Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with geographic mnemonics based messaging are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a data collection module configured to collect demographics of users interacting with a geographic mnemonics associated with a location or an area that includes the location. In response to a request from a requestor for the demographics of users interacting with the geographic mnemonics, the data collection module may respond to the requestor with collected demographics of users interacting with the geographic mnemonics, to enable the requestor to select and transmit a message to the client device, based at least in part on the collected demographics of users interacting with the geographic mnemonics. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with geographic mnemonics are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a registration module and a response module. The registration module may be configured to accept a registration of a geographic mnemonics, and store the geographic mnemonics. Acceptance of registration and storage of the geographic mnemonics may further comprise receipt of an address and/or meta data to be associated with the geographic mnemonics, and storage of the address and/or meta data as associated with the geographic mnemonics. The response module may be configured to respond to a query about the geographic mnemonics, with at least the associated address and/or meta data. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with geographic/time coordinate based event identification are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an event repository may index one or more events according to location and time of the event. The information regarding the events may be based on one or more of reports from a client device, information in static documents, or information in subscription documents. A search module coupled with the event repository may receive a query from a client device, the query including at least a time coordinate identifying a time and a location identifier identifying a location. The search module may be configured to identify, based on the time coordinate and the location identifier, an event that occurred at the location and at the time. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a commercial engine. The commercial engine may be configured to transmit or cause to be transmitted, e.g., by a content provision engine, at an appointed time of a first of the plurality of time zones, a commercial message to at least the content consumption devices of the content consumers currently located in a second time zone. The transmission may be irrespective of whether the content consumers of the content consumption devices to receive the commercial message are consuming the same or different content from one or more media content distribution systems. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with virtualizing a building or a site are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for virtualizing a building or a site may include one or more processors, and a building/site interface engine configured to be operated by the one or more processors. The building/site interface engine may be configured to facilitate a representative of a building or site to logically associate a virtual billboard with the building or site, to enable an appearance of the corresponding building or site in a 3D view map be augmented with the virtual billboard. The virtual billboard may include one or more commercials. The 3D view map may include an image of the building or site. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to computer-implemented methods and computing apparatuses for technologically determining a creditworthiness metric for a potential borrower are disclosed. In embodiments, a creditworthiness metric for a potential borrower may be determined based at least in part on endorsements of other parties connected to the potential borrowers via an online social network. In embodiments, users of an online social network may make respective endorsements of other users of the online social network. Respective creditworthiness metrics may be determined based on the endorsements, and/or other factors, such as connections, endorsement values, so forth. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: In embodiments, methods, storage media, and apparatuses are described that are associated with provisioning of insurance products. In various embodiments, a request for an insurance product associated with an event may be received. A plurality of insurance underwriters may be identified that agree to automated payment of individual payment amounts upon occurrence of the event. Assets and/or lines of credit of the insurance underwriters may be encumbered to provide for automated taking of the individual payment amounts upon occurrence of the event. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: In embodiments, methods, storage media, and apparatuses are described that are associated with underwriting of loans. In various embodiments, offers to underwrite a loan may be received by one or more loan underwriters. Assets and/or lines of credit of the loan underwriters may then be encumbered such that, upon a requirement to pay the loan balance to a lender, the loan balance may be automatically taken from these assets and/or lines of credit. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with geographic coordinates based content search are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a search service may be configured to analyze a plurality of contents having non-geographic coordinate content items. The analysis may include determination of whether the non-geographic coordinate content items are associated with a plurality of locations on Earth's surface. The locations may be identifiable by a plurality of geographic coordinates of a geographic coordinate system. For contents with non-geographic coordinate content items recognized to be associated a plurality of locations, the search service may generate and store indices that index the geographic coordinates of the locations to the contents with associated non-geographic coordinate content items. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to methods, apparatuses, and media configured to identify user characteristics based at least in part on the user's association with geographic coordinates or ranges defining locations or areas of Earth's surface. Recommendations may then be provided to the user based at least in part on the identified user characteristics based on geographic coordinates. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.

Abstract: In embodiments, a buyer may place a purchase order, e.g., to a collective fulfillment computing platform, for a quantity of a product to be produced. In various embodiments, the purchase order may include one or more criteria for fulfillment of the purchase order. In various embodiments, notification of the purchase order may be transmitted, e.g., by the platform, to a plurality of potential suppliers of the product. In various embodiments, at least some of the plurality of potential suppliers may place bids to fulfill at least portions of the purchase order. In various embodiments, the platform may be configured to automatically apportion at least an initial payment for the purchase order among the bidding suppliers based at least in part on profiles associated with the first plurality of potential suppliers and the one or more criteria for collective fulfillment of the purchase order.

Abstract: In embodiments, a generic gesture made with a computing device may be detected. In various embodiments, a context of the apparatus and/or a user of the apparatus may be determined. In various embodiments, at least one of a plurality of executable procedures may be selectively operated based on the detected generic gesture and the determined context.

Abstract: In embodiments, a server may receive an indication of a content list to be transferred from a first user equipment to a second user equipment. The content list may include information related to content such as books, music, movies, physical items, software, games, or other physical or non-physical goods or media. The server may identify the content in the content list, and then determine what rights, if any, the user of the second user equipment has to access the content in the content list. In some embodiments, the server may then accept a purchase request from one or both of the first user or the second user, and alter the permissions of the second user in response to the purchase request. Finally, the server may facilitate the transfer of the content list, and the content associated with the content list and accessible to the second user, to the second user equipment. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.