Abstract: A healthcare delivery system, a wearable computing device, and a method are disclosed. The method includes capturing, by the wearable computing device worn by a medical practitioner, medical multimedia data of a patient during a medical procedure. The method further includes displaying one or more selectable options associated with the medical multimedia data on a display screen of the wearable computing device to the medical practitioner. Further, the method includes receiving a selection of a selectable option from among the one or more selectable options. Thereafter, at least one action is performed on the medical multimedia data based on the selection of the selectable option. An example of the at least one action includes sharing at least a part of the medical multimedia data with a third party device.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the invention, transaction systems create instruments and transaction products using a transaction product computer. The transaction product computer accepts transaction product input as a means to customize a transaction product that can be offered to end users. The platform has a product engine that accepts parameters and builds an application programming interface transaction product that enables user devices to manage and configure aspects of the transaction product and value unit transactions at the product level and on a per-transaction basis.

Abstract: A customer information registration apparatus includes: a matching unit configured to match face data of a customer based on image data acquired by a camera in a shop against face data stored in a storage unit; a storing unit configured to store face data which is not stored in the storage unit into the storage unit in a case where the matching by the matching unit fails; a behavior information acquisition unit configured to acquire behavior information according to a behavior in the shop of the customer; a condition determination unit configured to determine whether or not to delete the face data stored in the storage unit based on the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquisition unit; and a deletion unit configured to delete the face data stored in the storage unit based on a result of the determination by the condition determination unit are provided.

Abstract: A customer information registration apparatus includes: a matching unit configured to match face data of a customer based on image data acquired by a camera in a shop against face data stored in a storage unit; a storing unit configured to store face data which is not stored in the storage unit into the storage unit in a case where the matching by the matching unit fails; a behavior information acquisition unit configured to acquire behavior information according to a behavior in the shop of the customer; a condition determination unit configured to determine whether or not to delete the face data stored in the storage unit based on the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquisition unit; and a deletion unit configured to delete the face data stored in the storage unit based on a result of the determination by the condition determination unit are provided.

Abstract: A computer-based content delivery method includes receiving from a first user a request for content; based on said request, delivering particular content to said first user, wherein said particular content was selected based on information associated with a second user distinct from said first user. The first second users are members of a similarity group, and the second user is a leader of said group and said first user is a follower in said group.

Abstract: A customer information registration apparatus includes: a matching unit configured to match face data of a customer based on image data acquired by a camera in a shop against face data stored in a storage unit; a storing unit configured to store face data which is not stored in the storage unit into the storage unit in a case where the matching by the matching unit fails; a behavior information acquisition unit configured to acquire behavior information according to a behavior in the shop of the customer; a condition determination unit configured to determine whether or not to delete the face data stored in the storage unit based on the behavior information acquired by the behavior information acquisition unit; and a deletion unit configured to delete the face data stored in the storage unit based on a result of the determination by the condition determination unit are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for providing an exposure rating. In an aspect, a processing system provides, to a user, an exposure rating to enable the user to visualize a level of online exposure of their personal information, wherein the exposure rating is determined based at least in part on an email score and a data broker score, wherein the email score is determined based at least in part on a number of a set of commercial email domains determined from a scan of an email account of the user, a number of a set of protected commercial email domains, and an email portion of the exposure rating, and wherein the data broker score is determined based at least in part on a number of a set of known data brokers, a number of the set of protected data brokers, and a data broker portion of the exposure rating.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to data correlation of data pertaining to content distributed through distinct content delivery networks including offline networks and data related to user interaction with an online presence on the distributed computer network and uses for such correlated data, including to measure and quantify latent effects of the content distributed through a distinct content delivery network, such as an offline network, on user's interactions with the online presence on the distributed computer network.

Abstract: Methods and system for monitoring and assessing employee moods are disclosed. A proposed enterprise employee monitoring system includes surveillance cameras, a facial recognition module, an emotional analyzer module, and an employee database. The surveillance cameras capture image data including employee individuals within the enterprise. The facial recognition module identifies the individuals in the image data, and the emotional analyzer module determines an emotional state of the individuals based upon the image data. The employee database stores employee information and the emotional state information from the emotional analyzer module, based upon the identification performed by the facial recognition module.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: providing, in a collaboration space, a point conversion interface; passing, via the point conversion interface, user credentials to a third-party point issuer; receiving, via the point conversion interface and from the third-party point issuer, a number of points, wherein the number of points is associated with the user credentials; multiplying the number of points by a conversion factor, wherein the multiplying produces a number of unified points; crediting a points pool associated with a collaboration space, with the number of unified points; and receiving, at the collaboration space and from a user of the collaboration space, an instruction to apply the number of unified points to a travel objective, wherein the travel objective is included on a digital itinerary provided by the collaboration space.

Abstract: Method and system for playing audio on a device, the method comprising the steps of a component of a digital work initiating a request for audio data during a rendering of the digital work, the digital work including video data. In response to the request, receiving the audio data. While continuing the rendering of the digital work on the device, suspending playback of first audio data currently playing on the device and playing the received audio data on the device. When the received audio data stops playing continuing with the rendering of the digital work on the device and resuming playback of the first audio data previously playing on the device.

Abstract: A photo design smart assistant system for reducing similar photos for display and product design includes a similarity distance computation module that can calculate hash values of images and to calculate similarity distances between the images using at least the hash values, a burst grouping module that can automatically group the images into a burst based at least in part on the similarity distances of the images, wherein at least one image is automatically selected from the burst of images, an intelligent design creation engine that can automatically create a photo product design using the selected image from the burst, and a printing and finishing facility that can automatically make a physical photo product based on the photo product design.

Abstract: A computer system includes memory hardware configured to store a machine learning model, historical feature vector inputs, and computer-executable instructions, and processor hardware configured to execute the instructions. The instructions include training a first machine learning model with the historical feature vector inputs to generate a title score output, and training a second machine learning model with the historical feature vector inputs to generate a background score output. For each entity in a set, the instructions include processing a title feature vector input with the first machine learning model, and processing a background feature vector with a second machine learning model, to generate a tittle score output and a background score output each indicative of a likelihood that the entity is a decision entity. The instructions include automatically distributing structured campaign data to the entity based on the title score output and the background score output.

Abstract: Systems and methods for non-invasive blood pressure measurement are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system comprises a wearable member configured to generate first and second signals (e.g., PPG signals), and a blood pressure calculation system. The blood pressure calculation system includes a wave selection module configured to identify subsets of waves of the signals, a feature extraction module configured to generate sets of feature vectors form the subsets of waves, and a blood pressure processing module configured to calculate an arterial blood pressure value based on the sets of feature vectors and an empirical blood pressure calculation model, the empirical blood pressure calculation model configured to receive the sets of feature vectors as input values. The blood pressure calculation system further includes a communication module configured to provide a message including or being based on the arterial blood pressure value.

Abstract: An advertising method for a shuttle comprises by a controller, responsive to identifying a drop-off location and a business paying to influence a route traveled by the shuttle, selecting one of a plurality of routes to the drop-off location according to a priming estimate indicating that points of interest along the one share more characteristics with the business relative to others of the plurality; and commanding the shuttle to travel the one.

Abstract: A method for processing commodity information includes: obtaining commodity information of a commodity, in which the commodity information includes a target commodity configuration and a configuration value; obtaining a composite structure of matching conditions associated with the commodity, in which the composite structure is a tree structure of matching conditions with respect to commodity configurations, non-leaf nodes of the tree structure are in an AND-OR relationship, leaf nodes of the tree structure store Boolean expressions, each Boolean expression includes a commodity configuration, a matching value and a matching operator; obtaining a target expression having an AND-OR relationship by traversing the matching conditions in the composite structure; and obtaining a matching result by performing a matching process based on the target expression, the target commodity configuration and the configuration value of the commodity.

Abstract: Systems and methods to identify taxonomical classifications of target content for prospective audience are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for tracking a user across multiple website domains over a computerized network, the method comprising sending a first first-party user identifier to a collector in response to a user accessing a first website; generating a first user prompt in response to the user accessing the first website; receiving a first input from the user in response to the first user prompt; redirecting the user to a centralized domain; sending a second first-party user identifier associated with the user and the centralized domain to the collector; correlating the first first-party user identifier with the second first-party user identifier to determine that the user is associated with both the first first-party user identifier and the second first-party user identifier; and displaying a webpage of the centralized domain or a landing page in response to the correlation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing targeted messaging to a user of a user device without requiring transmittal of personal information from the user device. The user device employs one or more machine learning models to obtain analytic data that reflects the demographics of the user from personal information. This analytic data is then provided to a central server without transmission of the personal information. The central server uses the analytic data to obtain messaging from one or more third party providers that is targeted to the user of the user device, which is provided to the user device for display to the user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A method of generating a plurality of behavioral site lists. The method comprises receiving a plurality of interest category lists by a behavioral site list generation application executing on a computer system, wherein each interest category list comprises a plurality of pseudonymous subscriber identities associated with the pre-defined interest category; receiving a plurality of data on subscriber visits to web sites and on application identities by the application; generating behavioral site lists by the application based on determining over-indexing of pseudonymous subscriber identities provided in the data on subscriber visits to web sites and on application identities in the interest category lists, wherein each behavioral site list comprises a plurality of web site addresses and a plurality of application identities that are deemed to have an above average association to subscribers with an interest in the interest category associated with the behavioral site list.

Abstract: Examples described herein involve switching between two user accounts of a streaming media service. In an example implementation, a playback device stores data representing credentials for multiple user accounts including a first user account of a first streaming audio service and a second user account of the first streaming audio service. The playback device receives instructions to play first audio content from the first streaming audio service and plays back the first audio content by streaming data representing the first audio content from one or more servers of the first streaming audio service using credentials of the first user account. The playback device detects a trigger associated with the first user account of the first streaming audio service and switches from streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the first user account to streaming data representing the first audio content using credentials of the second user account.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method, a system, and an apparatus are presented for mediating ambiance outputs among a plurality of users located in a common area. In some implementations, said ambiance outputs can be adaptive or interactive shared digital works. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be shared mediated augmented reality. In other implementations, said ambiance outputs can be the result of hierarchical schemes and algorithms. In another embodiment a method, system, and apparatus is presented for extracting and/or storing previously tagged items from a digital work.

Abstract: A system and method for operating a cryptocurrency, including generating, by first computing devices, raw data sets representative of activities performed by respective users while each of the users is using the Internet. A second computing device may determine an aggregate data value of at least a portion of an aggregate of the raw data sets. The at least a portion of the aggregate of the raw data sets being received from the users who contribute that portion of the raw data sets, the contributing users being data contributors. A basis value of a cryptocurrency as a function of the aggregate data value may be established. Total quantity of the cryptocurrency in circulation may be regulated as a function of the aggregate data value.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing payment-based transmission processes are described. In one embodiment, for example, a network node may include a storage device, and logic, at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the storage device. The logic may operate to provide a routing query to transmit information over a network, the routing query comprising at least one destination node for the information and a transmission value, receive at least one bid from at least one bidding node in response to the routing query, determine a path through the network to transmit the information anonymously based on the at least one bid that corresponds to the transmission value, and transmit the information at least partially anonymously via the path within a network packet encrypted in a number of layers of encryption corresponding to a number of intermediary nodes in the path. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: The present teaching relates to method and system for advertising. The method obtains information related to an operational smart attribution evaluation package (SAEP) posted on a platform. The SAEP is related to a conversion associated with an advertisement displayed by a plurality of entities. The method parses the SAEP to obtain a conversion parameter, and generates a claim for the conversion based on the conversion parameter and information related to the advertisement, if the advertisement was previously displayed. Further, the method transmits the generated claim to the SAEP to be evaluated whether a reward is to be allocated.

Abstract: A property is identified about which to gather information and a vehicle is deployed to a location associated with the property. A path is determined for the vehicle and the vehicle gathers real-time data associated with the property while traveling the path. The real-time data is compared to previously-gathered data to determine a portion of the property that is damaged.

Abstract: A method and a system include receiving a request to process a transaction, identifying, by the messaging application, transactional data based on the request, the transactional data corresponding to a user profile associated with the client device in an entity graph, determining a first desensitized data item associated with the user profile being included in the transactional data, providing for display a first user interface of the messaging application including a first user-selectable element corresponding to a completion of the transaction, receiving an indication of user selection of the first user-selectable element, and transmitting the transactional data to a secured processor.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating new content segments based on object name identification. A content segment may be received from a device and a content structure is generated based on the content segment. The content structure includes objects each having attributes. The system may search a contact database associated with the device to identify a matching entry of the contact database with a particular object. The comparison matches metadata of the matching entry with an attribute of the particular object. Upon matching, the first object is modified to include a name attribute based on the matching metadata of the matching entry. In response to receiving a request using the name of the particular object to create a new content segment, the system inserts the particular object into a new content structure and a new content segment is generated for display from the new content structure.

Abstract: A system includes a plurality of computing nodes that form a blockchain network, wherein one or more of the computing nodes is a metaverse computing node configured to generate a mixed reality environment. A processor of at least one computing node is configured to record a plurality of data interactions performed by a user using a metaverse computing node, determine, based on the plurality of data interactions, a data interaction behavior of the user in relation to the data file, detect that a data interaction performed in relation to the data file of the user is not in accordance with the data interaction behavior of the user, determine that the data interaction is a suspicious data interaction, assign an alert level to the suspicious data interaction, determine at least one action to be performed based on the alert level and perform the at least one action.

Abstract: A commodity change information generation method and apparatus, a commodity sorting method and apparatus, and an electronic device are disclosed. The commodity change information generation method comprises: acquiring original commodity arrangement information of a to-be-tidied shelf and standard commodity arrangement information corresponding to the to-be-tidied shelf; acquiring first commodities and second commodities in multiple original commodities, as well as first commodities and third commodities in multiple standard commodities; determining first position change information of the first commodities according to original position information and standard position information of the first commodities; and determining second position change information of the second commodities and the third commodities according to original position information of the second commodities, standard position information of the third commodities, and the first position change information.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods whereby item provider services can define unique offerings, including categories of products, individual products, and information requests, and link them to a trigger, enabling the item provider service promote the offerings to the end users. A trigger can include any unique and specially formatted media entity that, in conjunction with software on a mobile device, can be detected using sensors to initiate a workflow. Triggers may include, for example, specially formatted images, videos, audio signals, QR codes, GPS locations, Bluetooth beacons, or similar mobile-detectable entities, among others. Triggers may be defined and associated with an offering.

Abstract: Techniques for providing webpages based on tracking consumer device interactions are discussed herein.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for training a model to identify a user to a predetermined degree of reliability. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, parameterizing gathered data on behavior of a user in a form of a first vector, deriving a second vector from the first vector by removing noise and low-priority information from the first vector, providing the second vector to a training algorithm, and generating a trained model for the user, the generated trained model being different for each user such that only the trained model generated for the user satisfies the predetermined degree of reliability.

Abstract: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may facilitate the generation of a virtual reconstruction model of a vehicle collision. UAVs may collect data (including images) related to the vehicle collision, such as with the insured's permission, which may be received by an external computing device associated with the insurer and utilized to perform a photogrammetric analysis of the images to determine vehicle impact points, the road layout at the scene of the collision, the state of the traffic light at the scene of the collision, the speeds and directions of vehicles, etc. This data may be used to generate a virtual reconstruction model of the vehicle collision. An insurer may use the virtual reconstruction model to perform various insurance-related tasks, such as allocating fault to drivers or autonomous vehicles involved in the vehicle collision, and adjustment of insurance pricing based upon the fault allocation.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for administering an online advertiser bidding interface. The method includes providing a bidding interface to an advertiser through a web server, by which an advertiser may bid on online advertising inventory of an online publisher, the bidding interface displaying a plurality of targeting elements; receiving targeting information from the advertiser through the targeting elements of the bidding interface and the web server; and generating an advertising bid based on the received targeting information. A system is also provided for administering an online advertiser bidding interface.

Abstract: Advertisement user feedback data may be collected and provided to an advertisement decision engine. Advertisements may be presented to users via various electronic media such as digital television, Internet, software, etc., and advertisement feedback user interfaces may be provided to users in connection with such advertisements. An advertisement feedback user interface may be provided via the same electronic medium and device as the corresponding advertisements, or via a different electronic medium and/or device. User feedback data regarding electronic advertisements, as well as additional related data, may be received and provided to one or more advertisement decision engines. An advertisement decision engine may use the advertisement user feedback data to determine a future advertisement to be presented to one or more users at an advertisement insertion opportunity identified in one or more various electronic media.

Abstract: A browser executing on a client device can detect external calls to remote servers generated by an online document. The browser can detect, in external content received in response to the external calls and for presentation in the online document, metadata describing domains that contributed to the delivery of the external content to the client device. The browser can aggregate, for each of the domains, a contribution of the domain to enable the presentation of the external content with the online document over a specified time period. The browser can present a visual representation of the contribution of each of at least some of the domains. The browser can receive, in response to interaction with the visual representation, a selection of one or more domains among the at least some domains. The browser can prevent the one or more domains from receiving subsequent external calls from the browser.

Abstract: Examples to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. An example system includes programmable circuitry to log, at a first Internet domain, a first record for a first website visit by a first client device to a website at a second Internet domain, the first record based on a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, the first record to include a timestamp, a uniform resource locator (URL), and a user identifier, the timestamp to represent a time of the first website visit, the URL corresponding to the website at the second Internet domain, and weight impression data in a report, the impression data associated with the first record and with second records, the second records corresponding to second website visits to the website via second client devices, the weighting of the impression data based on demographic distributions of audience members corresponding to the first and second records.

Abstract: Systems and methods of facilitating transactions related to targeted or customized commercial offerings based on derived sentiment states are provided. The sentiment states are derived from digital representations such as images, videos and sound recordings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of electronic payment transactions and biometric identification therewithin. In the general aspect, the invention may be directed to a method for performing a contactless payment transaction using a remote access to a user device via a cloud computer server (“hands free” or “touchless” operations) that will ensure achieving the technical result consisting in providing privacy and security when transmitting user's biometric data, in particular an image of a user's face, for the purpose of identifying him/her for performing the payment transaction.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a subscription to a collection of content services and/or applications enables a user to access content through a plurality of content services. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates a process to subscribe to a collection of content services and/or applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device facilitates a process to unsubscribe from a collection of content services and/or applications.

Abstract: A method in one embodiment includes receiving, at an edge device, new data for training a model, the edge device having stored distilled data used to represent historical data to train the model, the historical data being stored in a remote device, and the amount of the historical data being greater than the amount of the distilled data. The method further includes training the model based on the new data and the distilled data. With the data processing solution of this embodiment, the model can be trained at the edge device with fewer storage resources based on the distilled data, thereby achieving higher model accuracy.

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) based methods and systems for predicting opportunities for special pricing agreements (SPA) are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving a user input indicating a stock keeping unit (SKU) and a customer name, and accessing an SPA database to determine (i) a customer type, (ii) a customer address, and (iii) any historical SPAs corresponding to the customer. The example method further includes predicting, by utilizing a machine learning (ML) model, a set of SPA opportunities that each have a respective cost and a respective confidence interval and that satisfy a confidence interval threshold. The example method further includes determining a first SPA opportunity corresponding to a highest respective confidence interval, and a second SPA opportunity corresponding to a lowest cost of each SPA opportunity in the set of SPA opportunities; and transmitting a notification of the first and second SPA opportunities for display to a user.

Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for providing an exposure rating. In an aspect, a processing system provides, to a user, an exposure rating to enable the user to visualize a level of online exposure of their personal information, wherein the exposure rating is determined based at least in part on an email score and a data broker score, wherein the email score is determined based at least in part on a number of a set of commercial email domains determined from a scan of an email account of the user, a number of a set of protected commercial email domains, and an email portion of the exposure rating, and wherein the data broker score is determined based at least in part on a number of a set of known data brokers, a number of the set of protected data brokers, and a data broker portion of the exposure rating.

Abstract: Systems and methods for allowing different presentations of a multimedia program, the different presentation delayed relative to each other, by using a delay manifest that includes a sliding window of links to subordinate manifests, and where the subordinate manifests in turn contain links to sequential segments of the multimedia program.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles for assigning content, such as advertisements, to similar content breaks, such as advertisement placement opportunities, across multiple content providers. The systems disclosed herein automatically identify similar advertisement placement opportunities, such as advertisement placement opportunities occurring at the same time, across a plurality of media content providers, and assign an indicated advertisement spot to as many of the identified advertisement placement opportunities as possible. This is achieved by re-assigning advertisement spots which are already assigned to a slot in one of the advertisement placement opportunities to another slot in order to allow the indicated advertisement spot to be assigned to the slot.

Abstract: A device and method for assisting a client when requesting a mobile service vehicle which includes a vehicle carriage and a passenger compartment temporarily connected to the vehicle carriage and equipped for the service in question. The method includes determining a need of the client for obtaining a service during a journey, determining that the client's preference for meeting the need cannot be met and, automatically emitting an alternative suggestion to meet the need.

Abstract: Provided are a live broadcast room page loading method and apparatus, a terminal, a server and a storage medium. The live broadcast room page loading method includes: acquiring live broadcast room functional area loading sequence information; detecting a trigger instruction, wherein the trigger instruction is used for indicating display of a live broadcast room page; and loading and displaying a plurality of functional areas in the live broadcast room page according to the live broadcast room functional area loading sequence information.

Abstract: An aerial image system may generate images of structures providing views that might otherwise be difficult to obtain. These images may be used to determine various characteristics of the structure, which may then be processed for a variety of tasks including product marketing, claim processing and post-claim analysis. The images may be analyzed by the aerial image system or by a ground-based processing system to determine the structural characteristics such as roof age, roof type and roof pitch. In some examples, image analysis techniques such as edge detection and contrast determination may assist in determining the requisite data. Additionally or alternatively, the processing system may direct or control one or more image capture devices to obtain desired images.