Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to electronic commerce. A method may include identifying a user of an online marketplace. The method may also include accessing data associated with the user including at least one of historical data, location data, and user defined data. Further, the method may include providing the user with at least one ticket option including at least one recommended ticket for at least one event based on the data associated with the user.

Abstract: There are provided a merchandise recommendation device, a merchandise recommendation method, and a program which recommend coordination merchandise based on a sensitivity word according to a trend. A merchandise recommendation device 10 includes a basic merchandise specification unit 31, a recommendation merchandise specification unit 33, and a recommendation merchandise information output unit 34. The basic merchandise specification unit 31 specifies first merchandise. The recommendation merchandise specification unit 33 specifies recommendation merchandise associated with the first merchandise, among multiple pieces of merchandise belonging to a category different from a category to the first merchandise belongs, based on trend information and coordination information based on the sensitivity word. The basic merchandise specification unit 31 outputs information of the recommendation merchandise.

Abstract: A recommendation device 10 includes an evaluation reference group information acquisition unit 41 that acquires evaluation reference group information related to a plurality of first products constituting an evaluation reference group, an evaluation rule acquisition unit 43 that acquires an evaluation rule, a first evaluation unit 45 that performs individual evaluation of one-to-one of each of the plurality of first products and a plurality of second products on the basis of the evaluation rule, a second evaluation unit 47 that performs many-to-one overall evaluation on each of the plurality of second products for the evaluation reference group on the basis of the individual evaluation performed by the first evaluation unit, and a recommendation information output unit 49 that outputs recommendation information of the plurality of second products on the basis of the overall evaluation performed by the second evaluation unit.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to enhance convenience and service qualities in an information distribution system. In a server serving as an information distribution apparatus and an information communication terminal, contents are managed by using content identifiers (content IDs) managed as IDs conforming to a rule of uniformity. Particularly, in the information communication terminal, a content ripped from a recording medium such as a CD and stored in storage means such as an HDD is also managed by using a content identifier acquired from the information distribution apparatus. In this way, contents stored in the storage means can be managed by using content IDs each managed as an ID common to the information communication terminal and the information distribution apparatus.

Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein useful to manage a retail space. In some embodiments, cubic product representations within the retail location are provided herein which represent the actual space and location of products within the store. Data for the retail space, such as blueprint, floorplan, and item modular data, can be merged and transformed into a central database to create the cubic product representations. Further, the cubic product representations within the retail location can be provided to users through a user interface, such as a web viewer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an intelligent transportation field. A vehicle-mounted terminal, a charging pile, an electric bicycle, and a rental system and a rental method of the electric bicycle are described. The vehicle-mounted terminal for the electric bicycle comprises: a receiver configured to receive a rental request; and a controller configured to: acquire the performance state of an electric bicycle targeted by the rental request, in response to the rental request; communicate with a server to authenticate the validity of the renter, if the acquired performance state meets preset rental criteria; and issue an unlocking instruction signal to a charging pile to unlock the electric bicycle, if a successful authentication message is received from the server. The vehicle-mounted terminal communicates with the server, so that the back-end server can obtain the service condition of the rented bicycle in real time, and can monitor and manage the bicycle.

Abstract: The present disclosure described herein, in general, relates to computer-based platform for facilitating and/or enabling the crowdsourced credit collection. The platform facilitates credit collection by assigning a crowdsourced user in same areas, based on the geolocation of the borrower. The system comprises a credit collection request module, a location module, a training module, a user selection module and a payment module. The credit collection request module is configured to receive the credit collection request to collect the credit due from the borrower. The location module is configured to determine the borrower's geolocation as-well-as the geolocation of the user. The user selection module is configured to identify one or more registered users, present within the predefined range of the borrower's geolocation. Further, the user selection module is configured to select a user from one or more registered users based on predefined parameters associated with each user.

Abstract: A four-plane, two-sided OLED teller window is provided. The teller window may include a first OLED plane, a second OLED plane, a third OLED plane, a fourth OLED plane, a first configurably-opaque layer and a second configurably-opaque layer. The first OLED plane may face a first direction. The third OLED plane may face a second direction. The first direction and the second direction may be substantially opposite directions. The first configurably-opaque layer may be located in between the first OLED plane and the third OLED plane. The second OLED plane may face the first direction. The fourth OLED plane may face the second direction. The second configurably-opaque layer may be located in between the second OLED plane and the fourth OLED plane. The first OLED plane and the second OLED plane may be situated side-by-side. The third OLED plane and the fourth OLED plane may be situation side-by-side.

Abstract: An improved stock ranking and trading decision support system and method employ analytical prediction and prediction verification to identify assets for purchase. The disclosed system and techniques use a harmonic component forecasting model, artificial band-pass digital filters, and logical representations of wave time series and neural network processes to identify the profitable companies for investment as well as the likely direction of movement of the asset future value. The system compares, optimizes and tests the price of the asset at a given point in time in order to predict the trading decision support model and estimate potential profit.

Abstract: According to an example for virtual currency exchange management, a list of virtual currencies that can be exchanged between a first application and a second application is determined, and a virtual currency exchange rate between a first virtual currency in the first application and a second virtual currency in the second application is calculated. The user is authenticated to the first and second application, and in the event that authentication is successful, the first virtual currency associated with the user is decremented based on the exchange rate and the second virtual currency associated with the user is incremented based on the exchange rate. In some examples, a redeemable asset, digital currency, cryptocurrency, or combinations thereof may be exchanged for a virtual currency based on a calculated exchange rate.

Abstract: A method for providing a real-time probability includes generating a model based on time-series historical data for a financial instrument, the model built from technical indicators of the financial instrument based on extracted components of the time-series historical data and goal values for the financial instrument, applying a transform to the model, the transform generating a quantile vector associated with the financial instrument based on quantile values derived from the model for the financial instrument, compiling a composite index of quantile vectors, each of the quantile vectors corresponding to a plurality of samples having time-series historical data similar to the financial instrument, the composite index including a single sequential range of vector values, and generating a probability for the financial instrument to reach the goal values by determining an average number of quantile vectors of the composite index matching the quantile vector of the financial instrument.

Abstract: A method and system for more accurately determining and providing market terms for conducting business transactions, wherein a plurality of computers are located at qualified institutions and are connected in electronic association in a cloud communication network, one of which is a server network device that maintains and/or provides the components of the system to process actual transaction data provided by the qualified institutions in real time to calculate market terms that are quickly transmitted back to the institutions. The server network device is a cloud server network device with one or more processors from plural network devices for communication with one or more processors or computers located at the qualified institutions. The market term estimates are calculated using less bandwidth and less processing cycles on the cloud communications network than on a conventional network.

Abstract: A distributed computer system includes a matcher server that stores an order book of pending orders and a gateway that routes an order message to the matcher server for matching. The gateway also receives individual quote messages bundled into a mass quote message, each individual quote message including a price value for one of a plurality of different instrument identifiers. The gateway routes the mass quote message to a field programmable gate array (FPGA) circuit without involving the matcher server. The FPGA parses and stores data for each individual quote message to a data structure located in the memory of the FPGA. The parsed data is organized in the data structure according to both the instrument identifier and a client identifier that corresponds to a client that sent the mass quote message.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for trade order processing in an electronic trading environment are provided. The order processing includes initiating a first thread of instructions at a computing device to send a first trade order onto an electronic exchange. However, if one or more trade orders are identified during the process to send the first trade order, then the one or more orders are queued. When the first trade order is sent to the electronic exchange, then a second thread of instructions is initiated at the computing device to send the queued one or more trade orders (substantially together, if there is more than one) on to the electronic exchange.

Abstract: A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.

Abstract: The instant invention discloses the creation, storage and use of new types of data enabled by the use of the technology of information to facilitate and capture contributions to decision-making efforts by non-professionals that augment results generated by professionals alone, where the use of such data is purposed for the generation of reliable and relevant evidence in the valuation of privately held small businesses in the context of transactions, litigation, regulation, and tax.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for hedging a deferred compensation liability. In one embodiment, the invention may provide a mechanism to hedge the compensation expense liabilities of an employer providing deferred compensation to one or more employees.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a traveling-based insurance rating system comprising a telematics device associated with a vehicle having one or more sensors arranged therein, a mobile device associated with a passenger of the vehicle, and a server computer comprising hardware, including a processor and memory. The server computer may receive driving data of a driver of the vehicle from the one or more sensors via the telematics device. The server computer may then identify one or more values of the driving data to be within one or more predetermined ranges and classify the driving data as a trip of the passenger. Based on the driving data from the trip, the server computer may determine one or more driving behaviors of the driver, calculate an insurance rating for the passenger of the vehicle based on the one or more driving behaviors of the driver, and transmit the insurance rating to the mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a customized recommendation system for home assessment, in which the system comprises one or more databases, a first computing device, and a server computer comprising hardware, including a processor and memory. The server computer may receive a request for information on a home of the user from the first computing device. The server computer may identify publicly available information for the home and customer information comprising information about one or more features of the home and materials used in the home by parsing the one or more databases. By further analyzing the customer information and the publicly available information, the server computer may determine one or more tips for the home and generate a customized recommendation for the user including the one or more tips for the home. The server computer may then transmit the customized recommendation to the first computing device associated with the user.

Abstract: A method and system for aggregating services is provided. The method includes receiving and processing a service request. The service request is submitted to a service catalog and dispatched to a data integration and API module. The service request is transmitted to a management module and processed with respect to a plurality of service providers. Inter process communications associated with the service request are managed. Additionally, an account associated with the service request and the plurality of service providers is managed.

Abstract: An accounting system according to a first embodiment includes a receipt printer that receives transaction information including character strings representing details of a transaction. The receipt printer generates and transmits electronic receipt data which includes a set of character codes that represents at least one of the character strings included in the transaction information. An information processing apparatus receives the electronic receipt data transmitted from the receipt printer, determines a category of the at least one of the character strings represented by the set of character codes included in the electronic receipt data received from the receipt printer, stores the set of character codes included in the electronic receipt data received from the receipt printer in association with the determined category, and displays details of the transaction including the determined category.

Abstract: A system comprising a software application which can be installed on communications devices to create a social network where users can share the contents of their real closet and their aspirational closet including vendor item combined with a means for vendors to tap into said social network and suggest combinations of clothing and accessories including items for purchase to complete the look.

Abstract: A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a Classification Engine for identifying, according to encoded rules of a plurality of service models, at least one type of service offered by a target member account of a social network service. The Classification Engine classifies, according to encoded rules of a freelancer inference model, the target member account as a freelancer account. The Classification Engine sends an invitation to the freelancer account to join a freelance marketplace within the social network service. The freelance marketplace includes various consumer accounts requesting to purchase a performance various types of services and specialties.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile device and method of providing a social networking service (SNS) with one click. The method includes: receiving an identifier regarding the external device and an identifier regarding a user input that is input to the external device, from the external device; transmitting the identifier regarding the external device and the identifier regarding the user input to a server; receiving content about the external device and the user input from the server, based on the identifier regarding the external device and the identifier regarding the user input; and displaying the received content on a screen.

Abstract: Methods, non-transitory computer-readable storage media, and computer systems comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and at least one processor are provided for evaluating predictions regarding relationships. A computer system is controlled to manage a relationships database of relationship data records. Each relationship data record includes a person identifier for each person in the relationship. The computer system is controlled to manage a prediction database of prediction data records. Each prediction data record includes a relationship prediction for a relationship identified by a relationship data record in the relationships database. For each relationship prediction included in a prediction data record in the prediction database, the computer system is controlled to determine whether the relationship prediction is correct by accessing official records from a database via a network, and generate a prediction result indicator that indicates a result of the determination.

Abstract: A social networking system (SNS) may determine the integrity of a social application. In particular, the SNS can receive communications and tags associated with different subsets of the communications from the social application. Thereafter, the SNS can distribute the communications, and monitor for user interactions performed on the communications. Subsequently, feedback indicating the integrity of the social application can be provided. The feedback can be based on the user interactions performed on the communications. The feedback can also be provided according to the tags. In particular, a set of feedback information can be provided for each tag, where the set is based on the user interactions performed on the subset of communications associated with the tag. By providing feedback in this manner, A-B testing can be performed. In one embodiment, the operating state for the social application can be determined based on the integrity of the SNS.

Abstract: A method of refunding and reselling by a refund service items bought online at an agent's website, comprising: receiving a protection request from an agent's website for user purchasing an item on an agent's website; providing the requested protection for a protection price; receiving a refund request from the agent's website for a user having purchased a protected item; paying as refund part of the price paid by the user to the agent for the item; and returning the item to a central repository for resale.

Abstract: A make line for preparing food in a restaurant includes ingredient containers and food preparation stations. The make line is provided with a line level lighting system that illuminates one or more ingredient containers as well as one or more of the food preparation stations to indicate which ingredient(s) are to be added to the food order being prepared at the illuminated food preparation station(s). The make line may also comprise an overhead lighting system to selectively illuminate a heating surface, a scanner for detecting which order is currently being prepared, a sensor system for detecting which ingredient container(s) are being accessed, a label printer for printing a label for a given order, and other features to enhance the efficiency of the make line.

Abstract: The present invention refers to an interactive multimedia kiosk with a touch-sensitive (touch-screen) system to be integrated as urban furniture, specially outdoors, with online interactive contents about the latest news and promoting the economy, culture and tourism of the region where the device is installed, characterized by disclosing a structure comprising: a physical structure in lacquered steel with paint finish in black lacquer with anti-graffiti treatment; glass coating (front and rear), laminated and tempered with 3+3 mm; 46? screen with light sensors and an integrated PC; Foiltouch 46? Projected capacitive film, placed between the glass coating; digital cameras; which also includes an activated alarm system; and a cooling system.

Abstract: A method of searching real estate information of a property for a search engine.

Abstract: Strategic competitive intelligence data generation systems and methods are provided. The system stores internal intellectual property data of an entity, receives external technology development data from predefined sources and intellectual property data from the internal portfolio database of the entity, stores a set of relevant rules, executes them, filters the technology development data and the intellectual property data, based on the rules executed by the rule engine. It stores in one of an entity aligned cluster database, the filtered technology development data and the intellectual property data. The entity aligned cluster databases are created against predefined entity aligned clusters. The system executes an input query, determines one relevant entity aligned cluster database for executing the search query, and populates relevancy scores in two matrices, aggregates the relevancy scores through multiplication of the matrices.

Abstract: Embodiments of devices, systems, methods and apparatuses are described that can be configured to provide at least one of an inventor portal, a resume builder, and an intellectual property asset management system. In one embodiment, the system may be configured to allow a first user to draft, revise, and submit an invention disclosure and to provide a resume builder configured to automatically generate a resume. The system may be further configured to provide an intellectual property asset management system configured to allow an administrator to review, edit, and provide comments to the invention disclosure. Additionally, the intellectual property asset management system may be further configured to allow the administrator to assign the invention disclosure to an entity and to monitor progress with respect to a plurality of tasks.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing skills of a workforce. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining data from internal sources that describes internal roles and skills corresponding to each of the internal roles, obtaining data from external sources that describes external roles and skills corresponding to each of the external roles, and generating a skill relationship model that represents relationships between the internal roles, external roles, and the skills. Further includes action include, for each of the skills, determining whether a difference between a degree of relationship between the skill and an external role and between the skill and an internal role matching the external role satisfies a relationship threshold, determining whether internal future supply for the skill satisfies internal future demand for the skill, and determining whether to train current employees in the skill.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a computer-implemented method including: obtaining a data sheet including a plurality of prior participants in a plurality of opportunities, the data set including a plurality of personal attributes and a plurality of opportunity attributes; and calculating a Pearson coefficient for a plurality of pairs of personal attributes and opportunity attributes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automated system for regulating the allocation of resources, or the dissemination of information within a healthcare facility. The automated system includes a context providing system capable of determining the state of a parameter and a facilities management system in communication with the context providing system. An integration protocol is configured to facilitate communication between the context providing system and the facilities management system and the facilities management system allocates resources or disseminates information based upon the value of the parameter provided by the context providing system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time processing and linking of orders to enhance execution performance can be configured to receive an incoming order from a customer including product data, customer information, and shipping information; determine that the incoming order can be linked to an existing shipment bundle that has one or more orders assigned orders based on predetermined linking criteria; assign a bundle identification (ID) to the incoming order corresponding to the existing shipment bundle; and release the existing shipment bundle for shipment when one or more predetermined shipping criteria are met.

Abstract: A process and a device for conducting electronic transactions provides a more effective and efficient way to make a payment over the Internet. This process and device could be used to pay, for example, a Police Administration Ticket or Police Administration Citation via the Internet.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to considering geolocation information in a security information sharing platform. Some examples may enable determining geolocation information for a security indicator shared to the security information sharing platform. Some examples may enable determining an indicator score associated with the security indicator based on the determined geolocation information. Some examples may enable facilitating display, via a user interface, the first indicator score to the first community of users based on the indicator score.

Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium storing a shipping support program that causes a computer to execute processing, the processing includes: referencing a first storage section storing item information for each of a plurality of items, the item information including whether or not a battery is contained in the item, and at least one out of a type or shipping state of the battery in cases in which a battery is contained; and in cases in which a result of referencing the item is that an item to be shipped is determined to contain a battery, outputting support information according to at least one out of the type or shipping state of the battery contained in the item to be shipped as identified based on the item information for the item to be shipped.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an arrival information providing method is provided, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving aeroplane information from an aeroplane information management server with respect to an airport at which an aeroplane arrives, and determining an actual arrival time of an aeroplane that is a time at which the aeroplane arrives at a parking ramp; calculating a passenger travelling time that is a time taken for a passenger of the aeroplane to arrive at an arrival exit gate of the airport from the actual arrival time of the aeroplane, and determining an expected arrival time of the passenger based on the actual arrival time of the aeroplane and the travelling time of the passenger; and providing the actual arrival time of the aeroplane and the expected arrival time of the passenger to an arrival information providing display device.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide vehicle ridesharing and vehicle ridesharing management. In one implementation, a system includes a memory storing ridesharing-related instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, a first ride request from a first user, the first ride request including a first starting point and a first desired destination; send a confirmation to the first user with an indication of an estimated pick-up time; direct a taxi to pick up the first user; receive a second ride request from a second user; direct the taxi to pick up the second user; and send to the first user a fare amount including a first fare portion corresponding to a first portion of the ride before picking up the second user and a second fare portion corresponding to a second portion of the ride after picking up the second user.

Abstract: A method to render an object including a path includes: determining a split line to split a frame; allocating information about the path to a first tile through which the path passes and to a second tile located between the first tile and the split line, among tiles included in the frame; and determining respective winding numbers for the first tile and the second tile, based on information about the allocated path.

Abstract: The invention provides, in some aspects, a system for rendering images, the system having one or more client digital data processors and a server digital data processor in communications coupling with the one or more client digital data processors, the server digital data processor having one or more graphics processing units. The system additionally comprises a render server module executing on the server digital data processor and in communications coupling with the graphics processing units, where the render server module issues a command in response to a request from a first client digital data processor.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a decoded data memory, a format-converted data memory, a decoder which decodes compressed image data in units of blocks, writes the decoded data in the blocks into the decoded data memory, and receives a notification that writing of the decoded data has been completed, and a progress notifier which is notified of completion of writing of the decoded data by the decoder, and generates and outputs upon completion of the decoding of a block of data or the writing of a block of the decoded data, a progress signal per picture.

Abstract: One embodiment may include media circuits, an application processor, a direct memory access circuit (DMA), and a media managing circuit. The application processor may issue media commands into a queue. The media managing circuit may retrieve a first media command, set the DMA to copy data associated with the first media command to the first media circuit, and send the first media command to the first media circuit. While the first media command is being executed, the media managing circuit may also retrieve a second media command, determine that the second media command utilizes data that is dependent on a completion of the first media command, and set the DMA to copy data from the first media circuit to the second media circuit. After the first media command has been completed, the media managing circuit may also send the second media command to the second media circuit.

Abstract: In response to detection of a selection of an accelerated frame rate during decoding of video content, encoded accelerated frame rate decoding priority data values assigned to individual prioritized video frames of the video content are identified. A prioritized video frame subset of the individual prioritized video frames of the video content to decode that yields a maximized cumulative set of the assigned encoded accelerated frame rate decoding priority data values is determined based upon differences among the assigned encoded accelerated frame rate decoding priority data values and the selected accelerated frame rate.

Abstract: A method is performed at a computing device for controlling image display during image editing, the method including: loading, into the memory, an obtained to-be-edited image; identifying a primary area in the loaded image, the primary area including one or more objects that are automatically recognized as subjects of the loaded image; adjusting the primary area in the loaded image in accordance with a fitting state between the loaded image and a preset template when a center of the primary area is initially located at a center of a display area of the preset template; and displaying, on the screen, the adjusted primary area in the loaded image to occupy the display area of the template completely.

Abstract: Apparatus and Method for Generating an Extrapolated Image Using a Recursive Hierarchical Process A method and apparatus for generating an extrapolated image from an existing film or video content, which can be displayed beyond the borders of the existing film or video content to increase viewer immersiveness, are provided. The present principles provide for hierarchical processing in which higher resolution images are generated at each higher level, and wherein the higher level image is generated based on prediction and weighting derived from a current level image, and the current level is refined for the prediction based on overlapping data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a plurality of generative adversarial networks (GANs) that are each applied to a particular level k of a Laplacian pyramid. Each GAN may comprise a generative model Gk and a discriminative model Dk. At each level k, the generative model Gk may take as input a noise vector zk and may output a generated image {tilde over (h)}k. At each level k, the discriminative model Dk may take as input either the generated image {tilde over (h)}k or a real image hk, and may output a probability that the input was the real image hk. The method may further include generating a sample image ?k from the generated images {tilde over (h)}k, wherein the sample image is based on the probabilities outputted by each of the discriminative models Dk and the generated images {tilde over (h)}k. The method may further include providing the sample image ?k for display.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input image signals which include a first signal and a second signal lower in spatial resolution than the first signal; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information about a spatial high-frequency component of the first signal which is included in the image signals input by the input unit; a generation unit configured to generate an expanded second signal obtained by expanding the spatial resolution of the second signal included in the image signals by using the information about the spatial high-frequency component of the first signal obtained by the obtaining unit; and an output unit configured to output a processed image signal which includes the expanded second signal generated by the generation unit.