Abstract: A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. The system provides feedback to the user on how their designs may appear in a virtual store or storefront, such as through virtual reality or augment reality techniques.

Abstract: In an industrial automation system, a control device adapted to a container-based architecture has been developed. The control device may comprise one or more containers instantiated with control execution application, communication application, and or redundancy management application.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide techniques for automatically extracting data from web pages. Such extraction can take place without the use of a browser, and without necessarily rendering the entire web page. Thus, data extraction can be performed more efficiently and more quickly, while reducing the computing resources needed to perform such operations. In at least one embodiment, data extraction and translation are performed by automatically parsing structured data from visible and hidden elements of a web page.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program that can provide recommendation information according to a disposable income estimated on the basis of an analysis result of an image group. The image processing system, the image processing method, and the program include recognizing an object of an analysis target image of a user (44), converting information on the object into disposable income range information of the user (50), acquiring accessory information including imaging date information of the analysis target image, and deriving an appearance frequency of the object on the basis of the imaging date information (52), deriving a weighting coefficient on the basis of the appearance frequency information of the object (54), estimating the disposable income of the user using the disposable income range information and the weighting coefficient (56), and transmitting recommendation information corresponding to the disposable income of the user (58).

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include an electronic ticket processing system that enables the management of a venue with auction-based, during event, peer-to-peer electronic ticket exchanges. The peer-to-peer during event ticket exchange can be limited by the location of the electronic device of a user and can allow the event attendees enhancement of their experience (e.g. by upgrading their seat location or rights to access). In some embodiments, the during event peer-to-peer ticket exchange can be encouraged or controlled by the venue in accordance to broadcasting aspects, crowd control, analytics, to encourage consumer spending, memberships, and/or other real time updates (e.g. weather, game scores, security concerns).

Abstract: A high-performance distributed ledger and transaction computing network fabric over which large numbers of transactions (involving the transformation, conversion or transfer of information or value) are processed concurrently in a scalable, reliable, secure and efficient manner. In one embodiment, the computing network fabric or “core” is configured to support a distributed blockchain network that organizes data in a manner that allows communication, processing and storage of blocks of the chain to be performed concurrently, with little synchronization, at very high performance and low latency, even when the transactions themselves originate from distant sources. This data organization relies on segmenting a transaction space within autonomous but cooperating computing nodes that are configured as a processing mesh. According to an aspect of this disclosure, the CDN edge network is then used to deliver receipts associated with transactions that are processed into the blockchain.

Abstract: Described is a system and method for developing and dynamically updating user paths through a materials handling facility. A user path through a materials handling facility may be developed that will route a user past one or more items (e.g., pick list items, recommended items, wish list items, promotional items) planned for the user. If the user does not follow the user path, the user path may be dynamically updated to account for the current location of the user and/or to consider other actions performed by the user.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to ingest and integrate data objects for use in one or more system operations including providing a renderable data object to a user and updating a data item database.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an impression inventory trading platform are described. A specification of impression inventory for sale is received from a seller, the impression inventory having associated therewith a plurality of attributes. Each attribute is specified as either visible or hidden to a potential impression inventory buyer. The impression inventory specification and visible attributes associated therewith are provided to one or more potential impression inventory buyers via a user interface, and negotiation for purchase of the impression inventory is facilitated between the seller and one or more of the potential impression inventory buyers via the user interface.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for detecting inaccuracy in a product title, comprising identifying, by running a string algorithm on a title associated with a product, at least one product type associated with the product, predicting, using a machine learning algorithm, at least one product type associated with the product based on the title, detecting an inaccuracy in the title, based on at least one of the identification or the prediction, and outputting, to a remote device, a message indicating that the title comprises the inaccuracy. Running the string algorithm may comprise receiving a set of strings, generating a trie based on the received set of strings, receiving the title, and traversing the generated trie using the title to find a match. Using the machine learning algorithm may comprise identifying words in the title, learning a vector representation for each character n-gram of each word, and summing each character n-gram.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: installing a first message protocol on a transaction terminal based on a provider thereof; installing an adapter layer on the terminal, the adapter layer including a mapping from the first message protocol to a standard message protocol; reading payment data from a payment device, the payment data associated with a transaction; generating a message including the payment data according to the first message protocol; translating the message from the first message protocol to the standard message protocol with the adapter layer to form a transaction message; and communicating the transaction message to a transaction processing system.

Abstract: A service printer includes a printer printing unit that executes a print function, a scanning unit that executes a scan function, a printer communication unit that acquires, from a service providing server that provides a delivery service of delivering ink, status information indicating at least one of the status of a contract for use of the delivery service and the status of payment of the usage fee for the delivery service, and a printer controller that enables or disables execution of the print function and execution of the scan function based on at least one of the contract status and the payment status that are indicated by the status information acquired by the printer communication unit.

Abstract: An online store offering a product that is currently unavailable can still fulfill an order for the product by querying a multi-store inventory database to see if the product is available from brick-and-mortar stores near the customer. Proximity of local stores is based on a customer location in the customer's profile. Local store selection can be based on product matching policies such as a threshold price difference for the product compared to the online store price. If the customer approves local store pickup, the service generates a voucher to purchase the product directly from the local stores, and presents it to the customer via the online presence. The customer can then redeem the voucher at any of the indicated local stores and pick up the product. When the system receives confirmation of redemption of the voucher, a credit is issued from the online store to the local store.

Abstract: A mobile consumer device with a display, processor(s), and memory: identifies a merchant device in proximity to the consumer device based on broadcasted information transmitted by the first merchant device, the broadcasted information including a first identifier corresponding to the first merchant device; transmits the first identifier to a server and receives from the server an electronic communication including identification and transaction information associated with the merchant; displays the identification information, receives user selection of the merchant identification information; and in response, displays the merchant transaction information, receives supplemental user information, and transmits the supplemental transaction information to the server for completion of the transaction.

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.

Abstract: Techniques for generation and management of pools for events are presented. Pool management component (PMC) generates an event associated with a recipient. Within a period of time of the event, PMC generates a pool relating to the event. Based on contact user data, transaction data relating to transactions or interactions between recipient and merchants, and affinities of the recipient to contact users or merchants, PMC determines which users to invite as candidates to contribute monetary funds to the pool and which merchants to be candidates to the pool and to present offers for products. Notification component notifies candidates of their invitation to participate in the pool. Pool component receives contributions from user candidates and offers from merchant candidates. At time of the event, notification component notifies recipient of the gift being presented to recipient via the pool, the gift comprising money, a product, or offer for a product.

Abstract: A system for facilitating virtual-to-physical secure remote payment to a physical location is described.

Abstract: A system and method for providing high availability for a thin-provisioned container cluster includes a memory, one or more processors in communication with the memory, a scheduler executing on the one or more processors, and a spot instance market monitor. The spot instance market monitor receives market information about spot instances in a cloud system at a first time. The spot instances are available to a client at the first time. The spot instance market monitor determines, based on the market information, a respective reliability value for each of the spot instances at the first time. Then, the scheduler selects one spot instance among the spot instances based on the reliability value of the spot instance. In response to the selection of the spot instance, the scheduler schedules a container on the spot instance and executes the container on the spot instance.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a natural language query requesting data from a message oriented middleware infrastructure comprising a plurality of message oriented middleware providers, and analyzing the natural language query to determine one or more types of the data being requested. In the method, one or more queries corresponding to the determined one or more types of the data are dynamically generated. The one or more queries are in native command formats corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of message oriented middleware providers. The method also includes executing the one or more queries in the native command formats to retrieve the data from the plurality of message oriented middleware providers, and providing a response to the natural language query based on the retrieved data to a user via a user interface.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, device, and system for communicating an impact of a financial decision or an investment strategy to a user through the use of virtual reality are provided. Providing a context for figuratively ‘seeing and feeling’ the results for a proposed financial strategy may assist the user in better understanding the impact of the financial strategy. Information provided in this context may educate the user with regards to the amount of income or savings required to achieve a goal over a time period. A goal for a user may be displayed as an image in a virtual reality scene based on gathered user information. The image representing the goal may be displayed according to a percent of clarity based on the financial amount needed to achieve the goal. The image may be changed based on the amount over a perceived virtual reality time period.

Abstract: An example embodiment may involve communicating with a server to separately access first and second records of sessions between the server and computing devices of a network, the first record including a first set of fields not present in the second record and the second record includes a second set of fields not present in the first record; identifying a common field present the first and second records; correlating information across the first and second records using the common field; using a set of license misuse criteria to identify, from the correlated information, (i) a set of the sessions that meets the set of criteria and (ii) a network address of a target device involved in the set of sessions; identifying the target device using the network address; and storing an indication identifying the target device as a potential source of misuse of licensed software executable on the server.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing an in-person transaction process are provided. In example embodiments, a network system receives, from a first user device, information regarding a service or an item. Using the received information, the network system generates an unpublished listing and associates the unpublished listing with a session identifier. The unpublished listing is temporarily stored to a datastore. The network system then generates a scannable code that provides a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with the session identifier. The scannable code is presented on the first user device, whereby the scannable code can be scanned by a second user device to access, via the URI, a transaction user interface associated with the session identifier. In response to a request to access the transaction user interface triggered by the second user device scanning the scannable code, the transaction user interface is displayed on the second user device.

Abstract: A vehicle telematics system is provided having secure communication capabilities between a vehicle telematics device and external computing devices. In one embodiment, the vehicle telematics device includes a processor; a memory coupled to the processor and storing a vehicle telematics application; and a security chip coupled to the processor and the memory, wherein the security chip is configured to support a Transport Layer Security (TLS) stack.

Abstract: Method and system to facilitate transactions in a particular on-line trading platform from a third party web site may be utilized beneficially to enhance a user's experience in purchasing items referenced on third party web pages. When a user encounters, on a third party web site, a presentation of an item that is linked to a listing maintained by the on-line trading platform, the user may simply click on the presentation of the item, which causes presentation of a visual control selectable to launch a transaction processing flow facilitated by the on-line trading platform, without requiring the user to leave the third party web site.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method is carried out in a system including diagnosis plug-in device, a host server, diagnostics database suppliers, and on-board ECUs, with the method including coupling the diagnosis plug-in device to the diagnosis port of a vehicle of interest having a certain vehicle type defined at least by the Make/Model/Year/Powertrain of the vehicle of interest; causing the diagnosis plug-in device to listen on a diagnosis and receiving frames broadcasted by onboard ECUs; after said Bus Active condition is detected, determining a frame profile according to characteristics of the received frame-IDs; determining vehicle type from the frame profile, with the help of a frame profile lookup table; and providing a diagnosis stacks dataset database at the diagnosis plug-in device or at the host server, said diagnosis stacks dataset comprising at least available request/answer services for the vehicle type of interest.

Abstract: A system and method for a commerce platform system conducting a transaction with a customer system of a merchant system. The method may include receiving, over a communications network from the customer system, a request to purchase a product offered for sale by the merchant system, the request to purchase the product generated within a user interface presented to the customer system by the merchant system. The method may also include redirecting the customer system to a payment page served by the commerce platform system, wherein the payment page presents the product of the merchant for purchase by the customer system. Furthermore, the method may include clearing, with one or more authorization network systems, the purchase of the product from the payment page by the customer system, and redirecting the customer system back to a second user interface provided to the customer system by the merchant system.

Abstract: One embodiment comprises data processing system comprising a data store storing a set of inventory records for a program pool of vehicles, a processor and a memory coupled to the processor storing a set of computer executable instructions. The set of computer executable instructions may be executable to receive, from a mobile application, a selection of a vehicle from the program pool, retrieve the inventory record for the selected vehicle, create, at the server, an order to capture information about a transaction, receive a request from the mobile application to view an electronic document associated with the selected vehicle; responsive to the request to view the electronic document, automatically populate the electronic document with the order information; and communicate the electronic document to the mobile application for presentation in the operator interface of a mobile device.

Abstract: A system comprising a file server configured to receive merchant and product data from a merchant server, a data backend that manages access and retrieval of the merchant and product data, a sender interface coupled to the data backend that communicates with a sender client device to create a gift transaction from a virtual shopping bag, the virtual shopping bag including a product assortment selected based on the merchant and product data, a recipient interface coupled to the data backend that communicates with a recipient client device to receive a selection from the product assortment, and a widget interface that interfaces with a website integration component that is embedded on a merchant website, the website integration component adds the virtual shopping bag to the merchant website and imports a feature to create the gift transaction with the virtual shopping bag.

Abstract: Mechanisms for providing point to point encryption and tokenization enabling decryption, tokenization and storage of sensitive encrypted data on one system are discussed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for identifying items more likely to be selected by an individual user as a next hop in a search path. Probability metrics are maintained for items, the probability metrics indicating frequencies with which users have selected each item as a next hop after viewing another item. Responsive to the user viewing a baseline item, a probability of selection as a next hop is determined for each of a plurality of items based on the probability metrics. The items are ranked according to the probabilities of selection and presented to the user.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine-executable data structures for the processing of data for the secure creation, administration, manipulation, processing, and storage of electronic data useful in the processing of electronic payment transactions. Aspects of such methods, systems, and data structures include providing at an electronic device, an output indicating that a dynamically-configured electronic token is in a transaction-ready state, where the dynamically-configured electronic token is associated with a plurality of loyalty accounts; in response to one or more signals providing information regarding a location of the electronic device, obtaining token data associated with a loyalty account of the plurality of loyalty accounts corresponding to the location of the electronic device; and via a data communication interface, route a token, generated from the token data, for processing at a transaction processing system.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processor, an information processing method, and a program that are able to convey information with a higher reliability. An information processor according to an aspect of the present technology generates a conveyance route as a route to a node of a conveyance destination, the conveyance route including, as transit nodes, a node of a device and a node of a person, and outputs information that indicates a conveyance content along the conveyance route. The present technology is applicable to an agent apparatus that assists an action of a user.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for facilitating affiliate link generation using a web browser application. A publisher enables the system by identifying a webpage on an affiliate web site. The system performs an initial assessment of the page to extract webpage information, which is compared to information stored in a database. If the extracted information matches stored information, a record of the webpage is displayed and an affiliate link is dynamically generated for immediate use. If the extracted information does not match stored information, a new record of the webpage is created. If the webpage contains product-specific data, a product-specific record is stored. If the webpage does not contain product-specific data, a non-product record is stored. An affiliate link is then dynamically created. The new record of the product and dynamically created affiliate link is added to the database for immediate use.

Abstract: Unauthorized and fraudulent use of a cloud computing system may be reduced or mitigated using a multi-threshold based method to identify fraudulent subscribers of the cloud. The multi-threshold based method may assign a fraud threshold to each resource of the cloud. The fraud thresholds of the multi-threshold based method may be adjusted based on one or more characteristics associated with one or more of the plurality of resources in the cloud. The one or more characteristics may include a capacity percentage associated with the plurality of resources, fraud distribution among the plurality of resources, cost of operation associated with the plurality of resources, anticipated or actual subscriber growth rate associated with the plurality of resources and/or anticipated or actual subscriber fraud risk associated with the plurality of resources.

Abstract: A system and method for aggregating, accessing and transacting a plurality of business application has been described. The system is a conglomeration of the plurality of business applications which provide point solutions to everyday problems of small and medium businesses. The system allows the business application owners to register their business application on the platform. Further the system enables business owners to browse, view details, avail demos and purchase subscriptions to the business applications on the platform. The system further enables business application owners to provide a sales and access point to a wider business customer audience through a one stop shop for the plurality of business applications.

Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for tokenized data having split payment instruction for multiple accounts in a chain transaction. A user may provide a payment to a merchant that sells one or more items to the user. In order to sell items, the merchant may utilize a partner service that provides resources for the merchant to sell the items, such as an online marketplace. The partner service may require a payment for each transaction by the merchant using the partner service. Thus, when a payment request is generated to the merchant for items sold to the user, the partner service may attach to the payment request and provide a split payment request for a split payment from the payment request. The payment between the user and merchant may be processed, and a separate transaction may provide the split payment automatically to the partner service from the merchant.

Abstract: A merchant can use an e-commerce platform to sell products to customers, and customers can use the e-commerce platform to return items that they are unsatisfied with back to the merchant. These product returns have an associated cost. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to computer-implemented systems and methods to enable customer-to-customer product returns in an e-commerce platform. In a customer-to-customer return, a first customer that wants to return an item of a particular product is connected with a second customer that wants to purchase that product. The e-commerce platform then facilitates a shipment of the item from the first customer directly to the second customer. Embodiments of the present disclosure include online store implementations of customer-to-customer returns, online marketplace implementations of customer-to-customer returns, and customer-to-customer returns implemented using orders for returned items.

Abstract: A mediating method by a mediating device comprises receiving a first list including at least one item from a first terminal and receiving at least one list from at least one terminal different from the first terminal, searching for a list including an item corresponding to at least one item among the at least one item of the first list, among the received at least one list, and transmitting information on the corresponded item, according to a result of the search, to each of the first terminal and a terminal which provides the list including the item corresponding to the at least one item among the at least one terminal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and devices for utilizing an application to alert a user to detected changes to inventory data. Example embodiments relate to a predictive model and development of a predictive model using machine learning techniques. Example embodiments of systems and methods may utilize web-based applications and plug-ins, extensions, or add-ons thereof for facilitating communication and presenting dynamic information to a user.

Abstract: A computing system includes one or more processors and one or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to receive a pending purchase order from a user device in response to a selection of an interactive element presented on a payment page of an online store via the user device, the pending purchase order corresponding to a purchase of a good or service from the online store and including payment information, store the payment information in an escrow database for a window of time, generate a notification corresponding to the pending purchase order, the notification including information corresponding to the good or service and excluding the payment information, and transmit the notification to a merchant system associated with the online store to reserve the good or service during pendency of the window of time.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for extracting information from a transaction description. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed that may include one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, performs operations consistent with the disclosed embodiments. In one embodiment, the operations may include receiving a transaction description. The operations may also include identifying known location information corresponding to the transaction description and determining whether information from the transaction description corresponds to the identified known location information. The operations may further include removing location information from the transaction description based on the determination. In another aspect, the operations may also include extracting additional location information from the transaction description that is not associated with the known location information.

Abstract: In response to detecting that a battery level of a first computing device is below a threshold level, a computer system determines that a second computing device is within a threshold distance of the first computing device. In response to the determining that the second computing device is within the threshold distance of the first computing device, the computer system creates a reference identifier (ID) and transmits information corresponding to the reference ID to the second computing device. In response to detecting a usage of the information corresponding to the reference ID by the second computing device, the computer system transmits a request for authentication information. In response to determining that authentication is successful, the computer system transmits a payment from an account associated with a user of the first computing device to an account associated with a recipient.

Abstract: Techniques for providing and servicing listed repository items such as algorithms, data, models, pipelines, and/or notebooks are described. In some examples, web services provider receives a request for a listed repository item from a requester, the request indicating at least a category of the repository item and each listing of a repository item includes an indication of a category that the listed repository item belongs to and a storage location of the listed repository item, determines a suggestion of at least one listed repository item based on the request, and provides the suggestion of the at least one listed repository item to the requester.

Abstract: A payment request is transmitted by a computing device to a merchant server. A message is received by the computing device and from a payment server different from the merchant server. The message includes a payment client application associated with the payment sever and the payment request. A notification, associated with the message, is displayed by the computing device. The payment client application is launched, by the computing device, based on a user selection in response to the notification.

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure include systems, methods, and/or computer programs that may be used to collect measurements of affective response of users and to utilize the collected measurements to generate a crowd-based result, such as a score for an experience which the users had. Some embodiments described herein involve sending requests for measurements of affective response to software agents operating on behalf of the users. The requests may provide details regarding the type of measurements requested and may also provide assurances. The assurances may relate to various aspects such as the number of users whose measurements are to be used to generate the crowd-based result, the disclosure of the crowd-based result (e.g., regarding the recipients of the crowd-based result), and the compensation for providing the measurements. Software agents that accept the assurances and have relevant measurements may provide the measurements, which are then utilized to generate the crowd-based result.

Abstract: A method for encrypting paper title assets to crypto currency and transferring title is disclosed. The method involves the use of application software and a physical vault. Application software including an encryption engine, a decryption engine, a user interface module, records, and a security key management system. Paper title assets are provided to a physical vault and transferred physically at the behest of users of the application software and verified by public ledger records.

Abstract: An improved electronic procurement system is disclosed. The electronic procurement system implements features such as real-time adaptive navigation. An Adaptive Navigation interface is suitable for a federated universal search environment in e-procurement. The system is configured to learn from past online browsing or transaction in a community and cause a display of specific information to a user navigating a website based on the profile and current search activity of the user.

Abstract: Example embodiments provide a multi-currency cart and checkout. In example embodiments, a currency accepted and a payment option for each item in a multi-currency cart is identified. A plurality of currency groups is generated based on the currency and payment options, whereby each currency group comprises one or more items having a same payment option and accepting a same currency. A multi-currency checkout user interface (UI) is presented on a client device that presents the plurality of currency groups and a pay selector for each of the plurality of the currency groups. An updated multi-currency checkout UI is presented in response to processing payment for a selected one of the plurality of currency groups. The updated multi-currency UI comprises a confirmation for payment for the selected one of the plurality of currency groups and remaining currency groups of the plurality of currency groups.

Abstract: An electronic commerce (e-commerce) system may send advertisement emails to customers that are registered with the e-commerce system. The advertisement emails may include mailto hyperlinks. Each mailto hyperlink may be associated with a product that is being offered for sale, and each mailto hyperlink describes an email message that may be generated when that hyperlink is selected. When a mailto hyperlink is selected, the generated email message may include one or more parameters related to the product associated with the hyperlink, such as an identifier of the product. The generated email message may then be transmitted to the e-commerce system. The e-commerce system may receive the message and, based on the parameters in the received message, execute a transaction to purchase the identified product on behalf of the customer.

Abstract: A user's checkout information is stored for a certain amount of time, e.g., 10 minutes, after checkout, and the user is given the option of selecting a button to add one or more items for purchase and completing the purchase by adding the additional item(s) and approving the payment, without having to go through a complete checkout flow again.