Abstract: A method is provided for causing a networking device to enter a power saving mode, determining whether or not a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony interface is in service after the causing the networking device to enter the power saving mode, the networking device including the VOIP telephony interface, the VOIP telephony interface communicatively connected to a VOIP provider, and rebooting the networking device when the VOIP telephony interface is determined not to be in service.

Abstract: A method is provided for causing a networking device to enter a power saving mode, determining whether or not a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony interface is in service after the causing the networking device to enter the power saving mode, the networking device including the VOIP telephony interface, the VOIP telephony interface communicatively connected to a VOIP provider, and rebooting the networking device when the VOIP telephony interface is determined not to be in service.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling media content transmitted from a wireless device in a wireless communication network to a media content streaming gateway, which may be communicatively coupled to a media content streaming device in a multi-user multi-device environment. Users associated with client computing platforms may obtain authentication to the wireless communication network assignment to a particular gateway device. Users may be able to effectuate a wireless data communication session between their client computing platform and media content streaming gateway.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling media content with a wireless device in a wireless communication network via a media content streaming device communicatively coupled to an access point in a multi-room environment. Users associated with client computing platforms may obtain authentication to the wireless communication network via the access point. Upon gaining access to wireless communication network, users may be able to access the Internet using their client computing platforms. Users may be able to effectuate a wireless data communication session between their client computing platforms and media content streaming devices. Users may be able to control the media content streamed by the media content streaming device onto a media content display device. The access point may be connected to the media content streaming device via a dongle-type connector. Associations between media content streaming devices and client computing platforms may be maintained.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling media content with a wireless device in a wireless communication network via a media content streaming device communicatively coupled to an access point in a multi-room environment. Users associated with client computing platforms may obtain authentication to the wireless communication network via the access point. Upon gaining access to wireless communication network, users may be able to access the Internet using their client computing platforms. Users may be able to effectuate a wireless data communication session between their client computing platforms and media content streaming devices. Users may be able to control the media content streamed by the media content streaming device onto a media content display device. The access point may be connected to the media content streaming device via a dongle-type connector. Associations between media content streaming devices and client computing platforms may be maintained.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to verify minimum age of accountholders, to enable age restrictions on purchases.

Abstract: A two-sided turbocharger compressor wheel and a housing forming a diffuser for the compressor. A first side and a second side of the compressor wheel are characterized by different values of a trim and of an annulus area. A first side of the diffuser surrounds the first side of the compressor wheel, and a second side of the diffuser surrounds the second side of the compressor wheel. The first and second sides of the diffuser are characterized by different annulus area ratios. The blades of the first and second sides of the compressor wheel are angularly offset from one another. The compressor wheel is configured for greater flow through the side of the compressor wheel that faces away from a related turbine wheel.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for the real-time active surveillance of disease. The system generates an outbreak detection model by analyzing the spending records of individuals who are known to be infected to identify purchases and purchase patterns that correlate to infection in the population with a disease. Based on the identified purchases, the system generates probabilistic identification criteria and merges the criteria to simulation models of infection spread by geography to generate a geospatial outbreak detection model. The system applies the generated model to spending records, in real time, to identify and monitor disease spread in the population. The system can also generate alerts if the likelihood that an individual is infected, or one or more individuals in a set or population is infected exceeds a threshold. Actions are taken at remote devices, such as mobile phones, computers and POS terminals in certain embodiments.

Abstract: A two-sided turbocharger compressor wheel and a housing forming a diffuser for the compressor. A first side and a second side of the compressor wheel are characterized by different values of a trim and of an annulus area. A first side of the diffuser surrounds the first side of the compressor wheel, and a second side of the diffuser surrounds the second side of the compressor wheel. The first and second sides of the diffuser are characterized by different annulus area ratios. The blades of the first and second sides of the compressor wheel are angularly offset from one another. The compressor wheel is configured for greater flow through the side of the compressor wheel that faces away from a related turbine wheel.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling media content with a wireless device in a wireless communication network via a media content streaming device communicatively coupled to an access point in a multi-room environment. Users associated with client computing platforms may obtain authentication to the wireless communication network via the access point. Upon gaining access to wireless communication network, users may be able to access the Internet using their client computing platforms. Users may be able to effectuate a wireless data communication session between their client computing platforms and media content streaming devices. Users may be able to control the media content streamed by the media content streaming device onto a media content display device. The access point may be connected to the media content streaming device via a dongle-type connector. Associations between media content streaming devices and client computing platforms may be maintained.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing consumers with mood-based advertisements and coupons according to diagnostic measurements are described. A mood of a consumer is determined utilizing diagnostic measurement(s) received through a consumer's portable device. An advertisement or coupon for a product affiliated with a mood correlative with the consumer's mood is selected and transmitted to the consumer's portable consumer device. The mood affiliated with the product of an advertisement or coupon may be based upon historic consumer purchasing.

Abstract: A method for the generation of demographic market sectors includes: storing transaction data entries, each related to a payment transaction and including a geographic location and transaction amount; receiving census data from governmental agencies, the census data including data related to merchant and geographic location correspondences; receiving demographic data from third party data sources, the data including at least age, gender, income, presence of children, and geographic location data for a plurality of individuals; identifying demographic market sectors based on the census and demographic data, wherein each sector includes a subset of individuals having common age, gender, income, presence of children, and geographic location and includes at least a predetermined number of individuals; and identifying market spending for each demographic market sector based on a combination of the merchant and geographic location correspondences and a subset of the plurality of transaction data entries located in t

Abstract: A method for assisted declaration of goods at customs includes: storing, in a mobile communication device, algorithms associated with the calculation of a duty amount based on rules or regulations; receiving, by the mobile communication device, a plurality of transaction data entries, each entry being related to a payment transaction involving a consumer and including transaction data; identifying, in the mobile communication device, at least one transaction data entry involving the purchase of one or more declarable goods based on the rules or regulations; calculating, by the mobile communication device, a duty amount based on application of the rules or algorithms to the transaction data included in the identified at least one transaction data entry; and transmitting, by the mobile communication device, the calculated duty amount.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to verify minimum age of accountholders, to enable age restrictions on purchases.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for determining an optimized sequence of visits by a consumer to a plurality of merchant locations irrespective of travel distance. The system is configured to receive, from the consumer, errand data including start time and start and finish location and a plurality of merchant locations to visit. The system also generates one or more models for predicting visit durations the merchant locations as a function of time using transaction data and location data associated with a plurality of consumers that previously visited the merchant locations. Based on the generated models, and current and historical travel/traffic information and the errand data, the system generates an optimized sequence of visits for the consumer.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for determining an optimized sequence of visits by a consumer to a plurality of merchant locations irrespective of travel distance. The system is configured to receive, from the consumer, errand data including start time and start and finish location and a plurality of merchant locations to visit. The system also generates one or more models for predicting visit durations the merchant locations as a function of time using transaction data and location data associated with a plurality of consumers that previously visited the merchant locations. Based on the generated models, and current and historical travel/traffic information and the errand data, the system generates an optimized sequence of visits for the consumer.

Abstract: A method for suppressing payment transactions based on industry classification includes: storing an account profile, the profile including data related to one or more transaction accounts including a plurality of industry thresholds, each industry threshold being associated with a merchant industry; receiving an authorization request for a payment transaction, the request including a transaction amount and a merchant identifier associated with a merchant involved in the payment transaction; identifying a specific merchant industry associated with the merchant involved in the payment transaction based on the merchant identifier; processing the payment transaction if the transaction amount does not exceed an industry threshold associated with the specific merchant industry; and transmitting an authorization response declining the payment transaction if the transaction amount exceeds the industry threshold associated with the specific merchant industry.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for the real-time active surveillance of disease. The system generates an outbreak detection model by analyzing the spending records of individuals who are known to be infected to identify purchases and purchase patterns that correlate to infection in the population with a disease. Based on the identified purchases, the system generates probabilistic identification criteria and merges the criteria to simulation models of infection spread by geography to generate a geospatial outbreak detection model. The system applies the generated model to spending records, in real time, to identify and monitor disease spread in the population. The system can also generate alerts if the likelihood that an individual is infected, or one or more individuals in a set or population is infected exceeds a threshold. Actions are taken at remote devices, such as mobile phones, computers and POS terminals in certain embodiments.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for recording a consumer's historical expenditures includes accessing incoming email associated with a consumer, identifying a receipt in the incoming email that was emailed from a merchant to the consumer in response to completing a cashless transaction associated with a payment network, linking the receipt to a transaction record generated by an acquirer within the payment network based on an indicator that the receipt and the transaction record were generated in response to the cashless transaction, and embedding the receipt with data from the transaction record associated with the payment network.

Abstract: A method for investing consumer loyalty rewards includes: storing, in a rules database, one or more conversion rules, wherein each of the one or more conversion rules includes at least an account identifier and a conversion rate; receiving, by a receiving device, an investment request, wherein the investment request includes at least a specific account identifier and a reward amount; identifying, in the rules database, a specific conversion rule where the included account identifier corresponds to the specific account identifier; calculating, by a processing device, a monetary value based on application of the conversion rate included in the specific conversion rule to the reward amount included in the received investment request; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, an investment request, wherein the investment request includes at least the calculated monetary value and requests investment of the calculated monetary value in one or more investment accounts.