Abstract: An information providing device includes: a reception unit configured to receive current location information on a transportable power supply device from the transportable power supply device that supplies power to an electric apparatus detachably connected thereto; an information generation unit configured to generate use place information indicating a place of use of the transportable power supply device based on the received current location information; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the use place information to a service provider's terminal. The reception unit receives information on the electric apparatus connected to the transportable power supply device from the transportable power supply device. The use place information includes information on a type of the electric apparatus connected to the transportable power supply device.

Abstract: Methods and systems for overriding or providing a recommendation to override a first price set for a product of a storefront by automatic multi-currency pricing (based on an exchange rate calculation and a base price) may include an e-commerce platform that receives product data corresponding to the product, wherein the product data relates to various supply and demand and other factors related to the product. A pricing engine of the e-commerce platform may determine whether to override or provide a recommendation to override the first price of the product based on the product data.

Abstract: The application relates to a computer-implemented method for calculating a reference sales price for industrial product, in particular a complex industrial product, to be manufactured at industrial level. The method of the present invention is particularly suitable for being implemented in the context of the design activities of an industrial product to be manufactured, in particular once the industrial product to be manufactured has been configured according to the technical specifications provided by a client.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for monitoring vehicle usage. An exemplary method implementable by a server may comprise: obtaining information of one or more vehicles available to provide transportation and one or more transportation requests; matching one or more of the transportation requests with one of the vehicles to determine a planned transportation; determining a first reward to a first user associated with the matched vehicle and a second reward to one or more second users associated with the matched transportation requests; obtaining tracking data of the matched vehicle to determine whether the matched vehicle has started and ended a transportation in compliance with the planned transportation; and in response to determining that the matched vehicle has started and ended the transportation in compliance with the planned transportation, transferring the first reward to the first user and transferring the second reward to the one or more second users.

Abstract: An internet based software system that provides a method of creating referrals of consumer products, events and services, to enable users in the system to electronically refer products to other users and obtain rewards when referred purchases are made. These rewards can be in the form of actual local currency, merchandise, or a Points system with a currency valuation. The system consists of sending unique links over email, social media, or websites to communicate referrals to others. The system tracks each click and stores unique identifiers for each referral response. The system also consists of special plugins that are installed on third-party websites to track the purchases that have come from user referrals. Upon purchase, the communication transactions are analyzed, and rewards are given out to each user that has a referral link recorded from the purchaser.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method for automatically providing a cryptocurrency to a recommender using social networking service (SNS) propagation comprises a recommending step in which a blockchain membership node of a member having membership in a proof-of-expansion (PoX) blockchain platform server recommends an identity (ID) of an SNS friend of the member to the PoX blockchain platform server, a registering step in which the PoX blockchain platform server newly registers the ID of the SNS friend as a blockchain membership node, and a reward rate determining step in which the PoX blockchain platform server determines a reward rate for each blockchain member in association with the number of SNS friend IDs that the blockchain member recommends.

Abstract: A system is provided that uses location aware technologies in a variety of environments including retail environments and workplace environments. Location aware technologies associated with computing devices such as mobile phones are used to track users as they move within an environment. With respect to retail environments, a loyalty application may be installed in the phone of a customer that can provide the location of the customer to the retail environment. When it is determined that the customer is near the retail environment, a user profile associated with the customer can be used to select offers or promotions that can be displayed to the customer by the loyalty application to encourage the customer to enter the retail environment. When it is determined that the customer is inside the retail environment, the location of the customer can be used to determine where to dispatch an employee to interact with the customer.

Abstract: In response to detecting a first purchase or a user activity by a user and corresponding to a first merchant, a computer system, updates a rewards amount associated with the user, the first merchant corresponding to a first rewards program. The computer system detects an initiation of a second purchase by the user, the purchase corresponding to a second merchant, wherein the second merchant does not correspond to the first rewards program. In response to detecting the initiation of the second purchase, the computer system causes an interface to be provided to the user, wherein the interface allows the first user to utilize at least a portion of the rewards amount for the second purchase. In response to receiving an input from the first user via the provided interface, the computer system processes a payment for the second purchase, utilizing at least a first portion of the rewards amount.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system is configured to receive an objective related to a placement of at least one 3D digital asset, determine whether the objective has been achieved by the user of the client computer machine, the objective determined based on receiving engagement metric data from a client computer machine, and prevent display of the at least one 3D digital asset on the graphical user interface for a predetermined period of time, when it is determined that the objective has been achieved by the user.

Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and/or methods for distributing advertisements from a central advertisement network to one or more peripheral devices at a location via a local advertisement server. In certain exemplary embodiments, the local advertisement server within a location receives advertisements from the central advertisement network and rebroadcasts them to peripheral devices within that location. Advertising information may be tracked and reported, e.g., for accounting, revenue-sharing, and/or other purposes in certain exemplary embodiments. Thus, in certain exemplary embodiments, the distribution of advertisements is provided to peripherals via a non-web- and non-PC-dependent network. Moreover, in certain exemplary embodiments, reporting and advertising related communications are substantially bi-directional regardless of device type.

Abstract: An approach is provided for optimizing a digital display. Classifications of advertisements are determined. A location of a future action in an event is predicted. A sentiment of an audience is determined. The audience includes spectators at the venue, viewers who are viewing the event via devices receiving a live broadcast of the event, or a combination of the spectators and the viewers. Based on the location of the future action, a digital display is selected from digital displays in the venue and content on the digital display is predicted to be captured as an image by a camera and broadcast to devices of the viewers. Based on the classifications, the sentiment, the location of the future action, and the content being predicted to be captured and broadcast, an advertisement is selected. The selected advertisement is sent to the selected digital display.

Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for recommending contextually relevant promotions to consumers in order to facilitate their discovery of promotions that they are likely to purchase from a promotion and marketing service.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamically analyzing and providing the quality of one or more content items at the time, or substantially close to the time, they are received by a data processing system. The systems and methods described herein can maintain and update the quality score for improving previously created content items after they have been published. The one or more content items can include one or more assets (e.g., one or more headlines, one or more descriptions, images, video, etc.). The data processing system can use numerical analysis methods to determine an overall quality (e.g., estimated clicks) of the content items received by the data processing system using a trained model.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods configured to perform the stages of: receiving an initial device location; receiving a subsequent device location; determining a course of travel associated with the device; aggregating data associated with courses of travel for a plurality of devices; determining a plurality of commonly traveled paths based on the aggregated data; receiving an identification of a path of the plurality of commonly traveled paths; and defining content to be transmitted to at least one device traveling down the identified path.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media configured to perform at least the following functions: receiving an image from a device associated with a consumer, wherein the image comprises a first brand asset; processing the image for the first brand asset; processing the image for a first location; associating a second brand asset with the first brand asset, wherein the second brand asset is within a predetermined distance of the first location; retrieving a media content with the second brand asset; providing the media content; tracking for at least one action; receiving an indication that the consumer has performed the at least one action; and updating the media content based on the at least one action.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and computer-readable media for: tracking a location of a mobile asset configured to propagate through space, and associated with content to be transmitted to a device within a region defined by the location of the mobile asset as the mobile asset propagates through the space; defining the region surrounding the mobile asset that follows the mobile asset it propagates through the space; receiving an indication that the device is within the region defined by the location of the mobile asset; transmitting the content associated with the mobile asset to the device, wherein transmitting the content comprises confirming at least one of: a first condition defining an environment around the device, a second condition defining a path from the mobile asset to a destination; and a third condition identifying a plurality of brand assets within the region of the mobile asset.

Abstract: Transmedia scheduling systems and methods are described in which a user interface is generated via a channel engine that includes first and second channels. The channels are based on one or more channel templates stored in a channel database, and are preferably populated with concurrent transmedia stories. Each of the transmedia stories can be based on at least one transmedia object stored in a transmedia database and may be dynamically generated.

Abstract: Transmedia scheduling systems and methods are described in which a user interface is generated via a channel engine that includes first and second channels. The channels are based on one or more channel templates stored in a channel database, and are preferably populated with concurrent transmedia stories. Each of the transmedia stories can be based on at least one transmedia object stored in a transmedia database and may be dynamically generated.

Abstract: Transmedia scheduling systems and methods are described in which a user interface is generated via a channel engine that includes first and second channels. The channels are based on one or more channel templates stored in a channel database, and are preferably populated with concurrent transmedia stories. Each of the transmedia stories can be based on at least one transmedia object stored in a transmedia database and may be dynamically generated.

Abstract: The present application discloses a system for displaying images on a vehicle. The system includes an electronic display associated with and configured to move in unison with the vehicle. The electronic display is configured to display an image when the system is in operation. The system also includes a controller in communication with the electronic display with the controller configured to receive user information regarding the image and instruct the electronic display to display the image.

Abstract: A method of displaying images on a vehicle includes disclosing user information to an exchange application with the user information including an image to be displayed, transmitting the image to a controller configured to receive user information, instructing an electronic display associated with and configured to move in unison with the vehicle to display the image, and displaying the image by the electronic display.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for location-targeting the provision of media distributed by a mobile platform. The method provides a mobile platform with an attached media projection subsystem, and an identifier associated with the media projection subsystem. The media projection subsystem is selectively enabled, the geographic location of the mobile platform is determined, and the identifier and the enablement of the media projection system are verified. Verification information, including the mobile platform (media projection subsystem) location, identifier, and enablement of the media projection subsystem is communicated to a server and stored in a non-transitory memory.

Abstract: A graphical user interface (GUI) for a sponsor portal system includes a first display area that persistently displays a list of a plurality of tabs and a second display area. When the GUI is executed by a computing device of a sponsor of the plurality of sponsors, the second display area is dynamically updatable to display a scrollable list of customers of the sponsor, a list of vendors approved by the sponsor, and a list of active offers. In response to selection of an active offer, the GUI is configured to display a draft offer message and an approval control. In response to selection of the approval control, the sponsor engine is configured to transmit an interactive graphic to mobile computing devices, the interactive graphic configured to communicate information to the mobile computing devices for display on a screen of limited size.

Abstract: A system for integrated consumer interaction via media broadcast, comprising an immediate communication system that communicated with a media provider and a communications system, wherein the consumer submits a request to a content provider for interaction that is then handled by the immediate communication to establish an interaction with a communication system, and a method for providing integrated consumer interaction.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a set of user features associated with a user. An optimal ad load for the user is determined based on the set of user features and one or more machine learning models. The user is provided with one or more advertisements in accordance with the optimal ad load.

Abstract: A method and system for identifying at least one target application for receiving information related to a subject application. The method includes selecting a group of applications from a database arrangement; analysing the subject application and each of the applications in the group of applications to identify features related thereto; mapping the subject application and each of the applications in the group of applications in a multi-dimensional space based on the identified features thereof; calculating, in the multi-dimensional space, a distance value of each of the applications in the group of applications from the subject application using a distance metric; selecting, from the group of applications, the at least one target application having the distance value below a predetermined threshold; and controlling display of the information related to the subject application on a user device using the at least one target application.

Abstract: A computing device (e.g., a server) coupled to a digital signage device may receive characteristic information associated with a visitor of the digital signage device. The received characteristic information may be analyzed, and based on a result of the analysis, advertisement attributes may be determined. The computing device may select, based on the determined advertisement attributes, a particular advertisement from a plurality of advertisement bids. The computing device may cause display of the selected particular advertisement on the digital signage device for the visitor. The characteristic information may be generated by the digital signage device utilizing a video analytics. The computing device may receive particular gesture information associated with a mobile device of the visitor who responds to the displayed particular advertisement.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for detecting and correlating content consumption, e.g., viewing of programs and/or accessing websites, across platforms of different types are described. Content consumption, e.g., requests and/or streaming is monitored and recorded on a per subscriber basis for a wide variety of platforms, e.g., set boxes, IP content playback devices such as cell phones or pad devices with IP streaming support, and/or other devices. Web site access and corresponding content consumption is determined based on DNS requests thereby avoiding the need for monitoring at web site servers and allowing centralized monitoring of web site access operations in the form of DNS requests to be detected by a Web service provider who, at least in some embodiments, is also a content provider.

Abstract: A device, that is part of a network of nodes that has access to a blockchain, may receive, from a user device associated with an entity, a request for campaign information for a campaign. The request may include data identifying campaign parameters. The device may interact with smart contracts associated with the blockchain to identify individuals to target for the campaign. The smart contracts may be configured to receive the campaign parameters as input and to output an indication of whether campaign preferences are compatible with the campaign parameters. The device may generate the campaign information to include information identifying the individuals targeted for the campaign and information identifying particular campaign preferences found to be compatible with particular campaign parameters. The device may provide the campaign information to the user device to permit the user device to use the campaign information to target the individuals for the campaign.

Abstract: A server receives a request for a network resource from a client network application. The server retrieves the network resource and detects an online advertisement tag in it. The server determines that it has access to an identity cookie for the requesting client. The server modifies the network resource including causing the tag from being processed directly by the client and adds a reference to a client-side script that will inject the online advertisement into the modified network resource. The server transmits a request for the online advertisement to an advertisement supply source, transmits a push-promise to the requesting client for the client-side script, and transmits the modified network resource to the requesting client. The server receives, from the advertisement supply source, a response to the request for the online advertisement. The server transmits the client-side script to the requesting client without receiving a separate request for the client-side script.

Abstract: A computerized system for estimating real estate value, the system comprising: a user interface prompting human experts to generate at least one first estimate of at least one real estate item's value; and a processor configured to receive input characterizing the at least one real estate item aka asset (e.g. house), and, based at least partly on the input, to generate at least one second estimate of the at least one real estate item's value; and logic which combines the at least one first estimate and the at least one second estimate, thereby to yield an ensemble estimate of the at least one real estate item's value.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for automatically creating a funding event in response to identifying an issue. The method includes one or more processors identifying an issue and an individual associated with the issue. The method further includes one or more processors determining whether the individual meets eligibility criteria of a crowdfunding platform. In response to determining that the identified individual does meet eligibility criteria of the crowdfunding platform, the method further includes one or more processors creating a funding event for receiving donations to resolve the identified issue.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed in which merchants on an e-commerce platform may use a same computer application to start and/or join discussion groups with other merchants on the e-commerce platform. An existing discussion group may be recommended to a merchant based on data specific to that merchant. A notification of the recommendation may be transmitted to the user interface of the merchant's device, and if the merchant accepts the recommendation, then the discussion group may be added to the set of discussion groups the merchant follows. Alternatively, a recommended discussion group may be automatically added to the set of discussion groups the merchant follows.

Abstract: The present invention provides app users the ability to view and share prices for popular products sold in cannabis dispensaries. Users can also submit and view reviews for each dispensary. The map feature allows users the ability to quickly view prices.

Abstract: A system and method that help to increase the likelihood of success in cultivating home gardens is described herein. The method includes the steps of receiving a customer's location data and a desired planting date, and accessing weather data for the customer's location and plant life cycle according to the desired planting date. For each plant in a plant collection, a computer server computes a success score for each growth phase in the life cycle of the plant, computes a total success score equal to a sum of success scores for all the growth phases, and ranks all plants in the plant collection according to the total success score. A recommendation of at least one high-ranking plant from the plant collection is then made to the customer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a performance request for performance by a performer registered to a performance marketplace from a performance requester system associated with a performance requester, carrying out computer-based linguistic analysis of the performance request to identify detailed contents of the performance request to generate a formatted performance request including an instruction for proper pronunciation of a word, and forwarding the formatted performance request to a performer system associated with the performer. Also disclosed is receiving a performance product generated by the performer from the performer system, and transmitting the performance product to a performance receiver system associated with a performance receiver indicated by the performance request.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a transaction management system that enables a buyer company to search for suitable candidate supplier companies from information about existing supplier companies and new supplier companies. For this purpose, a transaction management system 1 is provided with: a data registration function for registering information about e-commerce conducted between a buyer and a supplier, information about a product name that is dealt with in the e-commerce, or information about a category including the product name for each information classification of the e-commerce information, the product name information, or the category information, and a category matching function 127 for performing a comparison between category information registered by the data registration function and category relationship information including a degree of relevance between category information of a buyer and category information of a supplier.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enabling automatic multi-currency pricing may include an e-commerce platform that receives store data corresponding to at least one storefront, wherein the store data includes a corresponding number of visitors to the at least one storefront by jurisdiction or a corresponding amount of product sold by the at least one storefront by jurisdiction. The store data may be evaluated by a pricing engine to determine whether to enable automatic multi-currency pricing, wherein automatic multi-currency pricing determines a corresponding price for at least one product of the at least one storefront in a second currency for a second jurisdiction based on a price in a base currency for a first jurisdiction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a reliable supplier evaluation system for correctly evaluating suppliers. A supplier evaluation system 117 according to the present invention is a system for evaluating suppliers based on information relating to a transaction conducted between a buyer and the supplier. The supplier evaluation system 117 is provided with a reception function for receiving communication information 134 and e-commerce information conducted between a buyer and a supplier and that exists in a company system such as that of a buyer, a conversion function for converting the communication information and the e-commerce information into a predetermined format, a database 133 for storing keyword information, and an analysis function 127 for comparing keyword information 138 registered in advance in a storage device with the converted communication information and e-commerce information, and determining a cause of a transaction result of the e-commerce information.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a guide word recommendation method, a guide word recommendation device and electronic equipment. In one example, the method includes: determining a first keyword set on the basis of current interaction behavior data of a user; generating a guide word candidate set on the basis of the first keyword set, a second keyword set and a third keyword set; calculating an expected value of each piece of guide word in the guide word candidate set by using an expected value function; and determining at least one piece of the guide word with the expected value higher than a preset value threshold as a guide word to be recommended.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided to customize a base digital file for a garment according to a user's body measurements and generate a custom digital file for the garment, which may be used in garment production. For example, a system may receive a request to generate a custom-fit garment, customization options, and information regarding a customer's body measurements, retrieve a base digital file for the garment, identify points and edges in the base digital file of the garment, adjust the points and edges according to defined equations that take into account the user's body measurements, generate a custom digital file for the garment, and display a visual representation of the customized garment.

Abstract: A design creation, distribution, and publishing system, process and method of use are presented. The design creation, distribution, and publishing system and methods of use are presented which allow a user to generate a plurality of clothing designs from a single template. The design creation, distribution, and publishing system and method of use presented may include a machine-readable media for electronic management for the creation, editing, publication, and distribution of the content created. The design creation, distribution, and publishing system and method of use disclosed herein presents an example for the management and creation of content.

Abstract: A first type of data regarding an unidentified product is collected. A first type of analysis on the first type of data is performed. A second type of data regarding an unidentified product is collected. A second type of analysis on the second type of data is performed. Based upon the first type of analysis on the first type of data and the second type of analysis on the second type of data, product identification for the unidentified product is performed. Based on the product identification, an identity of the unidentified product is output.

Abstract: The disclosed technologies can compute predictive reorder scores and measures of the quality of food products and food providers using objectively verifiable data, including reorder data, and use these predictive quality measures to create new functionality in an information search and retrieval system and/or a product ordering system.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system to perform a sale transaction are provided. The method includes identifying each item of a plurality of items, based on at least one image of the plurality of items, determining a cost for each item, optionally identifying a person based on an image of the person, adding each of the items and each of the costs to a sale transaction, and charging the person for the sale transaction.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flowerbed sales order system, which enables a user to order a flowerbed with a simple method without having the user design the flowerbed from scratch. The present invention relates to a flowerbed sales order system comprising a user terminal and a server apparatus capable of communicating with the user terminal, the system comprising: a flowerbed storage that stores information regarding flowerbeds; a flowerbed recommendation displayer that recommends and displays a flowerbed based on a prescribed condition; an order placement request transmitter that transmits an order placement request of the recommended and displayed flowerbed; and an order placement request receiver that receives the order placement request.

Abstract: A selection device includes a controller that: acquires user information indicating a physical characteristic of a user; acquires preference information indicating a user preference, or exercise amount information indicating an exercise amount of the user; and selects an absorbent article to be suggested to the user, based on: the user information, and one of the preference information and the exercise amount information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for user personalization and recommendation schemes that are matched to a user profile and provide a highly personalized, interactive experience for the user on an entertainment platform are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the highly personalized and interactive experience is facilitated through information from the user profile comprised of user-inputted information, historical data, and outputs from machine learning engines. In another aspect of the invention, the system is capable of outputting the highly-personalized and interactive recommendations onto a viewing screen while media content is continuously streaming on the same viewing screen.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods include a three-dimensional (3D) scanning element, an electronic data storage configured to store a database including fields for 3D scan data and demographic information, a processor, and a user interface. In an example, the processor obtains 3D scan data of a body part of a subject from the 3D scanning element, analyzes the 3D scan data for incomplete regions, generate a composite 3D image of 3D scan data from the database based on similarities of demographic information, and overlays composite 3D image regions corresponding to incomplete regions on the 3D scan data.

Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for a cross selling platform are presented. A request for a product listing triggered by a user may be received. The request for the product listing may include product information corresponding to an in-store product located at a store of a merchant. A related product listing may be identified based on the product information. Each product listing of the plurality of product listings may correspond to a merchant product. The product listing may be recommended to the user for sale.