Abstract: A computer implemented method of image analysis is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a first computing device associated with a first human user, a communication indicating that the first human user has selected one or more items for purchase and has purchased the items; receiving, from the first computing device, identifying information of the items; identifying one or more merchants offering the items for sale; receiving one or more images depicting the first human user using the items; after receipt of the images, automatically determining, based on visual characteristics of the images, that the items are depicted in the images; and transmitting, for display to the second human user, an automatically generated augmented graphical user interface comprising the images and hyperlinks that convey the second human user to a merchant website allowing the second human user to purchase the items from the merchants.

Abstract: A method of analyzing images by a computing device to generate an e-commerce interface, comprising receiving, from a computing device associated with a first human user, a list of items associated with the first human user; receiving, from a computing device associated with a merchant, purchasing information for each item of the list of items; receiving, from a second human user, one or more images depicting the first human user using one or more items from the list of items; automatically analyzing the one or more images to identify the one or more items; and generating a user interface comprising at least one of the one or more images, links to a computing system of the merchant from which the second human user may obtain the one or more items identified.

Abstract: A database system for facilitating partial synchronization of a user file list with a confidential file list and eliminating duplicative file transfer. A database stores the confidential file list; and an intermediary server receives a notice after a first computing device is used to access a file not already listed in the confidential file list and to display the file to a user of the first computing device, updating the confidential file list to include the file. In response to receiving a request for a specific number of files less than an entirety of the confidential file list to be provided from the confidential file list, the server identifies a set of files present only in the confidential file list and not in a user file list, and causes transmission of only those files, thereby ensuring that network resources are not wasted and the confidential file list is not disclosed.

Abstract: A method of analyzing images by a computing device to generate an e-commerce interface, comprising receiving, from a computing device associated with a first human user, a list of items associated with the first human user; receiving, from a computing device associated with a merchant, purchasing information for each item of the list of items; receiving, from a second human user, one or more images depicting the first human user using one or more items from the list of items; automatically analyzing the one or more images to identify the one or more items; and generating a user interface comprising at least one of the one or more images, links to a computing system of the merchant from which the second human user may obtain the one or more items identified.

Abstract: A system for acquiring digital content identified in a celebrity content list without disclosing the list, includes a database storing at least one celebrity content list, the list being associated with a particular celebrity and identifying digital content selected by the celebrity. A request is received from a user's computing device for a specific quantity of content associated with a particular celebrity content list and the particular celebrity content list is retrieved from the database. A list is received from the user's computing device identifying existing user content user stored on or otherwise accessible by the user's computing device. The existing user content is compared to the particular celebrity content list to identify any missing content absent from the existing user content. The specific quantity of missing content is transmitted to the user's computing device without the user viewing the particular celebrity content list.