Abstract: A price-mining prevention system, in various embodiments, is configured for: (A) detecting an access request for a particular web page; (B) at least partially in response to detecting the access request, determining, based at least in part on the access request, a source of the request; (C) determining, based at least in part on the source, whether the source is an unwanted source; and (D) at least partially in response to determining that the source is an unwanted source, taking one or more defensive actions against the source. The one or more defensive actions may include, for example: (1) requiring the source of the access to complete one or more CAPTCHAs; (2) blocking access to the particular web page from the source; and/or (3) providing access to a modified version of the particular webpage to the source.

Abstract: A system and method that is configured to: (1) communicate from a manufacturer to one or more retailers a minimum advertised pricing policy, (2) update the minimum advertised pricing policy in real-time, (3) allow a retailer to check whether a current or proposed price violates the manufacturer's current minimum advertised pricing policy; and (4) allow the retailer to determine if a competitor is violating the manufacturer's current minimum advertised pricing policy. In various embodiments, the retailer can report a competitor's violation of the manufacturer's current minimum advertised pricing policy and the system is further configured to allow the manufacturer and competitor to communicate and resolve the potential manufacturer's current minimum advertised pricing policy violation.

Abstract: A computer system that is configured for displaying (e.g., on an electronic display associated with a particular product in a brick-and-mortar store) a first price for the particular product. The system monitors one or more competitor websites for competing prices, adjusts the first price to a second price if the competitor's pricing for the particular product differs from the first price and updates the first price to the second price on the electronic display. In various embodiments, adjusting the first price to the second price occurs substantially automatically. In some embodiments, the system tracks price change trends of competitors for one or more products and determines a predicted price change prior to an actual competitor price change. In some embodiments, the system changes one of the first price or the second price to the predicted price prior to an actual price change by the competitor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for retrieving, from various online retail websites, product listings and associated pricing information for particular product. The system may be configured to receive a request, from a user, to view pricing information for a particular product from one or more websites hosted by the user's competitors. The request may include one or more matching criteria for identifying the one or more matching product listings. In various embodiments, the system is configured to: (1) determine one or more potentially matching product listings based at least in part on the matching criteria; (2) enable the user to confirm that the one or more potentially matching product listings are one or more matching product listings; (3) determine pricing information for the one or more matching product listings; and (4) display the pricing information to the user.