrect. The risk assessment component generates risk assessment data. A decision support component receives the risk assessment data from the risk assessment component and selects appropriate actions for subsequent processing of the client data according to the assessment of risk contained in the risk assessment data. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179315 | Time and Attendance System and Method - The system and method of this invention enables the tracking of time and attendance of employees and personnel and the assignment of a salary or pay rate based on the position or job of the employee. An person's salary rate may automatically change according to the job type, place of work, or the period of time in which the person is working. The system generates time cards, which may be used by an invoicing means to produce invoices automatically. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179316 | Automatic Savings Plan Generation - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a provisioning of a savings plan for one or more users. In some embodiments, a plan may be generated based on an analysis of information associated with a user. The plan may be adapted or modified over time, optionally in response to the occurrence of one or more events. In some embodiments, a user may have an opportunity to modify a term, value, or condition associated with the plan or a portion thereof. In some embodiments, a user may be provided an incentive for participating in the plan. For example, a user may receive a contribution or be enrolled in a lottery. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179317 | NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT ELECTRONIC CLEARANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods, devices, and systems for analyzing negotiated negotiable instruments are described. A computer system, including a computer readable storage device and a processor may be provided. A plurality of electronic files may be received. Each of these electronic files of the plurality of electronic files may include an electronic image of at least a portion of a negotiable instrument and include a plurality of data fields. The plurality of electronic files may be divided into subsets based on whether data is available in particular data fields of the electronic files. Based upon the subset an electronic file is made a member of, various selection criteria may be applied to determine if the electronic file is a candidate for suspicious and/or illegal activity. Statistics may be calculated about the analysis process to determine the quality and effectiveness of various analysis methods. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179318 | System and Method for Debt Presentment and Resolution - A system and method for debt presentment and resolution through an Intranet or Internet content provider is disclosed. Said system and method include a plurality of “transaction communities” which are electronic forums allowing interaction between a plurality of debtors and creditors through means of electronic mail (e-mail) or other electronic communication means. The Internet/Intranet based software application allows said debtors to access and input information related to a particular debt with any Internet browser software. Said debtors are provided with the URL (Universal Resource Locator) for said content provider along with a unique identification code from the collection agency(s) through mail correspondence or other communication means. Upon said user entering said URL and entering said identification code, said user may then proceed to choose from a variety of settlement options listed on the HTML (HyperText Markup Language) page. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179319 | COMPOUND OVERNIGHT BANK RATE ACCRUAL FUTURES CONTRACT AND COMPUTATION OF VARIATION MARGIN THEREFORE - The disclosed embodiments relate to an exchange-traded futures contract, guaranteed by a clearing house, and characterized by an embedded price dynamic comprising a compound accrual of a periodic interest rate up to a date on which trading therein is terminated, as specified in the futures contract terms and conditions. A trader may be allowed and/or enabled to take a position in a futures contract with respect to an interest bearing underlier with a variable interest rate and, thereby, minimize the number of transactions and attendant costs with respect to monitoring and correcting for divergences between the futures position and the notional interest rate swap exposure for which the futures position is intended to serve as a proxy. Variation margin for the position is computed based on an underlying reference interest rate as opposed to being computed solely on the basis of the end-of-business day price of the futures contract. | 2013-07-11 |