Abstract: Described herein are a method and a system to monitor one or more items offered for sale by sellers in a network-based market place. In addition to the information provided by the sellers to describe the items, interested buyers may also provide their own information to further describe the items for the benefit of the buyers.

Abstract: A system of routing a purchase order may include a purchase order identification unit configured to identifying a purchase order format associated with a client. The system may also include a routing control unit. The routing control unit may be configured to determine purchase order data based on the purchase order and the purchase order format. The routing control unit may be configured to generate a processed purchase order based on the purchase order data. The routing control unit may be configured to supplement the processed purchase order with additional purchase order data associated with the client. The routing control unit may be configured to apply purchase order security. The routing control unit may be configured to communicate, to a vendor, the processed purchase order.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for probabilistic item matching and searching. A system including at least one processor may be configured to receive a data point relating to a specific item, generate a database query based on the data point, and receive a response to the database query. The response may include multiple candidate items relating to the specific item. The system may be further configured to receive a first input relating to the specific item and generate a probability score for at least two candidate items of the multiple candidate items in the response, based on at least the second input. The system may be further configured to select a selected item from the candidate items, based on the probability score for the selected item. The system may be further configured to output a reference to, or value representing, the selected item.

Abstract: A system, computer-readable media and computer-implemented method for automated location interaction management. User input at least partly defining an item is received and stored via a mobile electronic device. A location interaction trigger for the item is automatically determined to have occurred, based at least in part on a geolocation of the mobile electronic device. An alert is generated describing the item for display on a display of the mobile electronic device.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device and an information processing method which are capable of processing information provided in a mobile object such as a vehicle and a mobile object. A calculation unit performs a process of extracting stores which can be stopped off or products or services which can be provided in each store on the basis of selection of a final destination, a boarding time, a purpose of boarding, a route, or a boarding course designated by a passenger via an input unit or information such as a budget or the like and giving a notification to the passenger through a display unit. Further, a driving route, an arrival time to a destination, and providable products or services are dynamically changed in response to selection of a product or a service by the passenger.

Abstract: A system for displaying a simulated room can comprise at least one projector, at least one wall structure element, at least one physical object, and a room customization station. The room customization station can be configured to permit viewing images of selectable products and selecting at least one of the selectable products to be displayed on at least one of the at least one wall structure element or the at least one physical object. The projector(s) can be adapted to display the selectable product(s) on at least one of the at least one wall structure element or the physical object(s). The physical object can be adjustable in size to correspond to different sizes of selectable products. The system can further include at least one physical accessory adapted to be placed in the simulated room to facilitate visualization of how the at least one physical accessory would appear in the presence of the simulated room and the at least one selectable product.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for dynamically generating and providing personalized recommendations of newer products or services potentially of interest to a particular user who has previously purchased a similar product or service. Historical purchase data or other information indicating the user's preferences is analyzed to determine personal preference data. Candidate content is identified based on attributes found in the preference data. Similarity strategies and criteria can be used to test features and qualities in candidate content. Recommended product or service content comes in the form of candidate content which reaches a similarity threshold or otherwise achieves a sufficient confidence score based at least in part on a similarity metric is determined.

Abstract: A network server includes a communicator and at least one processor coupled to the communicator. The at least processing is configured to: receive a first data signal from a first user terminal that is shared with a game server; transfer to the game server a first request, together with the first data signal, to verify validation of a game item when a first message including information relating to the game item is received from the first user terminal; receive from the second user terminal a second message relating to the game item; and transfer to the game server a second request, together with the first data signal, to change an owner of the game item from a first game ID associated with the first user terminal to a second game ID associated to the second user terminal in response to determining whether second message is authorized.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adaptive payment card system and process for providing a customer (referred to herein as a “cardholder”) with a payment card (referred to herein as an “adaptive” payment card) that is issued by an issuing financial institution (an “issuer”), and linked to a card entity (such as MasterCard), where the product associated with the adaptive payment card can be changed without modification to the corresponding payment card and without requiring issuance of a new payment card.

Abstract: A system is configured to receive a network resource request from a user device configured with a browsing application, wherein the request includes identification data associated with the user device. The system transmits, to a network resource provider, a request for the network resource, wherein the request transmitted to the network resource provider excludes identification data included in the request received from the user device. The system receives from the network resource provider a response, including a document comprising a field configured to receive payment information for an item purchase. The system receives from the browsing application an indication that an anonymous payment instrument, associated with a first entity different than the user, is to be used to purchase a first item at a first price. The system causes information regarding the anonymous payment instrument to be provided to the network resource provider.

Abstract: A method for processing at least one piece of payment method data, implemented within a payment terminal having a secured processor and a secured processing memory. Such a method includes: obtaining at least one piece of data representing a payment method used to carry out a transaction, called a piece of payment method data; anonymizing the piece of payment method data, delivering a piece of current anonymous identification data; and transmitting the piece of current anonymous identification data to an application for processing loyalty data.

Abstract: Background content suggestion for combination with identified items is described. Initially, a system receives digital visual content depicting an item, e.g., a product for purchase. The system identifies various content items that are available for suggesting as replacement backgrounds for the item and then determines a compatibility of these identified content items with the item depicted in the received digital visual content. In particular, the system determines compatibility based on both a scene compatibility and a color compatibility of the identified content items with the depicted item. Based on a combination of the scene and color compatibility, the system surfaces at least one of the identified content items (e.g., a highest scoring content item) as a suggested replacement background for the depicted item.

Abstract: A system for managing business to business communications may include an event generation unit configured to create a first event based on receiving a purchase order from a client. The system may also include an event detection unit in communication with the event generation unit, the event detection unit configured to detect the first event. The system may also include an action unit in communication with the event generation unit. The action unit may be configured to determine a first action to perform based on the detection of the first event, and perform the first action. The event generation unit may be further configured to create a second event based on the performance of the first action.

Abstract: A method and device for processing a transaction based on user interaction is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of article icons associated with a plurality of articles. At least one icon attribute of the plurality of article icons is indicative of real-time quantity associated with the plurality of articles. The method further includes receiving a first user interaction with an article icon and, in response, displaying at least one order icon representing at least one supplier for the article. The method includes receiving a second user interaction with an order icon and, in response, establishing a communication channel between the user and a supplier associated with the order icon in response to the second user interaction with the order icon. The communication channel enables at least one of the user and the supplier to dynamically modify at least one article attribute related to the article.

Abstract: In providing product reviews relevant to a specific user, a server determines that a user is viewing a current product on a website. The website includes a plurality of product reviews for the current product. In response, the server automatically collects criteria specifically for the user, where the criteria describe the current and past website browsing behavior of the user. The server applies weights to one or more of the criteria, where the weights are specific to the user. The server ranks the plurality of product reviews based on the weighted criteria and sends the rankings of the plurality of product reviews to a web server hosting the website. The plurality of product reviews is displayed on the website according to the rankings. The relevancy rankings can vary between users and thus the display of the most relevant product reviews can vary between users.

Abstract: Systems and methods here may be used to sense razor handle usage, and/or product content in a container, send information to a local wireless device which may in turn, inform a back end system. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may then utilize the information about the container and send a message regarding inventory status, place an order for a re-fill, and/or aggregate usage data of the container or handle.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, a device and a system for checkout, and belongs to the technical field of computer. The checkout method comprises: identifying a pre-registered customer to acquire an identity information of the customer, the identity information containing face data and a payment account of the customer; tracking the customer whose identity information has been acquired, in a shopping place in real time, and acquiring a position of the customer; judging whether the position of the customer is consistent with a position of an item in the shopping place, and if so, associating the customer with a take-up action or a put-back action aiming at the item, and generating a shopping list of the customer after identifying the take-up action or the put-back action, and the item at which the take-up action or the put-back action aims; and performing checkout of the shopping list.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system of providing a cosmetics enhancement interface. The method comprises showing, at the display screen of a computing device having a memory and a processor: a digital photograph including facial features; an interactive dialog portion reflecting a conversational input received and a subsequent response provided thereto from the computing device; and a product display portion; receiving an inquiry, as reflected in the interactive dialog portion, related to a cosmetic product for application onto a selected facial feature; receiving a selection of the cosmetic product based on a matching to the at least one facial feature according to a predefined rule; displaying, at the product display portion, a product representation associated with the selected cosmetic product; receiving an update request; and updating the digital photograph showing a modification to the facial feature on the display screen by simulating application of the selected cosmetic product thereon.

Abstract: Systems and methods here may be used to sense product content in a container, send information to a local wireless device which may in turn, inform a back end system. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may then utilize the information about the container and send a message regarding inventory status, place an order for a re-fill, and/or aggregate usage data of the container.

Abstract: A distributed computing device stores user preference data representing preferences of a user with respect to a portion of a set of items. The distributed computing device randomly samples the user preference data to calculate sampled user preference data. The distributed computing device iteratively executes, in conjunction with additional distributed computing devices connected by a network, a process to determine a consensus result for the sampled user preference data. The consensus result is based on the sampled user preference data and additional sampled user preference data calculated by the additional distributed computing devices and based on preferences of additional users. The distributed computing device determines a recommendation model based on the consensus result, the recommendation model reflecting preferences of the user and additional users.