Abstract: Method and systems for providing customer assistance in a retail store. The methods and systems include using information monitoring devices to identify a person at a retail store, which information includes (a) gathering information of one or more products that the first person retained while shopping at the store, (b) tracking the first person to a point-of-sale area of the retail store, and (c) utilizing the one or more information monitoring devices to identify one or more being-purchased products that the person is providing for purchase at the retail store in the point-of-sale area. The methods and systems further includes comparing the products retained by the person while shopping at the retail store with the one or more being-purchased products, utilizing the real time analysis by the system to select a sales associate, and sending a communication to the sales associate, wherein the sales representative can then directly interact with the first person in response to the communication.

Abstract: Methods for personalized marketing and advertising to a person at a location, such as a retail store. Generally, the methods are for monitoring and analyzing consumer and their purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales by creating personalized marketing and advertising directed to the consumer.

Abstract: An integrated real-time personal safety system, described herein, is a holistic solution designed to enhance user safety through proactive hazard detection and alerts. This system comprises a data collection unit that features a sensor-embedded wearable device and a set of environmental and physiological sensors, providing comprehensive coverage of the user's surroundings and health status. Aided by wireless communication modules, the system ensures seamless transmission of real-time data to cloud-based services for analysis. The system's processing unit leverages this data to predict potential threats and initiates the signal alert unit to promptly notify the user through visual, auditory, or haptic cues. By bridging the gap between data collection, analysis, and user alert, the system ensures a proactive response to potential hazards.

Abstract: Method and systems for shopping in a retail store. The methods and systems include using information monitoring devices to identify a person at a retail store, using the information monitoring devices to gather shopping information of the person at the retail store (including traffic information, product interaction information, and object identification information of the person), analyzing by the system the gathered shopping information to generate and maintain a list of the products that the person retained while shopping, using the information monitoring devices to track the first person to a point-of-sale area of the retail store, in response to the person being tracked to the point-of sale area, interfacing the system with a payment system for payment by the person of the list of the products, and transmitting a receipt to the person after payment.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.

Abstract: Method for personalized marketing or advertising of products for purchase from retail stores. Generally, the method includes utilizing information monitoring devices to gather shopping activities of the persons, including product interaction information, to obtain an information analysis about the shopping activities of the persons, further includes tracking the persons utilizing information monitoring devices, and further includes providing the persons a communication to a retailer location at which the persons can purchase related products. Such communication to the persons further includes marketing/advertising information regarding the products, coupons regarding the products, promotions regarding related products, purchase options regarding the products.

Abstract: Methods for personalized marketing and advertising to a person at a location, such as a retail store. Generally, the methods are for monitoring and analyzing consumer and their purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales by creating personalized marketing and advertising directed to the consumer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for recognizing an individual by fusing a first match result generated by a first single-modal biometric recognition system of a first biometric modality and a second match result generated by at least one second single-modal biometric recognition system of a second biometric modality into a fused match result. Machine leaning based on training of retrieved data is performed to obtain optimized parameters meeting a target performance metric. Parameters of a fusion model are updated with the optimized parameters in a database, which is then applied to match results to recognize the individual. Other embodiments disclosed.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.

Abstract: A flexible method to provide a variety of value-added coatings to a piece of jewelry or a group of jewelries is disclosed. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) technique is implemented to deposit a layer of conformal coating on intended jewelry surfaces, including both exterior and interior surfaces, to enhance a vast majority of process-driven or end of use driven properties. The coating compositions include dielectrics material, metals, organic materials or organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The method steps of forming a layer of coating are straightforward and can be tailed to different purposes.

Abstract: The present invention describes a water surface maintenance and cleaning system which comprises a home base station and a plurality of cleaning robot. The home station is either fixed on the water bank or floating on the water surface as an island. The home station serves as a charging station and trash collection station. The home base station is covered with solar PV panels and the PV panels convert the sunlight into electricity and then store the electricity into the batteries. The self-driving cleaning robot boat, which floats on water surface and drives around and sweeps the water surface. While sweeping across the water surface, the robot boat which is equipped with motor, rotors, pumps, nets, containers, etc. can intake water and filter out trashes and any other environmental unfriendly substances such as plastic bottles, cans, leaves, algae, plants, bio-films, and oil/grease.

Abstract: A flexible method to provide a variety of value-added coatings to a piece of jewelry or a group of jewelries is disclosed. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) technique is implemented to deposit a layer of conformal coating on intended jewelry surfaces, including both exterior and interior surfaces, to enhance a vast majority of process-driven or end of use driven properties. The coating compositions include dielectrics material, metals, organic materials or organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The method steps of forming a layer of coating are straightforward and can be tailed to different purposes.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC-panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC-single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides non-human animal models of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Also provided are methods for producing the non-human animal models and uses of the non-human animal models to screen and evaluate agents for treating or preventing NAFLD.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for dynamically converting data manipulation language (DML) code embedded in a mainframe application rehosted in a mainframe rehosting platform. The DML code can include SQL scripts with SQL statements, and standalone SQL statements for accessing a source database in a mainframe computer. The DML code can be converted programmatically and immediately before the DML code is to be executed during the execution of the rehosted mainframe application. A database access script converter in an application runtime of the mainframe rehosting platform can load a database schema of a target database and a set of conversion rules, parse the rehosted mainframe application to identify the DML code, and convert each SQL statement based on one or more conversion rules and the database schema, for execution against the target database.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and preventing cheating in a location-based game are provided. In particular, a server-side statistical cheat detection algorithm can be implemented upon receiving a player request to perform a game action. A given dataset describing the respective times and locations of previous game events performed by the player can be analyzed to determine a probability that such game events represent legitimate gameplay. The determined probability can affect whether the player-requested game action is effectuated or can influence a number of points awarded for completion of the game action. An example system includes a host server and a client device in communication over a network.

Abstract: Systems for monitoring and analyzing behavior in various applications and uses thereof. Generally, the systems (and uses thereof) are for monitoring and analyzing consumer purchasing behavior in real-time to drive sales via engaging digital customer experiences. In embodiments, the disclosed system can include a retail store system that features and includes MAC address tracking, user eye tracking, object identification of goods on shelves, open API, advertising broker rules engine. In addition, the system can include a customer engagement with interactive output displays including displays with demographic intelligence, displays with demographics and MAC—panels throughout store at product, displays with demographics and MAC—single panel or few panels scattered throughout store, automated customer assistance at shelf, customer purchase at shelf.