Abstract: An apparatus, computer program product, and method are disclosed for generating immediate gratification promotions. An example apparatus includes context collection circuitry configured to collect contextual data regarding a consumer device, and communications circuitry configured to transmit the collected contextual data regarding the consumer device to a promotion and marketing service. In response to transmitting the collected contextual data regarding the consumer device to the promotion and marketing service, the communications circuitry is configured to receive a message indicating terms of an immediate gratification promotion offered by a merchant, and in response to receiving a request to purchase the immediate gratification promotion, transmit a message to the promotion and marketing service to purchase the immediate gratification promotion. The example apparatus further includes input/output circuitry configured to output a message identifying the terms of the immediate gratification promotion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and device for in-vehicle payment. A face image of an in-vehicle user and a geographic location of the in-vehicle user are received at a point of a ride route traveled by a vehicle occupied by the in-vehicle user. An image set associated with the geographic location is received from an image database using the geographic location of the in-vehicle user. The image set includes face images of a plurality of users. The face image of the in-vehicle user is compared with face images in the image set to determine an identity of the in-vehicle user. A fare deduction account corresponding to the in-vehicle user is identified using the identity of the in-vehicle user. A fare corresponding to the ride route is deducted from the fare deduction account.

Abstract: The systems and methods that generate a one-touch frame are provided. A line of code including a tag is inserted into a webpage. The tag includes a link to a server from which parameters for the frame are obtained. The browser uses the parameters to generate the frame. In addition, the server or a local memory of a computing device on which the frame is generated also store credentials associated with a user account. These credentials are also obtained and incorporated into the frame. The frame may then be activated to perform one-touch functions using the credentials.

Abstract: In one example, a method of retrieving media data includes, by a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) client of a client device: receiving advertisement media data of one or more advertisement groups, receiving an identifier value for one of the advertisement groups from a dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) client of the client device, extracting the advertisement media data of the advertisement group corresponding to the identifier value, and providing the extracted advertisement media data to the DASH client.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for dynamically managing advertiser affiliate links for online marketing. A global redirect server accepts a visitor's web browser request for a product or non-product webpage associated with an affiliate network advertiser URL, and returns a corresponding product or non-product webpage to the visitor that is corrected for the visitor's geographic region if such a webpage exists, or returns the originally requested webpage if it does not. The server determines the visitor's geographic region based upon request metadata, and can generate a corrected webpage that affords analytic and commission tracking even if no corresponding affiliate network exists in the determined geographic region. The server includes a database for locating products within the determined geographic region that are comparable to the product of the product webpage request, in the event that the exact product is not available in the geographic region.

Abstract: The present system provides a user remuneration in exchange for participation in a qualifying event. The system has an internet interface for interacting with a plurality of users and a plurality of advertisers, an account database; and a token generation module. The token generation module is configured such that when a user encounters a qualifying event on the internet as presented by the advertiser, the token generation module, upon login by the user, delivers an authentication token to the advertiser. When the user finishes the qualifying event, the authentication token is authenticated by the advertiser and returned to the system, such that the system can account for a remuneration for the user to be credited in an account associated with the user in the account database.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for configuring online properties, such as content pages of a website, through an online user interface. A system generates the online user interface and receives, over a network and through the online user interface presented by a client device, a request to insert a restricted third party file into a user's online property. The online user interface is updated to inform the user that inclusion of the third party file in the user's online property is restricted and to provide the user with options for satisfying requirements for including the third party file in the user's online property. In response to detecting a user selection of at least one of the options, the restricted third party file is received from a content repository, and is inserted into the user's online property.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed utilizing cognitive computing to improve banking experiences. A user's financial account(s) and location may be monitored to predict when a user is near a retail store and the user has not used a particular account in a predetermined amount of time. The techniques disclosed include receiving a location for a user's mobile device, and determining when the mobile device is within a predetermined threshold distance of a retail store. The techniques include building a shopping profile for the user based upon shopping habits for the user. The shopping profile may be used to determine what commercial communications should be transmitted to the user to encourage them to utilize an inactive account to make a purchase at the retail store when the user is within the threshold distance of the retail store.

Abstract: A method for generating location-based advertisement includes receiving a selection of a first radio station from a user of a mobile device, receiving an electronic program guide from the first radio station including a plurality of advertisement time slots, where each advertisement time slot in the plurality of advertisement time slots includes an advertisement sequence for a first advertisement content, receiving a second advertisement content from a second radio station located in a geographic location matching a real-time geographic location of the user as determined by a location-based service of the mobile device, substituting the first advertisement content in the advertisement sequence of one of the plurality of advertisement time slots with the second advertisement content from the second radio station, and broadcasting the second advertisement content to the user via the mobile device.

Abstract: A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.

Abstract: Methods and systems for extracting intents and intent profiles of users, as inferred from the different activities they execute and data they share on social media sites, and then (i) monetization of such intents via targeted advertisements, and (ii) enhancement of user experience via organization of their contact lists and conversations and posts based on their content and conceptual context.

Abstract: A promotion price adjustment system of the present application utilizes improved data definitions, caching, and a combination of online and offline processing to increase the efficiency and speed of applying promotional discounts in electronic retail systems. The system performs an offline batch process on a product catalog to generate a predetermined mapping between products in the catalog and candidate promotions. When checkout of a product in a virtual shopping cart is initiated, the product's candidate promotions are obtained from the predetermined mapping. Each of those candidate promotions is then evaluated against the properties of the virtual shopping cart to determine which of those candidate promotions are eligible for application. Any eligible promotions may serve as a basis for applying price discounts to the virtual shopping cart.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling real-time bidding for online advertisements is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises communicating with a bidder and an impression server and an event tracking server. The bidder receives a real-time bidding (RTB) request containing an available impression from an exchange and places a bid corresponding to the RTB request. The impression server receives impression requests from a browser and responds to the impression requests from the browser. The event tracking server receives event requests from the browser and responds to event requests from the browser. Campaign performance data is retrieved from one or more of the impression server and the event tracking server and compared to the campaign target. The bidder is notified whether to bid for online advertisement impressions based on the campaign performance data.

Abstract: This specification describes technologies relating to content presentation. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving ad information from a seller; generating, using one or more processors, a single conversion ad using the received ad information, where the single conversion ad has an available inventory of one such that only a single conversion of the ad can be performed; transmitting the single conversion ad to one or more potential buyers; receive an input from one of the one or more potential buyers; and notifying the seller of the user input. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to generating one or more presence-event notifications at one or more user devices associated with a user, and transmitting those presence-event notifications to one or more presence server(s). At the presence server(s) a stream of presence-event notifications may be filtered according to any number of predefined criteria, and then the presence-event notifications that have filtered through may be applied to presence plug-ins to generate presence information associated with user(s) for whom presence-event notifications were received. The presence-event notifications may be provided as a stream of presence information to one or more consumers of presence information and/or stored in a presence datastore. A consumer of presence information, such as a service provider, may request presence information associated with one or more users.

Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-loading and displaying intervening content, such as advertisements, on a mobile device during latency periods, such as when an advertiser landing page is requested by that device, are provided herein. Intervening content may be pre-loaded on to the device and associated with one or more particular advertisements such that selecting/interacting with the associated advertisement triggers intervening content display during known or detected periods of latency. In some cases, a latency threshold or thresholds may determine one or more types of content to present, and/or a content presentation sequence.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate consumer data are disclosed. An example method of selecting a sample of transaction data corresponding to a membership program includes defining a first type of member of the membership program; defining a second type of member of the membership program; calculating, via a processor, a target for the sample; selecting, via the processor, a first portion of the transaction data for the first type of member in accordance with the target; generating, via the processor, an updated target by recalculating the target with the first portion of the transaction data removed from consideration; and selecting, via the processor, a second portion of the transaction data for the second type of member in accordance with the updated target.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including detecting a presentation of an advertisement at a user device, and verifying the presentation to a provider of the advertisement. A quality of the presentation is determined, based on one or more of a placement of the advertisement on a display portion of the device, a size of the advertisement relative to the display portion, or a time and duration of the presentation. A context of the presentation is determined, based on one or more of content displayed on the display portion during the presentation, or a user location or activity during the presentation. An advertising experience of the user is evaluated, based on the quality of the presentation and the context of the presentation; the advertising experience of the user is compared with criteria predetermined by the provider of the advertisement. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for cognitive customer interaction. The system includes a humanoid robot having a processor operably connected to a camera and a speaker within the robot. The system has a social interactions database connected to the processor. The social interactions database stores interaction patterns representing speech, facial expressions, and body movement. An advanced analytics program, such as Watson Analytics, determines the identity of a customer in a store and performs social content analysis of the customer on social media platforms. The advanced analytics program generates a psycholinguistic profile of the user so gestures and speech of the customer is compared to the psycholinguistic profile and the humanoid robot may response appropriately.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for presenting intelligent interactive content. The methods may include receiving user input on a first device from a first user to present content to a second user on a second device. The method may include providing the second device with content data, presenting the content to the second user, monitoring the second user's reaction to the content using eye-tracking sensor, and generating feedback data. The method may include providing the feedback data to the first device and presenting feedback to the first user.