39th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150269563 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION BASED ON DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - The systems, devices and techniques disclosed provide a credit card type device which is integrated with active electronics to perform credit card type financial transactions. In one aspect, a credit card type device includes a device-to-device communication port to wirelessly communicate with another device in an attempt to complete a financial transaction. The credit card type device includes an authentication mechanism to authenticate access to the credit card type device for the initiated financial transaction. The credit card type device includes controller circuitry to control operations of the device-to-device communication port and the authentication mechanism. The credit card type device includes an output device to display information associated with the access authentication and the financial transaction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269564 | Point of Sale Activation Card Unit - A point of sale activation unit that includes a first wallet portion, a second wallet portion and an activation card portion. The first wallet portion defines a first opening that has a shape corresponding to a machine readable code and includes a security tab affixed thereto with two nicks. The security tab obscures a second opening. The second wallet portion is coupled to the first wallet portion. The activation card portion is narrower than the second opening. The machine readable code is printed on an exterior side and an activation code is printed on an interior side of the activation card portion, which extends from the second wallet portion. The first walled portion, the second wallet portion and the activation card portion are all cut from a single flat sheet and are folded and glued together so that the machine readable code is exposed through the first opening. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269565 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ISSUER CERTIFIED CARD - The present solution is directed to an architecture and a process for registering cards for use, such as bank cards, credit cards, loyalty cards, club cards, or any other card that is configured to carry data or monetary value. The solution provides safe and fast means for registering the card in a mobile computing environment. The system enables a card issuer to unambiguously identify an end user—for example, by one or two factor authentication. Responsive to the identification of the end user by the system, a 2D code that encodes the data needed for registration of the card is presented to the user. The data can be encrypted and the method of delivery to the user can be selected by user or the card issuer. With a mobile application, the user scans the presented 2D code. The mobile application transmits the data of the 2D code to the server, which decrypts and verifies the data. Responsive to decrypting and verifying the data, the card of the card holder is registered. In some implementations, the user may also wish to register the card with an e-wallet application on their mobile devices, such that the user may use the card from the mobile device at a later date | 2015-09-24 |
20150269566 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALLY DERIVED TOKENS - Systems and methods for generating a token are provided. An access device may receive, from a token vault computer, an encryption key and a credential identifier. The access device may generate a token using the encryption key and a current time. The access device may then transmit the token, the current time, and the credential identifier to the token vault computer. The token vault computer may receive the token, a current time, and a credential identifier. The token vault computer may retrieve an encryption key associated with the received credential identifier. The token vault computer may then validate the token based at least in part on the received current time and the retrieved encryption key. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269567 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING PAYMENT CARD ACCEPTANCE QUALITY - A system and method for resolving an acceptance issue on a payment network are provided. The method includes receiving a notification message of an acceptance issue. The acceptance issue relates to an attempt by a cardholder to complete a transaction using a payment card over the payment network that is rejected. The method also includes classifying, by a computer device, the acceptance issue based on at least one of the notification message and results data of a first investigation, determining a remediation of the acceptance issue based on the classification and/or results data of a second investigation, and tracking, by the computer device, the acceptance issue, the classification, and the remediation using a single database. The method further includes implementing the determined remediation, and determining, by the computer device, at least one of a financial impact and a customer quality impact of the acceptance issue. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269568 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DECRYPTION OF PAYLOADS RECEIVED FROM ENCRYPTION DEVICES - Systems and methods for facilitating decryption of encrypted payloads are described herein. In various embodiments, the system includes an encryption device operatively connected to a device management system. According to particular embodiments, the device management system receives payloads from the encryption device and facilitates decryption of the encryption device payloads based at least in part on a serial number associated with the encryption device included in the encryption device payload. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269569 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SECURE DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS - A method for authorizing recurring transaction according to one embodiment includes receiving a defined payment amount associated with a user or entity. Additionally, the method includes receiving a first code associated with a first predetermined currency value, where the first code is also associated with the user or entity. Furthermore, the method includes verifying an availability of funds to pay the defined payment amount and authorizing payment of the defined payment amount if funds are available to pay the defined payment amount. Further still, the method includes generating a new code associated with a new predetermined currency value, and sending the new code to a sender of the defined payment amount. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN SUPPORT OF AUTHENTICATION OF AN ITEM - Systems and methods for providing authentication of items such as goods, as they are passed through commerce and change ownership. As described herein, the systems and methods certify authenticity of product origin and provide proof of current ownership by creating a publicly verifiable live audit trail using digital signatures, asymmetric (public/secret) key cryptography, an item labeling system, and a mobile authentication client application to capture information about transactions related to an item, perform transactions and record transactions in conjunction with the back end servers. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269571 | Method and System for Facilitating Payments on a Payment Card Network - A computer implemented method of processing a payment request is provided, the method comprising operating a processor of a network node to: (i) determine that a current time is within a predefined period of a payment time associated with a payment profile; (ii) determine an account number, a payment amount and a payment provider associated with the payment profile; (iii) transmit to the payment provider a request for pre-authorization of payment of the payment amount from an account associated with the determined account number; and (iv) responsive to receiving a pre-authorization from the payment provider, associating an authorization indication with the payment profile. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269572 | AUTOMATIC DATA TRANSFER - A first request for a transfer of data is transmitted in response to the use of a user device; it is determined that the first request for the transfer of data has been declined; an event is detected that indicates that the transfer of data in response to the use of the user device can be accepted; and a second request for the transfer of data is transmitted in dependence on detecting that the event has occurred. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269573 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND ACCESSING ELECTRONIC WALLET - A system and method for creating and accessing a bifurcated digital wallet is described. The method comprises of processor implemented steps of authenticating by an authentication server one or more authentication information sent by a user terminal to the authentication server; extracting a first set of information by the authentication server based on the authentication of the authentication information; extracting a second set of information by one or more second servers based on the authentication of the authentication information; collating the first set of information and second set of information and displaying the collated information at the user terminal for processing a transaction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269574 | PASSWORD KEY, SECURITY AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND SECURITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An encryption key, a security authentication system and a security authentication method. The encryption key comprises a security module, a first control unit, a first oscillation transmission unit and a first oscillation receiving unit. The first oscillation receiving unit receives as input an oscillation signal transmitted through medium. The first oscillation transmission unit transmits output encryption information to the medium. The input of the first control unit is connected to the output of the first oscillation receiving unit; the control port of the first control unit is connected to the security module; and the output of the first control unit is connected to the input of the first oscillation transmission unit. Encryption information is transmitted wirelessly by the oscillation of the medium the encryption key resides in. Encryption information is transmitted between the encryption key and the mobile terminal by the oscillation of the medium without public network's intervention. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS DURING A CHAT SESSION - A method for secure payment transactions over a network between a support help desk computing system and a customer computing system is provided. The method includes establishing a chat session between the help desk and the customer using a chat application program; receiving a purchase order from the customer; communicating a unique URL payment link to the customer, wherein the URL payment link is configured for allowing the customer to establish communication with an order processing system to provide sensitive payment information to the order processing system; receiving the sensitive payment information at the order processing system communicated from the customer; encrypting the sensitive payment information; providing the encrypted sensitive payment information to the help desk, wherein the encrypted sensitive payment information is displayed in a masked format on a display of the help desk; and completing the purchase order using the encrypted sensitive payment information. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269576 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR E-COMMERCE PAYMENT INTELLIGENT ACCESS CONTROL - A method, system and device for authenticating a user of a smartcard in an authentication process providing a secure environment including a smartcard and the device connected to a host computer for user identification. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269577 | DETECTING FRAUDULENT MOBILE PAYMENTS - A method for processing an attempted payment made using a mobile device includes receiving information about the attempted payment, receiving data indicative of a behavior of a user of the mobile device at the time of the attempted payment, computing a likelihood that the attempted payment is fraudulent, based on a comparison of the behavior of the user to an historical behavior pattern of the user, and sending an instruction indicating how to proceed with the attempted payment, based on the likelihood. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269578 | CONTROLLING ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION WITH NON-LINEAR ANALYTICAL MODELS - A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received. Content of the eCommerce authentication request is processed through a non-linear analytical model to generate a risk score. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score. Related authentication gateway nodes and computer program products are disclosed. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269579 | CONTROLLING ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION BASED ON COMPARING CARDHOLDER INFORMATION AMONG ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS FROM MERCHANT NODES - A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received from a merchant node. The eCommerce authentication request has content including cardholder information. A risk score for the eCommerce authentication request is generated based on comparison of the cardholder information of the eCommerce authentication request to cardholder information of eCommerce authentication requests of a plurality of merchant nodes. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269580 | CONTROLLING ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION BASED ON COMPARING MERCHANT INFORMATION OF ECOMMERCE AUTHENTICATION REQUESTS - A method of operating a computer system is disclosed. An eCommerce authentication request is received from a merchant node. The eCommerce authentication request has content including merchant information. A risk score for the eCommerce authentication request is generated based on comparison of the merchant information of the eCommerce authentication request to merchant information of eCommerce authentication requests of a plurality of merchant nodes. The eCommerce authentication request is selectively provided to an authentication node based on the risk score. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269581 | Method of Comparing Product-Identifying Serial Codes - A process for protecting against fraudulent transactions entails comparing a first serial code with a second serial code, as well as comparing a first user identification with a second user identification. An additional comparison between a first stock keeping unit code and a second stock keeping unit code can also be made. If any of the compared data items do not match, then a notice of denial is issued for the transaction. Exceptions can be made, for example by comparing a first listing timestamp with a second listing timestamp to determine that a second transaction is occurring within a defined time period such as a return period. Data is recognized by an optical reader utilizing optical character recognition, with read data being saved to a data record. Serial codes can be directly printed on products or instead applied as a tamper evident sticker. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269582 | Credit Card Point of Service Payment Authorization System - Systems and methods for secure verification of point of sale transactions to reduce fraudulent transactions are described herein. The system includes a backend communications module; a merchant point of sale network in communication with the backend communications module, adapted to transmit requests for authorization of a transaction and receive confirmation or denial of authorization of the transaction; a portable user device in communication with the backend communications module; a bank network in communication with the backend communications module, adapted to receive requests for authorization of transactions, determine if the user authorizes a transaction, and confirm or deny the transaction based on the user's authorization; and software executing on the portable user device adapted to pre-authorize transactions and authorize or deny a currently pending transaction. There is no direct communication between the merchant network, the portable user device, and the bank network. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269583 | DEVICE FOR FACE-KEY PURCHASING - The present invention teaches a purchase enabling database consisting of customer records which each contain 1) sufficient commercial information about a customer to enable an electronic purchase and 2) a face key of electronic facial recognition identity data allowing electronic comparison to a submitted facial identity code candidate. If the facial recognition of the candidate face indicates a match, the individual is able to make a commercial transaction without further exchange of financial information, thus allowing the user/customer to make a purchase. A system embodiment allows a subscribing vendor to embed facekey enablement in their own vending website/software/hardware. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269584 | ON-SITE SALES PRESENTATION SYSTEM - An on-site construction sales presentation system assists salespersons in delivering construction sales presentations to target customers with mobile computing devices at customers' sites. The system operates to prompt a salesperson to take at least one photograph of a subject building located at a site through the camera module, capture the at least one photograph of the subject building, generate a customized sales presentation to assist the salesperson in making the customized sales presentation to a target customer, and present the sales presentation to the target customer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269585 | DEVICE RETIREMENT PROBABILITY RATE - Systems and methods for determining an action plan with respect to a returned device are disclosed. In some implementations, a computer receives an identifier of a returned device being processed by a replacement center. The computer provides the identifier of the returned device to a data repository. The computer receives, from the data repository, in response to the identifier of the returned device, data related to the returned device. The computer calculates a device retirement metric based on the data related to the returned device received from the data repository. The computer determines, based on the device retirement metric, an action plan to take with respect to the returned device. The computer provides an indication of the action plan with respect to the returned device. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269586 | Method and System for Crowd-Sourcing Customer Care - A method and system are disclosed that enables crowd-sourcing of customer care. The disclosed crowd sourcing system may use a diverse workforce, including a business's customer base, an online community, and an employee base. The exemplary crowd-sourcing system may use a service level agreement for the crowd care providers that includes a time constraint period during which the crowd care provider may submit a response to a customer request. Customer requests may be routed to one or more particular crowd care providers or crowd care tiers, whose expertise and/or experience may be taken into account during such routing. In this manner, customer requests may be resolved in a timely fashion without relying solely on an employee base. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269587 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and utility management computing device for obtaining data associated with one or more electric utilities from a utility monitoring system. An asset reliability score and a consumption score is determined from the obtained data associated with the one or more electric utilities. Next, a customer satisfaction score is determined for the one or more electric utilities based on the determined asset reliability score and the consumption score. The determined customer satisfaction score for the one or more electric utilities is provided. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFORMATION AND COORDINATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING RF SAFETY AT RADIO TRANSMISSION SITES - A system for managing radio frequency exposure safety and facilitating communication between the system and stakeholders, such as transmission site owner, wireless service carrier, tower company, worker, employer, first responder, regulatory agency, government entity, insurance carrier, and member of the public. The system can include a computer accessible database consisting of hundreds of thousands of wireless sites and their unique characteristics, including site specific RF safety plans, MPE maps of radio frequency radiation and site compliance records. The system includes modules that interface with the stakeholders in which the modules receive data from the stakeholders and transmits data to the stakeholders using various method and channels of communication. The system is specifically used to communicate with all stakeholders while capturing new sites, updating existing sites, enabling and tracking site power downs, providing site specific RF safety programs, providing RF safety training and auditing site compliance, and other functions. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269589 | COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY INDICATING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF A PRODUCT - Computing systems and methods for electronically indicating the acceptability of a product. An image capture and communication device may analyze a product label that includes one or more monitors, authentication elements, and identification elements. The image capture and communication device may determine the type and features of the monitors, authentication elements, and identification elements and, based on the type of the monitors, authentication elements, and identification elements. The image capture and communication device may transmit data based on the type and features to a host server, which may transmit data associated with the host product to the image capture and communication device in, inter alia, the form of an acceptability report. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269590 | GRAPHICAL CERTIFICATIONS OF ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS INTENDED TO IMPACT CLICK-THROUGH RATES - Embodiments are directed towards improving a user's experience and confidence in advertisements shown within web pages or other online media, in part, by providing additional information for a given advertisement to be displayed along with the given advertisement to encourage, or discourage, a user to click on or interact with the advertisement. Such information to be displayed about a given advertisement may include, without limitation, information about the advertisement, such as its security status (e.g. it has been found to be free from malware), information about the advertiser, including if the advertiser is determined to be trusted based on some criteria, customer satisfaction information, information about the goods and/or services being advertised, including, for example, if how they compare to a competitor, and information about the destination Web page or Web site that the advertisement leads to when a user clicks it. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269591 | Online auctions with collectible authenticity insurance systems and methods - Systems and methods for facilitating a dynamic online based community for collectors of collectible items which provides various features, including a feature by which collectibles of all kinds are authenticated and insured against subsequent claims or challenges to that authentication prior to permitting the collectible to be involved in a transaction. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269592 | Ambient Sampling Mass Spectrometry and Chemometric Analysis for Screening Encapsulated Electronic and Electrical Components for Counterfeits - A method and apparatus for identification of a counterfeit electronic component, subjecting a suspected counterfeit electronic to an analytical method of ambient surface analysis to desorb and ionize compounds directly from a suspected counterfeit electronic surface with no pretreatment, detecting the resultant ions, comparing the identified ions to known standards, and returning a confidence that the suspected counterfeit electronic being analyzed is counterfeit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269593 | Product Authentication System - A software enabled system employable for medical or other product authentication is provided. The system enabled by software running on a computer with electronic memory and connected databases is adapted for users having a local computing device to input captured product characteristic information which is compared with authenticating characteristics in databases to generate an authenticity rating for each product. Such captured product characteristics may include, for instance, digital photos, keyboard input, voice input, or digital values generated from computer engaged sensors for weight, color, density, or other discernable product characteristics which may be digitally uploaded and employed in a comparison to known authenticating characteristics. Certain product characteristics may be more heavily rated in deriving each authenticity rating which is communicated to the user. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269594 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR CUSTOMER ACQUISITION USING SOCIAL TARGETING - Exemplary systems, methods and computer accessible medium can be provided for customer acquisition using social targeting can receive first information regarding at least one customer user associated with a particular node, determine second information based, at least in part, on the first information, receive third information regarding at least one non-customer user associated with the particular node, and determine fourth information based, at least in part, on the second information and the third information. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269595 | CONTACT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PURCHASE HISTORY - Contact recommendations based on purchase history are described. A system creates a directed graph of nodes in which at least some of the nodes are connected by directed arcs, wherein a directed arc from a first node to a second node represents a conditional probability that previous users who purchased a first contact also purchased a second contact. The system identifies a set of contacts purchased by a current user. The system estimates a prospective purchase probability based on a historical probability that previous users purchased a specific contact and a related probability that previous users who purchased the specific contact also purchased a contact in the set of contacts, for each candidate contact. The system outputs a recommendation for the current user to purchase a recommended candidate contact based on a corresponding prospective purchase probability. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING CUSTOMER CENTRIC BUSINESS PROCESS METHOD MATURITY - The present disclosure relates to methods of systems for assessing customer centric BPM maturity of an organization. Embodiments of the present disclosure may create an assessment model for an initiative, wherein creating the assessment model includes providing an initial assessment criteria selection for presentation on a user device. Create the assessment model may also include receiving, from the user device, a selection of initial assessment criteria and calculating a first score based on the selected assessment criteria. Create the assessment model may also include determining a first maturity state of the initiative based on the first score, and generating a first plurality of guidelines associated with the first score for moving the initiative to a maturity state that is not the first maturity state. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269597 | SERVICE MANAGEMENT USING USER EXPERIENCE METRICS - A method, system, and computer usable program product to determine a first mood of the user, where the first mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a first time during the providing of an online service and to determine a second mood of the user, where the second mood is based on a characteristic of the user at a second time during the providing of the online service. The first mood of the user and the second mood of the user are compared to determine a delta or change in mood of the user. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269598 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ESTIMATE DEMOGRAPHY BASED ON AERIAL IMAGES - Methods and apparatus to estimate demography based on aerial images are disclosed. An example method includes analyzing a first aerial image of a first geographic area to detect a first plurality of objects, analyzing a second aerial image of a second geographic area to detect a second plurality of objects, associating first demographic information to the second plurality of objects, the first demographic information obtained by a sampling of the second geographic area, and comparing the second plurality of objects to the first plurality of objects to estimate a demographic characteristic of the first geographic area based on the comparison. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269599 | SYSTEM FOR SELLING PRODUCTS BY PROVIDING RAFFLE TYPE CASH REWARDS BASED ON QR CODE AND SERVICE METHOD FOR SELLING PRODUCTS USING SAME - This invention is for a lottery-typed product sales system for cash rewarding based on a QR code and a lottery-typed product sales service method using the system, and the purpose of the technical realization is offering a lottery-typed product sales system for cash rewarding based on a QR code and a lottery-typed product sales service method using the system in order to make users (customers)'s consumption activities become rather a new means of financial technology that is able to create a large profit; promote a purchasing rate, for product sellers like a store, a company and so on, by attracting target customers much efficiently and systematically; and maximize sales. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269600 | MULTI-STAGE GEOLOCATED OFFERS - Provided is a process of managing offers, the process including: obtaining, via a network, with a consumer mobile device, data defining an offer available based on the consumer mobile device being in a first geographic location and redeemable based on the consumer mobile device later being in a second geographic location; sensing, with the consumer mobile device, that the consumer mobile device is in the first geographic location; in response to sensing that that the consumer mobile device is in the first geographic location, presenting an alert with the consumer mobile device, the alert indicating that the offer is available; sensing that the consumer mobile device is in the second geographic location; and in response to sensing that the consumer mobile device is in the second geographic location, determining with a processor of the consumer mobile device that the offer has been redeemed. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269601 | Shopping Apparatus and Methods - Methods and apparatus related to enabling a shopper to utilize a mobile electronic device to enhance the shopping experience. A shopper may utilize the mobile electronic device to access retail store-specific information regarding the location of items in a retail store. A mobile electronic device may be utilized to compile an electronic shopping list and/or transmit an electronic shopping list. Locations of one or more items in the retail store may be associated with items on the electronic shopping list. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269602 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC COUPONS - A networked electronic coupon management system is disclosed for managing electronic coupons. The system includes tightly integrated database, application server, and client components facilitating performing electronic coupon definition, issuance, and redemption operations. The operations include creating electronic coupons, wherein each electronic coupon includes a unique coupon ID, creating customer accounts, wherein each customer account comprises a unique customer ID; creating manufacturer accounts, wherein each manufacturer account comprises a Unique ID; and creating retailer accounts, wherein each retailer account comprises a unique retailer ID; and assigning a unique electronic coupon ID to a unique customer ID. Thereafter the system validates the electronic coupon with a product purchase transaction by a customer associated with the unique customer ID. Furthermore, funds transfers associated with the product purchase transaction are tracked, and historical transactional level data is maintained for all customer, manufacturer and retailer accounts. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269603 | Methods for Developing Customer Loyalty Programs and Related Systems and Devices - In some aspects, methods for measuring a level of usage of one or more replaceable consumable components within a material processing system can include detecting a type of consumable component in use within a processing device of the material processing system; determining, using a computing system, if the type of consumable component in use is a specific type of consumable component; and determining, using the computing system, a usage ratio of the specific type of consumable component used relative to other types of consumable components used within the processing device during a cumulative time period of use of the material processing system. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269604 | OPTIMIZING MARKET RESEARCH USING MOBILE RESPONDENT OBSERVED ACTIVITIES DETERMINED FROM THIRD PARTY DATA SETS - A method and system platform for conducting mobile device market research into advertising effectiveness across varying media including mobile devices are disclosed. The method can include providing a previously defined data set comprising a list of mobile device respondents and related data. The method can include obtaining first party data for a subset of one or more mobile respondents from the list of mobile device respondents that participated in a predetermined activity. The method can include obtaining third party data for the subset of one or more mobile respondents that participated in the predetermined activity. The method can include correlating the first party data and the third party data. The method can include refining the previously defined data set based on the correlated first party data and third party data. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269605 | AGGREGATING USER INTERACTION DATA FROM MULTIPLE THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS - A unique device identifier is associated with a user device used by a user to interact with a plurality of third party platforms. The device identifier is mapped to a plurality of third party identifiers, a third party identifier used by a third party platform to identify the user device. Interaction data is received from the plurality of third party platforms, the interaction data describing interactions between the user device and the plurality of third party platforms and identifying the user device using the plurality of third party identifiers. The interaction data is aggregated using the mapping of the device identifier to the plurality of third party identifiers. The aggregated interaction data is analyzed to produce analyzed data describing the interactions between the user device and the third party platforms. The analyzed data is provided to a marketing automation system. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269606 | MULTI-SOURCE PERFORMANCE AND EXPOSURE FOR ANALYTICS - Embodiments are directed to managing content over a network. A plurality of events that may be associated with event sources may be determined. Action information may be generated based on classification of events to action events, such that the events may correspond to a campaign for a merchant. Classifying the events may also include, determining an action type that may correspond to each event based in part on an event source that corresponds to the events. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269607 | Generation and Management of a Promotional Campaign - Aspects of the disclosure include generation and management of promotional campaigns that can provide a satisfactory performance for a specific amount of resources allocated to the campaigns. In one aspect, at least one of the promotional campaigns can be distributed via media channels that pertain to an organization that administers the promotional campaigns and/or media channels associated with a third-party partner (e.g., a syndication or reseller partner) of such an organization. In another aspect, a promotional campaign can be developed for a predetermined resource allocation, where the promotional campaign can include satisfactory offers that can reach a satisfactory audience at an adequate time via an adequate distribution channel. In order to attain an adequate level of transactions, the promotional campaign can be dynamically restructured based on performance of the campaign across distribution channels available for the predetermined resource allocation. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269608 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD - An advertisement distribution control apparatus according to an embodiment includes a view count determination unit and a distribution/non-distribution decision unit. The view count determination unit determines the number of views of content information being distributed. The distribution/non-distribution decision unit decides whether or not to distribute advertisement information to terminal apparatuses viewing the content information based on the number of views determined by the view count determination unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269609 | Clickstream Purchase Prediction Using Hidden Markov Models - Technology for predicting online user shopping behavior, such as whether a user will purchase a product, is described. An example method includes receiving current session data describing a current session for a current user, extracting a current clickstream from the current session data classifying the current clickstream as a purchase clickstream or a non-purchase clickstream by processing the current clickstream using one or more sets of Hidden Markov Model parameters produced by one or more Hidden Markov Models, and computing, using the one or more computing devices, a purchase probability that the current user will purchase a product during the current session based on the classifying. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269610 | AD MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A system reducing the number of default ads displayed by a user agent thereby maximizing revenue for webpage publishers. To maximize revenue, the system manages multiple ad networks so that webpage publishers can have access to advertisements from the multiple ad networks. Typically, when an ad network serves a default ad, the system queries the next ad network. If the next ad network serves a non-default ad, then the ad is served. Otherwise, the system selects another ad network until either a non-default ad is served or a specific period of time elapses or a maximum number of ad networks have been queried, in which case the default ad is served. Ad networks may be ranked by revenue generation and/or the probability of serving a default ad. Inquiries to ad networks may be biased according to such rankings. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269611 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR IMPRESSIONS OF SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes logging, at a server, a first impression for a first social media message based on a first universal resource locator corresponding to a first request requesting media, the first request sent in response to accessing the first social media message to be presented with the media. The method also includes logging, at the server, a second impression for a second social media message based on a second universal resource locator corresponding to a second request requesting the media, the second request sent in response to accessing the second social media message to be presented with the media. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269612 | ENTITY PLATFORM AND ENTITY STORE - A “Document Enhancer” provides an entity platform that ingests entity collections, information sources, topical databases, etc., and generates corresponding knowledge bases (KB's) and entity extraction services. This platform enables various user authorization scenarios for obtaining access to one or more KB's. Further, this platform processes arbitrary user content, e.g., documents, images, text fragments, speech, etc., to determine which KB's are relevant to that content. If access to relevant KB's is authorized, the Document Enhancer employs those KB's to analyze and augment the arbitrary content. Content augmentation examples include adding hyperlinks, highlighting relevant information, inserting relevant information into popups, windows, or tabs, enabling searches and services based on selected KB's, etc. An entity store maintains a library of available KB's that may be accessed by the user. Local or remote access to relevant KB's is obtained through various means, including, but not limited to, subscriptions, ad-supported access, free access, etc. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269613 | Network-Adaptive Ad Modality Selection - A method for adjusting delivery of electronic advertisement to a user device. The method comprises receiving a request for an electronic advertisement asset, where the request includes one or more indicators associated with at least one of the user device and at least one network condition in relation to the user device and determining a modality of delivery of the electronic advertisement asset based on the one or more indicators. The method further comprises transmitting the electronic advertisement asset in the determined modality to the user device in response to the request. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269614 | Combination Social Media Dashboard, Social Media Website Network and Monetized Advertisement Marketplace - A combination social media dashboard aggregator, social media website network, and monetized advertisement marketplace. A private user account is synchronized with a plurality of social media accounts, wherein a news feed from each of the plurality of social media accounts is retrieved. The news feed for each of the plurality of social media accounts is then aggregated into an aggregate social feed, while a social tab is generated for the news feed of each of the plurality of social media accounts. Through the private user account, a user can also post social content to selected social media accounts. Distribution parameters can also be set for the social content, dictating the date and time the social content is to be posted. The user can choose a selected advertisement to be displayed on a homepage dashboard, profile, or group page of the social network. An advertisement input action monetizes the selected advertisement. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269615 | Predicting Visibility of Content Items - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method for predicting visibility of web pages. The method comprises identifying web pages that include slots for presenting content. The method further comprises, for each slot, creating a fingerprint based on a URL associated with the page and structural information associated with the slot's location on the page, determining a likelihood of the slot being visible when the web page is initially presented, the likelihood in the form of a predictive model, and saving the fingerprint and predictive model in a data structure. The method further comprises receiving a request for content from a web page, creating fingerprints associated with the web page, and comparing the fingerprints to fingerprints in the data structure. When a matching fingerprint is located, prediction data is used that is associated with a matching fingerprint for the web page. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269616 | BUSINESS AUDIENCE MARKETING SYSTEM - A unique device identifier is associated with a user device used by a user to interact with a plurality of third party platforms. The device identifier is mapped to a plurality of third party identifiers, a third party identifier used by a third party platform to identify the user device. Interaction data is received from the plurality of third party platforms, the interaction data describing interactions between the user device and the plurality of third party platforms and identifying the user device using the plurality of third party identifiers. The interaction data is aggregated using the mapping of the device identifier to the plurality of third party identifiers. The aggregated interaction data is analyzed to produce analyzed data describing the interactions between the user device and the third party platforms. The analyzed data is provided to a marketing automation system. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269617 | Increased Visibility During Order Management in a Network-Based Supply Chain Environment - A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for a first business entity to provide a network-based supply chain framework for collaborative order management between at least a second and a third independent business entity, such as a service provider, vendor, reseller, manufacturer and the like. A request for an order is received over a network with an automated system, from at least a second business entity. The order is transmitted over a network, with an automated system, to at least the third business entity. Information is received from the third business entity relating to a status of completion of the order by the third business entity using a network. The progress in completing the order is tracked based on the information received from the third business entity. Progress reports from the tracking are generated periodically; and transmitted to the second business entity using the network. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269618 | Method for Passive Mining of Usage Information In A Location-Based Services System - A method and system for providing advertising effectiveness searching capabilities, predictive modeling capabilities and usage mining in a location-based services system is disclosed. During operation of the location-based services system, usage information for advertising campaigns placed on the location-based services system is stored. Advertisers are provided with the ability to enter a search request form on a remote terminal to mine the usage information. The search request is then transmitted to an application that searches usage information to generate a response to said search request. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269619 | Method for Passive Mining of Usage Information In A Location-Based Services System - A method and system for providing advertising effectiveness searching capabilities, predictive modeling capabilities and usage mining in a location-based services system is disclosed. During operation of the location-based services system, usage information for advertising campaigns placed on the location-based services system is stored. Advertisers are provided with the ability to enter a search request form on a remote terminal to mine the usage information. The search request is then transmitted to an application that searches usage information to generate a response to said search request. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRAL MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and software for relatively low cost or free viral marketing management are provided. The system, method and software may be configured to receive primary user information from a primary user, wherein the primary user information may include log in information, a primary promotional code, and information related to an advertisement for the primary user, create a primary advertisement based at least in part on the received information related to the advertisement for the primary user, send the created primary advertisement, the primary promotional code, and information associated with a marketing management system to one or more prospective secondary users, receive, by the server, secondary user information from the secondary user, wherein the secondary user information may include log in information, the primary promotional code, information related to an advertisement for the primary user, present at least a portion of the primary advertisement to the secondary user, create a secondary promotional code, and secondary advertisement based at least in part on the received information related to the advertisement for the secondary user, wherein the secondary advertisement comprises at least a portion of the primary advertisement, and send the created secondary advertisement, primary or secondary promotional code, and information associated with a marketing management system to one or more subsequent users. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269621 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES - A system for managing vehicle information displayed on a plurality of vehicles, said system including a central computer system and plurality of electronic display devices (EDD), each being associated with one of said vehicles and each being in electronic communication with the central computer system (CCS). The CCS includes one or more computer processors; computer readable data storage; and a CCS computer program stored on said data storage, the CCS program being executable by the processors to perform the steps of selecting a vehicle from said plurality of vehicles; generating vehicle data representing information about said vehicle; and sending said vehicle data to an associated one of said EDDs. Each one of said EDDs includes one or more computer processors; computer readable data storage; an EDD computer program stored on said data storage; and a visual display unit, the EDD program being executable by the processors to perform the steps of receiving vehicle data from the CCS representing information about an associated vehicle; and displaying said vehicle data representing information about the associated vehicle on the visual display unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269622 | MOVEMENT CONTROLLER, MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - A movement controller includes a search unit, a determination unit and an instruction unit. The search unit searches for locations of information provision target candidate. The determination unit determines a movement form that causes a visual recognition rate of the moving object, which provides the information, to be higher on the basis of a search result. An instruction unit instructs the moving object to move in accordance with the movement form determined by the determination unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING ADVERTISEMENT TO RECIPIENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a system and method for forwarding an advertisement to a recipient electronic device. A call request may be sent to a server from an originating electronic device, the call request including an identity of the recipient electronic device. The server may generate a connection request including an identity of the originating electronic device and an advertisement. The server may send the connection request including the advertisement to the recipient electronic device. The connection request may be received at the recipient electronic device, and the notification of an incoming call may be displayed at a display of the recipient electronic device while the advertisement is presented at the recipient electronic device. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269624 | CACHING GEOLOCATED OFFERS - Provided is a process, including: receiving, with one or more processors, from a remote user computing device, a geographic location of the user computing device; determining that the user computing device is in a cache geographic area in which information about potentially relevant geographically-targeted offers is to be predictively loaded into memory of the user computing device before the user requests the information about geographically-targeted offers; selecting, with one or more processors, an offer from a repository of offers based on the selected offer being associated with the cache geographic area or a location in the cache geographic area; and in response to the determination, sending, with one or more processors, the selected offer to the user computing device for storage in cache memory of the user computing device before the user requests the selected offer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269625 | Streamlined Mobile Advertising for Digital Passes - A streamlined system and method for displaying advertising content in a mobile environment utilized device detection and smartlinks to minimize the number of steps necessary for an end user to select and store a pass or similar marketing device. In various exemplary embodiments, a single click on a banner advertisement allows the user to initiate an application, program, protocol or the like that stores the pass or similar marketing device in the particular type of digital wallet used by the end user. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269626 | Digital Voucher Distribution System - The invention concerns a method of distributing one or more digital vouchers to the communications device of a user comprising: identifying, based on a user input to the communications device ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150269627 | USER-PROFILING METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT DATA AND/OR ONLINE CONTENT TO A USER AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A user-profiling method for providing advertisement data and/or online content to a user and a computer program. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269628 | System And Method For Sharing Quotes In A Social Networking Environment - A first computing device operated by a first user of a social networking system sends a quote attributed to a second user of the social networking system to a server device. The server device receives input from a second computing device operated by a second user indicating the consent of the second user to sharing the quote with selected other users of the social networking system. The server device shares the quote with the selected other users of the social networking system in response to receipt of the consent of the second user. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269629 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION FOR STREAMING MEDIA DATA - In one example, a method of retrieving media data includes, by a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) client of a client device: receiving advertisement media data of one or more advertisement groups, receiving an identifier value for one of the advertisement groups from a dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) client of the client device, extracting the advertisement media data of the advertisement group corresponding to the identifier value, and providing the extracted advertisement media data to the DASH client. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269630 | TARGETING CONTENT TO USERS ASSIGNED TO NURTURE FLOWS - A unique device identifier is associated with a user device used by a user to interact with a plurality of third party platforms. The device identifier is mapped to a plurality of third party identifiers, a third party identifier used by a third party platform to identify the user device. Interaction data is received from the plurality of third party platforms, the interaction data describing interactions between the user device and the plurality of third party platforms and identifying the user device using the plurality of third party identifiers. The interaction data is aggregated using the mapping of the device identifier to the plurality of third party identifiers. The aggregated interaction data is analyzed to produce analyzed data describing the interactions between the user device and the third party platforms. The analyzed data is provided to a marketing automation system. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269631 | EXPECTED ACTIVITY OF A USER - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for serving content to a user. A method includes: receiving a request for content from a user, the content to be displayed in a slot associated with an online resource; determining an expected activity score for the user based at least in part on one or more criteria associated with a context of presenting the online resource to the user; comparing the expected activity score for the user to a threshold; selecting one or more content items to serve to the user based at least in part on the comparison; and serving the selected content items to the user responsive to the request. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269632 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, PROGRAMMATIC PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR BUYING AND SELLING CONTENT INVENTORY AND/OR AUTOMATED BUY-SIDE AND/OR SELL-SIDE SYSTEMS FOR INTERFACING WITH A PROGRAMMATIC PLATFORM - A computer-implemented programmatic platform for facilitating the selling and buying of content inventory for linearly and targeted delivery of advertising is provided. In one implementation, the platform comprises: a sell-side interface configured to communicate with a sell-side platform; a buy-side interface configured to communication with a buy-side platform; and a protocol configured for facilitating the transmission of sell offers sent from the sell-side platform to the buy-side platform. The offers comprise a list of saleable units with their CPM values available for purchase from the sell-side platform, and for facilitating the transmission of bookings from the buy-side platform to the sell-side platform via the buy-side interface to the sell-side interface, wherein the bookings comprise a confirmation of at least one of the list of offered sale units. In another implementation, a process determines pricing of a plurality of content inventory items achieving substantially optimized revenue delivered from available inventory. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269633 | MARKETPLACE FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS IN A SCALABLE DATA BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An ad-marketplace system manages an exchange for advertisement opportunities from a plurality of content brokers. Each advertising opportunity can include one or more attributes that describe advertisement slots during a broadcast of a data stream. The ad-marketplace system can receive one or more bids for an advertising opportunity associated with a media stream, and can select a matching bid from an advertiser for the advertising opportunity. Each bid can specify one or more advertising requirements that are to be satisfied by the advertising opportunity. When the ad-marketplace system selects the matching bid, the ad-marketplace system establishes a contract between the media broker, and places an initial payment from the advertiser in escrow. The ad-marketplace system can provide a payment to the media broker after confirming that a set of consumers have consumed the advertisement. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUBLISHING PERSONALIZED BOOK COLLECTIONS - System and method of publishing a personal collection of electronic books responsive to a user request. A graphical user interface (GUI) is configured to allow a user to compile a collection of electronic books and then request to share the collection to other users of a select website. In response to the request, a personal collection webpage is automatically generated and made accessible to the public users of the website through a hyperlink. The public users may submit subscribing requests through the webpage for receiving update notifications. The creator-user of a published personal collection may receive an incentive based on the number of subscribers of the collection, and the volume of books included in the collection and purchased by the subscribers. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269635 | TRAFFIC SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PROCESS - School management systems and methods are disclosed that may be used to handle student registration and day-to-day operations for businesses that offer specialized training or educational services. As an example, the invention may be used by traffic schools that offer classes as part of a defensive driving school, court ordered school, traffic survival school, student driver program, insurance discount program, corporate program or municipality program. The system preferably includes a master website that may be used to create a school administration website dedicated to a traffic school. The master website and/or the school administration website may create a public website. The master website may create additional dedicated administration websites for additional traffic schools. The traffic school may use the school administration website to create, modify and/or cancel classes offered on the traffic school's public website and students may use the public website to register for the classes. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AND DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT - In accordance with the present invention, a media content management application that allows a user to customize, assemble, distribute, and track one or more versions of media content based on semantic criteria is provided. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENTS ON WEB SITES - Repeating a following process for one or more iterations, starting with a first iteration where m=1: retrieving an advertisement for an mth member of an advertising service from a computer memory; causing the advertisement for the mth member to be displayed on a web page of a web site of a particular member of the advertising service; and determining if a change indication is received within the web page of the web site, and if the change indication has been received causing the advertisement for the mth member to no longer be displayed on the web page of the web site, and thereafter, if m is not a last member of the advertising service, incrementing m by one, and repeating the process. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269638 | MANAGING MULTIPLE BEACONS WITH A NETWORK-CONNECTED PRIMARY BEACON - Systems and methods are provided which allow for the management of multiple beacons using a network-connected primary beacon in communication with the multiple beacons. The primary beacon may be in communication with the other beacons in the network using a low power wireless technology, such as Bluetooth® low energy (BLE). The primary beacon may receive updates and content from a server over a network to which the primary beacon is in communication, and then send the received updates and content to the other beacons. Moreover, the other beacons may periodically provide updates or collect information and provide this information to the primary beacon, which can then send the updates or collected information to the server for storage and/or analysis. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269639 | Referent-Centric Social Networking - Providing access to a collection of Authenticated Services Quality (ASQ) user reviews, feedbacks, and comments, Referent-Centric Social Networking platform includes generic format templates and records, which may be substantially disbursed in an amorphous data network, and methods actualizing trans-author communications about aspects in and of these records. A record typically includes an authorized owner identification of the record, a comment by the owner that the owner deems relevant to referent by a different owner, linkage pointing to a localization of the referent, and a degree of access to the comment of the record, and respective social networking facilities. Applying arbitration policies and protocols, ASQ also relates to real world data problems where validity of data aggregated from an ensemble of respectively commenting authors is critical to robustness of information, to diversifying communication networking between authors of mutual interest, and to enhancing Role Based Authorization analysis. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269640 | Capacity Upgrade on Demand Automation - A mechanism is provided for automating capacity upgrade on demand. Responsive to a usage of an originally allocated resource exceeding an upper predetermined threshold, access to an additional resource is temporarily allocated. A trial time counter is initiated to track a time of access to the additional resource. A user of the logical partition is alerted that the additional resource is being accessed. Responsive to the user failing to license the additional resource, a determination is made as to whether a value of the trial time counter has exceeded a predetermined trial time period value. Responsive to the value of the trial time counter exceeding the predetermined trial time period value, access to the additional resource is deactivated. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269641 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED INTELLIGENCE-BASED BIDDING FOR REPAIR SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS IN MONITORED BUILDINGS - A system and method are provided for implementing an automated bidding process in which a preliminary system-generated diagnosis (pre-diagnosis) of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system difficulty may be generated and forwarded to a plurality of available or pre-selected HVAC repair facilities or contractors for soliciting and receiving competitive bidding for repair services from those HVAC repair facilities or contractors. A system-based automated solution is provided to lessen the burden on building owners or operators in soliciting “knowledge-based” bids for undertaking repairs to correct HVAC system issues raised in an automatically-generated HVAC system pre-diagnosis. An automated platform and/or scheme allow a plurality of HAVC contractors to offer bids for the repair services based on a pre-diagnosis forwarded to the plurality of contractors as part of a bid solicitation process for the repairs. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269642 | INTEGRATED SHOPPING ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK - Described herein is a framework for an integrated shopping assistance. In accordance with one aspect, the framework may detect a customer in an establishment. The framework may detect the customer by determining location proximity data of one or more detected customer-registered devices in an establishment. The framework may further perform, based on one or more data sources, image recognition of a captured image of a customer. Information associated to the customer may be retrieved from the one or more data sources. Real-time analytics may further be performed based at least in part on the location proximity data and the retrieved customer information. The framework may present, via a client device, a notification based on the location proximity data, a verification of the customer, the associated customer information, and results of the analytics. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269643 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES AND METHODS RELATED TO RETAIL FRAMED IMAGE ORDERING AND FULFILLMENT, EMPLOYING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - An order placement and fulfillment system and method allows orders to be automatically placed for framed prints, using a user's own images. The system and method provide for a streamlined set of options to select for, accommodating small screens commonly associated with mobile devices. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269644 | ELECTRONIC CONCIERGE - This disclosed method and system allows a user to identify a specific item or service when supplied with a generic name for an item of service. By using different processes, including keyword processing, the method and system can identify a specific item or service with a minimal amount of user input, saving the user time. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269645 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING A FOOD ITEM - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for recommending a food item are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more food item data communications over a short range communications protocol that are pushed to a mobile endpoint device, filters the one or more food item data communications in accordance with a food item filter pre-defined by a user to identify an acceptable food item to recommend to the user and recommends the acceptable food item to the user. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269646 | N-GRAM COMBINATION DETERMINATION BASED ON PRONOUNCEABILITY - Alternative keyword inputs may be generated based on an input keyword input. Multiple n-grams may be determined from the input keyword input. Combinations of n-grams may be generated. Pronounceability of the combinations may be determined. Combinations of n-grams with pronounceability that exceed a predetermined threshold may be provided. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269647 | BULK CONTACT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON ATTRIBUTE PURCHASE HISTORY - A system creates a graph of nodes connected by arcs, and identifies a first compound attribute associated with contacts purchased by a current user. The first compound attribute includes a first attribute associated with a first value and a second attribute associated with a second value. The system identifies a directed arc from a first node to a second node. The directed arc is associated with a probability that previous users who purchased a first contact associated with the first compound attribute also purchased a second contact associated with a second compound attribute. The second compound attribute includes the first attribute, associated with a third value which matches the first value, and the second attribute, associated with a fourth value, which lacks a match with the second value. The system outputs a recommendation for the current user to purchase contacts associated with the second compound attribute if the probability exceeds a threshold. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269648 | BUSINESS SALES PROMOTION SERVER, BUSINESS SALES PROMOTION METHOD, AND BUSINESS SALES PROMOTION PROGRAM - A computing device (a) receives, via a network interface connected to a public network, for each of a set of local networks connected to the public network, a respective electric appliance configuration from a respective information processing device connected to that local network, including model-related information of electric appliances within that local network, (b) stores the electric appliance configurations within a configuration table of the computing device, (c) receives, from a sales representative terminal, a selection of a company that corresponds to a particular local network, (d) performs an analysis on the electric appliance configuration with respect to the particular local network, yielding a recommendation of a particular type of electric appliance to be added to the particular local network, and (e) transmits the recommendation of the particular type of electric appliance to be added to the particular local network to the sales representative terminal. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269649 | Shopping Tool - The shopping tool employs a shopping list generator that uses an inventory management module, user input, or a recipe module to generate a shopping list. A list organizer uses a store selection and its associated store layout comprising locations of food items to order the list relative to the items' locations in the store. The organizer may take into account the shopper's past shopping pattern in the selected store when ordering the items on the list. Selection from the recipe module results in populating the ingredients on the list. A warning system is also provided to identify warned food items, and provide substitute suggestions. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269650 | Goods System and Method for a Goods System - The invention relates to a goods system having goods, in particular in accordance with the invention, wherein each good has an individual code. The code is stored in a database and linked to information, in particular information relevant to sales. The code of the good is designed in such a way that the code can be scanned in by means of a scanner of a device, in particular of a smart phone. The information linked to the code in the database can be displayed on the device. Furthermore, the good provided with the code can be purchased by means of the device by using the code. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269651 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASING BY EMBEDDED, PURCHASE-CAPABLE VIDEO PLAYER - A method and device for purchase transactions to be consummated within a media player teaches that a media player may offer a virtual shopping cart and the ability to accept financial information such as credit card information in order to complete an entire sale within the confines of an advertisement for a product. In embodiments the player may have a virtual shopping cart module and a financial transaction module and may be offered as a service to sellers by a third party intermediary advertiser which plays the advertisements, handles purchases through the player and then places the order with the seller and confirms the purchase with the buyer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269652 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING PERIODIC ORDERS - A method and a system for processing periodic orders placed by e-commerce user. A server system is used to determine execution times of multiple tasks of placing orders according to a user request received for placing periodic orders of a selected product. The server system generates and stores into a database the periodic tasks. Application servers read from the database, due tasks and execute the read due tasks to create logistic orders for shipping the product. The user periodically receives ordered product at specified times, without a need to re-order. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269653 | Point of Sale Payment Method - The invention concerns a method of making a payment transaction between a customer and a merchant using a payment card ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150269654 | CONVENIENT ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - A method of increasing customer convenience in electronic commerce includes displaying a virtual inventory on a social media service, creating an association between an end user and one of a product and service linked to an organization on the social media service, collecting a set of preferences of the user onto a computer database, processing the end user preferences into a computer storage location, sending a notification to a mobile device linked to the end user, collecting user authentication at a physical location to disburse payment from an account linked to the end user on the social media service and on successful authentication from a computer server associated with the physical location, accepting a payment from an end user linked account into an organization linked account. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269655 | TRAILER NOTIFICATIONS - The subject disclosure relates to a method for providing user notifications related to the release of a movie or other media item. In some implementations, the method includes steps for receiving an interest signal for a user, the interest signal comprising a selection of one or more media items for which the user has indicated an interest; receiving a locations signal, the locations signal comprising location information corresponding with one or more of the user's preferred theatre locations, and searching, a media database to determine if any of the one or more media items is available to the user, wherein searching the media database is performed using the interest signal and the locations signal. Systems and computer readable media are also provided. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269656 | Shopping Cafe - The present disclosure provides a shopping complex in which consumers can relax and purchase items on a mobile device available for immediate or near immediate delivery. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269657 | Method for Passive Mining of Usage Information In A Location-Based Services System - A method and system for providing advertising effectiveness searching capabilities, predictive modeling capabilities and usage mining in a location-based services system is disclosed. During operation of the location-based services system, usage information for advertising campaigns placed on the location-based services system is stored. Advertisers are provided with the ability to enter a search request form on a remote terminal to mine the usage information. The search request is then transmitted to an application that searches usage information to generate a response to said search request. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269658 | AUDIO-ONLY FILE PROVISIONING FROM INTERNET VIDEO - An artist can append a special purchase link to an audio video (AV) file that can be selected by a user to purchase only the audio portion of the AV, which, if not already stored on the server hosting the service, is extracted from the AV, sent to the user, and stored on the host server for retrieval pursuant to subsequent requests from users to purchase only the audio. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269659 | BALL GLOVE SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for providing ball glove selection is disclosed. The system for selecting an appropriate ball glove for a user can include a database that includes parameters corresponding to one or more ball glove products. The system can further include a user interface configured to collect information corresponding to the user's playing requirements. The system can include a processor that compares the information collected by the user interface with the one or more parameters in the database. As a result of this comparison, the user interface can display one or more ball glove products to the user in order of relevance, as determined by the processor. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269660 | Article Vending Machine And Method For Exchanging An Inoperable Article For An Operable Article - An article vending machine in a network of article vending machines capable of exchanging an inoperable rental article received from a user for an operable replacement article. The article dispensing machine checks customer identification information against one or more customer rental criteria to determine if the customer is eligible to exchange an inoperable article for an operable one. The article vending machine searches for an identical replacement article within an inventory of the machine itself and within inventories of the networked article vending machines. Alternatively, the article vending machine may provide a refund for the inoperable article. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269661 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANONYMOUS COLLABORATIVE AUCTIONS - A computerized auction system is used for collecting bids from a plurality of producers. The bids are placed on individual components of a multi-component ensemble. Bids from separate marketers are added and affect the rank of a single ensemble within a potential consumer's ensemble search result. The bids are cooperative as the separate bids on the components are added to form the single bid on the ensemble. The bids are anonymous such that each bidding marketer is kept unaware of whether another marketer's bid was combined with the bidding marketer's bid. | 2015-09-24 |
20150269662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING A VALIDITY OF COMMUNICATION FROM A FRAUD DETECTION SERVICE - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for verifying a validity of a communication from a fraud detection service are disclosed. For example, the method receives the communication from the fraud detection service indicating that a credit card number is associated with potentially fraudulent activity, provides a personal identification to the fraud detection service via a secured connection to request a confirmation that the communication is from the fraud detection service, wherein the personal identification is used to identify the credit card number and receives the confirmation that the communication is valid and was sent from the fraud detection service based upon a verification performed by the fraud detection service that compares the credit card number to a database containing a plurality of credit card numbers that are flagged for potentially fraudulent activity. | 2015-09-24 |