Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods provide an augmented environment that facilitates a donation to a charity. A system may receive organization data including data associated with a plurality of charitable organizations. The system may also receive (i) environmental data including an image of an object, and (ii) location data indicating the image location. Further, the system may identify the object and determine one or more qualifying charities associated with the object. The system may augment the environmental data by adding enhanced content such as an identification of the qualifying charity, transmit the enhanced content to a mobile device for display, and initiate a transfer of funds from a user account to a charity financial account associated with the qualifying charity.

Abstract: Method and system to generate multiple entity aware typeahead suggestions is provided. The system is configured to use multiple Finite State Transducers (FSTs) to examine an input string submitted by a user via a search box, and to generate one or more typeahead suggestions based on the results of the examination. Different FSTs are constructed with respect to strings identified as associated with different entity types. At least one of the typeahead suggestions includes a portion associated with one entity type and a portion associated with a different entity type.

Abstract: An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing excessive customer care. In use, one or more service provider systems are monitored for at least one proactive care action provided to at least one of a plurality of customers. Further, one or more proactive care actions are detected in the one or more systems. Information associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions is stored. Additionally, one or more proactive customer care interactions associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions are identified. Information associated with the one or more proactive customer care interactions is stored. Furthermore, one or more self-service click through events associated with the detected one or more proactive care actions are detected. Information associated with the one or more self-service click through events is stored. Further, at least one customer care policy of a service provider associated with the one or more service provider systems is identified.

Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for determining an actual maximum density capacity and/or development potential in view of the zoning code applicable to a particular location. Such methods and systems seek to overcome frustrations and alleviate other impediments that affect efficient use of zoning codes. In a first aspect, a computer-implemented system for determining development potential includes at least one input interface for receiving property information; a computer program for calculating a building envelope allowable under the zoning code and for calculating an actual maximum density capacity available for a geographic area of interest using the zoning code and additional factors affecting the area of interest. The results of at least the actual maximum density capacity calculation is provided to an output interface for displaying assessment of zoning code compliance and generating a virtual build of a building permitted under the zoning code for the site.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for optimized and accelerated registration and registration management. In one embodiment, a method is provided for identifying one or more time periods in which a stress level measure for an entity satisfies a configurable threshold. Responsive to identifying the one or more time periods for each account from the plurality of user accounts and during the identified one or more time periods, a determination of whether the respective user account is eligible to register for each of one or more events is made based on restrictions associated with each respective event and based on the information associated with the respective user account. This allows a quicker response to eligibility checks during times when the entity is experiencing a high level of stress.

Abstract: Aspects generate costs for a business plan from normalized cost metric values by mapping (via a processor implementing an automated process) text artifacts of a business plan to different tags that each include a cost as a function of a time period for delivery of a service that is associated with a computer service element. Aspects also generate a summary view cost estimation as a function of the time period, costs of the mapped tags and a geographic region productive factor that is assigned to a region identified as providing delivery of the service that is associated with the computer service element. The summary view cost estimation estimates a total cost of delivering the computing services of the computer service element over time as a function of the normalized, mapped tag cost metrics.

Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for the autonomous wireless communication between a service provider device and a customer device. The customer device may notify the service provider device whether the customer has work to be performed by the service provider. The service provider device may provide information to the customer about work to be performed by the service provider. In one embodiment, a shipping service is notified autonomously about items that a customer has for pick up and shipment. The shipping service is also capable of wirelessly transferring information to a customer device about items to be delivered to that customer.

Abstract: A system for providing social and professional networking, wherein said system comprises: a hardware processor, and executable software stored on a computer readable medium, wherein said executable software comprises: a professional module, a social module, a professional nested level category filter comprising at least two levels, a social nested level category filter comprising at least two levels, and a database management system; wherein said professional module is connected to said professional nested level category filter comprising at least two levels; wherein said social module is connected to said social nested level category filter comprising at least two levels; wherein said professional nested level category filter comprising at least two levels is connected to said database management system; and wherein said social nested level category filter comprising at least two levels is connected to said database management system.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products that determine wholesale prices for durable goods such as used vehicles. In one embodiment, a system includes a computer processor, a network interface, a data storage device, and an output device. The system collects and stores, via the network interface, historical sales information from external data sources. A retail price for a target vehicle is determined based on the collected information. Condition information for the vehicle is collected and used to adjust the retail price to arrive at a wholesale price, which is output to a user. The system may also adjust the price based on repair costs associated with identified vehicle conditions. The system may collect cost information associated with a wholesale sale transaction and deduct these costs and a profit margin from the wholesale price to produce a trade-in price.

Abstract: Management of user-generated game play advice is disclosed. The present invention allows for management of game play advice that is complete and up-to-date regardless of when a particular interactive gaming title is released. Game play advice is pervasive and easily accessible to game players in addition to being accurate and credible such that game players can trust or rely upon the rendered advice.

Abstract: A method and system for providing searching and contributing via social commerce within a social media ecosystem on a cloud communications network. A user is able to select as plural individual electronic lists, personal preferences and favorite items for social media ecosystem gifting, charitable contributing and time-of-need donating. Controlled access for the plural individual electronic lists selected by the user is provided to plural general search engine sites and plural social media sites in a social media ecosystem. Secure private permission-based viewing of and electronic operations on the stored plural individual electronic lists of favorite items is provided to plural other users so the plural other users can view and contribute a gift, charitable contribution or time-of-need donation. Electronic purchases of favorite items or electronic contributions to a charity or for time-of-need assistance are accepted.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method comprising monitoring publications for regulatory changes with a monitoring device, and identifying at least one regulatory change based on the monitoring of the publications. The monitoring device monitors published comments to the identified regulatory change. A processor connected to the monitoring device identifies one or more topics and/or objects in the regulatory change and/or the published comments. An alert generating device connected to the processor generates an alert including one or more policies above a threshold level of likelihood that the policy will be affected by the regulatory change.

Abstract: Techniques for presenting a recommendation to a member of a social network in a specific field of study are described. A predictor can access, from a database in the social network, educational data of a plurality of students and post-graduate data of a plurality of graduates in the social network. Additionally, the predictor can determine a subset of students associated with a specific field of study, and can calculate a demand for the specific field of study based on the accessed data. A recommendation generator can calculate a competition value for the specific field of study based on the determined subset of students and the calculated demand for the specific field of study. Subsequently, the recommendation generator can cause a presentation, on a display of a device, of a recommendation associated with the specific field of study, the recommendation being based on the calculated competition value.

Abstract: A method of creating spatiotemporal activity records for an education program may include determining a start of an activity. The method may additionally include tracking the activity to record at least one accomplishment or error achieved in the activity and at least one time/location indicator associated with the at least one accomplishment or error. The method may additionally include generating a spatiotemporal activity record that includes the at least one time/location indicator and the at least one accomplishment or error. The method may additionally include presenting at least a portion of the spatiotemporal activity record for review by a reviewer, receiving identification data of the reviewer as an indication that the reviewer has reviewed and understands the at least the portion of the spatiotemporal activity record, authenticating the reviewer as a service receiver, and verifying the spatiotemporal activity record as reviewed and approved by the service receiver.

Abstract: Provided is a process of matching media characters, the process including: obtaining a plurality of character records, each character record including a trait vector specifying traits of the respective character; receiving a request from a user device to match characters in the character records, the request identifying at least one reference character record; calculating, with one or more processors, matching scores indicative of similarity between the trait vector of the reference character record and trait vectors of other character records among the plurality of character records; selecting a responsive character record from among the plurality of character records based on the matching scores; and sending instructions to the user device to display information about a character of the responsive character record.

Abstract: A system and a method of global electronic job market in the Internet are provided.

Abstract: A data analysis system stores in-memory representation of a distributed data structure across a plurality of processors of a parallel or distributed system. Client applications interact with the in-memory distributed data structure to process queries using the in-memory distributed data structure and to modify the in-memory distributed data structure. The data analysis system creates uniform resource identifier (URI) to identify each in-memory distributed data structure. The URI can be communicated from one client application to another application using communication mechanisms outside the data analysis system, for example, by email, thereby allowing other client devices to interact with a particular in-memory distributed data structure. The in-memory distributed data structure can be a machine learning model that is trained by one client device and executed by another client device. A client application can interact with the in-memory distributed data structure using different programming languages.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for generating revenue in an online game are presented. One method includes an operation for creating, in the online game, a first virtual currency and a game score, where the amount of the first virtual currency can be increased in exchange for real currency. The first virtual currency can be traded for advancement in the online game. Further, a game module, that is an autonomous game within the online game, is started, and a second virtual currency and a module score are created in the game module. The amount of the second virtual currency can be increased in exchange for real currency, where the second virtual currency can be traded for advancement in the game module and cannot be traded for advancement in the online game outside of the game module. Advancement in the game module increases the module score and does not increase the game score.

Abstract: There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a unique identifier of a first entity, (b) constructing a family tree of entities that includes the first entity, (c) calculating a decision-making power score for each entity in the family tree in accordance with a rule, thus yielding decision-making power scores, (d) identifying a decision-making entity in the family tree, based on the decision-making power scores, thus yielding an identification of the decision-making entity, and (e) controlling a messaging system to direct a correspondence to a recipient, based on the identification of the decision-making entity. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a storage device for storing instructions for a processor to perform the method.