Abstract: A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may receive, at a server, user profile data associated with one or more set top boxes via a network. The system and method may then search for and select local advertisement content based on at least the user profile data. Further, the system and method may transmit, to the one or more set top boxes, the selected local advertisement content.

Abstract: A method for distributing cardholder transaction information includes: storing, in a database, a plurality of transaction data entries, wherein each transaction data entry includes data related to a previously conducted financial transaction involving at least one of a plurality of merchants and includes at least a merchant identifier, a consumer identifier, a transaction time and/or date, and transaction data; receiving, by a receiving device, a transaction cache request, wherein the transaction cache request includes at least a specific merchant identifier; identifying, by a processing device, a transaction data entry subset, wherein the transaction data entry subset includes a subset of the plurality of transaction data entries and where each transaction data entry in the transaction data entry subset includes at least the specific merchant identifier; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the transaction data entry subset to a merchant associated with the specific merchant identifier.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for facilitating communication between a merchant and a client are provided. An example method may include creating a beautician identification record for a beautician, receiving an information related to an interaction between the beautician and a client, determining at least one product or service for the client from the information, and creating, using a processor, a communication to the client. The communication may include an indication of the at least one product or service. The method may also include sending the prescription to the client. Example systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media are also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for improved advertising revenue streams for social networking service providers via automatic exchange of information shared by individuals on social networking service providers and/or their mobile computing devices, wherein said exchanged information contains implied or explicit advertisements is disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for providing a custom search based on search input entered by a user, shopping history of the user, retailer identifications, and products to be promoted by the retailers. The system may leverage a combination of retailer and user information to customize search results for the user. The system facilitates a search platform where retailers may provide items being promoted such that promoted items may feature prominently in search results and/or be included in search results while non-promoted items may be featured less prominently n search results and/or be excluded from the search results. In this manner, the retailer may more successfully drive sales of promoted items. Users may benefit from use of the search platform by receiving relevant results that are customized for the user and include items that are being promoted so that the user is made aware of relevant promotions.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamic client relationship management and intelligent client engagement is disclosed. The system collects user information and allows internal Licensee user groups to better know and serve their clients and clients' families, as well as qualified prospects, by providing a customized invitation-only portal with VIP offers and events, corporate hospitality, and exclusive arrangements based on specific client profiles and user segmentation, within a configurable hosted platform securely accessible and optimized for web and mobile devices. The platform facilitates and manages dynamic CRM, moving beyond existing CRM formats where one user or data feed enters data about another individual into a system.

Abstract: Methods and systems for sending marketing messages to mobile-device users from a mobile-commerce platform are described. In various illustrative embodiments, a marketing message is transmitted to a mobile-device user before, during, or after a transaction between the mobile-device user's mobile device and the mobile-commerce platform.

Abstract: A system and method for delivering purchasing incentives and a variety of other retail shopping aids through a computer network, such as by E-mail over the Interne or the World Wide Web. Customers (10) of retail stores can establish a bi-directional communication link with the system, log in (16) to the system, and then elect to browse among available purchasing incentive offers (18, 22), or elect to explore other shopping aids, such as a shopping list generator (26), a recipe center (30), or simply elect to claim a product rebate or to receive product information. If the customer elects to have product information or rebate information delivered, only minimal customer identification is required. For purchase incentives redeemable at retail stores, the customer must provide identification information and must also designate a retailer (12) at which the purchasing incentive can be exercised.

Abstract: A method and system for providing a phone directory service to a user terminal in a mobile communication network are provided. The method includes receiving a search request including a search keyword for the phone directory service and a subscriber identifier for the user terminal from the user terminal, acquiring subscriber information of a subscriber possessing the user terminal from the mobile communication network in which the user terminal is registered using the subscriber identifier, acquiring a business list of businesses corresponding to the search keyword from a business DataBase (DB) for managing businesses which have subscribed to the phone directory service, arranging the business list based on a communication pattern of a group of similar subscribers which have been determined to have subscriber information similar to that of the subscriber possessing the user terminal according to a predetermined criteria, and providing the arranged business list to the user terminal.

Abstract: A method and system for providing targeted advertising in public places and carriers such as trains, buses, train stations, shopping malls, airports, etc. The demographics, purchasing history and/or personal preferences of individuals in the public place are collected from personal digital assistants (PDAs) or other wireless communication devices carried by the individuals in the public place or public carrier. The collected data pertaining to a group of individuals who are present near the display device, is processed and used to select appropriate advertisements that would most likely interest that group of individuals. The selected advertisements are displayed on the display device located in the public place or public carrier so as to provide targeted advertising to the group of individuals.

Abstract: An advertiser participating in a method of targeting based on first party cookies may update its DNS record to include a subdomain that redirects to a server associated with an ad network. The ad network may incorporate that advertiser's subdomain in an ad pixel tag published on one or more of the advertiser's web pages, to set a cookie on the advertiser's domain. Specifically, when a user visits one of the advertiser's web pages, the ad pixel tag may be redirected by the advertiser's DNS update to an ad network server for receipt of a cookie that matches the subdomain. The ad network may distribute to its publishers an ad call that checks for the presence of any first party domain cookies set via the second stage, and then pass any such cookie data to the network's ad servers to decide which ad to serve.

Abstract: A user can specify particular news weather, traffic, or other perishable content received on a particular Internet radio station or other media channel. The user can customize the station so that wherever the user is currently located, he can receive perishable content related to a preferred geographic location or other category. In some embodiments, a user can specify that a customized station plays local news from one city at the top of the hour, traffic from another city at 10 minutes past the hour, and music or other content at other times. The user can also customize the station to select the perishable content, or other original content, from the personal libraries of specified users. Thus, a user can customize not only the genre of content or select a particular local station, but can also modify the perishable content provided by the customized station.

Abstract: An online system stores a plurality of browsing histories for its users, each browsing history associated with a user's user identifying information. Based on a request for an advertisement from a client device that identifies a user and indicates the user does not have an existing session with the online system, the online system compares the identified user's browsing history to other stored browsing histories. Users associated with stored browsing histories similar to the identified user's browsing history are identified and user profiles of the identified users having an established session with the online system are identified. One or more common characteristics of the identified user profiles are used to select an advertisement for presentation to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed which include filtering social media data for content resources that match one or more search terms, generating a feed based on the filtering, associating a content resource tag with each content resource, associating the feed with a first section of a layout of a content display, associating an advertisement campaign with a second section of the layout, providing the layout to be displayed on a display device, providing the content resources from the feed to be displayed in the first section of the layout, determining that one of the content resources currently displayed in the first section of the layout is associated with a content resource tag that matches one of the campaign tags of the advertisement campaign; and providing the advertisement image to be displayed in the second section of the layout.

Abstract: The present application provides a system and method that includes receiving first and second electronic information associated with a first and second entity. The information is filtered and quantified and, thereafter qualified using at least one processor. Moreover, information associated with at least one reward and/or advertisement is determined to be provided to at least one of the first and second entities in accordance with the qualifying. The information associated with the at least one reward and/or advertisement is transmitted to at least one computing device.

Abstract: An advertisement server can provide sponsored listings for uniquely identifiable objects to remote search engines. The remote search engines display the listings locally as sponsored search results. The advertisement server can verify sponsored search results remain eligible for display, in real-time with a query received by the remote search engine. The verification can be based on budget values associated with an ad campaign.

Abstract: A system and method for managing video sequences and the payment of content online, including an application programming interface (API). The API allows creators of advertisements, sponsors of advertisements, providers of content, and viewers of the advertisements and the content to interact. The system facilitates interaction of the parties to allow users to access content from a content provider in exchange for the user viewing an advertisement that is created by an ad-creator and sponsored by an ad-sponsor. The method receives a request for payment of content, transmits a list that includes a plurality of links to advertisements, transmits an advertisement of interest to the user, and then authorizes payment of the content to the content provider. The system also allows advertisers to reach an ideal audience as users select the advertisements having a particular product or service with which the user is interested.

Abstract: An ad bidder receives a request from a user device to select an advertisement (“ad”) for presentation along with a web page. The ad bidder includes a user profile database and may be a social networking system. The ad bidder determines if the user of the user device is logged into the ad bidder and selects the advertisement based on information in the user profile database if the user is logged into the ad bidder. If the ad bidder determines the user is not logged into the ad bidder, the ad bidder retrieves a device cookie stored on the user device. The device cookie describes interactions with content from the user device, such as viewed web pages or ads. Data stored by the device cookie is then used to select the ad for presentation.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving interaction information relating to a first mobile communication facility, weighting content based at least in part on the interaction information, and ordering the content for presentation on a second mobile communication facility based at least in part on the weighting.

Abstract: An advertising system according to an embodiment includes a remitting customer side wireless LAN communication unit, an attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit, and a remitting customer result update unit. The attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit is arranged at a position corresponding to a digital signage on which advertising content is displayed. The attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit is arranged in a commercial space. The remitting customer result update unit updates information on a result of remitting customer by the advertising content, when a wireless terminal enters a communication area of the attracting customer side wireless LAN communication unit after entering a communication area of the remitting customer side wireless LAN communication unit is detected.

Abstract: Systems and methods of targeted advertisement are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes performing a deep packet inspection process of packet traffic within at least a portion of a communication network. The deep packet inspection process includes determining source data and destination data from the packet traffic without inspecting packet payload data. The method includes receiving aggregate demographic data of users that are associated with at least some of the packet traffic and generating an anonymous first profile of a first user based on first data acquired via the deep packet inspection process and based on the aggregate demographic data. The method also includes retrieving first user profile data from the anonymous first profile and sending the first user profile data to an advertisement system to determine a targeted advertisement based on the first user profile data.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus stores therein a use charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to use of the image processing apparatus and a cooperative job charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to execution of a cooperative job. In the case where a received job is an apparatus job to be executed only by the image processing apparatus, the use charging table is read. Charging processing is performed based on the read charging table, and a remaining amount is calculated. In the case where a received job is a cooperative job to be executed by the image processing apparatus and a service providing apparatus cooperatively with each other, the cooperative job charging table is read, and charging processing is performed with reference to the read cooperative job charging table as necessary.

Abstract: Systems and methods of tracking and rewarding users of search engines, content networks, communication networks, other networks and/or combinations of networks are described. In many embodiments, users create accounts and control when and the type of information that is tracked. The tracked information can be used to provide rewards, customize offers and rewards and to improve services provided to the user. One embodiment includes receiving secure identification information from the user, retrieving user account information using the secure identification information, receiving a search query from the user, crediting the user account with a reward that is directly related to providing the search query, and returning search results.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that may be used to determine a probability of whether a visitor to a web document is likely to click on a web advertisement. An exemplary method may include detecting one or more features in a web document. One or more expert statistical models to which the web document belongs may be determined and associated weightings may be determined based, at least in part, on the one or more features detected. A click-through-rate probability for a web advertisement to be placed on the web document may be estimated based on the one or more expert statistical models.

Abstract: A system and process to generate and send targeted advertising to wireless devices from a computer system is disclosed and includes determining a retail location where wireless service for a wireless device has been purchased utilizing the computer system. The process further include identifying information of the wireless device based on an authorization of the wireless service for the wireless device purchased at the retail location utilizing the computer system, determining a previous history of purchasing wireless service associated with the wireless device of the consumer utilizing the computer system, determining a next likely time the consumer will be purchasing wireless service for the wireless device utilizing the computer system, and sending advertisements prior to the next likely time the consumer will be purchasing wireless service for the wireless device utilizing the computer system.

Abstract: Advertising content may be provided based on a map report. A map report may be received from a client device. The map report may be indicative of a perceived inaccuracy in geographic data stored in a geographic database. Advertising content may be provided to the client device based on the map report received from the client device.

Abstract: Methods of generating recommendations may include obtaining social network data from one or more network resources. Word relationships may be created between selected words in the social network data to produce relationship data. Advertisement or other asset recommendations may be generated for a target user by analyzing browse information of the target user to identify one or more words. Other words in the relationship data may be identified that are related to the words in the target user's browse information. One or more advertisements may be identified having at least one keyword that corresponds to the other words. At least a portion of these advertisements may be selected from a data repository to provide to the target user.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate verification or feedback in association with consumer transactions. In particular the architecture can image a transaction receipt, translate the image into text-based data, and extract relevant transaction data there from. Such relevant transaction data can be saved to a data store maintained or supervised by the customer and/or transmitted to authorized components that can benefit from data related to transaction histories, verification, and/or feedback.

Abstract: A system for categorization of a mobile user profile based on a browse and viewing behavior of a user includes (a) using data of a wireless provider to ascertain a plurality of web browser activities as performed on a mobile communication facility of the user; (b) storing the plurality of mobile web browser activities relating to the user; (c) accessing from the wireless provider a viewing history of television content of the user, wherein the wireless provider has provided the television content; (d) analyzing the plurality of mobile web browser activities and the viewing history of television content to determine a relationship thereamongst; (e) creating a category of user profile based at least in part on the analysis; (f) associating the category of user profile with the user; and (g) transmitting content corresponding to the category of user profile to the mobile communication facility for display thereon.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are included for providing product-related information. In use, a product identifier associated with a product is received after a point of sale, where such product identifier is received utilizing a network. Further, information associated with the product is provided utilizing the network in response to the receipt of the product identifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for selecting and serving advertisements in response to requests for photos on a photo-sharing website. In some embodiments, the present disclosure describes a system and method for automatically matching an advertisement with a media file when the media file has been rendered by a user. Aspects of the present disclosure allow for automatic selection and serving of advertisements based on a requested media file and/or user profile information, potentially without any interaction between the user and the advertiser.

Abstract: An online system, such as a social networking system, enables targeted advertising to its users across platforms, such as mobile applications, desktop browsers, and mobile browsers. The online system stores interactions with advertisements or other content from multiple platforms with a user identifier. When an advertisement request is received including the user identifier, the stored interactions associated with the user identifier are retrieved, allowing an advertisement to be selected based on user interactions through various platforms. This improves advertisement delivery, such as advertisement retargeting, and conversion tracking.

Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for geo-located social connectivity relating to people, events, and commerce. In general, embodiments of the invention provide a social commerce matching system. An intelligent interactive tool provides individuals the ability to geo-locate like-minded individuals/groups and participate in events. Individuals or businesses can generate events. Businesses can support events through advertising promotions, and deals.

Abstract: Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for location based dynamic coupons are presented. In some embodiments, location information for a plurality of users in an area associated with the network based positioning system is determined. The location information may be analyzed using a set of rules associated with the area to create an offer associated with a location within the area. The offer may then be communicated to one or more users. In alternate embodiments, user density may be used to create offers for users, and the offers may be directed toward influencing users to move from a high user density location to a low user density location.

Abstract: A method for reporting a consumer profile includes: storing offline financial transaction data involving at least two merchants, each transaction associated with a consumer; receiving an information request, the request including a consumer identifier; identifying browsing information associated with the consumer; analyzing the browsing information and the transactions associated with the consumer to identify a profile; and transmitting the profile to a merchant.

Abstract: A service providing affinity and rewards to consumers based on their spending abroad to leverage foreign exchange currency gains or losses is described. The service automates the process of exchange rate gain or loss on a product or product category basis. The service may provide marketer incentives to compensate for all or some portion of the currency exchange-based gain or loss, including automated incentive rewards.

Abstract: A system and method of selling products is described, the method including the steps of: offering products for sale in a retail store; a person visiting the retail store; a person browsing the stock offered for sale; a person scanning the barcode on a product of interest to obtain additional product details; receiving indication information in an electronic form which identifies a person and at least one product that they are interested in purchasing; processing the indication information to determine a revised offer of sale; transmitting the revised offer of sale in an electronic form to the person.

Abstract: A system for identifying a same user of multiple communication devices is configured to perform the steps of: (a) receiving first data relating to a first device operated by a user; (b) receiving second data relating to a second device operated by a user; (c) determining that the user of the first device is the user of the second device based on identifying that the first data is substantially the same as the second data; and (d) selecting and transmitting a sponsored content to the second device for display thereon, wherein the sponsored content has a relevance to the first and second data and/or a user characteristic datum associated with the user.

Abstract: A method is described that includes accessing bids for ranked goods and minimum rank indicators that each specifies a lowest rank for a good that is acceptable to a bidder, assigning a ranked good to a first bidder based on a first bid and a first minimum rank indicator each associated with the first bidder, and outputting a signal indicative of a cost of the assigned rank good based on a second bid associated with a next highest bidder having a second minimum rank indicator that specifies a rank that is inclusive of a rank of the ranked good assigned to the first bidder.

Abstract: A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided for implementing user centric advertising and multiuser communication. The method includes providing a communication interface between advertiser devices, user devices and publisher devices, receiving advertiser preferences from the user devices, matching the preferences with advertisements from the advertiser devices and displaying the matched advertisements on a portal. The method also includes providing functionality for conducting two way communication between select user devices and advertiser devices, and conducting e-commerce transactions. The method also including a social exchange platform with functionality for user to user communication.

Abstract: A data representation of auctions in an online auction system and a bidding history associated with the auctions and the online auction system are maintained in a computer system for multiple users. A set of the users to whom to promote a selected auction is determined based at least in part on the bidding history. A message that promotes the selected auction is sent to each respective one of the set of the users. The message includes a control configured to open a web page that facilitates bidding in the selected auction through the online auction system.

Abstract: An advertisement providing system is provided. The system includes a first server configured to generate and store user models of interest, based on behavior history information of a user terminal and advertisement-of-interest selection conditions input by a user; a second server configured to generate and store target user attribute models, based on advertisement information and target user selection conditions provided from an advertisement provider; and a third server configured to detect a model by detecting the user models of interest and the target user attribute models based on user information when the user information is transmitted form the user terminal, and recommending an advertisement related to the detected model to the user terminal.

Abstract: This specification describes technologies relating to selection and display of content items based in part on sequencing information. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include receiving a request for content and a user identifier. The methods may further include identifying a sequence of content items in a browsing history corresponding to the user identifier, where the content items in the sequence are members of a set of content items. The methods may further include retrieving an estimate of a conditional probability of conversion for a first content item from the set, where the first content item is presented after the identified sequence. The methods may further include determining a bid for an impression in the requested content based in part on the estimate of the conditional probability of conversion and transmitting the bid.

Abstract: Restaurant menu generation and in-restaurant promotions are provided in the context of a computer implemented electronic restaurant menu. As one example, in-restaurant promotions are displayed on a mobile device by detecting the existence of a dining event currently underway in a restaurant via the mobile device. The dining event indicates presence of the mobile device in the restaurant, and further indicates a stage of a dining experience. An electronic restaurant menu is displayed at a graphical display of the mobile device. A promotion is identified based on the stage of the dining experience and the presence of the mobile device in the restaurant. The promotion may be associated with a menu item on the electronic restaurant menu. The promotion is displayed at the graphical display of the mobile device.

Abstract: A system for targeting advertising content includes the steps of: (a) receiving respective requests for advertising content corresponding to a plurality of mobile communication facilities operated by a group of users, wherein the plurality includes first and second types of mobile communication facilities with different rendering capabilities; (b) receiving a datum corresponding to the group; (c) selecting from a first and second sponsor respective content based on a relevancy to the datum, wherein each content includes a first and second item requiring respective rendering capabilities; (d) receiving bids from the first and second sponsors; (e) attributing a priority to the content of the first sponsor based upon a determination that a yield associated with the first sponsor is greater than a yield associated with the second sponsor; and (f) transmitting the first and second items of the first sponsor to the first and second types of mobile communication facilities respectively.

Abstract: A method for providing an advertisement service using a game includes extracting advertisement groups to be exposed and determining any one of the extracted advertisement groups to be exposed as a target advertisement group to be serviced; and combining a game ability of the game participant client with at least any one of a game mileage of the determined target advertisement group, group level of the determined target advertisement group, times of game experience of the game participant client, and time elapsed since the game participant client has played the last game. Further, the method includes selecting an advertisement game having a game level corresponding to the result value of the combination; providing the selected advertisement game to the game participant client; and storing accumulatively information related to the game play result as a personal history record of the game participant client.

Abstract: A remote station for tracking promotion of at least one group of products each of which bears a code that uniquely identifies each product in the group, wherein the remote station may be communicatively coupled to at least one user station is disclosed. The station includes a database resident at the remote station, wherein the database stores ones of the uniquely identifying codes that have been previously received from one or more user stations, and a database server, coupled to the database, that compares each new candidate code received from a given user station against the previously received codes stored in the database. The database server credits an account of a user associated with the given user station with a non-zero promotional credit only if such new candidate code received from the given user station was not previously stored in the database.

Abstract: A parking locator system providing variably priced parking includes one or more parking sensors and one or more parking kiosks. The parking sensors may generate parking information identifying one or more occupied parking spaces and one or more unoccupied parking spaces within a vicinity. Promotion information including one or more discounts to parking fees may be received at the parking kiosks. The parking kiosks may display the discounted parking fees and receive payment of the same. The discounts to parking fees may expire at particular times. The size of the discounts may be set based on traffic congestion, which may be determined based on the number of occupied parking spaces within the vicinity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing purchase driven financial statements include an account processor that receives account data associated with one or more financial accounts of the account holder and advertising data via a network; one or more databases that stores at least the received account data and the received advertising data; and a statement processor that creates a financial statement based at least in part on the account data and the advertising data, provides the financial statement to an account holder, and tracks the account holder's future account data based on the provided advertising data.