Abstract: A system having a spacer device for supporting the lid of a pizza box having an indicia such as a QR code. The system including a scanner for scanning the indicia and a communicating device delivering the information to a site. Awards may be delivered to a PDA for use by the consumer.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for predictive modeling of online and offline attribution are disclosed. In one example, a system for predictive modeling of online and offline attribution comprises one or more databases comprising one or more inputs and one or more processors for receiving the one or more inputs, processing the one or more inputs using a general linear model, and providing predicted online and offline campaign impact.

Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods aid advertisers in improving the calculation of the return on investment (ROI) for online marketing. The systems and methods allow advertisers to calculate the ROI of the online marketing of one or a plurality of advertisements by tracking the user identifier of the user devices used to interact with online marketing materials (e.g., online advertisement) and then, once a purchase is made, reconciling which marketing materials the customer interacted leading up to the purchase.

Abstract: This document generally describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for efficiently distributing electronic content in a network. In one example, the techniques include a computer-implemented method. The method can include identifying, by a computing system, a keyword to evaluate with respect to a particular content provider, evaluating historical records of contribution offers for the keyword by a plurality of content providers in order to determine one or more estimated contribution offers, evaluating historical records of user interaction with content to determine estimated levels of user interaction with the content, determining efficiencies of the keywords based on the estimated levels of user interaction and estimated contribution offers, and modifying a distribution campaign based on the determined efficiencies.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for generating virtual reality content. For example, the disclosure includes a method for generating virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data and a stream of three-dimensional audio data with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the generating, providing the virtual reality content to a user, detecting a location of the user's gaze at the virtual reality content, and suggesting an advertisement based on the location of the user's gaze. Another example includes receiving virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data and a stream of three-dimensional audio data to a first user with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the receiving, generating a social network for the first user, and generating a social graph that includes user interactions with the virtual reality content.

Abstract: A predictive programmatic system (100) uses an addressable asset delivery system to provide audience information for non-addressable asset delivery opportunities. The illustrated system (100) is implemented in connection with an addressable asset delivery system (102) deployed, for example, in a cable or satellite television network. The addressable asset delivery system (102) is used to address assets to user devices 104 of a communications network. An asset provider may request dissemination of an asset over the communications network via a contracting platform (106). A targeting module (108) is operative for accessing audience information (110) and providing targeting information to the contracting platform (106).

Abstract: Advertising systems, advertising devices, and methods for providing a targeted ad are described. An advertising system includes an advertising channel, one or more imaging devices that obtain image data containing images captured at or near an advertising channel, and a computing device. The computing device analyzes the image data to determine that one or more individuals are present at or near the advertising channel, determines that at least one individual of the one or more individuals present at or near the advertising channel are engaged with the advertising channel, and determines at least one of one or more demographic features of the at least one individual, and one or more psychographic features of the at least one individual. The advertising channel provides a targeted ad to the at least one individual based on at least one of the one or more demographic features of the at least one individual and the one or more psychographic features of the at least one individual.

Abstract: A system and associated methods for enabling a tenant of a multi-tenant platform to customize the promotional functions of the tenant's eCommerce website which is hosted on the multi-tenant platform. The promotional offer(s) may be configured to suit the tenant's short term and/or long term business needs, such as to encourage purchase of a particular product or service at a particular time, to encourage a purchase in response to a particular business event or situation, to encourage a purchase in response to a particular action or lack of action by the consumer, to encourage a purchase in response to a particular inventory level or revenue amount of the tenant, to encourage a purchase in response to determining that the consumer was the object of a sales pitch from one of the tenant's salespeople, etc.

Abstract: A commerce system has retailers offering products for sale to consumers. Product information is collected associated with a plurality of products. Products of interest are presented to a first consumer based on the product information. The products of interest are selected based on a prior product selection by the first consumer, product selections by a second consumer, or retailer promoted products. The products of interest include comparative product information from a plurality of retailers. A shopping list is generated including one or more selected products of interest as determined by the first consumer. The shopping list including the selected products of interest is made available to the first consumer to assist with a purchasing decision. The purchasing decision within the commerce system is controlled by enabling the first consumer to select products for purchase based on the shopping list including the selected products of interest.

Abstract: A dynamic graphic object managed by a financial institution that issues a payment device prevents third-party access to sensitive account data when linking the payment device to marketing documents provided by the third party. A payment processing server uses an alias for the sensitive data and configures a dynamic graphic object with the alias. The object may also include instructions to link the sensitive data to the alias and allow the payment processing server to monitor transactions with the third party. The payment processing server may then mediate communication between the consumer and the third party without exposing sensitive data.

Abstract: Computerized embodiments are disclosed for presenting object representations to a user in an ordered manner based on object popularity. In one embodiment, a web server computer is configured to capture transactional data that represents events caused by interactions of users with a website. A transactional database computer is configured to store the user transactional data. An analytics database computer is configured to extract the transactional data from the transactional database computer, transform the transactional data into object popularity data having object popularity scores, and load the object popularity data into the transactional database computer. The transactional database computer is further configured to sort objects based on the object popularity scores, forming sorted object data. The web server computer is further configured to generate an ordered object presentation that provides computerized representations of the objects that are arranged based on the sorted object data.

Abstract: A system that combines location information and offline and online activity history provides for personalized offers that may be sent to a mobile device. The personalized offers may make use of where the person associated with the mobile device has been, in addition to where they are now, as well as what the person has purchased or done in the past, either offline or online. By providing better personalization, the offers may be made more effective and less intrusive or annoying to the consumer associated with the mobile device.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically generating and maintaining user profile cookie sets. The user profile cookie sets may be used by a web crawler when gathering data such as advertisement data associated with one or more websites. The cookie sets may be generated by choosing a user profile with a set of user traits, selecting a set of websites related to the user traits, and browsing the selected set of websites using a web crawler while allowing the website to place cookies in storage of the web crawler. The cookie sets may be maintained by selecting a website to browse, selecting a user profile associated with the selected website, loading a previously generated cookie set for the selected user profile into the storage of a web crawler, and loading the webpage while allowing the website to place, update, or replace cookies in the storage of the web crawler.

Abstract: A computerized system and methods that create and use consumer sponsorships.

Abstract: Advertisement vendors can be dynamically selected in response to a request from a wireless communication device. A mediation router can receive an ad request from a portal interfaced with a wireless device. Specifically, the mediation router analyzes the request and dynamically selects an ad vendor to service the request, based in part on the analysis. The selected ad vendor supplies the ad and the mediation router ensures that the portal receives the ad. The mediation router selects an ad vendor in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, business decision rules or artificial intelligence and/or a combination thereof. The mediation router further employs customer profiles that help vendors target advertisements to specific consumers and wireless devices.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for identifying and delivering content to customers that is intended to encourage purchase of a product or service. In one embodiment, the invention provides two primary processes, operations, or functional elements. The first process enables a retailer/merchant to specify an identifier for an attribute or characteristic of a customer, retailer, device, etc. In some situations, the attribute or characteristic may take on more than one value, with the value depending upon one or more rules or conditions. The retailer may also specify a set of desired content elements and/or associate specific content elements with the identifier (such as by “tagging” specific content elements with the identifier and/or the attribute value). In some cases, the identifier identifies a specific rule set or class of content-related processes, and the content rule or rules define how (i.e.

Abstract: An information processor includes a detecting unit (control unit), a presuming unit (control unit), and a control unit. The detecting unit detects, by detecting a transition of positional information on individual physical units by sensing with electromagnetic waves and a communication with electromagnetic waves, detects a flow of an aggregate of the physical units. The presuming unit presumes an attribute of the physical units, as an individual, part, or whole, included in the flow, based on the flow of the aggregate detected by the detecting unit. The control unit controls an output or physical action of information to or on the physical units, based on the attribute presumed by the presuming unit.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a system and method for generating virtual reality content. For example, the disclosure includes a method for generating virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data and a stream of three-dimensional audio data with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the generating, providing the virtual reality content to a user, detecting a location of the user's gaze at the virtual reality content, and suggesting an advertisement based on the location of the user's gaze. Another example includes receiving virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data and a stream of three-dimensional audio data to a first user with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the receiving, generating a social network for the first user, and generating a social graph that includes user interactions with the virtual reality content.

Abstract: A method of operating a user device includes receiving, by a processing device of the user device, a conditional ad object from a remote user device. The conditional ad object includes two or more instances of conditional content, one or more access mechanisms, and one or more conditions. Each condition is associated with a respective instance of conditional content when verified. The method includes analyzing the one or more conditions to determine if any of the one or more conditions are met. The method includes selecting a selected instance of the two or more instances of conditional content based on the analyzing of the one or more conditions. The method includes generating a user-selectable link based on the selected instance of conditional content and the one or more access mechanisms. The method includes outputting the user-selectable link via a user interface of the user device.

Abstract: A method and system is presented for coordinating the transmission of supplemental digital data to accompany broadcast data, and in particular, analog radio broadcasts, among a plurality of broadcasters. The supplemental digital data may provide information about the particular broadcast data being transmitted (i.e. cut data) or may be supplemental to such data (i.e. news, weather and traffic data). The supplemental digital data to be presented is sorted based on particular algorithms which may take into account broadcaster-specified criteria such as target audience, time of day, type of broadcast data presented, and the like. The supplemental digital data may be audio data, visual data, or audio-visual data for presentation with the broadcast data. The supplemental digital data may further be advertisement data. The advertisement data may be sold by the broadcasters or the party coordinating the IBOC transmission of the supplemental digital data.

Abstract: A method and system for allowing targeted bidding for online advertisements are provided. The method includes causing an emulation of an emulated bidder for bidding on a placement of an advertisement in a webpage; receiving, from the emulated bidder, a current bid identifier associated with the placement; causing, in real-time, a comparison of the current bid identifier to at least one stored bid identifier, wherein each stored bid identifier is associated with stored target information; receiving target information of the webpage, wherein the received target information is identified based on the comparison, wherein the received target information is related to targeted advertising for the webpage; and sending the target information of the webpage to at least one other bidder that is bidding on the placement.

Abstract: The invention is directed to drawing the attention of visitors to advertised items and to encouraging visitors to carry out actions desirable to advertisers. The present method delimits a function for creating and populating a website with content (publisher function) and a function for drawing the attention of visitors to commercial products and for interacting with visitors (advertiser function). The role of the publisher in terms of the commercialization of the content they create consists merely in placing WPSM within a web page without having to change the site template. As a result, it becomes technically possible for advertisers to legally obtain content that is already indexed and is attractive to users. By virtue of the participation of the publisher and the use of instructions created by the publisher, content is included in a block of feedback (BOF) of an advertiser upon fulfillment of CAMS rules, thus increasing website visitor trust in advertising materials and making advertising more effective.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for management of an advertising exchange using email data are disclosed. In one example, a method of managing an advertising exchange using email data comprises receiving one or more inputs of audience data from one or more publishers, transforming the one or more inputs into information in a unified customer database, receiving a query from a front end query tool, accessing information in the unified customer database responsive to the query, and providing the responsive information to the front end query tool.

Abstract: A method and system for bringing together online and offline advertising uses anonymous links that are associated with consumer data. The anonymous links allow processing without personally identifiable information (PII) in a secure environment. Data is matched using the anonymous links, and further using identifiers that are encrypted for use in connection with individual match distribution partners. The method and system allows a marketer to utilize offline data to precisely target advertisements without the use of PII, and to perform analytics concerning the use of the online advertisements to more precisely determine the effectiveness of multichannel marketing efforts.

Abstract: Systems and methods for advertising, and, more particularly, systems and methods for managing ephemeral locations in a virtual universe. A method for managing ephemeral locations in a virtual universe (VU) includes causing a computer infrastructure to: render an ephemeral location upon a triggering in the VU; teleport a VU user avatar to the ephemeral location; permit the user avatar to interact in the ephemeral location; teleport the user avatar out of the ephemeral location; and un-render the ephemeral location.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the editing of computer programming tags associated with a website. A user interface displaying a representation of a website may be presented on a display screen. The representation may include a plurality of webpage identifiers that each identifies a respective webpage associated with the website. The representation may also include a plurality of active tag indicators that are each associated with a respective one of the webpages. Each active tag indicator may identify a respective portion of computer programming code included in the respective webpage with which the active tag indicator is associated. User input indicating an editing action to be performed with respect to one or more of the computer programming code portions may be received, and a message identifying the editing action may be transmitted via a communications interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a relative pricing indication of content item criteria are provided. One method includes retrieving content item data relating to a plurality of content items. For each content item, a target pricing parameter and one or more selection criteria associated with the content item is determined, and the content item is categorized within one or more categories. For each of the categories, category pricing parameter data is generated based on a combination of the target pricing parameters for the content items within the category. For each of the selection criteria, a criteria pricing parameter is determined based on a combination of target pricing parameters for the content items with which the criterion is associated. Criteria pricing parameter data is correlated to the category pricing parameters for the one or more categories. Relative pricing indication data is generated for the criterion based on the correlation.

Abstract: Described herein is a platform and method for providing a device valuation for an electronic device based on parameter values of the electronic device. The method may comprise obtaining a model information of the electronic device and identifying a base value of the electronic device. In some embodiments, a device specific performance evaluation may be executed on a hardware component contained with the electronic device. Upon execution of the performance evaluation, a set of parameter values may be generated using input collected with respect to the performance evaluation. A valuation of the electronic device may subsequently be generated based upon the base value and the set of parameter values.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method to facilitate a user, interested in buying and selling of a real estate, with a catalogue of personals enlisted as real estate agents using a communication device interconnected over a social computing based environment. The method provides through a social computing based means. The means, wherein the user creates a user account and the user account enables the user to access the social computing based means; the social computing based means provides information associated with the user, facilitate communicate and interaction with other users having account associated with the social computing based means. Furthermore the method through the social computing based means provides a means to the user to post at least one information item over the social computing based means, view at least one information item posted by other users and web feeds.

Abstract: In one example aspect, a computerized method includes the step of providing an item listing. The item listing is listed in an e-commerce marketplace. The computerized method includes the step of identifying the item listing into a set of listing parameters. A listing parameter includes one or more listing images and one or more terms that are descriptive of the item listing. The computerized method includes using the listing parameters to do the following steps. The computerized method determines a trust score for the item listing. The trust score is based on a number of images of an item in the item listing. The computerized method a quality score of the number of images; a description score of a description of the item. The computerized method determines a pricing score. The pricing score is based on a percentage variation from a geographically relevant item valuation and an item research service, and a condition of the item. The computerized method determines a seller score.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing customer assistance for a product in a retail store. The customer accesses customer assistance through a mobile application on their mobile device. If available, a physical customer assistance associate provides assistance to the customer. If a physical customer assistance associate is not available, a remote customer assistance associate provides assistance to the customer. If neither a physical and/or remote customer assistance associate is available, the customer may select a comparison of the product with related in stock products. A comparison may also be selected in combination with a physical and/or remote customer assistance associate.

Abstract: A customer submits a request for assistance to a customer service. Accordingly, the customer service may access a customer database to obtain one or more customer preferences that can be used to select a service representative. If the customer database does not include these preferences, the customer service may utilize one or more customer attributes to calculate these one or more customer preferences. Subsequently, the customer service may access a service representative database and select a service representative based at least in part on the one or more customer preferences. The customer service may transmit the request to the selected service representative to enable the service representative to assist the customer.

Abstract: A method for reward-based surrogate shopping may include receiving remote orders from remote shoppers, each including order parameters defining items for purchase and a desired date or time of day of fulfillment of the remote order, receiving assignment requests from surrogate shoppers, each including request parameters identifying a brick-and-mortar store and a desired date or time of day for fulfilling by the surrogate shopper of one or more remote orders, comparing the received remote orders with the received assignment requests and pairing together ones in which at least one order parameter matches at least one request parameter, and for each matched pair, receiving a completion indicator identifying fulfillment by the surrogate shopper of the remote order paired therewith, and providing a reward to the surrogate shopper for completion of surrogate shopping at the identified store for the paired remote order.

Abstract: A search application can return results including item listings posted to a website. An item listing can be posted to the website in a first format for a first time period and posted to the website in a second format for a second period of time. Responsive to a query for an item, results can be displayed in both the first format and the second format in a user interface.

Abstract: A system and method for selecting an optimal service may include: (1) querying a device to determine the location at which the service is provided and the parameters of the service being used, (2) based on the information obtained from the query, comparing the parameters of competing services offered in the location, and (3) based on the comparison, selecting one of the competing services.

Abstract: A trusted localized peer-to-peer services marketplace including an available search module to search an available services database for available services responsive to receiving a search query from a potential service buyer, a wanted services search module to search a wanted services database for wanted services responsive to a receiving a search query from a service seller, and a display module coupled with the available services search module and the wanted services search module, the display module to display the results of the search queries, the display module further to display an option for the potential service buyer to automatically populate the wanted services database based on the received available services search query, and to display an option for the service seller to automatically populate the available services database based on the received wanted services search query.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is coupled to the memory, and is configured to: receive first information including information indicative of a usage state of a device; detect a sign of mechanical failure of the device by analyzing the first information; acquire second information associated with a replacement product for the device of which the sign of mechanical failure is detected, the second information including information of at least one of an identical product and an alternative product to the device; and output the second information as information associated with the device of which the sign of mechanical failure is detected.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining one or more demographic characteristics of a user/customer, and then using such information to generate a recommendation of a product or service for the user/customer. In some embodiments, a customer's first and/or last name as obtained from a single transaction may be used to infer their nationality or ethnicity with a certain probability of being correct. This demographic information may then be used to identify one or more products or services that are expected to be of interest.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes determining a set of target listings, retrieving a seed image associated with the seed listing, the seed listing is categorized within a first item category, and generating a seed item feature vector for the seed image using a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained with images of items. The method also includes identifying a plurality of feature vectors associated with the first item category, comparing the seed item feature vector to the plurality of feature vectors using a k-nearest neighbors (kNN) algorithm, and generating a set of nearest neighbor listings to the seed listing. The method further includes storing the set of nearest neighbor listings as associated with the seed listing, selecting one or more nearest neighbor listings from the set of nearest neighbors, and presenting the one or more nearest neighbor listings as a recommendation to a user of the online e-commerce system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of making recommendations on products, services, or content such as instructional information based on information pre-entered by a user is provided. Steps may include recognizing the information of a specific plan or activity, receiving geolocation information of the user or a plan site, conducting an internet search based on the information and the geolocation, sorting and prioritizing search results based on information relating to the plan and the activities and/or profile information, and providing a list of recommendations to the user.

Abstract: A system and method for recommending clothing or apparel to a user. Activity of a user is detected in order to identify a set of items that are of interest to the user. One or more recommendation parameters may be determined for the used based at least in part on the individual items of clothing/apparel that are of interest to the user. Clothing/apparel content is selected for display to the user based on the recommendation parameters.

Abstract: A social information management method and system designate a plurality of mobile devices as a group list of mobile devices that share the information based on a social network; create social information in a mobile device, by registering an item selected or input to the mobile device while the mobile device operates a user function; and shares the social information with the mobile devices in the information sharing group list.

Abstract: A search refinement method and system to select items from a plurality of items using a user device connected via the internet to a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a database of items and item attributes. Images of a first subset of the items are transmitted to the user device where they are presented on a display. A change indication selected by a user of the user device is received by the server apparatus, the change indication including at least one of an attribute selection and a reference item selected from the first subset. Responsive to receiving the change indication, an item score is computed for each of the items based on the item's attributes and the change indication. Images of a second subset of the items are presented on the user device. Each time the user initiates a change indication, another subset is presented on the user device, and the user can iteratively refine the search by finding items similar to the items represented by the change indication.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for more efficiently providing and implementing order management and order processing services to one or more tenants of a multi-tenant business data processing platform. In one embodiment, processes, sub-processes, or functions within a larger order processing system may participate in an implementation of a subscriber-publisher protocol, wherein processes, sub-processes, or functions “publish” notifications and/or related information about “events” for consumption by subscribing processes, sub-processes, or functions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating WiFi transactions are provided. A consumer device logs in to a merchant's WiFi network and a tab for the consumer is opened up with the merchant. The merchant adds items ordered by the consumer to the tab until the consumer decides to close the tab. The consumer can close the tab by logging off the merchant's WiFi network, pressing a button on a mobile device indicating that he or she wants to settle the tab, or specifying that the tab should be closed after a certain amount of time.

Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, a digital commerce system that includes a first digital data device, a second digital data device and a third digital data device, each of which is connected to a network that provides at least intermittent communications coupling between the second digital data device and each of the first and second digital data devices. Redirection logic executing on at least the second digital data device effects storage on the third digital data device of a digital media object downloaded from the first digital data device to the second digital data device. The redirection logic accomplishes that in such a manner that storage of the digital media object on the third digital data device is effected before storage of that digital media object on the second digital data device—if the digital media object is stored to the second digital data device at all.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to web based electronic commerce systems. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods configured to provide a three dimensional shopping cart for the display of items to be ordered by a user or group of users.

Abstract: Implementations for recovering e-commerce orders are described herein. An e-commerce order is submitted to an order processing system, by an order check-out module of an online transaction system. The e-commerce order includes order information that is provided to the order check-out module by a client device. The check-out module determines that the order processing is delayed or failed and, based at least on a status of the order processing being delayed or failed, initiates an order recovery action to be performed by an order recovery engine. Once the order recovery action is initiated, the order check-out module is made available to handle a new order.

Abstract: A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method includes integrating, via a processor of a first computing device, a secure delivery option in relation to a checkout interface of a point of sale (POS) system. In some cases, the method includes receiving, via the processor, an input to enable the secure delivery option in relation to an order being placed via the checkout interface, generating, via the processor, an access code for the order based at least in part on enabling the secure delivery option, and enabling, via the processor, access to a premises via the access code generated for the order.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to processing of information, data and database identifiers involving content and/or experiences. According to one exemplary implementation, an illustrative method of computerized information processing may involve handling and/or processing data regarding a product, where the product may be an experience represented by and automatically processed via one or more computer system(s) and/or platform(s) as a function of product type identifiers and/or Boolean flags.