Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for livestreaming. The method may be implemented on a server. The method may include: obtaining standard content of a livestreaming unit; determining, based on the standard content, a first audio of livestreaming of the standard content by a virtual person and a first driving parameter corresponding to the first audio; and sending the first audio and the first driving parameter to at least one client terminal to direct the at least one client terminal to perform the livestreaming of the standard content on the livestreaming unit through the virtual person.

Abstract: An online concierge system suggests replacement items when an ordered item may be unavailable. To promote similarity of sources between the replacement item with the ordered item, candidate replacement items are scored, in part, based on a source similarity score based on a source of the candidate replacement item and a source of the ordered item. The source similarity score may be determined by a computer model based on user interactions with item sources. The similarity score may be based on source embeddings that may be determined based on respective item embeddings or may be determined by training source embeddings directly from user-source interactions. The similarity score for a candidate replacement item may be combined with a replacement score indicating the user's likelihood of selecting the candidate replacement item as a replacement to yield a total score for selection as suggestion as a replacement for the ordered item.

Abstract: An online system displays search results in response to a query by receiving a query from a customer. An online system accesses a set of candidate items and computes a relevance score and personalization score for each item. The online system computes the relevance score based on query data and item data and may normalize the relevance score. The online system computes the personalization score based on item data, such as an item embedding, and user data, such as a user embedding. The online system computes a query specificity score and adjusts the personalization score with the query specificity score such that generic queries have high personalization scores and specific queries have low personalization scores. The online system combines the relevance and personalization scores for each candidate item into a ranking score and displays the candidate items to the customer based on their ranking scores.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for identifying consumer items more likely to be bought by an individual user. In some embodiments, a collaborative filter may be used to rank items based on the degree to which they match user preferences. The collaborative filter may be hierarchical and may take various factors into consideration. Example factors may include the similarity among items based on observable features, a summary of aggregate online search behavior across multiple users, the item features determined to be most important to the individual user, and a baseline item against which a conditional probability of another item being selected is measured.

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

Abstract: A cloud-based application generates food product recommendations in support of medical nutritional therapy. The recommendations are calculated based on at least one patient-specific nutritional prescription and extended ingredient data that identifies food product ingredients or nutritional calculations that do not appear on packaging labels. The patient-specific nutritional prescription is calculated based on a patient profile and at least one nutritional prescription template. The recommendations may be used to perform a pantry makeover in which harmful food products are removed from household food storage and beneficial food products are added to household food storage. Recommendations may be calculated in real-time for food products that are identified during food shopping. Less harmful alternative food products are identified and suggested.

Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating data to an individual within a physical store using audio utilize: a central server in communication with a database storing store-related data; a display unit for displaying information; an audio transmitter that is configured to transmit an audio signal to a designated area within the physical store; and a mobile device associated with the individual. An audio signal is transmitted to the designated area. The mobile device receives and processes the transmitted audio signal and initiates a communication between the mobile device and the central server based thereon. The communication can include initializing a communication channel between the mobile device and the central server and/or the central server communicating store-related data to the mobile device in response to a request for the same. In one embodiment and implementation, the central server communicates requested store-related data to the mobile device and the display unit.

Abstract: A secure inventory management system includes a product information data store that holds inventory information for products that are associated with one or more channels, as well as a consumer profile data store holding consumer-product purchase event information for each channel. The system also includes a channel manager user interface via which the system will receive a consumer identifier from a channel manager user for a first channel, identify products that are in an inventory of the first channel, and use the consumer profile data to generate recommendations for products in the inventory. At least some of the consumers, and at least some of the products, will be associated with multiple channels. The system maintains security and privacy of information so that only aggregate supplier information is shared across channels, and no personally identifiable consumer information is shared with anyone who is not authorized to access the information.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for managing a digital reputation of a user. The exemplary method can receive information about an item to be purchased by the user, determine in real-time or near real-time, based on one or more financial factors, a first digital reputation score indicative of an effect of the item on the user's digital reputation, determine an alternative item to be purchased instead of the item to be purchased, and determine a second digital reputation score based on the purchase of the alternative item.

Abstract: A method of processing a transaction between a customer and a merchant includes receiving from a mobile device of the customer or from another device of the customer an indication of consent to perform a cardless payment transaction with the merchant, receiving from the mobile device an indication that the customer is within a predetermined distance of the merchant, after receiving both the indication of consent and the indication that the customer is within the predetermined distance, sending to a computer system of the merchant an indication of the presence of the customer and personal identifying information for the customer, receiving data indicating a transaction between the customer and the merchant, and submitting the transaction to a financial service for authorization.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring and influencing article selection in a social network are disclosed. A learning-and-guiding module tracks access to articles by users of the social network and determines patterns of users' attraction to articles based on contents of articles and attributes of users. The module utilizes learned user-articles characteristics to influence article selection through communicating with users through the social network. The module relies on historical usage data characterizing user's affinity to articles. To guard against usage data obsolescence due to shifting interests, usage data are frequently adjusted to place more emphasis on recent usage patterns.

Abstract: Digital imaging systems and methods are described for analyzing pixel data of an image of a skin area of a user for determining dark eye circles. A plurality of training images of a plurality of individuals are aggregated, each of the training images comprising pixel data of a respective skin area of an individual. A dark eye circles model, trained with the pixel data, is operable to output, across a range of a dark eye circles scale, dark eye circles values associated with a degree of dark eye circles. An image of a user comprising pixel data of at least a portion of a user skin area is received and analyzed, by the dark eye circles model, to determine a user-specific dark eye circles value of the user skin area. A user-specific electronic recommendation addressing at least one feature identifiable within the pixel data is generated and rendered, on a display screen of a user computing device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for a multimodal machine learning image and text combined search method. One example method includes processing items that each have an associated image and a textual description. A first image feature vector is generated by processing a first image using a first machine learning model. A first textual feature vector is generated by processing a first textual description using a second machine learning model. The first image feature vector and the first textual feature vector are combined to generate a first combined feature vector for a first item. Similarity lists of similar items are generated for the first item based on similarities between the first image feature vector, the first text feature vector, the first combined feature vector and respective corresponding vectors of other items. The similarity lists for the first item are combined to generate a combined similarity list for the first item.

Abstract: A contents sharing network is provided. An operating method of a control device includes determining a current state of possible states in a contents sharing process over a network; and displaying an icon indicating the current state among a plurality of predefined icons. The states are defined as a combination of at least one item of network connection, device discovery, a type of the discovered device, the number of the discovered devices, and existence of an available additional service.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for fall detection using data for a person's shadow. One of the methods includes obtaining, from a camera, an image of a portion of a property; determining whether a shadow is likely depicted in the image; in response to determining that a shadow is likely depicted in the image, determining whether the shadow in the image likely represents a potentially falling person; and in response to determining that the shadow in the image likely represents a potentially falling person, performing one or more actions for the potentially falling person.

Abstract: A session-specific conversion determination system can include a computing device configured to receive real-time signals of an event occurring from a user device. The real-time signals include interaction parameters. The computing device is also configured to obtain a set of historical data based on the interaction parameters and a set of facets and generate a probability affinity for each facet of the set of facets by implementing a machine learning model using the interaction parameters and the set of historical data as features. The computing device is also configured to adjust a display of a set of recommended items based on the probability affinity for each facet of the set of facets and transmit the display of the set of recommended items to a user interface of the user device.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for displaying augmented reality content. The program and method provide for receiving, by a device, speech input to select augmented reality content for display; determining at least one keyword included in the speech input; identifying, from plural augmented reality content items, an augmented reality content item corresponding to the at least one keyword; and displaying the augmented reality content item with an image captured by a camera of the device.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a requesting device, a broadcast station identifier associated with an over-the-air broadcast station. In response to receiving the station identifier, returning to the requesting device an address of a streaming station corresponding to the over-the-air broadcast station. A determination is made regarding whether the requesting device will insert advertisements locally. In response to determining that the requesting will insert advertisements locally, custom advertisements are transmitted to the requesting device for insertion into the streaming station corresponding to the over-the-air broadcast station.

Abstract: Generating quantum service definitions from executing quantum services is disclosed. In one example, a processor device of a quantum computing system executes a quantum service comprise one or more qubits. The processor device (e.g., by executing a quantum analysis service (QAS)) receives a request to profile the quantum service. Based on the request, the processor device obtains service metadata corresponding to the quantum service. A quantum service definition that defines one or more features of the quantum service is then generated based on the service metadata, and the quantum service definition is stored on a persistent data store. In this manner, quantum service definitions may be partially or wholly reverse-engineered for quantum services for which original quantum services definitions are unavailable or inaccessible.

Abstract: An apparatus generates an image file having a structure including a first region and a second region, the first region storing a plurality of instances of image data and the second region storing metadata pertaining to the plurality of instances of image data. The metadata includes synchronous group information that groups image data shot synchronously with respect to time, the synchronous group information indicating image data, among the plurality of instances of image data, belonging to a group created by the grouping, and indicator information that indicates an indicator of grouping for the group indicated by the synchronous group information. The apparatus configures the synchronous group information and the indicator information based on the shooting information, and generates the image file storing the plurality of instances of image data, and the configured synchronous group information and the configured indicator information.

Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a Viseme Engine. The Viseme Engine receives audio data associated with a user account. The Viseme Engine predicts at least one viseme that corresponds with a portion of phoneme audio data and identifies one or more facial expression parameters associated with the predicted viseme. The facial expression parameters being applicable to a face model. The Viseme Engine renders the predicted viseme according to the one or more facial expression parameters.

Abstract: A mobile communication device comprises an electronic circuit configured to determine a location of a user, transmit a query request to a computerized virtual real estate directory system, and receive therefrom a query response. The query response comprises one or more virtual real estate objects assigned to a virtual real estate object location within a predefined region around the user. The mobile communication device transmits for at least one particular virtual real estate object a content request to an augmented reality content server 5 defined in the query response. The mobile communication device receives from the augmented reality content server augmented reality content and plays the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center management and monitoring operation. The data center management and monitoring operation includes: receiving data center data from a plurality of data center assets within a data center, the data center data comprising data center asset data; assigning the data center data to a vectorized input space; reducing a dimension of the vectorized input space to a latent space, the latent space providing an operational status analysis (OSA) model dimension; decoding the latent space to provide a vectorized decoded output space; and, performing a data center asset operational status forecasting operation using the vectorized decoded output space, the data center asset operational status forecasting operation generating data center asset operational status forecasting data.

Abstract: A system and method for determining an attractiveness value of a product displayed on a website. The method includes receiving sales data on at least one product displayed in a zone included in the webpage, determining at least one key performing indicators (KPI) on each of the at least one product from the received sales data, comparing the KPI of the at least one product displayed in the zone, determining the attractiveness value for each of the at least one product displayed in the zone, and an insight based on the comparison and the determined attractiveness value, and displaying an image of the at least one product, the KPI, and the insight on the display.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recommending a content, a device, and a medium are provided. The method may include: determining, based on historical behavior data of a user using a product and a feature of a structure of a to-be-recommended content, a target structural preference of the user, the structure being determined by classifying the to-be-recommended content based on any classifying method of a content tag system; and determining each recommendation result of the user based on the target structural preference, the recommendation result including at least two structures and a recommendation content corresponding to each structure.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center management and monitoring operation. The data center management and monitoring operation includes: receiving data center data from a plurality of data center assets within a data center, the data center data comprising data center asset data; assigning the data center data to a vectorized input space; reducing a dimension of the vectorized input space to a latent space, the latent space providing an operational status analysis (OSA) model dimension; decoding the latent space to provide a vectorized decoded output space; performing a data center asset operational status forecasting operation using the vectorized decoded output space.

Abstract: A system includes a processor and an information wallet application stored on machine readable storage media coupled to the processor and including program logic that causes the processor to receive a shopping list from a first information wallet adapter stored on a user computing device, send the shopping list to a second information wallet adapter stored on a merchant computing device, receive merchant data from the second information wallet adapter, wherein the merchant data includes one of price data and quantity data for at least one item included in the shopping list, and send the merchant data to the first information wallet adapter. The system also includes a cloud storage computing system accessible by the information wallet storage application and configured to communicate with the first and second information wallet adapters in order to store and retrieve shopping list data associated with the shopping list.

Abstract: A mobile software application implementing “live events,” via which a host of the event may sequentially offer one, two, three, four or more items to a plurality of guests in the event (e.g., via auction, via direct purchase, or via a giveaway). The host's device may obtain and transmit a real-time video stream, which is in turn provided to each guest's device in conjunction with real-time information about the item(s) being offered. Particular techniques further assist the host in sequencing two or more items to be offered in the same live event, thereby avoiding delays and cumbersome user interface interactions that might otherwise be involved in initiating the offering of a next item upon concluding an offering of a previous item.

Abstract: A method of recommending products in association with product returns may include receiving a return request from a customer associated with a returned product and receiving search results based on a search for relevant products to the returned product. The method may further include filtering the search results based on a likelihood of return rating of at least some of the relevant products, and displaying a plurality of recommended products based on the filtering of the search results.

Abstract: A system for detecting a health condition of an occupant of a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle sensors and a controller in electrical communication with the plurality of vehicle sensors. The controller is programmed to perform a plurality of measurements using the plurality of vehicle sensors determine a health risk probability based at least in part on the plurality of measurements. The health risk probability is a probability that the occupant of the vehicle has the health condition. The controller is further programmed to notify the occupant of the vehicle in response to determining that the health risk probability is greater than or equal to a predetermined health risk threshold.

Abstract: A system can include a database and a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive an item recommendation request corresponding to an asset from an analyst device and select a set of item identifiers of a plurality of item identifiers. An associated published timeframe of the selected item identifiers is related to a present timeframe. The computing device is further configured to determine a composite similarity value for each item identifier of the set of item identifiers comparing a similarity of the asset to each item identifier of the set of item identifiers. The computing device is also configured to generate an item recommendation list including each item identifier of the set of item identifiers with a corresponding composite similarity value above a threshold value and transmit the item recommendation list to the analyst device for display.

Abstract: A customer interfacing with a credential manager may be enabled to request and obtain securely from the credential manager additional details related to a service transaction previously effected between the customer and a service provider using a customer transaction credential managed by the credential manager. To obtain such a detailed customer receipt for presentation to a customer, the credential manager may provide an authenticatable customer receipt request to the service provider that may include certain information indicative of an active session between the credential manager and an authenticated customer and/or certain information indicative of a trusted relationship between the credential manager and service provider. When a request is authenticated, the service provider may provide a detailed customer receipt to the credential manager in a format that may be presented to the customer but that may not be used by the credential manager to easily access details conveyed by the receipt.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for dynamic bucketization based on real-time access patterns are disclosed. Item identifiers corresponding to items in a data store are distributed among of buckets based at least in part on one or more bucket parameters. The item identifiers are divided into access windows within the buckets. Items corresponding to item identifiers in one or more access windows are loaded from the data store. Based at least in part on one or more access requests from a client with respect to the loaded items, one or more item identifiers are moved between access windows. The updated access windows with different sets of items are stored back to the data store.

Abstract: A recommend apparatus includes: a communication device; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: receive performance information generated based on a performance of a first user, via the communication device; determine a recommendation type, which indicates at least one of music information and function information, based on the received performance information of the first user; and send recommendation information to the first user via the communication device, based on the determined recommendation type.

Abstract: A method of providing information on or regarding a product in an electronic device according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure may include identifying detailed information on a first product in response to a request on a first page for the first product, identifying, when the first product is included in a specific category, at least one second product corresponding to the specific category, identifying at least one attribute list corresponding to the specific category, and, providing the first page, wherein the first page includes detailed information on the first product displayed in a first portion, first attribute information of the first product corresponding to the attribute list and displayed in a second portion, and second attribute information of the at least one second product corresponding to the attribute list and displayed in a third portion corresponding to the second portion.

Abstract: Fairness of a trained classifier may be ensured by generating a data set for training, the data set generated using input data points of a feature space including multiple dimensions and according to different parameters including an amount of label bias, a control for discrepancy between rarity of features, and an amount of selection bias. Unlabeled data points of the input data comprising unobserved ground truths are labeled according to the amount of label bias and the input data sampled according to the amount of selection bias and the control for the discrepancy between the rarity of features. The classifier is then trained using the sampled and labeled data points as well as additional unlabeled data points. The trained classifier is then usable to determine unbiased classifications of one or more labels for one or more other data sets.

Abstract: The present technology generally relates to online donations, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for facilitating online vehicle donations.

Abstract: A flexible annotation framework normalizes auxiliary information from diverse sources, ranks the information for an individual search result, and provides a lightweight or full display of the auxiliary information in an annotation for the search result. An annotation thus displays information not typically part of the details included in the search result. An example method comprises, for at least one item in a search result page, identifying at least one annotation of a first annotation type in an annotation data store that references the item, identifying at least one annotation for a second annotation type in an annotation data store that references the item, ranking the annotation of the first annotation type and the annotation of the second annotation type and providing the highest ranked annotation as part of a search result for the item in the search result page.

Abstract: A digital human display assembly can include a rectangular display panel enclosed within a frame, the rectangular display panel capable of visually rendering a digital human during an interactive dialogue between the digital human and a user. The digital human display assembly also can include a glass covering enclosed within the frame and extending over a front side of the rectangular display panel. A base can support the frame in an upright position. A light emitting diode (LED) arrangement can be positioned on one or more outer portions of the frame.

Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for providing a graphical user interface. In some examples, first image data may be sent to a computing device, that when rendered is effective to display a first combination of items disposed together in a first environment and a first selectable control. In some examples, first data may be received indicating a selection of the first selectable control. In various examples, a first computing device may determine first feature data representing the first image data. In some examples, the first computing device may determine second image data using the first feature data. In some examples, the second image data may be sent to a second computing device. The second image data, when rendered, may be effective to display a second combination of items disposed together in a second environment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing improved management of hospital information systems are provided. An example of a method for providing improved management of a hospital information system includes providing an interface for electronic entry of a set of request parameters, the request parameters comprising at least one product identifier for a product to be purchased by a healthcare organization and at least one change to a healthcare information system related to the at least one product, receiving the set of electronic request parameters, generating, via the request management circuitry, an action plan defining at least one action for implementation of the at least one change to the healthcare information system, monitoring, via the request management circuitry, for completion of the at least one action, and in response to detection of completion of the at least one action, implementing the at least one change to the healthcare information system.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for objectively determining the shape category of a human figure using a vertical visual frame of comparative reference. A geometric guideline is provided as an overlay that is applied to an image of a human body whereby the body is categorized into a shape cohort (type). The shape categories can be used for various purposes, such as recommending and fitting apparel for online purchases.

Abstract: This disclosure includes systems and methods for providing purchase recommendations to a user that may include items frequently purchased with a product selected by the user. The determination of which items are frequently purchased with which other items may account for both online and in-store transactions and may further account for both pairwise and multi-wise relationships. The recommendations may be provided on an electronic user interface, such as a website, in response to the user's selection of the product through the electronic user interface. The recommendations may be tailored to the user's selected product so that the recommended items are available in the same delivery channel as the user-selected product.

Abstract: A computer system and method for transacting business over the Internet relating to vehicle purchasing. A first computer data base is provided having information regarding vehicles for sale wherein each vehicle has associated vehicle data parameters and a second computer data base is provided having information regarding a user wherein each user has associated user data parameters. A vehicle purchase server is provided that includes application software including a routine permitting the selection of specific vehicle data parameters from the first data base contingent upon user data parameters contained in the second data base based upon inquiries from a user regarding a vehicle description. Vehicle matching results including one or more vehicles recommended for the user are presented via a GUI accessible by the user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a commerce platform coordinating a purchase of a product sold by a merchant system through a third party application are described. The method may include receiving a notification from the third party application requesting to purchase a product from within the third party application, wherein the notification comprises an identifier for the product and an identifier for the merchant system that sells the product. The method may also include a product checkout interface having an appearance consistent with an appearance of a user interface of the third party application, and transmitting the product checkout interface generated by the commerce platform to a user device executing the third party application causing the third party application to render the product checkout interface within at least a portion of the user interface of the third party application.

Abstract: Systems and methods of assisting in an electronic shopping experience are disclosed. A request may be received, from a user on a device having a user interface, to search for an item listed for sale in a marketplace. A balance amount of an account associated with or available to the user at the marketplace is displayed in the user interface. The search results are limited to at least one item having a sales price less than the displayed balance amount and the at least one item is displayed in the user interface. The account may be a user account at a payment service provider.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for integrating a monitoring system with one or more air quality sensors. The method includes receiving data indicating a level of volatile organic compounds within an area, determining an increase in the level of volatile organic compounds within the area, receiving video data that shows the area, detecting, from the video data, a new item of furniture within the area, sending a notification that indicates an increase in the level of volatile organic compounds is likely caused by the new item of furniture.

Abstract: An attachment provision control device according to the present invention includes: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The processor performs operations. The operations include: acquiring information related to a purchased product and at least one of a purchase quantity and a purchase amount of the purchased product; determining at least one of a number and an amount of attachments to be attached to the purchased product based on the information related to the purchased product and at least one of the purchase quantity and the purchase amount of the purchased product; and transmitting an instruction to provide at least one of the determined number of attachments or the determined amount of attachments to an attachment provision device.

Abstract: A system includes location indicators, a central computing system, and a mobile scanning device. The location indicators transmit location signals and are arranged in a store that includes stocked items. The central computing system stores an item association table that maps location values to the stocked items. The location values indicate locations of the stocked items in the store. The mobile scanning device receives ordered items from the central computing system, detects location signal(s), and determines a first location value based on the detected location signal(s). The mobile scanning device arranges the ordered items on a display based on the first location value, scans a first ordered item, and transmits data to the central computing system indicating that the first ordered item is associated with the first location value. The central computing system updates the item association table based on the data.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, medium and electronic device for configuring a gift list in a live broadcast room, comprising: receiving a gift list request sent by a client terminal, the gift list request including a room number of a live broadcast room where a user logging into the client terminal is located; determining a region where a host in the live broadcast room is located when broadcasting according to the room number of the live broadcast room; determining targeting gift list information corresponding to the region; and sending the targeting gift list information to the client terminal in response to the gift list request.