Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a signal during a media presentation, wherein the signal is transmitted prior to an advertising timeslot during the media presentation, receiving a first indication that the signal is detected by a user device, and receiving a second indication of a status of the user device, wherein the status coincides with when the user device detects the signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The user wearable devices are configured to allow attendees of events to exchange their information upon a simultaneous input into their respective device. The simultaneous inputs initiate a verification that the two users are registered for and present at the same event before initiating a pairing through single direction short range antennas. The simultaneous inputs can also verify whether the two users are facing one another and an appropriate distance apart to coordinate the simultaneous input.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method, operating at a processing system including a processor, can include receiving a reply message from a communication device responsive to a query signal and including audio information collected at a presentation area, determining consumer presence information at the presentation area according to the audio information collected at the presentation area, determining a probability of a consumer advertising experience according to the consumer presence information, selecting first advertising media from a set of advertising media according to the probability of consumer advertising engagement, and presenting the first advertising media to the presentation area via the presentation system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A vehicle dispatch device is configured to dispatch a vehicle having an autonomous driving function to a user, the device includes: a search unit configured to search for a first alternative moving object when the vehicle cannot continue the autonomous driving to the destination during the autonomous driving of the vehicle on which the user is boarded, the first alternative moving object to which the user can transfer at a boarding position which is within a predetermined distance from a position on a route to an end position of the autonomous driving of the vehicle, within a predetermined time from alighting from the vehicle; and a grant unit configured to grant a reward to the user when the first alternative moving object does not exist.

Abstract: Many conventional advertisements designed for display as part of a web page executed by a web browser are not suitable for display in an online video player that, though included in a web page, is executed by a multimedia platform. Such conventional advertisements are referred to herein as web page advertisements. A system display a web page advertisement in the frame of such an online video player by determining characteristics of the video player in the context of the multimedia platform and converting those characteristics into a context compatible with the web browser. The system can also include a virtual web browser that executes either on the multimedia platform on a server device that is communicatively coupled to the multimedia platform. The system can also include an ad tag translator that executes either on the multimedia platform on a server device that is communicatively coupled to the multimedia platform.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing an electronic coupon link are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving, by a server, an electronic coupon link from a first user terminal; determining a first attribute of the electronic coupon link according to the electronic coupon link; determining, according to the first attribute, a storage pool corresponding to the first attribute from a plurality of storage pools; and storing the electronic coupon link in the storage pool corresponding to the first attribute, for a second user terminal to obtain the electronic coupon link in the storage pool. The storage pool may store one or more electronic coupon links.

Abstract: The systems and methods described herein disclose providing compensation for data transmission during a refill event. As described here, a vehicle collects operation data sets during movement in the vehicular environment. Vehicles can then transfer one or more of the operation data sets during the refill of the collecting vehicle. Thus, operator can determine the desirability and value of trading the upload time for compensation. The systems and methods can include detecting a refill event for a collecting vehicle. A data analysis can then be received for one or more operation data sets produced by the collecting vehicle. A data value can then be determined from the data analysis, with the operator determining transfer one or more operation data sets from the collecting vehicle during the refill event. Once received, compensation can be provided to the collecting vehicle for the received operation data sets based on the data value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for content presentation. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item to be presented to a user; for a collection of content items, identifying one or more candidate content items including using image keywords derived from images associated with the user to identify the one or more candidate content items; selecting a content item responsive to the content request from the candidate content items; and sending the selected content item for presentation to the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods of selecting content based on image data are provided. A system can receive an image captured by a camera of the computing device. The system can analyze the image to identify a pattern that matches a predetermined pattern of an object stored in an image pattern database comprising a plurality of predetermined patterns of objects. The system can identify one or more image keywords from the image based on the predetermined pattern of the object that matches the image. The system can select, based on a comparison of the one or more image keywords with one or more keywords of each of a plurality of content items, a content item. The system can provide, to the computing device, the content item to cause the computing device to present the content item.

Abstract: A bid management system generates estimated performance metrics at the bid unit level to facilitate bid optimization. The bid management system includes a hierarchical feature selection and prediction approach. Feature selection is performed by aggregating historical performance metrics to a higher hierarchical level and testing features for statistical significance. Features for which a significance level satisfies a significance threshold are selected for prediction analysis. The prediction analysis uses a statistical model based on selected features to generate estimated performance metrics at the bid unit level.

Abstract: A sales promotion system (10) includes an image information acquisition unit (11) that acquires input image information on an image taken of a presentation area where a product is presented to a customer, a tracking unit (12) that tracks an action of the customer regarding the product based on the input image information, and a promotion information output unit (13) that outputs promotion information related to the product corresponding to the tracked customer's action to the customer. This enables more effective promotions.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to adjust media impressions based on media impression notification loss rates in network communications are disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting portions of content, and media content sets to be delivered over a packet based network is provided. The selected portions of content (such as a web page) may be keywords such as a word or a group of words. The media content sets may include one or more of video content (that may include an audio portion), audio content, graphics, images, or other multimedia or single media content. The media content set may include advertising, informational, business, educational, governmental, institutional, customized (e.g., personalized) content and/or other content. According to an example embodiment, the present invention provides a heuristic model employing a piece-wise linear optimization function to select keywords and the media content sets for delivery by a media delivery provider.

Abstract: Aspects map biometric data acquired in real-time from a user to a specific task being performed by the user in generating the biometric data; determine that the user is likely experiencing a problem in performing the specific task as a function of a value of the mapped biometric data; determine a performance context of the experienced problem as a function of the mapped biometric data; and select a solution that is most appropriate to solve the experienced problem as a function of the determined performance context and the mapped biometric data.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing prepurchase promotions to consumers are discussed herein. A prepurchase promotion may refer to preliminary promotional mechanism that may be accepted but is not an actual (e.g., redeemable) promotion until subsequent to merchant approval of one or more promotion parameters. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus including circuitry configured to: provide a prepurchase impression of a prepurchase promotion to a consumer device, wherein the prepurchase promotion is associated with one or more promotion parameters including a promotional value; receive bid data from the consumer device indicating a consumer-defined accepted value and consumer acceptance of the one or more promotion parameters at the consumer-defined accepted value; and generate a request to offer a promotion including the one or more promotion parameters at the consumer-defined accepted value for transmission to a merchant associated with the prepurchase promotion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and an apparatus. The apparatus includes interface circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains attribute information of multimedia information associated with a multimedia provider. The attribute information includes website information of a website used to display the multimedia information and identifier (ID) information associated with the multimedia information. The processing circuitry generates a machine-readable identification code to be scanned by a user device of a user based on at least the website information. Based on the ID information, the processing circuitry obtains a first image corresponding to the multimedia information. The processing circuitry determines an image area in the first image in which the machine-readable identification code is to be inserted. The processing circuitry inserts the machine-readable identification code into the image area to generate a second image.

Abstract: A method and a system are described for providing one or more promotions to a user. The method includes detecting, by a monitoring device, a movement event associated with an object using one or more sensors. The method includes initializing, by the monitoring device, capturing of audio data of a user in contact with the object on detection of the movement event. The method further includes determining, by the monitoring device, an emotion, associated with the object, of the user based on the audio data. The method further includes predicting in real time, by the monitoring device, a time instant at which one or more promotions are provided to the user based on the determined emotion and the audio data.

Abstract: Described are systems and methods for dynamically generating advertisements for presentation in an application executing on a user device, such as an application executing on a smart phone or tablet of a user. An ad server system provides various ad templates, each of which include one or more tokens at different locations within the ad templates. The same token may be included in multiple different ad templates at the same of different locations. Based on user profile and/or conditions at the time of ad presentation, an appropriate template is selected and used to dynamically generate the ad.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for effectively allowing consumers to request promotions from a merchant are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a networked device, apparatus, or server configured to: receive promotion request data from a consumer device indicating that a consumer is interested in purchasing a promotion associated with a merchant; determine a promotion request threshold value; in response to receiving the promotion request, increment a promotion request count, wherein the promotion request count indicates a number of consumers that have provided the promotion request associated with the merchant; determine whether the promotion request count exceeds the promotion request threshold value; and in response to determining that the promotion request count exceeds the promotion request threshold value, generate a request to offer a promotion for transmission to the merchant.

Abstract: An online system receives tracking requests from client devices interacting with a web page to analyze user interactions with the web page. The online system extracts parameters from tracking requests such as a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with the web page that generated the tracking request and/or data tokens describing keywords within the URL. The online system may extract parameters by crawling web pages that generate tracking requests. The online system may compare extracted parameters to a taxonomy of categories maintained by the online system to determine a category describing the item displayed on the web page. The online system determines a category describing the item via an item catalog maintained by the online system comprised of previously determined categories for various items. The online system uses the determined categories, attributes, and temporal relevance scores to direct content to users.