Abstract: A method, a system and devices for dispensing a reward are provided. A reward dispensing machine (RDM) may include one or more reward reservoirs each storing a respective kind of pre-customized reward items or material. The RDM may include a customization unit, as well as a communication unit configured to receive a reward request associated with a recipient and comprising a description of an intended reward. The RDM may include a processor and memory storing a customization script that causes the processor to control the customization unit to produce the intended reward by receiving one of the pre-customized reward items or material from one of the one or more reward reservoirs and customizing the one of the pre-customized reward items or material into the intended reward based on the description of the intended reward. The RDM may include a dispensing unit configured to dispense the intended reward to the recipient.

Abstract: Method for measuring a user's attention to at least one video advertisement in an Internet page, the Internet page comprising at least one video space suitable for displaying a video advertisement. The method comprises steps during which: when a video advertisement is displayed in at least one video space, events are measured linked to at least one from among the structure of the Internet page comprising the video spaces in which the video advertisement is displayed and the actions of the user, at least one criterion is determined linked to the events measured, an attention measurement is then determined according to the values of the criteria.

Abstract: A system embodied on a computer readable storage medium enhancing brand awareness, collecting data, or both is provided. The system has a content management system (CMS) in communication with a memory and configured to identify a brand of a plurality of brands and manage generated content, a task engine in communication with the CMS, the task engine configured to generate content, wherein the content comprises a plurality of gamified advertisements that are correlated to the brand, wherein a user interacts directly with the gamified advertisements, an action engine in communication with the task engine and configured to monitor user action and behavior, capture analytics as outputs, or both, and a rewards module in communication with the memory and configured to track user rewards based on achievement in the plurality of gamified advertisements correlated to the plurality of brands. A method for enhancing brand awareness and collecting data is further provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for generating opt-in business leads utilizing targeted advertising campaigns. The method comprises first retrieving an ideal customer profile (ICP), and generating enriched candidates leads that match the ICP. Next, generating test campaigns, receiving feedback information on the test campaigns from candidate leads in test target groups, scoring each test campaign based on received feedback information, and generating a targeted advertising campaign comprising test campaigns with high campaign scores. Opt-in business leads are generated by selecting candidate leads that respond affirmatively to the targeted advertising campaign. The present invention utilizes a closed-loop approach to customize campaign audiences, to optimize targeted advertising campaigns and ICPs, and as a result, to produces high-quality, low-cost, opt-in leads for B2B companies.

Abstract: An information delivery method is provided, including: determining a candidate information list in response to a page request sent by a user, where the candidate information list comprises a plurality pieces of information; generating ranks of the pieces of information in the candidate information list by sorting the plurality pieces of information in the candidate information list in accordance with a predetermined rule; acquiring a current average rank of the information of a designated type in the candidate information list based on the ranks of the pieces of information in the candidate information; and selecting designated delivery information from the information of the designated type, based on the current average rank of the information of the designated type and a historical average rank corresponding to the information of the designated type.

Abstract: Wireless communication access is allocated to a mobile device. Hardware inputs of a mobile device measure an interaction value. The interaction value is converted to a discrete unit of wireless communication access. The mobile device receives access to the discrete unit.

Abstract: A method for collecting and reporting media information, comprising: a) computing media time duration consumption data by the media computing platform independently for each one or more media resources consumed by each one or more user devices; b) receiving a media rating by the media computing platform for each one or more media resources consumed by each one or more user devices; c) calculating an enjoyment score by the media computing platform from the media time duration consumption data and the media rating independently for each one or more media resources consumed by each one or more content owner devices; d) calculating a media payout by the media computing platform for each content owner for each one or more media resources from the enjoyment score.

Abstract: Provided is a method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a game video, and more particularly, to a method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a game video, in which data on advertisements that are actually exposed to a user from among advertisements applied to a game video, is collected. According to the method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a game video, data on advertisements that are actually exposed to a user when the user plays, by using a game terminal, a game, to which advertisement objects are applied, may be effectively collected from among game objects applied to a virtual space of the game.

Abstract: A sales promotion apparatus includes a first visiting customer information acquisition unit, a different store information presentation unit, a second visiting customer information acquisition unit, and a visiting customer match determination unit. The first visiting customer information acquisition unit acquires, from a first visiting customer information acquisition apparatus provided in the one store, biological information of a customer visiting the one store. The different store information presentation unit outputs, to an output apparatus provided in the one store, information regarding a different store. The second visiting customer information acquisition unit acquires, from a second visiting customer information acquisition apparatus provided in the different store, biological information of a customer visiting the different store.

Abstract: A search engine optimization system is provided with an on-line social network system. The on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to prioritize company keywords (potential search terms) that represent respective people search results pages (PSERPs). The value of a company keyword is expressed as a priority score assigned to that company keyword. The SEO system generates priority scores for different company keywords, using a probabilistic model that takes into account a value expressing how likely the company keyword is to be included in a search query as a search term and/or a value expressing how likely is a search that includes the company keyword as a search term is to produce relevant results, as well as other signals that are indicative of the relative importance of a company represented by the company keyword.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system and server for generating targeted marketing offers for users of mobile devices using the user's historical online retail browsing activity. When a user is within a physical retail store, a customised marketing offer is generated for a user based upon this activity and transmitted to the user's mobile device.

Abstract: This invention is about computer software and mobile-device-implemented methods, services and user interfaces for allowing a set of user or users to notify of special offers to other set of user or users. Utilizing this method and location based GPS technology, a set of user creates data which is stored in a middle layer such as a cloud system or database and then displayed on the other set of user's device. In this method, one set of user creates data and another set of user receives data. The data passes through the middle layer, identifies the devices in a defined latitude and longitude and displays the data on those devices. This data could be created from and received on various independent platforms using their API or tools specifically created for the data creation and receiving function.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for distributing promotional offers based on dwell time. A single program is established that includes multiple steps. Each program step includes an offer, a region, and a dwell time threshold. The region can refer to an area within a retail establishment. The dwell time refers to how long a user is in the given region. The program sends a first offer associated with a first step to a user in response to detecting the user being in the region for a duration that exceeds the first dwell time threshold. If the user continues to dwell in the region, the program sends a second offer associated with a second step to the user in response to detecting the user being in the region for a duration that exceeds the second dwell time threshold.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing promotional materials to potential customers are described. In some cases, the described methods include obtaining GPS coordinates of a merchant's location. In some cases, the methods further include providing a map showing the locations of customers in a promotion area, wherein a merchant is able to resize the promotion area to increase or decrease how many customers are in the promotion area. In some cases, the merchant further produces a text or other electronic promotion, optionally sets a time period in which such promotion is effective, and provides the promotion to customers within the promotion area. In some cases, as customers enter the merchant's location with their electronic devices that received the promotion, and during the promotion's effective period, the described systems match such devices' GPS coordinates with the GPS coordinates of the merchant's location to register conversions on the promotion. Other implementations are described.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing apparatus for selecting an advertisement high in user click-through rate based on the content of the advertisement.

Abstract: A method or process for generating an attributable and trackable message based engagement through SMS or IP based messaging unit, from within a single unified campaign platform environment, between internet connected devices on any open or closed content delivery networks, servers, website, or social media sites such that the intent and messaging sequence may be tracked and attributed to campaigns, specified audiences, and ad platforms.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes various embodiments of methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which may be used in conjunction with a campaign for distributing content to users of the social network. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a number of advantages over conventional systems for content distribution, including a simplified targeting process and increased reach (i.e. distribution) for content providers among users of a social network, as well as improving the utilization of an inventory of content and higher and more efficient engagement with such content by users of the social network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, content management server and a related display device for rendering a set of content assets at a display device of a plurality of display devices. Each display device of said plurality of display devices being coupled to a content management server, where the content management server is configured to distribute content assets to each display device of said plurality of display devices. Each display device having an audience comprising at least one user for consuming said set of content assets rendered at said display device, whereat first an aggregated content is obtained by retrieving content assets from a plurality of content sources content and subsequently for a display device of said plurality of display devices, a set of content assets (for presenting on said display device) is selected from said aggregated content, based on a estimation of content assets already consumed by each user of said audience of said display device.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for providing targeted messages to a person using telephony services by generating user profile information from telephony data and using the user profile information to retrieve targeted messages.

Abstract: A method of organizing media content is disclosed. The method for distributing resources includes a plurality of resources, generated in accordance with consumer-directed attributes of at least two consumers, at least one desired criteria limiting the ones of said plurality of resources available for each of the at least two consumers, an urgency rate, generated in accordance with the consumer-directed attributes and provider preferences related to the plurality of resources, and a distributor that distributes to one of the at least two consumers certain of the plurality of resources according to said urgency rate.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an intelligent dresser and a corresponding cloud expert device. The intelligent dresser introduces the cloud expert device on the basis of a conventional dresser to implement a customized recommendation of cosmetic product. The embodiment of the present disclosure meets the requirement of user's personalized and specialized requirements on cosmetic product caring to get a more targeted and effective skin care and dressing. Meanwhile, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a virtual dresser based on a mobile terminal, and has a good application prospect and valuable market.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards a smart sign that provides dynamic content auctions based on device-specific information obtained from mobile devices in proximity of the smart sign. Device-information requirements and content are received from content providers. The device-information requirements include target device-specific information and a price that the content provider is willing to pay to have its content displayed when the target device-specific information is received from a mobile device. Device-specific information is received from each mobile device in the proximity of the smart sign. The auction for the smart sign is performed by comparing the device-specific information to the device-information requirements for the content providers. Third-party content, e.g., advertisement, is selected for the content provider that paid a highest amount of money for the device-information requirements that match the device-specific information.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for augmenting visible content of ad creatives. In various implementations, a document associated with a destination linked to by an ad creative may be identified. One or more templates may be applied to content of the document to identify at least one content candidate with which to augment visible content of the ad creative. It may be determined that the at least one content candidate satisfies a criterion. Visible content of the ad creative may be augmented based on the at least one content candidate.

Abstract: An advertisement image generation system and an advertisement image generating method thereof are disclosed. The advertisement image generation system stored an original advertisement image includes an image display device, an image capturing device, an image selection module and a synthesis module. The image capturing device is used to capture a capturing image of a scene, wherein the capturing image has an object. The image selection module is used to find a corresponding selected area image which is having the object from the capturing image. The synthesis module is used for combining the selected area image and the original advertisement image into a final advertisement image, thus the image display device is able to display the final advertisement image.

Abstract: To readily identify a document to which an advertisement is desired to be attached and to reduce the burden on an advertisement submitter, a server device is provided in an advertisement providing system including an advertisement submitter terminal for inputting an advertisement, a user terminal for displaying articles, wherein the server device causes the user terminal to display an advertisement with an article. The server device includes a transmitting unit transmitting information specifying a plurality of candidate articles to the advertisement submitter terminal to display the candidate articles, a receiving unit receiving from the advertisement submitter terminal information specifying at least one candidate article selected from the plurality of the candidate articles, and a sending unit sending the advertisement to the user terminal when an article similar to the selected candidate article is displayed in the user terminal, to display the advertisement on the user terminal with the similar article.

Abstract: A private first challenge can be conducted within a consumer engagement mobile application. A component of the challenge can be a good or a service of the sponsor. Each participant in the challenge must complete an act involving the good or the service component. Each participant must create a visual record of the act. The participants must submit the visual record of the act at a first specified time period. An invitation can be conveyed to participate in the challenge to each participant valid for the duration of the time period. Advantageously, all within the mobile application, private challenges/contests are provided, which allow users and sponsors to generate and set the terms of their own challenge/contest, as well as allow users and sponsors to engage in multiple concurrent challenges/contests.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for jointly optimizing one or more parameters associated with multiple different price mechanisms. The price mechanisms may include spot market pricing, fixed-contract pricing, formula-based pricing, or the like, and may vary in duration. The optimized parameters may include an optimized price for each price mechanism that maximizes expected seller profit across all price mechanisms and all buyers.

Abstract: A method may include a processor receiving survey data for a plurality of customers of a telecommunication service provider network for a given time period, the survey data identifying whether each of the customers is willing to recommend the telecommunication service provider network, identifying detractors from the plurality of customers, comprising customers that are not willing to recommend the telecommunication service provider network, and collecting customer event data for the detractors for the given time period, identify detractor trigger events from the customer event data, comprising billing events that are correlated with the detractors, detect an occurrence of one of the detractor trigger events associated with a first customer, and adjust a billing record for the first customer in response to detecting the occurrence of the one of the detractor trigger events, to result in a lesser charge to the first customer than without the adjusting.

Abstract: According to the invention, a method for initiating a similar transaction to one previously initiated by a user is disclosed. The method may include sending a digital receipt for a first transaction to a user. The method may also include determining reminder information, where the reminder information indicates a future time or frequency. The method may further include sending to the user, upon occurrence of the future time or frequency, a digital reminder which includes an interactive element. The method may additionally include receiving an indication that the user has interacted with the interactive element, and initiating a second transaction having a characteristic in common with the first transaction based on the indication.

Abstract: Unique data is obtained from a consumer; the identity data is verified for the consumer based on the unique data. A verification message is provided for at least a portion of a transaction during a transaction after he identity data is verified.

Abstract: A computer program, computer-implemented process, and/or an apparatus may detect an event in a webpage or an application, and adjust a lead score by comparing the event with implicit lead scoring rules, explicit lead scoring rules, lead state, or any combination thereof. Using the lead score, the event is assigned to a category or classification for purposes of identifying a positive or negative lead.

Abstract: A workflow management and online reverse auction system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program. The program causes a computer to execute steps of posting electronic part details for a part to be sourced to an online reverse auction site, and receiving electronic bids including prices for supplying the part to be sourced through the online reverse auction site from a plurality of suppliers. The program also causes the computer to execute steps of selecting a chosen supplier from the plurality of suppliers based on the electronic bids, and providing an option for the chosen supplier to extend an initial supplier agreement duration by accepting an additional supplier agreement term beneficial to a buyer.

Abstract: A system for transacting items via network is disclosed. The system includes an electronic data processing device, a user application device, a recycling device and a processing device. The electronic data processing device registers data of a user and a valuable item. The user application device is networked to the electronic data processing device for receiving and encoding the data of the user and the valuable item to generate an electronic tag. The recycling device is networked to the electronic data processing device for recording the data of the user and confirming the data of the valuable item according to the electronic tag. The processing device is networked to the electronic data processing device for sorting the valuable item, recording a weight of the valuable item to generate a receiving data, and sending the receiving data to the electronic data processing device.

Abstract: Enhancing data acquisition over multiple on-line platforms is described. The technical difficulties with multiple platforms offering or advertising a branded item are addressed by generating a shoppable address that can be associated with a content related to the branded item any number of websites, such as an image or video file advertising or describing the branded item. The shoppable address is a hyperlink that, when clicked on by a consumer, presents the consumer with a unique, single destination—a webpage scripted to include purchase information for the branded item from multiple retail sources, with links to the multiple retail sources. The links may be hyperlinks directly to the branded item at an on-line retail source, or may be contact information for a brick-and-mortar retail source of the branded item within a geographic area defined by the consumer.

Abstract: Dynamically generating a uniquely customized wall art hanging template to help a user hang one or more items of customized wall art as they appear in an electronic display based on the user's selections and product customizations. A user customizes an electronically generated layout of items of art resulting in curated layout of customized items that can be purchased and hung on a wall in accordance with a corresponding customized wall art template. To aid in the accurate hanging of items a uniquely generated wall art template includes customized outlines of each item of art together with customized marks that locate the proper positions for hanging each item to match the appearance of the curated layout in the electronic display. The customized outlines can include outlines of reference points in the room that help the user locate the proper positions for hanging each item to match the appearance of the curated layout in the electronic display.

Abstract: To measure the increase in location awareness for an organization's locations using a map display, a server device identifies each of the locations belonging to an organization and applies a random filter to select a subset of the locations. An indication of the organization is presented on a map display at each of the selected organization locations within the subset. When an indication of the organization location is presented to a user a threshold number of times, an icon such as a question mark may be presented in place of the indication at the organization location. The icon may provide a link to a location awareness survey which may request that the user identifies the organization corresponding to the location. Several users may receive the location awareness survey for the same organization location and the users' answers may then be analyzed to determine a location awareness metric.

Abstract: Various embodiments enable an image recognition system reduce the number image match candidates before running a full-fledged pair-wise match on all image match candidates. In order to accomplish this, each inventory image can be assigned to a group. For example, a title for a book sold by an electronic marketplace could be available in multiple languages, in multiple bindings, and the book could be available in print, audio book, or electronic book. Each one of these variations could be associated with its own similarly looking inventory image, each of which could be returned as a valid match to a query image for the book. Accordingly, the inventory images for these variations could be assigned to a group for the book and, instead of geometrically processing an image for each variation, the image match system can process a single image representing all of the variations.

Abstract: A system for ranking search results can be utilized to make a search engine more effective in finding relevant search results. In embodiments, an e-commerce search engine can identify one or more generic identifiers and one or more nonessential search terms in a search query. The nonessential search terms can be disregarded to generate a set of candidate search results from a product and/or service index.

Abstract: An intelligent clothing management device comprises a clothing information entry module and a classification module. The clothing information entry module and the classification module are arranged at an intelligent terminal; the clothing information entry module is used to acquire clothing information, and the classification module adds acquired clothing information to categories according to the clothing information acquired by the clothing information entry module. The intelligent clothing management device may manage clothing more reasonably, realizes classification-based management according to various characteristics of clothing, and also provides an intelligent clothing matching function and a recommended washing program, thus bringing convenience to a user.

Abstract: A scale-based customer queueing system includes a ticket dispense machine with an associated controller, and a plurality of scales within a store department. Each of the scales includes a weigh station for receiving items to be weighed, an operator interface configured to display information associated with scale operations, a customer facing interface for displaying information to customers and a controller operatively coupled to the operator interface to effect display of information thereon and to the customer interface to effect display of information thereon. The controller of a first scale of the plurality of scales is configured to operate the first scale as a master queuing scale that communicates with both the ticket dispense machine and the remaining scales of the plurality of scales to carry out a customer queueing system.

Abstract: A requisition system for safety items such as first aid kits, blood borne pathogen kits, automatic external defibrillators, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors automatically generates a list of supplies for such items. The requisition system operates on a mobile electronic device. The user or customer can efficiently undertake an inventory of the replaceable supplies for the safety items and generate a requisition for such safety items. The requisition system provides for an automatic notification alert to the user and also provides an alert notification button to initiate an inventory of replaceable supplies. A requisition of the replaceable supplies is automatically communicated to the supplier. The requisition system also automatically generates a requisition of supplies so that a first aid kit or other safety item fully complies with applicable current safety standards. The requisition system also is operable to implement an automatic replenishment of supplies.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for processing transaction data, wherein the method includes: acquiring, by a user device, commodity information of any commodity in a shopping place from a server and outputting the commodity information; taking the commodity corresponding to the commodity information as a first pre-purchasing commodity when receiving a first purchasing request and determining purchasing information of the first pre-purchasing commodity, the purchasing information at least including a commodity name and a purchasing quantity; the purchasing information at least including a commodity name and a purchasing quantity; and sending the purchasing information of the first pre-purchasing commodity to the server to facilitate the server to generate a first purchasing notification, the first purchasing notification being used for promoting a distribution personnel to distribute commodity according to the purchasing information of the first pre-purchasing commodity.

Abstract: A sectionalized method for a battery manufacturing process includes the steps of: receiving at least one zeroth client purchase order having a zeroth quantity of the battery assembly. If the zeroth quantity is no less than a zeroth predetermined number, or if an accumulated zeroth quantity is no less than the zeroth predetermined number, then a first proposal is generated to propose the client end to build a first production line to assemble cells into battery assemblies.

Abstract: A system for locating events of charitable and non-profit organizations via a mobile application, and more particularly to a charitable and non-profit mobile application as used to improve the ability of a user to search, locate and interact with multiple non-profit and mobile applications. The charitable and non-profit mobile application may include a log-in-module, a search-module, an event-manager-module, an organization-module, and a map-module.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for store management. A store management system comprises a product allocation database storing product location indicators for one or more unique product identifiers associated with items offered for sale, an item consolidation system, a retail space stocking system, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: determine whether to place an item on a retail space accessible to customers or in a storage area, instruct the retail space stocking system to stock the retail space based on the product location indicator of a plurality of items, receive an order from an in-store customer including a plurality of selected items that comprises items not available in the retail space, and cause the item consolidation system to retrieve at least some of the items not available on the retail space from the storage area for the in-store customer.

Abstract: A system for injecting and ejecting virtual connected buttons on an operating system (OS) interface includes one or more communications channels connecting a host to on-line product/service acquisition sites, information on a user's purchases from the acquisition sites, a virtual purchasing connected button (VPCB) for each product/service the user buys from an acquisition site that can be displayed on an interface of the OS of the host, and an online-purchasing system manager that triggers, based on that information, a deferring action of the display of the VPCB on the OS interface for one or more products.

Abstract: A first device having a processor, a display, a data transmitter, and a data receiver. The first device processor is operable to process data received through the data receiver from a data transmitter on a second, remote device, and display it on the first device display. The first device processor is operable to process data input to it by a user, and transmit that data to a data receiver on a second, remote device. Further, the first device processor is operable to process data received from a data transmitter on a second remote device and display it on the first device display. The first device processor is operable to display video data generated in and received by the first device from a second, remote device. The first device processor is operable to generate data and transmit it to a second, remote device for display on a display provided on the second, remote device.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a digital image of an object with a digital camera. The object is identified. A user query is received. The method includes the step of matching, with at least one processor, the user query with at least one manipulable portion of a virtual view of the digital image of the object. The method includes the step of obtaining the at least one manipulable portion from a database of manipulable portions of the object. The method includes the step of integrating the at least one manipulable portion with the virtual view of the digital image of the object, wherein a manipulable portion comprises a region of an augmented-reality element integrated into the virtual view of the digital image of the object, and wherein the augmented-reality element comprises a hyper link to another augmented-reality element comprising a virtual interior view of the object and wherein the camera obtains the predefined user gesture.

Abstract: Method and system to enhance the presentation of a pinned resource is provided. Users may be provided with an option to enhance the presentation of a shared (or pinned) resource by attaching to it a visual control that indicates that the resource can represent an item of merchandise and that the resource is associated with functionality that would allow a user to purchase an item depicted in the pinned resource.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing a virtual shopping experience. A system for providing a virtual shopping experience comprises a virtual map database, an interaction rules database, a communication device, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to provide a virtual shopping space including representations of a plurality of items for sale to a user interface device associated with a customer, determine a store section corresponding to a location of the customer within the virtual shopping space based on the virtual map database, retrieve an interaction rule associated with the store section from the interaction rules database, wherein the interaction rule specifies supported interactions among a plurality of available interactions in the virtual shopping space, detect a customer movement in the store section, and modify the virtual shopping space based on the customer movement and the interaction rule associated with the store section.