Abstract: A system for monitoring consumption of digital content by a user includes a display device, a memory circuit maintained on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit identifies the progress of the user through the digital content presented on the display device. The digital content includes a collection of micro content blocks, the progress of the user being at least dependent on one or more of a plurality of predefined parameters. The processing circuit identifies a computer-executable progress score of the user based on the progress identified for the user and defines a computer-executable reward value for the user based on the progress score of the user upon successful achieving at least a defined level of the progress. The processing circuit allows the user to redeem the computer-executable reward value as an equivalent transactional amount upon submission of the progress.

Abstract: Methods and software that allow one or more users to utilize targeted-advertising functionality in the context of a product program. For example, such logistical functionality may enable users to benefit from the use of one or more functionalities enabled by targeted advertising, such as fully or partially ad-sponsored software, relevant training or assistance recommendations, and user-customized advertising, among others. Various corresponding and related methods and software are described.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for distributing digital rewards between third parties. An example method includes receiving rewards data representative of at least a digital rewards profile comprising a digital rewards amount for a digital rewards program of a user and receiving a rewards mapping request comprising instructions to identify one or more available digital rewards sources compatible with the digital rewards amount. The example method further includes identifying one or more digital rewards sources comprising one or more of a second digital rewards profile comprising a second digital rewards amount, a promotion of the digital rewards program, or an incentive multiplier and causing transmission of at least one of a predefined digital rewards amount or the promotion of the digital rewards program. The example method further includes executing a purchase transaction for a product associated with a product cost of the digital rewards program.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a service providing apparatus and method for providing a search term network based on a search path. In more detail, the present disclosure relates to a service providing apparatus and method for providing a search term network based on a search path, the apparatus and method configured to provide support to be able to easily select and use a search term having the highest relevance for marketing until reaching a user's request search term by creating and providing a search term network visualizing the connection relationship between search terms and a search term having a high degree of importance on the basis of a search path making it possible to find the relationship between other search terms relevant to the user's request search term and the search term as a distance.

Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems, and/or apparatuses are provided for providing offer and insight generation functions. User input requesting an offer or insight may be received and an image of a photographic identification of a user may be requested. The image of the photographic identification may be captured and stored. A self-captured image of the user may be captured (e.g., via an image capture device of the computing device) and compared to an image of a user from the photographic identification. Responsive to determining that the images match, displaying an instruction to capture a vehicle identification number. The vehicle identification number may be captured. Data, including location data, may be extracted and an archive including the extracted data may be generated and the data may be transmitted to an entity computing system for processing. The entity computing system may evaluate the data and generate one or more insights and/or outputs.

Abstract: Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for digital advertising within a virtual experience provided at a virtual experience platform. A user's avatar's viewpoint, perspective, time spent viewing, and other attributes are accurately tracked to determine an overall advertising impression. Different advertisements may be displayed to an avatar based on the avatar approaching a digital advertisement element and being within a threshold distance of the digital advertising element. Furthermore, metrics based upon user engagement may be tracked and associated with displayed advertisements.

Abstract: An information management device according to the embodiment is an information management device that manages information provided to a first device mounted on a mobile object on which an occupant boards and a second device used by a user at a location different from the mobile object, and includes an acquirer configured to acquire information from the first device and the second device, and a provider configured to provide each of the first device and the second device with information based on the information acquired, in which the information acquired by the first device includes an indoor image of the mobile object, an outdoor image, and indoor voice information of the mobile object, and the provider provides the second device with information set to be available among the indoor image, the outdoor image, and the indoor voice information based on provision availability information set by the occupant.

Abstract: A method of prompting impulse purchases includes detecting a position of a customer at an impulse purchase location via an impulse purchase prompt initiator, automatically transmitting, via the impulse purchase prompt initiator, an impulse purchase prompt to the customer, fulfilling, in near-real time, an impulse purchase request transmitted by the customer in response to the impulse purchase prompt via the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically sending a signal to a communications module of an automated locker, and automatically opening the at least one storage compartment and dispensing a product associated with the impulse purchase. The automated locker includes storage that is temperature controlled so as to lower a temperature of the product, and the impulse purchase prompt is only automatically transmitted in response to the temperature of the product being equal to or less than a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A contextual services delivery system that may deliver different contextual services to a smartphone and/or a POS terminal in response to a context environment, which can provide a user with a customized contextual services experience. In one embodiments, the system may be configured to identify a mobile device of a user entering a store location based on a POS terminal detecting the mobile device. The system can cause a display of an inventory of products for the store location and receive a selection of a product. A payment amount for the product can be displayed on the mobile device. An additional product can be selected based on a context characteristic of the product. An update for the additional product can be displayed on the mobile device. An acceptance of the additional product from the mobile device can be received. The payment amount is modified at the POS terminal.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically changing displayed content of a tag coupled to an item. The methods comprising: detecting when an individual is in proximity to the tag; triggering operations, by a computing device remote from the tag, to obtain customer related information associated with the individual, when a detection is made that the individual is in proximity to the tag; determining, by the computing device, a price discount for the item based on the customer related information which was previously obtained; and dynamically changing the displayed content of the tag to include the price discount while the individual is still in proximity to the tag.

Abstract: A promotion processing system for a vehicle may include a connected car device configured to be positioned in the vehicle, obtain a geographic vehicle position, and permit control of at least one application on a mobile wireless communications device. The promotion processing system may also include a promotion processing server configured to communicate with the connected car device to determine the geographic vehicle position and determine that the vehicle is within a threshold distance from a retailer based upon the geographic vehicle position. The promotion processing server may be configured to, upon the vehicle being within the threshold distance from the retailer, determine that the vehicle has stopped motion, and upon the vehicle stopping motion, generate a digital promotion redeemable at the retailer, and communicate the digital promotion to the connected car device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for executing the electronic distribution of electronic content to a display associated with a transit-oriented vehicle. The method includes receiving, from an advertiser or content provider, a request to transmit electronic content to the display, identifying a geographical zone associated with the transit-oriented vehicle; quantifying the relative position of any one of the plurality of electronic devices to the geographical zone as the transit-oriented vehicle moves along a predetermined path; identifying a displacement pattern generated by the plurality of directional vectors for the plurality of electronic devices as the geographical zone moves along the predetermined path; tailoring the electronic content based on the displacement pattern generated by the plurality of directional vectors; and transmitting the tailored electronic content to the display.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for providing an advertisement to a user based on a collective experience of the user. One method includes accessing a plurality of ambience specifications having corresponding advertisements. Each ambience specification may comprise a first view specification and a second view specification, and each view specification may comprise a list of ambience attributes. The method may include capturing first data at a first time and determining, for each of the first view specifications, a first match quality value. The method may include capturing second data at a second time and determining, for each of the second view specifications, a second match quality value. The method may include determining a best fit ambience specification based on the first match quality values and the second match quality values, and presenting to the user, the advertisement corresponding to the best fit ambience specification.

Abstract: Methods for displaying a virtual gift, a server, and a target receiving terminal are provided. With the method, multimedia information to be published is obtained, if the attribute information of the multimedia information includes preset tag information, the target receiving terminal is determined. In addition, a validity period is set for the virtual gift. When sending the virtual gift to the target receiving terminal, the virtual gift of the current level can be obtained based on the current purchase quantity of the virtual gift and a predetermined correspondence between the purchase quantity and the level of the virtual gift.

Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system to help enable the creation of, distribution of, and/or access to content. The system can save created content on an electronic device, create a content identifier associated with the content, write the content identifier to a content distribution card, and send the content and content identifier associated with the content to a network element. When the content distribution card is brought near a content consumer's user's device, the content consumer's user device can read the content identifier from the content distribution card, communicate the content identifier to the network element, and receive the content associated with the content identifier.

Abstract: Aspects of a method for implementing a customer relationship management (CRM) and point of sale (POS) system on a node-to-node network for patron experience are disclosed including capturing transaction data or generating transaction data from one or more POS devices of a plurality of POS devices establishing a node-to-node network for processing payment on a commercial transaction are provided. Aspects of the method also include aggregating a data set associated with the commercial transaction. Moreover, aspects of the method also include reconciling the aggregated data set with a distributed ledger operating on the node-to-node network. Aspects of a CRM and POS system for patron experience are also provided, wherein the system comprises a remote payment device associated with information for making payment on a commercial transaction; and a plurality of POS devices establishing a node-to-node network for processing payment on the commercial transaction.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to segmenting the overall audio content streaming baseline into music content item segments and advertisement segment based on advertisement streaming parameters. Each music content item is dynamically determined to be streamed based on music content item parameters associated with the music content item segment. The music content item parameters are dynamically adjusted as each music content item is streamed during each music content item segment based on a duration of time remaining in the music content item segment. Each advertisement to stream is determined based on advertisement parameters. The advertisement parameters are dynamically adjusted as each advertisement is streamed during each advertisement segment based on a remaining quantity of advertisements remaining to be streamed.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and data structures that facilitate inter-entity non-monetary transactions. Some such embodiments include a single account identifier per consumer that is utilized across multiple entities to identify a single award account which is credited and debited in the consumer's transactions with all participating entities. One method embodiment includes receiving a unique account identifier within a transaction involving an account of the unique account identifier and calculating a value based on the transaction for transfer to the account of the account identifier. The method then generates a data structure in memory to transfer the calculated value to the account of the account identifier and signing the data structure in the memory with a private key of a private/public key-pair. The method then transmits the data structure to a computing system storing a replicated trusted ledger used to maintain value balances.

Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems, and/or apparatuses are provided for providing offer and insight generation functions. User input requesting an offer or insight may be received and an image of a photographic identification of a user may be requested. The image of the photographic identification may be captured and stored. A self-captured image of the user may be captured (e.g., via an image capture device of the computing device) and compared to an image of a user from the photographic identification. Responsive to determining that the images match, displaying an instruction to capture a vehicle identification number. The vehicle identification number may be captured. Data, including location data, may be extracted and an archive including the extracted data may be generated and the data may be transmitted to an entity computing system for processing. The entity computing system may evaluate the data and generate one or more insights and/or outputs.

Abstract: A system for monitoring consumption of digital content by a user includes a display device, a memory circuit maintained on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit identifies the progress of the user through the digital content presented on the display device. The digital content includes a collection of micro content blocks, the progress of the user being at least dependent on one or more of a plurality of predefined parameters. The processing circuit identifies a computer-executable progress score of the user based on the progress identified for the user and defines a computer-executable reward value for the user based on the progress score of the user upon successful achieving at least a defined level of the progress. The processing circuit allows the user to redeem the computer-executable reward value as an equivalent transactional amount upon submission of the progress.