Abstract: The present technology relates to an information collection system, an electronic shelf label, an electronic POP advertising, and a character information display device that allow information with higher accuracy to be collected. An information collection device that collects information associated with a customer or a product is included for each product type. Alternatively, an information processing device that supplies information associated with a product and an information display terminal that displays information associated with a product supplied from the information processing device are included. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an electronic shelf label, an image pickup device, a communication device, an information processing device, electronic equipment, a computer, a storage medium, a system, and the like.

Abstract: A method of operating a computing system capable of allocating an advertisement budget of campaign between a plurality of advertisement entities, the method comprising: obtaining by the computer system, for each of the plurality of advertisement entities, a respective optimal target frontier function representing for each given advertising cost an optimal value of return and configured to follow the law of diminishing return; receiving by the computer system a budget constraint for the advertisement budget; generating, by the computer system, a global target frontier function by summing each of the received optimal target frontier functions; processing, by the computer system, the generated global target frontier function to determine for each of the plurality of advertisement entities an optimal, with respect of at least the received budget constrain, advertising cost value such that a sum of the optimal advertising cost values meets the budget constraint; and reporting the determined values.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for analyzing one or more online shopping missions to determine an estimated stage of a user within the mission and to adjust content for display to the user based on the estimated stage of the user within the mission. The estimated stage of the user within the mission may be determined using a model, such as a machine learning model, that accepts as input signals corresponding to the online shopping mission. The signals may represent user interface interactions and/or other data relating to the user and the mission.

Abstract: A system comprises a network and a message management system. The message management system can apply a predictive model to generate a broadcast event message for transmission over the network to solicit message requests for entry into a bidding process. The bidding process can be associated with an event in the region and a bidding timeframe. The message management system can receive message requests for the event during the bidding timeframe, and select one of the message requests from a selected requestor after the expiration of the bidding timeframe. The message management system can receive an event message from the selected requestor. The message management system can present the event message via the communication service. The event message can be provided at an access point for the Wi-Fi service.

Abstract: A server and a method for credit management is provided. The server stores registration information for a plurality of electric charging facility devices. The server further receives electric charging information recorded for a period of time, from each of the plurality of electric charging facility devices. The server further transmits the electric charging information received from each of the plurality of electric charging facility devices to an electronic device associated with an energy regulatory authority. The server further receives first credit information associated with each of the plurality of electric charging facility devices from the electronic device. The first credit information is calculated based on the electric charging information. The server further transmits the received first credit information to each of the plurality of electric charging facility devices.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus disclosed includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of acquiring location information indicating the present locations of empty taxis, detecting an overpopulated region in which there are taxis larger in number than a predetermined upper limit based on the location information, and sending to a taxi located in the overpopulated region a removal request containing information requesting its removal to a specific region other than the overpopulated region and information about an incentive that will be given if the taxi removes to the specific region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods to generate sketches for clearing-bid values and bid-success rates based on multi-dimensional targeting criteria for a digital-content campaign and dynamically determine predicted values for the digital-content campaign based on the sketches. To illustrate, the disclosed systems can use a running-average-tuple-sketch to generate tuple sketches of historical clearing-bid values and tuple sketches of historical bid-success-rates from historical auction data. Based on the tuple sketches, the disclosed systems can determine one or more of a predicted cost per quantity of impressions, a predicted number of impressions, or a predicted expenditure for the digital-content campaign—according to user-input targeting criteria and expenditure constraints.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for use with video and online gaming. Embodiments may include providing, using at least one processor, a video game or online game and integrating an application programming interface with the video game or online game. Embodiments may include displaying an advertisement on a three dimensional (“3D”) or four dimensional (“4D”) object associated with the video game or online game.

Abstract: Implementations of the disclosed subject matter may provide a method of retrieving a data record including historic utility bill statements of a customer, determining a historic energy usage rate of the customer based on the retrieved data record, and determining whether the customer is eligible to subscribe to a community solar energy generating system based on geographic location of the community solar energy generating system, the determined historic energy usage rate of the customer, and the customer's geographic location. The method may determine an allocation of energy produced by the community solar energy generating system when the eligible customer is enrolled in a subscription to the community solar energy generating system. The method may generate a customer data record for the user based on credits for the allocation of energy of the community solar energy generating system and receiving energy from another energy generating system.

Abstract: An example apparatus to determine census-based audience metrics of media across multiple demographics includes an audience size determiner to determine a first census-level audience size based on a third-party audience size, a third-party impression count, and a first cross-demographic total census parameter value; an impression counts determiner to determine a first census-level impression count based on the third-party audience size, the third-party impression count, and the first cross demographic total census parameter value; and a verifier to determine whether the first cross-demographic total census parameter value satisfies a constraint based on the first census-level impression count; and when the constraint is not satisfied the verifier to: (a) discard the first cross-demographic total census parameter value, and (b) select a second cross-demographic total census parameter value, the second cross-demographic total census parameter value to determine a second census-level audience size and a second ce

Abstract: Quantitative evaluations of friction within a customer experience may be provided to reduce abandonment and improve conversion of transactions. One or more transactions may be identified. One or more personas corresponding to the one or more transactions may be identified. One or more customer friction factor (CFF) scores corresponding to the one or more transactions may be determined. A given CFF score may be a quantification of an aspect of a given transaction that has a negative impact on a customer experience associated with the given transaction. The one or more CFF scores may be compared with one or more valid comparisons relating to the same industry and the same transaction type. One or more friction points may be identified based on the comparison of the one or more CFF scores. Addressing a friction point may reduce abandonment and improves conversion associated with transactions.

Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of: providing access to a forecasting system that includes a machine learning model configured to forecast one or more campaign predictions associated with an electronic advertising campaign; extracting historical campaign data from one or more databases using a distributed processing system; generating training features for training the machine learning model; executing a training procedure that is configured to train the machine learning model, at least in part, using the training features; and executing, after completion of the training procedure, the machine learning model to forecast a predicted ROAS value or a predicted budget value. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for affiliate marketing. A method of the disclosure includes receiving affiliate product data from a merchant account. The method includes determining intelligence sources for generating an affiliate product for a promoter account and determining rules for generating the affiliate product for the promoter account. The method includes determining the affiliate product for the promoter account based on the intelligence sources, the rules, and the affiliate product data from the merchant account. The method includes tracking consumer click-throughs on the affiliate product provided to the promoter account.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for providing offers for linked transactions. Transaction data corresponding to a first product physically purchased using a financial service account and product identification data identifying the first purchased product are received. The transaction data and the product identification data are associated. A consumer that purchased the first product is determined based on at least the transaction data. Follow-on purchase to offer for sale to the consumer based on the product identification data is determined and a follow-up purchase offer to purchase the follow-on product is generated. The consumer is provided with the follow-on purchase offer to enable the consumer to purchase the follow-on product in an electronic commerce purchase transaction.

Abstract: A charging processing system includes: a power supply facility that supplies CO2 free power; electrically powered vehicles that each perform CO2 free charging to charge an onboard power storage device using the CO2 free power supplied from the power supply facility; mobile terminals portable by users who own the electrically powered vehicles; and a server. The server issues a coupon to a user of an electrically powered vehicle in which the CO2 free charging is performed, the coupon being usable at a shop located around the power supply facility. The server includes: a storage device that stores user attribute information in which a user ID and an attribute of each user are associated with each other; and a control device that extracts a user who has a specific attribute by making reference to the user attribute information and that notifies coupon advance-notice information to the extracted user.

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing an advertisement in an indoor space using a system including a processor and a memory storing information about a content of each of advertisements including a first advertisement. The method includes: (a) calculating a base fee of the first advertisement from a content of the first advertisement stored in the memory based on a first criterion determined in advance based on a viewer's impression of each advertisement; (b) calculating an additional fee of the first advertisement from the content of the first advertisement based on a second criterion determined in advance to determine whether to be an advertisement improper to the system; (c) selecting an advertisement to be provided from among the plurality of advertisements based on a sum of the base fee calculated and the additional fee calculated; and (d) outputting an instruction to provide, to the indoor space, the advertisement selected.

Abstract: Method and server for managing placement of a digital signage content based on metric thresholds. The server stores parameters associated to a plurality of locations. The parameters for each location comprise at least one metric and a corresponding threshold for each metric. The server determines a plurality of candidate locations among the plurality of locations for displaying the content. For each candidate location, the server processes the at least one metric and corresponding threshold of the candidate location to determine if each metric among the at least one metric is within the corresponding threshold. The server identifies one or more target location among the plurality of candidate locations for displaying the content. Each metric among the at least one metric of the one or more target location is within the corresponding threshold. The locations may include digital signage players, geographical areas, displays controlled by a player.

Abstract: A communications system supports transactions through seat video display units (SVDUs) and/or passenger electronic devices (PEDs) onboard aircraft. A ground-based server uploads to an aircraft server a set of promotions and associated criteria, where each criteria defines a condition that must be satisfied before transactions can be completed to obtain an associated one of the promotions. The ground-based server receives reports containing promotion usage metrics from the aircraft server, determines whether any of the criteria conditions are satisfied based on the promotion usage metrics, and when one of the criteria conditions associated with a satisfied one of the promotions is determined to be satisfied, sends a notification to the aircraft server that authorizes completion of the transactions for the satisfied one of the promotion. The vehicle server promotes the set of promotions and sends reports containing promotion usage metrics to the ground-based server.

Abstract: A purchase support device includes a communication section configured to communicate with an information terminal to receive purchaser identification information, data related to commodities to be purchased, and a settlement declaration that indicates whether or not settlement of the commodities to be purchased has initiated, a first memory region in which the purchaser identification information is stored in association with terminal identification information, a second memory region in which data related to the commodities to be purchased is stored in association with the purchaser identification information, and a processor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a proximity camera system is disclosed. The proximity camera system may include a proximity camera having a lens and a housing, fascia, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the proximity camera and the fascia. The proximity camera system may additionally include a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and having logic thereon, the logic, when executed by the one or more processors, being configured to perform operations including: (i) receiving an image captured by the proximity camera, (ii) performing object recognition techniques on the image, (iii) determining whether an object was detected within a first predetermined proximity region, and (iv) transmitting one or more instructions configured to cause a graphical display to be displayed by the fascia. In some embodiments, the proximity camera and the fascia may be coupled to a shelving unit.