Abstract: Recommendations for purchase are made based on customer behavior across multiple sessions. Correlations used for recommendations include: buy-to-buy (cross-session), view-to-view (same-session), view-to-buy (same-session), and abandon-to-buy (same-session) actions. A preview display allows a merchant to adjust recommendation algorithm weightings to achieve a desired result. A closed-loop system is provided with real-time feedback. The recommendations can be based on various segments of other users, including users of the same search engine.

Abstract: Recommendations for purchase are made based on customer behavior across multiple sessions. Correlations used for recommendations include: buy-to-buy (cross-session), view-to-view (same-session), view-to-buy (same-session), and abandon-to-buy (same-session) actions. A preview display allows a merchant to adjust recommendation algorithm weightings to achieve a desired result. A closed-loop system is provided with real-time feedback. The recommendations can be based on various segments of other users, including users of the same search engine.

Abstract: A system groups the data into sessions to allow tracking and evaluation of individual user behavior. By grouping clicks of a user in a session, the pattern of clicks can be observed, such as which path or pattern of clicks leads to a purchase. In particular, the session data is organized by session, using session transformers or “sessionizers,” before it is provided for database storage, enabling real-time session based analytics.

Abstract: Techniques are described for facilitating an organization's retention of employees through improved compensation planning A subset of the organization's employees who are “at risk” (e.g., who are a risk to depart the organization, who are a high value employee to the organization, who are underpaid by the organization, and/or based on other factor(s)) may be identified. The cost of replacing these “at risk” employees may then be estimated, in any suitable fashion. The budgeted compensation for each “at risk” employee may be compared to an amount calculated based upon the estimated replacement cost for that employee (e.g., a percentage of the estimated replacement cost for the employee). If the budgeted compensation is less than the amount, then a recommendation to increase compensation for the employee may be generated and presented, such as via a graphical user interface.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus having applicability to evaluation of hiring candidates. A method having applicability to evaluation of hiring candidates may include determining a first score for a first attribute of a hiring candidate and a second score for a second attribute of the hiring candidate, assigning the hiring candidate to a recruiting category based, at least in part, on the first and second scores, and controlling a display device to display an indicator associated with the hiring candidate, wherein a property of the indicator is based, at least in part, on the recruiting category to which the hiring candidate is assigned.

Abstract: Techniques having applicability to succession planning may include providing an option, in a computer-implemented professional networking platform, for a first member of a professional community to designate a second member of the professional community as deserving of promotion. In response to the designation, a nomination may be received from the first member, via the computer-implemented professional networking platform, of a third member of the professional community as a potential successor for the second member. Further techniques may include receiving, from an employee, information about the employee's professional characteristics, and presenting the information to human resources (HR) personnel.

Abstract: Techniques having applicability to succession planning may include providing an option, in a computer-implemented professional networking platform, for a first member of a professional community to designate a second member of the professional community as deserving of promotion. In response to the designation, a nomination may be received from the first member, via the computer-implemented professional networking platform, of a third member of the professional community as a potential successor for the second member. Further techniques may include receiving, from an employee, information about the employee's professional characteristics, and presenting the information to human resources (HR) personnel.

Abstract: A process for tracking a consumer's behavior based on his or her entries into a number of cybernetic device sources such as personal computers, automated goods and services dispensing kiosks, automated teller machines and cell phones does not depend exclusively upon the presence of cookies implanted into such devices by vendors or upon a consumer's having provided a positive identification form. The process uses a pairing algorithm to comb elements of information from the source device visitation records in search of one or more common characteristics that can be presumptively attributed to a single consumer. Characteristics such as source device identifiers, phone numbers, street addresses or email addresses are each weighted by a weighting factor that is used to identify the consumer and attribute the visitation record and its associated activity to that consumer at a calculated confidence level. The attributed information can analyzed to track that consumer's behavior.

Abstract: A system receives a management configuration set defining at least one event to be detected in the application server, and a respective associated action to be taken upon detection of the events. For each of the events to be detected in the application server, the system instantiates an event class to detect the event. For each of the actions to be taken upon detection of the event by the event class, the system instantiates a respective action class to perform that action on behalf of the event class that detects the event. The system operates the instantiated event classes to detect events and to send an event notification to each of the respective action class associated with that event.

Abstract: A system that improves the real time presentation of web analytics data to clients. Real time data is improved in one embodiment by using a messaging system that directs the data stream to RAM memory, before it is sent to the database. A separate path is provided for presenting the real time data, which does not require going through the main database. The data is serialized and streamed in batches at an interval which can be set from the order of seconds to minutes. Additionally, the data is aggregated in RAM according to the desired groupings of data, so that the aggregation is pre-computed.

Abstract: A process for tracking a consumer's behavior based on his or her entries into a number of cybernetic device sources such as personal computers, automated goods and services dispensing kiosks, automated teller machines and cell phones does not depend exclusively upon the presence of cookies implanted into such devices by vendors or upon a consumer's having provided a positive identification form. The process uses a pairing algorithm to comb elements of information from the source device visitation records in search of one or more common characteristics that can be presumptively attributed to a single consumer. Characteristics such as source device identifiers, phone numbers, street addresses or email addresses are each weighted by a weighting factor that is used to identify the consumer and attribute the visitation record and its associated activity to that consumer at a calculated confidence level. The attributed information can analyzed to track that consumer's behavior.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method that allows an advertising content network to be notified when a user visiting web sites has satisfied some behavioral targeting criteria. The advertising network can use this information to provide an advertisement directly targeted to the criteria that has been satisfied.

Abstract: Recommendations for purchase are made based on customer behavior across multiple sessions. Correlations used for recommendations include: buy-to-buy (cross-session), view-to-view (same-session), view-to-buy (same-session), and abandon-to-buy (same-session) actions. A preview display allows a merchant to adjust recommendation algorithm weightings to achieve a desired result. A closed-loop system is provided with real-time feedback. The recommendations can be based on various segments of other users, including users of the same search engine.

Abstract: Recommendations for purchase are made based on customer behavior across multiple sessions. Correlations used for recommendations include: buy-to-buy (cross-session), view-to-view (same-session), view-to-buy (same-session), and abandon-to-buy (same-session) actions. A preview display allows a merchant to adjust recommendation algorithm weightings to achieve a desired result. A closed-loop system is provided with real-time feedback. The recommendations can be based on various segments of other users, including users of the same search engine.

Abstract: A system that improves the real time presentation of web analytics data to clients. Real time data is improved in one embodiment by using a messaging system that directs the data stream to RAM memory, before it is sent to the database. A separate path is provided for presenting the real time data, which does not require going through the main database. The data is serialized and streamed in batches at an interval which can be set from the order of seconds to minutes. Additionally, the data is aggregated in RAM according to the desired groupings of data, so that the aggregation is pre-computed.

Abstract: A system groups the data into sessions to allow tracking and evaluation of individual user behavior. By grouping clicks of a user in a session, the pattern of clicks can be observed, such as which path or pattern of clicks leads to a purchase. In particular, the session data is organized by session, using session transformers or “sessionizers,” before it is provided for database storage, enabling real-time session based analytics.