37th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
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20130238366 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO ACTIVATING GEO-FENCE BOUNDARIES AND COLLECTING LOCATION DATA - Activating geo-fence boundaries and collecting location data. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: activating a geo-fence for a pre-determined area responsive to an event related to a vehicle; receiving Global Positioning System (GPS) signals indicative of a location of the vehicle, the receiving by an onboard device coupled to the vehicle; detecting that the vehicle has crossed the geo-fence; creating a data set comprising data regarding locations of the vehicle with respect to the geo-fence; determining a parameter associated with an existing insurance policy based on the data set. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238367 | Insurance Incentive Program for Promoting the Purchase or Release of an Automobile After an Expiration of a Lease - A lessee of an item, such as an automobile, is encouraged to either purchase the automobile at the expiration of the lease, or to initiate a new lease for the same item. If the lessee undertakes a purchase or a new lease, a manufacturer of the item, or another party, provides insurance covering the item. The methods disclosed herein may be performed over a computer network, such as the Internet. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238368 | Customizable Insurance System - An automated insurance quote system allows users to apply for one or more insurance quotes through a self-service communication channel. The system includes an interface that may receive applicant data from a remote location. A front-end processor selectively passes applicant data to a record keeping system retained in a memory. A controller or quote processors selects and transmits one or more insurance policies that are allowed under a user's governmental law and are tailored to the user's price and/or coverage preferences. The system conveys coverage details to users through the interface. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238369 | INSURANCE CLAIM ASSOCIATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computer-based insurance claim processing system ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130238370 | EVENT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and system is presented for recommending an event or activity to members of a group. The system and method may access a group profile that includes preference information for each of a plurality of members. The system and method may determine a group preference based on the group profile, where the group preference is based on a preference of at least one of the plurality of members. The system and method may select, from among a plurality of events or activities, an event or activity for the plurality of members of the group to attend or do. The selection may be based on the group preference. The system and method may further create an itinerary of the event or activity and any planned ancillary services, and may facilitate social media and other services for the event. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238371 | SELF-SERVICE APPARATUS FOR HOTEL ROOM SELECTION AND CHECK-IN - An apparatus for hotel room selection and check in includes a database, user interface, room key dispenser, and computer processor. The apparatus stores and displays images and descriptions of a hotel or parts of a hotel to help a person make a room selection. The apparatus includes a touch screen on which touch-sensitive graphical buttons are displayed to allow a person to set selection criteria, which are used by the processor as filter parameters. The filter parameters are applied, by the apparatus or an external system, to a hotel room data set to obtain information about one or more hotel rooms that meet the person's selection criteria. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238372 | TRANSFERRING MOBILE TICKETS TO OTHERS - Software transfers ownership of a mobile ticket from a ticket holder to a recipient. To conduct this transaction, the ticket holder provides a ticketing system with an e-mail address or mobile phone number of the recipient. The ticketing system then contacts the recipient via the e-mail address or mobile phone number and provides the recipient with a web link containing a unique transfer identifier for the transfer request. When the recipient follows the provided web link using a web browser, creates a new account or logs in to an existing account, the ticketing system moves the ticket from the ticket holder's account to the recipient's account. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238373 | Method and Apparatus for Tracking Repair Facility Performance for Repairs Relating to Replacement Rental Vehicle Transactions - Systems and methods for tracking repair facility performance in a replacement rental vehicle context are disclosed. Aggregate data that is indicative of a repair performance quality by the repair facility with respect to a plurality of disabled vehicles that are associated with a plurality of replacement rental vehicle reservations can be computed, and a determination can then be made based on this computed aggregate data as to whether the repair facility has satisfied a benchmark. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238374 | Systems, Methods, and Machine-Readable Storage Media for Interfacing with a Computer Flight System - Provided herein are systems, methods and machine-readable media for interfacing with computer flight systems. For example, in one embodiment, a method includes: maintaining, via a data processing system, a pool of provisional flights; receiving a bid or a booking; and in response to receiving the bid or the booking, modifying at least one booking class inventory for at least one flight in the pool of provisional flights. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238375 | EVALUATING EMAIL INFORMATION AND AGGREGATING EVALUATION RESULTS - A system including one or more processors and memory. The memory stores computer-executable instructions that control the one or more processors to receive a set of emails, process the set of emails to produce information related to the set of emails, evaluate the information related to the set of emails to answer one or more questions and produce evaluation results, and aggregate the evaluation results into a feedback report. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238376 | JOB SUPPORTING APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL AND JOB SUPPORTING METHOD - A job supporting apparatus comprises a management section configured to manage a job schedule, containing a predetermined job content to be carried out by a person in charge and a work position at which the job content is performed, that is associated with respective portable terminal carried by each person in charge, a position specifying section configured to specify the position of the portable terminal, a first extracting section configured to extract a job schedule containing a work position corresponding to the location of the portable terminal specified by the position specifying section from the job schedules associated with the portable terminals, and a first notifying section configured to notify the job schedule extracted by the first extracting section to a portable terminal associated with the extracted job schedule. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238377 | Methods, Systems, and Computer-Readable Media for Providing Future Job Information - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media provide for providing future job information. According to embodiments, a method for providing future job information is provided. According to the method, a number of non-dispatched jobs within a future time frame for a plurality of buckets and a plurality of turfs is determined. A numeric indicator indicating the number of non-dispatched jobs associated with at least one turf and at least one bucket is displayed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238378 | MANAGING RESOURCES USING RESOURCE MODIFIERS - Systems, methods, and computer-storage media are provided for employing environment and resource data to facilitate management of shopper traffic and resource allocation. Shopper traffic information is received from environmental sensors located in or nearby a business establishment. Resource information associated with the business establishment is also received. A traffic modifier is determined based on the shopper traffic information and the resource information; the traffic modifier is used to influence the behavior of shoppers with respect to the business establishment. As well, a resource modifier for the business establishment is also determined based on a projected result of dissemination of the traffic modifier. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238379 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LIFE CYCLE PROJECT EXECUTION SYSTEM - Construction project management systems are presented. The disclosed project management systems include a construction project modeling engine capable of modeling a construction project in a manner that generates one or more bottom line impacts, including a social bottom line impact. The social bottom line impact (e.g., community involvement, community development, job creation, technology and skills transfer, etc.) can be generated by mapping from construction assembly object attribute sets across multiple project dimensions to social bottom line factors. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238380 | System and Method for Scheduling Effective Client Conferences with Financial Advisors - A business-support system for financial advisors accepts personality information from investors and market-activity indicators such as share price, trade volume and natural-language news tone and sentiment reporting, to identify investors who may benefit from counseling from their advisors. The advisors may be notified to contact their clients, or a conference may be scheduled via a Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) system. Additional features and extensions are described and claimed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238381 | STANDARD WORK TIME UPDATING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The purpose of the invention is to provide a standard work time updating method and system in which a work time is declared by a worker without requiring an observer or the like and the reliability of the updated data of standard work time can be prevented from being degraded due to a worker's false or erroneous declaration. To achieve this purpose, for example, the standard work time updating system is configured as follows. When a reliability determination unit ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130238382 | System and Method for Service Parts Planning - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for service parts planning in a network having one or more service parts. For at least a subset of the one or more service parts, a calculation is performed to determine a location within the network at which allocating the service part provides the greatest gain in system availability per item cost. In an embodiment, the calculations are based, at least in part on machine-specific information. In one embodiment, inventory position is determined based, at least in part, on a unique identifier associated with a service part. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238383 | AUTO-ADJUSTING WORKER CONFIGURATION FOR GRID-BASED MULTI-STAGE, MULTI-WORKER COMPUTATIONS - A method of improving the operational efficiency of segments of a data pipeline of a cloud based transactional processing system with multiple cloud based resources. The Method having a first step to virtually determine an approximation of a processing runtime of computations computing a value from transactions using potentially available resources of said cloud based transactional processing system for processing segments of a pipeline of data wherein said data comprising compensation and payment type data. A second step to determine an actual processing runtime of computations computing a value from actual transactions using actual available resources using available resources for processing segments of a pipeline of data wherein said data comprising compensation and payment type data. A third step for adjusting a difference between the approximation of the runtime of said first step and the actual processing runtime of said second step by changing material parameters at least including the volume of transactions and available resources at particular segments of the pipeline, to produce an optimum result in adjusted processing runtime. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238384 | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method, system and computer program product of managing an executable process application based on a BPMN process model, including: Receiving a BPMN process model; Parsing the process model to an process model object graph; Validating the process model dependent on a predetermined set of validation rules; Identifying start events in the process model; Providing an event handler for each start event based on a start event trigger comprised in the process model; Generating an executable process application based on the process model object graph. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238385 | System and Method for Solving Large Scale Supply Chain Planning Problems with Integer Constraints - A system and method is disclosed for solving supply chain planning problems. The system includes a database that stores data representing a planning problem of a supply chain network and a computer that accesses the planning problem of the supply chain network stored in the database and models the planning problem as a network of nodes and edges. The computer further generates a hierarchical linear programming solution of the planning problem and applies advanced heuristics to the generated hierarchical linear programming solution. The computer still further formulates a mixed integer program to generate an optimized global hierarchical solution and stores the generated optimized global hierarchical solution in the database. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238386 | MODELING OF BUSINESS PROCESS DATA - In one embodiment, a business process meta-model is defined that represents a business process. The business process meta-model includes control flow elements pertaining to a control flow of the business process, and annotation elements providing details for the control flow elements. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238387 | Visualization Tools for Reviewing Credibility and Stateful Hierarchical Access to Credibility - Some embodiments provide a credibility system including an interface portal for presenting a holistic view of entity credibility. To provide the holistic view, the credibility system aggregates credibility data from multiple data sources. The aggregated credibility data is processed and ordered to present different dimensions of entity credibility, with each dimension graphically presented in the interface portal through an interactive credibility module. In some embodiments, the credibility data associated with each credibility module is processed to produce at least one value that quantifiably represents the credibility data. In some embodiments, the credibility data associated with each credibility module is hierarchically ordered to present the credibility data in a drill-down fashion with each hierarchical layer presenting more detailed credibility data for better understanding the credibility data presented in the preceding layer. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238388 | OPTION FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING ON-DEMAND SERVICE OFFERINGS - A method of and system for managing on-demand service offerings in a service delivery chain. The method comprises the steps of a service provider announcing upfront capacity pricing, an on-demand premium structure, and an on-demand exercise structure; a service distributor committing to upfront capacity and to units of on-demand options; and the service provider provisioning a number of resources to the collection of service distributors. Preferably, the upfront capacity pricing includes three components. A first component is a price structure for capacity or resources to be purchased for immediate use, a second component is an on-demand premium structure, and a third component is an on-demand usage fee structure. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND AN INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a problem occurs in a system, an evaluation as to whether or not an important information service or an important person receiving the service is influenced, and an evaluation of the degree of the influence, are performed. Accordingly, an information processing device for notifying an information service providing state is provided with: an acquisition unit for acquiring measurement values regarding monitoring target items relating to the information service; an importance degree calculation unit for calculating the degree of importance regarding the information service or a person receiving the service; a determination unit for determining a degree of violation of the conditions, by comparing the measurement values with a plurality of conditions required in relation to the monitoring target items relating to the information service; and an image generation unit for generating an image indicating the degrees of violation of the conditions. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238390 | INFORMING SALES STRATEGIES USING SOCIAL NETWORK EVENT DETECTION-BASED ANALYTICS - A method of informing sales strategies using a social network includes receiving an input from an organization, wherein the input comprises information relating to an item for sale, extracting sales data from a first database, event history data from a second database, and action history data from a third database, wherein the sales data represents past sales of the item, the event history data represents past events, and the action history data represents past actions taken by the organization, establishing a connection with the social network via a communication network, monitoring a real-time data stream via the connection to the social network for mentions relating to the item, and generating an action recommendation relating to the item based on the sales data, event history data, action history data, and mentions relating to the item. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238391 | PRODUCT ORIENTED WEB SITE ANALYTICS - A system for generating web page analytics generates a plurality of web pages that each include a plurality of products and a plurality of web page sections, and each product is displayed in at least one of the sections of the web page. The system receives a plurality of selections by a user of one or more of the products and, for each selection, logs data that includes a selected product and a section of the web page where the selected product was displayed when it was selected by the user. The system then generates web page analytics from the logged data, where the analytics are based at least on the selected product and the corresponding section of the web page where the selected product was displayed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238392 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION AND INTERCONNECTIVITY IN A LIVE ENTERTAINMENT SETTING - Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided herein for facilitating interaction and interconnectivity in a live entertainment setting. In this regard, in some example embodiments, users (e.g., attendees of live entertainment events) are provided with a credential object, which may contain a readable indication uniquely identifying a user, such as a near field communication (NFC), radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, bar code, or the like that may be used to facilitate an interactive experience for a user, collect information about the user and the user's social media network, and/or provide interconnectivity between multiple users. The credential object may take any of a variety of forms, such as, by way of non-limiting example, a name tag, ticket, badge, wrist band, mobile device or other object in which an RFID tag may be embedded. The user is incentivized through virtual or real rewards to use the credential object in connection with, for example, participation in specific activities, purchase of products, or fulfilling an objective associated with an event. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAND MONITORING AND TREND ANALYSIS BASED ON DEEP-CONTENT-CLASSIFICATION - A system and method for monitoring a brand sentiment through a plurality of different web sources are provided. The method comprises receiving a request to monitor a brand; searching the plurality of web sources for multimedia content elements related to the brand; generating at least one signature for each multimedia content element determined to be related to the brand, wherein each of the at least one generated signatures represents a concept; and correlating the concepts respective of the generated signatures to determine a context of the multimedia content elements determined to be related to the brand, wherein the context is the brand sentiment. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238394 | SALES PROJECTIONS BASED ON MENTAL STATES - Analysis of mental states is performed in order to project sales. Projections may be based on effectiveness of an advertisement, a product, or a service. Effectiveness may be based on various objectives including entertainment, education, awareness, persuasion, startling, and drive to action. Data, including facial information and physiological information, is captured for an individual viewer or group of viewers. In some embodiments, demographics information is also collected and used as a criterion for rendering the mental states of the viewers in a graphical format. In some embodiments, data captured from an individual viewer or group of viewers is used to optimize sales projections. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238395 | Composite Driver Derivation - A crossover point between a first driver and a second driver over a series of time points is identified. Each of the first driver and the second driver is a variable, and affects or relates to revenue to be forecast. A composite driver from the first driver and the second driver is derived based on the revenue, using a model having one or more first weighting parameters for the time points before the crossover point and one or more second weighting parameters for the time points after the crossover point. The crossover point is a time point within the series of time points at which the revenue transitions from being more affected by the first driver than by the second driver to being more affected by the second driver than by the first driver. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238396 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING ASSESSMENT REPORT - A method comprises maintaining, in a database, assessment data from a plurality of assessment tools; maintaining report elements for a report template; selecting, by a user, at least one report element for the report template; and determining a location for the selected report element in the report template. The method further comprises processing the assessment data for the selected report elements; and providing the assessment report using the report template and the processed assessment data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238397 | Data Processing Based on Online Transaction Platform - An online transaction platform implements searching for product information from a database according to category information. The products are categorized based on product attributes and sale attributes to obtain multiple product categories. The products under the same product category have same or substantially similar product attributes and sale attributes. One or more calculation algorithms may be applied to the products under each category respectively to calculate price information that corresponds to each product category. The price information refers to price information of the products under their corresponding sale attributes. The price information of the corresponding product category is displayed when a product keyword corresponding to the product category is received. The method and device described herein may improve the operation speed and performance of servers for the online transaction platform. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PRODUCT PRICING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for dynamic product pricing. According to one embodiment, sale characteristics for a plurality of products are stored in a database. A user places a sale order including information associated with a product to be listed on a website, and a market price for the product is calculated based on the stored sale characteristics of the product. The sales characteristics include a queue of current list prices of the product as well as recent sale prices, with the queue having the number of the product available for sale at each different price. A suggested list price is displayed to the seller based on the market price. The seller is provided with a means for adjusting the suggested list price or listing the product at the suggested list price. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238399 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Scenario Analysis - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for implementing a scenario analysis manager that performs multiple scenarios based upon time series data that is representative of transactional data are provided. A system and method provides candidate predictive models for a first scenario for selection where the set of candidate predictive models includes an identification of variables associated with a model. Model selection data is received from a scenario analysis manager where a selected model is configured to predict a future value of a first variable based on values of a second variable. Time series data is received representative of past transaction activity of the first variable and the second variable, and data representative of a future value of the second variable is also received. The future value of the first variable is determined using the selected model, the time-series data and the future value of the second variable. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238400 | PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of personnel management systems are presented herein. Other examples, and related methods, are also disclosed herein. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING AND SELLING OF A VENTURE PROJECT VIA COMPETITIVE CAPITAL RAISING - Provided is a system for competitive investment raising for a venture project. The system may include a memory to store data on a number of venture projects, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor may be configured to receive the data on the number of venture projects, and assign one or more of the number of venture projects to a venture capitalist. The venture project assigned to the venture capitalist may be an assigned venture project. The processor may be also configured to provide a pre-investment amount to the assigned venture project; periodically receive a progress report from a representative of the assigned venture project; periodically receive an evaluation of the assigned venture project; based on the evaluation, periodically determine failed venture projects that drop out of the competitive investment raising; and determine a winning venture project. The winning venture project may receive an investment amount. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238402 | PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of personnel management systems are presented herein. Other examples, and related methods, are also disclosed herein. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238403 | PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Embodiments of personnel management systems are presented herein. Other examples, and related methods, are also disclosed herein. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238404 | COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and competence assessment system for assessing the competences of a participant in a project. The method includes assessing at least one competence of at least one participant in a project by applying a mathematical formula. The project includes at least one phase, at least one competence of an assessed participant intervening in at least one phase of the project, the competence being assessed by at least one assessor figure by at least one piece of evidence. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238405 | SWITCHABLE RFID TAG - An RFID tag and a method of its use are disclosed. One such RFID tag includes first, second, and third RFID inlays included on a tag housing, the first, second, and third RFID inlays each corresponding to a different rate identifier. The tag also includes a panel engaged with the housing and movable among first, second and third positions. The panel includes RFID shorting structures each positioned to electrically contact one of the first, second, and third RFID inlays such that, in any of the first, second, and third positions, only one of the first, second, and third RFID inlays remains active. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238406 | PARKING METER AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - A single bay parking meter device is provided which accepts payment by means of a credit or debit card, an electronic purse, or coins. The device has a power supply unit, a solar power charging arrangement and power management, such that it does not need power supply cables to be installed for each meter. The parking meter device also transmits financial data to a financial institution in a wireless manner, also to avoid the need for cabling. The parking meter device is receivable in the base of a conventional single bay parking meter, such that the new parking meter device may be retrofitted to existing coin operated installed single bay parking meters, using a new cover that is also engageable with the conventional housing base. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238407 | VISUAL CHECK-IN FEATURE USING A SOFTWARE SERVICE - A system and method of accumulating points redeemable for goods or services using a visual check-in feature. An electronic file indicative of a digital photograph of a physical object taken by a user is received. The electronic file includes an image of the physical object and associated location information of where the digital photograph was taken. An image recognition engine identifies an indicium associated with the physical object. The user is granted access to a software service based on the digital photograph and the location information, both of which are required to access the software service. A software service determines whether the identified indicium matches one of predetermined indicia stored in a database. If so, points are awarded to the user based on the matching indicium and location information, and the awarded points are added to a point meter. The accumulated points are redeemable for goods or services. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTACHING LOYALTY PROGRAM DATA TO AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SCHEME - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for attaching loyalty program data to an electronic payment in a payment processing network. In an embodiment, a method transmits, from a merchant to a bank network (BankNet), an authorization request comprising a primary account number (PAN) of a customer and routes the request to a payment card issuer. The method then identifies a loyalty program associated with the PAN and receives, at the BankNet, an authorization response comprising an indicator of the loyalty program. The method forwards the authorization response to an acquirer and sends the authorization response to the merchant. In another embodiment, a system transmits an authorization request and routes the authorization request to a BankNet in response to determining that a merchant is a member of a loyalty program. The system receives an authorization response comprising an indicator of the loyalty program, forwards the response to an acquirer and the merchant. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238409 | Vehicle Display Device And Uses Thereof - A vehicle display device includes a display surface, a wireless receiver to communicate with a source, and a processing resource that receive content from the source. A coupling mechanism is provided with the display surface to attach the display surface to the vehicle to overlay or replace a surface of the vehicle. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238410 | Registering User with Reward Incentive System - Computer systems and methods on computer servers in a communication network, including computers with processors and using computer-readable medium coupled to the computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computers, causes them to perform operations. These operations include receiving profile information from a user at a communication network, registering the user with the reward incentive system in response to receiving the profile information, creating a registered user profile, and sending a notification to the user about reward postings based on factors from the profile information. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238411 | Transferable Indicia and Display with Related Commissioning System - Aspects of the invention may include methods and systems for determining commission amounts in a multiple party transaction for the purchase of goods or services by an obtaining user, the goods or services associated with an indicia, the multiple party transaction being amongst at least an originating merchant and a providing merchant, the providing merchant in selective communication with a central processor, the method including: receiving the indicia associated with the goods or services for purchase and a purchase price; determining the goods or services associated with the indicia; determining factors associated with the multiple party transaction comprising: the purchase price; the identity of the providing merchant and providing merchant characteristics; the identity of the originating merchant and originating merchant characteristics; calculating, based at least in part on the factors: a commission, if any, for the providing merchant; and a commission, if any, for the originating merchant. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238412 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238413 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS OFFERS VIA MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device is configured with a mobile application to direct a user to a location of more interest to the user based on benefits of offers provided to the user. The mobile application may be configured to capture an image of an offer presented in an advertisement via a digital camera, identify the offer from the image, and store data associating the offer with one or more accounts of the user. The mobile application is configured to present information to suggest a direction of travel to the user for improved opportunities to take advantage of the offers. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238414 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus comprises: a judgment unit configured to refer to a point return rate storage unit storing a second point return rate different from a first point return rate and a first condition for changing a point return rate into the second point return rate to judge whether or not a received order is consistent with the first condition; and a point calculation unit configured to calculate a point number by using the first point return rate if the order is inconsistent with the first condition, and calculate the point number by using the second point return rate if the order is consistent with the first condition, wherein the second point return rate and the first condition are changed with a fourth point return rate different from a third point return rate and a second condition for changing into the fourth point return rate. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238415 | Electronic Trading System and Method for Marketing Products and Services - A consumer is provided with a first asset in return for a promise to earn an agreed to number of points over an agreed to redemption period. The consumer subsequently earns the points by purchasing one or more second assets. At least one of the second assets is different than the first asset. Each purchase has an associated point value, at least one of the point values being different than at least one other point value. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238416 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INCENTIVES TO MEMBERS OF A SOCIAL NETWORK - A social network server computer forms a social network including a primary member linked to a plurality of secondary members, each of whom provides a member profile. A network profile is generated based on an analysis of the member profiles. A social network server computer then determines a relative value of the social network with respect to a merchant by analyzing the associated network profile, and offers a merchant incentive to the primary member of the network as a function of the determined relative value. In a second embodiment, a merchant computer associated with a merchant determines a relative value of the social network with respect to a merchant by analyzing the network profile, and offers a merchant incentive to the primary member of the network as a function of the determined relative value. The merchant incentives may be also offered to the secondary members of the associated social network. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238417 | System for Advertising Revenue Generation - The present invention is an in flight entertainment system (IFE system) for generating additional revenue that a) communicates advertising content along with some requested act for that advertisement to an airline passenger; b) records information about the performance of the requested act by the passenger and c) rewards the passenger with some type incentive for performing the requested act while allowing for an additional revenue to be generated from the advertiser who pays an additional fee for the effectiveness of the advertisement in generating the passenger's requested act performance. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238418 | METHOD FOR PLAYING MEDIA CONTENT ON A MEDIA PLAYER - A method for playing web-based media content from a media content proprietor ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130238419 | System Apparatus Circuit Method and Associated Computer Executable Code for Assessing the Relevance and Impact of Secondary Content - Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, circuits, methods and computer executable code sets for assessing the relevance and impact of a secondary content, such as an advertisement, presented within primary content. A first assessment module is used for assessing a taste profile based relevance and/or impact of the primary content, and/or the secondary content, on the target viewer. A second assessment module is used for assessing a correlation level between the primary content and/or segments thereof, and the secondary content and/or segments thereof. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238420 | Systems and Methods to Facilitate Keyword Portfolio Management - According to some embodiments, advertising response information is collected for a search keyword, the advertising response information being associated with a plurality of users and a plurality of ranked positions in a list of advertisements presented to users. A non-linear function may then be performed on the advertising response information to predict advertising response information for at least one rank position. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238421 | Combination of Social Networking Data with Other Data Sets for Estimation of Viewership Statistics - Embodiments of the invention combine information from different data sets, such as social networks, advertising networks, and/or panels, each data set comprising statistics about past viewership of content (e.g., advertisements). The result of the combination is a model that, when applied to statistics about viewing of particular content, produces viewing statistics about the particular content that are more accurate than the data of any given one of the different data sets when taken in isolation. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238422 | Automated Multivariate Behavioral Prediction - An advertising system identifies behaviors from user activity and associates the behaviors with a user profile. Advertisers provide the advertising system with information on conversion rates of users associated with user profiles. A behavioral model of user responses is built to identify the relative frequency of behaviors for increasing the response rate of ads. Incoming advertising requests are matched to modeled behaviors to determine an advertiser's interest in bidding on the ad placement. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238423 | CLIENT-SIDE EVENT MONITORING - Techniques for client-side event monitoring are presented. The techniques store accumulated visibility and interaction information about online content in local memory on a client device, such as, for example, within a web cookie. The client device then transmits the stored information to a remote server. The techniques do not require that a client device modify a browser by, e.g., installing a plug-in. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238424 | System for Targeting Advertising Content to a Plurality of Mobile Communication Facilities - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238425 | Advertisement Selection Using Multivariate Behavioral Model - An advertising system identifies behaviors from user activity and associates the behaviors with a user profile. Advertisers provide the advertising system with information on conversion rates of users associated with user profiles. A behavioral model of user responses is built to identify the relative frequency of behaviors for increasing the response rate of ads. Incoming advertising requests are matched to modeled behaviors to determine an advertiser's interest in bidding on the ad placement. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238426 | PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS VIA MULTIPLE DEVICES - A device transmits a first advertisement to a client device of a user; updates an indicator, associated with the user, to indicate that the device transmitted the first advertisement to the client device; and receives a request from a user device of the user. The request includes an identifier associated with the user. The device further determines, based on the identifier, that the user of the user device is also the user of the client device; determines, based on the identifier and the indicator, that the device transmitted the first advertisement to the client device; selects a second advertisement for the user device based on the request; and transmits the second advertisement to the user device. The first advertisement and the second advertisement advertise a particular item. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238427 | Social Consumer Spheres - According to an embodiment, a method comprises providing, by a server, a platform including at least one group, wherein each group is associated with at least one product offered by one or more entities over a network, wherein each group is created by a leader user when the leader user is interested in a transaction associated with the product(s), and wherein the leader user decides to add one or more members to the group(s) for the associated product(s) based on one or more attributes of the member(s). The method also comprises displaying consumer data associated with the group(s), the leader user or the member(s). The method further comprises providing access to the one or more entities to the consumer data such that the one or more entities provide incentives to the group(s) associated with the product(s) to encourage the group(s) to complete the transaction associated with the product(s). | 2013-09-12 |
20130238428 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT USING A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SYSTEM - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for advertisement distribution using a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for distributing advertisements using a multi-tenant on-demand database system can integrate an advertisement distribution service with the services provided by the multi-tenant on-demand database system. The ability to provide an advertisement distribution service with the services provided by the multi-tenant on-demand database system can enable the distribution of advertisements to take advantage of other data stored by and/or services provided by the multi-tenant on-demand database system. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238429 | BEHAVIORAL TARGETING SYSTEM THAT GENERATES USER PROFILES FOR TARGET OBJECTIVES - A behavioral targeting system determines user profiles from online activity. The system includes a plurality of models that define parameters for determining a user profile score. Event information, which comprises on-line activity of the user, is received at an entity. To generate a user profile score, a model is selected. The model comprises recency, intensity and frequency dimension parameters. The behavioral targeting system generates a user profile score for a target objective, such as brand advertising or direct response advertising. The parameters from the model are applied to generate the user profile score in a category. The behavioral targeting system has application for use in ad serving to on-line users. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238430 | Transparent Network Traffic Inspection - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing parties with levels of transparency into filtering functionality of network traffic inspection implementations. Embodiments include receiving a filter change request from a subscriber over a network that defines a modification to a set of filter criteria for filtering network traffic, the filter criteria being stored in association with the subscriber in a filter criteria data store; updating the set of filter criteria in the filter criteria data store as a function of the filter change request; receiving a content dataset relating to the network traffic; identifying the content dataset as being associated with the subscriber; retrieving the set of filter criteria associated with the subscriber from the data store; and filtering the network traffic as a function of the set of filter criteria. Embodiments further provide layers of access for different entities to the filtered traffic. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238431 | TRACKING OFF-LINE COMMERCE AND ONLINE ACTIVITY - Systems and methods for tracking a user's off-line commerce and merging that data with online activity are disclosed. The off-line transaction data is associated with off-line purchases of a user and includes identification information that can be used to identify the user. A scone or modified cookie is created that includes the off-line transaction data. Online activity can also be tracked and merged with the user's off-line commerce data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238432 | AUTOMATIC PROVIDER RECOMMENDATION - A method includes receiving a query by a current user for a recommendation regarding a provider of a specified service or commodity in a locality. A profile of the current user is obtained. Tracking data is obtained corresponding to a traceable device of each user of a set of users. A relevant subset of the set of users is selected based on the profile of the current user. The query is responded to by generating the recommendation based on the tracking data that corresponds to the selected relevant subset of the users. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238433 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS BY MONITORING SCROLL-SPEEDS - A method and system for providing relevant advertisements by monitoring scroll-speeds. The method includes determining the scroll-speed of a user as the user scrolls through a webpage. The method also includes tagging the scroll-speed to web content on the webpage. Further, the method includes recording the scroll-speed tagged with the web content. Moreover, the method includes targeting the relevant advertisements to the user based on the recording. The system includes one or more electronic devices, a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238434 | FINANCIAL OUTCOME BASED ON SHARED FINANCIAL OBJECTS - During a financial transaction, functional representations of financial histories of users are exchanged between electronic devices, where a given functional representation specifies one or more output values based on input values. Then, one of the electronic devices identifies a subset of the group of functional representations having at least a common characteristic. For example, the characteristic may include a wide variety of attributes, such as a mathematical feature in the functional representations, a financial performance metric associated with the functional representations, a behavior relationship specified by the functional relationships, and/or a range of the one or more output values specified by the functional representations. This electronic device may provide information associated with the subset of the group of functional representations (such as an average functional representation of the subset) to the other electronic devices. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING LEAD INTELLIGENCE - Techniques for generating marketing lead intelligence information are described. Some embodiments provide a marketing activity support system (“MASS”) configured to generate lead intelligence by aggregating marketing activity information and customer information. In one embodiment, the MASS transmits a marketing message that references a Web page or other marketing content. Next, the MASS receives tracking information about activities of a customer with respect to the referenced Web page. The MASS then generates lead intelligence information about the customer by aggregating the tracking information, personal information about the customer, and/or information about an associated marketing campaign. The MASS may then present the generated lead intelligence information, such as by displaying details about the customer and their activities with respect to the Web page. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238436 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA RECIPIENT STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA USING A NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system and method for data recipient invoked electronic commerce allowing data subjects to provide information over a network and data recipients to receive such information relating to the needs of a data subject such as purchases, distribution of application information and the like. The system includes a server having software which gathers the information from a data subject to complete a transaction over a network. The system has a data subject data structure that stores information for registered data subjects. The software is able to access the data subject data structure and enter the data subject's information during subsequent transactions. Having the software obtain and enter the data subject's purchasing information, the data subject does not have to enter the same information every time the data subject desires to effect a transaction over the network. In alternate embodiments, the same technology can be applied to other arenas where a user may have to enter the same repetitive information. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238437 | VARIABLE KEYWORD BIDDING BASED ON SEARCH RESULTS POSITION - Embodiments for providing a search results page that includes at least one advertisement responsive to a search request are presented. A search request is received from a user. The search request is associated with a query term upon which advertisers have bid. A set of search results is obtained responsive to the search request. Bids from multiple advertisers are identified. Identifying bids from advertisers includes dynamically determining a present bid amount of a first bid according to the position of a search result in the set of search results. After determining the bid value of each bid, a winning bid is selected from the identified bids. A search result page is generated a portion of the search results and the advertisement corresponding to the selected bid. The generated search results page is returned to the user for display responsive to the search request. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238438 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO INITIATE A MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION UTILIZING A TRIGGER SYSTEM - A system and method to enable a user to initiate a communication with an organization using a mobile communication device by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to acquire a user mobile device address by means of a trigger system. A system and method to enable an organization to respond to a user by means of a trigger system and a message application server. A system and method to enable organizations to deliver mobile messages, coupons, offers and promotions to users mobile device by means of a combination of a trigger system, a message application server and an offer application. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238439 | System And Method For Providing Content To Vehicles - A system and method to provide content on a vehicle of an operator. A content is selected for display with the vehicle. Information is determined that is indicative of one or more exposure parameters for the content, over a duration in which the content is displayed with the vehicle. The operator is compensated or rewarded based on the movement of the vehicle. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238440 | Communication Protocol For Dynamic Display Devices - A display device is associated with a user account. A service is able send a message to a display device using a predefined set of parameters, The set of parameters include a display identifier, a message type, and a message content that is of the message type. The message content can be specific to the display device of the user account. The service receives a communication that is in response to the message communicated from the service. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238441 | Method and Apparatus For Social Telematics - In a first embodiment, the present invention permits an occupant of a vehicle to enter a message, with a handheld communications device having Wide Area Network (WAN) capability, and to have the message externally displayed for reading by persons who are not occupants of the vehicle. The message is displayed by an on-board telematic unit. In addition to a display, the telematic unit can contain a variety of sensors and/or effectors. Sensor readings from a vehicle X can be updated, approximately continuously, in a record (of a vehicle-oriented database) that stores information particular to vehicle X. The vehicle-oriented database can provide an open Application Programming Interface, in order to serve as a platform for a wide variety of application programs (or Apps). An App is presented that permits a person to contact the occupants, of a vehicle X, based only upon information from vehicle X's license plate. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238442 | Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Wirelessly Preprocessing a Transaction While in a Queue for a Point-of-Transaction - A transaction is preprocessed wirelessly in response to a wireless transaction preprocessing user device being in a queue for a point-of-transaction. The transaction that was preprocessed is then completed in response to the wireless transaction preprocessing user device reaching the point-of-transaction. Financial transactions and/or purchase of goods and/or services may thereby be preprocessed wirelessly and then completed at a point-of-transaction. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238443 | System for Targeting Advertising Content to a Plurality of Mobile Communication Facilities - A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238444 | System and Method For Promotion and Networking of at Least Artists, Performers, Entertainers, Musicians, and Venues - Methods and systems for promotion and networking of at least artist and fans which enable artist to upload media files to a web site which can be searched, played and rated by fans. Demographic information profiles of fans can be created from fan ratings for each artist which can then be used for various purposes including artist marketing and providing targeted advertising when fans plays or views an artist's media. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238445 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTNG INTERACTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS TO MOBILE DEVICES - A system for mobile devices that facilitates the creation and dissemination of interactive advertisements to a plurality of mobile devices. A computer or PC comprising an interactive media creator is used to generate interactive advertisements and communicate it to a distribution server. Mobile devices have an interactive media client component to receive and present interactive media, such as these interactive advertisements, to a user. User response is collected, user interaction is monitored and reported. Charging for distributing advertisements is supported. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238446 | NETWORK NODE AD TARGETING - A computer-implemented method for displaying advertisements to members of a network comprises identifying one or more communities of members, identifying one or more influencers in the one or more communities, and placing one or more advertisements at the profiles of one or more members in the identified one or more communities. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238447 | Personalized Interactive Network with Knowledge Management System - Systems and methods personalize interaction between an intermediary system, a plurality of consumers, and a plurality of third party providers of products and services. For each consumer, a plurality of personalized value propositions may be generated for various products and/or services. The value propositions have personalized terms such that the same good or service offered to one consumer may be offered on different terms to another consumer. The system may generate a list of personalized value propositions for each consumer corresponding to various products and/or services to promote to that consumer. When a consumer interacts with the intermediary system, one value proposition from the list may be selected for presentation. In other embodiments, a plurality of value propositions from the list may be selected for presentation to a consumer as a package. Consumers can interact with the system over a variety of communication channels and user devices, including ATMs, PDAs, cell phones, computers accessing web sites or other Web Devices, Voice Response Units (VRUs), and others. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238448 | Guaranteeing Delivery of Ad Impressions - Various embodiments pertain to techniques for forecasting and providing guaranteed delivery of ad impression opportunities using real-time bidded platform inventories. In various embodiments, bid landscape data, such as information regarding a number of impression requests by a particular supply unit, a time of the impression requests, and an amount of a winning bid for the impression requests, is recorded for use in forecasting an available impression volume as a function of cost. The forecasted available impression volume represents a number of ad impression requests likely to be obtained through real-time bidding channels. In various embodiments, an advertiser can place an order for a number of ad impressions at a particular price, and the ad impressions ordered can be specifically allocated for that advertiser. The number of ad impressions ordered by an advertiser that are guaranteed vary depending on the price and the available volume forecasted at that price. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238449 | Polymorphic Advertisements - Various embodiments pertain to techniques for generating advertisement templates for use in various technological environments. In various embodiments, an advertiser can select one or more advertisement templates and provide the specified components to an advertisement service. The advertisement service can bind the components into a selected template for presentation to a user, depending on a number of factors. For example, in some embodiments, the device capabilities can determine the template that is used, while in other embodiments, information regarding a user's previous interaction with the content can be used to determine the template that is used. For example, a user that is seeing an advertisement for a particular product for the first time may be presented one version of the advertisement, while a user that is already a consumer of the product or has already viewed an initial advertisement may be presented with a different version of the advertisement. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ECONOMIC INVESTMENTS THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS - The present invention provides a computer-implemented system for generating product endorsements, comprising a graphical user interface capable of querying at least one endorsement requester for the product information comprising at least product use information, target demographics information, and product origin information; a remote query engine capable of querying third party advisors on a network for product-related information related to a product indicated by the product information; at least one network port capable of remotely receiving via the network the product information from said graphical user interface, and the product-related information related to the product from the third-party advisors; at least one rules engine communicatively connected to said at least one network port, and comprising a plurality of rules to generate at least a tiered one of the product endorsements of a product responsively to the product information and the third party advisors information. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING PREPARED FOOD PRODUCTS - Systems and methods are provided for ordering prepared food products via a network using an electronic device. A menu of available prepared food products may be presented on a display, and one of the prepared food products may be selected using an interface of the device. A menu of bread items available may be presented including visual representations of each available bread item. One of the bread items may be selected, whereupon a visual representation of the selected bread may be presented. One or more ingredients may be selected using the interface, whereupon visual representations of the ingredients are superimposed on the visual representation of the selected bread item. The systems and methods may provide an enhanced visual experience similar to ordering the product in person and watching the product being made. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238452 | CONSUMER OPT-IN TO INFORMATION SHARING AT POINT OF SALE - Concurrent first and second uses of a consumer's credit card are made during a POS transaction to effect information sharing. The first use includes conventionally executing a primary transaction, while the second use includes a presentation to the consumer at POS with information sharing opt-in and/or privacy notices from the consumer's financial institution. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238453 | PAYMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR USE IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT HAVING SEGMENTED ARCHITECTURE - A payment processing system and method comprising a POS module providing an interface to effect sales of FGS in a retail environment, a device module operatively connected to at least one retail device configured to supply FGS and comprising a card reader adapted to receive a first payment card data for payment for the FGS, wherein the device module is adapted to control operation of the at least one retail device, and a payment system module operatively connected to the POS module and the device module, the payment system module adapted to validate payment for the FGS. The payment system module and the device module are separated from the POS module in order to segment a portion of the payment processing system configured to handle payment card data from a portion of the system that does not handle payment card data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238454 | RAPID TAX COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Preferred examples of a system and method for rapid collection and distribution of taxes are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide a system and a method for point-of-sale collection and distribution of sales taxes on a frequent, regular basis, such as daily or weekly or other periodic time intervals, that can be used for face-to-face, e-commerce, telephone or other transactions. The disclosed embodiments provide a system and a method for transferring funds from numerous merchants to numerous taxing authorities in an efficient manner, with each merchant seeking to transfer funds to perhaps several taxing authorities and each taxing authority seeking to receive funds from many merchants. According to other examples of the invention, a centralized distribution feature allows the merchants and the taxing authorities to each communicate with a single entity or other in transferring the funds. Therefore, efficient tax collection and distribution may be achieved without overburdening either individual merchants or individual taxing authorities | 2013-09-12 |
20130238455 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING ACCOUNTS AND OFFERS IN PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - Embodiments provide systems, methods, processes, computer program code and means for using mobile devices to conduct payment transactions at merchant locations including brick and mortar locations and remote locations as well as for person to person transactions. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238456 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CONDUCTING AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION VIA A BACKEND SERVER SYSTEM - A method for conducting an electronic transaction with a backend server system includes interfacing a mobile device with a touch point to wirelessly obtain a backend server system address and an identification code. The touch point is associated with an electronic transaction terminal device to be utilized by a user of the mobile device to conduct an electronic transaction. Communication is established between the mobile device and the backend server system. The identification code and a mobile device identifier associated with the mobile device are received. It is determined whether one or more electronic certificates associated with the mobile device identifier are applicable for use in the electronic transaction. The identification code is used to provide at least one of the applicable electronic certificates to the terminal device and applying the at least one applicable electronic certificate to the electronic transaction. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238457 | Remote Payment System and Method - The present invention relates to a remote payment system ( | 2013-09-12 |
20130238458 | RETURNED PRODUCT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, RELATED SYSTEM, AND DEVICE - According to one embodiment, the returned product data processing method reads a first code symbol that represents the order code that specifies the order data from a slip, reads a second code symbol that represents a commercial product code that uniquely specifies the commercial product from the slip, generates a returned product code that includes the order code and the commercial product code, and revises the order data that are correlated with the order code based on the returned product data. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC TICKETING - Systems and methods for automatically providing event tickets are provided herein. For example, a device, such as a processor, may execute an automatic ticketing application that associates and/or otherwise provides one or more tickets for an event to a validated membership account. Data associated with a particular membership account and a particular ticketed event is acquired, stored, and/or processed. Subsequently, one or more tickets for the particular ticketed event are automatically associated with a membership account. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238460 | DETERMINING SHOPPING INTENT BASED ON FINANCIAL OBJECTS - During a financial transaction, a functional representation of a financial history of the user is accessed. The functional representation specifies a financial output value based on input values and a behavioral pattern, and the behavioral pattern specifies a relationship between at least a pair of the variables associated with a dimension in the financial history. Then, information about actions and activities of the user is collected, where the information corresponds to the behavioral pattern. For example, the actions may include financial transactions of the user and/or the activities may include locations of the user. Moreover, the shopping intent of the user is determined based on the information and the functional representation, where the shopping intent indicates a probability that the user intends to purchase an item (such as a product or a service) within a subsequent time interval. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238461 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MATCHING CONSUMERS WITH PROVIDERS - The present disclosure is directed towards methods and systems for matching consumers with providers such as childcare providers. One implementation may include a web interface or application for a consumer, such as a parent, to build a network of providers that the consumer can draw upon. In one aspect, the consumer can leverage on existing relationships to build his/her own network of trusted sitters. Examples of existing relationships may include friends, family and social networks. The consumer's network may extend to a plurality of parents sharing a plurality of sitters. The consumer may leverage on cooperatives or other types of membership or affiliations to a group or other organization. For example, groups of parents may trade babysitting help amongst themselves within a cooperative or coop. In such a case, a parent can be a consumer or provider in relation to another member. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238462 | MULTI-SYSTEM DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF DELIVERY SERVICES - Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include communication using a payment processing device. Various other embodiments are described. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238463 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING ORDER DEADLINE - According to an embodiment, an information processor is provided, the information processor comprising an accepting module configured to accept access from a terminal device connected via a network, an image generating module configured to generate a purchase image including an order for purchase of one or more products, and an image sending module configured to send the purchase image to the terminal device. The purchase image includes an order deadline as a measure of safety for the product in accepting the purchase order on the purchase image. | 2013-09-12 |
20130238464 | SYSTEM TO FACILITATE SHARING USING CONTINGENCY ORDERING - Purchase order information associated with an item from a first user may be stored initially without completing a purchase transaction. In one aspect, the first user may be enabled to select one or more second users with whom to share the purchase. In another aspect, one or more second users may be given an opportunity to purchase the same instance of an item and share it. In response to determining that a minimum subset of the selected one or more users have indicated to purchase the item, the purchase transaction may be processed and completed. Completion of the purchase may be contingent on the selected one or more second users also purchasing the same item or the same instance of the item. An event may be optionally added to the users' calendars wherein they share the use of the item(s). | 2013-09-12 |
20130238465 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGETED GIFTING - Systems and methods for targeted gifting are presented herein. In some embodiments, a giftee (i.e., gift recipient) provides, to a computer system, one or more gift selections and a gift rank set, where each gift rank indicates a giftee's preference for receiving the associated gift selection over other gift selections. A giftor (i.e., gift giver), in turn, may provide, one or more gift criteria defining parameters under which the giftor is willing (or able) to purchase a gift for the giftee (e.g., a purchasing budget). Using the gift selections, associated gift ranks, and the gift criteria, a target gift set may be selected from the gift selection set, and items from the target gift set may be acquired for the giftee on behalf of the giftor. Operations performed in some embodiments may be automatic and in accordance with gift-giving occasions (e.g., in advance of calendared events, such as birthdays). | 2013-09-12 |