Abstract: Data files, applications and/or corresponding user interfaces may be accessed at a device that collaborates in a mesh. The mesh may include any number or type of devices that collaborate in a network. Data, applications and/or corresponding user interfaces may be stored within a core object that may be shared over the mesh. Information in the core object may be identified with a corresponding user such that a user may use any collaborating device in the mesh to access the information. In one example, the information is stored remotely from a device used to access the information. A remote source may store the desired information or may determine the storage location of the desired information in the mesh and may further provide the desired information to a corresponding user.

Abstract: An apparatus and method provide a companion application via a companion application corresponding to a host window provided by a host application, the companion window providing information or metadata descriptive of data in the host window. The host application and companion applications may be separate applications such that the host application is unaware of the companion application. The companion application may hook into the host application (e.g., via an application programming interface) and may monitor host application activities and/or data. Based on identification of data or events in the host application, the companion application may obtain information characterizing or providing a context for data provided by the host application. The host window and companion window may be attached to each other, the host window providing host application data and the companion window providing data describing the host application data.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate enhanced experiences in connection with consumer shopping and/or vendor advertising. The architecture can receive an intent parameter that relates to a shopping objective of a shopper, associate the shopper with a profile, receive a set of advertisements from one or more vendors, and select a suitable advertisement for display to the shopper based upon the intent parameter and/or the profile. The architecture can also maintain a veracity score for the shopper that can indicate the shopper's tendencies to follow through with objectives listed in the intent parameters. The veracity score can be utilized, e.g., as a benchmark for bidding advertisers.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide engagement-based incentives designed or intended to enrich or extent a shopping session of a shopper. In particular, the architecture can select an incentive and an engagement, each from a respective set potentially received in whole or in part from one or more vendors. The architecture can select the incentive and/or engagement based upon a location of the shopper, a profile of the shopper, or based upon other transactions occurring during a shopping session.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate verification or feedback in association with consumer transactions. In particular the architecture can image a transaction receipt, translate the image into text-based data, and extract relevant transaction data there from. Such relevant transaction data can be saved to a data store maintained or supervised by the customer and/or transmitted to authorized components that can benefit from data related to transaction histories, verification, and/or feedback.

Abstract: Systems, methods, data structures, and user interfaces associated with adding, storing, and using structured data clippings with a clipbook application are described. Such a clipbook application may also provide additional functionality including displaying various user interface representations of clipping data, enabling the categorization of clipping data, and communicating clipping data between various endpoints, including endpoints used by a single user and endpoints of other users.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and data structures for augmenting data placed on the clipboard with additional data are disclosed. Such systems, methods, and data structures may transform the data to produce data in other formats using, for example, transform specifications or executable code.

Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronizing and sharing data associated with sharing relationships are disclosed. Such systems and methods may be implemented by interfacing with an application that manages or accesses the data to be shared, and by making shared data available using a feed along with some mechanism for tracking changes or enabling synchronization between different endpoints.

Abstract: A system and method for managing virtual property is disclosed. In the system, virtual items are each represented by one or more digital objects and are managed by one or more computer systems functioning as an owner, broker, authenticator and provider.