Abstract: The present disclosure provides a platform for soliciting, processing and managing commercial activity across a plurality of disparate commercial systems. The platform may be configured to engage consumers via electronic form of communication, such as, but not limited to, text, SMS, MMS, and email, by engaging the consumer in a bi-directional conversation between the consumer and a computerized agent associated with the platform. The computerized agent may act, in a way, as the consumers commercial agent, suggesting and fulfilling orders from a plurality of disparate commercial platforms on behalf of the consumer through the use of conversational dialog.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a Virtual Marking and Verification Platform (hereinafter referred to as the “platform”). The platform may be used by holders of intellectual property (IP) rights to put the public on notice of their rights. To put the public on notice, users of the platform (e.g., the IP rights holders) may register to receive a seal issued by the platform. The seal may be comprised of a combination of graphical and/or textual elements confined in, for example, a computer-icon. The computer-icon may be associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) that leads to a certificate page. The certificate page may comprise information associated with the user's intellectual property rights. A user may display an issued seal within the user's software application and/or website. Viewers of the seal may then ‘click’ the seal to view the certificate page containing information associated with the user's intellectual property rights.