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20100318444 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PURCHASING AND SELLING GOODS VIA MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES - Methods of purchasing and selling goods via mobile computing devices connected to a communications network. A method of purchasing and selling goods includes transmitting data received from a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device in response to a request to purchase or sell a good offered for sale. | 12-16-2010 |
20100325018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES - A system and method for provisioning services accessible via a broadband network. The system receives a user selection of one or more services that have been deemed to be available to the user via the network as well as user registration information. The user registration information may include billing information and a user identifier such as a login id or email address. The system then authenticates the identity of the user with an ISP and communicates the user identifier to each provider of each selected service. The registration information and information representative of any selected service is also communicated to a billing engine. In this manner, a user may access each product or service and be billed appropriately for its usage. | 12-23-2010 |
20100332353 | Financial Management System - A financial management system includes a client terminal having a financial management application and a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is configured to display transaction data, enable user modification of the transaction data, and transmit modified transaction data to the financial management application. The financial management system additionally includes a commercial web server capable of conducting online financial transactions. The financial management application receives transaction data regarding an online financial transaction upon completion of the financial transaction. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332354 | Verifying identities - A sign is sent to a user of a system. Depending upon whether there is an indication received that the sign went to an address that is not associated with the user a level of authenticity is established. The sign may be associated with a product (e.g., a good or a service). Nonetheless, the sign may be sent prior to associating the sign with the product. Other forms of verifying the authenticity of the user, such as by conducting an in-person meeting and/or performing an online verification. The other forms of verifying the authenticity of the user may be performed in together with or instead of sending the sign. A code is used having a portion representing a geographic location and a portion representing a product type. The code may be used together with or separate from the forms of verifying the user's information. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332355 | Automated pricing system - The present invention comprises a method and system for a rapid and automated creation of a price schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of construction (or other) plans created with an architectural, civil, industrial or other software design tool, such as CAD, and optionally a palette of 2-dimensional and/or 3-dimensional architectural parametric symbols that correspond to respective construction plan elements, such as windows, doors, acrylic glass blocks and/or sky lights. At least one parametric symbol corresponding to a construction plan element is preferably inserted into the construction plans. A cost value for each of the inserted parametric symbols is preferably calculated corresponding to respective plan elements. A price schedule is then optionally created which includes the total cost for all of the inserted parametric symbols corresponding to respective plan elements. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332356 | SYSTEM FOR PURCHASING COMMERCIAL GOODS AND SERVICES AT A LOCATION REMOTE THEREFROM - A system for facilitating commerce by the use of an overseer network. The system includes processing steps that allow a customer to purchase goods or services by selecting a first retail establishment either from his home computer or from the location of a second retail establishment. If a third retail establishment or web site is a member of the overseer network, the customer may pay for the ordered goods or services from any one of the first, second, or third retail establishments and receive his goods or services from the first retail establishment. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - A multiprocessor system used in a car, home, or office environment includes multiple processors that run different real-time applications. A dynamic configuration system runs on the multiple processors and includes a device manager, configuration manager, and data manager. The device manager automatically detects and adds new devices to the multiprocessor system, and the configuration manager automatically reconfigures which processors run the real-time applications. The data manager identifies the type of data generated by the new devices and identifies which devices in the multiprocessor system are able to process the data. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004533 | VIRAL STORE APPLICATION - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distribution and promotion of one or more products through a Viral Store Application (VSA). According to one embodiment, a method of providing a Viral Store Application (VSA) can comprise receiving a request at a commerce management server, the request to create a new VSA on a system remote from the commerce management server. Links between the new VSA and product information for each of one or more products stored on one or more servers remote from the commerce management server can be defined. The links between the new VSA and the product information can be stored as a definition for the new VSA. A link to the definition for the new VSA can be inserted into a web page on the system remote from the commerce management server. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004534 | Method and System Using Intelligent Agents for Dynamic Integration of Buy-Side Procurement Systems with Non-Resident, Web-Enabled, Distributed, Remote, Multi-Format Catalog Sources - A request for shopping is placed from inside a procurement system. Intelligent agents are launched to retrieve information from catalog sources web-enabled over the internet or within the intranet. Retrieved catalog information is aggregated and associated with other data items. Business rules are applied to make decisions on what part of aggregated information will be rendered to a User. Sorting/multi-level refining operations are enabled. The User selects one or more catalog results, whereupon an XML shopping cart is created and submitted to the procurement system through published interfaces. The procurement system is enabled to place an order on supplier web-enabled transaction systems. | 01-06-2011 |
20110016023 | System and Method for Interactive Shopping - A method and associated system is provided for providing an interactive checklist and collaborative shopping session. The method includes displaying desired items on an interactive checklist. A primary user may designate which users can view specific items and should purchase specific items. The method also includes the option for the primary user to send an email to a secondary user with information, extracted from a checklist or registry, with a wish list of items that the recipient can buy with a click to a shopping cart. The primary user may also initiate a real-time or static collaborative shopping session where multiple users can suggest, comment on and purchase items. The primary user may “return” a gift item before the item is shipped and receive credit or cash. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016024 | CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT APPROVAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computerized system and method for organizing and cataloging product approval data wherein on-line access to such data is provided via a global computer network is disclosed. The system continuously imports data from each approval entity and provides a singular, next generation, information retrieval functions. The system also advances the art of approval information management by allowing manufacturers of approved products the ability to add metadata, which provides additional information to be searched along with product approval data. A significant aspect of the present invention involves providing a search system, available via a global computer network such as the Internet, having the ability to enter, search, use, and most importantly assist in sorting and applying data from the product approvals to assist the user in gaining an accurate understanding of the approved product. Forward and reverse search features “inside” product approvals, product comparisons, and product details are provided. Further features will allow for the searches to be saved and recalled, and provide e-mail notifications to users regarding new products that match search criteria. The present invention provides search page results that also allow highly targeted advertising which can be displayed independent from a manufacturer's product search results. | 01-20-2011 |
20110016025 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COLLECTIONS - A client portable computer system for assisting a collector of collectible items, such as the following collectible types: coins, stamps, comic books, artworks, trading cards, motor vehicles, recordings and autographed documents. The client computer is networked with a server that includes a database that includes a listing of items in a personal collection of the collector and details of the items. The system also includes a drill down tool that can quickly move through a plurality of information levels to access detailed information regarding collectible items of the collectible type in the personal collection. The system provides a collectible exchange wherein individuals who want to buy a particular collectible item and individuals who want to sell the collectible item are notified of their proximity and can negotiate a price. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022497 | CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE LISTINGS CATALOG - A dynamic listings catalog may be generated from a plurality of auction listings to allow a more robust user experience in viewing these catalogs, a more personalized grouping of ecommerce items, and facilitate rendering and embedding within a third party website. A listings catalog is defined as a compilation of ecommerce listings within a rich media environment and does not require page-by-page loading of listing sites as a user sequences through them. One natural consequence of the ability to dynamically group and catalog listing sites is that micro-communities may be developed. A micro-community is defined as a group of users (either sellers or buyers) that share one or more commonalities and that are integrated together to facilitate ecommerce within the grouping. | 01-27-2011 |
20110022498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFORMING PRODUCT INTENT DESCRIPTIONS INTO A PROCESS NETWORK AND POPULATING AN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM - A method and system for transforming a product intent description into a process network utilizing a target workflow. The product description can be classified as a specific product type and routed to a target workflow that is reliably classified to manufacture the product type associated with the product description. The classification of the workflow can be automatically accomplished by comparing a workflow description to a set of product type descriptions, in order to determine the product type(s) the workflow is intended to manufacture by a rule-based expert structure (e.g., system). The detailed product descriptions for the product types associated with the workflow can be utilized to create/populate the product catalog entries of an order entry system. Thereafter, a workflow automation system converts the product description to a workflow plan utilizing both the product description and the target workflow description. | 01-27-2011 |
20110029408 | SYSTEM AND METHOD ENABLING SEARCHING FOR ITEMS, LISTINGS, OR PRODUCTS BASED ON LISTING ACTIVITY - A system and method for providing a listing activity engine for online computer users is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: accessing a plurality of listings corresponding to items offered on a host site; accessing listing activity level information related to the plurality of listings, the listing activity level information including information indicative of a number of times particular listings of the plurality of listings were viewed or activated; producing search results that include only matched listings of the plurality of listings that were viewed or activated a number of times less than a pre-determined listing activity threshold; and displaying the search results to a user. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029409 | PURCHASES USING UNIQUE CODES - An E-store allows purchase of codes for use on another website. The codes can be redeemed for items or credit on a website different from the site on which they were purchased. This allows obtaining items on the web site without requiring real money or virtual money to be paid for the items. In addition, credits can be awarded using an administrative tool that distributes the credits or a portion thereof based on automatically detected events. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029410 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END CONTROL OF WATER QUALITY - A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of delivery proximate a consumer, which may be at the point of entry, and/or between the point of entry and point of use, and/or at the point of use. The method includes treating the water and delivering the water to the consumer at the point of delivery, filtering/purifying the water at the point of delivery, monitoring water quality at the point of delivery, and reporting water quality at the point of delivery to the water system operator over a network. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035296 | ENHANCED NETWORK BASED PROMOTIONAL TRACKING SYSTEM - A novel communications network tracks and manages Merchant and Affiliate promotional efforts in a seamless, integrated fashion. Operative characteristics include central control over promotional Java-based presentations or similar to be easily applied across a broad network of connected Affiliate sites. The system accomplishes this, in part, by providing a selective API for use in wrapping the promotional links. In accordance with this protocol, these links may be hosted by the Clearinghouse or Merchant, and sourced from a variety of third-party vendors. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035297 | AUTOMATED TRADING PLATFORM AND METHOD - The invention provides an automated trading system and method for servicing providers and retailers to carry out trading activities and simplifying trading processes. According to the invention, the automated trading platform includes a database, a registration processing module, a product parameter generation module, a logistic management module, a price calculation module, a product information display module, a transaction processing module, and an information statistic module. The automated trading platform is capable of calculating various payable and acquired amounts by different roles corresponding to the product at different time points during different sales cycles, so as to balance the benefits of different roles. | 02-10-2011 |
20110035298 | METHOD SYSTEM OF SOFTWARE FOR PUBLISHING IMAGES ON A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WEBSITE AND FOR ORDERING OF GOODS OR SERVICES - A method and computer software program for publishing images at an accessible website and for ordering goods and/or services to be provided by a fulfillment provider. A high resolution digital image is forwarded from a user to a fulfillment provider that stores the high resolution digital image and associates a unique ID with the high resolution image. The unique ID identifies the storage location of where the high resolution image is stored and the internet address of the fulfillment provider. The user receives the unique ID that is associated with the high resolution image. The user then forwards to an accessible website a low resolution image copy of the high resolution image and the unique ID. The website publishes the low resolution image on the accessible website along with an action button that is associated with the unique ID. Selection of the action button by a viewer causes the viewer being forwarded to the fulfillment provider so that the viewer will to be able to access the high resolution image stored by the fulfillment provider. | 02-10-2011 |
20110040651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ORDERS MADE VIA A COMPUTER NETWORK - A system and method for allowing a user to schedule pickup of an ordered item provides a user interface having user interface elements for allowing a user to specify a frequency with which an order is it to be picked up, for informing a user as to availability of the item for pickup, and/or for allowing a user to request that an item be held in reserve for pickup within a given period of time, such as 24 hours. Frequency options provided to the user for selection when scheduling an order for pickup may include a one-time frequency, a daily frequency, a weekly frequency, a monthly frequency, and user specified dates. The information as to availability of the item for pickup is determined considering a time of order and real-time stocking information for the item. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040652 | E-business items assignment management method and system - An e-business items assignment management system includes a plurality of e-business platforms; a work platform; and a plurality of web page servers. Each e-business platform includes a platform server and is connected to the Internet so that one of a plurality of remote terminals may access to the Internet for operating the e-business platform. The platform servers and the web page servers are interconnected via the work platform. E-business items assignment management methods are also provided. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CUSTOMER'S TASTE - A system and method for managing customer's preference information, the system including: a first storage device which stores first information of first clothes which a customer carries to a dressing room to try on; a second storage device which stores second information of second clothes purchased by the customer, and a processing device which processes and reports the first information and the second information. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040654 | MULTI-DEVICE DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF ORDERS FROM A REFERRAL SERVICE - Method and apparatus regarding referral services are described. Further embodiments are described. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040655 | System and Method for Improving the Accuracy of Marketing to Consumers Based on the Geographic Position of the Consumer as Determined Using GPS Recognition and a Consumer Profile Built From Specified Consumer Preferences and Purchases - A real time management system for marketing to customers and vendors with customer purchasing and preference data in specific consumer markets including restaurant, retail, travel, hospitality, entertainment, and combinations thereof. The management database allows the consumer to make Precision Purchasing™ transactions, reservation transactions, and Precision Gifting™ transactions via a web-based interface, POS based touch screen interface, and mobile device-based interface. The consumer profile database is comprised of mainly consumer inputted preference and consumer purchase data which is stored into each customer profile and can be accessed/verified with a GPS recognition of the customer's phone, biometric hand or finger scan, access card, retinal scan, password, key fob, or other terminal kiosk, touch screen, or mobile application of the like. Consumers may also gift dollars to each other's account using the customized, consumer authorized Precision Gifting™ system. All data inputted into the Precision Marketing™ system will be stored in each consumer's personal/business account. Only consumer-authorized parties may access the account holder's personal preference information for the purposes of Precision Gifting™ and Precision Purchasing™, but he/she may never access the customer's confidential information. All changes made to each profile and the purchase preference information will be updated in real-time. All reservations, fund transfers, purchases, and other transactions are stored in the central database system and used for the purposes of Precision Marketing™ and Precision Gifting™. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040656 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PREDICTIONS OF PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF EVENT TICKETS ON SECONDARY MARKETS - A system and method is provided for predicting future price and availability of event tickets on the primary and secondary market and providing buyers with a recommendation as to when to purchase the event tickets at the lowest possible cost or, for sellers, when to sell the tickets at the highest possible price. Data is collected and used to generate statistics about the historical price and availability of event tickets. This data is further used to provide forecasts about the future price and availability of event tickets, including the probability of a sell out for events currently on sale and events not yet on sale. The system makes predictions by differentially weighing factors, both economic and non-economic, that influence the price trajectory and availability of event tickets. The system further includes a self-training mechanism that evolves behaviors based on previous price predictions thereby increasing the systems ability to accurately predict future event ticket prices. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040657 | Temporal and Geographic Presentation and Navigation of Linked Cultural, Artistic, and Historic Content - Collections of music and other items, related by time, location, genre, and artist, are registered in a data model to provide a foundation for their curatorship, discovery, and procurement. A series of choices, where a choice is a combination of time, place, genre, and artist, represents a map through the history and culture of music. Both expert and regular individual curators define the maps. Animated murals depicting a fundamental combination of time, place, genre, and artist provide a user interface for the navigation of music, its history, and culture. Integration with hand held GPS enabled devices provides users with knowledge of music events and history relative to their present location. A network view presents the user with an interactive diagram of connections between elements in the tunesmap database used as a dynamic filter construction device. | 02-17-2011 |
20110047049 | Business operation service system and method thereof - In a business operation service system and a method applied in an environment of a video phone service platform, a middleware of software/hardware of a Fixed-Mobile Convergency (FMC) handheld communication device is provided for users to enter a telephone number to enter a specific interactive screen by dialing a telephone number and/or a string of numbers and/or a string of words to connect a telephone to complete a connection. Users can use a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) of the FMC handheld communication device to browse the specific interactive screen containing business information, a commercial service and/or a product trading provided by the system and the method of the invention to purchase a product, inquire business information and/or obtain a commercial service. Since the business operation service system and its method only provide a specific licensed service, a service charge can be collected from users through the dialing registration process. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047050 | Apparatus, System And Method For A Brand Affinity Engine Using Positive And Negative Mentions And Indexing - An apparatus, system and method of implementing a computerized brand affinity engine. The apparatus, system and method include at least a plurality of computerized access points having accessible thereto a plurality of sites mentioning at least one sponsor, a categorized, hierarchical database of keywords, wherein at least the keywords falling in at least one category of the hierarchy correspond to a sponsor category of the at least one sponsor, and a tracker, wherein the tracker tracks positive ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites and negative ones of the mentions of the at least one sponsor on ones of the plurality of sites, in accordance with positive and negative keywords of the categorized, hierarchical database in the sponsor category, and wherein the tracker issues an rating with regard to the at least one sponsor in accordance with the positive ones and the negative ones of the mentions. An assessment of optimal sponsors for particular markets and/or in particular geographies that additionally increases sponsorship opportunities in particular markets and/or in particular geographies is thereby provided. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047051 | DONATION METHOD - A method of donating to a beneficiary is disclosed. The method includes presenting online, using computational means of an administrator, a product donated by a donor. The product is associated with at least one beneficiary. The administrator receives payment for the product from the buyer, a beneficiary or an intermediary for the sale of the product. The administrator, when payment is received from the buyer or the intermediary, sends a donation deducted from the payment to the beneficiary. | 02-24-2011 |
20110055049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE IN CONNECTION WITH A STORED VALUE TOKEN - A method and system for creating an augmented reality experience in connection with a stored value token comprises augmented reality software which can be loaded on a general purpose computer. This augmented reality software can be downloaded from an external source, such as the Internet. The augmented reality software may monitor camera signals in order to detect a marker on a stored value token. The augmented reality software tracks the position of this marker relative to camera. The augmented reality software can produce an object which is projected on the image captured by the camera and adjacent to the image of the marker. The projected object can have three dimensions as it is projected on a two dimensional display. In response to certain conditions, the projected object may later be changed so that it contains a graphical item related to the value associated with the stored value token. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055050 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING PRODUCT AND RELATED INFORMATION VIA A NETWORK AND PLACING THIS INFORMATION IN A PERSISTENT DATA STORE FOR LATER DISTRIBUTION TO RESELLERS OVER A NETWORK - Disclosed is a system and method that collects information from suppliers/distributors into a relational database on one or more servers and delivers that information to resellers/distributors. The present invention resides upon one or more computer servers hosting a web server for user interface and/or an application server for business logic and/or a database server for persistent storage. A supplier introduces product and supplier information consisting of text, digitized images, digitized audio or similar multimedia formats into the system using an Internet browser or a web services client. Resellers use an Internet browser or web services client to retrieve supplier information. The suppliers may define product groups and reseller groups in order to efficiently manage its products and resellers. The supplier may define distribution rules to limit to which resellers specific product information is available. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055051 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COVER UNIT FOR COVERING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a communication device of a certain embodiment includes a communication terminal including a first component having a display section provided on a front surface, a second component having an operation button unit provided on a front surface, and a coupling section configured to openably and closably couple the first and second components. The communication device also includes a first cover configured to cover a front surface of the communication terminal in a state in which the first and second components are open and including at least two windows arranged in positions corresponding to the display section and the operation button unit. | 03-03-2011 |
20110055052 | System for Selectively Supplying Inventory to a Customer - The invention relates to a method and system for selectively providing inventory to an online retailer including an inventory database, a customer database, a computer in communication with the inventory database and customer database, software executing on the computer for retrieving inventory data from the inventory database, software executing on the computer for generating a product list containing one or more products to be made available for purchase by the customer, and software executing on the computer. for transmitting the product list to the customer. The software for generating the product list includes a graphical user interface, and the product list is generated based on the selection of products by a user via the graphical interface. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060659 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANKING INFORMATION ITEMS FOR DISPLAY - A method of displaying information items, the method comprising: determining a ranking score for each of a plurality of information items based on a history of votes received for each of the information items, the determining comprising: assigning a value to the information item for each vote received in respect of that information item, assigning a weight to each value as a function of the recency of the vote, and calculating a score for each information item, the score being calculated as a first sum across all votes of the product of the value of each vote with its assigned weight, divided by a second sum of the weights across all votes; determining, responsive to a first serve request and based on at least one criterion, at least one of the information items to be displayed at a client device; and transmitting to the client device code executable by a browser application to display the at least one information item based on the ranking score. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060660 | DIGITAL CONTENT PURCHASE MANAGEMENT - A multi-merchant purchasing system is configured to identify downloadable products selected by a user for purchase. The identified downloadable products are offered by multiple merchants. The multi-merchant purchasing system enables the user to purchase multiple downloadable products in a single transaction. Specifically, the multi-merchant purchasing system determines payment information associated with the user and, with little to no user-interaction, sends the payment information to applications associated with the merchants for processing. The multi-merchant purchasing system may also be configured to receive purchase information from the merchant applications and maintains the purchase information for the user in a locker. The multi-merchant purchasing system may further be configured to automatically download and install the purchased product onto the user's computing device through a software assistant. To promote privacy and security, the multi-merchant purchasing system may include a credit card quarantine module to secure credit card data. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE GIFT MEDIA - In various exemplary embodiments, a system and method to provide gift media is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at an interactive media component, a selection of the media item and a selection of at least one recipient for the media item from a user of a client device. A purchase transaction based on the selection of the media item and the at least one recipient is processed. Delivery of the media item to the at least one recipient is triggered. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060662 | METHODS FOR PACKAGING PRODUCTS FOR MAILING - Methods for packaging products for mailing A method includes receiving an order for a product by a manufacturer and from a customer, the product having an associated retail packaging that cannot be sorted using letter and flats sorting equipment. The method includes packaging the product by a manufacturer in a non-retail packaging that can be sorted using automated postal sorting equipment. The method includes, in response to the order, addressing the package to a recipient by the manufacturer using printing equipment, and delivering the packaged product to a postal system for delivery to the recipient. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060663 | System and Method of Providing Customer Purchase Propensity Information to Online Merchants - A system for providing online merchants with purchase propensity information is provided. The system includes a processor and a purchase propensity module executable by the processor. The purchase propensity module receives, from an online merchant computer, a message containing a customer identifier that identifies a customer who has established an online browsing session with the online merchant. In response, the purchase propensity module transmits to the online merchant computer purchase propensity data associated with the identified customer while the browsing session is in progress. This allows the online merchant computer to determine a targeted offer for the user while the user is in the online browsing session. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060664 | SERVICES FOR ENABLING USERS TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS - Various computer-implemented services are disclosed for assisting users in selecting items from an electronic catalog, and for selecting merchants with which to conduct transactions. One such service enables users to share information about their respective purchases with other users. Another service enables users to share information regarding the merchants with which they have conducted transactions. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MENU INFORMATION - Methods and Apparatus related to generating representations of information. The information may include menu information for merchants such as restaurants. Referring to menus, methods may include receiving potential information for a first menu, and receiving indications of associations of the information with the first menu and/or any number of additional menus. Information and/or associations may later be updated by a desired set of users. | 03-10-2011 |
20110066525 | DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS - Data storage and access systems enable downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an interface for sending and receiving data, data memory for storing received content data, and payment validation memory for providing payment validation data to an external device. The carrier may also store a record of access made to the stored content, and content use rules for controlling access to the stored content. Embodiments store further access control data and supplementary data such as hot links to web sites and/or advertising data. A complementary data access terminal, data supply computer system, and data access device are also described. The combination of payment data and stored content data and use rule data helps reduce the risk of unauthorized access to data such as compressed music and video data, especially over the Internet. | 03-17-2011 |
20110071924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS USING A CENTRAL SERVER AND A MOBILE PROCESSOR - A system and method for obtaining an item includes retrieving consolidated data concerning an item from a provider infrastructure, the consolidated data including data elements from a source of the item and data elements concerning a mobile user of the provider infrastructure. Verifiable authorization is retrieved from the provider infrastructure for the mobile user of the provider infrastructure to obtain the item from the source of said item consistent with the consolidated data. The consolidated data may have various data elements specific to the source of the items such as price offers, rebates, incentives and discounts and location of the item and various data elements specific to the mobile user such as gift certificates, loyalty programs, buyers' group participation and location of the mobile user in relation to the specific source. The verifiable authorization from said provider infrastructure is displayed on a device for said mobile user of said provider infrastructure to obtain the item from the source of the item consistent with the consolidated data. If a purchase decision is made, the system and method for obtaining an item may also include retrieving payment verification from the provider infrastructure for the item from the source of the item. This payment verification is consistent with the consolidated data and by a preselected method of payment by the mobile user of the provider infrastructure. The provider infrastructure is updated with data related to the mobile user of the provider infrastructure and the source of the item. | 03-24-2011 |
20110071925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A BROWSE TREE FOR AD LISTINGS - A method for facilitating the listing in an ad of items within an electronic catalog of an online ad repository, comprising a process of providing an item category tree, which contains a plurality of nodes arranged in a plurality of levels, wherein the plurality of nodes are made up of distal nodes to represent items of the catalog and non-distal nodes to represent categories of items, and presenting successive non-distal nodes for selection until a user places the ad according to item categories and subcategories that represent characteristics of the item for sale. | 03-24-2011 |
20110071926 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING SERVICES - A method for obtaining a service by a first terminal related to a network entity, the method comprising receiving information indicative of capabilities related to the network entity; and selecting one or more of the capabilities. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078046 | ENHANCED SUPPLIER CATALOG COLLABORATION - One embodiment of the invention includes a computer-implemented method for supplier update of a procurement system. The method includes providing a customizable procurement entity to a supplier, receiving a modified procurement entity from the supplier, wherein the modified procurement entity comprises an update made by the supplier to the customizable procurement entity, reviewing and approving the modified procurement entity, and publishing the modified procurement entity to the procurement system. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078047 | CATALOG GENERATION BASED ON DIVERGENT LISTINGS - A method and a system are described for catalog generation based on divergent listings. For example, a listing module may receive a divergent listing and collect data corresponding to an item in the listing. Each divergent listing of an item for sale is divergent with respect to other listings of the same item for sale. A calculation module may calculate an entropy value based on the collected data, the entropy value indicating a degree of difference between the item in the listing and a product in a catalog. A catalog module may associate the listing to the product in the catalog based on the entropy value. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078048 | MANAGING CONSISTENT INTERFACES FOR MERCHANDISING BUSINESS OBJECTS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS - A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to merchandise and point-of-sale transaction business objects. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXPOSING DATA USED IN RANKING SEARCH RESULTS - Methods and systems for enabling access to listing performance data, used in conjunction with a search engine to order search results, are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a listing performance data engine module processes API commands received from client computing systems. The data engine module processes the API commands to identify and communicate relevant listing performance data that is used by a listing performance algorithm to assign a listing performance score to item listings satisfying a search request. The listing performance data provides sellers who have items listed for sale an insight as to how their item listings are performing in comparison to other item listings. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078050 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CHARITABLE DONATIONS - Systems and methods to facilitate charitable giving are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods include an online system for selling perishable inventory to charitable donors in connection with a donation. An integrated real to virtual golf game using actual golf results, and an integrated golf virtual tee are also disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078051 | Methods and Systems for Searching for Goods in a Virtual Marketplace - A method and apparatus for creating a computerized market for used and collectible goods by use of a plurality of low cost posting terminals and a market maker computer in a legal framework that establishes a bailee relationship and consignment contract with a purchaser of a good at the market maker computer that allows the purchaser to change the price of the good once the purchaser has purchased the good thereby to allow the purchaser to speculate on the price of collectibles in an electronic market for used goods while assuring the safe and trusted physical possession of a good with a vetted bailee. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078052 | VIRTUAL REALITY ECOMMERCE WITH LINKED USER AND AVATAR BENEFITS - An online virtual reality ecommerce system provides parallel, linked real and virtual products with parallel benefits to users and to their avatars, thereby increasing user-perceived linkage with their avatars, and increasing user motivation to engage in the ecommerce. Embodiments include linked purchases and deliveries of tangible goods, status goods, movies, fitness training, lectures, and travel. In some embodiments, services are delivered simultaneously to the avatar and to the user through the virtual reality world. Benefits to the user and to the avatar can include entertainment, enhanced status, enhanced health, enhanced employment opportunities, and travel to desired destinations. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078053 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA ASSETS FROM MEDIA DELIVERY UNIT TO HANDHELD MEDIA PLAYER - A media delivery system is disclosed. The system comprises a media delivery unit and a handheld media player. According to one embodiment, the media delivery unit and the handheld device may be connected through a communication link, such as for example, the Bluetooth type of connection. While a media asset such as an audio asset is being delivered by the media delivery unit through a speaker system, a file including metadata of the media asset being played may be transferred from the media delivery unit to the handheld media player. The media asset in a desired form may be transferred to the player from a server based upon the received metadata. According to another embodiment, the handheld media player may include a receiving and recording unit. At least, a portion of an audio asset being played by the media delivery unit may be recorded by the player. An audio file analyzer may associate the audio file to a media asset in a media database. The identified audio asset may be presented to a user of the media player for purchasing. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078054 | INFORMATION TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING AND PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - There are provided an information transmitting apparatus, an information transmitting method, an information transmitting and processing program, and an information transmitting system capable of transmitting information such as a web page displaying stock quantity or the like while realizing the decreased number of times of obtaining stock quantity and lessening a process burden. In the case where a request for a hypertext generating page information is received, a hypertext including tag information having location information defining location of image data corresponding to stock quantity is transmitted to a terminal device, and the tag information displays the image data. In the case where a request including the location information is received from the terminal device which received the hypertext, stock-quantity information defining the stock quantity corresponding to the location information is obtained from a database. Image data indicating the stock quantity shown by the obtained stock quantity information in characters is generated. The generated image data is transmitted to the terminal device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110082771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION THROUGH COMPUTER NETWORK INTERFACE - The method and system of the present invention represents an online internet ordering, fulfillment and shipping process that enables internet consumers to utilize a novel purchasing interface that is easily employed and modified. The system provides a user with an advanced purchasing queue that allows the purchaser to select items to be purchased by placing the items in a series of carts that are all placed in a purchasing queue. Once the series of carts are placed in a queue, the purchaser can select order of completion and also select the time period for each cart to be executed. Once activated, the purchasing queue is automatically initiated, and each cart is executed in the priority as set up by the user. A user may also be given the option to request that the purchasing queue continue indefinably, making shipments in accordance with the placement of the order and shipment carts within the queue. Also, the user may be provided with the option to place the queue on hold, until deleted or resumed at a later date. Furthermore, the interface of the system and method of the present invention provides a graphical interface that allows the user to drag and drop the order and shipment carts within the queue to change their placement within the queue and therefore the shipment priority. | 04-07-2011 |
20110082772 | Systems and Methods for Purchases on a Mobile Communication Device - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate online transactions via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers in different formats for delivery of premium messages; and a common format processor coupled with the plurality of converters in a common format to send the premium messages. In one embodiment, the common format processor is to receive a web request from a mobile phone, in response to a user selection within a mobile application executed separately from a browser application on the mobile phone, to provide a web page in response to confirm a pre-defined purchase, to transmit at least one premium message to the mobile phone using a first converter to obtain funds for the pre-defined purchase, and to communicate with the merchant to make the pre-defined purchase on behalf of the user. | 04-07-2011 |
20110082773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING GOODS OR SERVICES USING BLU-RAY.RTM. DISC PLAYBACK - Systems and methods are provided to implement a technique for requesting goods or services using an item of content or media. In one implementation, a system provides a mechanism to place food service orders over or using BDs. The food menu is presented to the user using BD Java graphics. After the user selects the food and destination, an order is placed within a network server which relays the request to a food service fulfillment vendor. The order can be coupled with the AACS DeviceAttribute for storing user preferences. An additional function is to have the order coupled with MediaAttribute to, e.g., offer food service as a loyalty program. This allows for title-specific promotions and may be used to determine the food service fulfillment vendors. | 04-07-2011 |
20110087560 | PAYMENT PROCESSING OVER THE INTERNET - A payment transaction is performed over the Internet. A merchant server presents to an end user a merchant web page that identifies the merchant server as the source of the web page. A payment processing server presents to the end user a web document that requests payment information from the end user. The web document is presented to the end user as an inline frame within the merchant web page. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087561 | TRIP QUOTE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of providing an air travel pricing quote, including estimated fees for third-party air flight services and fuel vendors at each stop along the route of an air travel trip. A traveler is able to quickly and automatically retrieve air travel pricing quotes, thereby bypassing the detailed and time-consuming process of drawing up a flight plan, determining foreign and domestic third-party air flight service vendors across the globe, and arranging third-party air flight services. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087562 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING AND MANAGING ONLINE PURCHASING CARD TRANSACTIONS - A purchase card system configured in accordance with the invention offers purchase card products that facilitate online purchases of life sciences research products and/or services via an e-commerce application. The acquisition and use of such purchase card products complies with mandated procurement, spending, and appropriations rules, regulations, and laws, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Anti-Deficiency Act, and the Department of Defense “bona fide needs” rule. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087563 | Method and computer system for optimizing a link to a network page - To optimize a link ( | 04-14-2011 |
20110093362 | ELECTRONIC MEDIA SYSTEM - An Electronic Media System is disclosed herein. The system preferably comprises a terminal, stored electronic data and an accessory unit. The terminal is located in a public location and includes stored electronic data such as downloadable historic and current electronic newspapers and magazines or movies which may be purchased via a slidable magnetic payment means and which may be connectably uploaded to the accessory unit. The hand held accessory unit is purchasable by users and may be used to store and display the downloaded data. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093363 | SYSTEM FOR ORDERING ITEMS BY A USER IN A LIMITED VENUE - The present invention is directed to a system, a gate hold area and methods for a user to order an item in a limited venue for delivery to the limited venue using a kiosk having a computer and ordering software in communication via a network to a transaction server. The orders are prepared in an order preparation area and delivered to the limited venue area. The limited venue may be a gate hold area and a media server for providing real time information relevant to the venue may also be provided herein. | 04-21-2011 |
20110099089 | System and Methods for Event Networking, Media Sharing, and Product Creation - The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, event networking in the fields of sports and other community events. More particularly, this invention relates to the use of various communications protocols in order to distribute information through a network to enable users to interact and communicate with like-minded users, and to enable the creation and purchasing of customized products. | 04-28-2011 |
20110099090 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCHING FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - A method and apparatus for creating a computerized market for used and collectible goods by use of a plurality of low cost posting terminals and a market maker computer in a legal framework that establishes a bailee relationship and consignment contract with a purchaser of a good at the market maker computer that allows the purchaser to change the price of the good once the purchaser has purchased the good thereby to allow the purchaser to speculate on the price of collectibles in an electronic market for used goods while assuring the safe and trusted physical possession of a good with a vetted bailee. | 04-28-2011 |
20110099091 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEARCHING FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - A method and apparatus for creating a computerized market for used and collectible goods by use of a plurality of low cost posting terminals and a market maker computer in a legal framework that establishes a bailee relationship and consignment contract with a purchaser of a good at the market maker computer that allows the purchaser to change the price of the good once the purchaser has purchased the good thereby to allow the purchaser to speculate on the price of collectibles in an electronic market for used goods while assuring the safe and trusted physical possession of a good with a vetted bailee. | 04-28-2011 |
20110099092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ILLUSTRATING WHERE A TICKET IS LOCATED IN AN EVENT VENUE - A system and method of illustrating where at least one ticket is located in an event venue, comprising: accepting event criteria for at least one ticket and at least one event; accepting price criteria for the at least one ticket and the at least one event; displaying an interactive graphics-based event venue map illustrating a location of all sections at a venue with at least one ticket meeting the event criteria and price criteria; accepting section selection criteria, at least one section being selected from the interactive graphics-based event venue map; displaying ticket information in a web browsing language corresponding to the section selection criteria, the displayed ticket information in the web browsing language being able to be utilized to drill down to a specific ticket, causing a location of the specific ticket to be displayed in the interactive graphics-based event venue map; and enabling a capability to utilize the interactive graphics-based event venue map to choose a section of interest, causing corresponding ticket information to be displayed in the web browsing language. | 04-28-2011 |
20110106663 | METHOD OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS FOR MAKING AND SELLING ARTICLES OF APPAREL HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS - A method of conducting business for selling to a purchaser an article of apparel having interchangeable parts comprising the steps of offering for sale to a purchaser a multiplicity of base units of an article of apparel and a multiplicity of interchangeable components; providing a location for the purchaser to update the base unit with a purchase of a multiplicity of interchangeable components; creating an electronic purchaser user account to allow a purchaser to place an order of base units for the article of apparel and the interchangeable components; delivering the selected components to the purchaser; and updating the purchaser's user account to reflect the delivered components. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106664 | Order and Accounting Method and System for Services Provided Via an Interactive Communication Network - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing e-commerce and accounting services to organizations and service providers for offerings ordered by the organization via an on-line interactive communication network. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system whereby a third party intermediary can absorb certain payment, collection and billing functions on behalf of an organization and service providers which provide services to the organization. The term service provider as used herein refers to any entity or individual that provides a service, including the service of providing goods. | 05-05-2011 |
20110106665 | ONLINE PURCHASE OF DIGITAL MEDIA BUNDLES - Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one non-playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained in the media asset bundle, determining if a presentation request has been made for a media asset in the media asset bundle, and presenting the requested media asset. Further, these techniques involve playing the media assets in a media asset bundle by selecting a media asset in the media asset bundle, determining whether the media asset is playable or non-playable, presenting the media asset using an appropriate media asset viewer if it is playable, not playing (skipping) the media asset if it is non-playable, and selecting/playing other media assets in the media asset bundle until no more media assets are available to be played. | 05-05-2011 |
20110112932 | Method and Apparatus for Interfacing an Automotive Diagnostic Tool with a Diagnostic Database - Provided is a method of diagnosing a vehicle having diagnostic data. The method includes providing an automotive diagnostic tool sold to a user by a selling retailer. The automotive diagnostic tool is configured to download diagnostic data from the vehicle and upload the diagnostic data to a computer. The computer is configured to communicate the diagnostic data to a diagnostic database associated with the selling retailer (such as a private label website) upon establishing a communication link between the automotive diagnostic tool and the computer. A communication link is then established between the automotive diagnostic tool and the computer. In response thereto, a communication link is then established between the computer and the diagnostic database. The diagnostic data is thereafter communicated from the automotive diagnostic tool to the diagnostic database via the computer. The diagnostic database is arranged to map vehicle diagnostic data to a most likely vehicle fix. | 05-12-2011 |
20110112933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEDIA DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT - There is a media distribution system and method configured to distribute media over a computerized network including a media distribution module configured to selectively permit access to media over a computerized network and including a user interface module. The media distribution system also includes an operational administration module in communication with the media distribution module and configured to facilitate operational management of the media distribution module by selectably altering operational parameters of the media distribution module. In addition, the media distribution system includes a supervisory administration module in communication with the operational administration module and configured to selectably determine operational parameters available to the operational administration module for control. Furthermore, the media distribution system includes a network module in communication with the media distribution module and configured to transfer data over a computerized network. | 05-12-2011 |
20110112934 | SENSORY THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL REAL SPACE SYSTEM - The inside of a three-dimensional virtual real space so constituted as to have a real size according to the figure and five senses (auditory sense, visual sense, and so forth) of the user can be continuously used like the real living space. A sensory three-dimensional virtual real space system includes a body hardware server device ( | 05-12-2011 |
20110112935 | IDENTIFYING A SECONDARY DESIGNATION OF AN ITEM - An item designation machine receives a seller-generated description of an item available for sale. The description is received from a seller of the item. The item designation machine identifies a proposed designation of the item based on the description of the item and presents the proposed designation to the seller. Where the seller refuses the proposed designation and selects a primary designation of the item distinct from the proposed designation, the item designation machine receives the selection from the seller and identifies the proposed designation as a secondary designation of the item. The item designation machine stores the primary and secondary designations in an item record within an item database of the network-based publication system. The item record indicates that the item is a specimen of the primary and secondary designations. The item designation machine lists the item as available for sale. | 05-12-2011 |
20110112936 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORDERING AND DELIVERY OF GOODS - A system for the ordering and delivery of goods may comprise an ordering system for accepting a selection of the goods for purchase and a pneumatic mechanism for delivering the goods from a first location to a second location. The system may be located in gas stations so that a customer pumping fuel at a fuel delivery pump may be able to purchase and receive goods while at the fuel delivery pump without going inside the store of the gas station. | 05-12-2011 |
20110119158 | SYSTEM FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCIES IN DISTRIBUTION OF PRE-OWNED VEHICLES - A system and method for increasing efficiencies in the distribution and sales of pre-owned vehicles utilizing a communications network such as the internet. A purchase order agreement is made between a consumer and a dealer for purchase of one or more vehicles available for sale to dealers, viewed over the communications network. The sale is conditioned upon a selected vehicle first being acquired by the dealer subsequent to entry of the consumer and dealer into the purchase order agreement. The dealer acquires the selected vehicle through an auction limited to dealers. The system may be administered by an organization which is not itself a dealer or auction. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119159 | REAL-TIME, LOCALIZED AND MOBILE MATCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROXY PURCHASE - A real-time, localized and mobile matching method for proxy purchase includes the following steps: position information of several default purchasing agents is received. At least one purchase request is received from at least one client. The purchase request includes information of at least one product to be purchased and location of at least one vendor of the product to be purchased. Candidate purchasing agents, position information of which corresponds to the location of the vendor of the product to be purchased, are filtered from the default purchasing agents. The information of the candidate purchasing agents is transmitted to the client, such that a selection signal, which includes information of a selected purchasing agent selected from the candidate purchasing agents, is received from the client. The purchase request is transmitted to the selected purchasing agent through a wireless communication network. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119160 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CREATIVE CONTENT DISCOVERY, SALE AND INVESTMENT - In one aspect, the present invention relates to a web site which addresses the above difficulties and others by providing site where an author may upload creative works for sale at a price set by the author. The website allows users to purchase and rate the works, creating an environment where high-quality works may be identified by users. The website further systematizes the process by which works are acquired by an investment pool, which may be an investment pool run by the website operator. The investment pool will offer to buy the rights of any work achieving a given amount of sales or positive feedback on the site. | 05-19-2011 |
20110125609 | Distribution channel management for wireless devices and services - A system and method for distribution channel management for devices and services in the wireless telecommunications industry are disclosed. A product ordering software module is integrated with an activation and credit scoring software module, a commissions management software module, and a coop management software module, wherein the software modules are optionally integrated with additional software modules for product and service management, and report generation. A plurality of geographically distributed dealer agents who operate retail interfaces with customers use a web-based interface with the software modules and a data link with one or more distribution centers for delivery of wireless devices from a plurality of wireless device manufacturers, and with one or more carriers providing the subscription services activated for the customers via the activation and credit scoring software module. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125610 | Systems and Methods to Automate the Initiation of Transactions via Mobile Devices - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate online transactions via mobile communications. In one aspect, a system includes a plurality of converters to interface with a plurality of controllers in different formats for delivery of premium messages; and a common format processor coupled with the plurality of converters in a common format to send the premium messages. In one embodiment, the common format processor is to obtain an authorization for the initiation of communications with a mobile phone of a user for subsequent payments to a merchant. After obtaining the authorization, the common format processor may directly initiate communications with the mobile phone, using one of the converters, to obtain confirmation of payments directly requested by the merchant. Upon confirmation with the mobile phone, the common format processor may send premium messages to the mobile phone to collect funds for making the confirmed payments. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125611 | Optimized Electronic Commerce Transactions - An electronic commerce system can facilitate various types of transactions, including business to business transactions, business to consumer transaction, business to business to consumer transaction, as well as other types of transactions. By combining such an electronic commerce system with invitation, and social networking technology, it is possible to create a system which will automatically grow and bring value to all its users as it processes transactions. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125612 | AUTOMATED COMMENT CANCELLATION IN A NETWORK-BASED FACILITY - A system to receive a request to cancel a comment pertaining to an event in a network-based facility, cancel said comment by marking said comment pertaining to said event as non-scored, generate a user interface that presents a plurality of comments; said plurality of comments includes said comment pertaining to said event presented as non-scored and other comments presented as scored. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125613 | SECURE UNIVERSAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A secure universal transaction system includes an operations and resource component, at least one communication device for enabling user interaction with the operations and resource component, and a secure token associated with each user of the system. The operations and resource component includes a first biometric security component, a second security component, and a communication component for enabling secure communication between the operations and resource component and at least one network. Each communication device includes a wired or wireless token interface, a biometric reader for enabling a user to input a biometric reading, a wired or wireless communication component for enabling communication between the communication device and the operations and resource component, a user input device, and an output device. Each secure token includes a token security component for generating a security code and a data storage component for storing user data. User access to the operations and resource component is permitted only when the secure token is interfaced with the token interface of the communication device, the biometric reading entered by the user matches a biometric reading associated with the secure token in the biometric security component of the operations and resource component, and the security code generated by the token security component matches a corresponding security code associated with the secure token in the second security component of the operations and resource component. | 05-26-2011 |
20110131114 | METHODS FOR MANAGING CONTRACT PROCUREMENT - Computer implemented methods of facilitating contract procurement and contract management through an online contract procurement and management website. An example of a computer implemented method includes assigning a personalized contracting entity member user web page to each of a plurality of contracting entity member users associated with a contracting entity, and assigning a personalized contractor member user home web page to each of a plurality of contractor member users associated with a plurality of potential contractors. The personalized contracting entity member user web pages can provide centralized access to perform contract procurement functions for each of the virtual contract rooms associated with the respective contracting entity member users. The personalized contractor member user web pages can provide consolidated contract room access and consolidated contract room task and communication review for each of the virtual contract rooms associated with the respective contractor member users. | 06-02-2011 |
20110137753 | AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR SEGMENTING AND CLASSIFYING VIDEO OBJECTS AND AUCTIONING RIGHTS TO INTERACTIVE SHARABLE VIDEO OBJECTS - Disclosed is a system for viewing video having segmented video objects, sharing selected ones of the video objects, and purchasing products associated with the video objects. The system includes a video server communicating with a consumer server over a distributed network. The video server includes at least one video file, an object inventory database, and relevant content in a database stored on or accessible to the video server. The object inventory database contains information describing a location of at least one video object within the at least one video file. A video overlay links the relevant content with a given video object and creating a selectable hyperlink whose position tracks a dynamic location of the video object in the video. The consumer server includes a software application for accessing and displaying the at least one video file stored in the video database, the software application including means for interacting with the video overlay to select an object displayed in the video file. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137754 | Methods for distributions of digital files - The invention relates to a process for distributing files, having the steps of receiving at least one digital file, transmitting the digital file to a location, and selecting at least one content provider. The process also has the steps of updating a content of the content provider to provide a reference to the digital file at the location, generating an updated digital file by adding information which identifies the content provider to the digital file when the reference to the digital file is selected at the content provider, and transmitting at least a portion of the at least one updated digital file to a client network. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137755 | VISUAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE - A visual diagnostic system is disclosed. The visual diagnostic system has a sensor located onboard a machine to generate a signal indicative of a status of a machine component, and a user interface associated with the machine to receive input from and provide information to a user. The visual diagnostic system also has a controller in communication with the sensor and the user interface. The controller is configured display on the user interface a model containing the machine component in response to the signal. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137756 | Auctioning Provider Prices - A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer-based system for connecting consumers with providers in real time over the Internet, requested compensation amounts from a plurality of providers. The method also includes displaying a price associated with consulting with a particular provider to a consumer on a user interface, the price being based at least in part on the requested compensation amount received from the provider. | 06-09-2011 |
20110137757 | Systems and Methods for Developing and Distributing Illumination Data Files - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for creating, distributing and playing illumination data files. The illumination data files, created using luminaire development systems are uploaded to a luminaire management system, where they are further processed and packaged for sale or license within a luminaire marketplace. Consumers and enterprises using luminaires may establish accounts with the luminaire management system and marketplace to access illumination data files for playback on individual or multiple luminaires. Consumers and enterprises may also create play lists and uniquely configure the luminaires to display various lighting effects based on user preferences, environmental factors or energy efficient settings. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145096 | REMOTE SERVICING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention provide methods to manage communication between a local and remote computing system communicating with each other through a network. In some embodiments, a method includes broadcasting a poll across a network to a plurality of remote computing systems in response to user interaction at the local computing system, as well as establishing video conferencing between one of the plurality of remote computing systems and the local computing system in response to the one of the plurality of remote computing systems answering the poll. In alternative embodiments, a method includes automatically establishing video conferencing between a local computing system and a remote computing system in response to receiving a poll from the local computing system, as well as automatically establishing control of at least a portion of the local computing system from the remote computing system. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, a system implemented within an online stationery service according to one embodiment comprises: a contacts import module to read contacts data from one or more local or online contacts databases, convert the contacts data to a formal usable within the online stationery service, detect conflicts between the contacts data and existing contacts already stored within a contacts database on the online stationery service, resolve the conflicts, and store the contacts data within the contacts database on the online stationery service; a stationery service contacts manager to manage the set of contacts data within the stationery service contacts database in response to user input; a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input; the stationery service contacts manager identifying address information for each of a set of user-selected contacts to receive the personalized stationery; and a print module to generate and transmit a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts; wherein the online stationery service mails the printed stationery in the printed envelopes on behalf of the end user. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, a system implemented within an online stationery service according to one embodiment comprises: a stationery service contacts manager to manage a set of contacts data within a stationery service contacts database in response to user input; a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input; the stationery service contacts manager providing address information for each of a set of user-selected contacts to receive a the personalized stationery by non-electronic mail; and a print module to generate a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts, the print module transmitting a link to an external print service for uniquely identifying the print job, the external print service accessing the link from the online stationery service using the link; wherein the external print service mails the printed stationery in the printed envelopes on behalf of the end user. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145099 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTACTS WITHIN AN ONLINE STATIONERY SYSTEM - A graphical user interface, system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises a graphical user interface comprising: a first region for displaying the listing of contacts received from the stationery service contacts manager, the contacts within the listing of contacts selectable via a user input device; a second region comprising a series of data field for entering a new contact via a user input device; a third region displaying a list of contacts to whom the online stationery service will mail stationery directly on behalf of the end user, the contacts within the third region selected from the first region or entered in the second region; and a print module to generate a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESING PERSONALIZED STATIONERY DESIGNS AND SELECTING FULFILLMENT ORDER SITES - A system and method are described for digitally processing a stationery order and for selecting an optimum fulfillment site for fulfilling the stationery order. For example, a method according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates; collecting personalization data from the user, the personalization data including personalized messages, one or more stationery formatting options selected by the user, and names and addresses of stationery recipients; applying the personalization data to the stationery templates to generate a personalized stationery design; identifying a set of eligible fulfillment sites for printing the stationery design based on a first set of variables; and identifying an optimal fulfillment site from the set of eligible fulfillment sites based on a second set of variables. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145101 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING CONTACTS AND CALENDARS WITHIN AN ONLINE CARD SYSTEM - A system, method and graphical user interface (GUI) are described for managing a contacts and calendar database within an online stationery/card service. For example, a system implemented by an online stationery/card service allowing a user to personalize and send non-electronic stationery/cards is described, the system comprising: a graphical user interface for personalizing and sending non-electronic stationery/cards comprising: a reminder list comprised a plurality of reminder entries, each of the reminder entries identifying an upcoming event including events generated based on a specified relationship between the user and one or more contacts stored in a contacts database of the user; a recommendation region comprising a plurality of stationery/card design recommendations, the recommendation region populated with stationery/card designs associated with a specified one or the one or more entries in the reminder list, including the events generated based on the specified relationship between the user and each of the contacts; and a stationery/card personalization engine executed in response to the user selecting one of the stationery/card design recommendations from the recommendation region, the stationery personalization engine providing the end user with a set of personalization options related to the selected stationery/card design, and generating personalized stationery with the selected stationery/card design based on user input. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145102 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INITIATING APPLICATION PROCESSES BY DATA CAPTURE FROM RENDERED DOCUMENTS - Systems, apparatus and methods for implementing transaction applications using a handheld document data capture device are described herein. The handheld device captures information from a rendered document. The captured information is processed to identify an electronic document corresponding to the rendered document. Information captured from the rendered document by the handheld capture device is used to perform a transaction. In one embodiment, a portable scanner is used to select items from a catalog. Information scanned from the catalog is used to identify the catalog, the items to be purchased, and complete an order via the Internet. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145103 | Service Brokering using Domain Name Servers - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide techniques for locating a service using DNS search techniques. For example, an IP address of a customer's end user device ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110145104 | METHOD AND DEVICE UTILIZING POLYMORPHIC DATA IN E-COMMERCE - An aspect of the present invention includes a protocol for conveying data during an e-commerce session with a polymorphic response, comprising initiating a session with a message from a buyer application to a broker application and a session identifier assigned by the broker application; conducting the session between the buyer application and a supplier application; and concluding the session with a additional message which includes a schema identifier for the additional message, resolvable in a context of a system identifier; and a polymorphic response comprising a type and a version, wherein the polymorphic response includes additional data elements corresponding to values assigned to the type and version. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145105 | VIEWING SHOPPING INFORMATION ON A NETWORK BASED SOCIAL PLATFORM - A system for viewing shopping information on a social networking platform is disclosed. At the social networking platform, the system receives a request from a user device corresponding to a first user of the social networking platform to view a list of a second user of the social networking platform. The list may include items offered for transaction on a network-based commerce server. In response to receiving the request from the user device, the system forwards the request to the network-based commerce server, and then receives updated information for at least one item on the list from the network-based corner server. Then, the system communicates the updated information received from the network-based commerce server to the user device. | 06-16-2011 |
20110145106 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE AND PRIVATE SESSIONS - Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. A cursor movement request may be received from at least two users of a plurality of users of a collaborative session during a time period. The cursor may move on a common interface according to the cursor movement request from a first user selected from the at least two users that has satisfied a movement criterion. A completion criterion and a private session parameter may be designated for a private session. A number of user interactions may be processed from a participant of the private session. The private shopping session may be terminated for the participant when the completion criterion is satisfied. | 06-16-2011 |
20110153460 | SINGLE WINDOW BASED E-COMMERCE BUSINESS TRANSACTION - The present invention relates to a single window e commerce based transaction where an end user can access multiple automobile parts dealers' product catalogue by accessing a single webpage, and making purchases online without bothering to physically visit each dealer's location and checking his inventory for the desired product. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153461 | ENROLLMENT AUTHENTICATION WITH ENTRY OF PARTIAL PRIMARY ACCOUNT NUMBER (PAN) - This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for implementing enrollment authentication. The method includes receiving from a customer a partial PAN and an issuing financial institution. Further, based on transaction history related to the partial PAN, the method presents challenge questions to the customer, receive answers to the challenge questions. Then, based on the partial PAN, the issuing financial institution, and the answers to the challenge questions, a complete PAN may be resolved. The method includes prompting the customer to select a mutual trust phrase, receiving the selected mutual trust phrase, and placing a call from an interactive voice response (IVR) system to the customer. Further, the method includes playing back to the customer the selected mutual challenge phrase, receiving, from a telephone (e.g., entered on touch-tone keypad or spoken and translated to text), the customer's PIN associated with the complete PAN, and using the complete PAN and PIN combination to authenticate the customer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153462 | CUSTOM MESSAGING GIFT CARD SYSTEM - The present invention includes a gift card custom messaging system for creating gift card accounts on a database that includes custom messages created by the purchaser for display on receipts of purchase transactions made by the gift card recipient to convey custom messaging information that can include a greeting, celebratory phrase or a commercial message that can include company logos and electronically sounds and animations and also includes the monetary balance remaining on the gift card to allow the recipient to more easily track the balance. The present invention further includes a variety of gift card formats and receipt display methods that allow various methods of delivery to and use by the recipient. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153463 | Methods and systems for transmitting over a network information pertaining to jewelry, and more particularly, to methods and systems for enabling manipulation and arrangement of images representing jewelry components over a network for the purpose of creating, designing, sharing, reviewing and/or purchasing a custom jewelry design; and to methods and systems for managing the images for a custom jewelry design with content management systems, databases and e-commerce technology over a network and/or through the use of a mobile device or a kiosk - A method and system for transmitting images over a network and/or mobile device or kiosk for communication, advertisement, commerce, marketplace, customer relationship, accounting, content management and/or verification of information pertaining to jewelry. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153464 | ELECTRONIC BOOK HAVING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE FEATURES - A viewer for displaying an electronic book and providing for electronic commerce. In conjunction with viewing an electronic book, a user can view information about products and services, view an on-line electronic catalog, and receive samples of products available for purchase. By entering a purchase request, the user can purchase products or services. In the case of a digital product, the user can download the purchased product directly into the viewer. The viewer also records statistics concerning purchase and information requests in order to recommend related products or services, or for directing particular types of advertisements to the user. | 06-23-2011 |
20110153465 | CONTEXTUAL COMPUTING SYSTEM - A contextual computing system allows a variety of actors to interact with system components to carry out computational and communication tasks. The system is provided as a self-contained and portable solution for communications needs, employable by a number of entities such as telecommunications companies, enterprises, and system operators. The computing system is implemented using layers, with components within the layers carrying out computational and communication tasks in response to input from actors. The system allows business logic and communication to be integrated into a single solution, providing for efficient communication and remarkable ease of use in a variety of possible deployments. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161200 | Display Device - A system comprising an electronic book and a propriety appendage couplable to the electronic book; the electronic book comprising a visual display screen, a data reader, navigational tools and a first section of a unique identification code for identifying the electronic book; the propriety appendage comprising a memory and a second section of unique identification code; such that data in memory of proprietary appendage having second section of unique identification code can only be accessed when proprietary appendage is connected to an electronic book having first section of unique identification code. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161201 | DYNAMIC HOSTED SHOPPING CART - Systems and methods are provided for a Dynamic Hosted Shopping Cart. According to one embodiment, a method comprises configuring a Dynamic Hosted Shopping Cart (DHSC) at a remote server based on communications with a buyer device and at least one seller's server that hosts one or more seller websites. The method also comprises embedding in or floating a widget above the one or more seller websites in connection with the DHSC. The method further comprises dynamically updating contents of the DHSC implemented by the widget according to communicated transaction information. In addition, the method comprises offering checkout across all enabled pages of the one or more seller websites. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161202 | Method and apparatus for enabling real-time bi-directional transactions on a network - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing real-time, two-way transactional capabilities on the Web. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for enabling object routing, the method comprising the steps of creating a virtual information store containing information entries and attributes associating each of the information entries and the attributes with an object identity, and assigning a unique network address to each of the object identities. A method is also disclosed for enabling service management of the value-added network service, to perform OAM&P functions on the services network | 06-30-2011 |
20110161203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DELIVERING ITEMS USING OVERLAPPING DELIVERY WINDOWS - A method and system for obtaining desired times from intended recipients of items is provided. The method provides each recipient with a plurality of time windows that overlap with one another in time from which the recipient may choose a time for delivery of an item and receives choices made by recipients from the plurality of overlapping windows. One aspect of the invention includes applying predetermined parameters to the time windows to determine which time windows to offer to the recipients as available times from which the recipient may choose a time for delivery. Such parameters may include, among others, which time windows have associated with them the least cost of service in making the delivery, whether the cost of delivering within a time window is less than a monetary threshold, and whether a maximum number of orders to be delivered within one time window has been reached. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161204 | CALL ROUTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates generally to telecommunications, and in particular to systems and methods for routing and placing telephone calls. In one embodiment, a call manager system is configured to place a call to a pay-per-call service, or to cause such a call to be placed by a user computer terminal, in response to a user initiating a purchase transaction over a computer network. In addition, the call may include billing information, such as the user's phone number, which is provided to the pay-per-call service so that the user can be billed for the call in an appropriate amount. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161205 | ARTICLE TRADING PROCESS - Articles such as compact discs are traded among a plurality of members who are registered in a common community. Each member has an account including a trading credit balance and a mailing address. A user interface is provided that allows a member to enter articles that the member owns and is willing to trade and articles that the member wants to own. The user interface also receives article trading instruction messages. An administration computer hosts the plurality of members and facilitates article trades among the members. The administration computer identifies matches between owned and wanted articles. For each identified match, an article trading instruction message is sent to the article owner requesting that the article owner mail the owned article to the mailing address of the member who wants to own the article. If the member sends the article, a trading credit is posted to the member's account and a trading debit and a monetary charge is posted to the member's account who will be receiving the article. Each traded article has the same trading credit. A priority algorithm is used to select the member who will receive the article if there is more than one member who wants an article that another member owns and is willing to trade. The priority algorithm is based in part on a member score that is a function of the relative value of the articles that a member owns and sends to another member compared to the relative value of the articles that the member wants and receives from another member, the relative value of the articles being determined by a demand for the article compared to a supply for the article among the members. A portion of the monetary charge is placed in a pool for distribution to the content creator of the article. | 06-30-2011 |
20110166961 | WIRELESS SHARING OF AUDIO FILES AND INFORMATION FOR STREAMLINED PURCHASING - A system and method are disclosed for capturing information associated with wireless audio sounds among a plurality of users. When a user encounters audio sound files of interest, the user can capture information regarding the audio sounds, such as title, artist, collection, genre, year, encoding rate, size, playlist, a unique identifier, or other desired information. The information can be used to seamlessly purchase the sound files from a remote digital repository. | 07-07-2011 |
20110166962 | ON-LINE TRADING SYSTEM - A method of constructing and maintaining a group hierarchy for use in an online trading system accessible to a multiplicity of end users, where nodes of the hierarchy define respective item and/or service groups with progressively increasing levels of detail. Items and/or services offered for trade on the system are directly associated with at least one group. The method includes receiving end user requests to create respective new groups, each request including one or more parameter fields for describing items or services belonging to the group and one or more locations within the existing group hierarchy, and modifying the existing hierarchy to accommodate the new groups. | 07-07-2011 |
20110166963 | People's task management framework - The invention pertains to a system and method for people's task management developed with the concept of a system adapting to people's needs as opposed to people adapting to the solutions that were developed to address specific needs. The invention is based on classifying tasks into items produced and items consumed by entities such as individuals, groups of people, businesses and organizations, and then matching the entities based on the consumed items and the produced items, establishing communication paths to facilitate delivery of items from produced entities to consumed entities. The invention also describes a system for developing hierarchies of building blocks starting with the person as the basic building block. Higher level building blocks are formed by establishing alliances with lower level building blocks. Accommodating and streamlining the process of performing the people's tasks will result in significantly reduced overheads associated with people's task management. | 07-07-2011 |
20110166964 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING FOR ENTERTAINMENT TICKETS VIA INTERNET - Systems and methods are provided for collecting and listing entertainment ticket information from multiple data sources, and facilitating the sales of entertainment tickets over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for offering to sell entertainment tickets over a network. The method includes the steps of providing exhibition data importation rules for importing exhibition data, electronically receiving the exhibition data from multiple exhibition data feeds in accordance with the exhibition data importation rules, and electronically eliminating any duplicates from the exhibition data. The method further includes the step of providing, over the network, to a user a listing of entertainment exhibitions in accordance with user-selected or selected criteria, in which the listing provides an option to purchase an exhibition ticket from an entertainment ticket provider. In the method, the exhibition data may include an entertainment identification information, an entertainment exhibition location, and an entertainment exhibition time. | 07-07-2011 |
20110173097 | CONSOLIDATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMER TRACKING OF CUSTOMER'S ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS - Methods and hardware systems are described to enable an online customer to easily track or find the status of his purchases or inquires from various merchandisers without having to individually recall each merchandiser-sent emails. A software tool, operating under a hardware environment, is utilized by the customer to provide “one-stop” status and tracking facilitation. From the customer's perspective, this will make it significantly easier to keep track of various on-line purchases, etc. From the merchandiser's perspective, this will provide a direct link to the customer's desktop or interface, which bypasses the need for the merchandiser to pay for third party search engine clicks, and so forth. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173098 | SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - The invention relates to a system, method, computer readable medium, and computer program product for managing electronic commerce to make users spend the least times, go to the nearest and fewest sales channel and buy the cheapest or suitable goods in order to save money, time, effort and energy. The system comprises an input module configured to receive at least one keyword request from a user client; a search module configured to search at least one goods record according to the keyword request in a database or on the Internet; a selection module configured to show the at least one goods record searched by the search module, receive an input, and perform a corresponding operation according to the input; a result module configured to show at least one shopping plan got from the correspondingly operation; a database configured to store goods records; and an order module configured to operate a shopping order. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173099 | METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS - Device for variably depicting postal services for postal products comprising:
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20110173100 | Object Information Derived from Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 07-14-2011 |
20110178897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING INCOMPLETE TRANSACTIONS OVER A NETWORK - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a system and method for facilitating electronic commerce over a network includes communicating with a user via a user device and a merchant via a merchant device over the network, storing an incomplete purchase transaction between the user and the merchant, generating a portable checkout link to the incomplete purchase transaction, providing the portable checkout link to the user over the network, allowing the user to select the incomplete purchase transaction for processing, and processing the incomplete purchase transaction upon user selection. The system and method may include notifying the user of the incomplete purchase transaction over the network. | 07-21-2011 |
20110178898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A GOOD - A method and apparatus to present information relating to a good. A product identification code is received via a cellular telephone, the product identification code identifying the good. The information relating to the good is presented via a network and using the product identification code. | 07-21-2011 |
20110184837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS USING AN ELECTRONIC SKU FINDER - A programmed data control server compiles a database of product and materials order information from all available suppliers, allows users Internet access to search and order from the database and arrange for delivery or pickup, and inputs and tracks orders to selected suppliers via the Internet. Customers utilize a touch screen on a remote electronic device, which may be a handheld dedicated device exclusively connected to the data control server or other Internet connected device, to search the data control server, save desirable repeat order information, search for special offers, place orders, set up delivery or pickups, and track orders through the data control server. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184838 | TRANSACTION DATA REPOSITORY FOR RISK ANALYSIS - Systems and methods are presented for determining risk levels for consumer-to-consumer (C2C) transactions on brokering websites. The risk levels can be based on payment processing network (e.g. Visa) account data as well as external data, such as geo-location using IP addresses, fraud bureau data, and star ratings. The buying and selling consumers can have multiple risk scores for each transaction, such as a fraud, credit, return/chargeback, dissatisfaction, product misuse, nonreturnable, and defect risk scores. The buying and selling consumers can trade their risk levels before proceeding with the transaction. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184839 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AVATAR ON INSTANT MESSAGING PLATFORM - The present invention relates to instant messaging (IM) technologies, and provides a system and method for managing an avatar on an instant messaging (IM) platform. The method is based on at least one terminal and includes steps of: A) detecting an area where an action takes place and determining a virtual element of a first avatar which is an object of the action according to the area; and B) performing an operation corresponding to the action on the virtual element, updating a second avatar by combining the second avatar with the virtual element. According to the method and system in the present invention, service experience of users can be improved. | 07-28-2011 |
20110191210 | ONLINE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROFILE ELECTRONIC CHECKOUT - Embodiments of the invention provide for methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing a financial institution check-out system for processing online transactions using a customer's pre-existing online financial institution profile. A customer desiring to checkout from an online vendor's electronic marketplace is given a choice to checkout using a financial institution's secure checkout widget, which is rendered alongside the customer computer system's web browser application by a financial institution server. The widget authenticates the customer as a financial institution account owner, and the financial institution server displays to the customer his or her available payment accounts and receives customer input regarding the desired payment account. The server runs a payment service engine that controls payment for the transaction, and then the widget communicates proof of successful payment to the vendor server. The vendor server receives payment confirmation from the financial institution server and thereafter communicates successful payment confirmation to the customer via the vendor's checkout interface. | 08-04-2011 |
20110196761 | VALUE DETERMINATION FOR MOBILE TRANSACTIONS - Various embodiments provide techniques for determining a value share of a mobile transaction for one or more entities associated with the mobile transaction. Examples of mobile transactions include purchases of content such as applications, games, video, audio, graphics, and so on. In one or more embodiments, value share rules can be created and reconfigured. The value share rules specify a share of a transaction value (e.g., a percentage of revenue generated from a purchase of content) that an entity involved in a particular mobile transaction is credited with. In one example scenario, a user of a mobile device purchases an application for the mobile device. A value share rule can be applied to the application purchase amount to determine a share of the application purchase amount that is to be credited to a mobile operator that provides service for the mobile device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196762 | ONLINE USER DIRECTED VALUATION MODEL (UDVM) - A system and method for collective-based property valuation with a mobile client provides a user interface to a device that allows parties viewing a property to enter estimates of the property's value. Fields for a number of property attributes allow viewers to select scaled values indicative of supply and demand in a subject market. The values are used to create new cost-per-square foot and cost-basis valuations of the subject property. The accuracy of the home valuation improves with each additional valuation, resulting in valuations that truly reflect supply and demand in the subject market. Separate values for house, lot, estimated sales price and current market value are calculated and displayed. A past sales price engine estimates a current sales price based on a past sales price and the average appreciation for a neighborhood. A user interface feature allows different users to enter rating data in succession. | 08-11-2011 |
20110196763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLIENT-IN-CHARGE BUSINESS TRANSACTION PROCESSING - The method and apparatus of the client-in-charge architecture is based upon a different approach to the problems of server bandwidth and latency, found in the server-heavy architectures, while addressing the problems of requiring client acceptance, found in the client-heavy architectures. | 08-11-2011 |
20110202430 | SOCIAL NETWORK MEDIA SHARING WITH CLIENT LIBRARY - Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing media content sharing. The concepts and technologies disclosed herein can be employed to share media content with a social network, even for content subject to access control mechanisms and/or copyright laws. According to various embodiments disclosed herein, media content can be shared with a social network, or the like. An application running at or in conjunction with a computer can obtain information relating to media content displayed at or accessible to the computer, format the data, and transmit the data to a social networking site or other location in a format appropriate for the site. Contents and technologies for viewing the shared content also are disclosed. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ONLINE RESEARCH, PUBLICATION, PROMOTION AND MANAGEMENT OF USER GOODS - A system and method for enabling online research, publication, promotion, and management of user goods is presented. An embodiment guiding the process of online selling across multiple platforms is presented. Information is gathered from various sources across the Internet to determine pricing and publication options. Data and user input are aggregated to create a listing. Listings are published and promoted across platforms and channels and feedback is presented to the user through an online interface. | 08-18-2011 |
20110208614 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZED ELECTRONIC BOOK PAYMENT, STORAGE, DOWNLOAD, LISTENING, AND READING - A method and system for using a vehicle's electronic systems to provide all features and functions typically found on a handheld electronic book device. The vehicle's electronic systems can be used in an integrated fashion with a user's handheld electronic book device, such that the vehicle's systems can be used to recite electronic book materials, media files can be shared between the vehicle and the handheld device, bookmarks can be synchronized, and the user can seamlessly switch from one system to the other. The vehicle's electronic systems can also be used independent of any other electronic book device, such that the vehicle's systems provide all electronic book device functionality—including browsing for new reading materials, purchase, download, storage, reading, and listening. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208615 | System and Method For Creating and Marketing Authentic Virtual Memorabilia - A system and method for creating and marketing authentic virtual memorabilia is disclosed. The System and method include at least one computer server, at least one database connected to said at least one computer server, a communication connection for connecting said at least one computer server to a network, software hosted on said at least one computer server, said software configured to create a marketplace for limited edition authentic virtual memorabilia, said software further configured to provide an auction environment for said authentic virtual memorabilia, said software further configured to allow display of said limited edition authentic virtual memorabilia in a showcase. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208616 | CONTENT SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for managing media content are shown and described. A method can include storing a plurality of collection maps on a server in communication with a network, each collection map each indicating how music content items making up a music content item collection associated with a user account are held across a plurality of music devices associated with the user account. The method can also include controlling a transfer of music content items from the server to individual remote user music devices according to the collection map associated with the relevant user account. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCALITY AND USER PREFERENCE BASED FOOD RECOMMENDATIONS - A system and methods for generating and presenting recommendations of places to eat based on a user's preferences and profile. A set of preferences and ratings are maintained by multiple users which are used to filter and generate rating estimations. Preferences and ratings of other user's with similar preference profiles are used to increase or decrease the recommendations. The location and preferences of multiple users can also be compared to provide eating recommendations for a group of users. The recommendations and ratings can be drilled down to specific menu item for determining recommendations on the full meal or a specific item. The system can also be used by the restaurant owner to identify potential customers, target marketing messages, identify problems with the menu or staff, and improve the impression and quality of the restaurant and food. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208618 | CATALOG MANAGEMENT MODULE IN A CUSTOM PRODUCT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A software system may be used to define configurable products for use in a selling application module by sellers of products to define custom configuration of products to satisfy customer needs. During periodic points in time, a subset of all configuration of these configurable products may be offered for sale by sellers user special price terms and conditions. Catalogs of sale products may provide a mechanism for configuring only products that are included within sale products. A catalog manager module may assist in preparing a catalog of product data and related configuration rules associated with only products included within a particular catalog. | 08-25-2011 |
20110213679 | MULTI-QUANTITY FIXED PRICE REFERRAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Multi-quantity fixed price referral systems and methods are described. A “multi-quantity fixed price” listing is a listing published by an online publication system where a seller is selling a number of identical items for a fixed price for each of the items. The methods may include selecting a category from a catalogue hierarchy used by an online publication system. The selected category may be one of a plurality of categories assigned to listings each describing an item for sale. The listings within the selected category are filtered to select a set of filtered listings. A decay formula may be applied to each filtered listing of the set of filtered listings. One or more of the filtered listings are selected based on a ranking of the filtered listings. A graphical user interface to display the selected filtered listings to the user is provided. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING AND DISPLAYING ACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY CYBER MALLS, SHOW ROOMS, GALLERIES, STORES, MUSEUMS, AND OBJECTS WITHIN - A system and method for virtually displaying on-line a gallery, a showroom, a store, a mall or any other room or space and the objects contained in said room or space, wherein the data displayed is comprised of a virtual reality data packet. The system displays still photographs of virtual reality shots and textual materials, and plays virtual reality video clips and audio stories about the room and/or the objects contained therein. Links are associated with each object so that detailed information in graphical, video, audio and/or textual forms that are related to the object and are stored external to the virtual reality data packet can be retrieved on demand from an external database for presentation to the viewer. The system also provides on-line controls that enable the viewer to move around the space, and a feature that enables a viewer to view an object from 360° around the object. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213681 | Delivering enhanced content to broadcast media receivers with internet connection and enhancing user experience - Adding relevant metadata to downstream media broadcasts to devices such as smart phones, MP3 music players, tablet computers, etc. equipped with media broadcast receivers such as IBOC, DAB etc will enable enhanced user-experience such as easy and faster content access, content format customization, content storage, integration with social networking sites etc. The host devices having the broadcast receivers on board have a full time or part time internet connection to provide an independent upstream and downstream digital data communication path for the functionality of the broadcast receiver. This will enable new possibilities in media-broadcast-receivers, which are normally limited with only downstream data channel. The possibilities include enhanced content access browsing, podcast access, exploring more information about the program content, easy integration with social networking sites etc. The devices are controlled to display or playback advertisements, images etc. in the metadata, detect click events indicating interest by a user in something and communicate that click event upstream over a full time or part time internet or an SMS data path connection. The transmitters have structure to insert metadata in band or out of band with the media broadcast program content. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213682 | CHARACTER TRADING METHOD - There is provided a character training and development system for a virtual environment and related method. A character can be purchased by a user and then registered on a communication network via a unique code. Once registered, a set of attributes can be assigned to the character based on the type and class of the character. Attribute values can be assigned to the attributes by default or by user preferences. The characters can be manipulated within the virtual environment. In particular, the characters can be trained in order to improve their skills, to add new skills, and to increase their overall value and worth in the virtual environment. In addition, the characters can be traded among users for a price based on their skills. Fees can be charged for each trade. Traded characters are given a new code to transfer all control of the character to the new owner. | 09-01-2011 |
20110218882 | Metadata Subscription Systems and Methods - Exemplary metadata subscription methods and systems are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a metadata subscription system receiving data representative of a subscription by a user to one or more metadata values, identifying at least one media content instance that has the one or more metadata values, and providing the user with access to the identified at least one media content instance. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218883 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING USING RETRIEVAL PATH DATA - The browsing activity of a first user is motivated by some intent. The first user requests retrieval of a particular document while browsing. A document processing and presentation machine associates the document with a retrieval path taken by the first user. By using the retrieval path data of the document, the document processing and presentation machine infers an intent that likely motivated the first user. When a second user makes a request similar to a request within the retrieval path, the machine presents the second user with the document and some of the retrieval path data, thus providing the second user with a shortcut that leads the second user directly to the document. Thus, the second user may be able to satisfy his intent with significantly less browsing activity compared to the first user. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218884 | PAYMENT METHOD DECISION ENGINE - A computerized system and method that enables identifying the best payment currency for a product or service is disclosed. Payment currencies include cash, reward programs and the unit or currency in which reward programs are denominated, and combinations thereof. A single product search request initiates searches of multiple payment currencies. Availability, discounts, prices, comparable costs, net values and relative values are determined and/or calculated per each payment currency. Comparable cost, relative value, or other criteria, may be used to determine the best payment method, that is, the lowest cost in a common currency, such as cash. Determination of the best payment currency is accomplished in “real-time” and has an advantage of leveraging quantitative and qualitative analysis in its determination. In addition, the search may be personalized by adding information unique to each user. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218885 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLY CHAIN AND RELATIONSHIP MAPPING - A method for providing on online consumer driven environmentally sustainable product database. The method includes steps of providing a greenness rating for at least one product and/or service; providing a dynamically linked supply chain map of the at least one product and/or service; and providing a platform for consumers to purchase the at least one product and/or service. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218886 | Parts management system, apparatus, program, method, and storage medium - A parts management system includes a catalog data generator to generate catalog data for display of a parts catalog based on image data of a part configuring a machine, and machine configuration information describing a configuration of the machine using identification information for the part configuring the machine; a catalog data storage unit to store the generated catalog data; a display data generator to generate display data displayable on an interface based on the stored catalog data, the display data including the parts catalog and an operating unit for placing an order for the part; and an order information generator to generate order information including the identification information for the part, a quantity of the part, and a delivery destination for the part, in response to inputting an order for the part via the interface. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218887 | Method and Apparatus for Permitting Stage-Door Access to On-Line Vendor Information - The present invention provides Internet users with access to an on-line vendor that has detailed product information some or all of which is supplied by at least one product supplier. Through selected storage and sharing of data, an on-line store is married to a supplier's product database. The on-line vendor is able to provide greater product information at a vastly reduced cost. The product supplier is provided with a unique company forum in which company activities such as sales training can be consolidated with advertising activities and product information to provide the most economical and up-to-date training information for the company. | 09-08-2011 |
20110218888 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING CUSTOMER MOTIVATIONS IN PURCHASING DECISIONS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for determining motivator counts associated with purchase selections are presented herein. A data store can be configured to store purchase selections of respective products. A server can be configured to determine an incremental purchase time between a first purchase selection of the purchase selections and a second purchase selection of the purchase selections. Further, the server can be configured to determine a standard deviation of incremental purchase times between respective purchase selections of the purchase selections. Furthermore, the server can be configured to increment a prime motivator count associated with the second purchase selection based on the incremental purchase time and the standard deviation. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225066 | WEB SERVICE FOR GENERATING PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS - A software application executed at a user computer and/or server allows a user to select one or more multimedia files. The multimedia files may be provided at the user computer, sold at the server, or procured from a third party provider. The user can arrange the multimedia files into a presentation. A user can then specify a display device that will be used to present the multimedia presentation. The display device can be a television, portable media player, a computer, or other device. The system can translate the multimedia presentation into a format compatible with the device. Thus, the user is provided with a simple system to create multimedia presentation and receive the file in a format compatible with a device. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225067 | FRAUD PREVENTION USING CUSTOMER AND AGENT FACING DEVICES - A method of restricting the disbursement of funds in a money transfer, the method occurring at a money transfer system, the method comprising: receiving a money transfer request from a requester including information about a pending transaction between the requester and a provider; providing the money transfer request to a sender, the money transfer request informing the sender of the pending transaction and requesting that the sender provide funds for the pending transaction; receiving an acceptance from the sender to perform the money transfer, the acceptance restricting the use of the funds to pay for the pending transaction; and executing a money transfer from the sender to the provider such that the money is transferred without being accessible to the requester. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225068 | SHOPPING ASSISTANT - Various embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to the dynamic calculation and presentation of efficient travel routes for in-person shoppers. For example, an adaptive shopping server system is configured to generate, for display on a shopping client device, an efficient travel route to a location of one or more user-requested merchandise items, the efficient travel route being advantageously distinct relative to other potential travel routes in consideration of a route efficiency selection criterion received from the shopping client device. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225069 | Purchase and Delivery of Goods and Services, and Payment Gateway in An Augmented Reality-Enabled Distribution Network - The present invention relates to systems and methods for purchasing goods and services in an augmented reality-enabled distribution network. The system includes a server supporting the presentation of information within augmented reality of a plurality of participants. A communication network is included for facilitating the transfer of information from the server to devices of the plurality of participants. Also included is a purchase and delivery exchange that facilitates the sale of goods and services deliverable through augmented reality. In addition, a payment gateway facilitates the transfer of funds between a buyer and seller in association with a transaction conducted through the purchase and delivery exchange. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231287 | Method and system to market and distribute a product or service - A method of tiered promotion and distribution of a product comprises hosting a transactional applet accessible via the Internet; accessing the host to execute the applet for a first fan; enabling the first fan to process a voucher for the product; and enabling the first fan to propagate the applet to a terminal of a second fan wherein the propagated applet (i) renders content associated with the first fan and the product, (ii) accepts an input from the second fan to process a subsequent transaction relative to the product; (iii) credits the first fan with a credit, and (iv) generates a transactional record for delivery to the first fan. The generated record may include a notation of account credit, evidence of an entry ticket, or other information. The applet may be propagated to third or subsequent fans to provide further credits for the first, second, or subsequent fans. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231288 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMPUTER APPLICATION SUPPORT - A method and system for providing computer application support. The method comprises determining a set of installed applications on a source computer using a software manager module executing on a computer, generating a set of usage information for the set of installed applications on the one or more source computers, deriving a set of analysis results from the usage information using a software analysis module executing on a computer, generating a list of applications from the set of analysis results using the software analysis module, and providing the list to a destination computer. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSACTION OF SPORT INFORMATION - A method is applied in a transaction system for transaction of sport information among information seller and buyer, and the transaction center so as to result in paying a transaction fee. The buyer operates a first electronic device to fetch a selection chart and personal data of an individual seller, and transmits a transaction signal to a transaction module. After completing each transaction, a website module transmits a prediction result of a coming match to a second electronic device, hence the buyer. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231290 | ONLINE MARKETPLACE PORTAL FOR CONTENT PUBLISHERS AND CONTENT CREATORS - An online marketplace portal enables the exchange of content and payments for content between content publishers and content creators, such as organizations and professional freelancers, respectively. The online portal allows publishers and creators to exchange exclusive content concepts and completed works through a dosed platform. Users can negotiate terms relating to access and rights to publish content, manage distribution of content, and process payment through the online portal. Content publishers can use the online marketplace portal to purchase syndicated content and manage relationships with freelancers. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231291 | PRICE DISTRIBUTION SLIDER HISTOGRAM - In various example embodiments, systems and methods to navigate item listings using a slider histogram include receiving a request from a client device and determining a list of item listings satisfying the request. Additionally, a histogram based on an attribute found in the item listings of the list is determined. The list and the histogram are provided to the client device, the histogram including a slider that allows refinement of the item listings being displayed based on a position of the slider on the histogram. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231292 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PROXIMITY-BASED PEER-TO-PEER PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - In a system, method, GUI, apparatus, and/or computer-readable media for providing a secure, proximity based peer-to-peer payment transaction service a signal may be received from a personal electronic device (PED) by a server. An identity of the PED may be verified based on the received signal and, upon verification the PED may be enabled to discover one or more offers to participate in a transaction provided by one or more sellers. A selection and acceptance of an offer may be received from the PED and funds to a seller providing the selected offer. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238532 | DETERMINING MOBILE OPERATORS FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Determining a mobile operator for a mobile device. The mobile operator is determined using one or more of an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) and a current operator name (CON) and service provider name (SPN) pair. Correlations between the IMSI and mobile operators, and between the CON/SPN pairs and mobile operators, are maintained. Correlations between unrecognized CON/SPN pairs and mobile operators are created based on a quantity of requests received from the mobile devices. In some embodiments, identifying the mobile operator enables financial transactions by the mobile device when visiting, for example, a mobile applications store. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238533 | DATA PROCESSING - A data processing system comprises a client device connectable to the internet, the client device having a web browser for accessing information via the internet; the web browser being operable to access a list providing groups of internet addresses of online retailer internet pages, each group having two or more internet addresses each relating to different respective retailers' offerings of an item for purchase, so that a current internet address being accessed by the web browser is compared with internet addresses in the list and, if the current internet address is found within one of the groups, the other internet addresses in the group are returned as alternative internet addresses relating to a current item being viewed; the web browser being operable to detect a retail price of the current item from each of the internet addresses in the group containing the current internet address; and the web browser being operable to compare the retail prices and indicate the lowest such retail price for the current item while displaying the internet page relating to the current internet address. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238534 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING THE CATEGORIZATION OF ITEMS FOR WHICH ITEM LISTINGS ARE MADE BY A USER OF AN ECOMMERCE SYSTEM - Methods and systems for improving the classification of items that are listed for sale on an ecommerce system. In one example embodiment a seller of an item provides the ecommerce system a listing of the item for sale, the listing including key data such as item category in textual format. The ecommerce system, in response to the textual category, presents to the seller images of types of the item in the category in silhouette form. The seller selects the silhouette delineating the type of item, causing the type of item to be entered as key data in the listing. The seller may send her own image of the item to the system, which then compares the seller-provided image to a system image of known category and/or type. If the system detects a possible mismatch between the images, the system provides feedback to the seller indicating a possible error in categorization of the listed item. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238535 | Systems and Methods for Making and Using Interactive Display Table for Facilitating Registries - An interactive display of goods. On a screen, platform, or other suitable surface, images of items are shown or projected, preferably in high definition and/or 3D. A user may inspect or select any of the items. A computer or other processing unit may supply the content of the images. Preferably, realistic 3D images of objects are rendered by graphics design software enabling the user to select an item, rotate it, and view it from any angle. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246327 | PERSONALIZED GOODS ASSEMBLY TRANSACTION SYSTEN - A personalized goods assembly transaction system comprise a server including a first section as a consumer database; the consumer database having three sub-sections, which are a consumer data unit, a consumer goods set unit and a consumer connection unit; at least one consumer unit connected to the server through a consumer interface; wherein the consumer data unit of the consumer database serves to record the data of a consumer; the consumer goods set unit of the consumer database serves to record the goods set by the consumer; the goods set includes a list of at least one set of goods which is inputted by the consumer. The system further comprises a seller database in the memory having three sub-sections, which are a seller data unit, a seller goods menu and a seller setting unit; at least one seller unit; the seller unit being connected to the server through a seller interface. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246328 | ITEM-SPECIFIC MONEY TRANSFER METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The invention provides various systems and methods for implementing item-specific money transfers. The method includes receiving identification of an item, determining a vendor and a price of the item, and receiving, from a receiver, a money transfer request for an amount of the price of the item. The money transfer request identifies a sender. The method further includes sending the money transfer request to the sender, receiving, from the sender, authorization for a money transfer in an amount of the price of the item. The authorization includes an indication that funds from the money transfer are restricted for use only for the item. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246329 | MOTION-BASED INTERACTIVE SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT - An on-screen shopping application which reacts to a human target user's motions to provide a shopping experience to the user is provided. A tracking system captures user motions and executes a shopping application allowing a user to manipulate an on-screen representation the user. The on-screen representation has a likeness of the user or another individual and movements of the user in the on-screen interface allows the user to interact with virtual articles that represent real-world articles. User movements which are recognized as article manipulation or transaction control gestures are translated into commands for the shopping application. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CONTENT - In various example embodiments, a system and method for searching content is provided. A selection of an area of an image is received. Using one or more processors, an analysis is performed to determine one or more entities associated with the selected area. Content related to the determined one or more entities are retrieved from a database. The database may comprise a database of current content that is continually updated. The retrieved content is displayed in association with the selected area of the image. Further refinement of the retrieved content may be performed and a transaction based on the retrieved content may be concluded. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246331 | Online Custom Circuit Marketplace - Network-based system and method for providing custom circuits to customers. At least one computer may be used to perform the method. A specification of a custom circuit may be received from at least one first user over a wide area network. The specification may specify a design of the custom circuit. Information regarding the custom circuit may be provided on a website over the wide area network. At least one purchase order of the custom circuit may be received from at least one second user over the wide area network. The purchase order(s) may include delivery information for the custom circuit. Delivery of the custom circuit may be configured based on the purchase order(s). The first user(s) may receive payment based on the purchase order(s). | 10-06-2011 |
20110246332 | Down Sell Method for E-Commerce - A method and apparatus for implementing a down sell process. The method includes offering for sale a product or service and further offering a recommended accompanying products or services. When the recommended product or service is not selected for purchase along with the selected main item for purchase, providing a notice to the purchaser, where the notice may include a warning that failure to use the main product or service with the recommended products or services may result in a degradation of quality or performance, or a disclaimer of adverse effects of using the main product or service with other products or services that are not the recommended product or service, and having the purchaser acknowledge or accept the contents of the notice. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246333 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INITIATING APPLICATION PROCESSES BY DATA CAPTURE FROM RENDERED DOCUMENTS - Systems, apparatus and methods for implementing transaction applications using a handheld document data capture device are described herein. The handheld device captures information from a rendered document. The captured information is processed to identify an electronic document corresponding to the rendered document. Information captured from the rendered document by the handheld capture device is used to perform a transaction. In one embodiment, a portable scanner is used to select items from a catalog. Information scanned from the catalog is used to identify the catalog, the items to be purchased, and complete an order via the Internet. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246334 | Connecting Consumers with Providers - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request from a consumer to purchase consultation time from a service provider having specified attributes, the service providers associated with a private business; generating a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display device depicts an image marking the graphical user interface with a indicia of the private business and one or more input elements for searching for the one or more service providers associated with the private business; determining by a computer system one or more service providers associated with the private label that are presently available to engage in a real-time consultation with the consumer; searching by the computer system a database of attributes for the one or more presently available service providers selling consultation time; and identifying a presently available service provider associated with at least some of attributes included in the request to purchase consultation time. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246335 | VIRTUAL SHOPPING METHOD - A virtual shopping method for use with an electronic device is provided. The virtual shopping method includes displaying a virtual environment view, wherein the virtual environment view includes a plurality of images. The plurality of images includes at least an environment changing image, wherein the plurality of images are disposed within the virtual environment view in a customary manner and the spatial arrangements of the images in the virtual environment view are associated with each other. Next, the virtual shopping method includes selecting the environment changing image to enable the electronic device to receive other virtual environment information for producing other virtual environment view, wherein the other virtual environment view includes a plurality of other images. The plurality of other images includes a product image, wherein the plurality of other images are disposed in the other virtual environment view in the customary manner and the spatial arrangements of the plurality of other images in the virtual environment view are associated with each other and the product image is generated in accordance with a product information. Next, the virtual shopping method includes displaying the other virtual environment view as well as selecting the product image to carry out a transaction procedure. | 10-06-2011 |
20110251923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CENTRALIZED GIFT REGISTRY WITH TWO-WAY SYNCHRONIZATION - Systems and methods for that allow for the creation and management of a centralized gift registry are described. Gifts are added to the centralized gift registry from retailer-specific registries. A gift list is created and displayed. Gift givers may select a gift from the gift list of the centralized gift registry. In one embodiment, when a purchase of a gift occurs, the gift list is updated. Updates to gifts are sent between the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registries, such that the gifts common to these registries are synchronized. This synchronization may involve the use of APIs at the centralized gift registry or the retailer-specific registries. The centralized gift registry system automatically searches for all retailer-specific registries pertaining to the gift registrant. The centralized gift registry system may request a retailer's system to create a retailer-specific registry. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CENTRALIZED GIFT REGISTRY WITH UPLOAD AND MERGE OF A RETAILER-SPECIFIC REGISTRY - Systems and methods for that allow for the creation and management of a centralized gift registry are described. A retailer-specific registry is imported into the centralized gift registry. A gift list is created and displayed. Gift givers may select a gift from the gift list of the centralized gift registry. In one embodiment, when a purchase of a gift occurs, the gift list is updated. Updates to gifts are sent between the centralized gift registry and the retailer-specific registries, such that the gifts common to these registries are synchronized. This synchronization may involve the use of APIs at the centralized gift registry or the retailer-specific registries. The centralized gift registry system automatically searches for all retailer-specific registries pertaining to the gift registrant. The centralized gift registry system may request a retailer's system for information on gift items of a respective retailer-specific registry. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251925 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CENTRALIZED GIFT REGISTRY WITH AUTOMATIC RETAILER-SPECIFIC REGISTRY CREATION - Systems and methods for that allow for the creation and management of a centralized gift registry are described. Gifts are added to the centralized gift registry from retailer-specific registries. A gift registrant may select one or more retailers. The centralized gift registry system may automatically submit a request for the creation of retailer-specific registries at each of the retailers selected by the gift registrant, based in part on information provided to the centralized gift registry by the gift registrant. This creation may involve the use of APIs at the centralized gift registry or the retailer-specific registries. A gift list is created and displayed. Gift givers may select a gift from the centralized gift registry. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251926 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PRODUCTS, AND WEBSITE FOR PROGRESSIVE E-COMMERCE - An e-commerce system where progressive incentives are displayed to entice shoppers to purchase goods is disclosed. The e-commerce system includes a database with a region of memory having data related to a first inventory of physical goods and a second inventory of digital goods. The e-commerce system also includes a website configured to facilitate an event, where the website is coupled to the database for accessing the first inventory in response to the event. The event may be a purchase of one or more physical goods. The e-commerce system further includes a webpage configured to display at least a portion of the first inventory that is available for sale, and to display one or more digital goods, where the webpage presents a locked digital good before the event occurs, and in response to one or more events occurring, the webpage presents an unlocked digital good. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251927 | PRECIOUS METALS DISTRIBUTION WEBSITE - A distribution channel of precious metals utilizes an investment agent and/or insurance agent model. A method for purchasing and selling precious metals may be a web-based trading model that may allow individuals to conveniently trade precious metals. A monthly accumulation plan may allow clients to develop a portfolio in precious metals. | 10-13-2011 |
20110258082 | Application Store for Shared Resource Computing - A server in a Shared Resource Computing (SRC) system runs applications and manages licenses for those applications across multiple sessions and/or user terminals. Plug-ins created by an SRC App Store translate the licensing requirements of various applications into terms that can be monitored and enforced by the SRC App Store. When payments are necessary to comply with the licensing requirements, the SRC App Store manages the payments. The SRC App Store also enforces the licensing requirements by providing feedback regarding enforcement consequences. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258083 | Systems and Methods for Managing Supplier Information Between an Electronic Procurement System and Buyers' Supplier Management Systems - A system and method provide an efficient and simple procurement process that is easily customizable and allows the automatic mapping of supplier information and catalogs according to the buyer/purchasing organization's internal data schema used for representing such data, and updates the buyer/purchasing organization's hosted supplier information and catalogs automatically. In an exemplary embodiment, access to an electronic procurement system is requested, a supplier provides supplier data through a graphical user interface (GUI) for storage in one or more databases of an electronic procurement system, the supplier designates a subset of the supplier data as protected supplier data, and conveniently selects one or more buyer organization's supplier management systems to receive the provided supplier data. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258084 | SINGLE WINDOW BASED E-COMMERCE BUSINESS TRANSACTION - The present invention relates to a single window e-commerce based business to consumer transaction with a common inventory database, where an end user can access multiple automobile parts and dealers' product catalogue by accessing a single webpage, and making purchases online without bothering to login again and again and to physically visit each dealer's location and checking his inventory for the desired product, since if the dealer does not have a product in his inventory, he can order it from the OEM. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258085 | SERVICES FOR PROVIDING ITEM ASSOCIATION DATA - A service is disclosed for enabling web sites and other entities to provide item recommendations and other behavior-based content to end users. The service can be implemented as a web service that is remotely accessible over the Internet. Web sites use the web service's interface to report events descriptive of item-related actions performed by end users (e.g., item views, item purchases, searches for items, etc.). The web service analyzes the reported event data on an aggregated basis to detect various types of associations between particular items, and stores resulting datasets that map items to associated items. The web service's interface also provides various API calls for enabling the web sites to request item recommendations and other behavior-based content, including but not limited to personalized recommendations that are based on the event history of the target user. Advantageously, the web sites need not host the infrastructure for providing such content. | 10-20-2011 |
20110264559 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND CATALOGING - In some embodiments, a method includes accessing a provider interface. The provider interface is associated with a provider having at least one asset for purchase. The asset can be, for example, a plant-related product, a livestock-related product and/or the like. Data associated with the asset and/or the provider is input into the provider interface, which is then configured to display a unique code generated based on the data input. The asset is associated with the unique code, for example, by providing the consumer with the unique code at the time of purchase. In response to a consumer request, information associated with the asset is provided. More specifically, the information associated with the asset is retrieved from a database accessible via the provider interface. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264560 | IN-PRODUCT NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for configuring a web page to display a product list is provided. A storage module stores product information that includes product attributes associated with products. A web page generation module is in signal communication with the storage module and receives the product attributes from the storage module. The web page generation module constructs a web page that includes a product list that lists products stored in the storage module. The web page generation module encodes the product attributes as a selectable portion of a product identifier for the products. The web page generation module includes the selectable portion of the product identifier that corresponds to the encoded product attribute in the product list of the web page such that the product attribute is selectable from the product list when the product list is displayed on the web page. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LISTING ASSISTANCE - In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing listing assistance to a user is provided. In example embodiments, a selection of a category is received from a device of the user. A plurality of publications that match the selection of the category is retrieved. Statistic data is generated using information from the plurality of publications. The statistic data is provided to the device of the user for display on a user interface. | 10-27-2011 |
20110264562 | Estore One Click - Provided are a method and system that promote the conversion of visitors to a website into full members using a one click protocol. The method, which can be executed by a computer system, includes hosting a website on a server. User profiles are stored on the website, and the users include a first set of users who are full members and a second set of users who are not full members. Access is granted to an electronic store associated with the website, and a different version of the electronic store is accessible by the first and second sets of users. Members of the second set of users who purchase an item from the limited selection of items of the electronic store are converted into additional members, and subsequently granted access to portions of the website reserved for full members. | 10-27-2011 |
20110270708 | Perishable Medical Product Management Systems, Perishable Medical Product Management Methods, And Perishable Medical Product Resale Methods - Perishable medical product management systems, perishable medical product management methods, and perishable medical product resale methods are described. According to one aspect, a perishable medical product management system includes a communications interface, storage circuitry configured to store information regarding a plurality of perishable medical products including information regarding useful lives of the perishable medical products, and processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and storage circuitry, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to monitor remaining amounts of time of the useful lives of the perishable medical products, to detect one of the perishable medical products approaching the end of its useful life as a result of the monitoring, and to control the communications interface to output a communication which indicates that the one perishable medical product is approaching the end of its useful life as a result of the detection of the one perishable medical product approaching the end of its useful life. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270709 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - There is disclosed an apparatus configured to provide a chart of content items to a plurality of user devices. The apparatus is configured to enable individual users to temporarily access one or more content items listed in the chart. The apparatus comprises a user device interface configured to communicate with user device applications and a permissions module configured to define user access permissions, including temporary user access permissions, relating to individual ones of the one or more items of content. The apparatus also provides a distribution module configured to implement permissions defined in the permission module in relation to user devices by making available one or more items of content listed in the chart to at least one user device application. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270710 | System for dynamically generating affiliate advertising within electronic communications - A system and method with a distributor physically acting upon a computer to send an electronic mail message to a recipient. The system uses an Internet browser add-on to identify the presence of an electronic mail message and insert a predetermined advertising code into the electronic mail message. The advertising code can be generally selected by the system or selected by the distributor. Once selected, the advertisements are associated within the server with the distributor as part of an affiliate marketing program. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270711 | MANAGING APPLICATION INTERACTIONS WITH ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS - Networked services may interface with enterprise systems of an organization to access data in the enterprise systems. A networked service may be able to retrieve, manipulate, and store data in the enterprise systems. Once a networked service interfacing with enterprise systems has been created, developers may create apps or applications that call one or more networked services to access data in the enterprise systems. The apps may provide basic functionality, such as generating a user interface in a specific device using a specific industry standard platform for incorporating data from enterprise systems accessed by a linked service. Networked services may also contain modules for tracking calls or invocations of the service together with an identifier of an associated application and user, in addition to other data. This data may be recorded in a database and shared to compensate parties based on actual usage of the services and/or apps. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270712 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MANAGING MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO PRECINCT REGIONS CONTAINING SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AND INFORMATION - An arrangement for managing mobile device access to precinct regions so that a user can access usable information about certain products, services or other things from said precinct for real time consideration and decision making, said arrangement including: a server with a database of vendors, products, services, promotional materials, information, applications and other resources for each precinct; a hand-held device having means to allow a user to operate software applications including a web browser; said hand-held device having means to support short range wireless communication protocols; said hand-held device having navigation means displayable upon said screen to locate, promote and/or direct a customer to a certain location and/or vendor within precinct; communication means for said hand-held device to wirelessly access information from and transfer information to said database; wherein provision for the hand-held device to associate with a precinct is realised by the inherent short range wireless communication protocol of the hand-held device to be activated by proximity with a kiosk, port, pad, gate or zone (proximity station) within or near to the precinct region such that once access to the wireless network has been established as permitted through the proximity gesture of the hand-held device coming in range with said proximity station, the user of the hand-held device may then interact with the precinct and those associated vendors, products, services, information, applications and other resources from the database and to be then under the guidance of the navigational display appearing on the hand-held device to be then guided to the point of sale of such a vendor, product and/or service. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270713 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING THE PROVISION OF OPINIONS TO A SHOPPER FROM A PANEL OF PEERS - In accordance with one or more embodiments, a system determines an image, selects a panel of participants, and outputs the image to each of the participants of the panel of participants. Responses may be collected from the participants and an indication of the results may be output to a shopper. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270714 | ALTERNATE DELIVERY LOCATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems disclosed herein are used to deliver a package or product to an alternate delivery location (ADL) for pick up by a customer or authorized retriever. The customer can register to receive delivery of a package or product with an ADL solution provider before delivery of the product, or may do so when purchasing the product. Alternatively, a product or package can be shipped from sender to an ADL for pick up by a person, outside of the context of purchasing a product. The methods and systems also offer the capability to track transported packages or products. | 11-03-2011 |
20110276434 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - A method and a system for providing information about a posting from multiple sources are provided. For example, the method may comprise storing a posting that was submitted by a first user in an online publication system. Then, one or more stored inquiries associated with the posting may be retrieved. Finally, a response is selectively retrieved from a response source. The retrieved response may correspond to the stored inquiry and the posting. The response source is at least one of the posting, the online publication system, the first user, and a user account of a second user. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276435 | Supplier/Buyer Network that Provides Catalog Updates - Embodiments for a supplier/buyer (S/B) network providing catalog updates are disclosed. One method includes the S/B network receiving a request for an update of product information of a catalog. The S/B network receives a profile request of at least one supplier from a buyer. The S/B network confirms that the at least one supplier supports product updates. If the at least one supplier supports product information updates, then the S/B network receives the request for a product information update from the buyer, and requests the product information update from the at least one supplier. The S/B network receives the product information update from the at least one supplier, and the S/B network updates the catalog based on the product information update. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276436 | PAYMENT CARDS AND DEVICES WITH GIFT CARD, GLOBAL INTEGRATION, AND MAGNETIC STRIPE READER COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY - A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. Gift cards may be inputted by a user into such a payment card or other device such that a user can combine gift cards. Similarly, a user be provided with a global payment account that can be utilized in multiple countries that have different standards for formatting data. A user may be provided with a default country (e.g., United States) but may have a way to select that the user is in a different country (e.g., Japan). Accordingly, a user may select that a Japanese data structure be transmitted through a magnetic stripe reader when the user is in Japan. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276437 | PAYMENT CARDS AND DEVICES WITH GIFT CARD, GLOBAL INTEGRATION, AND MAGNETIC STRIPE READER COMMUNICATION FUNCTIONALITY - A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. Gift cards may be inputted by a user into such a payment card or other device such that a user can combine gift cards. Similarly, a user be provided with a global payment account that can be utilized in multiple countries that have different standards for formatting data. A user may be provided with a default country (e.g., United States) but may have a way to select that the user is in a different country (e.g., Japan). Accordingly, a user may select that a Japanese data structure be transmitted through a magnetic stripe reader when the user is in Japan. | 11-10-2011 |
20110282763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TINTING AND SELLING PAINT - A method and a system for ordering paint to cover a surface includes, retrieving a color value from a machine-readable memory to a processor. The processor retrieves a paint quantity from a machine-readable memory. The processor compiles an order for paint including the paint quantity and color value and then transmits the order from the processor to a vendor for formulating the paint quantity having the color value when painted upon the surface and allowed to dry. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282764 | VIRTUAL PARTIES AND PACKS - A party pack is purchased from an electronic store that includes everything necessary to have a party including games, prizes, food items, an invitation template, and prizes for the party recipients. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IP DATA ACCESS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE - A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards. | 11-17-2011 |
20110288959 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING HYBRID CORE CONSTRUCTION - A method of selling architectural plans as well as a modular core. The modular core constitutes all wet areas of a home including all of its kitchen and bathroom areas and supporting electrical and plumbing connections. A plurality of architectural plans are developed, each architectural plan including a plan for the construction of a stick built home which includes a modular core. The architectural plans are then provided to developers or homebuilders. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288960 | Methods and Apparatuses for Providing Implied Trading Information - Embodiments for providing implied traded information are described herein. An embodiment includes receiving last trade information and using that data to determine an amount of last trade information that is due to implied trading activity. This information may be output using a variety of screens. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288961 | OPERATION OF A GENDER NEUTRAL GIFT REGISTRY - The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for delivering a selected gender specific baby registry gift. A baby registry profile is created in response to receiving registration information from a registrant. The baby registry profile is populated with a set of baby registry gifts selected by the registrant. The set of baby registry gifts includes one or more pairs of gender specific baby registry gifts. In response to receiving a gender notification from a gender notification entity, a selected gender specific baby registry gift is identified from the one or more pairs of gender specific baby registry gifts. The selected gender specific registry gift is delivered for the registrant. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288962 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A LEAD EXCHANGE FACILITATING HUB - The APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A LEAD EXCHANGE FACILITATING HUB (“HUB”) facilitates the generation, evaluation, and recording of information and activities related to property transactions and associated communications. In embodiments, the HUB may be configured to transaction and/or exchange of lead information, such as contact information, real estate site drives, market comparables, marketing ideas, and/or the like. The HUB may engender a tailored and efficient forum for coordinating transactions of lead information based on a centralized database of contacts and other lead information associated with and/or belonging to users. In one embodiment, users may submit lead requests comprising parameters and/or criteria based on which one or more queries may be performed on that database. Other users having leads matching the request may then be notified and may decide whether to share their lead information with the requesting user. In one implementation, users may include a bounty or other user-specified offer price with their lead request, which may be provided to a lead owner upon transfer of the requested lead information. In some implementations, users may submit lead quality rating scores and/or the like subsequent to receiving lead information, which may assist future requestors in selecting the lead providers with whom they wish to engage in transactions. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288963 | Method of Giving, Receiving and Redeeming Virtual and Real Gifts - A method of conveying virtual and real gifts from one entity to another that includes unique benefits to the sender and the recipient. The sender purchases a virtual gift and real gift features, and the recipient receives both the real and the virtual gift if he or she accepts the virtual gift and complies with the requirements of acceptance. The real gift features motivate the recipient to accept the virtual gift. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288964 | Kinetic Input/Output - In exemplary implementations of this invention, an input/output device (“Bulb”) is attached to on an articulated, actuated robotic arm. The robotic arm can move the Bulb by translating it along three axes and by rotating it about the arm's base. In addition, the I/O can rotate about its own vertical axis. The Bulb comprises at least a pico-projector, two cameras, a depth sensor and an onboard computer. The onboard computer controls actuators in the robotic arm and Bulb that move the Bulb. It also processes visual data captured by the cameras in order to recognize objects or events, and to respond to them. This response may include changing the position of the Bulb or changing the parameters of an image projected by the pico-projector. | 11-24-2011 |
20110288965 | DYNAMIC PIN PAD FOR CREDIT/DEBIT/ OTHER ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A method is provided for authenticating debit card transactions engaged in by a cardholder on a communications network. The method includes: a) establishing a connection over the network with a client being used by the cardholder to engage in a transaction on the network; b) providing over the connection to the client a web page containing a keypad ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110295718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATION OF REMOTE INSPECTORS - A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295719 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING ELECTRONIC REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND PROMOTIONS ON MULTIPLE DEVICE PLATFORMS IN AN INTEGRATED MANNER - Methods and apparatus for supporting electronic promotions and electronic requests for information, e.g., in an integrated manner, on multiple platforms including, e.g., cable network systems, cell phones, etc., are described. Rewards and/or benefits are tracked in a centralized manner and a subscriber is allowed to accumulate rewards and benefits in a single account irrespective of which device or platform was used to initiate an eRFI and/or to act upon a promotion. The methods and apparatus of the present invention allow a cable service provider which supports eRFI on set top boxes to use the same eRFI server to provide responses to eRFI requests received from devices, e.g., cell phones and/or E-mail devices corresponding to a service subscriber, to forward electronic promotion information and to reward users in a forwarding chain for redemptions of coupons included in forwarded promotion information. Forwarded promotion information securely identifies each device/user in the forwarding chain. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295720 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH WIDGETS FOR CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE - A set of personalized search widgets for providing a customized user interface are provided. Among the personalized search widgets include a related searches menu to depict related search terms according to popularity and type. A query builder for explicitly including or excluding particular terms from the query may be provided. The search widgets may further include a history of past searches received from a user, a selection of categories to be searched, and one or more category suggestions. Some widgets associated with sellers allow a user to filter results according to a trusted seller status of the seller or the identity of the seller, and provide to the user a tag cloud including feedback about the seller. The results of a search may be presented in a spreadsheet style format. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295721 | USER INFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Method and system for managing personal information about members in a data storage unit and distributing digital communication to the members. The data storage unit is accessible through a member device, such as a mobile phone or PDA, thereby enabling entry of the personal information. At least one part of the member's personal information is associated with a unique identifier that enables tracking of how the personal information is used. The data storage unit provides the member an opportunity to select what personal information can be distributed by the data storage unit and in what manner. Personal information from each member is made available to clients through a client interface via a communication network element. A notification message is sent to the member when the member's personal information is made available to the client and/or utilized by the client to send the digital communication. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295722 | Methods, Apparatus, and Systems for Enabling Feedback-Dependent Transactions - Systems, apparatus, and methods for facilitating feedback-dependent transactions are provided. For example, feedback is collected on transactions involving particular buyers, with respect to the buyer, and then used to facilitate the process of pricing future transactions involving that buyer, selectively leading to further sales. In some embodiments, offers are made to buyers on behalf of sellers on the basis that the buyer may is permitted to set the price for the product/service after taking delivery of the item and then determining its actual value to the buyer. In such embodiments, the offer terms can optionally specify that the price setting will be tracked with respect to the buyer and reported through the computer network system, and specify that that information, with attribution to that buyer, can later be used by the seller (and/or other sellers) to determine whether to extend and fulfill other similar offers in the future. | 12-01-2011 |
20110302056 | Wi-Fi Internet Network Ecommerce Redirect Business Process - This patent describes a business process to redirect Wi-Fi network internet users to online ecommerce site(s) for the purpose of online commerce when users access Wi-Fi internet networks throughout the world. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302057 | Method and system for processing transactions over a distributed computer network - This invention relates to a method and system for processing transactions over a distributed computer network wherein proceeds from subscriber transactions are allocated among geographically diverse entities that may have dissimilar accounting, accrual and organizational structures. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302058 | CONTENT PLAYBACK APPARATUS, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a content playback apparatus capable of presenting, while playback a digital content, selling price information for the digital content being reproduced. The content playback apparatus is provided with a content playback portion which reproduces a digital content, a selling price information obtaining portion which obtains selling price information concerning the digital content, and a selling price information presentation portion which presents the obtained selling price information. The selling price information presentation portion presents, during playback of a digital content, the selling price information concerning the digital content. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302059 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND KIOSK SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED COMPILING AND GENERATING ITEM LIST INFORMATION - A portable handheld electronic device is in communication with a stationary kiosk device. The portable device provides automated compiling and categorizing of items and generating of categorized item lists in accordance with user-defined preferences including user-defined categories, and includes a memory for storing the assortment data, and categorizing means adapted for assigning respective predetermined and/or user-selected categories to the assortment data. Generating means compile and synchronize selected categories, and generate the item list relative to one or more user-selected categories that is further displayed and printed at request of the user. A signal receiving circuit of the kiosk device communicates with a signal generating circuit of the portable device and generates received categorized item list data in accordance with a received item list signal, and a human user interface generates a human readable display representative of the categorized item list information in accordance with the received categorized item list data. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302060 | ORDER PROCESSING AND BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Computer systems and related methods for encouraging individuals to purchase items and/or services from a retailer. In particular embodiments, a manufacturer of particular items establishes a web site that is used to: (1) store lists of items that are required for participation in a particular group (e.g., a dance class); (2) allow members of the group to: (A) logon to place an order for the items, (B) specify a retailer that they would like to fulfill the order, and (C) specify an entity (e.g., their dance studio) that will benefit from the purchase of the items; (3) forward the order to the specified retailer for fulfillment; (4) receive confirmation from the retailer that the order has been fulfilled; and (5) in response to receiving this confirmation, facilitating the transfer of a particular benefit (e.g., a monetary contribution) to the specified benefitting entity. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING APPLICATIONS TO MOBILE USERS - Various deficiencies in the prior art are addressed by embodiments for recommending applications to users. A method and apparatus are provided for selecting an application to recommend to a user based on user profile information associated with the user and application profile information associated with the application, and propagating recommended application information toward a user device of the user, where the recommended application information includes an application executable of the recommended application. A method and apparatus are provided for receiving, at a user device, recommended application information comprising an application executable of an application recommended for a user of the user device, and automatically installing the application executable on the user device. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307355 | SECURE INSTANT MESSAGE-BASED SALES - A server device may conduct an electronic sales transaction with a user device using instant message (IM)-based protocols, where the electronic sales transaction may include both: form-based IM communications that permit a form-based user interface (UI) to be displayed, on the user device, via which information regarding a user, of the user device, is received in a manner that is not accessible to an agent associated with the server device, and text-based IM communications that permit text-based IMs, between the agent associated with the server device and the user of the user device, to be displayed on the user device. The server device may further receive, via the form-based UI, a form-based IM that includes an order for one or more products or services associated with the electronic sales transaction. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307356 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EXTRACT AND UTILIZE TEXTUAL SEMANTICS - Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace. | 12-15-2011 |
20110313888 | SUPPLIER DYNAMIC REFERENCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for a supplier dynamic reference are provided. Some embodiments include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions. In various embodiments, the memory stores instructions causing the processor to provide product information to a consumer, process data to determine that the consumer wants to make a purchase, process data to enable a supplier to dynamically select a reseller of their products based on a predetermined criteria, and cause the processor to transmit data related to the selected reseller to the consumer. Some embodiments may include a database with product information and product reseller information, including an indication of which resellers sell each product and a selection system configured to select a reseller to provide to the consumer based on the consumer wanting to purchase the product and a reseller selection criteria, wherein the transmitter transmits reseller information to the consumer. | 12-22-2011 |
20110313889 | STREAMING DOWNLOADABLE DISC JOCKEY MIXED MUSIC - The present invention includes certain features such as a business method for a professional disc jockey company to sell streaming music that he has professionally “mixed” or “transitioned” over the Internet. This downloadable streaming music disc jockey service acts perfectly for customers that want the sound of a disc jockey, without the expense of a live disc jockey. In practicing the method, the disc jockey company would first determine highly sellable popular genres of music, such as Rock and Roll, Hip Hop, Country, Jazz, and the like. The disc jockey responsible for the project would then run the selection through a “mixing” software to provide a set of music that would sound just like a live disc jockey was playing the music. Once the music is compiled and transitioned, it is uploaded to a computer server where potential customers can make a selection amongst the pre-recorded and pre-mixed music selections, and the customer then may access their desired music mixes by downloading the mixed music on a per-hour-block basis, purchasing, on a subscription basis, where their music is accessed on a computer, phone or other device capable of downloading and accessing, or customers can purchase their music on a monthly basis, depending on the volume of music selections that they have used, but not stored, on their computers. Customers may make their own musical selections and have them transformed into a set that sounds like it has been professionally “mixed”. | 12-22-2011 |
20110313890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL BOOKS - A method is provided in which a user, in dependence upon purchasing a physical copy of a first book, receives a code comprising an identifier of the first book. The code is provided to an electronic device associated with the user, via an input portion thereof A communication session is established between the electronic device and a digital bookstore via a communication network. The user transmits the code from the electronic device to the digital bookstore via the communication network during the communication session, and in response to providing the code, the user receives from the digital bookstore via the communication network a digital book copy of the first book. The digital book copy of the first book is then stored on a storage portion of the electronic device. | 12-22-2011 |
20110313891 | METHOD OF FACILITATING VALUE-BASED BARTERING OVER THE INTERNET - A method, apparatus, and system of facilitating value-based bartering over the internet are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system of e-commerce includes a computer network, a server to host a market place website, a listing module to enable an entity to assign a specified value to a good and to list the good for trade on the market place website such that the listing of the good will expire after being posted for a specified period of time, a trade module to enable an entity to trade the good for an other good of an other entity on the market place website, a search module to enable the entity to search a list of goods on the market place website. | 12-22-2011 |
20110320319 | Methods, Systems and Machines for Identifying Geospatial Compatibility Between Consumers and Providers of Goods or Services - Geospatial compatibility between consumers and providers of goods or services is identified. The system allows consumers to find service providers with service areas encompassing their location or merchants within a desired shopping area, and allow consumers to query about consumers within a specified area, for example to identify a potential customer base or consider regional advertising. A digital map interface allows users to enter one or more locations or areas of interest and later performs location or area additions, modifications or removals. The system provides the geospatially matched consumers and vendors with information on how to contact one another, but is kept simple by leaving actual contact between the matched parties to separate outside communication channels independent of the system. Processing requirements are reduced by pre-calculating an inner rectangle for complex polygon geographical areas so that simple point-rectangle calculations can confirm locations within the area as being within the polygon. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320320 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Multiple Product Delivery Options Including a Tote Delivery Option - Methods and apparatus for providing multiple shipping options to customers of a network site. A user interface to the network site may provide two or more shipping options to customers of the site when ordering items offered by the site. The shipping options include a tote delivery service that directs delivery of items ordered by the customers via the network site to delivery addresses corresponding to the customers in reusable totes on scheduled tote delivery days. Selecting the tote delivery service option for an item may automatically place the item in a tote order to be delivered in a reusable tote on a specified upcoming tote delivery day. Alternatively, selecting the tote delivery service option may open a user interface that allows the customer to specify a particular tote delivery day and/or delivery address before completing the order. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320321 | Establishing and Utilizing Custom Prices Between a Customer and a Manufacturer - Establishing and utilizing custom prices between a customer and a manufacturer. A plurality of product catalogs may be stored. Information regarding special pricing agreements for a plurality of customers may be established and stored. The special pricing agreement information may specify special pricing for certain products. Customer identification information may be received from a first customer device identifying a first customer. Correspondingly, the first customer may be identified. First catalog information may be provided for display to the first customer. The first catalog information may be generated based on at least one of the plurality of product catalogs stored in computer memory and special pricing agreement information for the first customer. Thus, the first catalog information may include special pricing for the first customer, e.g., for a first product. Accordingly, input may be received and stored which specifies purchase of a quantity of the first product at the special price. | 12-29-2011 |
20120005041 | MOBILE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION WITH DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - A server distributes, to a mobile device, a catalog of available digital content and receives, from the mobile device, a request to download multiple digital content files based on the catalog. The server sends, to the mobile device, the multiple digital content files, where the each of the multiple digital content files includes access restrictions to prevent unauthorized rendering. The server receives, from the mobile device, a request to render one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device and determines whether rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files on the mobile device is authorized. The server sends, to the mobile device, information to enable rendering of the one of the multiple digital content files if the mobile device is authorized and applies charges, to a user account associated with the mobile device, based on the sending the information to enable the rendering. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005042 | PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PROMOTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method on a server for facilitating sales over a communications network is disclosed. The method includes providing a graphical user interface to an online marketplace of goods, receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of goods and a salesman identifier from a consumer and receiving, via the graphical user interface, sales transaction data comprising purchase of the selection of goods by the consumer. The method further includes processing the sales transaction data to effectuate purchase of the selection of goods by the consumer, matching the salesman identifier to a stored record that corresponds to the salesman and transferring a credit to the salesman based on the sales transaction data. | 01-05-2012 |
20120005043 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SALES AND DISTRIBUTION OF TICKETS TO FUTURE EVENTS - Methods and systems for tournament ticketing. A method of tournament ticketing includes: selling Nc tokens for each contestant c in a tournament, the tokens being redeemable for tickets to matches i of a particular contestant c in the tournament; and obtaining Ti tickets to each match i of the tournament. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011031 | Online Marketplace for Trading of Data Collected from Use of Products and Services - An online marketplace permits the trading of data collected from a plurality of end users, where the data is obtained from the use of a product or service. In one embodiment, a method includes: hosting a marketplace for trading of data provided from the end users; collecting user data from each end user, wherein the data is obtained from use by each end user of a product or a service; storing the respective user data for each respective end user; offering the user data of each end user for a trade with a customer; if the customer accepts the trade, providing the respective user data of each end user to the customer; and providing compensation to each end user based on a share of the revenue received for the trade. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011032 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING INDUSTRY BASED CHANNELS IN AN IP MARKETPLACE - A comprehensive platform for merchandising intellectual property (IP) and conducting IP transactions is disclosed. A standardized data collection method enables IP assets to be characterized, rated and valuated in a consistent manner. Project management, workflow and data security functionality enable consistent, efficient and secure interactions between the IP Marketplace participants throughout the IP transaction process. Business rules, workflows, valuation models and rating methods may be user defined or based upon marketplace, industry or technology standards. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016772 | Value Maximizing Recommendation Systems - A server determines a plurality of immediate candidate items for a first web page to recommend to a user. For each particular immediate candidate item of the plurality of immediate candidate items, the server determines a separate sequence of two or more subsequent possible candidate items for subsequent web pages to recommend to the user in the event that the user selects the particular immediate candidate item. Further, the server selects a particular immediate candidate item from the plurality of immediate candidate items for the first web page to recommend to the user. The first web page that recommends the plurality of immediate candidate items is generated and sent over the Internet to the user. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016773 | Customizable Method and System for Determining a Preliminary Cost Estimate for a Home Renovation Project - A method and system for providing a preliminary cost estimate for a renovation project for a room in a home such as a kitchen or a bathroom is disclosed and claimed. The method includes the steps of a user inputting into a computer system, information regarding a room layout most closely resembling that of a potential customer. The user may also input general categories selected by the customer regarding cabinet door styles, cabinet construction and finish, countertop materials, and floor materials. The user may also input the potential customer's selections regarding faucet styles, appliance packages, and backsplash styles. In response, the computer system produces a report based upon the potential customer's selections. The report contains a description of materials needed to complete the project as well as an estimate of total cost to complete the project. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPSELLING TO A USER OF A DIGITAL BOOK LENDING LIBRARY - A method is disclosed where an e-book lending library is provided. The lending library includes data relating a plurality of e-books. A first e-book from the plurality of e-books is loaned to a user for a predetermined finite period of time, which comprises transmitting to an electronic device associated with the user, via a communications network, the first e-book including a lending license therefore. Upon expiration of the predetermined finite period of time, data is received from the electronic device relating to the user's reading history of the first e-book. The user's reading progress through the first e-book is determined automatically based on the data. When it is determined that the user has other than finished reading the first e-book, a signal is transmitted to the electronic device via the communication network, the signal comprising an offer to sell to the user the first e-book via the e-book lending library. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016775 | VENDOR AND SERVICE REQUEST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A user can request various business services, products, goods, and real-time quotes from a vendor or a plurality of vendors by sending an SMS text message, or a message from an enabled-computer, to a short code text message number. In an internet-enabled or communication network-enabled interface, a user can enter the number of the mobile communication device where the user wants to receive vendor information and/or a quote for goods or services. The interface also provides the option for a user to track a part/component or tracking number for a particular good. The system provides the vendors with an alert that informs the vendor of a user request and the user's contact information. The user may be provided with a vendor's instant quote. The user can then choose to contact a vendor via text message, phone, or email or accept a vendor's offer for a good or service. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016776 | DYNAMIC CONTENT FOR ONLINE TRANSACTIONS - Various methods and systems are disclosed to provide dynamic content to users of online payment service providers without requiring users to log in or otherwise actively engage the payment service providers. In one example, a method of providing dynamic content includes providing a client device with access to an online marketplace over a network. The method also includes facilitating transmission of a user identifier stored by the client device to a payment service provider. The method further includes receiving dynamic content from the payment service provider in response to the user identifier. In addition, the method includes serving the dynamic content to the client device over the network. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016777 | EXCEPTION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for distributing prepaid cash alternatives and resolving exceptions related to the sale of prepaid cash alternatives such as traveler's cheques or prepaid cards. Reports of sales may be reviewed to identify exceptions, and information explaining the exceptions may be made available electronically. Sellers may be notified of exceptions by e-mail, which may include a link or address to information explaining the exceptions. The information may be provided in real time through a secure site on a network, such as the Internet. A company may contract with business partners to sell the prepaid cash alternatives to customers, and the business partners may report the sales to the company via reports. After being notified of exceptions, business partners may provide corrected information or new information to resolve the exceptions. | 01-19-2012 |
20120016778 | CONTROLLING CLOUD SERVICES - In a method | 01-19-2012 |
20120022973 | TRUSTED INTERNAL INTERFACE - An interface and device architecture for a payment device. An interface between a payment application installed in a payment device and one or more value-add applications (such as loyalty programs, transit applications, etc.) that are also installed in the payment device. The API or interface design permits communications and data transfer between the payment application and one or more value-add applications. This reduces (and in some cases may prevent) the need for back-end server processing of data that may be relevant to both a payment transaction and to a function of the value-add application. Similarly, the same or another API or interface may enable communications and data transfer between a value-add application and the payment application. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022974 | MULTI-USER WORKS-OF-ART REGISTRY MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, a registry of works of fine art is managed by a system having a computer communicatively connected to the Internet and to a database that stores the registry. The works of art may include numbered limited-edition prints and original one-off works. Management of the registry includes reading, writing, and modifying registry records. The computer controls access to the registry by Internet-based users. Works of art are shown to users organized by artist. Users may register to become members. The computer allows members to apply to register as owners of particular works of art, subject to approval. Members may view their collections. For any particular work of art, a member may, for example, request authentication of the work, put the work up for sale, transfer ownership of the work, print title documents, report the work lost or stolen, or flash ownership of the work to other users. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022975 | DIGITAL ASSET DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Digital asset distribution systems and methods are provided. The method may include receiving a digital asset and associated permissions from each of a plurality of publishers, and hosting the digital assets received from each publisher on a digital asset server system. The method may further include receiving a request from a user to access a requested digital asset via the digital asset server system, determining whether the user is authorized to access the requested digital asset according to the permissions for the digital asset. If the user is not authorized, the method may include displaying a substitute to the user. The substitute may include a link to the digital asset server system by which the user may obtain authorization to download the digital asset. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022976 | Method for creating and maintaining worldwide e-commerce - A virtual network resource infrastructure for hosting and managing a plurality of e-malls and each e-mall uses the virtual network resource infrastructure for offering e-commerce solution and the hosting of: e-shops, e-distributors and web sites. Also, on-line foreign language interface translation and interface exchange. Further having satellite e-malls with e-services and e-mall using satellite e-malls' e-services; user surfing tracking means and multiple sales channel where e-shops, e-malls, satellite e-malls and e-distributors sell their products directly or cross-sell each others products. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022977 | SECURE PRE-LOADED DRIVE MANAGEMENT AT KIOSK - Methods, systems, and apparatus for digital content management and distribution are provided. In an example, a method of protecting digital content at a kiosk is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of memory devices, the plurality of memory devices having pre-loaded content thereon. A selection is received from a user. A memory device is selected from the plurality of pre-loaded memory devices that matches the selection from the user. A dock to which the memory device is to be coupled is determined. The memory device is protected with a unique key corresponding to the dock. | 01-26-2012 |
20120030068 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-USER LISTING, SEARCHING, MATCHING AND TRADING - A system and method is disclosed for allowing users with access to the internet and a computer the ability to post any items they would like to offer by trade, propose a value for those offered items, search for items they would like to receive by trade, which may or may not be currently held in inventory, be notified when potential trades are available and accept or reject items they would like to receive by trade and confirm the trade with at least one other user. Additionally, the system will allow a user to make a direct purchase of items that have been specified as such. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030069 | PRODUCT QUOTATION PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and an apparatus (system) for support in performing the method is provided to configure products and/or services in support of preparing quotations, orders, and fulfillment requests in support of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and method. More specifically, a method and an apparatus (system) is provided for supporting the quotation, ordering, and fulfillment of products and services by aiding in the configuration of products and/or services in an automated and efficient fashion. | 02-02-2012 |
20120036046 | Decorating System for Edible Products - A system for decorating edible media with licensed and non-licensed digital images is disclosed. The system includes a printer, a user interface element, a central control device hosting a number of licensed digital images for decorating edible media by authorized users. The licensed digital images are protected from unauthorized usage and unauthorized user access. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036047 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a service providing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. An information processing apparatus (base unit) | 02-09-2012 |
20120041846 | SELLER CONVERSION FACTOR TO RANKING SCORE FOR PRESENTED ITEM LISTINGS - Various embodiments include a method and system for a seller conversion factor to ranking score for presented item listings. In an online marketplace with sellers and item listings, a first sum may be calculated by identifying a first set of item listings associated with the seller. A second sum may also be calculated by identifying a second set of item listings, where the second set is a subset of the first set and are successful item listings. Further, a conversion factor may be calculated from the first and second sums by dividing the second sum by the first sum. The conversion factor may then be used as a component in an item listing quality score for a third set of item listings associated with the seller. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041847 | Wine List Management and Display on Tablet and Mobile Devices using a World Wine Database - The present invention claims a method for managing, building and presenting wine lists to people in restaurants, hotels, wineries and homes through tablet or mobile phones. The information about the wines is saved in a central server accessed via internet with information directly by the wine producers and wineries. The user that manages the wine list configures the wine list through the web portal and then synchronizes the wine list configuration with a tablet or mobile device and saves that information locally in the device. The tablet or mobile device can present the wine list while being disconnected from the internet. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041848 | TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - Provided are a user terminal, a server, and a method for content marketing. The method includes purchasing, by a user terminal, content including digital rights management (DRM) information having a selling condition and a purchase condition; and transmitting, by the user terminal, the content to an external terminal based on the purchase condition in the DRM information. | 02-16-2012 |
20120047047 | METHOD OF MANAGING PARTS - A method of managing a plurality of parts of an apparatus includes creating a part database of part information including at least the weights, part numbers, and shapes of individual parts, measuring the weight of a part to be ordered, entering the measured weight through input means of an information terminal and accessing the part database, extracting part information of all parts having weights which fall in a predetermined allowable range similar to the entered weight, from the part database, and displaying the extracted part information on display means of the information terminal, identifying the part number of the part to be ordered based on shapes of the parts represented by the displayed part information, and ordering the part with the identified part number. | 02-23-2012 |
20120059740 | BIAS OF QUERIES FOR MULTI-PASSENGER MULTI-ROUTE TRAVEL PLANNING - Determining multiple routes for multiple passenger groups, includes sending to a scheduler, multiple individual queries with a bias to produce individual solutions that meet joint travel requirements, merging results from the multiple individual queries to produce joint solutions for the passenger groups and returning the joint solutions. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059741 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DETECTING CUSTOMER PRESENCE TO INITIATE THE ORDERING AND PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting customer presence to initiate the ordering and purchase of goods and services are disclosed. In one example, a system includes a detection server configured to detect the presence of a mobile device in a designated area associated with a merchant location and for initiating a menu selection application in the mobile device for placing an order for at least one product. The system further includes a merchant server configured to receive, from the mobile device, purchase order data associated with the order for the at least one product, a customer identifier associated with the mobile device, and a location identifier associated with the designated area, and for utilizing the customer identifier to send a notification message that indicates that the at least one product is available to the mobile device. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059742 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOM SERVICE MARKETS - Methods and systems for providing custom services are disclosed. A developer interface provides standards, such as an application platform interface, for developers to use to make and test applications and services. A user interface can access downloadable or hosted services or applications to multiple users, such as, merchants, banks and networks. The system can then provide custom individual or packages of services to users based on the services requested by the user and charge the user for them on a subscription or per-use basis. | 03-08-2012 |
20120059743 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - A method for having a mobile price transaction system including comparisons. The system obtains information about prices and transactions involving products and services in real time over a wireless link. The actions include making a price comparison inquiry to a central server for the product, service, or price information. The inquiry is formatted in the central server for transmission to sources of the information such as vendors or their web sites. After receiving a response from the sources, the response is suitably formatted and is displayed on the mobile unit. The information will often be available locally on the central server, but the present invention includes commanding remote sources to provide an action such as a response, including a response at a desired time or for desired conditions. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066096 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT - An electronic payment method and system between a seller and a buyer to purchase a good providing a dynamic allocation to the seller of predefined SMS numbers and predefined SMS messages is provided. Furthermore, an associated system to carry out an electronic payment over a public network between a seller and a buyer is also provided. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072312 | Curated Application Store - A curated application store is a virtual storefront that includes applications provisioned from one or more application databases. For example, a curator may browse through an application database to find notable applications based on his or her expertise in a certain area and then provision the notable applications from the application database for inclusion in an application store curated by the curator. Accordingly, users browsing for applications pertaining to the area of expertise of the curator may shop for the applications from within a virtual application mall which includes a collection of curated application stores such as the application store curated by the curator. In return, the curator of the store may receive a revenue share from the purchases made within his or her application store. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072313 | METHOD OF SELLING A CUSTOM PRODUCT AS AN OVER-THE-COUNTER COMMODITY ITEM - The present disclosure provides a method of selling a supplier's product to a consumer, wherein the method includes providing a physical representation of a product to the consumer. The physical representation includes a temporarily concealed first unique identifier corresponding to the physical representation of the product. The method further includes selling the physical representation to the consumer, providing a network location to the consumer for facilitating the redemption of the product with the first unique identifier, and shipping the product to the consumer. | 03-22-2012 |
20120078755 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING USERS DURING ONLINE SHOPPING - A method, system, and computer program product for assisting a user in one or more activities during online shopping. The method facilitates tracking of at least one activity of the user during online shopping. Thereafter, the method identifies a suitable promotion for the user based on the tracked activity. Subsequently, the method displays the promotion in a predefined format on a portion of the browser. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078756 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided are application execution means for executing one or more application programs, and metadata accumulation and storage means for accumulating and storing, into a metadata storage section, metadata corresponding to the one or more application programs when the application programs have been executed or become executable. The application execution means executes the one or more application programs which use the metadata stored in the metadata storage section. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084180 | Personal Growth System, Methods, and Products - A personal growth system and method for personal growth are provided. The personal growth system may be web-enabled and may include a communication interface operable to communicate with an endpoint user interface. The user interface generally includes a display area. The personal growth program is operable to generate, for a user in the display area, a first information request for the user and to obtain first user input relating to the user's current state of being. The personal growth system also may include a recommendation database defining guided experiences, each of which may include at least one instruction that leads the user through the guided experience. The personal growth system may communicate applicable guided experiences to the endpoint based on the first user input. The instructions of the guided experiences may specify an act intended to generate a result. The personal growth program may be further operable to generate, for the user in the display area, a second information request and to obtain second user input relating to the result. An account database in the personal growth system stores a growth interaction history of the user, which may include the first user input, the selected guided experience, and the second user input relating to the result of the selected guided experience. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084181 | TENANT STORE SALES PROMOTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A tenant store sales promotion management system. Various kinds of products displayed on product display shelves in the sales space and products for restocking at an inventory storage location of the sales space are presented for sale at the virtual store on the Internet through a system server of the tenant store sales promotion management system. Presenting the product for sale at the virtual store is automatically executed when a sales clerk of the sales space registers products for sale at the sales space in a POS cash register and the product information is read by a terminal communication device and transmitted to the system server. Management of the sale is automatically performed by the system server, and the result is reported to the sales space through the terminal communication device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120089487 | MANAGEMENT OF PREFERRED ITEMS LIST - Systems and methods of generating a list of preferred items are disclosed herein. A uniform resource identifier that references a listing web service is provided. A call to the listing web service is received from a linking website. The call to the listing web service includes an item identifier corresponding to an item that the consumer is willing to purchase. The call can be executed as a result of the consumer selecting a listing icon that references the uniform resource identifier. The listing icon is displayed on the linking website hosted at a linking domain. The listing web service can be executed to add the item to the list of preferred items associated with the consumer. The list of preferred items is displayed on a listing website. The listing website can be hosted at a listing domain which is different from the linking domain. | 04-12-2012 |
20120095877 | APPLICATION USAGE POLICY ENFORCEMENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for enforcing application usage policies. As part of an application purchase transaction, the application distributor creates a unique proof of purchase receipt. This receipt can be bundled with the application and delivered to the purchaser. Each machine can maintain an authorization file that lists the users authorized to use applications on that machine. A system configured to practice the method verifies that a user is authorized to use an application on a machine based on an application proof of purchase receipt and the authorization file. If the application proof of purchase receipt and the authorization file are both valid, the system checks if the user account identifier in the receipt is contained in the authorization file. If so, the user can be considered authorized to use the application on the machine. | 04-19-2012 |
20120095878 | INTEGRATED APPLICATION STORE FOR A USER DEVICE - Methods, systems and machine readable tangible storage media that integrate an application store in a user device. In one embodiment, a selected document that cannot be used as selected triggers a request to an application store server to determine an availability of applications to use the document as selected. The user device enhances the display of the document selection interface to allow the user to display an application store interface to purchase the application. The purchased application is downloaded and installed on the user device, and the user is optionally apprised of the progress of the purchase with an animated icon representing the application “flying” from the application store interface and “landing” in a dock area within the display on the user device when ready for subsequent launch. Other embodiments are also described. | 04-19-2012 |
20120095879 | Item Substitution for Unavailable Items Relating to a Customer Order - A technique is disclosed for automatically implementing item substitutions for unavailable items in a customer order. According to one embodiment, line item orders from selected customer orders may be aggregated and processed for substitution analysis. Substitutions for unavailable items of selected customer orders may then be automatically implemented based upon substitution instructions, business rules, and/or other predefined criteria. | 04-19-2012 |
20120095880 | PC POSTAGETM SERVICE INDICIA DESIGN FOR SHIPPING LABEL - Systems and methods of insuring payment of a proper amount of postage, comprise receiving payment for an amount of postage, affixing a postage indicia to a piece of mail, wherein the postage indicia includes the postage amount in a format readable only by machine, and adjusting the postage amount at a time subsequent to receipt of payment. | 04-19-2012 |
20120109784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATING PROTECTION OF MEDIA FILES FOR DOWNLOAD - Method and apparatus for providing copyright protection of downloaded media files (audio, video or images) is provided. The method and apparatus specifically comprise wrapping the copyrighted media file into an executable wrapper along with information about the media, information about the user downloading the media, information about the usage of the media, a media player, helper scripts and any sets of keys used to encrypt the media file or the other information. The present invention also includes running this executable wrapper on the user's computer to decrypt and extract the wrapper and its various components provided user enters a valid pass code. The components of the wrapper make sure that the media can be played only for the requested period and in the prescribed or pre-arranged manner. The helper scripts are used on the user's computer to scramble the media when it is incorrectly or maliciously accessed, to delete the media when the rental duration expires and to monitor other processes on user's computer that may record or store unprotected media. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109785 | PERSONALIZED VIRTUAL GOODS HOLIDAY OR EVENT CALENDAR - A printed calendar, method and system for preparing the printed calendar, and system for redeeming virtual goods are provided herein. The printed calendar includes at least one form sheet having printed thereon one or more occurrences of time. The one or more occurrences of time being coupled with at least one viewing panel capable of hiding and revealing an image. The printed calendar further includes at least one back sheet having printed thereon at least one graphical representation associated with the one or more occurrences of time. The at least one graphical representation being aligned with the form sheet, such that, the graphical representation is visible through the at least one viewing panel coupled to the one or more occurrences of time. The at least one graphical representation representing a virtual good accessible to the selected recipient at one of the one or more occurrences of time. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109786 | MULTI-LANGUAGE MULTI-PLATFORM E-COMMERCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computerized system for sale of products having non pre-catalogued parameters in a multi-lingual environment wherein a buyer and a seller communicate in different languages, the system including a non pre-catalogued parameter database, a listing engine operative to prompt in a first language a listing seller to enter multiple non pre-catalogued parameters relating to a product being listed and to store the non pre-catalogued parameters in the non pre-catalogued parameter database and a non pre-catalogued multiple language parameter description engine which is operative to provide human-readable descriptions of the non pre-catalogued parameters in at least one language other than the first language. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109787 | GIFT CARD EXCHANGE KIOSKS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE - The present disclosure is directed to gift card exchange kiosks and associated methods of use. In one embodiment, for example, a consumer operated kiosk can receive a gift card identifier associated with a gift card via a user interface and/or a card reader, verify the gift card's activation status and/or face value, and display exchange options for a consumer. The exchange options can include exchanging the gift card for cash or a redeemable cash voucher. The kiosk can also store exchanged gift cards for later sale at the kiosk or at a remote location. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109788 | MERCHANDISING ITEMS OF TOPICAL INTEREST - Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116922 | Method and System for Managing On-Line Market with Direct Receipt Delivery Option of Purchased Merchandise - The present invention relates to an online market management method and system capable of supporting a delivery option for direct pickup of purchased products. The present invention is constructed such that, when a purchaser who purchases a product traded on an online market selects a delivery option requesting the direct pickup of a product, the method and system verify an authentication key, issued by the online market in various forms to the purchaser, at a product pickup place agreed upon with a merchant, and allow the purchaser to directly pick up the purchased product. In the online market management method, a delivery option for direct pickup of a product, for which payment has been completed by a purchaser, is selected through a server for mediating trading of products. Thereafter, the server performs authentication to identify the purchaser and updating delivery information about the product for which payment has been completed if authentication information, provided in real time by the server to a purchaser terminal, or authentication information, previously assigned to the purchaser, has been input through a merchant terminal depending on the selection of the delivery option for direct pickup. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116923 | Privacy Risk Metrics in Online Systems - A plurality of persona attributes are identified within a data set received from a data seller. A persona privacy risk associated with the persona attributes of the dataset is determined. The persona privacy risk comprises an estimate of the potential sensitivity of the persona attributes. A plurality of identity attributes within a data set received from a data seller are identified. An identity privacy risk associated with the plurality of identity attributes is determined. The persona privacy risk comprises an estimate of the risk that the plurality of identity attributes identify the data seller. A total privacy risk is then determined using the persona privacy risk and the identity privacy risk associated with the dataset, the total privacy risk comprising an estimate of a total risk to the privacy of the data seller that disclosure of the dataset represents. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116924 | ONLINE PRODUCT SELLING METHOD, AND SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an online product selling method and a server and system for implementing the method. The online product selling method is performed by an online product selling server. At least one open selling web page in which detailed product information including a name and a provider of each product is displayed is registered. At least one closed selling web page in which riddle data associated with at least one of a name and a provider of each product is displayed and in which detailed product information including the name and the provider of the product is not displayed is registered. A web page transmission request is received from a relevant terminal. Any one of the open selling web page and the closed selling web page is transmitted to the terminal. A payment procedure is performed and then the product is sold. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116925 | SECURE IN-LINE PAYMENTS FOR RICH INTERNET APPLICATIONS - Methods and systems are provided for making secure financial transactions, such as purchase payments, using rich Internet applications (RIA) running an RIA runtime (also referred to as a platform or framework) on the user's smart phone or other mobile device. Embodiments differ from the usual way of re-directing a user from a third-party application and authenticating the user by providing secure in-line payments from a rich Internet application running on an RIA runtime. A system includes: a mobile device executing a rich Internet application running on an RIA runtime; a payment library communicating with the RIA runtime and a service provider, for which the payment library communicates with the service provider to authenticate the rich Internet application; and in response to authentication by the service provider, facilitates secure financial transactions via the rich Internet application. | 05-10-2012 |
20120116926 | CONSOLIDATING LEADS INTO A LEAD GROUP - In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to consolidate leads received from multiple user devices used by a single user. The system and method may include identifying a first plurality of leads received from one or more user devices as being submitted by a same user via the one or more user devices. The first plurality of leads may be directed to a listing provided by a lister. The first plurality of leads may be added to a lead group. Then, a second plurality of leads received from one or more users including the same user may be forwarded to the lister. The forwarding may include notifying the lister of a first count of the second plurality of leads. The first count may include the lead group counted as one lead. | 05-10-2012 |
20120123907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE INTEGRATED MULTIPLE TABLET ORDERING - A system and method for ordering a plurality of tablets is described. The system comprises a server accessible via a network by at least one client. An online application is hosted on the server and accessible by the client. The online application comprises a user interface configured to receive a first input associated with a first tablet. The first input comprises a first schedule for consumption of the first tablet. The user interface is also configured to receive a second input associated with a second tablet. The second input comprises a second schedule for consumption of the second tablet. The user interface is further configured to display an integrated schedule comprising the schedule for consumption of the first tablet and the schedule for consumption of the second tablet. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123908 | MULTIPLE LOCATION ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMMUNICATION - An in-vehicle control system for communicating data between at least one of an office control system and a residential control system including a transceiver configured to be in communication with the office control system and the residential control system. The in-vehicle control system further including a memory device in communication with the transceiver. The memory device is configured to store a data file transmitted and/or received from the office control system and the residential control system. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123909 | DISCOVERING AND RESERVING TRAVEL SOLUTIONS - A system and method to facilitate discovery and reservation of travel options suitably include routing processing, flight selection processing, and fare validation processing. Flight selection processing generates flight combinations for each routing discovered by the routing processing. Not all flight combinations are allowed to proceed thus permitting better flight combinations to emerge. Fare validation processing loads fares, checks availability, and validates them according to the specifics associated with each fare. A list of low cost travel solutions is returned to a travel consumer. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123910 | CONSUMER SHOPPING AND PURCHASE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MARKETPLACE - A system including an Internet based server running a central data repository database, and deploying spiders to scour the Internet analyzing the millions of product-oriented web pages and newsgroup postings, plus a server application for classifying and indexing all of the information derived from the spiders. The web server pushes downloadable—“Rich Internet Application” (RIA) client application to subscribers running client devices. The RIA client application is accessible directly from any other enabled native application to draw information from the central data repository. The RIA client application presents a navigational user-interface on the client device that presents an array of robust information tools necessary for consumers to obtain a comprehensive shopping and purchase support and participate in alternative marketplaces without leaving the other native application pages they are viewing. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130860 | REPUTATION SCORING FOR ONLINE STOREFRONTS - Systems and techniques to provide an improved reputation scoring for products in an online storefront are described. A technique may include obtaining at least one objective measure and at least one subjective measure about a product in an online storefront; calculating a reputation level for the product from the subjective and objective measures; and displaying a listing for the product in the online storefront according to the reputation level. A technique may further include providing feedback to product developers about the reputation level of the product. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130861 | Social Commerce Relationship Management System - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A user performs social media interactions within a social media environment and elects to consider purchasing a vendor's product that is referenced in an activity stream. The user then proceeds to a social commerce site while they are still within the social media environment. The user then accesses the social commerce site and performs social commerce operations, such as selecting and purchasing the product referenced in the activity stream. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130862 | Social Admin Console - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A social commerce site is generated and then configured by a vendor, on behalf of a vendor affiliate, or by the vendor affiliate. Once the social commerce site is activated for operation, a user performs social media interactions within a social media environment and elects to consider purchasing a vendor's product that is referenced in an activity stream. The user then proceeds to the social commerce site, while they are still within the social media environment, and performs social commerce operations, such as selecting and purchasing the product referenced in the activity stream. Data associated with social commerce operations is collected, processed for analysis, and displayed for review within a user interface. | 05-24-2012 |
20120130863 | Social Reputation - A method and system is disclosed for conducting electronic commerce within a social media environment. A user of a social media site elects to perform an activity associated with a social commerce site. Once the social commerce activity has been performed, its corresponding value is processed with social commerce reputation data associated with the user to generate a social commerce reputation score for the user. The resulting social commerce reputation score is then compared to the requirements associated with different social commerce reputation badges. The social commerce reputation badge that matches the user's current social commerce reputation score is then displayed as a graphical image within the social commerce site along with the user's associated social commerce reputation data. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136756 | On-Demand Auto-Fill - A method for user interaction with a web page includes displaying a web page in a web browser, displaying a user-selectable object outside the web browser on a user interface, receiving a user selection of the user-selectable object and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto the web browser, and causing a command to be performed with the web browser in response to the user selection. | 05-31-2012 |
20120143726 | Automated Storage and Distribution System - An automated storage ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120143727 | PRODUCTS FOR ANIMAL USE INCLUDING HUMANS HAVING A CERTIFICATE VERIFYING AT LEAST ONE OF EFFICACY OR SAFETY, AND METHODS OF PROVIDING SUCH CERTIFICATES - Provided are products for animal use including humans having a certificate verifying at least one of efficacy or safety and methods of providing such certificates. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143728 | Managing Transmission of Information - A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus for managing transmission of information are provided. A determination is made as to whether a pattern in a set of patterns is present in the information to be transmitted by a first user. Responsive to a determination that the pattern in the set of patterns is present in the information to be transmitted, the information is inhibited from being transmitted by the first user. A request is sent to a mobile device of a second user for an approval of the information to be transmitted. Responsive to receiving the approval of the information to be transmitted from the second user, the information is transmitted. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143729 | Method and device for obtaining playlist content over a network - A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists from disk files, CD's, Internet streaming audio broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio sources. The user can also select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web broadcasts. In addition, the user can play standard audio CD's and MP3 encoded CD's and have access to local AM/FM stations. Further, the software, the user controls, and the display in the network-enabled audio device are operably configured and connected such that the user can listen to playlists that include CD's and other audio sources just as the user would choose a playlist in a jukebox. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143730 | Device and a Method for Ordering Product at a Premises Via an Integrated Multimedia Service System - A product ordering device provided at a digital home system at a user premises. The digital home system comprises a user terminal and a gateway device. The gateway device is coupled for communication with the user terminal and operable for communication with a wide area network outside the premises. The gateway device is configured for obtaining product data via the wide area network and providing the product data to the terminal for display on the display device. Upon placement of a product order by a user input through the terminal, the gateway device sends an order message outside of the integrated multimedia service system to request a corresponding vendor for the ordered product to deliver the ordered product at the premises. The product ordering service and the product data are provided and updated by a management server located outside of the premises. | 06-07-2012 |
20120143731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRADING DIGITAL CONTENTS IN DIGITAL CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method transact digital contents. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for inserting a purchaser's signature into digital contents and providing the same in a digital contents management system are provided. The apparatus includes a purchaser terminal, a contents server, and a receiver terminal. The purchaser terminal detects a user's input, writes a signature to be inserted into contents, and transmits the written signature to a contents server when purchasing contents. The contents server inserts the signature received from the purchaser terminal into original digital contents. The receiver terminal receives and reproduces the original digital contents to which the signature has been added. | 06-07-2012 |
20120150695 | Apparatuses, Methods and Systems for an Online Rewards Incentive Program - Software on a server receives a game action message associated with one of a plurality of online games being played by a user. The software generates an asset message based at least in part on the game action message. The software determines user feed preferences based on a social filter graph. The social filter graph depends at least in part on a metagame account associated with the user. And the software transmits the asset message to social network identifiers according to the user feed preferences. | 06-14-2012 |
20120158547 | PERSONAL REMOTE STORAGE FOR PURCHASED ELECTRONIC CONTENT ITEMS - Architectures and techniques are described to provide personal remote storage space for electronic content items acquired (e.g., purchased) by a user of a client device. In some cases, as part of a transaction to acquire the electronic content item, an individual may receive an option that is selectable to indicate a preference to send electronic content items acquired by the individual to a personal remote storage space of the individual. When the option to store the electronic content item in the personal remote storage space is not selected by the individual, the electronic content item may be provided directly to a designated computing device of the individual. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING RETAILER VIRTUAL STORES - A computer-implemented method is provided for managing retailer virtual stores for a plurality of retailers. Each of the retailer virtual stores displays products from one or more product providers available for sale to consumers. The method includes the steps of: receiving from each of the plurality of product providers data describing products available from the product provider; receiving from each of the plurality of product providers or representatives of the product providers an indication as to whether a retailer has permission to display a given product from the product provider; populating each of the retailer virtual stores with products selected by respective retailers and permitted to be displayed in the virtual store by product providers or representatives of the product providers; and periodically receiving from product providers changes to data on their products, and automatically updating product data in retailer virtual stores reflecting the changes. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158549 | Computerized Methods To Facilitate Selective Communications Between And Among Motor Vehicle Purchasers, Dealers, And Salespeople - An electronic business site to facilitate selective communications between and among motor vehicle purchasers, dealers, and salespeople. Informational profiles of dealers and salespeople, are selectively accessed, reviewed, and compared by a potential purchaser of a motor vehicle. The profiles for the dealer and salespeople include respective textual, or visual, or audio-visual information about them. The profiles are cross-linked, so at least some of said information from the dealer profile is displayed on the salesperson profile when the salesperson's profile is accessed by a potential purchaser. In the event the potential purchaser finds a suitable dealer and/or salesperson, the consumer can initiate communications with either of them, in the form of a request for contact or a price quote, in furtherance of the goal of purchasing a motor vehicle. | 06-21-2012 |
20120158550 | MUSIC METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The disclosure details a variety of applications of steganographic encoding and decoding of auxiliary information in physical and media objects. In particular, digital watermarks embedded in media content are used to initiate automated transactions associated with the content and to link creative content with information or transactions. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166314 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACTIVATING A CONTACTLESS TRANSACTION CARD - A method and system for issuing and activating a contactless transaction card is provided. The method uses a server system coupled to a database. The method includes providing a promotional transaction card including a proof of purchase identifier to a consumer, receiving a request message for ordering a contactless transaction card for the consumer wherein the request message includes the proof of purchase identifier and consumer registration data, validating the request message, issuing an inactive contactless transaction card to the consumer including a product identifier and an activation number, storing the product identifier and the activation number in the database, receiving the product identifier and the activation number from a client computer system, and activating the inactive contactless transaction card after the server system verifies that the received product identifier and activation number match the stored product identifier and activation number. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166315 | System and Method of Optimal Time for Product Launch and Withdraw in E-Commerce - The present disclosure introduces a technique for achieving the optimal time to launch or withdraw products on a webpage. In one aspect, a method includes: storing information to be collected from a webpage for one or more items corresponding to a first product; collecting data related to the one or more items in each time section of a plurality of time sections; calculating a respective value score for each time section of the plurality of time sections based on a respective number of occurrences of the one or more items in each time section; determining the optimal time to launch or withdraw the first product based on value scores of the first product for the plurality of time sections; and rendering launch or withdrawal of the first product on the webpage in the optimal time. Implementation of the technique will conveniently allow a merchant's product website to automatically complete a product launch or withdrawal in the optimal time. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166316 | Collective community Method of Integrated Internet-Based tools for Independent Contractors, their Collaborators, and Customers - The present invention is a web-based business method that provides its collective members with integrated tools and services to collaborate, produce, direct-market and monetize their skills, works and professional expertise to a direct-to-consumer or business-to-business market. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173387 | E-Commerce electronic data centrally distributed and collected - A system and a method for electronic commerce allowing consumers to centrally receive and send electronic data from multiple merchants. The system includes a central server having software which gathers the electronic data including emails and events notification from member merchants directed to consumers accounts who maintain and register accounts on a centralized server. In an alternate embodiment, the merchants can request consumer's information from a consumer account and pass the information to the merchant's server. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173388 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ASSOCIATE BROADCAST RADIO CONTENT WITH A TRANSACTION VIA AN INTERNET SERVER - A system and method for providing services to users in vehicles based on radio broadcasts received by a vehicle's radio receiver. The system includes a computer-based vehicle unit located in a vehicle, a gateway configured to wirelessly send and receive information to and from the vehicle unit, and a computer-based server in communication with the gateway over a network. The vehicle unit includes a user interface component that presents the received content and radio broadcast and records user requests. The server processes the requests and sends confirmation messages back to the unit via the gateway when a request is completed or other information needs to he sent to the unit. The vehicle unit wirelessly receives a radio broadcast from a radio station, transmits user requests and vehicle information to the server via the gateway, and receives content back from the server. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173389 | ESCROW ACCOMMODATION SYSTEM - An escrow accommodation system is provided, including a first escrow client subsystem disposed in a first location, said first escrow client subsystem including first software and a first communication device comprising a first camera configured to be operated with the first software to facilitate an online videoconference meeting regarding an escrow, and a second escrow client subsystem disposed in a second location, said second escrow client subsystem including second software and a second communication device comprising a second camera configured to facilitate the online videoconference meeting regarding the escrow. The first escrow client subsystem is configured to display a list of available escrow companies for performing escrow services and fees associated with available escrow companies, and the first escrow client subsystem is configured to facilitate an escrow opening meeting online between a customer and an escrow company selected from the list. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179581 | Unused Service Units - Allowing a subscriber of a service to use unused service units associated with a service plan to purchase products or services is provided. Unused service units (e.g., minutes of voice calling, number of text messages, megabytes of data, etc.) may be tracked and converted into units of value. An amount of redemption value units may be exchanged for one or more prescribed products or services. Options of redeemable products or services may be presented to the subscriber. Upon selection of one or more products or services, the selected product or service may be provided, and the subscriber's unused service units account balance may be reconciled. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STREAMLINED CHECKOUT PROCESS - Once a purchaser has proceeded through a check out experience with an online retail system, the settings established during that checkout experience will be applied to future checkout experiences by that purchaser. By capturing and thereafter using checkout settings in this manner, a purchaser can proceed from a shopping cart directly to a checkout review page with the checkout review page being pre-populated with such prior established settings. Furthermore, the methodology allows the purchaser to have a virtually unlimited number of goods in their shopping cart and to have multiple different types of order fulfillment options (e.g., shipping, store pickup, delivery to an organization, etc.) automatically established for those goods. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179583 | Electronic Commerce Platform with Staging to Production and Bundles - An electronic commerce system with staging to production and bundles is provided. In one embodiment, the electronic commerce system comprises a storefront server system configured to serve a virtual storefront over a computer network for display on each of a plurality of client devices, a data store in which virtual storefront data for serving the virtual storefront is stored, a staging server system configured to receive one or more change sets from a user of a commerce manager client, the change set comprising changes to the one or more objects. The system further comprises and a synchronization program configured to generate a job description comprising one or more instructions to effect the one or more changes and a production server system configured to receive the job description via the synchronization program and modify the virtual storefront data to reflect the job description and the one or more change sets. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179584 | COMPUTER-BASED ORDERING SYSTEM - A computer-based ordering system for ordering goods and services includes a plurality of self-service client terminals and a server. Each self-service client terminal runs a self-order application including a set of interactive menu screens having buttons that allow the customer to select and customize products for the order. An administration tool application communicates with the server to administer the self-service client terminals. The administration tool application including a menu editor that enables the administrator to create and edit the interactive menu screens provided by the self-order application at the self-service client terminals. The menu editor accesses a library of menu templates containing predefined groupings of buttons, and uses the menu templates, as directed by the administrator, during creation and editing of the interactive menu screens. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185362 | 3D Version of online nationalization and localization restaurant menu self-creation and post method for restaurant businesses - A revolutionary online nationalization and localization restaurant menu self creation and post method is invented. The users can check any menu with other service categories in any restaurant in any city, or metro area in the U.S. The web application intended for the restaurant business is developed by .net and java. Both .net and java are development languages. They contain logic rules, packages, procedures, and triggers. The business will go through different stages to finish designing and creating contents. The stages will include providing information, selecting level, choosing service categories, front store design, contents creation verification, and online payment etc. There are design tools, templates and different programs developed and provided for the business to complete different tasks at each stage. The business follows the procedures, steps and creates restaurant menu and other service contents. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185363 | Pick Up and Drop Off Package Delivery System - A package pick up and delivery system allows distribution of packages between any two locations serviced by a carrier or delivery system. At each location, merchandise, different from the packages handled by this system, would be available to the public. Such locations can include big box stores, drug stores, restaurants and similar retail or commercial establishments. A website is available to the shipper to identify pick up and delivery locations and to record payment for the shipment. Information for notifying the recipient can be input to the website and a notice sent to the recipient, who can subsequently access the website to determine the status of the shipment. This system allows the operator of a freight distribution or carrier system to increase the utilization of the carrier system. Patronage of retail establishments, operating as pick up and drop off locations can also be increased. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185364 | SYSTEM TO DETERMINE POSTING PAYMENT AMOUNT BASED ON SPECIFIC TYPE OF ITEM - Products and processes are provided in which information is received about a post for an item to be sold. The information may include type data identifying the item for sale as being a specific type of item. Based on the received type data, a posting payment amount is determined. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185365 | SYSTEM TO DETERMINE POSTING PAYMENT AMOUNT FOR BASED ON A NUMBER OF VIEWS - Products and processes are provided in which information is received about a post for an item to be sold. The post offering the item for sale is published via a posting site and the number of people who viewed the post is determined. Based on the number of people who viewed the post, a posting payment amount is determined. | 07-19-2012 |
20120191575 | Methods and System for Enabling Communication of Identity Information During Online Transaction - Methods and system for enabling communication of identity information for an online transaction includes detecting a request to enter the identity information. In response, a first and a second image with a detectable trait are identified for displaying on a receiver device. A first and second delta-based analyzers are executed to monitor changes of the first and the second images. The changes of the images are combined. The changes of the images are adjustable to respective first and second display settings. The combined changes of the images are transmitted to a receiver device for display. A query regarding the detectable trait is transmitted to the receiver device and a response from a user is received. User input of the identity information is enabled at the receiver device when the response to the query is determined to be successful. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191576 | PAYMENT SERVICE CAPABLE OF BEING INTEGRATED WITH MERCHANT SITES - A computer-implemented service integrates with merchant sites to enable registered users of the service to perform purchase transactions on the merchant sites. In one embodiment, a merchant can incorporate a reference to a display object served by the service into coding of a page of the merchant's site. When the page is loaded by a user's browser, the reference causes the browser to request the display object from the service for display on the page. If the user is recognized by the service, the service may return a personalized display object that includes functionality for the user to perform a purchase transaction using the service. Also disclosed are embodiments that enable users to initiate transfers of personal account information to the merchant sites. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197763 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING MERCHANDISE IN A VIDEO - One embodiment of the invention relates to a computerized process for matching an object in a video with information. This process can comprise the steps of watching a video, selecting an object from the video, inserting the object into a search field, and conducting a search in a database to find additional information. Once this additional information is found, the process results in matching the object from the video with at least one data object from the additional information. In addition once this data is matched, the process can proceed to presenting the at least one data object from the additional information on a screen. Another process can be a computerized process which can comprise the steps of uploading at least one video into a database, uploading at least one separate image into the database, uploading text data into the database, and matching the at least one video, the at least one separate image and the text data in the database. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197764 | METHOD AND PROCESS OF USING METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL MEDIA TO SEARCH FOR LOCAL INVENTORY - In various exemplary embodiments, a method of selecting and retrieving information related to selectable items in a dynamic digital event (e.g., a movie) is presented. Each of the selectable items is available for purchase by an end-user. The method includes preparing the digital event for presentation on an electronic device of the end-user. Preparing the digital event includes generating tags for each of the selectable items within the digital event and adding metadata for each item. The metadata includes a description for each item. An indication is displayed to the end-user that one or more of the selectable items are present within at least a portion of the digital event. A determination is made whether the end-user has selected at least one item. Based on a determination that the end-user has selected at least one item, the metadata associated with the at least one item is displayed to the end-user. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197765 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING BUSINESS APPLICATION AND CONTENTS FOR MOBILE EQUIPMENT USING APPLICATION STORE AND WIRELESS AP - A method and a system that automatically searches an application store corresponding to the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a connected Access Point (AP) for applications and content with a smart mobile device (mobile terminal) by which a user can download the desired applications and that notifies a user of the results of the search, thus allowing the user to install the applications without requiring a separate search operation. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197766 | SYSTEM TO SOLICIT INVENTORY INFORMATION - Products and processes are provided in which an award is offered to an entity to provide inventory information concerning an item that the entity is in a position to offer for sale via a posting site. In response to receiving inventory information, the award is provided to the entity. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197767 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Conducting Electronic Commerce - Processes, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for conducting electronic commerce. A website portal to an online community of merchants is stored. A customer's browsing behavior in the online community of merchants is tracked and provided to each merchant in the online community of merchants. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203669 | Method for Determing a Dynamic Bundle Price for a Group of Sales Products and a Computer Program Product - A method is provided for determining a dynamic bundle prices for a group of sales products. A computer program product and a computer system are further provided to determine the dynamic bundle price for the group of sales products by means of an application implemented on the computer system. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203670 | CREATION OF SIGNATURES FOR AUTHENTICATING APPLICATIONS - A method and system for authenticating applications. The system includes a plurality of portable electronic devices, at least one process organizer, at least one module developer, at least one task performer and a workflow server. The process organizer generates an application. The process organizer can request modules from module developers that are incorporated into the application. Alternatively, the process organizer makes an agreement with a task performer to perform tasks to complete the application. The application is transmitted to the workflow server, which includes an online marketplace for displaying and selling the applications. A user purchases the application through the store. A routing module generates a signature and compares the signature to application, module or document metadata and a secret to determine consistency of the data before the application, module or document is routed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203671 | COMPUTER-ENABLED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING VETERINARY PHARMACEUTICAL AND OTHER ANIMAL-RELATED PRODUCT CATALOG CUSTOMIZATION - A computer-enabled method for efficiently displaying automatically generated, customizable views of a master product item catalog of veterinary pharmaceutical and other animal-related product item records provided by a centralized pharmacy to a large number of veterinarians, veterinary hospitals and customers, the views comprising administrator views, hospital staff views and user views, the views being selectively excludable and modifiable by each hospital administrator via an exception-type customization and hospital manageable database, access to which is provided for each hospital on the central pharmacy's server, each hospital being enabled to provide customers and staff of the hospital access to its customized catalog via point-of-sale and e-commerce points of access over the Internet or other network. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SECURE TRANSACTIONS - A system for secure transactions receives an authorization request from a mobile device, the mobile device having received the authorization request by scanning a QR code and/or other encoded data. The system processes the authorization request using one or more transaction accounts that are paired to the mobile device, and transmits a response indicating approval or denial of the authorization request. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SECURE TRANSACTIONS - A system for secure transactions receives an authorization request from a mobile device, the mobile device having received the authorization request by scanning a QR code and/or other encoded data. The system processes the authorization request using one or more transaction accounts that are paired to the mobile device, and transmits a response indicating approval or denial of the authorization request. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203674 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRIVATE OFFERS TO CUSTOMERS OF WEB SITES - A method for creating private offers including parsing at least a first computer-based document to identify at least one offer for either of a product and a service, maintaining the offer in a history of offers, detecting the activation of a private offer element within a second computer-based document, the private offer element being associated with either of a product and a service, determining, responsive to the activation, whether any of the offers in the history of offers meets at least one predefined criterion in predefined association with the private offer element, and applying at least one predefined modification to any of the offers in the history of meeting the predefined criterion, thereby resulting in a private offer. | 08-09-2012 |
20120209748 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GIFT SELECTION AND GIFT REDEMPTION SERVICES IN AN E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT OVER A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Systems, devices, and methods for providing gift selection and gift redemption services in an e-commerce environment over a communication network. Such systems, devices, and methods (i) provide gift recipient attributes and gift experience attributes to a gift donor communication interface; and (ii) receive a selection of gift recipient attributes and gift experience attributes from a communication interface. Further, the systems, devices, and methods provide gift options using a matching algorithm based on the gift recipient attributes and gift experience attributes to the communication interface. In addition, systems, devices, and methods: (i) receive more selected gift options from the communication interface; (ii) generate and provide reveal experiences to the communication interface; (iii) receive selected reveal experiences from the communication interface; and (iii) provide a gift redemption code based on the selected gift option and the selected reveal experience to the communication interface. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209749 | SNAP MOBILE PAYMENT APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The SNAP MOBILE PAYMENT APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“SNAP”) transform real-time-generated merchant-product Quick Response codes via SNAP components into virtual wallet card-based transaction purchase notifications. In one embodiment, the SNAP obtains a snapshot of a QR code presented on a display screen of a point-of-sale device from a mobile device. The SNAP decodes the QR code to obtain product information included in a checkout request of the user, and merchant information for processing a user purchase transaction with a merchant providing the QR code. The SNAP accesses a user virtual wallet to obtain user account information to process the user purchase transaction with the merchant. Using the product information, merchant information and user account information, the SNAP generates a card authorization request, and which the SNAP provides to a payment network for transaction processing. Also, the SNAP obtains a purchase receipt confirming processing of the user purchase transaction. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209750 | Automated Device Provisioning and Activation - Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a communications device stores a set of device credentials for activating the communications device for a service on a network; and sends an access request to the network, the access request including the set of device credentials. | 08-16-2012 |
20120215663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MANAGED GRAPHIC DESIGN COMMUNITY - A system and method for providing a managed graphic design community. The graphic design community including one or more graphic designers can be created in order to design and upload a template within a social network environment. A community management application can be configured in association with a managed service provider in order to receive, analyze and display the template with respect to a customer. An appropriate compensation/payment can be provided with respect to the graphic designer based on a reward provided by the customer in the social network. Such an approach employs an enforcement process to prevent the designers from uploading similar/existing templates in the graphic design community and to protect the templates. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215664 | EPURCHASE MODEL - In various example embodiments, a system and associated method to enhance a user experience in an online environment is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request over a network from a user where the request includes keywords to be used in a search for one or more items; the results from the search being displayed in a webpage. A determination is made whether to track metrics related to user activities associated with the results from the search. Based on a determination that the user activities are to be tracked, determining factors based on the tracked metrics related to the user activities, calculating a predictive model using one or more processors based on the determined factors, and displaying an enhanced webpage where components in the enhanced webpage are based on the predictive model. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215665 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC WEB DISPLAY - A system for transacting retrieval of real estate property listing(s) over an information network and dynamically transmitting the listing(s), in near or real time, to one or more banner(s) enabled with dynamic messaging technology residing on an ad server and the banner(s) are posted on one or more Internet urls, comprising a set of real estate property listings maintained in an inventory repository server. A target data set describing one or more such listings for at least one such agent compiled by the database module is retrieved from the an inventory repository server; the listings matching the target data set from the structured database are then identified and retrieved by the banner enabled with dynamic messaging technology and displayed within one or more banners residing on one or more publisher web sites. | 08-23-2012 |
20120215666 | INTERNET BILLING METHOD - Equipment of a provider performs operations including facilitating establishment of first communications between the equipment of the provider and equipment of a purchasing customer to establish a billing arrangement, facilitating establishment of second communications with equipment of a selling vendor to establish a remitting arrangement, enabling the equipment of the purchasing customer to communicate with the equipment of the selling vendor by way of the equipment of the provider, obtaining transactional information relating to a purchase transaction initiated by the equipment purchasing customer, where the purchase transaction results in a billing account of the purchasing customer being charged a first fee, and initiating a remittance of a second fee with the equipment of the selling vendor Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 08-23-2012 |
20120221441 | IDENTIFYING AND USING BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES IN ELECTRONIC BOOKS - An electronic book system recognizes patterns in texts that correspond to bibliographical references. User selection of a bibliographical reference causes a digital copy of the work referenced to be made available to the user. Factors such as price, reference format and user feedback are used to select a source from which the digital copy of the work is obtained. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221442 | MULTI-VARIABLE PRODUCT RANK - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for ranking products using multiple data sources are provided. A computerized ranking system includes a ranking engine, loaders, and a presentation component. The ranking engine calculates a score for each product based on multiple counts logged by data sources. Loaders communicatively connected to the ranking engine provide the counts to the data sources. The presentation component generates a ranked product list for display on client devices in response to requests for a list of popular products. | 08-30-2012 |
20120226587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY-FACILITATED COLLECTIVE PURCHASING - A system for aggregating resources for the purchase of at least one item by a plurality of individual participants includes a server accessible over a network or Internet, an administrator terminal operable to communicate with the server and allow an administrator to enter and transmit to the server, a purchasing scenario for at least one item, the purchasing scenario specifying at least a group membership condition, an identifier of a recipient, and a purchasing goal, web pages operable to display to a plurality of invitees satisfying the group membership condition the identifier of the recipient and at least one of the purchasing scenario and the purchasing goal, and a plurality of individual participant terminals operable to display the web pages, communicate with the server, and allow the plurality of invitees to indicate to the server a participation in the purchasing scenario, whereby the server is operable to calculate a purchasing threshold defined by the purchasing goal to determine whether the plurality of invitees has reached the threshold by collectively indicating a willingness to reach the purchasing goal. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226588 | eGift Social Platform - Systems and methods for electronic commerce using a dynamic checkout and/or group gifting are provided. The dynamic checkout process can be integrated with a social platform electronic commerce experience allowing a user to select a single gift, multiple gifts, and/or to create a basket of goods to send to one or multiple recipients. The dynamic checkout allows the user to select the desired recipient(s) before, after, or intermixed with selecting the offers and/or creating the basket of goods. These offers or products can be purchased by the user with a single payment which will be appropriately apportioned to the merchants based on the products purchased. Once the payment has been successfully processed, an electronic delivery or a physical delivery of the goods or products will occur. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226589 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TICKET SELECTION AND TRANSACTIONS - A system and a method for selecting tickets on-line according to one or more parameters by the user. Optionally and preferably, the user is also able to purchase the tickets on-line as well. According to preferred embodiments of the present invention, the user may optionally and preferably search on-line for a ticket according to a plurality of parameters, including but not limited to, price, dates/times, exact show, type of show and/or type of seat. The user may also optionally interact with a theater community. | 09-06-2012 |
20120233029 | GENERATING PRINTABLE CERTIFICATES TO VERIFY LOG AUTHENTICITY - A method and system for generating printable certificates to verify log authenticity. A logging module generates a compound document that includes metadata for changes made to pages in a document. Each time a change is made to the document, such as adding stroke data, the logging module updates the compound document with the changes. The online marketplace module displays an option for purchasing a printable certificate. In response to a request for a certificate, the logging module generates a printable certificate that includes a set number of hashes for previous transactions. The verification module can recreate a transaction and generate a hash that is compared to the certificate to verify that no tampering has occurred with the document. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING ENERGY SERVICE - A method and portable electronic device provide pricing information to a customer and enable switching service from a current provider to a desired provider in response to a selection by the customer on the portable electronic device. In the method, pricing information associated with the current provider and with competitor providers is gathered. Then, the portable electronic device displays the respective pricing information and each associated provider for selection by the customer. In response to the selection of the desired provider by the customer, the portable electronic device automatically deactivates service from the current provider and activates service from the desired provider. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233031 | Intelligent Delivery and Acquisition of Digital Assets - Improved techniques and systems for delivery and acquisition of digital assets are disclosed. The techniques and systems are especially suitable and useful for delivering digital assets (e.g., media assets) that are available for acquisition and electronic delivery from online stores to electronic devices. In accordance with one aspect, when a digital asset is acquired form an online store via an electronic device associated with a user, the digital asset can be arranged for delivery to a number of other of electronic devices also associated with the user. It will be appreciated that the digital asset can be delivered and acquired without requiring explicit user input or instruction in accordance with another aspect. Other aspects of the techniques and systems include customization of configuration and user interfaces that are provided to facilitate acquisition of digital assets in a more efficient manner. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233032 | COLLECTIVE NETWORK OF AUGMENTED REALITY USERS - Embodiments of the invention provide for using video analysis, such as augmented reality or the like to assist a group of users to utilize mobile devices for creating a collective network environment of users that identifies objects in which one or more users in a group of users may be interested, and notifies the one or more users of information associated with the object. A collective network comprises a group of users that each have a mobile device that contains or is otherwise operatively coupled to a data capture device. For example, the mobile device may be a mobile phone that is capable of taking video with a camera device. A user in the collective network may capture video on his mobile device, and an application can identify the object in the video and provide interested users in the collective network with information about the object. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233033 | ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A VIDEO STREAM CAPTURED BY A MOBILE DEVICE - A system for processing a video stream is disclosed. The system includes a processing device configured for analyzing the surrounding environment represented in the video stream for at least one marker that is indicative of an environmental characteristic. At least one marker is identified within the surrounding environment. Once identified, information associated with the environmental characteristic is presented to the user. In one embodiment, the information is presented via AR such that one or more virtual objects are superimposed over the video stream. The virtual objects may be interactive. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233034 | COMBINED TABLE AND COMPUTER-CONTROLLED PROJECTOR UNIT - A combined table and computer-controlled projector unit, comprises: (a) at least one table; (b) a stand supporting the table; (c) a projector controlled by a computer; and (d) an imaging system mounted on the stand, the imaging system causing an image to be projected onto the table. Because the unit combines both a table and the computer controlled projector unit, it can be readily installed and does not require any ceiling cabling. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233035 | System, Method and Apparatus for Matching Sales Leads to Purchases - A system, apparatus and method matches sales leads to purchases by receiving product inventory data, normalizing the received product inventory data, and storing the normalized product inventory data a database. A product availability query is received that includes a requested product and a location. Search results are obtained by searching the database for normalized product inventory data that best matches the requested product and the location. The search results are provided to the potential customer, and the product availability query and the search results are stored in the database. Product sales data is received from the vendor, and the received product sales data is stored in the database. A determination is then made whether a product sale resulted from the product availability query by calculating a match score based on the stored product sales data, the stored product availability queries and the stored search results. | 09-13-2012 |
20120239536 | INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL SHOPPING EXPERIENCE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to interactive online shopping experiences. For example, one embodiment provides a computing device configured to present an interactive shopping experience including receiving a user input requesting display of an interactive map of a retail store, and outputting to a display device the interactive map of retail store in response to the request. The embodiment further comprises receiving a user input requesting a first-person view of a portion of the interactive map of the retail store and outputting to the display device the first-person view of the portion of the interactive map of the retail store. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239537 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for electronic commerce management is provided. The method includes sending a request to the test server to be assigned a session identifier, the session identifier being associated with an assigned content version and receive the session identifier from the test server. The method further includes generating web page data to send to the client program, the web page data including (1) computer code which upon execution will cause the client program to retrieve the assigned content version of the static content from the test server using the session identifier, and (2) dynamic web page content based on one or more dynamic content factors and send the web page data to the client program. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246032 | Website, user interfaces, and applications facilitating improved media search capability - A method for improving media search capability includes providing a user with access to an interface that allows the user to provide one or more inputs relating to an item of media (such as an audio or video recording of a song or a cover song), performing a media search in response to the one or more inputs, and presenting search results via an interactive display generated depending upon media ratings, wherein one or more of the media ratings is determined from media ratings inputs depending upon one or more metrics associated with sources or providers of the media ratings inputs. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246033 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVERTING INTENT INTO A TRANSACTION - The invention relates to a method and a system for converting an online interaction into a brick-and-mortar or online transaction between an Internet user and a plurality of merchants via the Internet. This invention assesses a buyer's purchasing intent and provides offers based on the buyer's purchasing intent and the buyer's purchasing score. The method involves maintaining a database of buyer attributes and receiving from a buyer a request for one or more offers. After receiving a request, a special intent server determines a purchasing score of the buyer based, at least in part, on information stored in the database of buyer attributes. Next, after a purchasing score is determined, the request and the purchasing score are transmitted to one or more offer sources. Finally, the intent server and the method then receives one or more offers from the offer sources and provides them to the buyer via the Internet. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246034 | ORDERING LOTTERY TICKETS USING MACHINE-READABLE CODE IMAGES DISPLAYED ON MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile application or mobile website allows a user of a mobile device to make player selections associated with the order of a lottery ticket. The mobile device then displays a machine-readable code image. When a lottery retailer scans the image, the code conveys the lottery ticket order to the retail system, allowing the retailer to sell lottery tickets corresponding with the order. The mobile application or website may record player selections for reuse, record purchased tickets to report lottery status to the player, and assist the player in locating a lottery retailer. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246035 | Computer software program and fashion styling tool - A computer program product is provided for allowing users to share, edit, and purchase wardrobe items in connection with displaying and categorizing those items on a display. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246036 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONDUCTING A VEHICLE AUCTION, AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND AUTOMATIC VEHICLE ACQUISITION ATTRACTIVENESS DETERMINATION - Systems, methods and computer readable media for a computerized vehicle auction, vehicle condition assessment and vehicle acquisition attractiveness assessment. | 09-27-2012 |
20120253982 | TRANSACTIONS VIA A USER DEVICE IN THE PROXIMITY OF A SELLER - Embodiments of methods and systems are provided that allow a user to upload inventories, view inventories in the proximity of the user, and/or facilitate transactions over a user device in a simple manner. In an embodiment, a method for transactions comprises loading, by a server at a remote location, an application on a user device of a user, wherein the application allows the user to upload an inventory comprising one or more items and/or services offered for sale by the user, as well as to view on the user device other inventory offered for sale by one or more other users as the user comes into proximity of the one or more other users, and wherein an inventory list maintained at the user device is constantly updated with the other inventory viewed by the user device. The method also comprises receiving, by the server at the remote location, transaction information associated with conducting a transaction in connection with the inventory list over the user device. The method further comprises facilitating, by the server at the remote location, the transaction between the user via the user device and the one or more other users. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253983 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ISSUING TICKETS - Methods and apparatus for issuing tickets for events are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a ticket purchaser with both an electronic ticket and a duplicate replica ticket. The replica ticket provides the user a piece of memorabilia, without presenting the issue of having multiple tickets capable of being used for entry. In an additional embodiment, the replica ticket can also be used to gain access to the event. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENCES IN ITEMS IN A SEARCH RESULT LISTING - A received search query is used to create a search result where the search result is a listing of items identified in a data repository of item information where the item information includes data indicative of parametric values for each of a plurality of items. Data indicative of parametric values within the item information of the listing of items is used to order the search result for display whereby at least one subset of items within the listing of items determined to have similar parametric values will be displayed as a group having positions within the listing of items that are proximate relative to each other. Data indicative of parametric values within the item information of the at least one subset of items is also used to discern differences in one or more parametric values between items in the at least one subset of items which discerned differences in the one or more parametric values between items in the at least one subset of items within the listing of items are caused to be highlighted. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253985 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION AND ACCUMULATION OF SHOPPING DATA - A method for shopping cart validation automation, comprising analyzing a webpage to determine if it contains a shopping cart structure and if the user has expressed desire to initiate a checkout procedure, extracting shopping cart and other price elements from pages of a checkout tunnel, accumulating such information for the shopping transaction, validating the shopping transaction using the accumulated information, and allowing the user to confirm or cancel the transaction upon validation. Alternatively, the method may message the use that the transaction is not reconcilable where the shopping cart could not be validated. Also, the system can advantageously build a history database storing transactional details, including screen shots of pages of the checkout tunnel. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253986 | DYNAMIC MULTI-LEVEL NETWORK MARKETING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A dynamic multi-level network marketing system includes a communication network, a plurality of user terminal devices and a network trading platform system. The user terminal devices are in communication with the communication network. The network trading platform system is in communication with the user terminal devices through the communication network for providing online commodity sale and shopping service. The network trading platform system generates and stores a plurality of transaction and referral records according to a transaction of a specified product and a referral from the user terminal devices, so that a multi-level marketing relationship between the user terminal devices is dynamically established according to the transaction and referral records. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253987 | METHOD FOR PROVISION OF INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK EMPLOYING USER DETERMINABLE PARAMETERS AFFECTING COST - An information provision system operated over the internet by a provider for communication of information to users communicating with the provider site. Information is provided to the user based upon one or a plurality of user chosen information providing quantifiers and priced accordingly. The quantifiers may be changed by the user in real time causing a change in price. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253988 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE STOREFRONTS - A system comprising a networked server; a business establishment database adapted to store descriptive data describing a plurality of business establishments; a business user interface module configured to allow a business user to submit a descriptive data that is configured to be transmitted to the business establishment database; a customer interface module configured to allow a customer to mark a business establishment; a customer database configured to store a customer's profile comprising a list of business establishments marked via the customer interface module; a linking module connected to the business establishment database and the customer database, the linking module configured to link the marked business establishment to the customer's profile and the customer; and a set of programming codes configured to allow a browser that connects to the server to display the descriptive data and a portion of the customer's profile that marked the business establishment. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAYMENT BY VIRTUAL CREDIT CARD - The invention relates to vendor payments using a virtual credit card number for security purposes. The invention is used by a company to pay vendors for services or goods using the virtual credit card number, which alleviates the normal security issues associated with making payments through a normal credit card transaction via computer networks. The invention further provides a convenient apparatus and method in securing such vendor payments. The apparatus and method of the present invention operates independently as a stand-alone system that interfaces with a separate accounting system, credit card assignment system, or other components of an invoice payment system, or is integrated with other components of an accounting system. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253990 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method of facilitating communications between web-based and telephony networks, including the steps of: providing a web-based interface including selectable options for initiating communications between one or more web-based communication tools and one or more telephony based communication tools; providing access to a network bridge configured to bridge communications between a telephony network and a web-based network; automatically generating a web-based interface, in communication with the network bridge, from user account data for a user having telephony services; and initiating a communication between a web-based network and a telephony based network on receipt of a request from the automatically generated web-based interface. | 10-04-2012 |
20120253991 | System And Method For Displaying A View Of Market Depth On A Graphical User Interface - A graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradeable object. According to one example embodiment, a market depth indicator is displayed in relation to a value axis in a market overview interface. Then, detailed market depth is displayed in a market depth interface, and a plurality of market depth prices displayed in the market depth interface are adjustable based on a position of the market depth indicator in relation to the value axis. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259740 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PIGGYBANK - A method of providing control preferences for a prospective Internet user, the method comprising the steps of establishing a first account, the settings of the first account being stored in a database; establishing a second account, the settings of the second account being stored in the database; linking the first and second accounts such that control settings of the second account are determined through the first account; and making a purchase from the second account consistent with the control settings of the second account. | 10-11-2012 |
20120259741 | INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING SAID PROGRAM - To determine candidates for product purchase in electronic commerce more easily when a user purchases an attracting product through electronic commerce, the server ( | 10-11-2012 |
20120259742 | SERVER APPARATUS, PRODUCT DISPLAY METHOD, PRODUCT DISPLAY PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMPUTER-READABLE PRODUCT DISPLAY PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND PRODUCT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A server apparatus that a customer hardly forgets to order a product when the customer orders products is provided. Product display data that refers to a storing means that stores a plurality of belonged products that belong to a product group so as to be associated with a group name for a plurality of product groups, extracts the product group to which the order scheduled products belong from the product groups stored in the storing unit whenever a user selects a predetermined number of order scheduled products that are scheduled to be ordered, and displays the belonged products and the group name for every extracted product group is transmitted to the terminal device. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265649 | Method, System and Program Product for Transactions - A method, system and program product comprise communicating a seller's registration information and the seller's item information to a transaction unit. The transaction unit registers an account for the seller comprising a dashboard. The seller's item information comprises a description of the item without a price. A buyer's registration information and the buyer's offer for the seller's item are communicated to the transaction unit. The transaction unit registers an account for the buyer comprising a dashboard. The buyer's offer comprises an offer price and a description of an expected item to be delivered. The transaction unit posts the buyer's offer to the seller's dashboard and notifies the seller. The seller's response for the buyer's offer comprises an acceptable price and a description of the item to be provided at the acceptable price. The transaction unit posts the seller's response to the buyer's dashboard and notifies the buyer. | 10-18-2012 |
20120271738 | Online Marketplace Portal for Content Publishers and Content Creators - An online marketplace portal enables the exchange of content and payments for content between content publishers and content creators, such as organizations and professional freelancers, respectively. The online portal allows publishers and creators to exchange exclusive content concepts and completed works through a closed platform. Users can negotiate terms relating to access and rights to publish content, manage distribution of content, and process payment through the online portal. Content publishers can use the online marketplace portal to purchase syndicated content and manage relationships with freelancers. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278203 | Buy First - BUYFIRST is a clickable button that appears on the website and or websites within the network for shopping. The BUYFIRST button was designed in red and blue. The BUYFIRST button has been designed and programmed into the shopping system platform to enable a purchaser of products and services to use as a check out button to a computer enabled shopping platform network. Buyers are using their desired methods of payments or choices of payments our network provides to use the BUYFIRST button to make a final purchase of goods. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284150 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of inventory management includes receiving an image comprising one or more items. Next, one or more tags for the image items is received, wherein each tag corresponds with an image item. Item data corresponding to each tagged image item may then be received. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284151 | DYNAMIC PRICING ADJUSTMENT - A method for dynamically adjusting a price of an item offered for sale on a web page may be executed on at least one processor. The method may include setting a starting price as the price for the item and decrementing the price of the item by a downtick for each visit to the web page by a unique visitor until end of sales for the item. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284152 | PRODUCT PURCHASE SUPPORT APPARATUS, PRODUCT PURCHASE SUPPORT METHOD, PRODUCT PURCHASE SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PRODUCT PURCHASE SUPPORT PROGRAM THEREIN - There is provided a product purchase support apparatus capable of reducing a possibility that a user misses a benefit which he/she can enjoy if he/she purchases further products. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290444 | Golf Course Foodstuff Ordering System and Method of the Same - A golf course food ordering system reduces the period of delay in the play of golf on a golf course created by golfers ordering food and/or beverage between the play of two holes. The system provides an electric menu kiosk at the start of a hole that allows golfers to place a food and/or beverage order for receipt upon completing play of the hole. Orders placed utilizing the menu kiosk are transmitted over a communication network to an order receipt unit located at a food facility on the golf course. The received order is filled and ready for receipt by golfers upon completion of the hole. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290445 | DELEGATED APPLICATION AUTHORIZATION WITH INLINE PURCHASE - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delegating authorization to applications to access resources. An application operates in a computing device of a user. The user is navigated from the application to an authorization interface in response to the application determining a need for a resource of a resource repository. The user is enabled to register with the resource repository if the user is determined to not be registered with the resource repository. A resource available at the resource repository designated to be used in the application is determined The user is enabled to purchase a subscription to the resource if the user is determined to not have a subscription to the resource. The application is authorized to use the resource. The user is navigated back to the application. The application is enabled to use the resource associated with the subscription. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290446 | Social Marketplace Digital Worth Score - A method and system are disclosed for managing catalog resources within a social commerce environment. Users are referred by a plurality of affiliates to a social commerce marketplace system. Once referred, the users are presented with a customized social commerce storefront that is associated with an individual affiliate. Each of the customized social commerce storefronts comprises a micro catalog of purchasable products, which is a subset of a master catalog comprising a set of available products. Social data associated with the user and catalog data associated with the purchasable products is processed to generate product catalog data to the user, which is then provided to the user. The user reviews the social commerce content and selects individual purchasable products for purchase. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296777 | DYNAMIC LOCATION-BASED SIGNAGE - Dynamic signage systems are provided for a sales environment. A dynamic signage device (e.g., a tablet computer) is associated with a product, e.g., based on a location of the device and/or the product, and can present information about the product to a customer in an interactive manner. The device can automatically check for updated product information and modify its display based on the updated product information. Management of multiple dynamic signage devices can be coordinated within and across stores, and an interactive floor-map creation system incorporating dynamic signage devices can facilitate changing the associations between products and dynamic signage devices. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296778 | AUTOMATING THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING A MEMORY UPGRADE FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates purchasing a memory upgrade for a computer system. This system operates by obtaining memory configuration information for the computer system, and then determining a memory upgrade option based upon the memory configuration information. Next, the system presents an option to purchase the memory upgrade option to a user of the computer system. If the user indicates that the user would like to purchase the memory upgrade option, the system automatically initiates a purchase transaction for the memory upgrade option. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system automatically initiates the purchase transaction through a web site. In a variation on this embodiment, the system automatically transfers at least part of the memory configuration information to the web site so that the user does not have to reenter details of the memory configuration information. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296779 | PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER APPARATUS, PRODUCT INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, PRODUCT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH PRODUCT INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM IS RECORDED - The present invention provides, for example, a terminal device which allows users who do shopping utilizing a network to simulate a sense of doing shopping actually getting around in a store and enjoy shopping. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303487 | ONLINE STREAM HONEY POT CAPTURE - An online stream honey pot capture method includes placing content sought to be protected on a honey pot website, providing access to a user who has been advised that the content is unlicensed, receiving contact information from the user, and obtaining payment from the user for his access of the unlicensed content. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303488 | System and Method for Remote Acquisition and Delivery of Goods - A system and method for remote acquisition and delivery of goods includes a server in communication with customer computers, such as through a user interface via the internet. The server can store customer information including billing information, and may include a real-time video processor. A mobile delivery system in communication with the server includes an energy efficient vehicle, a real-time video device, a global positioning system, a communication device and a printer. In use, a customer communicates with a mobile delivery agent via the real-time video device and the communication device to remotely acquire a product. Once acquired, the delivery agent delivers the product to a designated delivery location. The real-time video device can be utilized during the entire transaction. The system preferably includes a processor for optimizing system efficiencies, including selecting a delivery agent based on the product, pick-up location and delivery site. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A portable web widget for distribution of multimedia content over a computer communications network, the web widget adapted for viral distribution and execution in a web browser on a client device wherein the widget includes a content retrieval component communicatively coupled to an application server over the computer communications network, the content retrieval component configured to retrieve one or more multimedia display files and metadata into an embedded electronic commerce store in the web widget after it enters an active operational mode, the widget also including a content preview component configured to enable a streamed execution of a portion of the multimedia content files associated with each of the multimedia display files from a multimedia content distribution system executing on the application server, and a transaction processing component operative to execute and complete a commercial transaction in the embedded electronic commerce store pertaining to the multimedia content files. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310783 | CONTEXT SENSITIVE ENTRY POINTS - Various methods for opening an online media store are disclosed. In one aspect, a media player can determine contextual data (e.g., category information, performer information, genre associated with the media, etc.) associated with the media selected or displayed by a user of the media player. The media player can provide the contextual data to an online media store. The online media store can be opened to a context sensitive entry point based on the contextual data. In some implementations, the context sensitive entry point can display content associated with the category of the media previously displayed by the media player. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310784 | DIGITAL LANDMARKS - Techniques are described for notifying a user of creative digital media associated with the user's geographic location. Embodiments of the invention receive location information specifying the geographic location of the user. Embodiments identify one or more instances of creative digital media having an association with the specified geographic location of the user. An indication of at least a portion of the identified instances of creative digital media is then provided to the user. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310785 | Collaborative Predictive Model Building - Techniques to estimate the probability of a future event occurring are described. The techniques include decomposing a data input stream to build a database of precursor data and building predictive models using the precursor data. Also disclosed are techniques in which by using a search engine to search a database of models to find a model and a user can query a found model to develop an inference of the likelihood of the future event. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310786 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PARTNER SELECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a first storage part storing printing partners correlated with respective locations and information for estimating respective production capabilities; a second storage part storing distribution partners correlated with respective locations and information for estimating respective delivery capabilities; a printing partner selecting part selecting a single printing partner whose location is in the same area as a delivery destination of a user-ordered print and that is capable of printing the user-ordered print in the shortest delivery time; a distribution partner selecting part selecting a single distribution partner whose location is in the same area as the single printing partner and that is capable of delivering the print in the shortest delivery time; and an order placing part configured to place, via an electrical network, an order for the printing service to the single printing partner and an order for the delivery service to the single distribution partner. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310787 | SELECTING DIVERSE PRODUCT TITLES TO DISPLAY ON A WEBSITE - A system and method for selecting diverse product titles to display on a website are disclosed. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems described herein identify available products to be displayed, cluster the identified products based on their similarity to one another, select one or more products from each of the clusters, and display information, such as a title, associated with the randomly selected products. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310788 | SALES SYSTEM - A provider of a service Z permits server X to use delivery destination information of a user stored in server Z from server Y. A mobile terminal of a user A reads an image code related to a product URL using server Y. When sending to server Y, the product URL and an ID of user A are sent to server X and stored in a table. When the mobile terminal receives authentication from server Z of the service Z, delivery destination information selected by the mobile terminal A from among delivery destination information of user A stored in server Z is sent to server X, correlated with the product URL and sender ID and stored in the table. When user A completes payment in server Y and server X receives payment completed information, a product is sent using the delivery destination information received from server Z. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310789 | ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE PROGRAM - To easily set an appropriate supply method for each item, an electronic commerce system ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120310790 | Merging Contract Versions - Proposed revisions to a contract can be selectively merged with provisions included in a base version of a contract to generate a merged contract. To determine whether a particular provision in the merged contract should be selected from the base contract or the proposed revision to the contract, a check can be made to determine if an event affecting a provision in the base contract has occurred. If such an event has occurred, the contract provision from the base contract can be chosen for the merged contract. Otherwise, a provision from the proposed revision to the contract can be used in the merged contract. A graphical user interface (GUI) can be used to present various contract versions. | 12-06-2012 |
20120316996 | METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ONLINE MARKET AND ONLINE MARKET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - An online market management system includes a Role Mapping Server, a Goods Posting Server and Revenue Sharing Server. The Role Mapping Server is configured to map a requester as a participant in a multi-layer and multi-branch growth model. Here, the multi-layer and multi-branch growth model is classified into a root belonging to a first layer, a leaf belonging to a bottom layer, and a branch belonging to an intermediate layer to be disposed between the root and the leaf. The Goods Posting Server is configured to post a good into a Platform. The Revenue Sharing Server is configured to share revenue generated in accordance with a sale of a corresponding good with a posting participant posting the good, a selling participant selling the good and a recruiting participant recruiting the selling participant when the good is sold, based on the multi-layer and multi-branch growth model. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING A BUYER TO THE SELLER OF A VEHICLE USING INFORMATION COLLECTED WHEN ASSESSING THE TRADE-IN VALUE OF THE VEHICLE - A system and method fill a void between the wholesale, retail and private party markets for vehicles, bringing together private party buyers with sellers who rejected a trade-in value for a vehicle from a dealership. The system comprises a dealership computer into which vehicle information is entered for ascertaining a trade-in value for the vehicle. A private party computer is located remotely from the dealership computer but connected to the dealership computer to publish the vehicle information on the private party computer to solicit a private party buyer for the vehicle. The method comprises the step of a dealership publishing the vehicle information on a computer network so that the information is searchable by remotely located private party buyers. The dealership receives notice that the private party buyer may be interested in buying the vehicle, and notifies the customer. | 12-13-2012 |
20120316998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACCESSING MEMORABILIA - A computer based system for management of memorabilia including a processor coupled to memory and an input-output controller, a data store in communication with the processor, an input device coupled to the input-output controller and a display device coupled to the input-output controller. The memory includes at least one algorithm comprising an initial processing section configured to upload a plurality of images and audio files having a plurality of data file formats. The memory includes an organization and storage section configured to determine at least one location within the data store for storage of each of the plurality of images and audio files. The memory also includes an access and display section configured for at least one of creating, retrieving, viewing, moving, annotating and transmitting the images and audio files. | 12-13-2012 |
20120323741 | OPEN DATA MARKETPLACE FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES - Providing an open data marketplace may include identifying one or more data attributes from a plurality of applications registered with a shared data management system; mapping said one or more data attributes to a data model to create a first set of mapped data; augmenting said first set of mapped data with additional data imported into the shared data management system from other data locations to create an augmented set of mapped data; receiving one or more of second set of mapped data from one or more shared data management system associated respectively with one or more shared data management networks; enabling of composing a data set by combining and cleansing one or more of said first set of mapped data, said second set of mapped data, and said augmented set of mapped data; and offering said composed data set in a digital marketplace with associated pricing characteristics. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323742 | Method and system for brokering services with time-dependent labor rates - Service Providers (SPs) enter on a Broker Website a profile of their services, workdays, and Daily Labor Rates (DLRs). Users access the Website, and enter services they require, and when. The Website displays the identities, profiles, and DLRs of SPs who can do the required work during the User's time window. SPs set DLRs, directly or via criteria by which the Website calculates them, including by applying a Discount for Days Out from the present day. The User selects a SP and requests a booking for a date, locking in the DLR, if accepted. Once the work is completed, the SP bills the User, and is paid, through the Broker Website. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323743 | DISTRIBUTED COMMERCE APPLICATION-WIDGET - In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated as including generating an item page that includes widget code and details related to an item for sale. Some example embodiments may include making the widget code available for retrieval from the item page. | 12-20-2012 |
20120330792 | OPEN DATA TRANSPORT BUNDLE MARKETPLACE EXCHANGE - Enterprises participating in a marketplace exchange communications involving mobile data transport bundles. In the marketplace, a data transport bundle (DTB) is purchased from a mobile network provider. The DTB may be partitioned for use by the enterprise. The enterprise can also search the marketplace to identify relevant enterprises with which to propose combining DTBs. Proposals to create a network transport service using a combination of DTBs, which is to be supplied to mobile device end users, are exchanged using a web portal. The web portal is configured to search for and identify enterprises having mobile DTBs in addition to exchanging the proposals. After an agreement is reached, the service is able to be offered to users of the network provider. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330793 | PROCESS FOR ORDERING A SELECTION IN ADVANCE, DIGITAL SYSTEM AND JUKEBOX FOR EMBODIMENT OF THE PROCESS - This invention relates to a process for ordering a selection in advance, characterized in that it includes a step in which a menu is displayed followed by a selection in this menu, to make specific requests and particularly: a step displaying the event for which the advance order of a selection is made, and then selection of the event; a step displaying the identity of destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, and then selection of this equipment; a step displaying the date and time at which the selection is to be made on the destination equipment; a step in which particular requests are recorded and downloaded onto a file only after payment has been verified. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006815 | FEDERATED AND MULTI-TENANT E-COMMERCE PLATFORM - A multi-tenancy e-commerce platform to allow sellers to publish listings describing items for sale in one or more marketplaces is described. The platform comprises a distribution scheduler comprising a schedule receiver to receive a distribution schedule from a seller. The distribution scheduler further comprises an execution module, to determine that a delivery time of the listing has arrived, to access the listing from the listing inventory of the seller, and to deliver the listing to the marketplace. The marketplaces respectively comprise a decision system having a policy module to determine if the delivered listing is in compliance with one or more marketplace policies, and if the delivered listing is in compliance, to allow the listing to be published in the marketplace, but if the delivered listing is not in compliance, to not allow the listing to be listed in the marketplace. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006816 | LEVERAGING A SOCIAL NETWORK TO SEARCH FOR LOCAL INVENTORY - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for leveraging a social network to search for local inventory includes communicating with a first mobile communication device over a network, the first mobile communication device associated with a user, and communicating with a second mobile communication device over the network, the second mobile communication device associated with a social network contact. The method further includes obtaining a geo-location of the second mobile communication device, processing a search request from the first mobile communication device, obtaining a radius of coverage for a merchant, determining whether the geo-location of the second mobile communication device is within the radius of coverage of the merchant, and providing a listing to the first mobile communication device of one or more items for sale by the merchant when the second mobile communication device is within the radius of coverage of the merchant. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006817 | ENABLING CONTROL OR USE OF PERSONAL METADATA - This document describes techniques and apparatuses for enabling control or use of personal metadata. In some embodiments, the techniques assemble a person's metadata from various sources on the Internet, present the person's metadata in a user interface, and enable the person to control his or her metadata by adding, removing, or weighting portions of the metadata. By so doing, the techniques enable people to know and alter their metadata, which permits them to tailor their interactions with the Internet or improve their reputation or security. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SAVINGS RELATIVE TO PURCHASING PRODUCTS - A system and method is provided for optimizing a purchase of a desired product on a computer. The method includes receiving product information related to the desired product, a companion product, shelf prices, ring prices, a price threshold, and a rebate amount, and calculating a total shelf price based on shelf prices of the desired and companion products. The method further includes determining whether the total shelf price is greater than or equal to the price threshold, and if so, calculating a total ring price based on the ring prices of the desired and companion products. A result set is provided with the total shelf price and the total ring price. The result set may be ordered based on the total ring price. If a selection of a desired product is received, the result set may include the desired product. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006819 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXHIBITING AT LEAST VISUAL CONTENT IN ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL RETAIL STORES - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a system for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a method for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a programmed computer for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a computer readable medium for exhibiting at least visual content in one or more physical retail stores. In one example, the visual content may comprise advertising and/or operating specifications and/or performance specifications and/or dimensions and/or price displayed on a television, a computer monitor, a laptop computer display, a notebook computer display and/or a netbook computer display. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013459 | DYNAMIC PRICING OF ONLINE CONTENT - In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and system for dynamically pricing online content. The method may include determining a geographic location of a user consuming or interested in consuming an online content hosted by the service provider. At least one price point may be determined at which to offer to the user rights to consume the online content or virtual goods associated with the online content. The price point may be tailored for the geographic location to increase likelihood of acceptance of the offer by the user. The price point may be presented to the user. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013460 | Virtual Concierge Search Assistant - An enhanced search tool, equipped to perform advanced internet-based searches on a secured server computer, based on explicit and specific criteria provided by the user, fashioned to search a preferably e-retailer's specified website, or set of websites, for a service or commonly discontinued or out-of-stock product repetitively at a user-defined frequency until the specified product or service is found with the specific qualities required. Results are reported to the user via email or other electronic means. In the event that the performed searches do not return results within a user-defined period, the search may then automatically be refined by user-defined settings, adjusting to accommodate a broader range of products, enacted in subsequent search phases. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013461 | GPS-based Rapid Permit and License Purchase and Control System - A wireless system permitting transactions between consumers and controlling entities, allowing the purchase of temporary licenses to pursue recreational activities, park vehicles, utilize controlled facilities, gain exceptions to restrictions, and make donations to not-for-profit entities. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013462 | EXTENSIBLE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SERVICE OFFERINGS - Techniques are disclosed for integration, provisioning and management of entities and processes in a computing system such as, by way of example only, business entities and business processes. In particular, techniques are disclosed for implementing an extensible support system for multiple service offerings. For example, such a support system can be a business support system which may be employed in conjunction with a cloud computing environment. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024327 | Store Credit And Systems And Methods Relating Thereto - The present invention provides systems and methods relating to store credit. A person or entity (a party) could use the system as a buyer, seller, supplier, facilitator, or other party. The invention provides an electronic platform (a website and its associated hardware and/or software, etc.) where buyers and/or alternative parties could customize and/or negotiate provisions on offers to buy and/or sell store credit, and/or where buyers and/or alternative parties could customize and/or negotiate terms and/or conditions associated with store credit. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024328 | Method for Providing Real-Time Shopping Data to Computer Users - A system is disclosed in which a user's personal computer may access a variety of information regarding products and services, through a computer network, in real time. The computer network collects product/service information from various sources, such as gift stores, clothiers, computer dealers, etc. and formats the information in a recognizable manner to enable the information to be viewed by a user at the user's personal computer. The network performs a single search from a single search command from the user. | 01-24-2013 |
20130024329 | USER SUPPLIED AND REFINED TAGS - Managing online content via user supplied and/or refined tagging is disclosed. In some embodiments, a selection of an item available from an online store is received, and one or more tags to be associated with the item are received from a member of an online community comprising users of the online store. In some embodiments, an indication of a degree of usefulness of a tag is received from a member of an online community, and an attribute of the tag is updated to reflect the indication. | 01-24-2013 |
20130030959 | Real Time Online Searching - An apparatus for real-time online search processing for a user over inter-connected computer networks uses a request and a push signal, otherwise known as a “Ping”. These two items allow the system to deliver advertisements to the end user without requiring personal information from the use. The Request form allows the user to detail what they are looking for and the system repeatedly runs a search looking only for new postings. The system does not require or obtain personal information. The system provides in effect a “set-and-forget” function. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030960 | ALTERNATIVE DATA PLANS - A method is presented that enables the creation of an alternative data plan by third party enterprises for mobile network end users. The method includes purchasing data transport bundles from one or more network service providers through an exchange, and either alone or with other enterprises, developing the alternative data plan for offer to end-users to consume data transport from the data transport bundle or bundles. The alternative data plan may be offered to the end user for free or the end user may be charged for use of the ADP based on the number of transactions, file type. The ADP may be billed to the user by the network provider or the ADP may be pre-purchased from the creator of the ADP. | 01-31-2013 |
20130036028 | MARKETPLACE LISTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method and system generate and manage marketplace listings. In some embodiments, the method receives product information from a catalog service. The method also receives a product listing request from the catalog service that identifies a product contained in the product information. The product listing request is generated by a distributor associated with the catalog service. The method accesses distributor data associated with the distributor initiating the product listing request and accesses a listing template associated with the product information. A marketplace listing is generated based on the product, the distributor data, and the listing template. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MARKETPLACE LISTINGS - A method and system generate and manage marketplace listings. In some embodiments, the method receives a product listing request from a catalog service that identifies a product associated with the catalog service. The product listing request is initiated by a distributor associated with the catalog service. The method identifies current listings for the product in a network-based marketplace and identifies completed listings for the product in the network-based marketplace. A price recommendation is generated for the product listing request based on the current listings and the completed listings. | 02-07-2013 |
20130041779 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - Various methods and systems are provided for conducting e-commerce. In one example, a method of conducting an e-commerce transaction includes a method of operating an online retail website. The method includes providing access to a computer interface for suppliers and presenting information to the suppliers through the computer interface regarding activity of the supplier's stock keeping unit (SKU). The suppliers are then enabled to directly modify at least one parameter associated with a presentation of the supplier's SKU on the retail website by way of the interface. The modification of the parameter may include, for example, modification of the presentation of the SKU including, for example, changing the title, adding video or photograph, or adding some other information. The modification of the parameter may also include, for example, modifying the price or entering into a bilateral agreement with the operator of the retail web site. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041780 | NAIL DESIGN DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A nail design display control apparatus including a first storage circuit which stores a plurality of nail designs, each of which being associated with evaluation values indicating matching levels of a nail design with respect a plurality of related items, an item specifying unit by which a user specifies one or more of related items among a plurality of related items; and an evaluation calculation unit which calculates a sum of the evaluation values with respect to the related items specified by the user for each of the plurality of nail designs. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041781 | DIGITAL PERSONAL MARKET AND SHOPPING NETWORK - A computer system supporting an online personal market for a user includes a user account module configured to allow the user to register and create a user account, a vendor selection module configured to allow the user to add and remove one or more vendors to the online personal market, a social module configured to allow the user to establish social interaction and networking with other users, a shopping module configured to allow the user to shop one or more products or services from the one or more vendors, an account management and utility module configured to allow the user to manage the online personal market, an analytics module configured to collect and analyze actions of the user, and a vendor module configured to allow the one or more vendors to create one or more vendor accounts and access the online personal market. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041782 | Processing Techniques for Text Capture from a Rendered Document - A facility for initiating a purchase is described. The facility receives a text sequence captured by a user from a rendered document using a handheld text capture device. The facility identifies in the received text sequence a reference to a distinguished product. In response to identifying the reference, the facility presents to the user an opportunity to place an order for the established product. If the user accepts the presented opportunity to order the distinct product, the facility orders the distinct product on behalf of the user. | 02-14-2013 |
20130054422 | Location And Event-Based Mobile Commerce Method And System - The invention is a location and event-based mobile commerce system and method, wherein a geo-fence is placed around an event such as a concert or sporting event, and products and services tailored to that event and/or the event's location are offered to users that come inside the geo-fence, via an online/virtual store. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELLING GOODS ONLINE IN AFFILIATION WITH E-TAILER - A method and system for selling goods in affiliation with an e-tailer are disclosed, in which a first server that operates an online sales service receives product information from a second server of the e-tailer, updates a site for providing the online sales service using the received product information, receives information about a product selected from the site and information about an e-voucher recipient from a terminal of a purchaser, requests payment information to the terminal of the purchaser, receives the payment information from the terminal of the purchaser, and transmits an e-voucher including an authentication code to a terminal of the e-voucher recipient using the information about the e-voucher recipient, upon completion of payment based on the payment information, the authentication code being used for exchanging the e-voucher for the selected product. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054424 | E-COMMERCE TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTANGIBLE MERCHANDISES - An e-commerce transaction system and method for intangible merchandises are provided. The system includes a web portal, a database, a security verification module, a network transmission interface and a server. The method includes the following steps. Firstly the user logs into the web portal to upload or download intangible merchandise, or a demand or an information for the intangible merchandise. The intangible merchandise, the demand and the information are stored in the database. Through the security verification module, login information, transaction procedures and the intangible merchandise are protected, encrypted and verified. The web portal is operated through the server and the network transmission interface. | 02-28-2013 |
20130066746 | Electronic Publishing Forum - A website for bringing together for communications purposes creators of publishable art, publishers of publishable art, and consumers of publishable art using the internet. The website may have a page for the creating artists including a forum for discussion by general consumers, a newsletter, direct emailing, and a link to social networks. Publishers may have a page for publicizing their sponsored creators, selling publishable art, and other purposes. General consumers may review and discuss with other consumers, displayed or advertised publishable art, post reviews, ratings, and recommendations, sell used publishable art, purchase hard version or electronic publishable art, and post and watch videos. Art in electronic form carries enabling authorization issued by the website. Resale of art previously purchased from the website revokes authorization from the original purchaser. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066747 | Systems and Methods for Creating a Customer Profile, Managing a Customer Profile, Providing Customer Profile Security and Providing a Payment Service Associated with a Customer Profile - Systems and methods for creating a customer profile, managing a customer profile, providing customer profile security and providing a payment service associated with a customer profile are provided. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066748 | ARCHITECTURAL OPENING COVERING ORDERING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for ordering and entering measurements for installing coverings for architectural openings may include receiving consumer information for measurement of an architectural opening. The method may also include transmitting a measurement request to a communications device of a covering installer for scheduling measurement of the architectural opening in response to receiving the consumer information. The method may additionally include presenting a measurement GUI for entering measurements of the architectural opening and other information associated with the architectural opening and storing the measurements for the architectural opening in a database. The method may additionally include transmitting a request to the consumer to access a website for selecting a covering for the architectural opening based on the measurements. The method may further include presenting a covering selection GUI for selecting and ordering the covering for the architectural opening. | 03-14-2013 |
20130073433 | UNIVERSAL USER INTERACTION MODULE FOR WEB TRANSACTIONS WITH USER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS - A universal user interaction module for web transactions with user controlled conditions. Initially a request is received from a user to begin an order. Upon receipt of the request, user information is collected from one or more data repositories. The user information is consolidated and a determination is made as to what additional data is required to complete the order. The additional data is requested from the user and is received from the user. The additional data includes one or more user conditions for placing the order. The order is then stored. The order for the product includes the one or more user conditions, and the order is placed only after all of the one or more user conditions have been met. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073434 | Service Based Certificate - A claim on service or service based certificate (SBC) is a new form of currency. The SBC is non-fiat and not tied to a commodity. Rather, SBCs are valued in relation to a value-added resource that grows with economic advancement or other increases in technology. In exemplary embodiments, the SBC is valued with regard to computing power and, as such, increases, decreases or is otherwise altered in value with advancements in computing power. Over any given period of time, the value of an SBC may increase, decrease or remain steady based on advancements in computing power or changes in related financial or economic conditions. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080294 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELLING GOODS ON PERSONALIZED GIFT SITE - A method for selling goods on a personalized gift site is disclosed. The method includes receiving information about at least one product selected as a gift for a service subscriber that has subscribed to an online sales service from a product list included in a personalized gift site created for the service subscriber from a terminal of a buyer by a transceiver unit, transmitting a payment request signal for the product to the terminal of the buyer through the transceiver unit by a processor unit, processing payment for the product based on payment information by the processor unit, upon receipt of the payment information from the terminal of the buyer at the transceiver unit, and generating an e-voucher including an authentication code of the selected product and transmitting the e-voucher to the terminal of the service subscriber through the transceiver unit by the processor unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080295 | Oral Health Care Implement and System with Proximity Sensor - An oral health care implement and system are provided for use during oral health care activities. The oral health care implement has a proximity sensor, most often in the embodiment of a capacitive sensor. The proximity sensor provides usage time and instance measurements in a plurality of proposed formats. The oral health care system has an oral health care implement, a first data transfer medium, and any combination of: a second data transfer medium, a network storage device, and a third data transfer medium. The system provides means for collecting usage measurements and transmitting data into a readable, usable form for the user via an oral health care implement. | 03-28-2013 |
20130085897 | GEOCENTRIC CONSUMER AND ORGANIZATION NETWORK - A disclosed system and method provides for users to purchase and take temporary virtual ownership of any select inch of the earth or ocean. This selection provides the user with unique ownership of the mapped coordinates. To secure virtual ownership of their selected inch, each user pays a small fee, paid and renewed annually. They then select a preferred or featured organization to receive a portion of the fee. The owner is presented with a printable certificate for their virtual inch of the earth/ocean to authenticate their purchase. Their inch is then plotted on a virtual map where they can add personal stories or memorial comments, pictures, and link videos that describe why that inch is significant to them. Users can then invite family and others with common interest to purchase the neighboring inches. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091038 | ASSOCIATING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE LISTINGS WITH CONTENT - A method and system associate electronic commerce listings with online content. In some embodiments, the a content provider presents content to a user. A request is received from the user to associate an electronic commerce listing of the user with the content. If the request is approved, an indicator is displayed within the content and associated with the electronic commerce listing. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING SEARCH RESULTS INCLUDING A CALL BACK INIDICATOR - A search based call back request system enables a user to request a follow up contact from a seller. The system provides search functionality and stores seller information such that when search results appear for sellers that have requested to offer call back service to a buyer, the system formats the search results screen to include a call back request indicator for the seller. The system includes functionality for the user to enter custom call back data. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097058 | BACK DROP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A backdrop system includes a backdrop, a frame and a backdrop clip for holding the backdrop. The backdrop system also includes a storage system and a system for fulfilling orders. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103550 | DISCOVERY OF DIGITAL GOODS IN AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - A method of presenting to a user a subset of digital goods that may be executed by a computing device is disclosed, where the subset of applications is selected from a plurality of digital goods available in an online marketplace for such digital goods. The method includes ranking the digital goods based on at least one signal, statistically sampling the ranked digital goods based on their rankings, where higher-ranked digital goods are favored over lower-ranked digital goods in the statistical sampling, and presenting the statistically sampled digital goods in the online marketplace to the user in an order based on the statistical sampling, where at least one lower-ranked digital good is presented before a higher-ranked digital good. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103551 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMERCE - According to one or more embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are provided for facilitating commerce. In some embodiments, an apparatus (e.g., a central computer) facilitates posting of an item for sale by receiving a digital image of an item for sale, receiving an audio description (e.g., included in an audio file) of the item, and providing an indication of the description to at least one potential buyer. In one embodiment, the digital image and the audio description are received from a mobile phone. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110681 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BARTERING | 05-02-2013 |
20130110682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH A PRODUCT OR SERVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130117160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING CONTENT FOR PUBLICATION - There is provided a system and method for selecting content for publication. The system and method includes modules for submitting content, discovering and funding content, selecting content and selling content. More particularly, content is selected based on the number of users of a community of users supporting the content. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117161 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AND PROVIDING CONTENT OF INTEREST - A method is disclosed. The method includes detecting the contact area of a user's finger or a marking element marking a region of a touch-sensitive display, and recording a cumulative area contacted by the user's finger or the marking element during one marking motion. The cumulative area can be the selected content of interest. | 05-09-2013 |
20130124370 | Workflow integration and presentation management - A content editor application enables a computer user to modify content displayed on a display screen. In response to receiving a command from the computer user to view different selectable font styles for application to selected content on the display screen, the content editor application initiates display of a listing of different selectable font types including active fonts, inactive fonts, and/or on-line available (e.g., purchasable) fonts. The active fonts in the listing are those registered with a corresponding operating system while inactive fonts presented in the listing are those not currently registered with the operating system. Based on selection of an entry (e.g., a particular font type) in the listing, the content editor application applies a respective selected presentation option (e.g., selected font type) to modify the content on the display screen. The computer user can initiate commands to activate fonts, deactivate fonts, and/or obtain fonts on-line. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124371 | DETERMINING LOCAL CATALOG OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A method includes receiving local digital content consumption information associated with a location. The method also includes identifying a local consumption pattern for digital content based on the local digital content consumption information. The method further includes receiving a global catalog of digital content. A local catalog of digital content is determined based on the local consumption pattern for digital content and the global catalog of digital content. The method also includes providing the local catalog of digital content using a local area network. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124372 | INTEGRATED MULTI-LICENSOR APPLICATION AND DATA PURVEYANCE - A single integrated offering includes a dataset license and a license to an application tailored for using the dataset. The dataset licensor and the application licensor are distinct entities. However, the integrated offering is electronically purveyed under a single offering price, in a public online marketplace and/or on licensor websites. In some cases, purveyance includes obtaining a purchaser's consents to the licenses, disclosing one or both of the licensors' identities, provisioning a purchaser with the dataset and the application, making payments to licensors, tax authorities, and/or other parties in response to a purchaser's payment, and reporting dataset/application usage to the licensors. Purveyor code permits cancelation of a purchase of the integrated offering only as a unified whole. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING, SELLING AND DELIVERING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR REAL ESTATE MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICES - A method for developing, selling and delivering software applications for real estate multiple listing services (MLS), brokers, agents, companies, franchises, and consumers. | 05-16-2013 |
20130144763 | ASSISTED SHIPPING SYSTEM - An assisted shipping system is described. Physical specifications of the item to be listed in an online marketplace are determined. Specifications of a shipping material for the item are determined based on the physical specifications of the item. A recommended shipping means is generated based on the specifications of the shipping material and the physical specifications of the item. Historical shipping information for shipped items previously listed on the online marketplace are stored. The physical specifications of the item, the specifications of the shipping material for the item, or the recommended shipping means may be determined based on the historical shipping information. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144764 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Assisting Customers with Point-of-Sale Transactions - A system comprising a mobile communication device and an order receiver. The mobile communication device comprises a user interface and a near field communication transmitter. The user interface allows a user to enter, select, or confirm order information. The near field communication transmitter is capable of transmitting order information. The order receiver comprises a near field communication receiver. The near field communication receiver is receptive to the order information transmitted from the mobile communication device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144765 | Socially Networked Business and Consumer Space - Creative energy of consumers is captured and incentivized by businesses when the businesses provide personal incentives that reflect the extent to which the consumers make productive contributions to a socially networked business and consumer space. The personal incentives provide consumers lower prices through coupons, rebates, or other discounts for various items sold or distributed by the businesses. Consumers that are more productive or active in the social space can receive lower pricing on items. The personalized incentive for a particular consumer may be based on the quantity and quality of product reviews provided by the consumer as well as other factors such as consumer loyalty to a particular merchant or business. This business and consumer space spans the brick-and-mortar as well as the online retail spaces allowing consumers to use a mobile device to make online purchases by scanning a tag on a tangible object in a brick-and-mortar store. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144766 | COMMENT SUBMISSION SUPPORT SYSTEM, COMMENT SUBMISSION SUPPORT DEVICE, COMMENT SUBMISSION SUPPORT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a comment submission support system capable of supporting submission of such a comment as to enable a person who has viewed the comment to grasp a purchase status of a product or service. A purchase status information acquisition unit ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130151381 | MULTIPLE-RETAILER INTERNET SALES SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods that facilitate sales of products are discussed herein. Such a system can include an inventory integration component that can receive information related to each of one or more inventories associated with one or more retailers and can create a master inventory comprising the information related to each of the one or more inventories, and a sales distribution component that can determine, from the one or more retailers, an appropriate retailer for each of the one or more products upon selection of the one or more products by a customer. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159147 | APPROACH FOR MANAGING PACKAGE-BASED SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR SUBSCRIBERS - An approach is provided for creating and managing pricing models and subscriptions for packages. As used herein, the term “package” refers to a logical entity that has one or more member applications, where each of the member applications provides one or more services. One or more pricing models may be assigned to a package and made available to subscribers and the pricing models assigned to a package may be changed. Users may subscribe to one or more packages and incur charges based upon the pricing models assigned to the packages to which the users subscribe. Embodiments include providing a graphical user interface for service providers to create and manage packages, define pricing models and to manage pricing model assignments for packages. Embodiments also include providing a graphical user interface for subscribers to view available applications and packages in a “marketplace” and to subscribe to packages and manage their subscriptions. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166416 | DYNAMIC CATALOGS ON MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided generating catalogs for use on a mobile wireless device. The method may include receiving, from a mobile wireless device, information including at least one filter and at least one filter value, wherein the at least one filter and the at least one filter value are selected at the mobile wireless device; generating a catalog by at least filtering, based on at least the received information, one or more items for the catalog; and presenting the generated catalog. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166417 | Company Store - System, method, and computer program product for providing a company store are disclosed. Providing of the company store includes providing a first listing of a plurality of first solutions, wherein at least one solution in the plurality of first solutions is configured to be downloaded and installed by a user to at least one device associated with the user, conducting, by the user using the at least one device, based on at least one user requirement, a search for the at least one solution in the plurality of first solutions, generating, based on conducting, a second listing of the plurality of first solutions, selecting, by the user using the at least one device, at least one solution in the second listing of the plurality of first solutions, and downloading and installing, by the user using the at least one device, the selected at least one solution on the at least one device. At least one of the providing, the conducting, the generating, the selecting and the downloading and installing can be performed on at least one processor. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166418 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING SPONSORED EVENT PHOTOGRAPHS - A method for providing online event photographs includes the steps of capturing multiple photographs during an event, and associating identifying data with each photograph taken. A database is accessed to search for the photograph utilizing the identifying data. The photograph is associated with a sponsor, and a machine readable code or image linked to the sponsor's website, digital file and the like is permanently associated with the photograph. This allows the photograph to be offered at a reduced price or for free. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDING ARTICLES OF COMMERCE TO VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method are provided for identifying an article of commerce, e.g., digital media content, downloading all or part of content related to the article of commerce to mobile devices such as portable digital media players and/or mobile phone devices and/or adding the article of commerce to a virtual environment. The present disclosure provides for identifying a specific object in the real world; obtaining an identification of the specific object using a mobile device; transmitting the identification of the specific object from the mobile device to a server on a network; determining, by the server, a list of available content related to the specific object and transmitting the list to the mobile device; selecting at least one available content from the list of available content and adding the selected content to a virtual environment. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179307 | Methods And Systems For Restocking Inventory - Methods and systems for restocking inventory. Machine readable code associated with a product that is part of a stockroom inventory is scanned with a mobile device. Based on data in the machine readable code, the mobile device obtains data relating to the product via a wireless network and displays the data to the user. The data may include product images, details, prices, marketing promotions, regulatory or safety media, and other data that is retrieved from an updated database. The mobile device may also populate an order amount window with a desired amount of the product to be ordered based on known and desired inventory levels. Products may be added to an order and the order placed or saved for later submission though the mobile device based on the displayed data. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179308 | Methods and Systems Related to Monetization Plug-Ins in Interactive Multimedia Applications - Monetization plug-ins in interactive multimedia applications. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: accepting an indication of flow of an interactive application configured to selectively implement an in-application purchase, the accepting by way of a graphical user interface (GUI); creating a representation of the flow of the interactive application, the representation at least partially in a declarative format; and executing the interactive application by a first runtime engine, the first runtime engine becomes executable code that implements the in-application purchase. | 07-11-2013 |
20130185176 | CROSS CHANNEL REAL TIME AWARENESS FRAMEWORK - Techniques and equipment for enabling a cross-channel real time awareness framework for capturing and storing transaction data in real time for a user via an interface in a first channel of an enterprise are disclosed. The stored transaction data are made accessible to a second channel of the enterprise for processing transaction requests received from the user via an interface in the second channel, and, if desired, modify an interactive process flow associated with the interface in the second channel. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191253 | COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Apparatus useful for obtaining and displaying information. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a network interface, display device, and speech recognition apparatus configured to receive user speech input and enable performance of various tasks via a remote entity, such as download of digital music such as MP3s. The downloaded may also, in one variant, be transmitted to a personal user device, such as via a wireless interface. | 07-25-2013 |
20130198044 | AUTOMATED BROADCAST SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Automated broadcast from one or more physical venue locations is described. One system includes multiple automated broadcast sets, disposed on location at the physical venue locations, and one or more content delivery network servers. An automated broadcast set, disposed at each location of the physical venue locations, comprises a plurality of cameras, one or more optional microphones, and at least one router or a local computer. The cameras are pre-positioned at different sight angels within the corresponding physical venue location and are configured to automatically capture images. The optional microphones are pre-positioned at the corresponding physical venue location and automatically capture audio. The router or the local computer is configured to encode and transmit received video and audio signals over a network. | 08-01-2013 |
20130211968 | E-Commerce Systems and Methods - Community-based e-commerce methods for providing a buyer with a set of local retailers affiliated with a selected community and offering a desired type of product. Methods may include storing retailer data including retailer records including retailer affiliation data and retailer location data, receiving into the data storage unit with the central processing unit buyer preference data from the buyer including a desired affiliation and a desired location, selecting with the central processing unit a retailer record from the retailer data, the selected retailer record having retailer affiliation data consistent with the desired retailer affiliation and retailer location data consistent with the desired retailer location, and displaying the selected retailer record. In some embodiments, methods may additionally or alternatively include social networking features. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING THE CONTENT OF AN INTERNET WEB PAGE - A host Web page includes an evolving interactive dialog box wherein an Internet user may enter user data to be processed. When the user completes entering user data in a first revolution of the interactive dialog box, the first revolution is replaced with a second revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box without disturbing or affecting any other part of the host Web page being displayed. Beneficially, the first and second revolutions may be communicated to a user computer together with and at a same time as the host Web page. Also, the second revolution may include a variety of data which is selected or customized to match the user data submitted in the first revolution. Each revolution of the evolving interactive dialog box may be comprised of any combination of general textual data entry fields, category (pull-down) menus, contact information data entry fields, and opt-in/opt-out buttons. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211970 | PERSONALIZED WEBPAGE GIFTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system for creating an enhanced online gifting experience that allows a purchaser to enter information identifying a gift recipient as well as text, sound, images or video relevant to the gift recipient and/or to an event. The system uses this information to create a personalized webpage identified and located via a personal uniform resource locator (PURL) associated with the gift recipient. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211971 | Media Gifting Devices and Methods - Various techniques are provided for the gifting between multiple electronic devices of media content provided by an online digital media provider. An offer and acceptance of a selected gift file is accomplished between a gifter device and a receiving giftee device using a near-field communication (NFC) connection. If a connection to the online provider is available, the gifter device may transmit a gift request by which the gifter's account is charged for the gift file. Thereafter, a gift file created using DRM keys associated with the giftee's account may be downloaded to the giftee device. If a network connection is unavailable, the giftee device may transfer a locked gift file and a corresponding gift license to the giftee device using a peer-to-peer connection. The giftee device may authenticate the license and unlock the gift file once a connection to the online provider is available. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211972 | ELECTRONIC BOOK HAVING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE FEATURES - A viewer for displaying an electronic book and providing for electronic commerce. In conjunction with viewing an electronic book, a user can view information about products and services, view an on-line electronic catalog, and receive samples of products available for purchase. By entering a purchase request, the user can purchase products or services. In the case of a digital product, the user can download the purchased product directly into the viewer. The viewer also records statistics concerning purchase and information requests in order to recommend related products or services, or for directing particular types of advertisements to the user. | 08-15-2013 |
20130218728 | Virtual on-line pre-shopping system and method - An electronic pre-shopping system and method, that provides the consumer the option of pre-shopping for a gift item from any on-line retail outlet. The system and method provides consumer capability of accessing a retail outlet website, selecting a gift item, selectively extracting the gift item product information, associating the gift item with a future special occasion of a recipient of the gift item, storing the product information along with the recipient special occasion information into a database, securing payment for the item, and delivering the gift item to the recipient within the proscribed time period required for the special occasion. The system further provides the consumer with the option of paying for the gift item immediately or at a predetermined date in the future. The user interface further provides the capability of pre-shopping for an item from any online retail store through a software proxy process. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218729 | ELECTRONIC TEXT MANIPULATION AND DISPLAY - Information is presented to a user by accessing a library of electronic publications that includes a first publication, generating a representation of the first publication in an electronic bookshelf, determining a state for the first publication and modifying the representation of the first publication to reflect the state of the first publication. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226741 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ONLINE MARKETING AND VISUAL PRESENTATIONS OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS - A graphical user interface (GUI) presents a primary icon in a minimal visual area of a video display screen of a computer. Selecting the primary icon directs the computer to display a line of segments, where each segment associated with one or more software programs or electronic documents. The GUI allows a user to directly access items of visual and/or audio media by selecting one or more documents or software programs associated with a selected segment. The GUI optionally allows selected a line or segment for transmission from the computer to another computer, wherein copies one or more documents or software applications are transmitted to the second computer. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226742 | Continuous Display Shelf Edge Label Device - A method and apparatus for providing information along a shelf edge of a retailer is described. On a display configured to be oriented along an edge of a shelf of a retailer, a first user interface including first information about a first product on the shelf is provided. At least one second user interface including at least one second information about at least one second product on the shelf is provided on the display. An individual is permitted to edit a parameter of the first user interface and/or the at least one second user interface. The parameter may include at least one of: a size of the user interface on the display, a shape of the user interface on the display, and a location of the user interface on the display. The first information and the at least one second information may be outputted concurrently to the display. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232037 | TECHNIQUES FOR PERSONALIZING SELF CHECKOUTS - A customer/user registers User Interface (UI) preferences for a self checkout system. Subsequently, when the user properly authenticates with a self checkout system, the preferences are recalled and used to dynamically configure the UI of the self checkout system that the user is interacting with to complete a transaction with an enterprise. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232038 | CONTENT PURCHASING - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computing device and from a computer server system, digital content that is for sale and that is received without having yet been purchased by a user of the computing device; storing the digital content locally on the computing device in a manner that prohibits user access to the digital content; after storing the digital content: receiving user input that indicates the user is purchasing at least a portion of the stored digital content; and in response to the received user input, storing information that indicates the user purchased the portion of the digital content and providing the user with access to the purchased portion of the digital content; and in response to detecting that the computing device is communicatively connected to the computer server system over a network, providing the stored information to the computer server system. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL RIGHTS AND REVENUE FOR INTEGRATED SYSTEMS - A system and method collects fees for usage of a dynamically constructed digital product including a plurality of diverse digital components, each diverse digital component having different restrictions and usage fees. The system and method enable a user to select parameters for a dynamic digital product; identify diverse individual digital components needed to construct a dynamic digital product; dynamically construct the dynamic digital product based upon the identified diverse digital components; collect information directed to restrictions and usage fees for each identified diverse digital component; generate an integrated license for the dynamically constructed digital product based upon the collected information; monitor individual usage of the diverse individual digital components; and generate payments, in response to monitored individual usage of the diverse individual digital components, to entities associated with the diverse individual digital components. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT RELATED ELECTRONIC CATALOG FUNCTIONALITY - An aggregation of functionality related to a product within an electronic catalog hosted by a wholesaler web system is provided by presenting on a client computing device a webpage in which a single product is directly associated with a single access point. The single access point provides a means by which plural wholesaler web system functions related to the single product are made available to a consumer. A listing of the plural wholesaler web system functions related to the single product is displayed within the webpage in response to an activation of the single access point by the consumer. In response to a selection by the consumer from the displayed listing the wholesaler web system initiates a performance of the one of the plural wholesaler web system functions so selected. | 09-12-2013 |
20130246224 | AGGREGATION SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING RESOURCES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and including a method for aggregating data rates. The method comprises identifying plural mobile devices configured for communication with a carrier-associated network for downloading network resources, and creating a data bundle representing data download capacity to be shared among mobile devices for data downloads from the network. The method further comprises negotiating a data bundle price with the carrier, and receiving requests from mobile devices for downloading network data. The method further comprises presenting data to a mobile device user that has provided a request, including rate information for initiating a download associated with the request, the rate information based on the negotiated price irrespective of airtime or data charges for the download ordinarily charged by the carrier. The method further comprises debiting a user account using a group price based on the rate information. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246225 | SOCIAL IN LINE CONSUMER INTERACTION LAUNCH PAD - The social in line consumer interaction launch pad is a digital commerce service that integrates into digital social forums that allows users (e.g., consumers) to perform commerce functions within a social conversation (e.g., interaction) without leaving the social forums. The launch pad automatically determines whether the conversation is about a company, brand, product and/or service, and converts text entered during the conversation into a ‘hypertext link-mouse over-launch pad’ for users to view and respond to services related to the brand, product and/or service based context. The launch pad is implemented through alliances with social forum service providers and/or a web browser plug-in to tag input (e.g., free form text) within reviews, comments, and unstructured data, selectable to initiate an interaction and/or transaction with the company of the brand and/or product. The launch pad determines the content to provide based on context information and demographics of the author and/or recipient. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CONSUMER PROMOTION, SALE, OR GIFTING OF CONTENT ITEMS SUCH AS MOVIES - Apparatus and methods to implement a technique for selling content such as movies online. In one implementation, a user obtains permission from the content owner to sell access to an item of video content. The user acts as a promoter for the content and receives compensation from the content owner for each sale. The user does not have or create copies to transfer to buyers—the commercial transaction and fulfillment are provided by the content owner. The user can build a library or online store of content that the user promotes. In another implementation, the system provides significant gifting functionality for content items, such as for providing previews and gift wrapping skins for gifted content items. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254074 | GIFT CARD EXCHANGE MARKETPLACE - Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for gift card exchange. The gift card holder is able to exchange either the full purchased amount or a residual balance amount. In other embodiments, a gift card exchange marketplace is provided to allow gift card exchange amongst gift card holders. Thus, gift card exchange alleviates the problem of undesired gift cards (i.e., gift cards from merchants that the recipient does not prefer). Moreover, gift card exchange of residual balances eliminates the problem related to unknown residual gift card balances and keeping track and possession of multiple gift cards with minimal residual balances. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254075 | Taxonomy and Data Structure for an Electronic Procurement System - A computer-implemented method is described, performed at a server hosting an electronic procurement system. Supplier catalog data is received at the server from a plurality of respective suppliers associated with the electronic procurement system. The supplier catalog data is in a plurality of formats. The supplier catalog data is converted from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data. The respective common format catalog data is added to a database. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELLING SOUNDS - Systems and methods sell a sound file to a user of a digital audio workstation (DAW). A sound vendor receives the sound file from a sound creator and analyzes the sound file to automatically determine a beats-per-minute value and a musical key value. The sound file is stored, in association with the beats-per-minute value and the musical key value, within a database of the sound vendor. A web interface is generated to interact with the user to receive a search request defining at least one of the beats-per-minute value and the musical key value. The sound file is selected from the database based upon the search request, a financial agreement between the user and the sound creator is completed for sale of the sound file to the user, and the sound file is sent to the DAW. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262272 | COUNTERTOP SELECTION, MARKETING AND PREVIEW SYSTEM - A method for purchasing natural stone includes the steps of choosing a stone, measuring pieces of an environment in which the stone is to be placed, laying out measurements of pieces of the environment upon a slab of the stone, virtually cutting pieces of the slab according to the measurements in a first way, and, recreating the environment with the virtually cut pieces of the slab. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262273 | SMARTPHONES AS PAGERS - Methods for facilitating provision of a service or good are described. The method includes receiving the user's preferences, generating a list of merchants based on the preferences, receiving the user's selection of a merchant, placing the user on a waiting list, transmitting a notification to the user, and stopping further notifications. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262274 | PERSONALIZED DELIVERY TIME ESTIMATE SYSTEM - A personalized delivery estimate system is described. A commercial transaction is generated between a seller and a buyer for an item in an online marketplace. Historical transactions of buyers and sellers in the online marketplace are stored in a storage device. A personalized delivery time estimate is computed for the buyer of the commercial transaction using seller information, buyer information, and item information with the historical transactions of buyers and sellers in the online marketplace. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262275 | System and Method for providing Internet-based vehicle registration and transactions - A system and method for augmenting location or event or parking access to a process not only for access to parking, but to goods and services based on the mobile customer being tied to a license plate number or group of license plate numbers tied to a credit card, checking account or other payment account. This allows that customer to biometrically authenticate and order goods to be available at a participating event or drive through location based on a biometrically authenticated order and the (known) proximity of the customer to the drive through location. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268412 | System and Method for Selectively Populating an Itemized Display - A first catalog of items associated with item characteristics C | 10-10-2013 |
20130268413 | Methods and Systems for Exchanging Stored Value Using a Mobile Communication Device - Methods and systems for exchanging stored value for shopping at a vendor using a mobile device involve identifying, by an application on the mobile device, a vendor for a user's shopping. Information regarding a trade of stored value of the user issued by at least one other vendor in exchange for stored value issued by the vendor for shopping by the user is retrieved by the application, and at least a portion of the stored value of the user issued by the at least one other vendor is identified by the application to exchange for stored value issued by the vendor for shopping by the user. Thereafter, the stored value issued by the vendor for shopping by the user is received by the application in exchange for at least a portion of the stored value of the user issued by the at least one other vendor. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275275 | DIGITAL CONTENT MARKETPLACE - Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a content marketplace where digital content can be offered for use by licensees in exchange for a license from a licensor. In some embodiments the content marketplace can provide this licensing forum without hosting the digital content. Instead, the content market place can provide links to the digital content at a digital content host (e.g. third party website). For instance, the content marketplace can embed the digital content into the content market place by embedding an Internet address that points to the digital content at the digital content host. In some embodiments the content marketplace can also provide, among other things, searchable index of digital content available for license, license attributes for license agreements, descriptions of the digital content, and/or standard licenses that can be agreed upon. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275276 | LICENSABLE CONTENT MARKETPLACE - Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a content marketplace where digital content can be offered for use by licensees in exchange for a license from a licensor. In some embodiments the content marketplace can provide this licensing forum without hosting the digital content. Instead, the content market place can provide links to the digital content at a digital content host (e.g. third party website). For instance, the content marketplace can embed the digital content into the content market place by embedding an Internet address that points to the digital content at the digital content host. In some embodiments the content marketplace can also provide, among other things, searchable index of digital content available for license, license attributes for license agreements, descriptions of the digital content, and/or standard licenses that can be agreed upon. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF MEDIA CONTENT - Information is provided a user of a mobile device. Media content is sensed by the mobile device and sent to an information processing server. The information processing server also obtains media content from another source and associates at least a portion of the obtained media content with a product or service offer. The sensed media content is correlated to the obtained media content such that an associated buy or service offer is selected. The buy or service offer is sent to the mobile device for display to the user. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282533 | PROVIDING AN ONLINE CONSUMER SHOPPING EXPERIENCE IN-STORE - Systems, methods and apparatus are described for providing an online shopping experience to a consumer who is shopping at a merchant's physical retail location. In an embodiment, a method includes a providing a consumer shopping experience website to obtain at least one of consumer registration data, consumer mobile device data, a consumer shopping list, merchant registration data, and merchant inventory data. In an implementation, a mobile shopping application is provided on a consumer's mobile device operable to provide information such as merchant store locations, merchant inventory, in-store product location data, product review information, and shopping cart information. The method includes receiving a request for shopping information, generating the requested shopping information, and transmitting the shopping information to the consumer mobile device in real time, while the consumer is in a merchant's store. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282534 | DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS SYSTEMS - Data storage and access systems enable downloading and paying for data such as audio and video data, text, software, games and other types of data. A portable data carrier has an interface for sending and receiving data, data memory for storing received content data, and payment validation memory for providing payment validation data to an external device. The carrier may also store a record of access made to the stored content, and content use rules for controlling access to the stored content. Embodiments store further access control data and supplementary data such as hot links to web sites and/or advertising data. A complementary data access terminal, data supply computer system, and data access device are also described. The combination of payment data and stored content data and use rule data helps reduce the risk of unauthorized access to data such as compressed music and video data, especially over the Internet. | 10-24-2013 |
20130290146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CASHLESS VENDING DONATION TRANSATION - The present invention relates to a system and method of utilizing a vending machine to make a charitable donation. A vending machine offering product/service for sale and a donation transaction for selection by the user. Payment of the donation amount is received at the vending machine and transmitted to the charitable organization. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290147 | Gifting of Virtual Items Between Users of a Virtual Space - Gifting of virtual items between users of a virtual space may be facilitated. A purchase interface may be presented to a first user. The purchase interface may be configured to receive selection from the first user of (i) a virtual item for purchase, and (ii) one or more users with which the first user has established a virtual space relationship. Responsive to selection by the first user through the purchase interface of a first virtual item and a second user with which the first user has established a virtual space relationship, the first virtual item may be distributed to the second user in the virtual space. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SECONDARY CONTENT - A method for enabling immediate access to secondary content is provided and includes the steps of obtaining an original trigger image, creating a print of the original trigger image, creating digital secondary media content using technology. The method also includes creating at least one mobile application for use in connection with a mobile electronic device. The mobile device including a display and the ability to run a mobile application and/or to send and receive a signal to and from a remote server. The mobile application includes the ability to detect and recognize various objects and is designed so that when it detects the original trigger image it causes the electronic device to display the secondary content. Finally, the disclosed method also includes the step of combining the mobile application with the print of the original trigger image for treatment as a single unit. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290149 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELLING A PRODUCT THROUGH AN ADAPTABLE PURCHASE INTERFACE - A system and method for providing online commerce that includes at an online commerce platform, configuring a product profile for selling; providing a URI link of the online commerce platform that is unique to the product profile; at the online commerce platform, receiving an HTTP request to the link; identifying a referral channel of the HTTP request; conditionally selecting a product purchase interface mode from a set of interface modes at least in part based on the referral channel; transmitting a response of the selected product purchase interface mode in reply to the HTTP request; and at the purchase interface, completing a purchase from the product purchase interface. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297459 | ELECTRONIC CATALOG SYSTEM AND METHOD - An electronic catalog system for identifying a component includes computer memory storage upon which is stored software and a database containing data for a number of types of the component. The data includes images, diagrams, dimensions and specifications for each of the types of the component. The system also includes a workstation and a server computer in communication with the computer memory storage and the workstation. The server computer executes the software so that images of the different types of the component are displayed on the workstation to a user. The user may select one of the plurality of types of the component. A number of alternative diagrams for the selected type of component are displayed and the user may select one. A dimension is illustrated on the selected diagram, and the user enters this dimension. A component matching the selected type, the selected diagram and the entered dimension is then displayed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130304613 | AUTOMATED PRICING SYSTEM - The present invention comprises a method and system for a rapid and automated creation of a price schedule comprising steps and an implementation for providing a set of construction (or other) plans created with an architectural, civil, industrial or other software design tool, such as CAD, and optionally a palette of 2-dimensional and/or 3-dimensional architectural parametric symbols that correspond to respective construction plan elements, such as windows, doors, acrylic glass blocks and/or sky lights. At least one parametric symbol corresponding to a construction plan element is preferably inserted into the construction plans. A cost value for each of the inserted parametric symbols is preferably calculated corresponding to respective plan elements. A price schedule is then optionally created which includes the total cost for all of the inserted parametric symbols corresponding to respective plan elements. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311339 | CHAT ENABLED ONLINE MARKETPLACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of this disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method including the step of presenting on a graphical user interface reporting search results for a product, information for a plurality of potential vendors of the product. The method further includes presenting, on the graphical user interface, an option to interact with each of a subset of the potential vendors. The method also includes generating an interactive session between the user initiating the search and a selected vendor of the subset of the potential vendors. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317950 | CUSTOMIZING A THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL STORE BASED ON USER SHOPPING BEHAVIOR - A planogram associated with a physical store can be identified. The physical store can be associated with an inventory. A virtual store comprising of a layout can be created. The virtual store can be a three dimensional environment permitting electronic commerce transactions. The layout of the virtual store and the planogram of the physical store can be identical. The layout can be a position or an orientation of an inventory item associated with the physical store inventory. The virtual store can be customized based on a personalization data. The customization can be an inventory item position and an orientation. The layout of the customized virtual store can be different from the planogram of the physical store. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317951 | AUTO-ANNOTATION OF VIDEO CONTENT FOR SCROLLING DISPLAY - Generally described is auto annotation of video content for scrolling display. A network service can receive video content. The content can be automatically annotated to generate differing sets of the content. The varying sets of content can be scrolled in a content browser. In response to receiving a selection, from the content browser, of a set of video content among the scrolling sets of video content, the selection can be displayed while the scrolling continues during the display. | 11-28-2013 |
20130317952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND PROVIDING APPLICATION COLLECTIONS - A method for creating an application collection is described herein. The method can include the steps of providing a plurality of applications for potential selection as part of an application collection based on a defined category and receiving selections that designate one or more of the provided applications for inclusion in the application collection. The method can also include the steps of tagging the applications based on the received selections and grouping the tagged applications together to form the application collection. The application collection can then be published in an application store as an offering based on the defined category. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325670 | SHOWER DOOR ASSEMBLY DISPLAY AND RETAIL - A retail shower door display assembly is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received within a retail store aisle. An array of various shower door frames is oriented within the display unit. An array of various shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. A method for displaying shower door assemblies for retail is provided by displaying various shower door frames for purchaser selection. Various shower door glass panes are provided for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325671 | PERSONALIZED WEBPAGE GIFTING SYSTEM - A personalized webpage gifting system is provided that includes a server that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) on a computing device for receiving recipient information associated with a recipient and one or more participants from a host. Using this information, the server creates a personal uniform resource locator (URL) based upon at least a portion of the recipient information, and generates a personalized webpage addressed by said personal uniform resource locator, the personalized webpage comprising personalized content for the recipient received from the host and the one or more participants. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332318 | User Interface for In-Browser Product Viewing and Purchasing - Information about a product advertised on a web page is presented separately, but concurrently, with the content of the web page, to avoid having to navigate away from the web page. The information may be automatically presented in a banner that is displayed adjacent the content of the web page. Controls on the banner initiate the display of further information, and/or enable purchase of the product, while maintaining the web page content in view on the browser. Alternatively, the display of the product information may be triggered by user selection of a link associated with that product. The information about the product may appear in an overlay sheet displayed in front of the original web page. The user can interact with controls on the sheet to initiate purchase or download of the product, or can dismiss the overlay sheet to continue viewing the content of the web page. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332319 | System and method for purchased enabled profiles - The invention provides system and method whereby members of an online community are able to fund their online community member profile accounts, and are able to make purchases using those funds, or credit, which are in or associated with an online community member profile account. | 12-12-2013 |
20130339195 | PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CARRYING-ORIENTED INFORMATION INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A portable information processing apparatus includes a display configured to display information, a sending unit configured to send the information to an exterior, a commodity display unit configured to display multiple pieces of commodity information on the display, a designated commodity storage unit configured to store the information of a designated commodity in displayed commodities, an order inexistence designating unit configured to designate ordering inexistence and a printing information output unit configured to send the information of the ordering inexistence as printing information from the sending unit to an external printing apparatus in a situation that the ordering inexistence is designated by the ordering inexistence designating unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339196 | ONLINE SHOPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online shopping system and method in which an order unit selects from a shopping platform system the commodity to purchase and provides a receiver unit data, and then the shopping platform system uses the personal financial data of the order unit to apply to a payment unit for a billing-recognition payment data and finds out a membership corresponding code subject to the membership code of the membership card provided by the receiver unit so that a delivery unit can use a data reader to read the membership code and matching the membership code with the membership corresponding code and then handle the commodity to the receiver unit when matched, and at the same time, the deliver unit provides a confirmed signal to the shopping platform system to claim the payment unit to pay the money. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARKETPLACE LISTINGS USING A CAMERA ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - Computer-implemented systems and methods for generating marketplace listings using a camera enabled mobile device are described in which a request is received via a camera enabled mobile device to list one or more sale items. An image taken by the camera enable mobile device and depicting the one or more sale items is received. Image recognition is performed on the received image to identify the one or more sale items. Based on the identification of the one or more sale items depicted in the image, a set of descriptive data is automatically generated. The one or more sale items are listed on a marketplace using the image and the automatically generated set of descriptive data. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346255 | Garment Box and System - A garment box is described, the box having a plurality of side wall panels, a ceiling panel and a floor panel, and at least one retainer or a plurality of retainers for securing a garment. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346256 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO ITEMS DISPLAYED IN AUDIOVISUAL WORKS - Systems and methods for providing information relating to items displayed in audiovisual works. Some examples include recording a signal associated with an audiovisual work displaying an item, communicating the signal to a media link server, receiving, on the listening device, media link data from the media link server in response to communicating the communicated signal, the media link data including item data associated with the item and timing data specifying at least a portion of the audiovisual work, and displaying at least a portion of the item data on the display of the listening device when a current playback position of the audiovisual work is within the portion of the audiovisual work specified by the timing data. Some examples include receiving a signal identifying an audiovisual work, processing the signal to identify the audiovisual work, and sending media link data associated with an item displayed in the audiovisual work. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346257 | ONLINE TEXTBOOK EXCHANGE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE - An online textbook exchange apparatus an associated methodology for receiving seller course material information from a seller including a first set of parameters and a course material survey, and generating a probability score. The online textbook exchange apparatus generates a course material profile containing the first set of parameters and the probability score and stores the course material profile in a memory. Buyer course material information is them received from a prospective buyer where the buyer course material information includes a second set of parameters. The online textbook exchange apparatus compares the one or more of the course material profiles to the second set of parameters and generates a set of comparison results. The one or more course material profiles and the respective probability score are then output to the prospective buyer based on the set of comparison results. | 12-26-2013 |
20140006219 | COUNTEROFFER GENERATION SERVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140012714 | METHOD, MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED APPLICATION STORE FOR A USER DEVICE - Methods, systems and machine readable tangible storage media that integrate an application store in a user device. In one embodiment, a selected document that cannot be used as selected triggers a request to an application store server to determine an availability of applications to use the document as selected. The user device enhances the display of the document selection interface to allow the user to display an application store interface to purchase the application. The purchased application is downloaded and installed on the user device, and the user is optionally apprised of the progress of the purchase with an animated icon representing the application “flying” from the application store interface and “landing” in a dock area within the display on the user device when ready for subsequent launch. Other embodiments are also described. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012715 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING RETAIL STORE SHOPPING SERVICE USING REMOTE DIRECT CONTROL WITH RESPECT TO HOME SCREEN OF SMART TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING HOME SCREEN SHOPPING PROGRAM USING THE SAME - There is provided a technique of providing a retail store shopping service on a home screen installed in various smart terminals including an android smart phone by allowing a remote server to directly control at least a portion of the home screen. In particular, there is provided a method for providing a retail store shopping service, whereby a direct control channel is formed with a retailer server of a remote area with respect to a home screen of a smart terminal through widget, or the like, and the retailer server directly controls at least a portion of the home screen, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a home screen shopping program for the method. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019305 | Cloud-driven Social-network Platform focused on Pattern Analysis - A cloud-driven social-network platform focused on data pattern analysis that includes strategy modules operable on a digital processor. These analyze data-sets related to a product of interest and predict future values. The platform allows a user to select a strategy module, download and run it. Data-sets and canvas-modules can be obtained. Canvas modules display analyzed data. Author-users upload their strategy-modules, data-sets and display canvases and make them available to other users. The platform includes quality ratings obtained by analyst testing and user feedback that are a factor in pricing the modules. A Cloud Oriented Analysis Language (COAL) is used and compiling is performed by socially aware compilers that compare the code with known strategy modules and suggests changes. The analysis-functions are executed by a socially-aware runtime engine. The strategy-modules may price underlying exchangeables to provide tradable derivative contracts. The platform automatically establishes links between news events and strategy modules. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019306 | Digital showroom management system and method - A computer implemented digital showroom management system and method provides a software application and database system for entering data into for a plurality of product brands including competing brands and provides limited access to information about the brands to dealers based on their affiliation with certain brands. Dealers using the system and method enter pricing and margin information for products within each of the brands including pricing and margin information for brand/product options and features. System and method provide for creating reports and allows a salesperson to stay with the customer and utilize automated system for assisting in making sales. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019307 | Systems and Methods for Providing Interactive Catalogues - Systems and methods provide a catalogue to be displayed on an electronic device, such as a tablet computer. A catalogue server obtains data about multiple products. The data includes at least an image and text associated with each product. The data is grouped into multiple data streams, and each stream is associated with a product section of the catalogue. A page template, associated with a given data steam, and the product data are combined to form one or more page layouts. The one more page layouts and the given data stream are sent to an electronic device. The one or more page layouts and the given data stream are compiled together by the electronic device to form the catalogue section. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019308 | CUSTOMIZING AN ONLINE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE FOR A USER - A method for customizing an online shopping experience for a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a marketplace system a request from a user system to transmit instructions for a rendering by the user system of a predetermined user interface relating to a product, using a processor to select one of a plurality of other user interfaces relating to the product, and transmitting to the user system instructions for the rendering by the user system of the one of the plurality of other user interfaces. | 01-16-2014 |
20140032375 | CONTENT SELLING SYSTEM, TRADING MEDIUM, CONTENT SERVER DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTENT SELLING METHOD - An example system includes a trading medium that is associated with a specific content, a selling terminal device that gives a notification of identification information had by the trading medium in response to selling processing regarding the trading medium, a server device that stores a selling condition of the trading medium, the content, and an association between the content and the identification information, and transmits the contents, and an information processing terminal device that receives an input of identification information, transmits it to the server device and receives the content transmitted from the server device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032376 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - A system and method for selling or purchasing a product or service via the Internet by providing and connecting a server to the Internet and creating one or more databases on the server with which one or more users may register with, wherein products and services offered for sale or requested for purchase are stored and organized in the server, and are sold and purchased through one or more purchase groups created in the one or more databases. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED GIFT DELIVERY - A system and method for automated selective gift delivery whereby a gift-giver is provided the opportunity to register as a user of the system and with respect to each desired recipient of one or more gifts for one or more events, typically recurring, to provide information to the system about the recipient and the events such that the system may select, or cause to be automatically selected, a gift suitable for the recipient and event based upon the parameters provided by the gift-giver, and cause the gift to be automatically delivered to the recipient without further action or intervention by the gift-giver. Alternative modes of the invention provide for the gift-giver to be given the option of sending an alternative gift selected by the system, or caused to be selected by the system, as suitable for the recipient and event. Another additional mode permits the gift-giver to decline to have a gift sent to a recipient for a particular event. Another additional mode permits the gift-giver to select from among the available inventory of gifts suitable for the recipient and event. Another mode of the invention permits the user to have a gift automatically and selectively delivered for a one-time, rather than recurring, event. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040079 | MECHANISMS FOR ORDERING TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES - A graphical user interface (GUI) of an application is provided to a user. A user input indicating a request for a demonstration of an online transportation ordering process is received via the GUI. In response to the user input, the demonstration is presented to the user using the GUI. The demonstration includes obtaining the geographic location of the user, displaying the geographic location of the user on a map, and displaying a simulated movement of a transportation entity toward the geographic location of the user on the map. An additional GUI of the application may also be provided to the user. The additional GUI includes a map that indicates the location of the user and one or more transportation entities in the vicinity of the user. The application may accept user input selecting one of the transportation entities and the application may transmit a request for transportation to a server. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040080 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX SYSTEM WITH USER-TAILORED MUSIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER TOOLS - A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user, including services for creating playlists, communicating with others, accessing other features, etc. is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, after a user is recognized, the jukebox system allows users to access a special front-end via the Internet or on an actual jukebox. Then, the user may, for example, create playlists, share songs with friends, send messages to friends, and access other value-added content. Other exemplary embodiments allow users to become certified, charging them for services without requiring constant inputting of coinage or credit card information. Such a system preferably learns about networks of friends, and enables managers to send similar messages to regular customers and/or others known to the system. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046808 | Digital package for tourists on organized tours with tourist guide - This invention relates to a system for marketing and purchasing products by a personal device of the tourist guide or the tourist, comprising: a server operable to receive an indication of a purchase by a tourist while on tour or from home, the server transfers the selected product from the company, via Bluetooth, disc on key, USB cable, wire transition or any other digital transferring method know in the art, or online—directly through the internet, to the tourist and the tour guide get his payment. The purchase is interlinked to the tour guide by a code the tourist must enter in each purchase. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046809 | ELECTRONIC BOOKSHELF SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for purchasing, accessing, consuming, and/or providing electronic content using an electronic bookshelf (eBookshelf) system. The eBookshelf system can be used by accessing a touchscreen-based user interface and/or local hardware controls and/or a remote control. A user's personal library of eBooks and/or any other electronic content can be displayed and/or aurally presented. In addition, the vast content of commercial retailers can also be displayed for browsing and purchase/rental. If the user identifies a content selection on the eBookshelf system that he/she wishes to consume, it can be readily transferred from the system to a personal content consuming device. Multiple eBookshelf systems can be attached to one another to extend the length and/or height of the eBookshelf. Accessing the eBookshelf system by a user ID allows multiple users to enjoy a personally customized version of the system. | 02-13-2014 |
20140052587 | SOCIAL COMMERCE AGENT STORE REPLICATION - An online user visiting a social media web page provided on a social media platform and containing a third-party electronic shop application served by a registered social commerce platform is enabled by a shop replication link to embed a copy of the electronic shop application on the user's own social media page. The electronic shop application can provide user interactive buttons for buying or sharing favorable indications for products displayed on the social media web page. A user sharing indication may be captured by the social commerce platform and added to a favorites listing to be displayed on the user's social media web page. The replication link may also be adapted for use on a webpage of any electronic commerce platform to embed it in a webpage of an affiliate website, a blogsite, and/or a social media website. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052588 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LISTING ITEMS - Described herein are a method and a system to suggest information for one or more items offered for sale by sellers in a network-based market place. One or more keywords associated with an item to be listed may be received from a seller. The one or more keywords may be used to search for matching information stored in a database. The matching information may be presented to the seller to be selected. When the seller modifies the suggested matching information, the modified version of the matching information may be stored in the database. | 02-20-2014 |
20140058903 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING PROJECT PORTFOLIOS AND SELLING PRODUCTS FROM THE PROJECT PORTFOLIOS - A machine-readable medium comprising a set of programmed instructions, the set of programmed instructions when executed by a system configured to cause the system to perform a method for displaying and transacting business off a project portfolio, the method comprising: providing a products database, the products database comprising a plurality of products; creating a digital mood board from a user selection of a plurality of products from the products database; storing the digital mood board into a project portfolio; displaying the project portfolio; and accepting a sales transaction for a product from the project portfolio. | 02-27-2014 |
20140058904 | NETWORK-BASED SALES SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE AND CATEGORIZATION USER INTERFACE - A sales system for coupling to a communications network. The sales system includes a sales interface at a first network address that includes a set of user interface elements. In addition the sales system includes another sales interface at a different network address that includes a second set of user interface elements. Finally the system includes a sales server at a third network address that may be used to operate both sales interfaces to provide an impression that the first and second sales interfaces are being operated by different entities. The sales server includes a categorization interface that responds to user input to define both sets of categorized interface elements. The categorized interface elements respectively include a plurality of specification elements. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067621 | PRODUCT VERSION TRACKER - Implementations of the present disclosure involve an apparatus, system and/or method for tracking versions of a telecommunications product over time. In particular, the product version tracker maintains the one or more network components that comprise the various versions of the product, as well as the connection scheme of the components to create the product. The product version tracker stores the versions of the telecommunications product in a database. In addition, the product version tracker may include a user interface, typically accessed through a computing system, to provide a visual representation of the stored versions of the products to an administrator of the telecommunications network. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067622 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WEB BASED COMMERCE - Systems and methods described herein related to e-commerce, including web based commerce sites. In an embodiment, a template can be embedded into an existing e-commerce site by creating the template and adding the template to an e-commerce site using a card adapter. Information can be presented to a user based on the template and data that may be received from the user related to an order placed using the e-commerce site and embedded template. The order can be passed to a fulfillment site. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067623 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING FEED IN A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Feeds in a network-based marketplace are described. The system receives a request, over a network, from a user that is associated with feed selection information, and identifies source feeds based on the feed selection information. The source feeds respectively include a first plurality of content elements. The system generates a presentation feed by retrieving a second plurality of content elements from the source feeds. The generating is performed continuously and in real-time. The system segments the presentation feed into pages and generates interfaces that include a first interface based on the pages. The system communicates the first interface, over the network, to the user, responsive to the receiving of the request. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074663 | INTEGRATING PURCHASE HISTORY AND METADATA ACROSS DEVICES - The technology relates to synchronizing purchase information and metadata across devices. The system maintains a server listing of items purchased from an online store and associated with a user account, each item in the server listing of items being associated with a respective first hash value. Then, the system receives, from a client device, a client listing of items purchased from the online store representing a last known listing of items purchased from the online store and associated with the user account, each item in the client listing of items being associated with a respective second hash value. Next, the system determines a difference between the respective first hash value and the respective second hash value. Based on the difference, the system sends, to the client device, metadata identifying items present in the server listing of items that are not in the client listing of items. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074664 | SYSTEM TO PURCHASE PRODUCTS SEEN IN CONTENT MEDIA - A system for purchasing products from content media, the system comprising: a website portal configured to interface with one or a plurality of sellers and one or a plurality of buyers; a device configured to interface with the website portal; the device configured to synchronize with the content media; an interface for one or a plurality of buyers to purchase a product seen in the content media. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074665 | MARKETPLACE FOR THE SALE OF GOODS AND SERVICES WHEREBY SALE PROCEEDS ARE PROVIDED TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS - An online system and service that enables charities to receive and encourage donations through donors selling items, such as goods or services, in exchange for a charitable receipt from the charity. The system enables a seller to post an item for sale and for buyers to buy the item for sale at fair market value (FMV). The seller can designate one or more charities to receive all or a portion of the monetary proceeds from the sale. Through a filtering system the items are searchable by a number of criteria, including: charity, price, seller, recency of posting, etc. | 03-13-2014 |
20140081810 | Order Upsell-Options for a Configurable Product - A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for managing the display of product module descriptors within a user interface. Product module data, along with historical visit and product module purchase data, is processed to generate a Config Score numeric value, which in turn is processed to generate a ConfigRank numeric value for each of a plurality of product modules. In turn, the ConfigRank numeric values are then used to determine the placement of each product module's associated product module descriptor within a user interface window. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081811 | ELECTRONIC SALES SYSTEM - A method comprises making a set of personal profiles available, from at least one buy-side user to at least one sell-side user, each personal profile in the set of personal profiles including a first set of first values for a plurality of information fields, the plurality of information fields relating to commercial transactions. Based upon the at least part of the set of personal profiles, the method receives a request to enter into a trusted relationship from the at least one sell-side user at the at least one buy-side user, and receives a set of trusted relationship information from the at least one sell-side user at the at least one buy-side user. The method sends the set of trusted relationship information, from the at least one buy-side user to the at least one sell-side user. The relationship includes a variable level of trust which affects the amount of infrastructure functionality available to one or more users and wherein the variable level of trust comprises a first level of trust and a second level of trust and wherein the first level of trust is set by the at least one buy-side user and the second level of trust is set by the at least one sell-side user. | 03-20-2014 |
20140095357 | Purchase and Donation Box System - A purchase and donation box system for donating pre-owned items through online shopping, in which a shopper can choose to donate items to a charity selected from a charity database while shopping online A shipping label for the charity is generated, and sent to the shopper with the online purchase in a shipping box. After receiving and unpacking the box, the shopper uses the charity shipping label to send the donation in the same shipping box to the charity. The donation is recorded in the charity database, and the shopper is optionally provided a list of all donations from the charity database at the end of the calendar year. | 04-03-2014 |
20140100993 | Product Purchase in a Video Communication Session - Various implementations for purchasing products in a video communication session are described. In one example implementation, a system provides a video communication session stream associated with a multi-user video communication session to a client device of a user for presentation. The system analyzes the video communication session stream in real time for a purchasable product being depicted by the video communication session stream and determines product data for the purchasable product based on the analyzing of the video communication session stream. The product data is transmitted by the system to the client device for presentation. The system can receive a product selection from the client device selecting the purchasable product and enable a purchase of the purchasable product by the user. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100994 | BACKEND SUPPORT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY WINDOW SHOPPING - A consumer user can perform a number of augmented reality shopping operations using a local client shopping application executable on a mobile device. Features related to implementations of the current subject matter can include, but are not limited to, the ability to view an augmented reality depiction of a shopping display using the mobile device and to execute various “e-commerce” functions accessible via the augmented reality depiction. Other features of the current subject matter can relate to preparation of the necessary three dimensional models and two dimensional projections of such models for viewing as an augmented reality view of the shopping display. Related methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and the like are described. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRODUCT CATALOGS - Product listings from a product catalog are organized by implementing programmatic processes that de-duplicate, cluster and/or group product listings. | 04-17-2014 |
20140122302 | Customized Data Delivery - Concepts and technologies are described herein for customized data delivery. An illustrative source device is configured to send data content to a destination device over a data delivery network. The source device can present a data delivery user interface on a display. The data delivery user interface may show a plurality of data delivery options available to a user of the source device and received from a data delivery management system. The source device can receive an input associated with delivery of the data content to the destination device. The input may include the selection of a delivery option from the plurality of data options. Alternatively, the input may include user-defined delivery specifications. The source device can generate a delivery record request including the input, send the delivery record request to the data delivery management system, and receive a delivery record response from the data delivery management system. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122303 | ENTERTAINMENT LAYER OVERLAID ON ONLINE TRANSACTIONS - A method and apparatus for allowing a customer to conduct or initiate a transaction for purchasing, renting, leasing, etc. a product or a service during which the customer will provide one or more transaction inputs. One or more transaction outcomes or outputs will be determined, based at least in part on or using one or more transaction inputs. The transaction outcomes are provided to the customer via an entertainment interface into which one or more of the transaction outputs are integrated. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136375 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RISK AND CONSTRAINT BASED PRICING MODEL OF A CATALOG SERVICE TO ASSESS ENTERPRISE NETWORK TRANSFORMATION - A method and system for risk and constraint based pricing model of a catalog service to assess enterprise network transformation. The embodiments herein disclose a method and system for risk and constraint based pricing model of a catalog service to assess the enterprise network transformation. The pricing of the effort is estimated by counting the effort to fulfill a service request and adding the total cost of the tool used to execute the service. The comprises of two price points which are factored with size of enterprise stack, along with constraints and risk related to the enterprise information The pricing engine running on processor interfaces with the network for communicating with its sub-processing units. The pricing engine running on processor interfaces with user through the software defined user interface through its hardware Input/output module. | 05-15-2014 |
20140143097 | NETWORK TRANSACTION PLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A GOODS SUBSCRIBING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a network transaction platform system having a goods subscribing structure, the system comprising: a product information database for storing product information; a personal consumption space configured to publish and reside a user's subscription information; an information publishing module configured to publish the subscription information in the personal consumption space; a goods subscribing structure which resides in the personal consumption space on the network transaction platform and comprises a subscription information listing module and a goods listing module, wherein the subscription information listing module is configured to generate and store a listing of the subscription information, and the goods listing module is configured to generate and store listing information of goods related to the subscription information. The present invention further provides a network transaction method utilizing a goods subscribing structure. The network transaction platform system having a goods subscribing structure and the network transaction method utilizing the goods subscribing structure according to the present invention may perform functions of processing, storing, classifying and matching the goods information so as to provide more convenience and higher safety to the user during consumption. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149262 | Controlling Data Access and Rate in a Network - Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for controlling data access and rate in a network. An enforcement application can detect a request for a data session and determine how and when the requested data session is to be established. The enforcement application can consider various data, input obtained at the user device, and/or other considerations including subscriber data and network data. Based upon these data, the enforcement application can determine network congestion, available resources, available bandwidth, an allocation rate of congestion credits (“credits”) for the user, a flow rate of the credits from an account to a credit pool, and a usage rate of the credits from the credit pool. The enforcement application can be configured to enforce the usage rate against a data session and to issue one or more commands to control the data session. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149263 | Data Assembly, Transfer and Storage - A user registers with a server system and provides user data (e.g., personal information). The server system divides the user data into multiple components. Each device in a set of devices receives a component of the user data for storage. When the user accesses a web page through a host device that includes one or more data fields into which user data can be entered, the host device receives the components of the user data from the devices in the set. The host device reassembles the user data based on the received components. When an authorization gesture is performed by the user with a storage device from the set of devices, the host device inserts the user data in the data field. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A TRANSIENT VIRTUAL SHOP - An approach for providing a transient virtual shop is described. A transaction request is received, from a mobile device, for a virtual merchant service. Contextual information relating to the mobile device is determined. Communication is initiated with a merchant system configured to facilitate a transaction associated with the merchant service. Transaction data is received from the merchant system based on the determined contextual information. Transmission of the transaction data is initiated to the mobile device for presentation, wherein the presentation includes projecting a graphical user interface to represent the transaction data. The graphical user interface supports gesture-based input. User input corresponding to the transaction is received via the graphical user interface. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164190 | Apparatus and Method for Interactive Product Displays - A computer implemented method includes receiving media content for interactive product display systems used with different products in different retail establishments. Product interaction data characterizing consumer gestures performed in connection with the different products in the different retail establishments is collected. The media content and product interaction data is analyzed to form marketing data. The display of media content at an interactive product display system of a retail establishment is remotely initiated. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172647 | Tax Aware Price Displays - A method for sending a cost notification to a display monitor corresponding to a display apparatus, the display apparatus furnished within a facility includes obtaining display apparatus information corresponding the display apparatus. The display apparatus information includes display apparatus preferences being indicative of an item explicitly preferred by the retailer for being stocked at the display apparatus. The display apparatus information further includes location specific information being indicative of a geographical location of the facility at which the display apparatus is furnished within. A cost notification related to the item is generated based on the display apparatus information and the generated cost notification is transmitted to the display monitor. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172648 | CONSUMER ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing consumer activity. The systems and methods may include monitoring physical shopping activities of a user by receiving information from collaborating devices in a physical retailer store including information related to products available in physical retailer store. The systems and methods may include defining a relationship between products of a shopping list for the user and the products available in the physical retailer store corresponding to the products of the shopping list for the user. The systems and methods may include linking the relationship to a context for the user and presenting an overview to the user via the user device including information related to the linking of the relationship to the context for the user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180880 | SLIDE CHECKOUT - A system and method of presenting selectable checkout options for an item listing on a single page. A single page for an item listing is caused to be displayed on a device. The single page comprises a selectable item identifier for an item and a plurality of selectable checkout options for the item. The plurality of selectable checkout options comprises different types of selectable checkout options. An indication of a selection of the item identifier and an indication of a selection of one of the selectable checkout options are received. A visual representation of the selection of the selectable item identifier and a visual representation of the selection of one of the selectable checkout options are causes to be displayed on the single page. A visual representation for each of the selected checkout options are displayed as being attached to the visual representation of the selected item identifier. | 06-26-2014 |
20140195387 | CUSTOMIZATION OF AN E-COMMERCE DISPLAY FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK PLATFORM - A first computer identifies electronic commerce activity related to a first user. The first computer retrieves a first data, wherein the first data is coupled to the electronic commerce activity. The first computer analyzes the first data and generates a second data. The first computer generates an electronic commerce display for a social network platform using the second data, wherein the electronic commerce display includes at least one timeline of the electronic commerce activity of the first user. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURCHASING GOODS FOR DONATION TO CHARITIES - A computerized method and system for online purchase and donation of goods includes: registering a charity and a shopper into a database; populating the database with a prioritized list of goods available in a retail store for purchase and donation to the charity; enabling the shopper to select and purchase goods on a computerized system for donation to the charity; and enabling transfer of the purchased goods from the store to the charity. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201038 | Dynamic Reconfiguration of Web Pages Based on User Behavioral Portrait - A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELLING MARKET-BASED ACCESS TO SCARCE RESOURCES - A method of providing real-time market prices to purchase access to the desired places, products, events, services, etc. includes the step of providing a user interface through which a real-time, market-based, variable price for accessing a preferred position in an existing queue for a scarce resource is presented to a user, whereby the user may purchase access to the preferred position in the queue at the real-time, market-based variable price. The user interface may be provided through a mobile electronic device. In one example, a system for providing real-time, market-based access to a scarce resource includes: a mobile electronic device; and a user interface enabling a user to purchase access to a preferred position in an existing queue for a scarce resource at a real-time, market-based, variable price through the mobile electronic device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207627 | Interface for Price Determination - A system and method for determination of a parameter is disclosed, wherein a use controls the position of a mobile element in an animation. For instance, the user may affect the position of an animated element using the mouse, and may start or stop the element using the mouse button. The method may be used for instance to determine a price, volume, or other parameter. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207628 | GIFT TRANSACTION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - A system architecture of a gift transaction system is disclosed. The gift transaction system can include a buyer interface module, a recipient interface module, a merchant backend interface module, a store front interface module, a curation module, a reminder module, an analytics module, or a media plug-in interface module. A method of operating the gift transaction system under the system architecture includes: providing an embedded widget on a website to determine gift intent to initiate a gift transaction by a buyer account for a recipient account; generating a gift buyer interface for a first client device to personalize a gift package including a gift item; generating a gift recipient interface for a second client device to customize the gift package; and communicating with a merchant backend system to complete the gift transaction to ship the gift package. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214628 | Gesture-Based Product Wishlist And Shared Social Networking - A portable computerized device can implement a method to collect a preference of a user for a product and share that preference over a social media application. The method includes monitoring an indication of a user of the device to a product of interest, identifying the product of interest by referencing a product information database, communicating the product of interest to the social media application, and displaying the product of interest through the social media application. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222625 | Intelligent Multimedia E-Catalog - An intelligent product catalog system provides for electronic creation, management and viewing of product information using a multimedia display system. A central database repository stores the product information and provides for an unlimited number of product attributes and dynamic reconfiguration of the product information. The central database repository comprises a meta data system, a scheme system and an object model system. A plurality of applications access the central database repository, the applications being automatically adaptive to the dynamic reconfiguration of the product information. A user interface provides display, sorting and filtering of the product information including the unlimited number of product attributes. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222626 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING ITEM VARIATIONS FOR DISPLAY IN USER INTERFACES - Systems and methods for presenting a user interface that shows a consolidated representation for an item available from multiple sources are described. The multiple offerings of the same items offered for sale by multiple sellers are combined into a simple user interface that is transparent to the consumer, but where the consumer can find an item and all of its attributes as though it was offered for sale by a single seller. The user interface can be created when a consumer selects an item, a list is generated of the sellers offering that item for sale, a list is generated of the various attributes of the item, a representation for each attribute is gathered, and an optimal representation for each attribute can be generated for display to the consumer when that attributed is selected by the consumer. The process for creating and modifying such a user interface can be automated or semi-automated, decreasing the manual intervention needed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236774 | DIGITAL CONTENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DOWNLOAD WINDOW - A digital content transaction system using a download window which provides a means for digital content product transaction between a distributor and a purchaser through a distributor device and a purchaser device, the digital content transaction system includes an intermediate system for providing a digital content list screen to allow the distributor to select products to be transacted, generating a download window matching a list of the selected bundle product, copying the download window to a web environment, and providing the copied download window to the purchaser device, wherein a product selection window, in which the bundle product is arranged, is displayed when the download window is clicked by the purchaser device. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A WORKFLOW-BASED SOFTWARE PURCHASE - A computer implemented method and apparatus for a subscription workflow. The method comprises receiving an input indicative of features of a plurality of software products to enable performance of one or more workflows, wherein the input is indicative of features that are less than all of the features of each software product in the plurality of software products; and enabling the features from the plurality of software products to be utilized on a computer to perform the one or more workflows. | 08-28-2014 |
20140258048 | INFORMATION MATCHING SYSTEM - Systems, methods and computer readable media for information matching are disclosed. For example, leads (e.g., buyers or prospective franchisees) can be matched with companies (e.g., franchisors). Lead information forms can include user definable fields. The system can provide a lead preview based on fields selected by a user (e.g., a seller or a franchisor). | 09-11-2014 |
20140279282 | SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE - A computer system operated by a retailer, and optionally by an independent gift service provider, affords the intended recipient of a gift the opportunity to make a virtual gift exchange. Instead of physically receiving the gift, the recipient is enabled by the computer system to view a representation of the gift and to make various selections concerning the disposition of the gift, including exchange for credit, replacement by a product or products of equal, lesser, or greater value, or designation of a new recipient who then stands in the place of the originally designated recipient. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SHOPPING NEIGHBORHOOD FEED IN A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods for a shopping neighborhood feed in a network-based marketplace are described. The system receives a request, over a network, from a mobile device and associates the request with a user that is associated with feed selection information. The feed selection information may include interests associated with the user and content selection information. The system identifies source feeds based on the feed selection information and a current location of the mobile device. The source feeds include a shopping neighborhood source feed and store source feeds that include content elements. The shopping neighborhood source feed include content elements that describe points of interest that are located inside a physical perimeter that include stores. The system generates a presentation feed based on selected content elements and communicates a first user interface, over a network, that includes a portion of the content elements. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279284 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A server device connected to a user terminal via a network receives a request for transmitting a referring web page with multiple guide operation areas, which prompts a user to access linked web pages to guide the user to the linked web pages, are placed from the user terminal via the network, generate the referring web page in which a display state of a guide operation area for which game content has been acquired by the user has been played differs from a display state of a guide operation area for which a game content has not been acquired by the user is to be played on the basis of acquisition information indicating whether game contents have been acquired by the user in games conducted on the linked web pages of the guide operation areas, and transmit the referring web page to the requesting user terminal. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SONG TO VIDEO INITIATION - A method of converting audio selections to video selections is described. An input of an audio selection is received from a user. A database of music videos is queried to determine whether a music video corresponding to the audio selection is available. The audio selection is output in response to determining that the database of music videos does not include the music video corresponding to the audio selection. An offer is presented to the user to upgrade the audio selection to the music video corresponding to the audio selection in response to determining that the database of music videos includes the music video corresponding to the audio selection. The music video is output to one or more displays in response to the user accepting the presented offer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279286 | PORTABLE ADDRESS BOOK SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - A portable, electronic address book is described. The address book enables the user to select various addresses from the address book, which are used to fill in address fields on webpages. The address book collects address information from various sources, including webpages (e.g., when a user fills in an address when making an online purchase) and social networks (e.g., from the user's social network profile) to be used to fill in address fields. | 09-18-2014 |
20140279287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PORTABLE AND INTERACTIVE STOREFRONT - In an example embodiment, a method for providing a portable and interactive storefront is provided. The method may comprise receiving information associated with a product to be placed in electronic commerce. Content is therefore generated based on the received information, in which the content may provide an interactive storefront. A link to the content is generated and then provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140297482 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LISTING ITEMS GLOBALLY AND REGIONALLY, AND CUSTOMIZED LISTING ACCORDING TO CURRENCY OR SHIPPING AREA - In one example embodiment, there is provided a method comprising receiving from a user an indication of a target website containing content in a first language; receiving a user selection of a second language translating a portion of the content of the target website to the second language, and providing the translated portion of the content of the target website to the user in the second language. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297483 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LISTING ITEMS GLOBALLY AND REGIONALLY, AND CUSTOMIZED LISTING ACCORDING TO CURRENCY OR SHIPPING AREA - In one example embodiment, there is provided a method comprising providing an electronic marketplace; providing an interface allowing a user to access the marketplace and view through select offerings available uniquely in a user-selected region of the marketplace; presenting, the interface, geographically customized information relating to the select offerings available only in the user-selected region of the marketplace; and receiving, from the user, a request to purchase a region-specific offering via the marketplace. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297484 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LISTING ITEMS GLOBALLY AND REGIONALLY, AND CUSTOMIZED LISTING ACCORDING TO CURRENCY OR SHIPPING AREA - In one example embodiment, there is provided a method comprising providing an electronic marketplace; providing an interface allowing a user to access the marketplace and view offerings available in a user-selected region of the marketplace; presenting, in the interface, geographically customized information relating to the offerings available in the user-selected region of the marketplace; and receiving, from the user, request to purchase a region-specific offering via the marketplace. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304119 | GOODS AND SERVICES PURCHASE SUPPORTING APPARATUS, METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The goods and services purchase supporting apparatus includes an identification information acquiring unit ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140304120 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LISTING ITEMS GLOBALLY AND REGIONALLY, AND CUSTOMIZED LISTING ACCORDING TO CURRENCY OR SHIPPING AREA - In one example embodiment, there is provided a method comprising providing a particular version of a site associated with an electronic marketplace, wherein the electronic marketplace offers a plurality of offerings to a plurality of regions via a plurality of versions of the site; receiving a request from a user to access the particular version of the site; receiving a request from the user and retrieving, based on the request, a region-specific version of an offering available in the region associated with the particular version of the site; and presenting the region-specific version of the offering to the user. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304121 | COMPUTER DEVICE FOR SELLING PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a system for creating a market for selling products. The system comprises a first user input unit operable to receive one or more parameters from a first user, a configuration unit operable to configure a graph of price variation against time from parameters supplied by the first user input units, a graphic unit, configured to provide a graph or data for a graph of price variation against time to a second user, a current price display unit configured to calculate a current price from the graph and to display the current price to the second user, and a purchase unit configured to receive an instruction from the second user to purchase a product at the current price displayed by the current price display unit. | 10-09-2014 |
20140324638 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC)-BASED RETAIL EXPERIENCE USING A RETAIL KIOSK OR MOBILE DEVICE - A customer is provided with a personalized retail experience using a retail kiosk or mobile device that is enabled for near-field communication (NFC). The kiosk is provided with customer identifying information through an NFC-based communication with a customer's user device. The kiosk authenticates the customer based on the identifying information, retrieves retail information associated with the customer from a back-end server, and provides the personalized retail experience using the retrieved information. In one example, the personalized retail experience is provided based on customer-input received through an NFC reader of the kiosk. Also, the mobile device can be provided with a retail store identifier through an NFC-based communication link with an NFC tag for the store. The personalized retail experience can then be provided through the mobile device based on retail information for the retail store that is retrieved by the mobile device based on the identifier obtained through NFC. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330682 | Vending Machine for Selling Mobile Phone Accessories - The invention relates to a method of dispensing a number of mobile phone accessory products from a vending machine by use of a uniform, standardized package. The vending machine may have a number of shelves and a number of individual column on each shelf. The user selects a product to be purchased by shelf and column, and the vending machine delivers the selected product by a mechanical operation to a receptacle where the user obtains the purchased product. The vending machine keeps track of inventory as well as purchasing remotely. Also, the vending machine is capable of referral to a website where the user obtains additional information on which phone the user has so the proper selection can be made. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330683 | Method of Selling Mobile Phone Accessories in a Vending Machine - The invention relates to a method of dispensing a number of mobile phone accessory products from a vending machine by use of a uniform, standardized package. The vending machine may have a number of shelves and a number of individual column on each shelf. The user selects a product to be purchased by shelf and column, and the vending machine delivers the selected product by a mechanical operation to a receptacle where the user obtains the purchased product. The vending machine keeps track of inventory as well as purchasing remotely. Also, the vending machine is capable of referral to a website where the user obtains additional information on which phone the user has so the proper selection can be made. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A RETAILER INTERFACE - The subject matter discloses a method performed on a server, comprising receiving a retailer interface information from a retailer, said retailer interface information comprises features selection information and layout selection information of the retailer; generating a retailer interface from the retailer interface information; detecting an event between a mobile device and the retailer; responsive to detection of the event, receiving a request to download the retailer interface to be embedded in a mobile application of the mobile device; and, transmitting the retailer interface to the mobile device. | 11-13-2014 |
20140358734 | UTILITY APPLICATION DELIVERY PLATFORM - A utility application store may be configured to present an interface displaying multiple applications that are available from the utility application store. By accessing the interface of the utility application store, a utility supplier may, with a single request, initiate installation or activation of an application on multiple utility meters or other smart sensors in a utility communication network. The utility application store may be configured to provide notification of the availability of applications for utility meters or other smart sensors, consumer computing devices, and/or utility supplier back office computing devices. The utility application store may include one or more distributed applications that include a first portion configured for execution by a utility meter and one or more other portions configured for execution by another computing device (e.g., a personal computer, mobile device, utility supplier back office server, cloud service, or the like). | 12-04-2014 |
20140358735 | Modifying An Application To Display Branding Information Identifying A Particular Business - Method, system, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for displaying a branded interface. Defining steps enabling a customer to select a particular entity from among one or more entities at a mobile device utilized by the customer, configuring the customer's mobile device to receive display specifications defined by a user associated with the particular entity, receiving the display specifications at the customer's mobile device, and configuring the customer's mobile device to display a branded interface based on the display specifications. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358736 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF WEBSITE INTEGRATION - A computer system configured to integrate a plurality of websites is provided. The computer system includes a memory, a display, and at least one processor coupled to the memory and the display. In one example, the system comprises a monitoring component executed by the at least one processor and configured to analyze web content generated by a website provider and detect one or more identified elements within the web content. The system may also comprise a converting component executed by the at least one processor and configured to, responsive to detection of the one or more identified elements by the monitoring component, convert at least one portion of the web content into converted content, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display, in the display, the converted content and at least one other portion of the web content. | 12-04-2014 |
20140365342 | RESOURCE PROVISIONING FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS - A method for provisioning IT resources includes receiving a signal from an e-book reading device indicating that a user of the e-book reading device is approaching a practical procedure section within an e-book being read by the user on the e-book reading device. The practical procedure section includes an exercise to be performed by the user pertaining to the subject matter of the e-book. What IT resources are needed for the user to perform the exercise are determined. The needed IT resources are provisioned such that the IT resources that the needed IT resources are available when the user is ready to perform the exercise. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372260 | Video e-commerce - A method, apparatus and computer program product to facilitate video interactions between a publisher, and a set of end users, the publisher having content available from a network-accessible site. Each end user has a device that includes a media player. In one embodiment, the method begins by receiving (e.g., via a web-based interface) information to configure a video module to execute in association with the end user media players. A particular instance of the video module is adapted to execute as an end user media player renders a video to provide interactivity to the video. Preferably, the interactivity specifies at least one of a set of interactivity actions available to an end user. The video module is then published. After deployment the video module, the platform receives data about (i) execution of the video module in the end user media players, and (ii) the interactivity actions. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379532 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCAN, TRY, AND BUY - A method for scan, try and/or buy may include receiving, from a mobile device, information that is representative of a clothing outfit. The clothing outfit may include a plurality of merchandise items available for purchase through a store. The information may be obtained by the mobile device by scanning a single code associated with the clothing outfit. The obtained information may be used to cause at least one user interface element associated with the clothing outfit to be displayed on the mobile device. In response to receiving a selection from the mobile device of the at least one user interface element, the plurality of merchandise items associated with the clothing outfit may be delivered to a merchandise check-out location within the store. The merchandise check-out location may be operable to receive payment from the user for the clothing outfit. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012393 | Performance Record Based Motivation of Retail Self Checkout System Gamification - A computing device determines a global scan rate average based on a plurality of transactions that have been received that includes at least one scanned item and the time to scan the at least one item. The computing device responds to receiving input by a customer indicating a current transaction start, by displaying the global scan rate average to the customer. The computing device receives a number of current items scanned and the time to scan the items. The computing device determines a current scan rate based on the current number of items scanned and the current period of time to scan the current number of items. The computing device displays a comparison of the current scan rate and the global scan rate average to the customer and displays a message based on whether the current scan rate exceeds the global scan rate average. | 01-08-2015 |
20150052026 | BROADCAST RESPONSE SYSTEM - A broadcast response system provides, e.g., a radio broadcast listener with the ability to obtain media content such as music or speech while listening to the radio. The user can respond to items in the radio broadcast such as advertisements, fund raising drives, or interactive listener polls during the broadcast. Data such as song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored, can be transmitted using, e.g., the RBDS/RDS data stream. A reference number representing song title and artist, author or publisher and the IP address for the location where the digital version of the content is stored can also be employed for ease of implementation. This reference number can reside in a lookup table to be accessed by broadcast response server. | 02-19-2015 |
20150058178 | AUTOMATED STORE FOR SELLING ARTICLES - An automated store for storing and then distributing articles. The store includes a housing for receiving closed shipping containers for storage, and for distributing articles to an output of the housing, which articles were retrieved from inside the shipping containers. The store further includes within the housing an entry means for controlling entry into the housing of a plurality of closed shipping containers, with at least some of the plurality of closed shipping containers having outer dimensions which are different from the outer dimensions of other ones of the plurality of shipping containers, and further including a sensing means for determining the position of at least a portion of an outside surface of each one of the plurality of closed shipping containers that have entered into the housing. Also within the housing is an automated forming means for using the determined position specific to each of the closed shipping containers to form an opening in each of the plurality of the shipping containers, a storing means for storing the plurality of opened shipping containers inside a storage area of the housing, a computer controlled retrieving means for entering into selected ones of the opened shipping containers located in the storage area, by passing through the formed opening so as to retrieve an article from inside one of the stored opened shipping containers and further including moving means for moving the retrieved articles to an output of the housing. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058179 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF ITEMS WITHIN A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE - A method for displaying a plurality of items within a graphical interface, said method being performed by a computing device which comprises one or more processors, one or more secondary interfaces operatively coupled to at least one of the processors and one or more computer-readable storage media operatively coupled to at least one of the processors. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066707 | Methods and Systems for Personalizing an In-Store Shopping Experience for a User in a Retail Store that Provides Accessories for Computing Devices - An exemplary method includes a shopping personalization system 1) detecting that a user is located within a geographic vicinity of a retail store that provides accessories for computing devices, 2) accessing, in response to the detecting that the user is located within the geographic vicinity of the retail store, a user profile associated with the user, 3) identifying a computing device associated with the user, and 4) providing a personalized in-store shopping experience for the user in accordance with the user profile and the identified computing device while the user is located within the geographic vicinity of the retail store. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066708 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PLAYBACK SERVICE OF DIGITAL CONTENT - One object is to allow users to enjoy digital contents more easily. The server according to an embodiment can execute a program including: a service control module; a screen sending module configured to send, in response to a request from a terminal, screen data of screens including a playback instruction screen for making an instruction for playback of a musical piece; a mode setting module configured to set, for each user, a playback starting mode selected from a plurality of modes including Normal mode and One-tap Playback mode; a playback control module configured to start playback of a musical piece; and a possession state update module configured to update a possession state of playback tickets in response to playback of the musical piece. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING COMPUTE SERVICE OFFERINGS IN A SERVICE CATALOG - Method and Apparatus for rapid scalable unified infrastructure system management platform are disclosed by discovery of compute nodes, network components across data centers, both public and private for a user; assessment of type, capability, VLAN, security, virtualization configuration of the discovered unified infrastructure nodes and components; configuration of nodes and components covering add, delete, modify, scale; and rapid roll out of nodes and components across data centers both public and private. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081478 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS - The present disclosure describes an interactive menu display system providing retail establishments with a flexible electronic menu display that enables presentation of a large number of menu items by incorporating, among other things, a menu-item scrolling feature. The display system can be configured to subdivide a display system to include fields, such as physical portions of a display unit, or individual display units, that are designated for predetermined categories of menu items, and within those fields, the menu items may be sequentially displayed, such as in a scrolling, paging, or other step-wise fashion. The display system can also include a menu configuration user interface designed for the owner or manager of the retail establishment to conveniently and efficiently update menu content, layout, and other configuration settings. The display system can be configured to update the menu display in real-time based on updates to menu content and settings. | 03-19-2015 |
20150095201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE AND PRIVATE SESSIONS - Examples of a method and system for collaborative and private sessions are provided. A cursor movement request may be received from at least two users of a plurality of users of a collaborative session during a time period. The cursor may move on a common interface according to the cursor movement request from a first user selected from the at least two users that has satisfied a movement criterion. A completion criterion and a private session parameter may be designated for a private session. A number of user interactions may be processed from a participant of the private session. The private shopping session may be terminated for the participant when the completion criterion is satisfied. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100463 | COLLABORATIVE HOME RETAILING SYSTEM - A handheld device operable to connect to a data communication network, wherein the device comprises: a screen, a user input device, and a controller adapted to form or change a group that includes the device and at least one other handheld device and adopt a leader device or follower device status. When the leader status is adopted, the controller is adapted to display an item in response to a user input and transmit data indicative of the item to the at least one other device in the group. When the follower device status is adopted, the controller is adapted to receive data indicative of an item from a leader device and display information corresponding to the indicative data. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106240 | VIDEO MESSAGING - A method for video messaging includes recording a video message, at a device, for a recipient; and selecting a contact as a recipient of the video message, at the device, without requiring typing at the device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150120512 | Method, Device And System For Online Payment - Methods and devices for online payments are disclosed. Prior to accepting payment account information from a user for the payment transaction, a client terminal sends an interface listing command to a transaction server, requesting the transaction server to identify one or more acceptable input interfaces for receiving the payment account information. The transaction server responds to the interface listing command by a payment input instruction. The client terminal uses the payment input instructions to generate a payment information interface to present the one or more acceptable input interfaces for user selection. The user can choose how to input the payment information that best conforms to the user's expectations for security and convenience. The current method, device and system provide additional flexibility, improve efficiency, and facilitate online payment. | 04-30-2015 |
20150134491 | METHOD OF INTEGRATING A CONFIGURATOR INTO AN EXISTING E-COMMERCE PLATFORM - System and method for integrating between a graphic user interface and various types of e-commerce platforms. Here various types of e-commerce platforms will typically provide different types of electronic product pages, each typically with various original selection options. The system described herein provides a more standardized configurator and user interface, and uses this more standardized configurator and user interface to capture information from the various e-commerce platforms and display data to the user. The more standardized configurator and user interface can then be used to communicate user selections to the various different types of electronic product pages and platforms. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142616 | Managing a Hierarchy of Online Stores - A computer system for supporting multiple hierarchically defined online stores includes a capability for an administrator of an online store to push information from a parent store to one or more child stores, and to pull information from a parent store to a child store. The administrator instructs the computer system what information is to be propagated, and to what extent that information is propagated. The computer system manages conflicts that can arise from the propagation of information from the parent store to the child store. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149326 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA ACCOMPANIMENTS TO BROADCAST DATA - A method and system is presented for coordinating the transmission of supplemental digital data to accompany broadcast data, and in particular, analog radio broadcasts, among a plurality of broadcasters. The supplemental digital data may provide information about the particular broadcast data being transmitted or may be supplemental to such data. The supplemental digital data to be presented is sorted based on particular algorithms which may take into account broadcaster-specified criteria such as target audience, time of day, type of broadcast data presented, and the like. The supplemental digital data may be audio data, visual data, or audio-visual data for presentation with the broadcast data. The supplemental digital data may further be advertisement data. The advertisement data may be sold by the broadcasters or the party coordinating the IBOC transmission of the supplemental digital data. The supplemental digital data may play simultaneously with muted broadcast data or at a user-specified time. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149327 | INTEGRATED CONTENT PROVIDER-DISTRIBUTOR NETWORK - An graphical user interface for providing a digital platform including interactive tools to a plurality of content providers to enable broadcasting via digital streaming by the content providers, side-loading and cross selling between content providers, connecting one or more content providers with each other and with selected content consumers is disclosed. | 05-28-2015 |
20150294399 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING ITEMS - Systems and methods for exchanging items are described. The system facilitates transactions between two or more users. A device may be configured to present one or more possible transactions to a user. The possible transactions may include transactions including two or more users. Possible transactions may be presented based on criteria provided by a user. A device may provide graphical user interfaces to a user in order to facilitate the execution of a transaction. | 10-15-2015 |
20150310539 | IN-STORE OBJECT HIGHLIGHTING BY A REAL WORLD USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods according to present principles involved highlighting objects such as on a store shelf. Highlighting is displayed by projecting a light directly on the object by means of a light source or may alternatively be indicated by displaying an indicator or image of the object on a display screen. Information about the targeted object may appear in a headmounted display, on a user's mobile device, or may be projected on a surface via the projector. Information provided to a user may include comparison product data, data about potential allergens, and the like. Highlighting can also be employed to suggest items of interest to the user. For example, products may be recommended to a user through analysis of user data and such products illuminated by a projector as a user walks through a store. Other highlighted objects may be those on a user grocery list or the like. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310569 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE A PURCHASE OF AN ITEM ON A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - Systems and methods to facilitate a purchase of an item on a network-based marketplace are described. A method receives a request via an application program interface that is presented by a network-based marketplace platform in a peer-to-peer architecture and utilized to receive the request from a network-based social platform. The request includes an identifier that identifies an item that is being offered for sale on the network-based marketplace platform. The method generates a virtual gift based on the item and interface information including the virtual gift. The method further communicates the interface information via the application program interface to the network-based social platform in the peer-to-peer architecture. The interface information includes the visually perceptible interface element that is configured to enable, upon selection, a purchase of the item on which the virtual gift is based by utilizing the application program interface to access the network-based marketplace platform. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317722 | PROCESS FOR ORDERING A SELECTION IN ADVANCE, DIGITAL SYSTEM AND JUKEBOX FOR EMBODIMENT OF THE PROCESS - This invention relates to a process for ordering a selection in advance, characterized in that it includes a step in which a menu is displayed followed by a selection in this menu, to make specific requests and particularly: a step displaying the event for which the advance order of a selection is made, and then selection of the event; a step displaying the identity of destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, and then selection of this equipment; a step displaying the date and time at which the selection is to be made on the destination equipment; a step in which particular requests are recorded and downloaded onto a file only after payment has been verified. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324895 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MERCHANDISING PRODUCTS IN BUNDLES IN AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - A method and a system for providing product bundles are described. In some instances, the method begins by receiving a request for a view product interface. The view product interface includes a description of a primary product. Next, a product bundle definition for the primary product by the seller is accessed. The bundle includes a plurality of secondary products selectable by a buyer. The view product interface is provided and includes the description of the primary product and a description of the bundle that includes a description of the second item. | 11-12-2015 |
20150332218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CHANGE OF ADDRESS SERVICES OVER A NETWORK - This disclosure describes systems and methods for collecting and processing change of address data and providing change of address services to a customer using a computer network. The address data can include a physical address, an electronic address, or both. The systems and methods may also provide additional services to the customer to assist in changing addresses. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332230 | SELECTION OF MERCHANT AND DEVICE SPECIFIC PAYMENT FLOW - There is provided systems and method for selection of merchant and device specific payment flow. A merchant may access a payment provider and make selections for a payment flow that a consumer utilizes during check-out and payment for items from the merchant. The payment flow may include a merchant category, a language for presentation of the payment processing information, when the user is required to log-in to the payment provider, custom logos and styles for the merchant, etc. The merchant may also view how the payment flows appear on different device platforms, such as mobile devices, tablet/desktop computers, as well as various operating systems and/or Internet browsers. Once a selection of the various parameters for the payment flow is made by the merchant, a custom payment flow may be generated for the merchant. The merchant may browse the pages of the interface as well as receive downloadable code and best practices associated with the features of the interface. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332327 | RETAIL STORE AUDIO VIDEO FEATURE DEMONSTRATION SYSTEM - A retail display arrangement includes multiple video displays disposed on a wall in an arrangement. A content server causes a shopper terminal to present a user interface (UI) with video feature selectors. A shopper can select a feature and in response the content server sends content enhanced with the feature to some but not all of the displays, with the same content, not enhanced with the feature, being shown on a remaining display to better illustrate the feature to the shopper. The UI presents windows mimicking the display arrangement, and each window indicates whether the corresponding display on the wall presents content enhanced with the feature. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332384 | ARTIST TOUR GENERATION - Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer-readable storage mediums for determining tour locations are disclosed. Users are provided access to items of an online marketplace of a first user. Data is received from the first user that includes a request to determine a tour location of a tour. User accesses to the items of the online marketplace are monitored. Based at least on the monitored user accesses, values for candidate locations are determined. One of the candidate locations are selected based at least on the determined values of the candidate locations. The selected location of the candidate locations may be provided to the first user. | 11-19-2015 |
20150339762 | Systems and Methods for Generating an Online Solar Energy Marketplace - Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing an online solar marketplace. In an embodiment, a geolocation may be received corresponding to a property. Available equipment, installation, and financing offerings may be retrieved from a marketplace repository. The marketplace repository may store a plurality of service and equipment offerings from one or more equipment providers, installation providers, or financing providers. An integrated solar energy offering may be generated based on the retrieved equipment, installation or financing offerings, and a solar energy simulation may be performed for the solar energy offering to estimate energy production over a predetermined time period. The solar energy offering and energy production estimates may then be presented to a user of the solar marketplace. | 11-26-2015 |
20150356668 | CROSS STORE CUSTOMER RECOGNITION - A first on-premises computing system of a first premises identifies a wireless device identifier of a customer, serves a customer registration interface to the customer's wireless device, and receives customer profile information input by the customer via the customer registration interface. The first on-premises computing system transmits a customer profile for the customer to a remote computing system via a wide area network (WAN) for storage at a remote database to establish a pre-registered customer profile. A second on-premises computing system physically located at or in a second premises, detects the wireless device of the customer physically present at or in the second premises, downloads the pre-registered customer profile from the remote database to the second on-premises computing system, and serves a customer-specific interface to the wireless device for the second premises which is modified particularly for the customer based on information in the pre-registered customer profile. | 12-10-2015 |
20150371321 | COMPUTERIZED PRODUCT DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system displays information on one or more products or services to a shopper using an easily-controlled system for selecting the displayed information. The system uses a display device capable of retrieving information from local or remote memory for display in response to these commands from a shopper. The user controls the display device by physical motion of the display in communication with one or more nearby display cards containing one or more triggering symbols representing a product or service of interest. The display device senses the selected trigger and displays information related to the selected product or service. The shopper may also select differing types of information using the user camera and touch capability of the display device. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371322 | CUSTOMIZING AN APPLICATION - A system is configured to perform a method of customizing an application. The method includes receiving a connection from a client machine that is executing an application configurable by configuration information. The method also includes determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. The method further includes transmitting the configuration information to the client machine in response to the determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. In response to the transmitting of the configuration information, the application is configured to include a category structure for the application. In some example embodiments, the configuration information includes a software module upgrade of the application. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371346 | Process and apparatus for real property surveys. - An automated machine for surveying real property and a method for using the machine by requesting an automated machine, placing it for surveying the real property, programming the machine and allowing the machine to store and create displayable media. | 12-24-2015 |
20150379619 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PURCHASE USING GESTURE - A gesture profile may be set up for making a purchase. The gesture profile may define a gesture that triggers a purchase transaction. When the gesture is detected, a purchase target may be searched and identified. The purchase target may be purchased automatically using a payment method defined in the gesture profile. When multiple purchase targets are identified, a user selection may be received to select one or more purchase targets. The selected purchase targets may be purchased using the payment method defined in the gesture profile. Accordingly, a user may purchase a product or service by making a simple gesture on a mobile device. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379620 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF TRANSPARENCY BADGES IN E-COMMERCE - In one embodiment, a method include providing an online marketplace. The online marketplace implements a set of policies related to a seller behavior and a buyer behavior. A step includes determining a seller entity's metric with respect to the set of policies. A step includes determining a buyer entity's metric with respect to the set of policies. A step includes generating a seller's transparency badge. The seller's transparency badge comprises the seller entity's metric. A step includes generating a buyer's transparency badge. The seller's transparency badge comprises the buyer entity's metric. | 12-31-2015 |
20160005103 | DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX SYSTEM WITH USER-TAILORED MUSIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER TOOLS - A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user, including services for creating playlists, communicating with others, accessing other features, etc. is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, after a user is recognized, the jukebox system allows users to access a special front-end via the Internet or on an actual jukebox. Then, the user may, for example, create playlists, share songs with friends, send messages to friends, and access other value-added content. Other exemplary embodiments allow users to become certified, charging them for services without requiring constant inputting of coinage or credit card information. Such a system preferably learns about networks of friends, and enables managers to send similar messages to regular customers and/or others known to the system. | 01-07-2016 |
20160005104 | Method, System, and Graphic User Interface for Enabling a Customer to Access an Unpublished Media File - A method, system, GUI, apparatus, and computer readable media for enabling a customer to access to an unpublished media file uploaded by an artist are provided. An artist's profile may be hosted on, for example, a web site, SMS/MMS gateway, and a WAP site. A previously unpublished media file may be received from the artist based on a publish option of listed unpublished media content and may be uploaded to the user profile. The unpublished media file may be associated with the artist's account. A request to access the media file may be received from a customer. An account associated with the customer may be updated to indicate their requested access to the media file. The customer may then be enabled to access the media file. The user's account may be updated to indicate the transaction. | 01-07-2016 |
20160005105 | Method, System, and Graphic User Interface for Enabling a Customer to Access a Media File and Associated Artist - A method, system, GUI, apparatus, and computer readable media for enabling a customer to access both an artist media file as well as the associated artist are provided. An artist profile may be hosted on, for example, a web site, SMS/MMS gateway, and a WAP site. A media file may be received from the artist along with artist contact links and may be uploaded to the artist's profile. A request to access the media file and/or the artist may be received from a customer. The customer may then be enabled to access the media file and/or artist. The artist's account may be updated to indicate the transaction. | 01-07-2016 |
20160012499 | System For And Method Of Browsing Electronic Catalogs From Multiple Merchants | 01-14-2016 |
20160012519 | DROPSALE | 01-14-2016 |
20160019511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TIERED CONTENT - The present disclosure includes methods for providing content. In one embodiment, a method includes providing by a processing element a primary content slot for purchase and a secondary content slot for purchase, receiving by the processing element a user selection of the primary content slot, receiving by the processing element a user selection of the secondary content slot, enabling by the processing element a primary communication pathway to a primary user device and a host device, and enabling by the processing element a secondary communication pathway to a secondary user device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019635 | ONE VIEW USER INTERFACE - A one view user interface system for enabling prolific viewing of products and related information is described. The one view system user interface includes: a consolidated view of supplier, category or business unit on one platform encompassing information about its spend, contracts, supplier performance programs, sourcing events and purchase orders/invoices in order to enable the user to view information pertaining to supplier, category and/or business unit. The system avoids the user having to log in into different product portals to view related information or data, thereby helping the user to know the supplier related information while remaining in any one of the procurement tools and the user is not required to switch over from one product to another product. | 01-21-2016 |
20160035012 | ELECTRONIC SHELF SYSTEM WITH MOBILE DEVICE INTERACTIVITY AND PRINTED PLASTIC DISPLAY - The technology described herein includes an automated, customer-based retail display system with mobile device interactivity and a printed plastic display. In some embodiments, a system is described including an electronic shelf display strip that extends along the front edge of existing store shelves. The electronic shelf display strip can be printed on a plastic backplane and designed to fit in standard store shelf pricing areas. The printed electronic display on plastic is low cost and protected from damage as opposed to glass based screens used in prior art electronic shelf labels. | 02-04-2016 |
20160035013 | VEHICLE TRANSACTION PROCESSING - A vehicle pulls up to a fuel pump and a customer within the vehicle utilizes interfaces available within the vehicle to initiate a fuel transaction within the vehicle and to activate the fuel pump for dispensing fuel. The customer then exits the vehicle dispenses fuel and returns to the vehicle without interacting with the existing fuel pump interface and when the customer re-inserts the pump hose into a holster of the fuel pump, the fuel transaction is completed on behalf of the customer. | 02-04-2016 |
20160042442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING INPUT BASED ON DYNAMIC GRAMMARS - A method and system for evaluating service definitions in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) system which provides service offerings categorized according to service categories using a taxonomy. A specification field receives a formal definition of a service. The formal definition is for inclusion to define one of service offerings of the SOA. A current grammar is determined which is currently in effect as a specification-requirement of acceptable definitions for a service category in which the service is categorized. The current grammar is a common grammar. The system determines whether the formal definition in the specification field is acceptable, by adhering to the current grammar determined to be currently in effect as the specification-requirement for the category of the service. The formal definition is accepted for the service when it is determined to be acceptable according to the current grammar. Otherwise, the formal definition is rejected. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048906 | MAP-BASED SEARCH FOR REAL ESTATE SERVICE PROVIDERS - A computer system for locating real estate service providers by navigating an aerial image map of a geographic region. The system determines a search region corresponding to the geographic region by use of geospatial information associated with the geographic region. Once the search region is determined, the system searches a database for real estate service providers that are associated with the search region and that satisfy certain predetermined criteria. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055574 | Retail Store Layout Based on Online Actions - Clusters of products are identified based on user interactions with product information stored on a computer network. A layout of a physical store is displayed such that for at least one cluster of products, the displayed layout indicates which areas of the physical store contain products in the cluster. | 02-25-2016 |
20160059994 | VENDOR TRAY AND METHOD FOR VENDING AT A LIVE EVENT - A vendor tray includes a bottom wall; and a plurality of upstanding walls extending from the bottom wall and defining with the bottom wall a vending space for carrying the vendible items, at least one of the upstanding walls has a first viewable electronic display. A method for vending items at a live event, includes displacing the vendor tray through an audience of the live event while displaying on an viewable electronic display of an upstanding wall of the vendor tray a first graphic providing information related to at least one of the vendible item and the live event. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071196 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA AND REVENUE - Systems and methods are described for transferring data, goods, information, and items of value between users, partners, and service providers. The data can be collected by a plurality of sensors installed in a space. Payments, rebates, and incentives can be provided in response to analysis of the collected data. The collected data can be analyzed to provide a monitoring system in a home or other environment. | 03-10-2016 |
20160086257 | Interactive Sale Generation And Purchase Coordination Digital Media - A computer implemented method and a sales management system (SMS) for generating sales through interactive digital content (IDC) integrate multiple electronic commerce service providers (ECSPs) for facilitating purchase of multiple sale items from within digital media. The SMS preferably inserts an indicator element at a predefined location within the IDC in the digital media that, when activated, invokes a display of multiple sale item indicators. When a sale item indicator is activated, the SMS retrieves sale item information associated with the sale item, and selects an ECSP for completing the purchase of the sale item. The SMS displays a dynamic interactive display element (DIDE) linked to the activated sale item indicator. The DIDE displays sale item information and provides direct purchasing options. The SMS renders a content display interface associated with the selected ECSP based on a selection of one of the purchasing options for initiating purchase of the sale item. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086258 | CUSTOMIZABLE THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, facilitate creation and use of customizable three dimensional models. In one aspect, a method includes receiving input specifying one or more controls that modify geometry of a three dimensional (3D) model of an object; converting the 3D model of the object and the one or more specified controls into a program that runs in a publicly available runtime environment to provide a model interface to change the 3D model in accordance with the one or more specified controls when the program is run in the publicly available runtime environment; and publishing the program to an online marketplace for 3D models available for 3D printing. | 03-24-2016 |
20160098670 | Technological and Financial Partnerships to Enable a Package Exchange Service - A cloud based package transfer system is discussed that has a cloud based package-exchange-service hosted on a cloud based provider site. The cloud based package-exchange-service supplies servers and databases of retail websites with information regarding services for package exchange available to customers and their associated vehicles. The information enables a retail website to present a checkbox, the presented checkbox enables a customer at a checkout point of the purchase from the retail website to select an alternative package delivery option of delivering the purchased products to a target vehicle of the customer. The package-exchange-service receives purchase information from the retail websites and use purchase information to create database records for completed delivery operations. The package-exchange-service sets up the package delivery operation and implements a financial model that use the database records to calculate financial transactions between the package-exchange-service and the retail websites. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098782 | ON-LINE SHOPPING ASSISTANT FOR IN-STORE SHOPPING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping is provided. The method includes locating an in-store shopper in a portion of a store by locating a mobile device registered in a database in association with the in-store shopper. The method also includes receiving a request for data through the mobile device pertaining to at least one item in the store and filtering the requested data based upon the location of the in-store shopper in the portion of the store. Finally, the method includes presenting the filtered data in a display of the mobile device. | 04-07-2016 |
20160104215 | Customer Live Communication Marketing and Integrated CRM Tool - An all-in-one business management solution application and system is described which details elements pertaining to the implementation and integration of a CRM, analytics, scheduling, and reporting tool. The application is configured to connect a business to a customer or client via an integrated live chat option existent within the business' native smartphone application to further facilitate direct communication between the business and the customer outside of a traditional telemarketing, email blast, text based, or direct mail marketing campaigns. Customers or prospects are linked, via their member ID, to their mobile store application on their mobile devices, facilitating communication to the customer throughout the shopping experience by a customer service representative or similar support personnel | 04-14-2016 |
20160104234 | Data Exchange Infrastructure - A method and system for executing an item transaction between a first endpoint and a second endpoint employ a transaction application running on a computing device. The item may be any suitable item, such as a vehicle, and the computing device may be any suitable device having a graphical user interface and one or more input functions. The method and system entail receiving item data at the transaction application from the first endpoint and preparing a listing associated with the item at the transaction application and exposing the listing while omitting a contact channel. After a verification and compensation process are executed relative to the item and the first endpoint, then a contact channel is opened between the first endpoint and the second endpoint so as to enable communications between the first endpoint and the second endpoint. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110801 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC INTERRELATING OF A HOME AND THE GOODS AND SERVICES WITHIN IT - The present invention provides a method for interrelating goods and services by collecting information related to at least one item within a structure associated with at least one owner of said at least one item, providing said information to at least one server communicatively coupled to at least one service provider accessible application, wherein said application is resident on a device having a tangible computing processor, the processor in data communication with a non-transitory computer memory that stores instructions which, when executed on the processor, provides to the at least one service provider a graphical user interface; and receiving through the at least one service provider accessible application an authorization to offer at least one service associated with the at least one item. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117676 | ILLUSTRATION TO CONDUCT AN EXPEDITED ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION - A method to display an illustration to conduct an expedited electronic transaction is provided. Consumer identification information identifying a consumer is received. The consumer identification information is stored in association with a web browser of a consumer's device. A customized illustration is displayed based on the received consumer identification information on the consumer's device. A request is received for the expedited electronic transaction by swiping the customized illustration across a portion of the display of the consumer's device. Transaction data sufficient to complete the electronic transaction is sent to the merchant based on the swipe of the customized illustration across display of the consumer's device. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117761 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STOREFRONT GENERATION - An embodiment includes a system comprising an initialization module and a platform module. The initialization module provides an initialization interface to a merchant that receives an indication from the merchant to initialize creation of a storefront application. The platform module receives a selection of mobile phone device operating systems; accesses stored templates from a template database, and maps elements in the stored templates to portions of source code to generate sets of operating system-specific source code. The stored templates correspond to the selected mobile phone device operating systems. The stored templates include source code used to implement portions of the storefront application on a mobile phone device operating system. When compiled, the sets of operating system-specific source code become versions of the storefront application executable by a respective one of mobile phone device operating systems. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTION OF TWO PARAMETERS VIA UI ELEMENT - A method performed by one or more apparatuses is provided. The method comprises: obtaining information on a manipulation of a UI element performed by a user, wherein the UI element has a plurality of states allowing for a selection of one of the states by the user, a first state of the UI element being associated with a first value, the value being a value of a first parameter, and a second state of the UI element being associated with a second value, the second value being a value of a second parameter different from the first parameter. The method further comprises selecting a dataset from a set of datasets at least based on the obtained information, some or all of the datasets of the set of datasets associating a value of the first parameter with a value of the second parameter, and providing information on said selected dataset. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125516 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A method and a device for displaying apparatus information is described. A terminal may be used to control an apparatus, such as a household appliance. The terminal may receive a request for displaying apparatus control interface. The terminal may acquire information of the apparatus; and generate a store interface according to the apparatus information. The store interface may facilitate a user to receive information of a product corresponding to the apparatus and purchase the product conveniently, accurately, and quickly. The terminal may, thus, improve the user experience, and save time, costs, and network resources. | 05-05-2016 |
20160127144 | Home electrical appliance and network system - A network system including a home appliance, a server, and a communication terminal. The home appliance is provided with a control portion configured to control an operating state of the home appliance, an information setting portion configured to set information corresponding to current state of the control portion, and a transmitting portion configured to externally transmit a result of information set by the information setting portion through the communication line. The communication terminal is configured to display a specific advice, the specific advice being based on data, obtained from the multiple entries of data provided by the server, being suitable with a result of information transmitted by the home appliance. | 05-05-2016 |
20160129993 | AIRCRAFT WING FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT WING TIP DEVICES - An aircraft wing, the wing having a connection interface at the tip of the wing, and the wing being configurable between a first configuration in which a first wing tip device is connected to the connection interface, and a second configuration in which a second wing tip device is connected to the connection interface to replace the first wing tip device. The design of the wing is such that it is designed for performance in both the first and the second configurations. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132960 | Client Centric Viewer - A client viewer computing system may be configured to scan a plurality of business application computing systems that correspond to products and/or services provided by a business organization. The client view computing system may receive a customer identifier from an employee and, in response to the customer identifier, obtain information corresponding to the customer's interactions with the plurality of products and/or services offered by the business organization. Based on one or more customer attributes, the client viewer computing system may identify one or more products and/or services the customer for which the customer qualifies and display the identified opportunities on a customer centric viewer user interface. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132961 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE MERCHANT PRICING - One example embodiment relates to a computer-implemented method including receiving from a user, via a network, data relating to an item to be listed for sale at an item price in an electronic marketplace. An interactive pricing page is presented to the user, the pricing page including one or more interface elements to receive a pricing structure relating to the item to be listed for sale, the one or more interface elements allowing the user to define, as part of the pricing structure, at least a first item price and one or more future price changes in the item price during an item listing period. The method includes displaying the item listing with at least the first item price in the electronic marketplace, and automatically changing, during the item listing period, the displayed item price based on the received pricing structure. | 05-12-2016 |
20160148304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT INTEGRATED PRODUCT PURCHASING - In a system and method for providing augmented content, embodiments disclose a communication module that receives a product identifier for a product and content including an object. The embodiments also disclose an overlay creation module that creates a user interface with a first actuatable element, the first actuatable element being configured to send product purchase instructions to a merchant server when actuated. The embodiments also disclose a product matching module that matches the object to the product identifier and an augmentation module that, in response to the product matching module matching the object to the product identifier, creates an augmented content which includes the content and a second actuatable element, the second actuatable element being configured to display the user interface as an overlay over the content on a user device when actuated. The embodiments also disclose a displaying module that instructs a user device to display the augmented content. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148305 | MOVEMENT BASED SHOPPING - Systems and methods are disclosed herein include a method for inferring the state of a user of a mobile device based on the movement of the mobile device. A method is provided that includes receiving, at a computer system, movement data from a mobile device through a network interface, the movement data comprising data specifying the movement of the mobile device over a period of time; determining, at the computer system, a shopping state of a user of the mobile device based on the movement data; selecting a plurality of products from a database of available products to present to the user based on the shopping state of the user, and providing, through the network interface, a listing of the plurality of products to the mobile device. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148307 | Method of buying or selling items and a user interface to facilitate the same - A method of buying or selling items having at least one market and its associated processes are disclosed. The method includes the steps of, under control of a client system, displaying information identifying at least one item and a bid and/or ask price for the item in the market; and specifying transaction conditions based on a user directed position of a moveable icon, where the transaction conditions are related to the buying or selling of the identified item in the active market. Then, in response to an action of the user sending a user transaction request at the transaction conditions displayed at the time of said action, facilitating financial transactions for the user in accordance with the transaction conditions to complete the transaction. In this manner, the item may be bought or sold by the user at the transaction conditions specified. A user interface to facilitate this method is also disclosed. A quantity recommendation system to facilitate the quantity decision of a financial transaction is further disclosed. | 05-26-2016 |
20160162980 | INTERNET OF THINGS DEVICE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM - An Internet of Things management system is described that allows organizations to remotely monitor and configure a fleet of devices. In one embodiment, the system includes a services layer executed by a computing platform that communicates with mobile devices such as smart phones via a network interface. Beacon devices may be deployed to broadcast a location identification within an organization's site to the mobile devices, which location may then be communicated to the services layer. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162981 | CONTEXT SENSITIVE ENTRY POINTS - Various methods for opening an online media store are disclosed. In one aspect, a media player can determine contextual data (e.g., category information, performer information, genre associated with the media, etc.) associated with the media selected or displayed by a user of the media player. The media player can provide the contextual data to an online media store. The online media store can be opened to a context sensitive entry point based on the contextual data. In some implementations, the context sensitive entry point can display content associated with the category of the media previously displayed by the media player. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160187189 | SMART SHELVES - A method may include obtaining a weight of merchandise supported by a shelf and obtaining identifier data of the merchandise supported by the shelf. The identifier data may be wirelessly received from tags associated with the merchandise. The method may also include determining information for presentation to a consumer regarding the merchandise based on the weight of the merchandise and the identifier data of the merchandise. The method may also include providing the information for presentation to the consumer of the merchandise when the consumer is proximate the merchandise that is supported by the shelf. | 06-30-2016 |
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20220138836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL APPLICATION OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS BASED ON FACIAL IDENTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDING MAKEUP INFORMATION - A client device obtains a request from a user to retrieve makeup information from a cloud server and obtains a digital image of a facial region of the user. The client device transmits the digital image to initiate a communication session with the cloud server without obtaining login credentials from the user, wherein the cloud server retrieves a makeup session packet by matching the transmitted digital image with one of a plurality of digital images in the cloud server and transmits the makeup session packet comprising a corresponding selection of cosmetic products. The client device receives the makeup session packet and extracts the selection of cosmetic products by the client device and generates a user interface displaying the selection of cosmetic products. The client device performs virtual application of the selection of cosmetic products onto the facial region of the user. | 05-05-2022 |