Abstract: Systems and methods for warranty enriched transactions are provided. Electronic warranty enriched transaction data provided by merchants may be automatically associated with the corresponding transaction, and transmitted after the sale, or after authorization of the transaction, without user intervention. Transaction account owners are able to view, download, and interact with the warranty enriched transaction data to view warranty information and the corresponding product or service purchased. Merchants are able to interact with the warranty enriched transaction data to view, update, and cancel warranty information. The systems and methods provided herein may also allow merchants to receive predictive warranty analysis reports, allowing merchants to ascertain what percentage of warranties are likely to expire, be renewed, be canceled, and/or be fulfilled.

Abstract: A system and method for temporal feasibility analyses that links a service requirement to a source capable of providing a service. In embodiments, the service requirement is received from a requestor, wherein the service requirement defines a type of service, location, and a request to provide the service within a predetermined time period. A repository of sources is analyzed to determine qualified sources that provide service to a region that includes the service location and have a response status greater than a predefined threshold, where the response status indicates a probability of the source being available to provide the service within the time period. A request is sent to each qualified source to provide the service, and responses are then received from at least one of the qualified sources in response to sending the request.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for facilitating creation, modification, provisioning and transfer of trusted electronic compliance documents. For each of multiple user requests to provide or receive trusted electronic compliance documents, automated operations are performed to determine whether the request is directed to one of a plurality of maintained trusted electronic compliance documents. Each trusted electronic compliance document references information regarding parties to a potential transaction and confers at least partial eligibility for parties to participate in the potential transaction. When it is determined that the request is directed to a maintained trusted electronic compliance document, access to the indicated trusted electronic compliance document is provided, including modifying a copy of the indicated trusted electronic compliance document to include information referenced with respect to an entity associated with the user request and an originator of the trusted electronic compliance document.

Abstract: A method of introducing a verification check to a product is provided. The method comprises generating an alphanumeric code associated with the product, using one or more digits in the code to calculate a resultant value and modifying at least one digit in the code based on the resultant value. The resultant value determines the form of modification based on a predetermined selection of possible modifications.

Abstract: Integrity of a physical object is verified by receiving, data encapsulating a request to verify the integrity of the physical object. Subsequently, a data structure is accessed that includes a plurality of linked segments each characterizing an entity within a supply chain for the physical object. Each segment includes a respective predecessor field and a respective hash value. All of the segments can be iterated through in reverse chronological order to confirm, for each segment, whether a value for the predecessor field is equal to a hash value in a hash field in an immediately previously segment, the hash value being a hash of all values of the particular segment. Data characterizing the iteration can then be provided. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for reduced network footprint customer behavior analytics. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for reduced network footprint customer behavior analytics includes executing an analytics server in memory of a host computing system and loading into the memory a table. The table includes a multiplicity of entries, each entry correlating a reference to a DOM with a unique identifier and a Web browser brand. Thereafter, the analytics server performs DOM capture and replay of a Web site by receiving from over a computer communications network instead of a complete DOM, a message encapsulating both a unique identifier for a Web page of the site, and a Web browser brand rendering the page, identifying using the table a particular DOM referenced in correlation to the encapsulated identifier and browser brand, retrieving the particular DOM from a data store and performing replay utilizing the retrieved DOM.

Abstract: A recording and tracking system for tracking and transmitting product information from point-of-use to a retailer. The recording and tracking system comprises a product scanning device outputting scanned product data in response to detected disposal of a product at the point-of-use; a data recording device operably receives the scanned product data and analyzes the scanned product data to determine and output analyzed product data; and a communications server receives the analyzed product data and determines desired product data, the communications server transmits the desired product data to a product supplier.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus 100 includes: a reception unit 10 that receives analysis subjects and variables relating to the analysis subjects; and a graph generation unit 20 that specifies degrees of influence that the variables have on the analysis subjects with the degrees of influence divided into positive and negative, and generates a graph indicating the specified degrees of positive influence and the specified degrees of negative influence as distances between the variables and the analysis subjects.

Abstract: A distributed telecommunication network including a VPN, a cellular network, a LAN, an Ethernet network, a server, a database, all communicatively coupled to the backbone of the network, a Wi-Fi network, a firewall, and a mobile device, communicatively coupled to the Wi-Fi network and the cellular network, wherein the database is configured to store a profile of a user of the distributed telecommunication network, the profile including a biography of the user, user relationships, a plurality of posts, an activity level of the user, and wherein the server is configured to determine whether the profile belongs to a category using a weighted average of a biography indication related to the biography of the profile and a post indication related to posts and relationship indication related to user relationships.

Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to model consumer awareness for changing products in a consumer purchase model are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving utility values associated with at least one of a product or a product attribute, and identifying an agent awareness state associated with the restage product and the original product. The example method also includes calculating a choice probability for the restage product based on the estimated utility values associated with the identified awareness state, and outputting the choice probability for use in a simulation of consumer purchase.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for managing a sales pipeline, and in some embodiments, calculating supply based on travel propensity. An example method comprises identifying a total demand for a promotion tuple at a geographic location, determining, using a processor, a promotion area for the promotion tuple, the promotion tuple comprising at least a category, price information and a geographic area, identifying one or more promotions offered by a promotion and marketing service that comprise at least the category and the price information of the promotion tuple, determining whether the total demand for the promotion tuple at the geographic location is satisfied, wherein the total demand is satisfied in an instance in which the geographic location is within the promotion area for the one or more promotions, and identifying a demand gap in an instance in which the total demand for the promotion tuple at the geographic location is not satisfied.

Abstract: A system for generating an optimum price for a plurality of commodities is provided. The system includes an insight module configured to enumerate a plurality of components that contribute to the pricing model. The insight module comprises of a need state discovery module, a demand learning module and a prediction module. The need state discovery module is configured to identify a subset of the one and more commodities with a plurality of features. The demand learning module is configured to generate a demand sensitivity for the subset plurality of commodities and the prediction module is configured to generate a demand forecast for the subset plurality of commodities. The system includes a simulation optimizer configured to generate a plurality of pricing models for each commodity in the subset. Each pricing model is computed based on a unique combination of price attributes.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for collecting point-of-sale (POS) data, and then using this data to determine the effectiveness of a given promotion. The transaction data includes a merchant identifier for each of the merchants and a transaction amount for each transaction involving the merchants. One of the merchants is a promotion merchant that is offering a promotion involving transactions made with the merchant. A portion of the transaction data is aggregated into control merchant aggregated data involving control merchants, where the control merchant aggregated data comprises transaction data obtained other than from the promotion merchant. A characteristic of the purchases is calculated, both for transactions involving the promotion merchant and for the control merchants.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for receiving behavior data associated with a plurality of users, generating a predictive model, receiving location data associated with the plurality of users, receiving service provider utilization data, determining, based on the predictive model, the location data, and the service provider utilization data, one or more recommended awards, transmitting to a subset of the plurality of users an offer to exchange a number of points to enter a drawing to win the one or more recommended awards, and receiving one or more requests to enter the drawing to win the one or more recommended awards in exchange for points.

Abstract: A computer system includes a content delivery system that delivers digital content from a source to a mobile device, which in turn presents the digital content to a recipient computer system. The recipient computer system can validate that the digital content presented by the mobile device is authorized by the source of that digital content without the recipient computer system communicating with the content delivery system for such validation. Digital content presented on a mobile phone can be validated by a recipient as being authorized by a source, without a connection to a centralized database. To perform such validation, the computer system uses i) a transaction location determined at the time of a transaction based on information received from the mobile device, and ii) a time-varying, non-predictable code associated with the transaction location.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically sending an electronic digital document to a second destination in response to determining that a user associated with a first destination is unable to act on an action associated with the document. In an embodiment, a digital processing system receives a first document through a procurement management system along with digital data identifying a first destination account for the first document. The digital processing system generates a message to a first destination account in order to send the first document and a first prompt including a selectable option for a recipient to identify whether the recipient is capable of acting upon the document. When a selection is received indicating that the recipient is not capable of acting upon the document, a second prompt is displayed requesting input of a second destination to receive the document.

Abstract: There is provided a coupon issue system and the like capable of issuing an attractive coupon to a turn-waiting visitor. When accepting new registration and receiving a request to issue a coupon from a management server 300, a coupon issue server 400 selects a coupon to be issued, based on new registration information and the like transmitted from the management server 300. The new registration information includes the number of persons for the reservation and a seat type, estimated waiting time and the like. The coupon issue server 400 transmits the selected coupon to a turn management terminal 100 of a corresponding store as coupon information. The coupon information received by the turn management terminal 100 is outputted by the printer 200 as a coupon.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method includes receiving user interaction data corresponding to a plurality of user interactions expressing interest in a content item, identifying a non-skippable portion of the content item based on the received user interaction data, and presenting the identified non-skippable portion of the content item to a user before allowing the user to skip any remaining portion following the non-skippable portion of the content item.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to methods and systems for determining the identity of a user as a person or a robot. In some embodiments, the methods and systems engage a web browser to produce a token and calculate a computation cost associated with the token production. The methods and systems use the computation cost to prove that the web browser on a device not handicapped by the computational challenge of producing tokens, which would handicap a robot. In some embodiments, the methods and systems generate a cookie based on a confirmed user purchase, and record the user identity contained in the cookie at a block chain to identify the user as a verified purchaser. The methods and systems may later retrieve the cookie and search the block chain using the user identity contained in the cookie. By locating the user identity in the block chain, the methods and systems know that the user is a verified purchaser, indicating the user to be a person, as robots cannot make purchases.

Abstract: A calculation apparatus includes an accepting unit that accepts, from a set-up person, a budget amount that is a maximum amount of compensation for distribution of information. The calculation apparatus includes a calculating unit that calculates, in accordance with the budget amount, the number of users who become the distribution destination of the information.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for classifying user search data.

Abstract: Dynamically generating and delivering multimedia presentations targeted to an individual and to a group of users at public rendering devices such as displays in a point in time based on customers' static and dynamic context. Customers' emotional state(s) are assessed while and/or after watching personalized multimedia presentations and used to dynamically change presentations and to drive the allocation of resources for other services within the premise.

Abstract: Dynamically generating and delivering multimedia presentations targeted to an individual and to a group of users at public rendering devices such as displays in a point in time based on customers' static and dynamic context. Customers' emotional state(s) are assessed while and/or after watching personalized multimedia presentations and used to dynamically change presentations and to drive the allocation of resources for other services within the premise.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes obtaining media content, analyzing the media content for an advertisement insertion space, receiving a request for the media content from equipment of a user, obtaining a profile for the user, determining a location of the user, determining a time of a delivery of the media content, determining an advertising insertion for the advertising insertion space based on the profile of the user, the location of the user, and the time of the delivery of the media content, and inserting the advertising insertion into the media content in place of the advertisement insertion space to generate modified media content. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A media automation system generates multiple instances of a media broadcast stream, which includes core content common to each of the instances of the media broadcast stream, and multiple spot blocks interspersed within the media broadcast stream. Each stream instance is associated with a particular media playout device. A user notification is received and a packaged user notification is generated for inclusion in a particular instance of the media broadcast stream. Packaging the user notification includes obtaining first account information associated with a media delivery platform account of a user associated with a particular media playout device, and second account information associated with a consumer notification service account of the user. The user notification is mapped to the particular media playout device based on the first and second account information, and the packaged user notification is inserted into a first available spot block of the particular instance of the media broadcast stream.

Abstract: A determination method according to the present application comprises predicting, based on information related to a predetermined ad spot that is displayed on a terminal device, amount-of-money information that is related to a billing amount billed to a first type advertisement distribution server, which has a predetermined relationship with content that includes the ad spot, when a first advertisement distributed by the first type advertisement distribution server is displayed on the ad spot, requesting, distribution of an advertisement from a second type advertisement distribution server, and determining, when the second advertisement has been acquired from the second type advertisement distribution server, to display the second advertisement on the ad spot and determines, when the second advertisement has not been acquired from the second type advertisement distribution server, to request the first advertisement as the advertisement to be displayed on the ad spot from the first type advertisement distribut

Abstract: A bid management system generates estimated performance metrics at the bid unit level to facilitate bid optimization. The bid management system includes a hierarchical feature selection and prediction approach. Feature selection is performed by aggregating historical performance metrics to a higher hierarchical level and testing features for statistical significance. Features for which a significance level satisfies a significance threshold are selected for prediction analysis. The prediction analysis uses a statistical model based on selected features to generate estimated performance metrics at the bid unit level.

Abstract: A crossover interactive marketing system is operable to combine the real world with a virtual world. The crossover interactive marketing system includes the internet, a platform provider's server, at least one real customer's portable device and at least one bricks-and-mortar store's terminal device. The server is connected to the portable device and the terminal device via the internet to allow the real customer to find in the real world the marketing event marked in the virtual world to allow the real customer to interact with the bricks-and-mortar store to complete the marketing event in the real world.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to customer assistance request systems and methods. A customer assistance request system generally includes at least one customer assistance kiosk including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, an RFID reader and a communication system. The RFID reader is configured to read the RFID tag number when a customer assistance kiosk is in an open configuration and the RFID tag is exposed. The communication system is configured to receive the read RFID tag number and issue a notification including the location of the at least one customer assistance kiosk.

Abstract: A taximeter for a vehicle, comprising data interface for obtaining signal indicative of the vehicle speed and/or distance traveled, preferably a speed pulse signal, memory for storing tariff data linking taxi fare with vehicle speed, distance traveled and/or time elapsed, processing unit for dynamically determining, utilizing the obtained signal and tariff data, stroke characteristics for the current situation in terms of dynamically determined stroke value and of dynamically determined stroke interval, and updating the accrued fare after each stroke utilizing the determined stroke characteristics, and display for visualizing the accrued fare. A corresponding method is presented.

Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to business content analysis. In particular, the disclosure relates to systems and methods of an expense management system operable to perform automatic business documents' content analysis for generating business reports associated with automated value added tax (VAT) reclaim, Travel and Expenses (T&E) management, Import/Export management and the like. The system is further operable to provide various organizational expense management aspects for the corporate finance department and the business traveler based upon stored data. Additionally, the system is configured to use a content recognition engine, configured as an enhanced OCR mechanism used for extracting tagged text from invoice images and also provides continuous learning mechanism in a structured mode allowing classification of invoice images by type, providing continual process of improvement and betterment throughout.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the acquisition of electronic services and/or products using electronic messages, comprising: at least a plurality of devices for receiving/sending instructions, wherein each of the devices for receiving/sending instructions is for generating an instruction of the selection carried out by an initial user of said system and sending same to an instruction-processing server for the processing thereof; an instruction-processing server for receiving and processing the selection instruction of the initial user in order to generate an assigning instruction and send same to an assigning server; an assigning server for receiving and processing the assigning instruction of the instruction-processing server, generating a sending instruction that is dealt with by the electronic message-sending device; a plurality of the final user devices, wherein each of the devices is managed by a final user, which receives an electronic message from the electronic message-sending device; and a plu

Abstract: Disclosed is a service providing place information based service providing method, the method including: receiving, by a service server, service order information input from a mobile terminal; processing, by the service server, payment according to the service order information; receiving, by the service server, service providing place information from the mobile terminal that has received a signal having the service providing place information within a specified time to identify the service providing place information; transmitting, by the service server, the service order information to a service providing place terminal and instructing the service providing place terminal to provide relevant service according to the received service order information and the received service providing place information; and transmitting, by the service server, the service order information to the service providing place terminal and reporting to the mobile terminal that an instruction to provide the relevant service has be

Abstract: A dedicated device for permitting time-based collaborative contributions for services, said dedicated device in communication with a database; the dedicated device adapted to receive input from one or more users; said device permitting said users individually and separately to make a contribution in a predetermined amount towards a designated target contribution amount.

Abstract: A crossover interactive transaction system includes a server, a network, portable devices and terminal devices according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The server is provided for a platform provider. Each of the portable devices is provided for a real customer. Each of the terminal devices is provided for a bricks-and-mortar store. Via cables or in a wireless manner, the server communicates data with the portable devices and terminal devices via the network. Thus, in the real world, the real customers can find transactions marked in virtual stores in a virtual world and interact with the bricks-and-mortar stores and corresponding to the virtual stores. Each of the transactions includes transaction data of a site, a mission and a reward for example. The site can be a bricks-and-mortar store or a tourist's attraction. The mission can be listening to introduction of products, testing food or advertisement for example.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and computer-implemented methods for generating a composite image. Consistent with some embodiments, a method includes receiving a first image captured by a camera on a user device and a request for a composite image based on the first image. A database of images is queried based on the first image to identify a second image. The second image is provided to the user device for presentation via an application running on the user device. A selection of one or more image elements from the second image is received via the application running on the user device. The composite image is generated by replacing one or more elements of the first image with the selected one or more elements from the second image, and the composite image is provided to the user device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.

Abstract: Systems and techniques for large product pre-sourcing search engine are described herein. A location may be determined for a user of an application. A search query may be received via the application. Search results may be returned based on the search query which may include a product with special handling constraints. A local availability may be determined for the product with special handling constraints using the location of the user. A delivery availability may be determined for the product with special handling constraints using the location of the user. The search results may be output to a user interface of the application including the local availability and the delivery availability.

Abstract: Disclosed subject matter relates to virtual assistance that includes a method and system for automatically generating response to a user query without language constraints. A response generating system receives the user query from a computing device associated with an end user and determines whether the user query belongs to at least one domain to determine goal data and a problem category of the user query. Further, a problem node associated with the user query is detected from problem nodes by parsing a predefined knowledge graph based on the goal data and the problem category. Furthermore, questions are provided based on problem sub-nodes of the problem node to the computing device to receive a feedback. The response to the user query extracted from the one of the problem sub-nodes is displayed to the end user based on the feedback. The present disclosure is highly scalable, reusable and requires minimal human supervision.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus where information relating to products and services offered by various vendors may be offered for sale to customers via computing devices owned by those customers. Products and services offered to a particular customer may be related to a product previously purchased by that customer or be related to a product that a customer has access to. In certain instances, a product that a customer has access to may include a tag, such as a circuit, a chip, or printed matter that may provide information to an electronic device of a customer. After the customer's device received the information provided by the product tag, other products or services related to the tagged product may be received by the customer device.

Abstract: Visual appearance is a significant aspect of how we perceive others and how we want to be perceived. With items such as eyewear, make-up and facial jewelry the style, colour, size not only impact how others perceive us based upon the selections themselves but also how these fit or suit the user's face, which is unique. With online retailing the purchaser does not get feedback as in bricks-and-mortar retailing from friends, retail assistants etc. At best the user is exposed to a basic recommendation system which is generally procedural based with a priori aesthetic rules and user classification. However, users are often incorrect in their classification of themselves whilst the aesthetic rules are hidden, can contradict, and do not take into account current fashion, age or culture. Embodiments of the invention provide automated recommendation engines for retail applications based upon simply acquiring an image of the user.

Abstract: A portable terminal according to an embodiment confirms a commodity purchase history. A storage device stores purchase history data including an identification code of commodities previously purchased, and an exclusion condition for which a commodity is excluded from confirming the commodity purchase history. An input device receives input of an identification code corresponding to a target commodity. A processor determines whether the received identification code received satisfies the exclusion condition. If the commodity corresponding to the received identification code satisfies the exclusion condition, a display device displays an exclusion screen indicating that the target commodity is not a target for confirming the commodity purchase history.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information recommendation method and apparatus. The method is performed at a mobile terminal that is communicatively connected to an information exchange server and also to a public identifier server via the information exchange server and includes obtaining input ticket booking information, the ticket booking information including at least a ticket type and a ticket quantity; generating a tour route obtaining request according to the ticket booking information and identifier information of a to-be-visited spot; sending the tour route obtaining request and a user identifier of a user of the mobile terminal to the information exchange server; and receiving a specified tour route that is from the public identifier server and sent by the information exchange server based on the user identifier and that matches the tour route obtaining request, and displaying the specified tour route on the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The systems and methods may identify order requests from internal messaging or collaboration systems. Once order requests are identified, the systems and methods determine purchase orders based on the requests, and generate tokens (e.g., virtual credit cards) specific to a purchase order, to be used by the requestor to complete the purchase of requested items or services. Once the tokens are used, the systems and methods may then track the purchases in various databases, providing the organization with various views or insights into their employee's expenditures.

Abstract: A grocery/retail service automates deliveries from local retail establishments. The “SERV” system and method implements the usage of application technology to deploy reps to deliver items requested by customers. SERV enables customers to order groceries or other items from a cellular device or computer, and set delivery times that coincide with their busy schedules. SERV accomplishes this service through GPS location technology, online inventory databases of retail stores, and customer-oriented reps hired to deliver items. Customers will be able to place orders, track delivery of goods, tip reps for service, and view receipt of order via email.

Abstract: A system includes N location indicators and a mobile scanning device. The N location indicators are configured to be arranged throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders. Each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal. The mobile scanning device includes a display. The mobile scanning device is configured to wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked, detect at least one of the N location signals, and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on which of the at least one of the N location signals is detected.

Abstract: Order information for an order representing an electronic transaction in the distributed order system for a product or a service is received by one or more processors over a network. A unique order ID and order content based on the received order information are generated. An order vector for the order is created based on the order content. The order is added to an order cluster based on a similarity between the created order vector and a representative order vector corresponding to a representative order in the order cluster. The representative order vector corresponding to the representative order in the order cluster is analyzed to determine if the representative order is malicious. A determination is made as to whether the representative order is malicious. If the representative order is malicious, then malicious order processing is performed on the orders in the order cluster.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein relate to computer-implemented processing of information, data, and database identifiers involving content and/or database constructs regarding 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 systems, platforms, and/or GUIs as a function of product identifiers and/or Boolean flags.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a beacon service method, and a device and a sever employed by the method. Contents information associated with a shop that a user is visiting is provided to the user by using only a beacon signal transmitted from the shop. For providing a beacon service, contents are filtered, so that only useful contents are displayed. In addition, a user terminal carried by a user is prompted to output a beacon signal, so that a nearby user terminal having recognized the beacon signal may be provided with location-based contents.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for presenting and dynamically updating a user interface that represents features/services associated with a service provider. For example, a user interface element associated with services offered by a service provider may be maintained. Further, instructions to present the user interface element with at least a first portion that represents a service of the services that is accessible may be provided. Information corresponding to an interaction with the service provider may be received. A second portion of the user interface element to present may be determined based at least in part on the received information and aggregate user data that identifies interactions by a plurality of users with the services offered by the service provider. Instructions may be provided to present the user interface element with the first portion and the determined second portion.