Abstract: An electronic procurement system includes an administration module, a shopping module, and a service/analytics module. The administrative module may allow the building, customizing and management of catalogs. This may include approved supplier pricing and business rules, such as item restrictions and product substitutions. The shopping module allows end-users to browse shop and complete orders for preferred suppliers. This module may also allow users to compare items at the point of purchase. Finally, the service/analytics module allows for access to business analytics and to manage order workflow tasks, such as order approvals and user approvals.

Abstract: The application provides a user interest data analysis and collection system which comprises: a session identification module, which is used for offline extracting log data and a merchandise purchase history record corresponding to the log data from a Web server, and for processing the log data, thereby generating a page browsing sequence reference set; a recommendation service controller which is used for collecting user's browsing record in real time; a log data pre-processing module which is used for, when predetermined conditions are satisfied, receiving the user's browsing log data in this session from the recommendation service controller, and for pre-processing the log data; and a match analysis module which is used for matching the pre-processed log data with the generated page browsing sequence reference set, and determining a set of merchandise that the user is potentially interested in, according to the matching result.

Abstract: Methods and devices for online payments are disclosed. Prior to accepting payment account information from a user for the payment transaction, a client terminal sends an interface listing command to a transaction server, requesting the transaction server to identify one or more acceptable input interfaces for receiving the payment account information. The transaction server responds to the interface listing command by a payment input instruction. The client terminal uses the payment input instructions to generate a payment information interface to present the one or more acceptable input interfaces for user selection. The user can choose how to input the payment information that best conforms to the user's expectations for security and convenience. The current method, device and system provide additional flexibility, improve efficiency, and facilitate online payment.

Abstract: A processor receives from a plurality of devices location information and generates nearby store information that is transmitted to a devices. Enter store event information is received at a first time and stored in at least one database. Item information is received at a second time. The processor generates and transmits item details information representing at least price, tax and inventory availability associated with the item. Purchase event information representing a purchase of the item from the one store is received by the processor over a communication network at a third time, from the one of the plurality of computing devices, and the processor updates, as a function of the received purchase event information, at least one database associated with item inventory of the one store.

Abstract: The DYNAMIC MEDIA-PRODUCT SEARCHING PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DMPSP”) transforms media source, product, and user inputs into product metadata and transactions outputs. In some implementations, the DMPSP may receive an indication that a user is interacting with a media source, provide a product overlay to the user indicating products within the media source available for purchase, receive from the user a selection of a product, send product information to the user via the product overlay, receive from the user an indication of interest in purchasing the product, and process a transaction for the user to purchase the product.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for detect tags to determine perishability of food items. A merchant may utilize detector tags on, attached to, or otherwise associated with perishable items to detect conditions of the perishable items. For example, the detector tags may determine chemical properties, ambient light levels, temperatures, or other conditions for or around the perishable items. The conditions may be communicated by the tags to a user's device or the merchant's device. Where the conditions indicate that one or more of the perishable items are ready for consumption, the user may be alerted of a state of the perishable item, such as ready or ripe. The user may further be informed of where to find the perishable item in the merchant's location. However, if the perishable item has gone bad, the user and/or merchant may be warned about the item to prevent health issues.

Abstract: A computer implemented continuous dual auction system consisting of a computer, server, and a process for creating a real-time, or substantially real-time, online marketplace for the sale of goods and services. The system allows a buyer to define parameters of one or more items that the buyer wishes to purchase and place a bid on all of the items that satisfy those parameters. The system automatically takes any fees to be paid by the buyer and the seller into account for a buyer's bid and a seller's offer. The system may be accessed via a web browser or a remote application.

Abstract: Example item reminder systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives a request to create an order and receives identification of multiple items in the order. The method identifies multiple items regularly purchased by a customer but not included in the multiple items. The method also identifies a purchase frequency of the regularly purchased items. If any of the regularly purchased items are due for purchase, based on the purchase frequency, the customer is presented with an option to purchase those regularly purchased items that are due for purchase.

Abstract: The present disclosure systems and methods for providing a repair quote for a car including damage associated with a user. The system is configured to receive information from a user, such as photos of a damaged car, wherein the system generates and/or retrieves the repair quote associated with repairing the damage. As a result, the user does not need to physically take the damaged car to an automobile repair company to retrieve a repair quote.

Abstract: A device and a backend server are described. The device can determine whether it has entered an indoor location, and once in the indoor location, the device can communicate with the server the name of the location. The device can determine the current location of the user in the indoor location, and based on the floorplan and the indoor location of an item, the device can direct the user to the item. The floorplan can be constructed based on data accumulated from various visitors of the indoor location.

Abstract: A presentation apparatus comprising a main receptacle, an article detection device, a processing device and a local data storage; wherein the main receptacle is to hold articles for presentation and to permit removal of articles for viewing, and wherein the processing device is to execute instructions to obtain article specific information of an article from an external data source upon receipt of article identification data of the article from the article detection device, to store said article specific information in said local data storage, and to utilize said article specific information to generate and display presentation information of the article, the presentation information including the article specific information in combination with time-variant information which is non-specific to the article.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for trust circle through machine learning are described herein. The method includes identifying a website subscribed with the trust circle for aggregating data based upon a query. The query is received from a user of one or more registered users of the subscribed website. The one or more users' information and their respective authentication token is retrieved from the subscribed website. Based upon the authentication token of the respective user, information of the respective user is retrieved from one or more social media websites. The retrieved one or more users information and their retrieved one or more social media websites information is correlated to generate an output based upon the query. The output comprises reviews by the one or more users as reviewers, relationship of the reviewers with the user raised the query, and ratings clustered based upon various parameters.

Abstract: A computer-based method and system for tracking a price change of a purchase made using a transaction card over an interchange network is provided. The interchange network includes a price tracking computer device in communication with a memory device. The method includes receiving, at the interchange network, transaction data associated with a purchase of an item by a cardholder using the transaction card, transmitting via the interchange network an authorization message in response to the purchase of the item, directing at least some of the transaction data to the price tracking computer device including a purchase price of the item, and using the price tracking computer device to track changes in a current asking price of the item, and compare the purchase price of the item to the current asking price of the item.

Abstract: Method, computer program product, and system to facilitate an audit of a checkout transaction, where the checkout transaction is associated with a virtual transaction record reflecting interactions of a person with a first set of one or more items of a plurality of items within an environment. The method includes acquiring image information including a shopping receptacle associated with the checkout transaction, and identifying a second set of one or more items of the plurality of items that are included in the shopping receptacle using the acquired image information. The method further includes comparing the first and second sets of items, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to perform an audit of the checkout transaction.

Abstract: A recommendation server provides product or service suggestions to a user based on transaction and location data. The recommendation server receives transaction data from a merchant device operated by a merchant affiliate. The transaction data contains information that is used to identify a suggested product or service. A search vicinity is determined based on the location of the merchant affiliate and the suggested product or service. A suggested merchant is determined that is located within the search vicinity, and that sells the suggested product or service. Information about the suggested merchant and the suggested product or service is sent to a user device operated by the user in order to encourage them to make a purchase from the suggested merchant.

Abstract: Example order processing systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method identifies an order containing multiple items and receives an indication of multiple people associated with the order. The method also receives an indication of a particular person associated with each of the multiple items. Payment information is received for each of the multiple people and that payment information is used to purchase the particular items associated with the particular person. Order processing instructions are generated that identify particular items associated with each of the multiple people.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for determining pricing and availability of e-commerce entities. The determination includes accessing a web page that includes an entity of interest and generating a visual map representation of the web page that includes elements related to the entity's pricing/availability and stylistic identifiers that are applied to those elements. Stylistic identifiers are pricing/availability identifiers based on stylistic heuristics. Certain elements are identified as candidate elements and a likelihood that a candidate element is pricing/availability element of the entity is determined for the candidate elements. A candidate element is selected as the pricing/availability element of the entity by analyzing the determined likelihood of various candidate elements.

Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments, a secure kiosk for receiving, transmitted, securing, and verifying data may be shown and described. For example, the kiosk may be fully automated. The kiosk may include a display, a tablet computer, a card reader, a printer, and a network link. For example, a kiosk may be provided and may be fully automated. The kiosk may accept data inputs in a variety of manners. The inputted data may then be transmitted, in real time, to a first server, where the information can be displayed and stored. Additionally, the information, at predetermined times, may be transmitted to a number of other servers which may receive, compare, and validate information. Further, a hierarchical data transmission system may be utilized such that, when information is verified or indicated as unverified at any of the other servers, instructions may be sent to at least the first server and the kiosk.

Abstract: A method for pushing information includes obtaining information of first commodity including the predetermined characteristic information selected by customers on an e-commerce website; obtaining information of second commodities with the same predetermined characteristic information as that of the first commodity; extracting at least two kinds of predetermined attribute information from each of the second commodities; pushing the information of second commodities with the same predetermined characteristic information as that of the first commodity according to the at least two kinds of predetermined attribute information, to make sure that the pushed information meets customers' requirements.

Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media includes a computer system configured to receive a selected product to be located in a retail store of a retailer inputted by a user into a mobile computer application running on a mobile computing device, to perform a search for the selected product on a plurality of products records corresponding to a plurality of products offered by the retailer, to identify one or more of the product records relevant to the selected product, to transmit the one or more product records identified as one or more search results, to provide the one or more search results to the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device, each of the one or more search results being associated with a product offered by the retailer, and to suggest at least one related product to the selected product, and to receive at least one product or at least one related product from the search results selected by the user using the mobile computer application run