43rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150302408 | CONDUCTING FUEL DISPENSING TRANSACTIONS - Fuel dispensing transactions may be accomplished by a variety of systems and techniques. A fuel dispensing device may include a payment module, a data entry device, and a customer display. The payment module may receive a first communication from a point of sale device requesting an encrypted response and receive a second communication from the point of sale device requesting an unencrypted response. The module may match the first communication to a first corresponding library entry, match the second communication to a second corresponding library entry, determine a user response based on one of the first corresponding library entry or the second corresponding library entry, where the user response defines one of the encrypted response based on the first corresponding library entry or the unencrypted response based on the second corresponding library entry, and use the corresponding library entry to generate a visual customer display requesting the user response. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302409 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION - There is provided apparatus, systems and methods that secure payment systems and other financial transaction systems by integrating the location of the transaction into transaction (e.g. payment) authentication processing. One or more methods, apparatus and systems are provided for authenticating a financial transaction made by a payer using a financial transaction processing system such as a payment system. The location of the payer and at least a portion of the financial transaction processing system (e.g. a location of the point of transaction) are verified by an authentication system and confirmed by the payer using a payer communication device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302410 | Systems and Methods for Use in Inhibiting Theft of Payment Cards - Exemplary systems and methods for inhibiting payment card theft are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving a non-activation attempt for a payment card. The payment card has a primary account number (PAN). The non-activation attempt includes the PAN. When the non-activation attempt precedes an activation attempt for the payment card, the exemplary method includes appending the payment card to a do-not-activate list stored in memory. The exemplary method further includes receiving the activation attempt from the merchant, via a payment network. The activation attempt includes an identifier associated with the payment card. The identifier is different than the PAN. And, in response to an activation attempt, the method includes declining activation of the payment card when the payment card is included in the do-not-activate list. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302411 | PROXIMITY TO A LOCATION AS A FORM OF AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed is a system and associated method of authenticating a transaction based at least partially on the location of a mobile device. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a transaction authentication module stored in the memory. The module is typically configured for: receiving a request from a user to complete a transaction; receiving geographic location information for a point-of-transaction associated with the transaction; receiving geographic location information for the mobile device associated with the user; determining whether the geographic location of the point-of-transaction is geographically proximate to the geographic location of the mobile device; and based at least partially on the geographic location of the point-of-transaction being geographically proximate to the geographic location of the mobile device, enabling the user to complete the transaction. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302412 | ONLINE BANK TRANSFER TRANSACTIONS - A user establishes an account with a payment processing system and enters financial account information and credit account information. The user initiates a transaction with a merchant system for a payment amount and selects to pay with the financial account. The payment processing system requests and receives a credit authorization for the payment amount from an issuer system associated with the credit account and initiates a bank transfer, requesting funds from the user's financial account equal to the payment amount or the payment amount minus a minimal amount. The payment processing system credits an account associated with the merchant system and transmits a transaction approval to the merchant system. The payment processing system receives the bank transfer and transmits a request to the issuer system to cancel the credit authorization, waits for the credit authorization to expire, or charges the minimal amount on the user credit account. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302413 | APPARTUS AND METHOD TO PERFORM POINT OF SALE TRANSACTIONS USING NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION - An apparatus and method to conduct financial and other transactions using a wireless computing device. The wireless device includes an input display part, one or more processors, and at least one memory device. The memory device has stored therein a wallet application for completing transactions based on wireless data communications between the computing device and an external electronic device. The memory device further stores at least one electronic credential. The wireless device permits transmission, via a near-field communication (NFC) module, of at least one electronic credential to an NFC reader of the external electronic device based on comparing a biometric characteristic of a user, detected by a biometric characteristic reader, with stored biometric information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302414 | CONTRACTOR DISPATCH SERVICE - A system and method include a monitoring system that monitors operating parameters of an HVAC system at a customer location and that generates an alert or service request based on the operating parameters. A server is in communication with the monitoring system and receives the alert or service request from the monitoring system, compares the alert or service request to a listing of alerts and service requests covered under a service plan associated with the HVAC system at the customer location, determines whether the alert or service request is covered under the service plan based on the comparison, and schedules and dispatches a contractor to perform service under the service plan when the alert or service request is covered under the service plan. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302415 | TRANSACTION ROUTING BASED ON CUSTOMER PREFERENCE AND SOCIAL CONTACT MANAGEMENT - The subject matter disclosed herein establishes a communication connection between a customer and an employee of the customer's choosing based on user defined customer interaction preferences. One or more customer interaction preferences associated with a customer may be accessed. One or more employee profiles may be accessed. Each employee profile may be associated with a different employee and may have one or more employee attributes. A computing device may be caused to display a subset of the employee profiles. The subset of the employee profiles may have at least one employee attribute that matches at least one of the customer interaction preferences. Data representative of a selection of at least one employee from the subset of employee profiles may be received from the computing device. A communication connection may be established between the customer and the selected employee. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302416 | LOW ENERGY BLUETOOTH DEVICE FOR FACILITATING AN IN-HOME CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for providing a personalized customer service experience using a customer service application without requiring a customer to travel to a physical location to receive in-person support. A sensor associated with a container housing one or more devices can be used to determine whether the container has been opened. A processor connected with the sensor can access a profile associated with the container and the devices. The profile can include at least a first value uniquely identifying the container and a second value associated with the devices. The processor can activate a communication module to send a first message to a mobile device when the mobile device is within a predetermined distance of the container. The first message can prompt execution of an application on the mobile device to provide a customer service interaction. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302417 | SMART BOX FOR INITIATING AN IN-HOME CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for providing a personalized customer service experience using a customer service application. A sensor associated with a container configured to house one or more devices can determine whether the container has been opened. A processor can access a profile associated with the container and the devices that includes at least a first value uniquely identifying the container. The processor can activate a communication module to send a first message via a communication network to a backend system. The first message can include some of the accessed profile. The first message can prompt the backend system to search for a customer record using the first value and to send a second message to a mobile device that prompts execution of an application on the mobile device. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302418 | Internet Content Error Reporting Website for Crowd Sourced Proofreading with Duplicate Report Prevention Feature and Suggestion Submission Feature - A method and system is an Internet Content Error Reporting Website for Crowd Sourced Proofreading with Duplicate Report Prevention Feature and Suggestion Submission Feature. The website allows registered website owners to place a bounty or offer a cash reward for identification of errors and potential improvements that can be done to websites and other digital media. The bounty feature allows the owner of the media to determine and limit the number of items, the category, scope of the help that is requested, the price to be paid for instances of valid help and other pertinent features such as but not limited to duration and pages and sections of the digital media targeted. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302419 | APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENTS SCORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for appraisal adjustments scoring rates the quality of adjustments made by appraisers in their appraisals of real property. This is done by accessing a model adjustment database that is based on an automated valuation model and a peer adjustment database that is based on an aggregate of appraiser peers in the same geographic location as the subject property. A comparison is conducted for adjustments made by the appraiser to both model adjustments and peer adjustments to determine discrepancies. When a discrepancy is larger than a threshold, a message or warning may be generated. A sales pool composition database is also accessed to determine a valuation impact of the flagged adjustments given the particular set of comparable sales selected by the appraiser. After data evaluation, a rating score is calculated for the property appraisal based on the number and severity of messages and the valuation impact. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302420 | COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK FOR PROVIDING REGULATORY COMPLIANCE CHECK AS A SERVICE - A computer-implemented compliance framework for providing regulatory compliance check as a service to a financial organization is described. The compliance framework includes a discovery module configured to discover a plurality of business and operating rules of the financial organization. The compliance framework creates an organization knowledge model based on the plurality of business and operating rules of the financial organization. Additionally, the compliance framework builds industry knowledge model and regulatory knowledge model that includes a plurality of industry standard processes and a plurality of regulatory rules. The compliance framework also includes a classification module to classify a plurality of events occurring in the financial organization. Further, the compliance framework includes a compliance module configured to check if each event of the plurality of events is in compliance with at least one of the plurality of business and operating rules, the plurality of industry standard processes and the plurality of regulatory rules. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302421 | Authenticated Barcode Patterns - A system and method for hidden security feature detection, analysis and authentication using a smart device is disclosed. The smart device can detect and analyze hidden security features using the camera capability of the smart device to capture a digital image, and then analyze and authenticate that image using a security service including a database of security feature data, processing rules, and other information. The security service can support a variety of smart devices and security features. The smart device includes a security-specific autofocus function that allows the smart device to be positioned within a range of distances and angles from a target document that includes hidden/covert security feature(s). The smart device can display an enhanced image showing the hidden security feature(s) and/or report if the security feature is valid or invalid, along with related information, via beeps, vibration, display, text messaging, or other reporting capabilities. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-USER BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH - Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for behavioral research. In some embodiments, an environment supporting three types of users may be provided. A first type of user may represent a participant whose behavior is being monitored. The first type of user may freely interact with the environment. A second type of user may represent a moderator directing the experience of the participant. The moderator may be provided with an ability to manipulate the environment or the participants' interactions with the environment. A third type of user may represent a client interested in the participants' behavior, and the third type of user may be provided with an ability to view the environment from the perspective of the participant. Different interfaces may be provided for allowing the different types of users to interact with the environment according to their roles. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302423 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATEGORIZING USERS - Methods and systems for categorizing users. A first set of communities and a second set of communities are identified based on a set of keywords and one or more messages posted by at least the users on one or more websites. The first set of communities corresponds to at least one of a product or a service, and second set of communities corresponds to at least one of a competitor-product or a competitor-service. The one or more conversations associated a user in at least one of the first set of communities or the second set of communities are determined. The one or more conversations correspond to exchange of messages at least between the user and a user-representative. The one or more conversations are analyzed to obtained one or more attributes. The users are categorized based on the one or more attributes. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT PROVIDER-DRIVEN SHOPPING - Systems and methods for providing content provider-driven shopping are disclosed. A system may include a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive content from a provider via a content publishing platform, determine one or more products from the content, for each product, determine one or more merchants offering the product for sale and determine a price for the product from each merchant, determine one or more discounts or incentives offered by each merchant, and, for each product, select a merchant of the one or more merchants based on the price for the product from the merchant and the one or more discounts or incentives offered by the merchant. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302425 | ASSIGNING PRIORITY LEVELS TO CITIZEN SENSOR REPORTS - Various embodiments prioritize incidents associated with citizen sensor reports. In one embodiment, a plurality of citizen sensor reports is received from a plurality of users. A context associated with each of the plurality of citizen sensor reports is determined. A set of citizen sensor reports associated with at least one incident from a plurality of different incidents is identified based on the determined context. A severity level of the incident associated with the set of citizen sensor reports is calculated for each of the set of citizen sensor reports based on a reputation value assigned to each of a set of users who generated the set of citizen sensor reports. Each of the plurality of incidents is prioritized based on their calculated severity levels. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH - Exemplary embodiments provide methods, mediums, and systems for behavioral research. In some embodiments, a simulated environment may be created. The simulated environment may be displayed to a user on a proprietary display device which utilizes a proprietary data format for storing the simulated environment. Multiple different types of proprietary devices may be supported by providing a hardware agnostic canvas and translation logic. The hardware agnostic canvas may be stored in a neutral format that is not specific to a proprietary display device. The translation logic may translate the hardware agnostic canvas into a format that is interpretably by a proprietary display device, and may translate data gathered from the proprietary display device into a hardware neutral format for further analysis. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302427 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to a method for processing data by a server ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150302428 | AUTOMATED THUMBNAIL SELECTION FOR ONLINE VIDEO - Access is provided to optimal thumbnails that are extracted from a stream of video. Using a processing device configured with a model that incorporates preferences generated by the brain and behavior from the perception of visual images, the optimal thumbnail(s) for a given video is/are selected, stored and/or displayed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302429 | REPORT GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A report generation system is provided. The system includes a database configured to store customer data and transactional data for a plurality of customers of a client. The report generation system also includes a query generator accessible by an analyst to define one or more report queries using a plurality of input variables. The query generator is configured to deconstruct the one or more report queries to create a query tree structure. The query tree structure includes a plurality of distinct report queries. The report generation system further includes a report processor configured to process the customer data and the transactional data based on the plurality of distinct report queries and values of input variables to generate one or more reports with output data. The report processor includes a report design module accessible by the analyst to define a plurality of data visualization formats. The report processor is configured to generate the one or more reports with output data displayed in accordance with the defined data visualization formats. The report processor further includes a report communication module configured to provide an interface to deliver the one or more generated reports to a plurality of users. The report communication module is configured to control display of the one or more generated reports to the plurality of users based on an access level of the respective user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302430 | YIELD OPTIMIZATION FOR PRODUCT BUNDLES - Techniques for optimizing yield for product bundles are disclosed. Product presentation conditions and product information including product financial information is generated for a plurality of products. Products classified into different categories of the plurality of products are determined and added to a yield optimized product bundle. The products classified into different categories and added to the yield optimized product bundle are organized into a single product flow for the yield optimized product bundle based on the product financial information. It is determined whether to present the products in the yield optimized product bundle using the product presentation conditions in an order which is determined based on the product flow for the yield optimized product bundle. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302431 | METHOD, MANAGEMENT SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MANAGING A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP - Disclosed herein is a method for managing customer relationship through multiplex-assigning password of access point. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing a customer relationship by a customer management server includes: receiving customer terminal information including customer terminal identification information and customer group identification information within a shop being transmitted by accessing the access points of a plurality of customer terminals; and setting the plurality of accessed customer terminals as the same group in customer groups within the same shop based on the received customer group identification information within a shop and storing the set group in customer information corresponding to the customer terminals included in the group as customer social information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302432 | Classifying, Clustering, and Grouping Demand Series - Systems and methods for linear regression using safe screening techniques. A computing system may receive a plurality of time series included in a forecast hierarchy. For each time series, the computing system may determine a classification for the individual time series, a pattern group for the individual time series, and a level of the forecast hierarchy at which the each individual time series comprises an aggregate demand volume greater than a threshold amount. The computing system may generate an additional forecast hierarchy using the first forecast hierarchy, the classification, the pattern group, and the level. The computing system may provide, to the user of the system, forecast information related to at least one time series based on the additional forecast hierarchy. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302433 | Automatic Generation of Custom Intervals - Systems and methods for linear regression using safe screening techniques. A computing system may receive a plurality of time series that includes one or more demand characteristics and a demand pattern or an item. The computing system may determine a number of low-demand period within the time series. The computing system may determine a series type for the time series based on the low-demand periods. An in-season interval of the time series may be determined based on the number of low-demand periods and the series type. A future in-season interval of the time series may be derived based on the in-season interval. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302434 | System and method to measure brand favorability - A system and method to measure brand favorability is described. Brand advertising effectiveness has been traditionally measured using surveys, a technique that has well known limitations. This invention proposes a method called Ad Acknowledgment to gather user feedback, and AdAcknowledgment Rate as a direct measure of brand favorability. Acknowledgment requires no additional effort or attention from users, and enables census style brand favorability measurement that can scale to very large number of people. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ONGOING EVALUATION REPORTING AND ANALYSIS - A research and development system that gathers feedback from patients and healthcare providers with respect to the their experience with various aspects of a supplier's products in order to tabulate, consolidate, compare and analyze the data received rapidly and efficiently, and which can be used on successive iterations to determine future products and services. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302436 | DECISION STRATEGY ANALYTICS - A method and system is disclosed that provides: (a) a theoretical framework for designing psychological research that uncovers individual decision-making networks, both in terms of sampling requirements and questioning methods, (b) an implementation interface to schedule and administer the appropriate question sequences between an interviewer and a given individual, in real-time, via a web-based system, and (c) a coding and analysis system to summarize and quantify the potential of alternative decision structures to be used to optimize the development of marketing and communication strategies. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302437 | System and Method for Strategizing Interactions With A Client Base - The present disclosure describes novel systems and methods that can be utilized to evaluate and/or direct an interaction with a consumer database and/or evaluate a consumer database, where the consumer database contains information about consumers and particular products and/or services held or used by the consumers. The interactions may be, for example, determining a strategy for sales, marketing, cross-selling, and/or retaining one or more of the consumers. The evaluations may include, for example, hierarchically ranking the consumers and/or determining a clustering of the consumers. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302438 | Systems and Methods for Generating Competitive Merchant Sets for Target Merchants - Exemplary systems and methods for generating competitive merchant sets for target merchants are disclosed. One exemplary method includes compiling a sample of merchants from a database of merchants, determining a ticket size score, determining a proximity score for each merchant in the sample of merchants, and determining a historic relation score for each merchant in the sample of merchants. The exemplary method further includes generating a competitive merchant set, based on a combination of the ticket size score, proximity score, and the historic relation score. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING MOBILE DEVICE ACTIVITY - A method and server for monitoring the physical activities of a mobile device is provided. The server receives descriptive data from a monitor, the descriptive data including a time, a monitor identifier and a device identifier. Additional descriptive data based on the monitor identifier is selected and a profile based on the descriptive data and the additional descriptive data is updated. The profile is further updated based on a time based activity. The additional descriptive data can include classifications and at least one keyword associated with each classification. Each keyword associated with each classification is selected based on a location of the monitor. The profile can be associated with at least one of the device identifier and the monitor identifier. The server can further maintain additional profiles and aggregate the maintained to form a macro profile. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302440 | CLOUD COMPUTING SOLUTION GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a cloud solutions generator including a back-end processor running asynchronously from the front-end processor. In an embodiment, pricing and services are retrieved from a service provider and normalized into a normalized provider metrics for comparing multiple service providers. One or more benchmarking tests characterize the performance of at least one service provider, storing benchmarking metrics as a result. A user enters business-level user requirements for running a user application having a user application performance and specifying a user cloud configuration of the cloud resources. Business-level user requirements are normalized into normalized user requirements for mapping the normalized provider metrics to the business-level user requirements. A solutions calculator scales the normalized provider metrics by the benchmarking metrics to calculate a potential configuration performance. The solutions calculator stores a finite solution set having the best potential configuration performance and price. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR TRANSACTIONS - In a system for executing transaction requests, a received request for a transaction in an item is delayed prior to matching that request with another request for transaction in that item by a delay based on a communication delay and/or a processing delay. The communication delay represents the time required to receive updated information about the item and the processing delay represents the time required to compute an updated item price using the received updated information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALLY BUILDING A MARKET SIMULATION - The market simulator/optimizer of the present invention combines partworth valuation techniques of Conjoint analysis with Nash equilibrium profit-maximization methodologies for sophisticated statistical treatment of a virtual available market comprising a multiplicity of virtual customers. An easy-to-use graphical user interface allows a user to arrange various market component icons to model various market characteristics. Associated with the market component icons are various distributions, including a benefit distribution containing values indicative of respective benefits to the multiplicity of virtual customer, and a cost distribution containing values indicative of respective costs associated with providing the respective benefits to the multiplicity of virtual customers. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302443 | LIMITED-CIRCLE SOCIAL MEDIA REWARDS - A social media application allows a person to make a limited number of referrals to an entity. The entity keeps track of whether the referred people patronize the entity and awards credits to the person making the referral when a referred person patronizes the entity. Upon receiving a threshold credit value, the entity may reward the person making referrals. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302444 | SOCIAL ACQUISITION - A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for acquiring new users through targeted referral requests are presented. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include accessing a social graph of a group of users, and calculating a social impact rating for each user of the group of users based on the social graph. A referrer user may then be selected from the group of users based on the calculated social impact ratings. A referral request may be generated and transmitted to referrer user. The referral request includes a custom referral offer for the referrer user based in part on the social impact rating of the referrer user. The custom referral offer may include a reward issuable to the referrer user in exchange for referring a new user to a network-based service. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302445 | METHOD FOR INTERACTION AND, SERVER AND NETWORK PLATFORM THEREFOR - Disclosed are a method for interaction, and a server and a network platform therefor. The method includes: acquiring a task link that is clicked by a user on a first network platform from the first network platform; and redirecting, according to the task link, to a webpage where the preset task on the second network platform is located, such that the user performs the preset task on the second network platform on the webpage. The server includes a first acquiring module and a redirecting module. The server redirects, according to a task link clicked by a user on a first platform, to a webpage where a preset task on a second network platform is located, which implements interaction between the user and multiple network platforms, and thereby provides more ways in which the user interacts with the network platforms. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302446 | IMPLEMENTING CONTESTS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in computer-readable mediums are provided for implementing a contest between various social networks. A contest is staged between at least two teams using a server accessible by a plurality of clients. The contest requires each of the teams to achieve a predefined goal. The membership to each one of the teams is restricted to a plurality of individuals associated with a respective one of a plurality of social networks accessible by the server. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302447 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR NON-ACQUIRED ACCOUNT PAYMENT AFFINITY DONATION - A cash payment system incents a customer to transact at a merchant's brick and mortar store in the customer's local community by the merchant's agreement to make an auditable donation to a charity serving the local community, where the charity is selected by the customer. Various merchant business rules limit the merchant's donations over specific calendar periods, which donations can be made directly by the merchant to the charity, or indirectly to the charity by way of a blind donation made by the merchant to a donation disbursement agency acting on the merchant's behalf to satisfy the merchant's commitment to donate. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302448 | SPONSORED CONTENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUBLICATION AND INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION ENGINE - A system useful for serving web pages is programmed to receive prospective sponsored content from a third party sponsor, identify at least one published topic page and/or curator of published topic pages on the system that is a good candidate to publish the prospective sponsored content on at least one of their topic pages, formulate and make one or more offers of compensation to the identified curators in exchange for publishing and/or curating the prospective sponsored content, receive an indication of acceptance of such offer from at least one curator, identify prospective voters to approve or disapprove the draft sponsored content, publish the sponsored content in a draft version of a topic page and make the draft version available to the prospective voters, receive votes from the prospective voters, and publish the sponsored content on one or more published topic pages of the at least one curator if the content has received at least a predetermined number or percentage of votes. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302449 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT PROVIDER-DRIVEN SHOPPING - Systems and methods for providing content provider-driven shopping are disclosed. A system may include a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive content from a provider via a content publishing platform, determine one or more products from the content, for each product, determine one or more merchants offering the product for sale and determine a price for the product from each merchant, determine one or more discounts or incentives offered by each merchant, and, for each product, select a merchant of the one or more merchants based on the price for the product from the merchant and the one or more discounts or incentives offered by the merchant. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302450 | COUPON RECOMMENDATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention is a method for recommending coupons to consumers. The method is mainly designed to be carried out using the infrastructure of mobile communication networks, e.g. internet and cellular networks, and to deliver the coupons directly to the mobile devices of consumers. The method of the invention is a promotion framework that is designed to allow a service provider to propose to different businesses the option of promoting their business by offering coupons/discounts/offers to their potential customers. The goal of the method is to maximize consumption of the coupons/discounts/offers while minimizing the cost to the businesses offering the coupons. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302451 | PROGRAM, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND MERCHANTS IN A MARKETING PROGRAM - The present invention is a system, data access management utility and a method of generating links between local merchants and community programs, whereby the merchant may provide incentives to customers in relation to community programs. The present invention may track community programs, as well as both online and offline customer transactions between participants that make use of the incentive. The present invention may include as participants, customers, merchants, community organizations, intermediaries, and other groups or individuals. Participants may have participant identifiers, which may be linked to a payment source. Data may be collected about all participants, either expressly, or from offline or online transactions between participants utilizing a participant identifier, and said data may be stored in a data storage area. All data in the data storage area may be utilized by logic tool, which may provide information, such as details of consumer behaviour and analytic reporting. Matches between transactions and members and/or member activities may be identified by the system, and a level of certainty that the match is accurate may be determined. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302452 | Content Subscription Rewards System - A content subscription rewards system includes a qualified subscriber computer, an Internet connected media device and a rewards database in communication with a software application via a network that allows a qualified subscriber to access publisher content and a rewards database, wherein said publisher content is provided without any advertisements. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302453 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOYALTY PROGRAMS - Methods, devices and media for a pre-enrollment registration system are described. The method includes: receiving signals representing pre-enrollment data, the pre-enrollment data including profile information associated with at least one prospective member; generating, with the at least one processor, a registration identifier for each of the at least one prospective members; storing each of the registration identifiers in association with the respective prospective member profile information; receiving, at the at least one processor, signals representing a registration request including the registration identifier associated with a requesting prospective member; generating, with the at least one processor, signals for displaying an interface, the interface including a plurality of profile fields, wherein at least one of the profile fields are pre-populated with at least a portion of the profile information associated with the requesting prospective member; and receiving signals for modifying or confirming the pre-populated profile fields. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302454 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE CONSUMER WITH MONETARY BENEFITS IN LARGE AMOUNTS - According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is a method for providing an electronic commerce consumer with monetary benefits in large amounts, the method comprising the steps of: receiving consumer information from a consumer terminal device and generating an account of a consumer on the basis of the received consumer information; determining benefits to be provided with regard to the account of the consumer, on the basis of information on purchase of a product by the consumer; and matching a refund corresponding to at least some of the determined benefits to the consumer, wherein the refund is realized sequentially in a delayed manner. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302455 | METHOD AND PROCESSES FOR SECURE REAL TIME PURCHASE VALIDATION AWARD SYSTEM - A method and processes for a secure real-time processing of purchase validation award requests is described. The method includes processes to submit purchase information on a real-time basis and to check on the status of the processing of the submitted purchase validation award system request also on a real-time basis. The method uses a computer information network to perform the required processes. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302456 | TIME PERIOD DISTRIBUTION OF OFFER CODES - Provided are systems and processes for distribution of offer codes, including: obtaining a plurality of offer codes from a merchant, each offer code associated with a start date an expiration date and receiving, via a network, a plurality of requests for offer codes from a respective plurality of consumer user device, each request occurring during a respective time period. For each request, an offer code is selected from the plurality of offer codes based on the start date, the expiration date, and the respective time the request was received and the selected offer code is sent to the requesting consumer user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302457 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INCENTIVIZING TRANSACTIONS - Methods, devices, and computer program products for processing a mobile payment. In one aspect, a method includes providing an offer for a transaction, the offer contingent upon a social media promotion requirements. The method further includes receiving an authorization for the transaction and the social media promotion requirements based on the transaction. The method further includes performing the social media promotion requirements based on the transaction. The method further includes processing the mobile payment after verifying the social media promotion requirements based on the transaction. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302458 | IDENTIFYING ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON AUDIO DATA AND PERFORMING ASSOCIATED TASKS - In various example embodiments, a system and method for identifying advertisements based on audio data and performing associated tasks are presented. Audio data corresponding to an advertisement being presented to a user may be received. The advertisement may be identified based on an analysis of the audio data. Advertisement information associated with the identified advertisement may be accessed. A task, associated with the user, a may be performed using the advertisement information. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302459 | System for Inserting and Responding to Brand-Related Data in Communicated Messages - A system for inserting brand-related data into messages communicated via messaging services and for taking actions in response to selection of such brand-related data at message receiving devices by message receivers. The brand-related data comprises or is representative of brands, logos, images, icons, symbols and/or links to Internet-accessible content, websites, webpages, or other resources, thereby enabling sellers to advertise and provide information about products/services and to conduct promotional campaigns through messaging services. The insertion of brand-related data is configurable to cause insertion at random intervals/counts or pre-determined intervals/counts of messages or message bubbles. The appearance and location of inserted brand-related data is also configurable. Additionally, the display of brand-related data and taking of actions in response to selection of brand-related data by a message receiver may be enabled or disabled based on the passage of a period of time or calendar date. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302460 | 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. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE USER ADVERTISEMENT ACCOUNTS - A multiple user advertisement account system includes an advertisement account database for storing information related to the account. The system is configured to grant multiple users access to the account and allow the users to view or update the information stored in the account database. The system tracks the updates to the information and generates a display of an activity log that contains entries related to the updates received. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302462 | REPLACING ADS DYNAMICALLY TO INCREASE THEIR SUCCESS - In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes identifying a plurality of channels on a computing device, each channel being capable of displaying ads. It is determined that an ad has been queued for display with a set of initial ad properties, the initial ad properties referencing a source channel from among the channels. A success potential is determined for the ad if displayed on the source channel, and a success potential is determined for the ad if displayed on a second channel. A destination channel is selected, by a computer processor, from between the source channel and the second channel, based at least on comparing the success potentials. A set of modified ad properties is produced based on the initial ad properties, where the destination channel replaces the source channel in the modified ad properties. A replacement ad having the modified ad properties is then delivered to the destination channel. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302463 | INTELLIGENT TOOL TO SUPPORT MANUAL SCHEDULING OF ADS - A system and method for providing options for scheduling ads is provided. In example embodiments, a list of one or more ads is presented to an operator. A selection of an ad to be placed into a schedule is received. Placement analysis is performed, using a hardware processor, to identify a plurality of placement options based on placing the ad into the schedule. The placement analysis includes determining a net difference metric value for each placement option. The net difference metric value is determined based on displacement of at least one previously scheduled ad in each placement option. The plurality of placement options are sorted according to a score derived from at least one value metric to create a result. The result is presented to the operator, whereby the result includes the score derived from the at least one value metric for each placement option. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIENCE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION USING CREDIT CARD DATA, HISTORICAL NETWORK TRANSACTION DATA, AND PROMOTION CONTACT DATA - A method includes receiving a data set that represents payment card transactions of a set of cardholders during a current time period. The method further includes filtering the set of cardholders based on one or more spending characteristics exhibited by the set of cardholders and indicated by the payment card transactions during the current time period, to produce a subset of the cardholders. Still further, the method includes filtering the subset of cardholders based on one or more spending characteristics of the subset of cardholders during a historical time period that ended substantially prior to an ending point of the current time period, to produce an audience set of the cardholders. Promotional contact information relating to previous contacts with cardholders, and/or non-transactional account information (e.g., credit limits), may also be used in defining the audience set instead of twice filtering the set of cardholders based on spending habits. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302465 | TRACKING USER ACTIVITIES UTILIZING HTTP REFERRERS - A system comprising a server including a memory device having executable instructions stored therein and a processing device, in response to the executable instructions, configured to receive a content request from a destination webpage server, the content request including a Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) header, identify a referrer from a referrer field of the HTTP header, the referrer indicating an originating webpage, determine a frequency the referrer has been identified from prior page requests in a given time period, compare the frequency with a configuration value indicating a max frequency for presentation of one or more content to content requests associated with the referrer, select content to be delivered to the destination webpage server based on the comparison, and modify the content to be delivered based at least on exhausting the max frequency for presentation of one or more content to content requests associated with the referrer. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302466 | DATA DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A THERMODYNAMIC CHART - The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for determining data in a thermodynamic chart. The method for determining data in a thermodynamic chart comprises: acquiring the thermodynamic chart of a webpage; acquiring a coordinate clicked by a user on the webpage and the data of an event, wherein the event is triggered by the click, and the data of the event is data corresponding to the event; and determining the data of the event corresponding to the coordinate in the thermodynamic chart. In the present disclosure, the data of an event corresponding to a point on the thermodynamic chart can be determined as each coordinate clicked by a user and the data of an event trigged by the click are acquired after the thermodynamic chart of a webpage is acquired, thus, the accuracy of a webpage data analysis is improved. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302467 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME SELECTION OF AN OPTIMAL OFFER OUT OF SEVERAL COMPETITIVE OFFERS BASED ON CONTEXT - A real-time selection system and method for selecting an optimal offer out of at least two competitive offers, set towards at least one incoming request. The system includes a processor and a database. The database may be one or more of an offers database, an impressions database, a clicks database, a click through database, a conversions database, a requests database, a users database, a biddings database, and hash table features. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302468 | TARGET ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, TARGET ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY METHOD IN SAID SYSTEM, AND TARGET ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY PROGRAM - A system that obtains first attribute information stored in a local storage of a terminal in response to receiving an advertisement delivery request; determines identification information of an advertisement based on the first attribute information; and sends the identification information of the advertisement to the terminal | 2015-10-22 |
20150302469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING NOTIFICATIONS OF INCENTIVES OFFERED BY FUNDING SOURCES - A system and/or method may be provided to notify a user of incentives offered by various funding sources based on the user's location. In particular, incentives offered by various funding sources at various merchant locations are determined. The user's location and movements are monitored. When the user approaches or is near a merchant location where a funding source offers incentives, a notification maybe generated and presented to the user to notify or remind the user of the incentives offered at the merchant location. The notification may include description of the incentives and directions on how to obtain the incentives. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302470 | EMBEDDABLE CONTENT - Computer readable media, methods, and systems for interactive web advertisements that allow in-place electronic transactions related to an advertisement without disturbing or navigating away from a web page containing the advertisement are described, including a computer system for automatically generating the computer instructions for such advertisements and a computer system for remotely administering such advertisements. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302471 | BENCHMARKING IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - A method for benchmarking in online advertising, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: comparing values of a metric associated with a first online ad entity to values of the same metric associated with other online ad entities; and based on the comparing, identifying one or more of the other online ad entities as potential benchmarks to the first online ad entity. In addition, a method for benchmarking in online advertising, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: comparing values of N metrics associated with M online ad entities, wherein N≧1 and M≧2; based on the comparing, constructing an N×M×M matrix indicative of statistical relationships between the M online ad entities over the N metrics; and clustering cells of the matrix, to produce multiple clusters each comprised of similarly-characterized cells, whereby each of the multiple clusters is usable as a joint benchmark. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302472 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING TARGETING CONDITION OF NETWORK ADVERTISEMENT - The present disclosure relates to the field of network technologies. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for presenting a targeting condition of a network advertisement. The method includes: acquiring information about delivery click-through situations, of a historical advertisement having a type the same as a type of a to-be-delivered advertisement, in targeting conditions; determining a targeting condition matching the historical advertisement among the targeting conditions according to the acquired information about the delivery click-through situations; and presenting the determined targeting condition. The present disclosure can improve the utilization rate of system and network resources in a network advertisement delivery process. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302473 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed are an information processing system and an information processing method capable of increasing the effect of advertisement distribution. The information processing system includes a cookie processing unit | 2015-10-22 |
20150302474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC PRODUCT OFFERINGS - A system and method for dynamically selecting products for presentation to consumers in a hands-on environment of a merchant, based upon social signals acquired from consumers in an online environment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302475 | MANAGING, PUBLISHING AND TRACKING CONTENT FOR VIRTUAL STORE DISPLAY WINDOWS - In one aspect, method includes the step of receiving a request from a third-party website for information about a brand promoter. Another step includes receiving a context-based promotion from the brand promoter. Another step includes matching the context-based promotion with the context teen based on a similarity of the context term with the context-based promotion. Another step includes obtaining the context-based promotion from a context-based promotion database. Another step includes formatting the context-based promotion for display with a search result page of the third-party website, wherein the search result page comprises one or more listings of entities associated with the search key term. Another step includes instructing the third-party website to integrate the context-based promotion into a listing of a brand entity associated with the brand promoter on the search result page of the third-party website. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302476 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREENING PROMOTION KEYWORDS - Candidate promotion keywords are selected. Features of the candidate promotion keywords are extracted. The features include at least one of a search engine feature, an effect feature of non-directed traffic, and a text feature. The features of the candidate promotion keywords are used as input data of a pre-established keyword screening model, and superior promotion keywords are obtained according to a prediction result of the keyword screening model. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A PURCHASE HISTORY - A method and apparatus for providing a purchase history of a first user to a second (differing) user is provided herein. During operation a server is provided with an image and determines an identification of a first person within the image. Items that exist within the image, and that were purchased by the first person are also determined by the server. The server then provides information on the items purchased to a second user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302478 | Integrated System for Brand Ambassador Programmes & Co-creation - The invention is to social media marketing, which refers to the process of gaining attention through social media sites. Corporate messages spreading from user to user resonate better because they come from a more trusted, third-party source, as opposed to the brand owner or organization itself. This form of marketing is driven by “online word-of-mouth,” meaning that it results from “earned” media rather than paid media. The present invention is to an architecture of integrated software-as-a-service platform that converts word of mouth into a mass marketing medium. As such, it has visibility across large audiences in a way similar to what newspapers, radio and television achieve. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302479 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DELIVERING LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL DATA - A localized additional data delivery method and system for delivering an advertisement data to a portable electronic device located in a related zone are introduced. The system includes a plurality of wireless network base stations for delivering to a nearby zone at least a beacon signal carrying a service setting ID (SSID) accessible to the portable electronic device entering the zone. The portable electronic device gets connected wirelessly to a related one of the wireless network base stations through the beacon signal and receives a webpage data, wherein the SSID is a text code carrying the advertisement data and presented in different languages and is displayed on the portable electronic device. The consumers acquire data directly rather than surf the Internet to search for data in a time-consuming manner. The consumers go physical shopping as easily as online shopping via e-billboards, e-locators, and online promotion data providers. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TARGETED ADVERTISEMENTS AND GEOLOCATION INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE - A system is disclosed for inserting stored advertising content into broadcast content being played over an audio system. The system may have a smartphone in wireless communication with the audio system which runs an application relating to a specific broadcast station that is broadcasting the broadcast content. The audio system may have a processing system for detecting breaks in program content that forms part of the broadcast content. The audio system may further be configured to obtain predetermined advertisements and to play back the predetermined advertisements over the audio system during each break in the program content, in place of advertisements contained in the broadcast content. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302481 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NETWORK INTELLIGENCE THROUGH REAL-TIME ANALYTICS - Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for generating network intelligence based on network data. In one implementation, a network traffic dataset representative of network traffic across one or more ports of a primary network is obtained. The ports are associated with a secondary network in communication with the primary network. A content distribution network log associated with the secondary network is obtained. The content distribution log includes a history of content requests. A domain name system log associated with the secondary network is obtained. The domain name system log includes one or more Internet Protocol addresses. Network intelligence is generated based on the network traffic dataset, the content distribution network log, and the domain name system log. The network intelligence may be customer analytics, an aggregated data feed, and/or recommendations for inventory placement. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302482 | System, apparatus and method for interactive product placement - A system for interactive product placement is comprised of a media-commerce server; and a media-commerce application, and can allow a consumer easy access to information about products seen on television, in movies, and other media, and can further allow the consumer to purchase the products in a single transaction executed across multiple external e-commerce systems. A media-commerce server comprises a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output component, a content accumulator, a content repository, a content matcher, an aggregated shopping cart, a social media API, and an external web portal. Also disclosed is a method for interactive product placement, comprising: watching media content, matching media content, selecting category, browsing category, selecting product items, and purchasing product items. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302483 | CUSTOMIZED LANDING PAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are described herein that provide user(s) with a customized landing page that is based on a location (e.g., a business or organization) at which the user is located. The customized landing page may be configured to enable a consumer to access the Internet via an Internet hotspot provided by the business or organization. The customized landing page may require the consumer(s) to perform certain actions before enabling a consumer to access the Internet. Such actions include, but are not limited to, viewing advertisements, providing demographic information and/or contact information, and/or interacting with one or more services. Upon connecting to the Internet, various performance indicators associated with the consumer(s) may be determined An administrator of a hotspot provider may be enabled to view the performance indicator(s) and market themselves accordingly. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302484 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVELY PROMOTING GOODS FOR SERVICE THROUGH AN INFORMATION ASSISTANCE SERVICE - A method for providing an information assistance service includes receiving a call from a caller, the call including a request for a suggestion of one or more suppliers of desired goods or service, searching at least one database in response to the request and obtaining search results responsive to the request. The search results including connection data associated with at least one supplier of the desired goods or service, and a promotional offer made by the at least one supplier. A profile associated with the caller is received. The promotional offer is conveyed to the caller via a communication, the format of which is specified in the profile as defined by the caller. The method includes offering to connect the caller to a communication device based on the connection data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302485 | 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. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302486 | MULTIPLE PARTY ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multiple party advertisement system and method for operation are disclosed. The system provides a medium for sponsors to sell products or services to users who purchase discount spaces within an electronic discount board viewable over a network in return for a discount offer such as a coupon. In some embodiments, the user may submit content that the system displays on the purchased discount space. The discount board is associated with one or more future events that will produce a certain alphanumeric result that can be used to identify a resultant discount space for purposes of distributing the sponsored good or service to the user that purchased the resultant discount space. Additional incentives and social media features to increase viewership and participation are disclosed. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302487 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE BITRATE-DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENTS - A method and arrangement in an advertisement control system for providing adaptive bitrate-dynamic advertisements in an adaptively streamed video stream defined by a manifest. A bitrate monitor monitors the varying delivery bitrate of the video stream. A processor determines whether the delivery bitrate has fallen below a minimum bitrate threshold of a next advertisement in the manifest. If so, the arrangement replaces the next advertisement with a replacement video chunk such as a replacement advertisement having a minimum bitrate threshold lower than or equal to the delivery bitrate of the video stream. The arrangement may be implemented in an advertisement server, a client device, or a manifest creator. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302488 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PROPERTY VAULATION UTILIZING USER ACTIVITY TRACKING INFORMATION - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for automated property valuations utilizing user activity tracking information is provided. User activity associated with a real estate website is tracked and stored. User activity is aggregated and a weighted value is assigned to each activity. A property valuation for a particular property is determined based on the aggregated user activity. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302489 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF FACILITATING CHARITABLE DONATIONS - A computer implemented method of facilitating a financial donation to a charitable organization, where the monetary donation is based on a percentage of a financial transaction and the steps of the method are performed by one or more programmed computer processors. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302490 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Evaluating Companies Based On Social Performance - Mechanisms for evaluating companies based on social performance are provided. In some embodiments, systems comprise: at least one processor that: receives data regarding a plurality of companies from a plurality of data sources, wherein the data includes score values regarding the social performance of the plurality of companies; calculates category scores for each of the plurality of companies in each of a plurality of categories based on the score values; calculates a combined score for each of the plurality of companies based on the category scores; compares at least one of the combined score and the category scores for one of the plurality of companies to a threshold; and based on results of the comparison, presents an advertisement to the user that corresponds to the one of the plurality of companies. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302491 | REQUIREMENT FEASIBILITY SCORING BASED ON DATA OBJECT AND SOCIAL NETWORK WEBSITE - Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for requirement feasibility scoring based on a data object and a social network website. In one method, one or more computing devices receive, over a network, a data object that is associated with a user and that includes a requirement. The computers obtain information from a social network website. The computers calculate, based on the data object and the information from the social network website, a score that indicates a likelihood of satisfying the requirement. The computers send the score over the network to a computing device of the user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302492 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND PRODUCTS FOR TRACKING SURGICAL ITEMS - Methods, systems, and products track equipment used during surgical procedures. An allowable zone associated with a surgical procedure is identified. The allowable zone determines where surgical items may be used during the procedure. A location of a surgical item is determined. When the location is outside the allowable zone, an alarm is triggered to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area in which the surgical item may not be used. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302493 | INTERACTIVE TRANSACTIONS - A method may include receiving, by a processing device of a server, a selected voucher from a plurality of vouchers, a name and phone number of a recipient, an identifier message, and payment information from a first user device. The method may also include sending to a second user device an anonymous message containing a unique link to the voucher and receiving a notification that the recipient clicked the unique link to the voucher. After receiving notification that the unique link has been activated on the second user device, the method may also include sending a verification code and an identifier message to the second user device. The method may also include receiving a second notification that the second user device redeemed the voucher. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302494 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USER INTERFACE AND COMPUTATION OF CONTRACTS - Methods and systems include a computer-implemented method of forming a contract between two or more parties. The method includes receiving contract-related events and states of the contract-related events from a user, via a graphical user interface (GUI). The method also includes developing a set of possibilities for the states of the contract-related events for associated time periods and properties between contracting parties. The method also includes defining a transaction for each possibility and its associated time period and property, and returning results of the developing and the defining to the user. The returned results can be displayed to the user in a table format or a flow chart format. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302495 | SYSTEM, DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A delivery device includes an image capture device for generating delivery image data of a delivery at a service address. A processor executes a delivery application to bidirectionally communicate delivery data with the delivery data server via the network interface, wherein the delivery data includes a delivery tracking number and the delivery image data. The delivery data server processes the delivery data to provide a delivery confirmation to a customer at the service address, wherein the delivery confirmation includes the delivery tracking number and the delivery image data. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302496 | DIGITAL PROOF OF DELIVERY - A digital proof of delivery for digital goods items purchased online includes methods and systems for authenticating online purchases for helping to prevent and mitigate fraud. A unique download identification (ID) is created and associated with the digital goods download and purchase. Additionally, third parties may readily be allowed to view the download status of a digital goods item by providing the unique download identification (ID) of the item, which may be useful for aiding third party fraud investigations. In response to an item of digital goods purchased by a customer for download from a merchant having reached a specific stage of downloading, but the download is not complete, download is suspended and a dialog box is sent over a network for presentation to a customer, and, in response to a confirmation received via the dialog box, the download is completed with a download ID that is unique to the completed download. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302497 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A GIFT USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a method of providing a gift icon using a communication network. The method includes: providing, by a terminal, information about products to a messenger, which is a terminal operating software for transmitting and receiving messages and data in real time through a wired communication network; when the terminal selects a product, a counterpart terminal and a request button for a gift request, transmitting, by the terminal, a gift icon corresponding to the product to the counterpart terminal connected with the terminal through the messenger; and when the counterpart terminal selects an acceptance message in response to the gift request, providing, by the counterpart terminal, the gift icon corresponding to the product to the terminal or a first mobile terminal registered in the messenger. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302498 | COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN A USER AND A VENDOR - Embodiments facilitate commercial transactions between a user and one or more vendors without requiring a user to provide information unique to a user account for the vendor. Embodiments prompt a user to select one or more vendors from a list of vendors. An authorization is obtained from the user to allow the computer program to retrieve the product from the list of vendors and on behalf of the user. The computer program then requests and receives, from each vendor, information for accessing an electronic resource of the vendor. In embodiments, the received information is unique to the user account for the vendor. The computer program then obtains the product from the vendor based on the received information. The computer program thus presents a centralized management service for obtaining product from a plurality of vendors and without requiring the user to provide user information unique to the user for each vendor. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302499 | KIOSK ESCALATION - Automated kiosks are often provided in retail settings to provide a convenient and cost-effective means to assist customers of the retail setting and as an alternative or supplement to human agents. Kiosks may work well for certain customers and actions, however, the customer and/or kiosk may fail to effectively interact with each other and leave the customer dissatisfied with the interaction. By determining a meta-meaning associated with a customer's actions with a kiosk, the kiosk may be able to determine whether an agent should be summoned to assist the customer. For example, a customer may be using the kiosk for an unusually long time. In response, an available agent may be notified and approach the customer to offer their assistance; without the customer explicitly requesting such assistance. As a benefit, the retail setting may appear more in-touch with the needs of the customer. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302500 | In-Store Field-of-View Merchandising and Analytics - Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to aspects of in-store field-of-view merchandising and analytics. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a system receives a message from a user device. The message can include an orientation of the user device and a location of the user device within an environment, such as a store. The system can obtain a potential field-of-view of a user associated with the user device. The system can determine, based upon the orientation, the location of the user device and the potential field-of-view of the user, an estimated field-of-view of the user. The system can query a database to look-up items located within the estimated field-of-view. The system can receive, in response to the query, a query response identifying an item located within the estimated field-of-view of the user within the environment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC WARDROBES - A system or method is provided to implement electronic wardrobes for consumers. When a user makes a purchase, the system may determine whether the purchase includes wearable items, such as clothes or other wearable accessories. An electronic wardrobe may be created for the user to store the wearable items purchased by the user. The electronic wardrobe of the user may be broadcasted by the user's mobile device to other nearby consumers via Near Field Communication (NFC), such as low energy Bluetooth (BLE) communication. For example, if the user is wearing a shirt and a nearby consumer wishes to find out more about the shirt, the consumer may discover the user's electronic wardrobe via NFC to find information about the shirt, such as where the shirt was purchase, the make and model of the shirt, the price of the shirt, and the like. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302502 | ELECTRONIC COMPUTER ENGINES FOR ANALYTICAL SEARCHING AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - In some embodiments, the instant invention provides an improved computer system programmed for searching which includes at least the following components: a specialized computer machine, at least one processor for executing a particular program code stored in a memory, where the particular program code is configured to perform the following operations upon the execution: obtaining business information regarding a plurality of businesses and a plurality of offerings offered by the plurality of businesses; generating a rating score for each business based on consumer ratings; associating each business with the rating score; and concurrently conducting a plurality of searches of the business information based on: business identifying search parameter(s) obtained from each consumer, a geographic indication, a plurality of ranked filtering criteria, a rating score filtering parameter. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CUSTOMIZE USER EXPERIENCE BASED ON BRAND RESILIENCE DATA - A system to customize user experience based on brand resilience data is described. An example system includes a new session detector, a session type module, a brand resilience module, and a search strategy selector. The new session detector detects commencement of a user session in the on-line trading platform. The session type module examines the initial search request in a user session and determines whether the initial search request includes a phrase that represents a brand name. The brand resilience module examines brand resilience value assigned to the brand name. The search strategy selector selects, based on the brand resilience value, a search strategy for the user session. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302504 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A SURFBOARD - The present invention is directed to a system for selecting a surfboard for a user. The system includes data receiving means for receiving user information from the user, determining means for determining surfboard size information using the received user information, and display data generating means being configured to generate display data for displaying one or more surfboard representations corresponding to the determined surfboard size information for selection by the user. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302505 | FASHION PREFERENCE ANALYSIS - A machine may be configured to determine fashion preferences of users and to provide item recommendations to the users based on the users' fashion preferences. For example, the machine receives an image of a user and a set of spatial data indicating a position of the body of the user in a three-dimensional space. The machine may perform an analysis of the image and the set of spatial data. The performing of the analysis may include extracting, from the image, an image swatch that depicts a portion of an item worn by the user. The machine may identify a fashion preference of the user based on the analysis of the image and of the set of spatial data. The machine may identify an item that corresponds to the fashion preference of the user within an inventory of fashion items and may generate a recommendation of the identified fashion item. | 2015-10-22 |
20150302506 | Method for Securing an Order or Purchase Operation Means of a Client Device | 2015-10-22 |
20150302507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE SHOPPING - A system for remote shopping, includes an application, the application including functionality for a user to select goods to be purchased from a retail store, the application being adapted to communication with a store system for providing information regarding the selected goods to be purchased, and to receive from the store system a price for the selected goods, the application further being configured and arranged to provide to the user information regarding the goods selected including an order status and a total price, wherein the total price reflects a same price that would be received if the same goods were to be purchased in-store. | 2015-10-22 |