Abstract: A targeted gamified ecommerce service is provided. The service interacts with a mobile application (app) of a consumer operated device and transaction systems and loyalty system of retailers. The consumer interacts with the app to search for a desired good/service, which the consumer is interested in purchasing. The service locates retailers providing the good/service and obtains pricing and offers from the retailers through interaction with the transaction system and loyalty systems. The offers are gamified within the mobile application by the service, and one is selected by the consumer. Once selected, the consumer is unable to access any other offers for the goods and services via the app until the consumer redeems the selected offer or until a given amount of elapsed time has passed. Redemption is tracked and the consumer is rewarded with game-based artifacts/points and the searching feature of the app reactivated before the elapsed time passes.

Abstract: When an electronic ticket is purchased, the ticket is maintained electronically (paperless format) on a consumer-operated device via a ticket wallet application (app). Wallet app obtains ticket details via a scan of an image of the ticket captured from a display of a ticket vendor terminal. Only the wallet app maintains ticket details of the ticket; however, a ticket service cooperates with the wallet app to validate the ticket, to track redemption of the ticket, to authorize printing of the ticket, and to manage the ticket with other tickets of a consumer associated with consumer-operated device.

Abstract: Preferences with respect nutrition and ingredients are established for a user. The preferences are managed and stored on a mobile device. Images of nutrition and ingredient information are captured and analyzed against the preferences. Any ingredient for an item associated with the images that do not conform to the preferences are flagged and the user notified. The user is provided an option to receive a substitute item that does conform with the preferences. In an embodiment, a discount is provided to the user for incentivizing the user to select the substitute item.