Abstract: Online advertising campaigns are operated responsive to keyword trends. The keywords used by a group of browsers is analyzed periodically over time. A list of the most frequently used keywords is separated into those that have previously appeared on the list, referred to herein as the stable keywords, and those that are newly emerging, referred to herein as the trending keywords. The advertiser selects at least one advertising creative that the advertiser associates with the stable keywords, referred to herein as the stable creative, and at least one advertising creative that the advertiser associates with the trending keywords, referred to herein as the trendy creative. The advertising system then operates the online advertising campaign to deliver the respective stable and trendy creatives in proportion to the frequency of use of the trending versus the stable keywords.

Abstract: A community safety system with inter-organizational communication, allowing for members of a first organization to provide alerts when located within a security zone associated with a second organization. A notification management entity, responsible for managing the different safety systems associated with each organization, determines where a user is located and whether the user is associated with any of the organizations responsible for the security zone in which the user is located.

Abstract: A robot control system, including: a mobile robot having a situation-detecting unit detecting surrounding situations; a user apparatus operating in a manner recognizable by a user based on signals detected by the situation-detecting unit; an action-detecting unit detecting a predetermined action of the user; a brain-activity-detecting unit detecting a brain activity of the user; and a robot-controlling unit controlling the robot. The user apparatus has a computing unit analyzing the brain activity of the user detected by the brain-activity-detecting unit to output a first-action instruction from the user to the robot. The robot controlling unit further controlling the robot in accordance with the first-action instruction output by the computing unit and controlling, when the predetermined action is detected by the action-detecting unit during operation of the user apparatus, the robot in accordance with a second-action instruction different from the first-action instruction output by the computing unit.

Abstract: An exemplary method of controlling a vehicle from a remote location includes receiving a first signal from a vehicle-paired device and initiating a vehicle function in response to the first signal. The first signal is sent by the vehicle-paired device in response to a second signal sent from a secondary triggering device. An exemplary range extending system includes a vehicle-paired device configured to transmit a first signal to a vehicle, and a secondary triggering device that transmits a second signal to the vehicle-paired device to initiate a transmission of the first signal from the vehicle-paired device.

Abstract: A data processing method and device, where the method includes obtaining target perception data, where the target perception data is any type of the following data, such as image data, video data, or voice data, determining a target scenario to which the target perception data belongs, determining a target perception model corresponding to the target scenario, and computing a recognition result of the target perception data according to the target perception model. According to the data processing method and device, a scenario to which perception data belongs is determined, and a recognition result of the perception data is obtained through computation using a perception model corresponding to the scenario.

Abstract: An online system may identify content with which a user has an interest. For example, the online system may determine that a user has an interest in the content based on interaction information indicating that the user interacted with the content. In a particular example, the online system may identify image concepts included in the content based on computer vision techniques that recognize the image concepts. The online system may model probabilities that image concepts will appeal to users. Based on the modeled probabilities, the online system may automatically recommend image concepts for inclusion in candidate images, automatically generate candidate images, or assess candidate images to determine a probability of user interaction with the assessed candidate images.

Abstract: Techniques for providing webpages based on tracking consumer device interactions are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include one or more servers configured to: receive a request for access to a promotion webpage from a consumer device, wherein the request includes a consumer device cookie and the promotion webpage includes an indication of a promotion; in response to receiving the request for access to the promotion webpage, generate the promotion webpage including widgets; generate clickstream data based on tracking widget views of the widgets within the promotion webpage; associate the clickstream data with the consumer device cookie; and generate widget analytic data based on the clickstream data. The widget analytic data may then be used to populate webpages with widgets to optimize various criteria, such as widget views or promotion purchases.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically tracking delivery and performance of digital advertising placed on non-personal devices in physical locations and integrating, displaying, and reporting impressions and events in digital advertising systems.

Abstract: An aspect includes implementing capacity reduction in a storage system includes for each of a candidate page and a target page in the storage system, identifying a subset of sectors having identical data or a minimum amount of non-identical data, performing a bit-wise exclusive OR (XOR) operation on sectors of the candidate page and the target page, determining entropy from results of the XOR operation. Upon determining the entropy is less than or equal to a threshold value, an aspect includes building a reference page from an XOR sector containing results of the bit-wise XOR operation, and performing a compression operation on the reference page.

Abstract: A display monitoring system exchanges information with display sensors and responds to multiple display stakeholders based on conclusions drawn from the information.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to identifying a product in a document. A server accesses a document including scientific or research-related text. The server divides the document into a plurality of tokens, each token comprising a part of the text that logically comprises a unit of information. The server computes, for each token in the plurality of tokens, a score corresponding to whether the token corresponds to a commercial product, the score being computed based on a list of features of commercial products and weights assigned to features in the list. The server determines that the score exceeds a threshold score. The server provides, in response to determining that the score exceeds the threshold score, an output representing that the token corresponds to the commercial product.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a system for automatically updating item image information stored in an item images data store and used for processing captured images to identify items represented in those images. In one implementation, once an identity of an item has been verified, captured images of that item are associated with the item and stored in the item images data store. As a result, the item images data store is updated each time an image of the item is captured and the identity of the item is verified.

Abstract: A system configured to execute programing instructions comprising: receiving a fence including an area having a geographic location, a plurality of notifications and their content attributes are associated with the fence; receiving location and speed from a mobile device of a user; determining the mobile device is stationary for a predetermine amount of time; identifying a location attribute for the location of mobile device; aggregating a plurality of location attributes associated with the user; determining an audience profile and audience profile attributes for the user based on the aggregated location attributes; detecting the user has crossed into an area defined by the fence; and in response to detecting the user crossing the fence: determining a conversion probability based on content attributes of the notifications associated with the fence and audience profile attributes of the audience profile associated with the user; selecting a notification based the conversion probability.

Abstract: A travel management platform can determine a refueling event for a vehicle, can identify a plurality of refueling stations based on the refueling event, can provide, to the plurality of refueling stations, one or more parameters for the refueling event, can receive respective offers for the refueling event, can select an offer for the refueling event from the respective offers for the refueling event, and can perform various actions, such as transmitting an instruction to autonomously navigate the vehicle to a refueling station associated with the offer for the refueling event, transmitting an instruction to display a notification associated with the offer for refueling event, transmitting information associated with the offer for refueling event, transmitting information associated with the refueling station associated with the offer for the refueling event, and/or the like.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for providing modifications to an electronic messaging space to enhance presentation of content in a video broadcast are provided. Aspects include receiving electronic messaging space data including a location and a message content for each of a plurality of electronic messaging spaces. Aspects also include determining that a target electronic messaging space is visible in a video broadcast. Responsive to determining a location depicted by the video broadcast, aspects include determining a location of the target electronic messaging space and a message content displayed by the target electronic messaging space. Aspects also include causing the target electronic messaging space to modify the display of the message content for improved presentation via the video broadcast.

Abstract: One or more beaconing devices transmit synchronized changing beacons. The changing beacons trigger execution of an application that is installed but closed or not running on a mobile device, that is in wireless beaconing range of a beaconing device, and that has registered the changing beacons with the mobile device operating system (“OS”) to trigger execution of the application upon receipt of the changing beacons. The changing beacons also keep the executing application running by resetting OS policies for closing the application when it is running with the mobile device in a locked or standby state. The application may perform different procedures and different times with the beaconing device or other devices including authorizing access to a secured resource when the mobile device is far away from the beaconing device, and confirming intent to access the secured resource when the mobile device is close to the beaconing device.

Abstract: A listing and locating application is shown and described. The listing and locating application will allow for products to be listed within a listing function. The application will be able to share lists among allowed users. The application will have a GPS system that will allow for the application to display localized maps. The localized maps will display the exact locations of products on the list. The products on the list will be correlated with coupons form the merchant shop. The application further will be enabled to display a direction to locate a specific area or the most direct route through a localized area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interactive advertising system and method of using the system. A plurality of removable RFID devices are disposed on a panel which is separate from an advertising graphic that is supported in an illuminated frame. Activation of one of the RFID devices illuminates a portion of the advertising graphic.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to determining visitor behavior. In particular, it relates to receiving preliminary geospatial coordinates of a plurality of places-of-interest, generating (i) contours of the places-of-interest and (ii) hyper-located geospatial coordinates of centroids of the places-of-interest based on processing the preliminary geospatial coordinates of the places-of-interest, and correlating (i) the contours and (ii) the hyper-located geospatial coordinates of the centroids of the places-of-interest with geospatial coordinates of visitor locations to determine the visitor behavior of visitors visiting the places-of-interest, including at least one of detecting whether the visitors visited the places-of-interest, and detecting a duration for which the visitors visited the places-of-interest.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that communicates with a communication apparatus includes a connecting unit that connects to a first access point in the communication apparatus, a connection-information acquisition unit that acquires connection information for connecting to a second access point in the communication apparatus via the first access point, a storage unit that stores the acquired connection information in a memory, and a receiving unit that receives an instruction to transmit data. Upon receipt of an instruction to transmit data when the connecting unit is not connected to the second access point, the connecting unit connects to the second access point using the stored connection information stored in the storage unit, and when the connecting unit is connected to the second access point, the first access point is disabled.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing media, including advertisements and other messages, to mobile devices based upon their location relative to a defined geofence.

Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying campaign dependent geofences by creating marketing campaigns and linking the marketing campaign to a specific geofence. Each campaign-linked geofence may be capable of delivering the campaign messages to geofence participants during the duration of a marketing campaign and the geofence system may subsequently deactivate the geofence automatically after the marketing campaign has concluded. The systems and methods may map a geofence with a defined boundary to specified location on the map coinciding with the marketing campaign. As the tracked computer devices impinges on the borders of the market campaign's geofence, select messages may be received by the tracked computer devices, corresponding specifically to the events, promotions and advertisements of the campaign events during the time frame the events are active.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile advertisement system and a method of advertisement using the mobile advertisement system. In certain embodiments, mobile advertisement system includes: a mobile advertisement server and one or more mobile advertisement delivery systems. The mobile advertisement server registers many advertisers and subscribers, receives various advertisements and their corresponding delivery instructions from advertisers, and dispatch advertisements and delivery instructions to the subscribers. Each of mobile advertisement delivery systems corresponds to one of registered subscribers, and is connected to mobile advertisement server. Each mobile advertisement delivery systems receive advertisements and delivery instructions from mobile advertisement server, and displays advertisements on respective mobile advertisement display device according to corresponding delivery instructions.

Abstract: Embodiments provide computer apparatuses, computer systems and computer-executable methods for generating geographic zone information associated with a consumer. A method includes receiving a first geographic location associated with the consumer, and programmatically identifying a first geographic zone associated with the first geographic location. The method also includes programmatically generating a first importance score associated with the first geographic zone and associated with the consumer. The method also includes storing, on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the first geographic zone and the first importance score associated with the consumer.

Abstract: A method for providing content items to one or more client devices associated with at least one unresolved identifier. An unresolved identifier defines a context in which a client device accesses one or more online systems, the context not determined to be associated with a specific user. The method comprises identifying a set of unresolved identifiers, and identifying information describing one or more access events associated with each unresolved identifier. For each pair of unresolved identifiers, a similarity score for the pair is determined based on the identified information. Responsive to the similarity score exceeding a threshold similarity score, the pair of unresolved identifiers is clustered, the clustering indicating a prediction that the pair of unresolved identifiers are associated with a common user. Based on this clustering, a content item is displayed on or more user devices associated with at least one unresolved identifier of the set of unresolved identifiers.

Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to the field of reward processing, and more particularly, systems, methods, and computer readable media for digital reward processing utilizing distributed ledger technology. Distributed ledger technology is utilized wherein distributed ledgers are stored on a plurality of node computing devices, the distributed ledgers including sequential entries that are cryptographically linked to one another.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a vehicle-based media system includes (a) receiving audio content; (b) causing one or more speakers to output the received audio content; (c) using a microphone of the vehicle-based media system to capture the output audio content; (d) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (e) identifying a computational action based at least on the identified reference audio content; and (f) sending, via a network interface of the vehicle-based media system, an instruction that causes an external computing device to perform the identified computational action.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.

Abstract: An online system provides a virtual world including a plurality of locations spatially distributed throughout the virtual world. The online system receives sponsorship requests for generating locations in the virtual world associated with one or more advertisers. A sponsorship request identifies a position in the virtual world for presenting the location and a bid amount specifying an amount of compensation to the online system for presenting the location at the position in the virtual world. When an opportunity to present a location at a position in the virtual world to a user is identified, the online system selects a location from the received sponsorship request for presentation at the position based at least in part on the bid amounts of the sponsorship requests.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using wireless beacons in point of purchase (“POP”) displays to facilitate the delivery of consumer oriented content to mobile devices is disclosed. Wireless beacons may be used to broadcast wireless signals from POP displays, where the wireless signals include data packets with unique identifiers for the wireless beacons. The wireless signals may be received by mobile devices. A remote server may communicate with the mobile device and provide the mobile device with up-to-date content associated with the POP displays. A geographic location of the mobile device may be assessed and used to determine if the mobile device is at an acceptable location for displaying the up-to-date content. The wireless beacons may be enclosed in an enclosure that is attached to the POP displays. Sensors may determine when the enclosures are attached/removed from the POP displays.

Abstract: A system for determining relevant information based on user interactions may include a processor configured to receive data and associated relevance information from a data source and a set of signals describing a current environment of a user or historical user behavior information in which the data source being local to a computing device. The processor may be further configured to provide, using a machine learning model, a relevance score for each of multiple data items based at least in part on the received relevance information and the set of signals. The processor may be further configured to sort the data items based on a ranking of each relevance score for each data item. The processor may be further configured to provide, as output, the multiple data items based at least in part on the ranking.

Abstract: A product pushing method and a product promotion system are provided. The method includes the following steps: recording an area as the user's current position when the time period of the user staying in the area is longer than a first threshold; obtaining at least one current product corresponding to the current position from a regional product database; obtaining at least one recorded product corresponding to at least one recorded position from the regional product database; obtaining at least one promotion portfolio from the product portfolio database according to the current product and the at least one record product; and sending the at least one promotion portfolio to the user.

Abstract: Provided is a method including a location-sharing acquaintance registration process, a location-sharing acquaintance location information receiving process in which the acquaintance location sharing application receives location information of location-sharing acquaintances present within a preset proximity radius from a current location of the user from the location information providing server, a location-sharing acquaintance distance display process in which the acquaintance location sharing application displays only the number and separation distances of location-sharing acquaintances present within the proximity radius of the user without identification information of the location-sharing acquaintances as long as the location-sharing acquaintances are present within the proximity radius, and a paid location-sharing acquaintance identification information providing process in which the acquaintance location sharing application provides the identification information of the location-sharing acquaintances p

Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems, and/or apparatuses for evaluating movement data to identify a user as a driver or non-driver passenger are provided. In some examples, movement data may be received from a mobile device of a user. The movement data may include sensor data including location data, such as global positioning system (GPS) data, accelerometer and/or gyroscope data, and the like. Additional data may be retrieved from one or more other sources. For instance, additional data such as usage of applications on the mobile device, public transportation schedules and routes, image data, vehicle operation data, and the like, may be received and analyzed with the movement data to determine whether the user of the mobile device was a driver or non-driver passenger of the vehicle. Based on the determination, the data may be deleted in some examples or may be further processed to generate one or more outputs.

Abstract: Methods and systems for improved processor efficiency via reductions in repeated calculations are provided. A plurality of candidate sitelinks are identified in response to a search for online content. Each sitelink has associated with it a plurality of candidate creatives with which the sitelink may be presented to the user. The creatives are canonicalized to form clusters of candidate creatives. The sitelinks are also canonicalized. The creatives are matched to the candidate canonicalized sitelinks so as to provide enhanced sitelinks having increased relevance to the user search.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to perform at least the following functions: specifying an advertising asset; receiving media content to be associated with the advertising asset; specifying at least one condition for transmitting the media content, wherein specifying the at least one condition comprises specifying at least one of the following: a first condition associated with at least one element of profile data corresponding with a device configured to receive the media content, a second condition associated with at least one action performed by the device, and a third condition associated with a device location; receiving a content captured by the device; detecting the advertising asset with the captured content; determining whether the at least one condition for transmitting the media content has been met; and transmitting the media content.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to perform at least the following functions: specifying an advertising asset; receiving media content to be associated with the advertising asset; specifying at least one condition for transmitting the media content, wherein specifying the at least one condition comprises specifying at least one of the following: a first condition associated with at least one element of profile data corresponding with a device configured to receive the media content, a second condition associated with at least one action performed by the device, and a third condition associated with a device location; receiving a content captured by the device; detecting the advertising asset with the captured content; determining whether the at least one condition for transmitting the media content has been met; and transmitting the media content.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to perform at least the following functions: specifying an advertising asset; receiving media content to be associated with the advertising asset; specifying at least one condition for transmitting the media content, wherein specifying the at least one condition comprises specifying at least one of the following: a first condition associated with at least one element of profile data corresponding with a device configured to receive the media content, a second condition associated with at least one action performed by the device, and a third condition associated with a device location; receiving a content captured by the device; detecting the advertising asset with the captured content; determining whether the at least one condition for transmitting the media content has been met; and transmitting the media content.

Abstract: A system for processing a digital promotion may include a mobile wireless communications and a digital promotion server. The server may generate a digital promotion for a given product based upon a promotion request, and communicate the digital promotion to the mobile device based upon the promotion request. The server may cooperate with the mobile device to prompt the user for a user-provided identification code for redemption of the digital promotion at a redemption location, and determine whether the user-provided identification code is unique relative to other user-provided identification codes. When unique, the user-provided identification code may be stored for redemption of the digital promotion, otherwise a server-provided unique identification code may be generated and communicated to the mobile device. The server may cooperate with the redemption location to redeem the digital promotion based upon one of the user-provided identification code and the server-provided unique identification code.

Abstract: Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for dynamically retrieving and monitoring geo-fence activity. A meta geo-fence may be identified based on a user device geolocation. The meta geo-fence having a radius that is dynamically generated to include previously defined geo-fences within or touching the meta geo-fence. User device geolocation may be monitored in relation to the defined geo-fences included in the radius of the meta geo-fence. A communication may be sent to the user device when the user device reports that the user device has entered or exited one of the previously defined geo-fences within or touching the radius of the meta geo-fence.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated management of campaigns using scripted rules.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining the location of a mobile merchant, and performing further processing based on the determined location. Transaction data for a transaction conducted by a mobile merchant is electronically received at a server computer. The server computer determines a location of the mobile merchant based on the transaction data, and performs further processing based on the location of the mobile merchant.

Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. Unstructured text may be analyzed to identify medical condition information of multiple occurrences of a medical condition for at least one subject. Times and geographic locations corresponding to the multiple occurrences of the medical condition may be obtained. Environmental information that corresponds to the times and the geographic locations of the multiple medical condition occurrences, may be retrieved. Correlations between the medical condition information and the retrieved environmental information for the at least one subject may be determined. Environmental factors affecting the medical condition, based on the determined correlations, are identified.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for creating application ratings may include (i) determining that a user device has downloaded an application, (ii) monitoring the usage of the application on the user device, (iii) deducing a value of the application based at least in part on the monitored usage, and (iv) creating a rating for the application that indicates the deduced value of the application. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: According to certain examples, a head-mounted apparatus includes a safety eyewear component and an optical display coupled to the safety eyewear component. The safety eyewear component is configured to be worn of a head of an operator and to block transmission of a laser light therethrough. The optical display is configured to receive data associated with the laser light and to display a visual representation of the laser light in a field of view of the operator. In other examples, an apparatus includes a display, a sensor, at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive, from the sensor, data associated with a laser light, process the data, and provide an image to the display, such as a representation of the laser light.

Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems generate a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of selectable elements. Selections of an application and a first filter within the GUI configure the promotion to be displayed to a subset of a selected group of users, the subset being users that access the network service using a user device that both runs the selected application and meets user device state criteria defined by the selected first filter. A request corresponding to the first filter is transmitted to a user device detected to be running the selected application and associated with the selected group of users. When the user device is determined to satisfy the user device state criteria, the promotion is transmitted to the user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing people's interests, based on signals available within social media. In general, the systems and methods can include determining interests for a group of people that differentiate the group from another group. First, topics of interest for each individual can be calculated based on topics associated with their activity on social media websites and topics associated with people in their social media network. The interest topics of people in a first group can be compared to the interest topics of people in a second group to determine which interest topics have a high affinity for one group but not the other. The invention can further provide for visualization of the topic distribution between the two groups, which can include illustrations of the number of people in each group who are interested in a plurality of topics and/or the prevalence of each of the plurality of topics in the first group relative to the second group.

Abstract: A publication tool, and methods of use thereof, for publishing user created content as well as republishing content created by others to a social media network. The publication tool incorporates and uses analytic data from a plurality of data sources to identify and evaluate relationships between the user of the social media network and members of social media networks who subscribe to view the content published by the user on the social media network. The publication tool predicts the likelihood that a subscriber of the social media network will publish or share the same content as the user and if the publication tool predicts that the same content will be published by the user and the subscriber, the publication tool will publish the content on the social media network as a joint publication which can be viewed by all common subscribers shared between the user and the subscriber.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing advertising content to terminals communicating over a communications network is provided. The apparatus includes a processing element that communicates with network elements residing on the network or other networks to receive information regarding the terminals and their users. At least one of the terminals may be a mobile terminal. The processing element communicates an instruction to an advertising platform based on this information, and the advertising platform in turn selects and transmits advertising content to the respective terminals according to the instruction. Such content may include text messages, voice messages, picture messages, video clips, and more. In some cases, the processing element may determine a common characteristic of two or more terminals and their users based on the information received, and advertising content based on that common characteristic may be sent to the terminals. A method, system, and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: The techniques, methods, systems, and other mechanisms described herein include processes for determining if customized content should be generated, what information to include in the customized content, and when to provide the customized content. In general, a computing system determines that a user intends to travel to a physical venue. The computing system can determine if an entity associated with the physical venue has a web page. The computing system can determine various aspects of a predicted route of travel from the user's present location to the physical venue. The computing system can use location information indicating the user's current location and determine one or more routes of travel to the physical venue. The computing system can compare one or more determined aspects of the predicted route to threshold values to determine if customized content should be generated and presented to the user.