Abstract: A merchant can use an e-commerce platform to sell products to customers, and customers can use the e-commerce platform to return items that they are unsatisfied with back to the merchant. These product returns have an associated cost. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to computer-implemented systems and methods to enable customer-to-customer product returns in an e-commerce platform. In a customer-to-customer return, a first customer that wants to return an item of a particular product is connected with a second customer that wants to purchase that product. The e-commerce platform then facilitates a shipment of the item from the first customer directly to the second customer. Embodiments of the present disclosure include online store implementations of customer-to-customer returns, online marketplace implementations of customer-to-customer returns, and customer-to-customer returns implemented using orders for returned items.

Abstract: An online concierge system maintains a graph of items available for purchase. The graph maintains edges between items, where an edge between an item and an additional item indicates that one or more customers have previously replaced the item with the additional item. The edge between the item and the additional item also identifies a number of times customers have replaced the item with the additional item. When a customer orders an item, the online concierge system traverses the graph of items to identify candidate replacement items for the ordered item and identifies one or more of the candidate replacement items to the customer. When identifying the candidate replacement items, the online concierge system accounts for distance between the ordered item and different candidate replacement items in the item graph.

Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing the needs of customers using predictive modeling techniques are disclosed. The method receives customer data from a first database and provided by the user. The method generates an instruction to a second database and receives additional customer information received from external databases to generate a basic profile for data based on the customer. The system further analyzes data provided by the user. The method generates a customer profile based on the basic customer data and additional data. The method determines missing data from the customer profile associated and a set of attributes of the user. The method identifies a profile with the customer similar set of attributes and estimates the missing data using predictive modeling techniques to generate estimated customer information. The system further pre-populates one or more missing fields of the full profile associated with the customer based on said estimated customer information. The system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for visualizing user spending data in an altered reality are provided. Spending data includes items purchased, budgets for specific rooms or categories, prices paid, dates of purchase, and amounts spent. The user may interact within the altered reality to manage spending and move budgets between rooms or categories.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing purchase recommendations. According to some examples, a method may include: determining respective frequency distributions of a plurality of vehicle attributes, the frequency distributions being determined based on occurrences of values of the plurality of vehicle attributes in a set of vehicles; selecting a vehicle attribute from the plurality of vehicle attributes based on the frequency distributions of the plurality of vehicle attributes; transmitting, to a user device, an inquiry for user preference regarding the selected vehicle attribute; receiving, from the user device, a response indicating the user preference; and presenting, to the user device, a recommendation of one or more vehicles determined based on the received response.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system, methods, and computer-readable media for a self-regulating and self-adjusting reconciliation of a cumulative contribution amount and a cumulative delivery value determined for instances associated with an entity.

Abstract: Techniques are described, as implemented by computing devices, to control access to transactions through use of tokenized reputation scores. This is performed by leveraging a blockchain such that a tokenized reputation score is generated or calculated based on an amount of reputation tokens associated with a blockchain account address associated with a service provider account, and by making transactional functionality available to the service provider account based on a comparison of a tokenized reputation score affiliated with the service provider account with a threshold score associated with a transaction.

Abstract: The method includes: collecting historical operations of sample users for M items, and predicting a preference value of a target user for each of the M items according to historical operations of the sample users for each of the M items, collecting classification data of N to-be-recommended items, and classifying the N to-be-recommended items according to the classification data of the N to-be-recommended items, to obtain X themes, where each of the X themes includes at least one of the N to-be-recommended items, and the N to-be-recommended items are some or all of the M items; calculating a preference value of the target user for each of the X themes according to a preference value of the target user for a to-be-recommended item included in each of the X themes; and pushing a target theme to the target user.

Abstract: A system configured as an online marketplace with a high-speed, game-like method for determining which users obtain which products or services in the marketplace is disclosed. One implementation provides a mobile application where users swipe through a presentation of items (products, services, or money) that they can obtain. Users earn credits by giving items or money to other users. Then, they redeem these credits by getting items or money from other users. Thus, a given user alternates between being a “giver” and a “getter,” making pairs of asynchronous trades with two other users. In the selection process to choose an item to receive, users can choose any single item, but may only swipe unidirectionally, meaning that they cannot return and see or choose an item previously rejected. Aspects include a game engine and a set of rules and constraints to create a novel experience for transactional based experiences such as shopping and reservations.

Abstract: Provided is an agent robot control system comprising an acquisition unit which acquires a purchasing master list which shows a user's purchase merchandise candidates, and a control unit which generates a purchasing execution list for recommending, from the purchasing master list, purchases for select merchandise to be performed at real storefronts and for recommending purchases for other merchandise to be performed at online storefronts.

Abstract: A device may receive a request for a product. Based on the request, the device may determine a geographic location and delivery time for delivery of the product, and the device may identify product locations that are capable of providing the product and located near the geographic location. The device may determine, for each of the product locations and based on the product and at least one product location characteristic, a fulfillment time indicating when the product will be prepared for delivery. In addition, the device may identify at least one potential courier capable of transporting the product. Based on the fulfillment time, the delivery time, the geographic location for delivery, and at least one courier characteristic associated with the potential courier, the device may select a particular product location and a particular courier and perform an action based on the particular product location or the particular courier.

Abstract: In response to detecting that a first selectable element on a webpage or application page of a merchant has been accessed by a user, a computer system stores a visual representation of an item that corresponds to the first selectable element in a first space of the user. In response to detecting a selection of a second selectable element from within the first space, the computer system determines a threshold number of users to associate with the visual representation and creates a post in a network feed that includes the visual representation, wherein a third selectable element is associated with the post, that when selected, causes a user to join or vote for the first visual representation. In response to determining that a number of users that have selected the third selectable element meets the threshold number of users, the computer system initiates a group purchase for the item.

Abstract: Techniques are described for a management system to facilitate a negotiation process and payment for a requested resource between a vehicle and a supplier machine. The vehicle sends a request for the resource to the management system. In response, the management system is configured to identify a set of candidate supplier machines from a plurality of supplier machines that provide the requested resource in accordance with one or more resource parameters. The management system then initiates a negotiation process with each of the supplier machines within the set of candidate supplier machines based on one or more negotiation parameters. Once a transaction for the requested resource is agreed upon, the management system forms a smart contract between the vehicle, the supplier machine, and the management system. The management system executes the smart contract once the resource request is fulfilled to disburse funds from the vehicle to the supplier machine.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a system that uses a conversational agent to collect information and publish the information on a network. A computer-implemented conversational agent establishes a communication session with a user and receives conversational information via a simulated conversation between the user and the computer-implemented conversational agent via the communication session, whereby the conversational information comprises information to be published. The computer-implemented conversational agent also receives, via a graphical user interface, an upload of an image that is associated with the information to be published. The computer-implemented conversational agent then causes publication of the information to be published and the uploaded image.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for managing a digital reputation of a user. The exemplary method can receive information about an item to be purchased by the user, determine in real-time or near real-time, based on one or more financial factors, a first digital reputation score indicative of an effect of the item on the user's digital reputation, determine an alternative item to be purchased instead of the item to be purchased, and determine a second digital reputation score based on the purchase of the alternative item.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a security model and interface for wearable device digital purchases that can be made without the assistance of a companion device. The satellite device can be configured to be used as a primary device, without reliance upon a paired device. A provisioning process may be implemented to generate and validate one or more tokens to authenticate the wearable device and a set of cryptographic keys can be generated. Subsequently, the token(s) and cryptographic keys may be used to enable a user of the wearable device to make purchases from a digital shopping store without support from an associated companion electronic device.

Abstract: A networked system comprises a main controller that allows users to act as customers, promoters or merchants of smart articles that are displayed by promoters who have purchased these articles from the merchants. The customer uses a controller device to access data from the smart article by capturing an identifying marker on the article and transmitting the foregoing data to the main controller which places the customer in communication with a merchant controller associated with the merchant from whom the promoter purchased the article. The merchant can thus provide data regarding the article to the customer via the main controller and depending on how the customer acts, the merchant can allocate a reward to the promoter via a promoter controller associated therewith.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining a part for a vehicle. The vehicle's vehicle identification number is determined, and the vehicle's manufacture information is determined. A specific part for the particular vehicle is identified. Whether a part code zone for the part exists on a vehicle identification label (VIN Label) is determined. If the part code zone exists on the VIN Label, then a zonal optical character recognition procedure is performed on the VIN Label and a part code in the part code zone is extracted. Or if the part code zone does not exist on the VIN Label, then a list of parts for the vehicle is determined based on the vehicle's manufacture information and the part is selected from the list of parts.

Abstract: The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and artificial intelligence (AI). In some embodiments, a system: receives sensor data via wireless communication; updates an electronic inventory of goods within a store based upon the received sensor data associated with the item movement or purchase; receives an electronic order of goods from a customer mobile device via wireless communication or data transmission over one or more radio frequency links; determines if the goods in the electronic order received from the customer are still available; generates a LIDAR-based virtual map of the store; determines a location of the goods in the electronic order that are still available; overlays the determined location of the goods onto the LIDAR-based virtual map of the store; and displays an updated LIDAR-based virtual map of the store displaying aisles of the store and the determined location of the goods within the store.

Abstract: A drive-through system includes: a store terminal including a first processor; a vehicle including a second processor; and a user terminal device including a third processor. The second processor is configured to receive, from each occupant, operation to select a product to be purchased in a drive-through service, generate order information indicating the product selected by the occupant, and output the generated order information to the store terminal device. The first processor is configured to acquire the order information, generate, by using the acquired order information, settlement information for each occupant for performing settlement processing of the product, and output the generated settlement information to the vehicle. The second processor is further configured to acquire the settlement information, and display the settlement information of each occupant.