Abstract: A digital platform is provided for reframing a trading experience, and creating and securely trading physical products and cryptographically secured digital assets through on-chain and off-chain communities. The platform's method comprises: receiving one of first product information and first service information, through a blockchain network, from a seller; creating one of a first product and a first service, on the blockchain network, on a digital platform; transparently listing product details of one of the first product and the first service, using the blockchain network, on the digital platform; and dynamically assigning and publishing a price of one of the first product, and the first service based on combination of one of an edition, and a launch, and one of a run size, and a volume of one of the first product and the first service using a smart contract.

Abstract: A method for routing computer messages between parties is provided. The method is implemented using a message gateway computing system including a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving a message routing offer from a seller and a representing an offer to process payment card transactions. The method also includes receiving a message routing request from a buyer. The method further includes first message route between the buyer party and a first seller party of the plurality of seller parties on a message processing network. The method also includes receiving a payment card transaction from the buyer party. The method further includes identifying the first message route associated with the payment card transaction. The method also includes transmitting the payment card transaction to the first seller party based at least in part on the first message route.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for selling and servicing cars using a network of existing owners of the car and a network of existing independent car service centers and a distributed linked computer communication system.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for incorporating a wagering activity into an electronic commerce transaction. The system preferably includes a host device in communication with at least a user device and a merchant device via the Internet. If the merchant does not offer the wagering activity, the user may shop for items offered by the merchant via the host's website. When an item is selected by the user, the item is placed in the host's shopping cart (i.e., the host's virtual shopping cart on the merchant's website). If the user decides to participate in a wagering activity, user payment information is used to transfer funds (e.g., a wagering amount) to the host. If the user wins, host payment information is provided to the merchant and used to purchase the item from the merchant. The item is then provided (shipped) to the user.

Abstract: A system for providing product recommendations to online visitors to an e-commerce website is provided. The system may include program comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to sort a list of products based on a comparison of a user's interactions with the e-commerce website and previous user interactions with the same e-commerce website.

Abstract: The present invention provides, among other aspects, methods, systems, devices and software products (computer program products) for creating and maintaining a transactional platform and network for offering, providing, selling and purchasing services, content and time.

Abstract: In selected embodiments a recommendation generator builds a network of interrelationships between venues, reviewers and users based on their attributes and reviewer and user reviews of the venues. Each interrelationship or link may be positive or negative and may accumulate with other links (or anti-links) to provide nodal links the strength of which are based on commonality of attributes among the linked nodes and/or common preferences that one node, such as a reviewer, expresses for other nodes, such as venues. The links may be first order (based on a direct relationship between, for instance, a reviewer and a venue) or higher order (based on, for instance, the fact that two venue are both liked by a given reviewer). The recommendation engine in certain embodiments determines recommended venues based on user attributes and venue preferences by aggregating the link matrices and determining the venues which are most strongly coupled to the user.

Abstract: A method for verifying an identity of a new user of an equipment online marketplace platform is disclosed. The method may include: receiving a request from a new user to join an equipment online marketplace network to trade equipment through the equipment online marketplace platform; broadcasting a message to existing users to verify and endorse an identity of the new user to allow the new user to join the equipment online marketplace network to trade equipment through the equipment online marketplace platform; receiving endorsements of the identity of the new user from the existing users; if the identity of the new user is endorsed by a threshold number of existing users, permitting the new user to join the equipment online marketplace network and trade equipment through the equipment online marketplace platform; and storing the identity of the new user as a blockchain entry in a shared ledger.

Abstract: Systems and methods for text-based secure order processing are disclosed. The system may receive an order initiation request from a user device. Based on the order initiation request, the system may retrieve a conversational order script having one or more scripted conversation prompts. The system may transmit the conversation prompts to the user device and receive one or more conversation responses from the user device. Based on the conversation responses, the system may transmit a purchase link to the user device. The purchase link may allow the user device to access a web interface to complete the purchase order.

Abstract: An approach is provided in which the approach arranges a first parameter group and a second parameter group in an initial priority order on a user interface. The first parameter group includes a selection of a first parameter option that generates a restriction on a second parameter option included in the second parameter group. In response to receiving a user input, the approach dynamically modifies the user interface by rearranging the first parameter group and the second parameter group into a different priority order and removes the restriction on the second parameter option based on the different priority order.

Abstract: A system of determining an alimentary preparation provider is disclosed. The system comprises a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive input from a user device at a current geographical location. The input comprises an alimentary request and a plurality of request parameters. The computing device generates a plurality of alimentary preparation providers as a function of the plurality of request parameters. A request parameter classifier is generated by the computing device. The computing device classifies, by the request parameter classifier, the plurality of request parameters and the plurality of alimentary preparation providers. The classification outputs an ordered list of request parameters. The computing device assigns the alimentary request to a first alimentary preparation provider as a function of an ordered list of request parameters. A method for determining an alimentary preparation provider is disclosed.

Abstract: A method is provided for recording purchase transactions, including: receiving a purchase order request that is associated with a purchase order, the purchase order request being received from a purchaser-side system, the purchase order request including purchase information identifying a product, a product quantity, and a first order identifier that is assigned to the purchase order by the purchaser-side system; generating a transaction document in response to the purchase order request, including the purchase information into the transaction document, and recording the transaction document in a document sharing platform or shared cryptographically protected ledger; and progressively updating the transaction document with information provided by the purchaser-side system and a seller-side system as the purchase order is being fulfilled, wherein each update to the transaction document is recorded in the cryptographically protected ledger.

Abstract: A system and related processing methodologies for recommending a product based on a work order are described. The system receives an input case description, including a current repair item and a current work type. Historical work orders associating a plurality of products with repair items and work types are searched for a co-occurrence of the repair item matching the current repair item, and the work type matching the current work type. Upon finding a match, the product associated with the match is added to a set of candidate products for the current work order. A similarity measure between the candidate product and current work order description, a current work type category, and popularity of the candidate product is generated and then used in the generation of a probability score for the candidate product and current work order. If the probability score meets a threshold, the candidate product is recommended.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing an interactive and social fitting room experience. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include selecting a target audience to poll for feedback on an image of an individual wearing a garment in a fitting room. The method may further include transmitting the image to a computing device of each member of the target audience, and compiling feedback regarding the image from members of the target audience. The method may further include causing the compiled feedback to be displayed to the individual on an interactive mirror display in the fitting room.

Abstract: A system and method for modeling preferences of customers to drive personalized contextual recommendations using cognitive deep constrained filtering includes receiving a user query on an online retail platform, in response to receiving the user query, performing a first online matrix manipulation and a second online matrix manipulation, and sending a list of ranked recommended products.

Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method for processing payments made via an electronic payment processing system is provided. An example method includes obtaining training data from a data source. The training data relates to prior purchases made via the electronic payment processing system, wherein the data source includes, in some examples, only a checkout page in a purchase transaction funnel. Features associated with a negative user action in relation to prior purchases are identified. A machine learning algorithm produces a dynamic transactional behavior score indicative of a probability that a purchase will invoke a negative user action.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lottery syndicate system. The system includes a server for receiving confirmation of a lottery syndicate member, with a mobile internet device, being at a geographic location to qualify as a member of a lottery ticket syndicate. Typically, the geographic location is a store which has increased patronage by virtue of the lottery syndicate members being at that location.

Abstract: A system for facilitating the postponed purchase of an item is described. The system comprises: a networked matching engine for matching stock identifier information relating to one or more items for postponed purchase by a user, with information relating to the availability of the one or more items in a physical store; a location engine for locating a mobile device in a physical location relative to the physical store; and a notification engine in communication with the networked matching engine and the location engine, the notification engine configured to receive matches of stock identifier information and then notify the user via the user mobile device regarding the availability of the one or more items when the mobile device is disposed at a selected distance from a physical store which has items within it which correspond to the matched stock identifier information. There is also described a method of facilitating a postponed purchase of an item to a user.

Abstract: A system and application for purchasing one or more items via quick online transactions from a vendor system is provided. An electronic shopping page listing products for sale and corresponding buy selectors is provided on a user device that includes the quick transaction system. Upon user selection of a buy selector, the user's log on status and payment information are determined, and, if necessary, the user is prompted to log on to the quick transaction application and/or complete any missing user payment information if necessary. A single click or tap on the buy selector generates a completed purchase transaction without the need for a shopping cart or user checkout process. Methods and machine-readable medium for quick online transactions are also provided.

Abstract: Listing an item on a publication system involves sending the publication system an email or other communication that includes title, description and a picture of the item. The email may be in plain text, with the publication system using the email for listing the item with minimal complexity for the user. The publication system may receive the email, parse the email to extract title, description, price, classification, attributes and perhaps other information with respect to the item, and compose a view item page (“VIP”) for the item listing. The extracting may also be by decoding a product identifier in the communication. The VIP may be privately viewable and editable by the user. The user may then modify or otherwise confirm the VIP. When the user confirms the VIP, the VIP goes live as the listing on the publication system.