Abstract: In one aspect, a computer system for evaluating the accuracy of an identity mapping method is disclosed. The system can comprise a system memory, one or more processors, and/or a computer readable medium containing compute-executable instructions representing a probability accuracy module. The probability accuracy module can be configured to query an identity map database for an identity map created using the identity mapping method, compare the identity map with additional social media data, calculate a correlation based on similarities between the social media data and the additional social media data, and/or verify the identity map based on the correlation. The identity map can be based on commerce data from a retailer and/or social media data from a first social media site.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products for calculating a metric using natural language processing tokens. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes parsing, by a processing device, user content using a natural language processing technique to extract tokens. The method further includes filtering, by the processing device, the tokens relating to a natural language processing criterion. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, a metric based at least in part on the filtered tokens. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, whether to take an action by applying the metric to a set of rules. The method further includes taking the action responsive to determining to take the action.

Abstract: The present disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identity mapping between commerce customers and social media users. Aspects of the invention use inferred attributes and activity correlations from both commerce data and social media data to map identities. In one aspect, activity correlations are calculated between a commerce customer account and each of the one or more candidate social media user accounts. For each of the one or more candidate social media user accounts, a probability that the commerce customer account and the social media user account map to the same identity is calculated. In another aspect, the accuracy of a mapping between a commerce customer account and a social media user is evaluated using additional social media data.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products for calculating a metric using natural language processing tokens. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes parsing, by a processing device, user content using a natural language processing technique to extract tokens. The method further includes filtering, by the processing device, the tokens relating to a natural language processing criterion. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, a metric based at least in part on the filtered tokens. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, whether to take an action by applying the metric to a set of rules. The method further includes taking the action responsive to determining to take the action.

Abstract: A systems and methods for providing a search refinement tools that incorporate contextual information, such as supply chain information is disclosed. In general, the example methods and systems provide the customer with the ability to refine search results on an e-commerce website using previously stored historical supply chain information. Supply chain information refers to historical information about a purchaser and the purchaser's previous purchases.

Abstract: A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for re-computing pre-computed search results, such as pre-computed priced recommendations. Pre-computed search results stored in a search platform are subdivided into shares of related pre-computed search results including a first share. A re-computation controller determines a validity trend indicating a change rate of a validity probability of a pre-computed search result over time and an instantaneous validity rate for the pre-computed search results. If a difference between the instantaneous validity rate and the validity trend exceeds a given extent, the re-computation controller adjusts the validity probabilities being associated with other pre-computed search results included in a second share correlated with the first share.

Abstract: A system includes a database having a plurality of purchasable items. The system also includes an order server programmed to display a website including the purchasable items to a customer via a customer device and allow the customer to select the purchasable items for purchase. The selected items are added to an online order, and a request to complete the order is received from the customer device. A selection of a pick-up time for the customer to retrieve the order at a store is received. The online order and the selected pick-up time are transmitted to an order assembly server. The order assembly server is configured to begin assembling the selected purchasable items for pick-up at the store, receive a selection of an additional purchasable item to add to the selected pick-up time, and assemble the order and the additional purchasable item for pick-up at the selected pickup time.

Abstract: Aspects include real-time context based recipe recommendations including receiving, at a mobile device, an identifier of an available food item that is offered for purchase at a food marketplace. A request for recipes that specifies the identifier of the available food item and a list of identifiers of food items previously selected by the shopper for purchase is sent to a recipe application. At least one recipe selected by the recipe application is received at the mobile device and presented to the shopper. The recipe includes the available food item and at least a subset of the food times previously selected by the shopper. The identifier of the available food item is added to the list of food items previously selected by the shopper for purchase based on determining that the shopper has selected the available food item for purchase.

Abstract: A system includes: an apparatus information acquiring unit to acquire, from an apparatus, apparatus information regarding the apparatus; an analysis unit to make an analysis based on the acquired apparatus information; and a service determining unit to determine, on the basis of a result of the analysis, which service of a plurality of services should be provided for the apparatus, the services including a first service of additionally performing maintenance based on the result of the analysis when next other maintenance is performed for the apparatus.

Abstract: A color estimation device includes an extraction means to extract, from product information associated with a product image showing a product and containing text information about the product to be presented to a user, a plurality of color text information indicating color names as candidate color names for the product, an estimation means to estimate a color of a product shown in the product image based on a pixel value set on the basis of each of the candidate color names and a pixel value of a pixel included in the product image, and an output means to output the color estimated by the estimation means.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a main receptacle, a first detector, a second detector and a processor; wherein said main receptacle is to hold articles for customer selection, said first detector is to detect presence of an article on said main receptacle, said second detector is to detect an article after said article has been removed from said main receptacle; and wherein the processor is to collect identification information of an article upon introduction of said article into the main receptacle during a serving session and to register introduction of said article, and wherein the processor is to check out or de-register said article from said serving session upon detection of presence of said article at said second detector.

Abstract: A managing device (10) includes an editor (11) that causes a store to edit a product page for the store to sell a product, and to allocate a category name to the product page, a presenter (12) that searches a result page matching a query entered by a customer through the edited product page, and presents the result page to the customer, a register (13) that registers, when the product is purchased by the customer through the presented result page, a character string contained in the query with a page history in association with the result page, and a calculator (14) that calculates, based on a registration frequency with the page history for the category name allocated to the result page in association with the page history, a parameter indicating whether or not the allocation of the category name to the result page is suitable.

Abstract: Systems and methods of applications for wearable devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wearable device receives data from a personal computing device communicatively coupled to the wearable device. The data can correspond to content of an online marketplace. In response to receiving the data, the content can be caused to be displayed on the wearable device. The wearable device can detect an input from a user. The input can correspond to a requested action. The wearable device can transmit at least one instruction to the personal computing device. The instruction(s) can be configured to cause the personal computing device to perform the requested action.

Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for integrating e-commerce providers with third-party vendors. The method comprises receiving an order from one vendor of a plurality of vendors, wherein the order comprises a vendor identification, a fulfillment identification, and a vendor stock keeping unit (SKU), and wherein a plurality of the vendors each has a unique communication protocol; mapping the fulfillment identification to a user identification (userID) known to a provider; mapping the vendor SKU to a provider SKU; generating a provisioning call responsive to the mapping; and provisioning the SKU for the userID in a database of the provider in response to the provisioning call.

Abstract: A system or method is provided to implement electronic wardrobes for consumers. When a user makes a purchase, the system may determine whether the purchase includes wearable items, such as clothes or other wearable accessories. An electronic wardrobe may be created for the user to store the wearable items purchased by the user. The electronic wardrobe of the user may be broadcasted by the user's mobile device to other nearby consumers via Near Field Communication (NFC), such as low energy Bluetooth (BLE) communication. For example, if the user is wearing a shirt and a nearby consumer wishes to find out more about the shirt, the consumer may discover the user's electronic wardrobe via NFC to find information about the shirt, such as where the shirt was purchase, the make and model of the shirt, the price of the shirt, and the like.

Abstract: Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for designing assays. A database stores a set of user-selectable element data objects, a set of user-selectable operation data objects, and a set of validation rules for the one or more assays that can be used to determine whether an assay is valid. Data is received that is indicative of selecting, for a candidate assay specification, a first set of element data objects and a first set of operation data objects. The candidate assay specification is generated based on the received data. The candidate assay specification is validated. An assay data file is generated for the candidate assay specification that includes the first set of element data objects and the first set of operation data objects, such that the assay data file can be shared among a set of users.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide a pickup process for items purchased from a store. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device of a customer may determine whether the mobile computing device and therefore the customer are in a pickup zone for a store. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is in the pickup zone, the mobile computing device may notify the customer and request whether the customer wishes to initiate pickup of purchased items from the store. The mobile computing device may notify a merchandise pickup system of the customer's desire to pickup the purchased items.

Abstract: A communications device, such as mobile device, may be utilized to render information about another device. In an example embodiment, a first mobile device may detect a second device, and the first device may identify the second device. Based on the identification of the second device, the first device may retrieve information associated with the second device. The first device may render the retrieved information on a display of the first device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for recommending items from a catalog of items to a user by parsing the catalog of items into a plurality of catalog clusters of related items and recommending catalog items to the user from catalog clusters to which items previously preferred by the user belong.