Abstract: A method and a system segmenting a user viewing listings in online publications to render the listing according to a rule received from a seller. For example, the system receives one or more listings submitted by a seller. The listing comprises one or more modifiable parameters. The system also receives a rule from the seller, the rule associated with a first listing of the one or more listings. A profile is associated with a user based on data collected about the user. The first listing is rendered to the user based on the profile associated with the user and the rule by modifying the one or more parameters.

Abstract: In an approach for constructing private profile machine learning models for recommending products to a user, a processor gathers user data associated with interactions of the user on an ecommerce website. A processor analyzes the user data using machine learning (ML) techniques. A processor trains a private profile ML model on the analyzed user data, wherein the private profile ML model is stored on a private storage of the user. A processor predicts a product recommendation using the private profile ML model. A processor outputs the product recommendation.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system and method for the following steps are described herein: receiving transactional data describing transactions between multiple computing devices, using the transactional data, identifying multiple instances of a particular event type, each instance comprising multiple transactions associated with a particular computing device, using the transactional data related to the multiple instances of the particular event type, determining multiple items for the particular event type, receiving, from a client computing device, an event generation request for an event of the particular event type, generating an event template identifying one or more of the multiple items associated with the particular event type, and displaying, through a graphical user interface executing on the client computing device, the event template.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a steam generator and a car washer with the steam generator. The steam generator includes: a boiler having a combustion chamber. The steam generator further includes: a windproof cover, at least a part of an ignition device of the steam generator being located in the windproof cover; an igniting cover, at least a part of the igniting cover being located in the combustion chamber, and an outlet of the windproof cover being located in the igniting cover; an air inlet grating, the air inlet grating being provided around the windproof cover and connected with the windproof cover, and the air inlet grating being located on an inner side of an air inlet of the igniting cover, to prevent airflow in the igniting cover from flowing out from the inlet of the igniting cover.

Abstract: A system and method for providing financial account messages to customers while accessing web sites is disclosed. Methods, systems and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention enable a financial account issuer to provide an application to customer's computer system over a network. The application may be configured to provide various messages associated with the customer's financial account provided by the financial account issuer while the customer browses web sites. The financial account messages may be configured to provide interactive and dynamically changing account status information based on attempted purchases of goods and/or services by the customer at merchants' web sites. The application may also be configured to provide rating information associated with web sites accessed by the customer.

Abstract: A system and method allows users to make purchases utilizing a mobile subscriber account.

Abstract: A service provider system may implement an enterprise catalog service that manages software products and portfolios of software products on behalf of service provider customer organizations. A graph processing service of the enterprise catalog service may create a graph representation of the enterprise catalog service data, including principals, product listings, portfolios, and constraints (and the relationships between them) that may be used to manage access control, launch contexts, and searches within the enterprise catalog service. A primary (key-value) store may maintain an adjacency list and a secondary index of de-normalized edges. A secondary (document) store may maintain the de-normalized edges. In response to various queries directed to the graph processing service, the service may query the adjacency list or the secondary index. For example, one query may return a list of products that an end user can access, and another may return a count of products within a portfolio.

Abstract: A system and method for selling product is provided. In accordance with one aspect, shoppers using an Internet-based commerce site may request custom designed products rather than mass produced products from willing sellers. Shoppers may provide terms under which the custom good must be manufactured. Various systems and methods may also provide a platform for shoppers and sellers to negotiate terms and/or to incorporate negotiated terms into such requests. According to some embodiments, the system and method for selling product facilitates fabrication, delivery and payment for customized goods. In one embodiment, requests for customized goods may be fulfilled by multiple sellers. One example includes multiple sellers fulfilling a custom request, and another includes multiple sellers each producing a part of a desired quantity for a custom request, among other options. One aspect also includes allowing shoppers to request custom made products from one or more manufacturers.

Abstract: Approaches presented herein enable providing a user with a procurement context notification. More specifically, a selection of an item for procurement by a user through an e-commerce enabled website is obtained. The item, including a use for the item, is identified. A web pointer to web accessible media provided by a third party source that describes the use for the identified item is then retrieved from a browsing history of the user. A description of this web accessible media is generated based on content from the web accessible media. The description and/or the web pointer are attached to a procurement confirmation document, which is then sent to the user. The confirmation document with the attached description and web pointer can be a physical document for inclusion with a physical package containing the item to be transported to the user.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for a transient local commerce search service is provided. A search query including a user specified location and a user specified time period is received. One or more transient merchants temporarily located within the user specified location at least during the user specified time period are identified. A user interface displaying a map and an indicator of temporary location of the one or more transient merchants is displayed.

Abstract: A device may receive user data associated with a product or service, the user data including a user identifier associated with a user. The device may identify a business application that is relevant to the product or service, the business application being designed to provide the user with a business offer related to the product or service. In addition, the device may provide the user data to the business application and receive, from the business application, business application state data and user response data, the business application state data specifying a partially completed transaction associated with the product or service, and the user response data including information associated with the partially completed transaction. The device may store the business application state data and the user response data, and perform an action based on the business application state data.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods and systems that enable a consumer to electronically shop for products using a conventional electronic shopping cart such as are typically provided by online merchants, and to also create and manage one or more additional “shared” electronic shopping carts through which the end-user may automatically share details of such shopping activities with others using electronic means such as online social networks, short message services, and email, thereby enabling others to participate and assist in various shopping activities.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for automating the generation of a visualization region for use in visually conveying concepts associated with products or services in an electronic marketplace. In response to a search query, a plurality of concepts that may beneficial in further refining the search query may be determined and may be represented by a plurality of representative items available in the electronic marketplace. Visual identifiers associated with the representative items may be used in the generation of a visualization region for use in further refining the search query to a particular concept.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide an electronic procurement system and process that enables a buyer or purchasing organization to maintain explicitly or implicitly, a contract price between the buyer/purchasing organization and the supplier whose catalog is integrated with an electronic marketplace. In one embodiment, a process is executed to compare the listed/purchase price of catalog items against the contract price or against a ‘normal’ purchase price. A user (e.g. the buyer) may also be able to configure and receive specific alerts regarding items that are purchased in deviation of the contracted price and items that have been added to the catalog since the last contract. Disclosed embodiments may also maintain, automatically, the historical price and purchase information of supplier catalog items that are enabled through the electronic marketplace.

Abstract: A system and method for a trusted fulfillment agent network system is described. A network of trusted fulfillment agents is generated for a seller in an online marketplace. A transaction between a buyer and the seller corresponding to a listing of the seller in the online marketplace is accessed. A request is generated to the network of trusted fulfillment agents of the seller to fulfill a shipment of an item from the listing to the buyer on behalf of the seller.

Abstract: A system and method operating a customer need-based configuration recommendation management system to enhance configuration selection comprising processor executing machine readable executable code instructions to define a plurality of preset user functional requirement definitions for a configuration of one or more sale items to configure an on-sale custom information handling system available via a web interface, wherein the each of the plurality of preset user functional definitions corresponds to one of a plurality of need-based categories of customers, and a stored plurality of list configurations, each of the plurality of list configurations including a configuration of sale items associated with one of the plurality of preset user functional definitions, wherein each of the sale items have a different sale item type from one another and are identified as being compatible with one another according to compatibility data stored in memory.

Abstract: An embeddable buy button for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the buy button adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device wherein the buy button includes a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, the content retrieval component configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata into an embedded electronic commerce store in the buy button after it enters an active operational mode, the buy button also including a content preview component configured to enable a streamed execution of a portion of the multimedia content files associated with each of the multimedia display files from a multimedia content distribution system executing on the application server, and a transaction processing component operative to execute and complete a commercial transaction in the embedded electronic commerce store pertaining to the multimedia content fil

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for the licensing of services associated with IoT devices that are under rental by users and/or that are shared between users. A comprehensive user-based licensing system connects services, users, and IoT devices with respect to licensing based on the particular context in which a device is being rented, one or more capabilities of the device being rented, availability of services for the particular device, and/or one or more characteristics of the user who is renting the device. The licensing system enables a user who is renting an IoT device to purchase one or more services associated with the device in conjunction with the rental.

Abstract: A method and a system segmenting a user viewing listings in online publications to render the listing according to a rule received from a seller. For example, the system receives one or more listings submitted by a seller. The listing comprises one or more modifiable parameters. The system also receives a rule from the seller, the rule associated with a first listing of the one or more listings. A profile is associated with a user based on data collected about the user. The first listing is rendered to the user based on the profile associated with the user and the rule by modifying the one or more parameters.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing presentable transaction data of a product to a user may include obtaining preliminary transaction data of one or more purchasers other than the user; generating itemized transaction data based on the preliminary transaction data; obtaining one or more translation codes from one or more transaction entities; generating standardized transaction data based on the itemized transaction data and the one or more translation codes; retrieving identification data from the standardized transaction data; generating anonymized transaction data based on the standardized transaction data by withholding the identification data; generating presentable transaction data based on the anonymized transaction data; and transmitting, to a device associated with the user, the presentable transaction data.