Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a plurality of Internet-enabled devices with a common user profile for targeting Internet content or advertising. One method includes: receiving, from a plurality of Internet-enabled devices, a plurality of requests for electronic content or advertising; extracting, from each of the plurality of requests, a source IP address and a unique identifier associated with the respective Internet-enabled device; for each source IP address for which requests were received over a predetermined time period from a number of Internet-enabled devices below a threshold number of devices, identifying each possible pair of devices from which requests were received; and for each possible pair of devices, calculating a probability that the pair of devices are owned or operated by a common user.

Abstract: An information processing method, a server, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: generating a first information identification code according to first information, the first information representing an information source; providing the first information identification code to a terminal; receiving a first request from the terminal and allowing a terminal user of the terminal to follow an information service, the first request carrying the first information; and recording the first information and tracking and obtaining conversion information of the information source according to the first information.

Abstract: Auto-detecting an electronic shopping basket and auto-completing offer redemption codes on the shopping basket webpage. When the user selects an item to add to the shopping basket, the shopping basket webpage loads. A plug-in detects a load event and communicates that information to an offer system. The offer system reviews the information, identifies the merchant, and determines offer codes applicable to a purchase. The offer system communicates the offer code to the plug-in, which auto-completes the code on the electronic shopping basket. The user completes the online transaction and the merchant provides a notification of completed transaction webpage. The plug-in detects a load event for the completed transaction webpage and communicates information regarding the load event to the offer system. The offer system reviews the information, identifies the offer code previously transmitted for auto-completion, marks the offer code as redeemed, and calculates the redemption rate of the transmitted offer code.

Abstract: A campaign server is disclosed which includes a multi-level queue architecture that isolates campaign processing from the delays and inconsistencies of target population information retrieval and a data streaming service system with latency and error remediation measures are disclosed, where the campaign server and the data consumption system can be part of a consolidated system. The data consumption system may include various components to process one or more offers to one or more customers and component configured to detect an error associated the preparation of the errors and/or ii) initiate a retry attempt to process the one or more offers, and/or storing an instruction in a storage component of the streaming data system to permanently prohibit an attempt to generate the one or more offers at a subsequent time if the retry attempt expires without processing the one or more offers.

Abstract: A housing provided with an advertisement display is mounted on a vehicle or a user's article or a user's body; a local communication unit or the like is provided in the housing; and the local communication unit, the mobile terminal are wirelessly connected to each other and the GPS is activated, and the mobile terminal transmits transmission and reception information and location and speed information to the server when the mobile terminal in possession of the user approaches the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of hosting a secure module. The hosting apparatus is configured to provide connectivity to the secure module, and comprises a memory for storing secure module related applications. A processing module is configured to check whether an application chosen or activated by the user of the apparatus is a secure module related application. In case the chosen or activated application is a secure module related application, the processing module is 101 configured to restrict user rights concerning the application.

Abstract: Dynamic header bidding configuration is disclosed. For example, ad slot entries associated with ad slots in a web content, further associated with ad identifiers and ad sizes are received. Header bidding partners associated with an ad slot entry are received, each partner associated with a parameter. The partners, parameters, ad slot entries, ad identifiers, and ad sizes are recorded as a configuration associated with the web content. A script associated with the configuration, further associated with a page of the web content including an ad slot associated with the ad slot entry is generated. The configuration is sent to a client device that invokes the script by loading the first page, and an ad from a partner is displayed in an ad impression of the ad slot on the client device based on a response to a notice sent to at least two partners.

Abstract: A system and method for digital space estate management and content distribution is described. This system and method is comprised of an allotted number of time slots of fixed or variable duration, which are analyzed as digital space estates and devoted to content distribution. This system is configured to provide a web service portal which allows users to view available digital space estates, and either purchase them for a fixed price or variable price by proposing a higher acquisition offer amount than potential other users who have submitted offers on the same digital space estate. The system is further configured to utilize attributes of time slots and digital display nodes to recommend time slots to users. The system is configured to allow users to resell acquired digital space estates to other users.

Abstract: A tool for generating and publishing vehicle offers by matching up manufacturer incentive data and vehicle data received from a third party data source with inventory data received from a dealership data source is disclosed. The disclosed tool allows a user to match incentive and vehicle data to specific vehicles currently in a dealership's inventory and to generate custom offers for those specific vehicles that uniquely identify the specific vehicles from dealership's inventory.

Abstract: A device may receive, from a user device, credentials for a transaction account associated with a user. The device may provide, to a merchant device, authorization information enabling access to an indication of an incentive status associated with the user and the transaction account, wherein the incentive status indicates whether an incentive is available for the user. The device may receive, from the merchant device, an incentive status request including the authorization information. The device may determine that the authorization information is valid and is associated with the transaction account. The device may determine a current incentive status for the incentive, wherein the current incentive status is based on a satisfaction of a condition associated with the transaction account. The device may provide, to the merchant device, the indication of the current incentive status for the incentive.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for encouraging engagement with a rewards system are described herein. A customer associated with a customer device holds a rewards account with a provider associated with a provider computing system. The provider computing system receives rewards and payment card activity of the customer, analyzes the rewards and payment card activity, and generates a rewards engagement rating, which the provider uses to generate and transmit tailored rewards engagement messages to the customer device. The messages provide rewards earn and burn opportunities in which the customer can select to participate.

Abstract: A device may determine a multi-customer offer, wherein the multi-customer offer identifies a threshold quantity of customers of the multi-customer offer to allow access to the multi-customer offer. The device may receive one or more requests to accept the multi-customer offer, wherein a request, of the one or more requests, is associated with a customer device of the one or more customer devices. The device may determine, based on a quantity of requests of the one or more requests, that the threshold quantity of customers is not satisfied. The device may identify, based on the threshold quantity of customers not being satisfied, one or more candidate customer devices having a likelihood of requesting to accept the multi-customer offer, wherein the one or more candidate customer devices are associated with respective users that are the potential customers, and wherein the likelihood satisfies a threshold.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a customized user experience is presented. A system can include one or more processing modules and one more non-transitory storage modules. The usage history of a user can be tracked at an eCommerce retailer. Static information about the user can also be tracked. Thereafter, using the usage history, the static information, and the available promotions of the retailer, a probability of conversion can be calculated for each promotion. Thereafter, the promotion being displayed to the user can be based on the probability of conversion. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Technology for rewarding affiliates is provided. In one example, a method may include determining a physical location of a computing device. A purchase intent from the computing device while at the physical location may be identified. An affiliate associated with the physical location may be rewarded for the purchase intent.

Abstract: A method of improving a network-based marketplace system with referral-service functionality is disclosed. One or more notifications are received from a client device of a first user of a plurality of users. The one or more notifications include an authorization from the first user to make a payment to complete a purchase of an item included in a listing posted on the network-based publication system. The one or more notifications also include a referral code associated with the authorization. The payment is received from the first user into a holding account. Based on the referral code, a second user of the plurality of users is identified as a referrer of the purchase. The payment is divided into a plurality of payments to be made to a seller of the item as a purchase fee and to be made to the referrer of the purchase as a referral fee.

Abstract: Payment systems allowing credit and/or points to fund financial transactions are provided. In one example, a payment system comprises a credit device issued to a consumer enabling the consumer to purchase products or services from a plurality of merchants using funds from a credit account associated with the consumer. The payment system comprises a payment network enabling the plurality of merchants to receive payment from an issuer that issues the credit device to the consumer. A funding device is configured to access information regarding credit available from the credit account, the funding device further configured to access information regarding points available to the consumer. The funding device is configured to use pre-established rules to determine the use of available credit and available points for completing a transaction with a first merchant of the plurality of merchants. The transaction appears to the first merchant as a regular credit card transaction.

Abstract: A retail customer tracking system and method is disclosed. The retail system preferably includes at least one surveillance camera for generating image data of customer interactions with products and at least one point of sale camera for generating image data of customers at a point of sale area. An analytics system determines product interactions from the image data of the customer interactions with the products and stores facial image information and the product interactions for each of the customers. When a customer arrives at a point of sale area, facial image information of the customer determined from the image data of the point of sale camera is matched to previously stored facial information for the customer, and associated product interactions for the customer are provided to a management system. The management system then provides sale cues based on the product interactions to the customer at the point of sale area.

Abstract: Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of determining advertisements according to the intention of a person registering an article as advertisements to be displayed on a page supplied from a web site. The information processing device specifies a commodity classification of a commodity and an attribute value of an attribute of a commodity belonging to the commodity classification, based on an article described on a web page, and decides an evaluation made by a page supervisor for the attribute value based on the article. Then, the information processing device selects commodities that belong to the specified commodity classification and satisfy a selection condition according to the decided evaluation, as display target candidates. From among the selected commodities, a commodity of which an advertisement is to be displayed in an advertisement display area of the web page is determined.

Abstract: A computerized method of dynamically expanding an online advertisement campaign, comprising receiving from an advertiser an advertisement policy for an online advertisement campaign for offered item(s), the advertisement policy includes policy setting(s) and expanding the online advertisement campaign through multiple iterations.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention provide a system and method for effecting a transfer of goods in a transaction. Mobile communication devices held by parties to a transaction deliver geographic location information to a server, which coordinates data, including verification token data broadcast by one of said devices, so as to authenticate the identities of the parties to the transfer once the parties or devices are within a specified short-range to conduct said transfer.