Abstract: Electronic systems for promotional offers are disclosed. An illustrative electronic system may include a computing device and a storage medium. The storage medium may contain one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to generate scores for customers from a customer database for distribution of limited quantities of promotional offers. Each score may be associated with one customer and one promotional offer, and each score may measure a probability that the associated customer will make a purchase in accordance with the associated offer. The programming instructions may further cause the computing device to identify a highest score, determine a customer associated with the highest score, determine a promotional offer associated with the highest score, assign the promotional offer to a personalized offer list for the customer if the promotional offer satisfies one or more constraints.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing authentication session sharing between browsers and run time environments in network communication. An interface receives an authentication context associated with a first service. The interface causes, at least in part, storage of the authentication context in a first cache associated with the interface. The interface causes, at least in part, population of the authentication context to a second cache associated with a second service. The second cache is not directly linked to the interface. The authentication context in the second cache authenticates access to the second service.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing authentication session sharing between browsers and run time environments in network communication. An interface receives an authentication context associated with a first service. The interface causes, at least in part, storage of the authentication context in a first cache associated with the interface. The interface causes, at least in part, population of the authentication context to a second cache associated with a second service. The second cache is not directly linked to the interface. The authentication context in the second cache authenticates access to the second service.

Abstract: A system for distributing limited numbers of promotional offers to individual customers, the promotional offers being targeted to customers based on the customers' individual probabilities of accepting the offers in such a way that each customer can receive a limited number of offers that are estimated to be most likely to be acceptable by the customer. Customer-Based targeting analyzes each customer's past purchasing behavior relative to a master list of promotional offers made available to all customers. From that master list Customer-Based targeting selects a preset limit of promotional offers for each individual customer according to the likelihood that, given the opportunity to select any offers of the master list, each customer would prefer those few offers selected specifically for the customer. Various techniques are disclosed for providing an offer acceptance probability profile tailored for individual customers for use in the Customer-Based targeting technique.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing authentication session sharing between browsers and run time environments in network communication. An interface receives an authentication context associated with a first service. The interface causes, at least in part, storage of the authentication context in a first cache associated with the interface. The interface causes, at least in part, population of the authentication context to a second cache associated with a second service. The second cache is not directly linked to the interface. The authentication context in the second cache authenticates access to the second service.

Abstract: Process management involves determining a thread from metadata embedded in an electronic document that used in the performance of a process via an electronic messaging operation. The thread includes data that collectively describes states and relationships of interrelated tasks of the process. User role data is determined from the thread, and processing the electronic document by a participant of the process is facilitated. Processing of the electronic document is governed by the user role data relative to a user role of the participant in the process.

Abstract: Process management involves facilitating the application of a user action to an electronic document that changes a state of a thread. The thread includes data that collectively describes states and relationships of interrelated tasks of a process. Metadata of the electronic document is changed to reflect the changed state of the thread. The changed metadata is communicated via an electronic messaging operation of the process to update the changed state of the thread.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for predicting and managing end-to-end quality of service (QoS) and capacity in systems using a telecommunication service grid architecture. A Service Level Specification (SLS) is provided to specify a service offered by the service grid. A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is provided to specify capacity and quality of service (QoS) characteristics between a client and the service. The client then instantiates the SLA with the service running on the service grid, and a grid node is provided to host a service configuration with the specified capacity and quality of service (QoS).

Abstract: A system for distributing limited numbers of promotional offers to individual customers, the promotional offers being targeted to customers based on the customers' individual probabilities of accepting the offers in such a way that each customer can receive a limited number of offers that are estimated to be most likely to be acceptable by the customer. Customer-Based targeting analyzes each customer's past purchasing behavior relative to a master list of promotional offers made available to all customers. From that master list Customer-Based targeting selects a preset limit of promotional offers for each individual customer according to the likelihood that, given the opportunity to select any offers of the master list, each customer would prefer those few offers selected specifically for the customer. Various techniques are disclosed for providing an offer acceptance probability profile tailored for individual customers for use in the Customer-Based targeting technique.