03rd week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160019570 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING SURVEY - A method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium of providing a survey includes receiving a search request from a user terminal, displaying a survey corresponding to a search word included in the search request on a region of a search result screen, generating a survey question for the survey according to a user's input using the user terminal, receiving answers to survey questions included in the survey, and providing a result of conducting the survey, which is obtained by analyzing the answers to the survey, to a service server when the survey is ended. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED ONLINE AUCTION - A method and system for an improved online auction is provided. The improved online auction fosters a win-win scenario and a sense of fairness between buyers and sellers, whereby the participants know the exact dollar cost to complete the auction process within a predictable timeframe. Auction participants know the entirety of their monetary investment in completing an auction—a registration fee. The present invention is adapted so that such participants can earn bidding units as a function of their skill in playing online games with other participants. Wherein, bidding units are used to buy the auctioned item, thereby fostering a non-dollar based competitive nature that attracts some users to auctions, yet maintaining a sense of level-field fairness so as to not repel other users. Moreover, the present invention is also adapted to limit each auction to a predetermined number of participants, each with a limited amount of bidding units, and operating under known time constraints, thereby providing a predictable timeframe for completing each auction process. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019572 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENTLY DISTRIBUTING COUPONS - A method for efficiently distributing coupons to consumers including, inter alia, storing a plurality of consumer profiles; receiving, from a first device of a first consumer, a first consumer identifier associated with the first consumer and identification of at least one second consumer to whom a coupon, with an associated coupon identifier, is to be forwarded; forwarding the coupon to a second device of the at least one second consumer; creating a coupon forwarding data entry, in a consumer profile of the first consumer; receiving a notification indicating coupon redemption and including at least the coupon identifier; updating a consumer profile of the second consumer to reflect a weighted interest level; identifying from the first database, coupon history information that includes at least forwarding and redemption information associated with the redeemed coupon; and generating statistics based on the identified coupon history information. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019573 | DISCOUNT DEALS FOR POSITIVE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - A method is disclosed for a website, preferably having an e-commerce storefront, operated by a business to offer a customer a discount deal for a good or service in exchange for a positive social media communication from a social media account of the customer to a social media account of the business. If the customer accepts the discount deal, the website or e-commerce storefront may either access social media account login information previously received from the customer or request the social media account login information from the customer. The website or e-commerce storefront may then log into the social media account of the customer and transmit a positive social media communication (such as a follow or like) from the social media account of the customer to the social media account of the business. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019574 | Securely Managing Transactional History for Targeted Content - Mobile devices and servers that securely manage transactional history for targeted content are described. A content originator generates a secure content package for the targeted content and delivers the package to a trusted service manager (TSM). The TSM delivers the package to a first mobile device. The first mobile device presents the package for redemption and/or transfers the package to one or more additional mobile devices. Prior to presentment or transfer, the first mobile device updates a secure history container of the package to include a unique identifier of the first mobile device and a corresponding authentication token. When the package is presented for redemption, the TSM validates the package and authenticates the secure history container. The TSM delivers the authenticated secure history container to the content originator as a record of the redemption. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019575 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR PROTECTING AND PROMOTING PRODUCTS OF A GIVEN BRAND BY USING MACHINE READABLE CODES - Computer implemented methods for protecting and promoting products of a given brand by using machine readable codes, including assigning, by a given brand, a particular value to a machine readable code localized in a packaging of a product; a user scanning the machine readable code by using a mobile computing device having installed therein a processor adapted to read the machine readable code; upon the scanning being performed, establishing communication between the processor and a remote server for storing the scanned code and performing a series of checkings of the scanned code; depending on the result of the checkings the remote server assigns a monetary compensation from the brand to the user that is delivered through the processor; and the processor informing the user about the checking, wherein the machine readable code contains information regarding a marketing campaign of the given brand, a product code and the particular value encrypted. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019576 | CONTROLLING REAL-TIME EXECUTION OF INTERNET COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS WITH PARAMETERIZABLE FLOW CONTROL STRUCTURES - Systems and methods for real-time control of Internet messaging campaigns. Processing commences upon retrieving a computer-readable schematic capture or other computer representation of an Internet messaging campaign or marketing campaign flow. During execution of the campaign flow, decision points in the form of program stage gates as given in the schematic are reached, and corresponding program stage gate expressions are evaluated based on then-current real-time conditions or values. When the program stage gate expression evaluates to one of a set of alternative values (e.g., “take forward path” or “take alternative path1” or “take alternative path2”), then the program execution will initiate a set of execution actions given in the marketing campaign schematic. In cases when then-current real-time conditions or values evaluate to an alternate value or in cases when the real-time conditions or values are not available or cannot be evaluated within a timeout period, then remedial action is initiated. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019577 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DATA AND CONTENT RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES - Methods and systems for managing content related to Sustainable Development Strategies (SDS) may include a processor for receiving content comprising standardized data. The standardized data may include monetary valuations. The processor may be configured to store the received content in a storage device, and communicate with a content publication module and the storage device to publish the SDS content. In an embodiment, the processor may be configured to allow for searching of the published content by criteria based on the standardized SDS content. In an embodiment, the publication of submitted contents may be limited to a first predetermined number. The publication limit may be increased from the first predetermined number to a second predetermined number when a first predetermined threshold is reached. To encourage new quality content, additional increase in the number of contents that may be published may be allowed if additional predetermined thresholds are met. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019578 | METHOD OF LOG SCANNING - Example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to provide analysis of the distribution of overlaps of logs of values. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019579 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COORDINATE COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS - The invention is a system and method for coordination communication between an advertiser, an influencer and consumers in connection with an influencer campaign which uses social media. The invention also provides a method and system for evaluating the effectiveness of an influencer campaign as well as individual influences who participate in an influencer campaign. The invention gathers and stores social media data which is, in turn, used to evaluate how well and influencer campaign has reached consumers. The invention also measures the reach of individual influencers. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019580 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE IMPRESSIONS CORRESPONDING TO MARKET SEGMENTS - Methods and apparatus to determine impression corresponding to market segments are disclosed. An example method includes determining a number of impressions that occurred on mobile devices and that are attributable to a first demographic group, where the number of impressions are based on attributions of the impressions to the first demographic group. The example method also includes determining whether a size of a first audience that corresponds to the first demographic group satisfies a threshold, where the first audience includes panelists in an audience measurement panel. The example method further includes determining whether a size of a second audience satisfies the threshold when the size of the first audience does not satisfy the threshold, where the second audience includes panelists in the audience measurement panel that correspond to a second demographic group and the first audience is a subset of the second audience. The method further includes calculating impressions attributable to a market segment and to the second demographic group when the second size of the second audience satisfies the threshold based on a portion of the second audience that belongs to the market segment. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019581 | EXPANSION OF TARGETING CRITERIA BASED ON ADVERTISEMENT PERFORMANCE - An online system selects advertisements for presentation a user based on characteristics of the user. The online system monitors performance of advertisements based on a goal for the advertisement and a time interval for achieving the goal. During a time period within the time interval, the online system determines an actual performance of the advertisement and compares the actual performance to a portion of the goal associated with the time period. If the actual performance does not satisfy the portion of the goal associated with the time period, the online system expands targeting criteria of the advertisement to increase a number of users eligible to be presented with the advertisement. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019582 | PREDICTIVE MODELING OF ATTRIBUTION - Systems and methods for predictive modeling of attribution are described. Systems and methods may include receiving one or more inputs; processing the one or more inputs using a general linear model; and providing predicted online and offline campaign impact. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SMOOTH AND EFFECTIVE BUDGET DELIVERY IN ONLINE ADVERTISING - Systems and methods are provided for smooth and effective budget delivery in online advertising. The system includes a storage including a plurality of user groups, where each user group corresponds to a layer comprising a layer-specific parameter. The system further includes a pacing control server in communication with the storage. The pacing control server is programmed to dynamically update the layer-specific parameter for each layer. The system also includes an ad server in communication with the pacing control server. The ad server is programmed to receive an ad call, assign a layer to the ad call, and get a pacing parameter corresponding to the assigned layer from the pacing control server. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019584 | MANAGEMENT OF AN ADVERTISING EXCHANGE USING EMAIL DATA - Systems and methods for management of an advertising exchange using email data are described. Systems and methods may include receiving one or more inputs of audience data from one or more publishers; transforming the one or more inputs into information in a unified customer database; receiving a query from a front end query tool; accessing information in the unified customer database responsive to the query; and providing the responsive information to the front end query tool. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING ADVERTISEMENTS - An advertisement distribution system, method, and computer readable medium (collectively, the “System”) is provided. The System may request posts containing a subject tag from social media operators. The posts may be made by merchants having a relationship with the System. The System may filter the posts based on filters, geographic data, and member preferences. The System may distribute the posts to members having a relationship with the System. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANTANEOUS FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION AND ANALYSIS RESULTING IN A TARGETED OUTPUT - A fingerprint analysis device is presented including a chemical analysis mechanism for creating a chemical signature of a subject by identifying a select number of molecules or molecular compounds from an impression of a fingerprint of the subject to derive distinguishing characteristics therefrom and an output mechanism outputting one or more messages based on the chemical signature. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019587 | EXTRACTING PREDICTIVE SEGMENTS FROM SAMPLED DATA - A system and method is disclosed which predicts the relative occurrence or presence of an event or item based on sample data consisting of samples which contain and samples which do not contain the event or item. The samples also consist of any number of descriptive attributes, which may be continuous variables, binary variables, or categorical variables. Given the sampled data, the system automatically creates statistically optimal segments from which a functional input/output relationship can be derived. These segments can either be used directly in the form of a lookup table or in some cases as input data to a secondary modeling system such as a linear regression module, a neural network, or other predictive system. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019588 | System and Method for Displaying Search Results - A computer implemented method of presenting search results, the method comprising the steps of receiving a search query from a client; using the search query, searching a first database of pay-per-click display items to generate a set of pay-per-click search results that match the search query; using the search query, searching a second database of cost-per-impression display items to generate a set of cost-per-impression search results that match the search query; sending returned pay-per-click search results, comprising at least a subset of the set of pay-per-click search results, if any, and returned cost-per-impression search results, comprising at least a subset of the set of cost-per-impression search results, if any, to the client. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019589 | RETARGETING IN A SEARCH ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retargeting content in a search environment. A method can include receiving a request for a content item to be provided with a search results page and determining that one or more retargeted content items are eligible for presentation with the search results page. Each retargeted content item is a content item that is eligible for presentation with the search results page based on: (1) the search query matching a targeting keyword for the retargeted content item, and (2) the user identifier matching a retargeted identifier that is included in a retargeting set for the retargeted content item. A responsive content item to be presented with the search results page is selected, based at least in part on bids that are associated with the retargeted content items, and data specifying the responsive content item are provided. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019590 | INFORMATION DISPENSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system for providing target information such as the location of a vehicle in a parking garage, the sales information about property for sale (such as real estate or vehicles) transportation information (such schedules and routes of trains, buses and planes). The system includes a smart sign having a sign code for use in accessing target information for an item at an identified location. The system also includes a smart device for inputting the sign code, for transmitting the sign code to a remote server, and for receiving a reply from the remote server to provide the target information. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019591 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISEMENT INDUCING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION FROM TARGETED CUSTOMERS AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method for providing advertisement inducing active participation from targeted customers and a system therefore includes providing a high advertising effect to advertisers through active participation of customers and offering a predetermined compensation to customers participated in consultation. The method for providing advertisement inducing active participation from targeted customers comprises: (a) receiving consultation advertisement registering information from advertisers; (b) outputting consultation advertisement depending on the input registering information; (c) receiving consultation requesting information from customers about the consultation advertisement; and (d) providing a predetermined compensation to customers who input the consultation requesting information. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019592 | System and Method for Estimating Mobile Device Locations - A method of delivering location-based information comprises receiving a request including a location indicator from a packet-based network and translating the location indicator into a probabilistic representation of one or more possible locations of a mobile user based on historical data collected from mobile devices. By generating the probabilistic user location representation, the method can be used to deal with the inherent uncertainty in user location data, particularly in a mobile world. In some embodiments, this is done by using validation, context analysis, creation of consistent groups, and probability allocation procedures. Location-based document retrieval can be enabled using the probabilistic user location representation. In certain embodiments, IP regions for respective IP addresses are derived from ad requests made over a certain period of time, and the IP regions are used to translate location indicators of subsequent ad requests into probabilistic representations of possible locations of mobile users. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019593 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EPHEMERAL ADVERTISING - Systems and methods for presenting ephemeral promotions to consumers are described, in which a time-limited promotion is displayed alongside consumer-directed content on a computing device used by a consumer. The time-limited promotion is ephemeral and disappears if the computing device does not detect customer engagement of the promotion within a time limit for the promotion. An advertising server transmits an advertisement, a promotion, a time limit setting and instructions over a network to the computing. The instructions are configured to cause the computing device to display the advertisement near the consumer-directed content, to display the promotion upon the computing device detecting consumer engagement with the advertisement within the time limit and to terminate display of the advertisement if the computing device does not detect the consumer engagement within the time limit. Further systems and methods are set out. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019594 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Communication systems and methods support communication between multiple devices. In some embodiments, a method initiates a communication session between a first device and a second device via a server. The method identifies a first user associated with the first device and identifies a second user associated with the second device. An interaction history between the first user and the second user is accessed from the server and communicated to the first device for display on the first device. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019595 | EXPANSION OF TARGETING CRITERIA USING AN ADVERTISEMENT PERFORMANCE METRIC TO MAINTAIN REVENUE - An online system selects advertisements for a user based on characteristics of the user. The online system presents advertisements to the user having targeting criteria satisfied by the characteristics of the user. To increase the number of users eligible to be presented with an advertisement, the online system increases the users eligible to be presented with the advertisement to include users that do not meet targeting criteria included in the advertisement. The online system obtains a percentile of users based on a performance metric associated with the advertisement and determines a cutoff measure of affinity based on the percentile and measures of affinity between various users and the advertisement. A user is eligible to be presented with the advertisement if a measure of affinity between the user and the advertisement is greater than the cutoff measure of affinity for the advertisement. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019596 | REVERSE SEARCH DATABASE SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are methods useful for reverse-searching, and categorizing consumer markets and preferences according to consumer and/or viewer interaction, in any type of display format, which in turn creates consumer and/or viewer interaction data. The data is then used to process the reverse-search within a database. The methods generally can be utilized for commercial purposes, by a business, such as for advertising or solicitation to the viewer. Also disclosed herein is the incorporation of the Pre-Search Query Label Stack into the reverse-search which improves the quality and reliability of the reverse-search. The methods can provide new and improved commercial success in advertising, education, training, branding, promotional activity, notice, offer and solicitation by the business to the consumer or viewer. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019597 | ADVERTISEMENT SNAPSHOT RECORDER - According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the storage of an image of a rendered webpage on a storage medium. A first message including a request for a webpage may be transmitted to a web server via a communications interface. The webpage request may generate an advertising opportunity bid request for bids to place an advertisement on the requested webpage. A second message to place a bid on the generated advertising opportunity bid request may be transmitted. Information for rendering the webpage is received in response to the webpage request, and an image of the rendered webpage may be stored on a storage medium. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019598 | TARGETED ADVERTISING AND ATTRIBUTION ACROSS MULTIPLE SCREENS BASED ON PLAYING GAMES ON A GAME CONSOLE THROUGH A TELEVISION - Disclosed are a method and/or a system of targeted advertising and attribution across multiple screens based on playing games on a game console through a television. A method of a game identification server includes comparing a game identifying data received from the television through an Internet network with a game identification database to determine a game identifier. The game identifying data is generated using a game identification algorithm of the television. The game identifying data is communicated to the game identification server. The game identifier is associated with a public IP address of the television. At least one client ID associated with the public IP address using a device map table is determined. The client device associated with a particular client ID associated with the game identifier provides an advertising spot to an advertising exchange that provides an opportunity to a real time bidder to place a bid for advertisement. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019599 | Sponsorship System - The invention is directed to a sponsorship system configured to facilitate a transaction to sell and purchase a sponsorship opportunity. The system includes an electronic data receiving module configured to receive information in relation to one or more sponsorship opportunities, an electronic rating module for automatically determining a sponsorship rating for each sponsorship opportunity, each sponsorship rating providing an indication of market value associated with the respective sponsorship opportunity, an electronic display module configured to generate display data for displaying on an electronic display the one or more sponsorship opportunities available for sale and their associated sponsorship rating, an electronic purchasing module configured to receive one or more offers for purchasing a sponsorship opportunity from a potential sponsor. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019600 | VISUAL TAG EDITOR - According to various embodiments, techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the editing of computer programming tags associated with a website. A user interface displaying a representation of a website may be presented on a display screen. The representation may include a plurality of webpage identifiers that each identifies a respective webpage associated with the website. The representation may also include a plurality of active tag indicators that are each associated with a respective one of the webpages. Each active tag indicator may identify a respective portion of computer programming code included in the respective webpage with which the active tag indicator is associated. User input indicating an editing action to be performed with respect to one or more of the computer programming code portions may be received, and a message identifying the editing action may be transmitted via a communications interface. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019601 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODERATING, EVALUATING, AND ESCALATING MULTIMEDIA FILES - The present invention generally relates to interactive advertisements. Specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for providing professional moderation, weighted evaluation, and an escalation of multimedia files ranking. Multimedia files subjected to this process have the result of enhanced user enjoyment and escalating remuneration for multimedia submitters. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019602 | ADVERTISEMENT METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An advertisement method of an electronic device and the electronic device thereof are provided. The operation method of the electronic device includes the processes of displaying banner advertisement comprising a user selection item, and displaying banner advertisement of a scenario matching to a result of selection of the user selection item. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019603 | ATTRIBUTING OFFLINE CONVERSIONS TO ONLINE ACTIVITY - A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to connect online and offline activity. Advertisement delivery information is acquired. The advertisement delivery information includes an advertisement identification and a user identification identifying a user to which the advertisement was delivered. Beacon information is acquired. The beacon information includes a beacon identification and location. The beacon identification and the device identification are received from an application executing on a first device associated with the user. The application receives the low energy signal from the beacon identified by the beacon identification. Based on the advertisement delivery information, beacon identification, and device identification, conversion of the advertisement is directly attributed. Conversion information based on the conversion is then provided. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019604 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one aspect of an embodiment, an information display device includes a display unit configured to display first content and second content in a display region so as to overlap each other. The information display device includes a change unit configured to change the second content to third content, depending on a position where a predetermined region included in the first content is displayed. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019605 | CONTENT ITEM SELECTION CRITERIA GENERATION - Selection of content selection criteria based on entities related by relationship dimensions. In one aspect, a method receives a selection of a seed entity described in entity relation data, the entity relation data defining instances of entities, and for each entity one or more relationship dimensions; generating a set of selected entities; iteratively updating the set of selected entities, each iteration comprising: determining a set of relationship dimensions from the entities in the set of selected entities, each relationship dimension in the set being selected from the one or more relationship dimensions of the entities in the set of selected entities, receiving a selection of one of the relationship dimensions and in response: determining a set of candidate entities from the relationship dimensions and in response to receiving a selection of one or more candidate entities, updating the set of selected entities to include the one or more candidate entities. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019606 | Dynamic Internet Advertising System - Methods and apparatus are provided for the dynamic placement, management and monitoring of Internet advertising. A provider of Internet content distributes the Internet content by embedding an advertisement placeholder in the Internet content; and provides the Internet content to an aggregator web site. The aggregator web site presents the Internet content to at least one end user with at least one advertisement in the advertisement placeholder. The advertisement placeholder is processed by a third party agent to automatically share revenue from the at least one advertisement with the provider of the Internet content and a provider of the aggregator web site. The advertisement placeholder can optionally be embedded in the Internet content using one or more templates. The third party agent also evaluates the content and at least one policy of multiple parties to identify at least one advertisement to present in the advertisement placeholder. The advertisement placeholder embodies a three party agreement between the provider of the Internet content, the provider of the aggregator web site and at least one advertiser. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019607 | DEVICE APPRAISAL - Systems and methods for device appraisal are described. Some implementations include receiving a request from a mobile station to access a device appraisal service, retrieving one or more parameters associated with the mobile station, where the parameters include at least a mobile directory number (MDN) of the mobile station, automatically determining a model of the mobile station based on the MDN, displaying, at the mobile station, a web interface of the device appraisal service, providing for display in the web interface an identification of the model of the mobile station and user interface elements to receive condition information of the mobile station, determining a trade-in value of the mobile station based on the identified model and the condition information, and providing the trade-in value of the mobile station to the web interface for display at the mobile station. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019608 | DYNAMICALLY ADAPTABLE REAL-TIME CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER AND/OR ASSOCIATED METHOD - Certain example embodiments relate to a dynamically adaptable real-time customer experience manager and/or associated method. Electronic messages are received from different source systems. Each message has an associated message type. Metadata is dynamically and programmatically developed for each received message based on an extensible set of scoring scenarios. The metadata includes at least one metric that is comparable across messages of different types for assessing relative priorities. A determination is made as to where in a queue of pending messages each received message is to be inserted, based on the metadata. A complex event processing query is executed on the queue to dynamically identify a pending message therein that is to be delivered. The identified pending message is subjected to pre-programmed distribution scenarios to identify which possible communication channel(s) that identified pending message is to be sent. The identified pending message is forwarded to the identified communication channel(s) for sending. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019609 | COST COMPUTATION DEVICE, COST COMPUTATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A cost computation apparatus ( | 2016-01-21 |
20160019610 | SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING, COMPARING AND ACQUIRING COLLECTIBLES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF - A system for acquiring and managing collectibles is disclosed and described herein that comprises: a first subject collectibles database, a global collectibles database, a collectibles catalog, a comparison module, a search module, and a reporting module. In some contemplated embodiments, the system further comprises a sales module or interface. Each of these databases, catalogs and modules are described in detail herein, along with how they are operatively connected and utilized. A separate online collectible marketplace, which may act as a companion or component to the system for acquiring and managing collectibles or may be independent from that system, comprises: a global collectibles database comprising information from at least two different sources, a collectibles catalog and a search module. Methods and applications are also disclosed. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ALLIED PRODUCTS - The method comprises processing plural product information records from the product information sources into one or more groups based on which product information records are likely to correspond to the same product, correlating a unique product ID corresponding to the product associated with each of said groups to identify the product, comparing each identified product to categories of a taxonomy to determine a category for the identified products in the taxonomy, and determining attributes for each categorized product based on the product information records corresponding to each group, creating product specifications based on the determined attributes and storing the product specification in the corresponding determined categories of the taxonomy. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019612 | QUALITY AWARE DISCOVERY SUPPRESSION - Disclosed are various embodiments for a search result suppression application. A search result suppression application selects items from an electronic catalog. Suppression rules are selected and applied to the selected items. Items which meet conditions defined in the suppression rules are excluded from search results responsive to search queries subsequently applied to the electronic catalog. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING A TRANSACTION QUALITY SCORE OF A MERCHANT - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for calculating a transaction quality score of a merchant are disclosed. For example, the method analyzes fraudulent transaction data in a fraudulent transaction data table for each one of a plurality of merchants, calculates a transaction quality score for the each one of the plurality of merchants based on the fraudulent transaction data, filters the plurality of merchants having a respective transaction quality score above a threshold and transmits the plurality of merchants having the respective transaction quality score above the threshold for display. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019614 | ONLINE MARKETPLACE WITH SELLER FINANCING - An online marketplace system generates an online marketplace for seller-financed transactions. The system includes a plurality of listings of transaction offerings that are available. The transaction offerings are listed by a plurality of users and are from a plurality of different categories of products and services. The transaction offerings include a plurality of transaction terms, including payment and seller-financing terms. A transaction engine facilitates the negotiation of transaction terms between users and the formation of agreement between users. Transaction coins are awarded during the successful performance of a transaction according to the agreed upon transaction terms. A reputation engine generates trust profiles and trust scores for users. The trust profiles and trust scores are used by parties to evaluate the trustworthiness of the other party. A user interface engine generates a user interface that includes listings from users and trust scores of those users. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019615 | Mapping and Procurement System - Methods and systems are described for generating a list of aftermarket parts that match a fit with a Vehicle Identification Number as well as a description of the part to be replaced. The methods interface with existing quoting platforms. According to one embodiment, the method and system describes receiving a Request For a Quote, querying a database for matching parts, returning the list, receiving a part selection, querying a database for shipping information, ordering the part, and returning an order confirmation. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019616 | COMPUTER-BASED TECHNOLOGY FOR AIDING THE REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES - A computer-assisted inspection system provides computer architectures and software controlled algorithms to automatically provide vehicle inspections and repair recommendations including estimated repair time and cost of depression type damage such as dents. Features provided by a handheld wireless touchscreen based inspection device include flat car part picking, auto grading including seller grading, and automatic calculation of body and bumper dent repair parameters and directions. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019617 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATION OF ORDERS OF FOOD ITEMS - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques which aid in correctly capturing what a restaurant customer intends to order, and may enhance the customer's satisfaction with the ordering and dining process overall. For example, an interface may be provided through which a customer may specify an order, and the interface may clearly convey such information as each ordered item's ingredients and nutritional content. The interface may enable the customer to customize ordered items, and may clearly convey any changes that the customer has made, allowing the customer to make informed choices about the items included in an order. The interface may embody a design which enables the customer to quickly and easily customize items, and/or to re-order previously customized items. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019618 | AUGMENTED REALITY RECOMMENDATIONS - Various embodiments enable a computing device to perform tasks such as processing an image to recognize text or an object in an image to identify a particular product or related products associated with the text or object. In response to recognizing the text or the object as being associated with a product available for purchase from an electronic marketplace, one or more advertisements or product listings associated with the product can be displayed to the user. Accordingly, additional information for the associated product can be displayed, enabling the user to learn more about and purchase the product from the electronic marketplace through the portable computing device. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019619 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DYNAMIC PRICE RANGES - This disclosure provides systems and methods of determining price quantiles for associated search queries and displaying said price quantiles when one or more search queries are received. In various embodiments, a search query for an item offered for sale may be received. Search results from a plurality of offered items may be determined based on the search query. The search results may each be associated with a price. The search results may be displayed, and a selection of a search result may be received. The price of the selected search result may be associated with the received search query. Various price quantiles may be determined based on the associated price(s). In addition, the price quantiles may each include prices associated with the search results. The determined price quantiles may then be displayed in response to a second search query determined to be related to the first search query. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019620 | DYNAMIC IMAGE SITELINKS - Systems and methods for determining and providing dynamic content item images are provided. A data processing system can determine a content item including an image. The content item is provided for display on a device. Upon receiving an indication of interest in the image, a plurality of additional images is determined based on historical activity information associated with the device. The additional images are provided for display by the device, in place of the image. Data associated with each image includes a URL of a web page associated with a product depicted in an image. The web page enables the user to purchase the product depicted in the image. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019621 | REVIEW BASED NAVIGATION AND PRODUCT DISCOVERY PLATFORM - Methods and systems for providing review based navigation on an ecommerce website are described. The method comprises receiving a user query associated with a specific feature of a product. According to the method, a sentiment analysis of a plurality of reviews associated with the product is performed, along with topic based modeling and contextualization of the reviews by relevance to the query. The analysis may provide a sentiment classification regarding the strengths and weaknesses of each product for that specific feature based on the plurality of reviews associated with the product. The method further provides topic based navigation of the ecommerce website, contextualization of the prior customer reviews, and product relevance. In response to the user query, the contextualized product(s) are displayed to aid the user in selecting a product for purchase. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019622 | SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING, COMPARING AND ACQUIRING COLLECTIBLES, METHODS AND USES THEREOF - A system for acquiring and managing collectibles is disclosed and described herein that may include a global collectibles database, a collectibles catalog, and a comparison module. The global collectibles database includes about collectibles for sale from at least two different vendors, auction sites, dealers, trade shows or a combination thereof. The collectibles catalog includes information about known collectibles in existence. The comparison module may be used to compare collectibles for sale with known collectibles and/or collectibles of a collector and available collectibles for sale. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019623 | INTERNATIONAL SEARCH RESULT WEGHTING - A method and a system for international search result weighting. A migration trend of users in a first interaction set to a second interaction set in a time period may be evaluated. A weight may be assigned to members of a set of searchable listings corresponding to a country associated with the second interaction set based on the migration trend. In response to a search query that satisfies a subset of members of both the set of searchable listings and a second set of searchable listings corresponding to a second country associated with the first interaction set, return search results with the members ordered with respect to each other using the weight. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019624 | COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GUIDING THE PURCHASE OF CLOTHING ARTICLES - A computer program for guiding the purchase of clothing articles may include a user profile. The user profile may comprise a data entry interface adapted to receive user preference data such as clothing sizing parameters, color preferences, and/or style preferences. The user profile may also include a sharing feature enabling a user to share preferences with other users. The computer program may also include a manufacturer sizing database containing clothing article dimensions. Furthermore, the computer program may include an article recommendation feature adapted to apply a recommendation algorithm to user preferences and to a plurality of purchase options so as to arrive at a set of recommended articles. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019625 | Determination of a Purchase Recommendation - A method comprising receiving information indicative of a product candidate that comprises a plurality of product candidate attributes, the product candidate attributes corresponding with product attributes that are comprised by a customer store segment sales model, the customer store segment sales model comprising a set of customer store segments, determining a relative intersegment quantity of sales for each customer store segment of the set of customer store segments, determining a relative intrasegment quantity of sales for each customer store segment of the set of customer store segments, generating a set of quadrant representations such that each quadrant representation of the set of quadrant representations represents a customer store segment of the set of customer store segments, and determining a purchase recommendation for a customer store segment based, at least in part, on a quadrant representation that represents the customer store segment. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019626 | Clothing Fitting System - A system and methods for predicting customer returns of purchased merchandise and offering suggestions to the customer for clothing size during the purchase process is described. The system makes use of data collection and historic purchase and return data to predict future purchase and return and makes suggestion to the customer to minimize customer returns, minimize cost of returns and maximize customer satisfaction. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019627 | INITIAL PROFILE CREATION IN A MEDIA RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - A method of operating a recommendation system comprises receiving one or more elements of identifying information for a first user, and receiving one or more user demographic elements associated with the first user based on the received identifying information. The recommendation system generates an initial media preference profile from correlation between the one or more user demographic elements and media preferences known to be associated with the one or more user demographic elements. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019628 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND ARTICLE FOR FACILITATING ONLINE COMMERCE - An exemplary method, system, and article for online commerce are provided. One exemplary embodiment can be a method for facilitating online commerce. The method may include navigating to an online mall website including a database, entering user data into the database, navigating to a merchant website of a plurality of merchant websites without cooperation from the plurality of merchant websites, viewing the merchant website with a browser instance, and opening a plurality of hidden browser instances to communicate information to and from the online mall website and the merchant website offering products for sale. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019629 | CONTEXT RICH CONSENT CONTROLLED FOOD PURCHASE MANAGEMENT - A method, apparatus and system for generating contextual information associated with a commercial transaction are described. A unique transaction identifier: is received from a scanned code, identifies a specific commercial transaction between a consumer and a retailer and serves as an authorization, by the consumer, to transfer information relating to the specific commercial transaction to a database associated with an account of the consumer. If the unique transaction identifier is received, a list of goods purchased by the consumer during the transaction is retrieved from a computer associated with the retailer and additional information to retrieve is determined based on at least one preference of the consumer. The additional information is retrieved and stored in the database associated with the account of the consumer for use in providing at least one of food budgeting services, diet monitoring services or economic offers to the consumer through an application. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019630 | INTEGRATING SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEMS WITH ELECTRONIC COMMERCE SYSTEMS FOR GIFT CAMPAIGNS - Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating gift campaigns in association with a social networking system. A computing device may identify a user of a social networking system that is associated with a recipient for a gift campaign. An invitation for the user to participate in the gift campaign can be transmitted by the computing device. The computing device may identify a product as a suggested gift for the gift campaign. In addition, the computing device may generate content for a network page for the social networking system, and the network page can include a user interface container in which the product is represented. The computing device may also obtain a selection of the product made via the network page and perform a transaction to order the product for the recipient. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019631 | SYSTEM THAT DYNAMICALLY DETERMINES SOLD-TO LEGAL ENTITIES - A system is provided that dynamically determines a sold-to legal entity associated with an electronic financial document. The system receives a request to generate the electronic financial document and qualifiers including attributes of the electronic financial document. The system further selects a supply chain financial orchestration flow based on programmable business rules and the qualifiers. The system further selects a sold-to legal entity that is defined by the selected supply chain financial orchestration flow. The system further generated the electronic financial document comprising the selected sold-to legal entity. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTION INFORMATION FOR COMMODITY OBJECT - A method for processing transaction information for a commodity object is provided. The method includes receiving a request for purchasing a commodity object and generating, based on the request, a transaction order. The transaction order may include transaction amount information, information about a first user selling the commodity object, and information about a second user purchasing the commodity object. The method may further include setting an amount of fund in a fund account of the second user to a frozen state, and after a preset time period, transferring the amount of fund to a fund account of the first user. After the amount of fund is set to the frozen state and before the amount of fund is transferred to the fund account of the first user, an income produced by the amount of fund may be calculated and transferred to the fund account of the second user. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT IN A DISTRIBUTION CENTER - Order allocation techniques pertaining to stops that a container makes in the process of fulfilling a customer order is disclosed. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by first identifying a pod that stocks the largest number of different items in a customer order. Then, a second pod is identified that stocks the largest number of remaining items in the customer order. The collection of pods defines a container path through the distribution center. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019634 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR A ROTATION-BASED ORDER MODULE - In an embodiment, the system can be configured to allow a user to quickly order a repeat item by simply rotating the mobile device or other computing system of the user to a horizontal orientation. By positioning the mobile device or other computing system in a horizontal orientation, the system can be configured to remove the existing contents on the display, display the necessary information for previously placed orders, and reorient the contents for correctly displaying the content in a horizontal orientation, thereby increasing the amount of display area for presenting data to a user, from the perspective of margin width. | 2016-01-21 |
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. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019636 | CLOUD SERVICE BROKERAGE SERVICE STORE - A cloud service brokerage system includes an electronic cloud service catalog containing cloud service defining information for a plurality of cloud services and a cloud service store coupled to the electronic cloud service catalog. The cloud service store includes cloud service publications each representing cloud service functionality corresponding to one or more of the cloud services. The cloud service store includes a user interface structure enabling generation of cloud service orders each including one or more of the cloud service publications. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019637 | COLLECTIVE NETWORK PURCHASING (CNP) SYSTEM - A collective network purchasing (CNP) website is disclosed, via which bidding processes are performed for items available for collective purchasing. The bidding processes include receiving bids from CNP members, and deducting each bid from a purchased balance of the bidding CNP member and adding the bid to a cumulative number of bids for the bid-upon item. The CNP website converts an item available for collective purchasing to a collectively purchased item in response to the cumulative number of bids for the item reaching a value assigned to the item. The converting including assigning ownership of the collectively purchased item to a last-acting CNP member in the bidding process for the item. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019638 | TEMPORARY WAIVER TOOL - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for use in financial systems, where data communication is automated for purposes of providing temporary waivers. An exemplary apparatus is configured to receive a request from a requesting entity to assign an account a temporary waiver. The account may be associated with one or more services that require a payment for utilizing the service. The system may then send the request to a processing entity to analyzes the request for approval, and receive an approval decision based at least partially on the analysis of the request. In response to receiving the approval decision, the system may process at least one subsequent action for providing or declining a temporary waiver. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019639 | Account and Investment Market Monitoring Tools - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method and system for customers with an account associated with a financial entity to access their accounts and stay on top of one or more financial markets. In accordance with one or more aspects of the present disclosure, customers can review balances, and review holdings. Customers also can stay on top of trades and transactions while still being mobile, e.g., on the go utilizing a handheld computing device. Customers may utilize one or more aspects of the present disclosure to review research reports as well as third-party ratings for potential financial transactions. Customers may receive up-to-the-minute news on one or more financial markets, including real-time quotes, in addition to the ability to see only those research reports, third-party ratings, news on financial markets, and/or particular assets, that the customer has customized to see. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019640 | BRANCH RECOMMENDATION - A method and system for recommending a physical location at which to complete an electronic activity are disclosed. In some examples, initiation of the electronic activity by a user at a first physical location is detected, that the electronic activity is to be completed at a physical location different from the first physical location is determined, one or more portions of the electronic activity that remain incomplete are determined, a second physical location at which to complete the one or more incomplete portions of the electronic activity is identified, and information about the electronic activity is provided to the second physical location. In some examples, the identification of the second physical location is based on at least characteristics of the electronic activity, the user, and/or the second physical location. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019641 | MULTIPLE PARTY BRANCH RECOMMENDATION - A method and system for recommending a physical location at which to complete an electronic activity are disclosed. In some examples, initiation of the electronic activity by a user at a first physical location is detected, that the electronic activity is to be completed at a physical location different from the first physical location at least in part because completion of the electronic activity requires the user and one or more other parties is determined, one or more portions of the electronic activity that remain incomplete are determined, a second physical location at which to complete the one or more incomplete portions of the electronic activity is identified, and information about the electronic activity is provided to the one or more other parties. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019642 | CONDITIONAL TRANSACTION OFFER SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention involves a system and method for coordinating the centralization of the submission of requests for offers for credit and receipt of offers for credit between an internet user and a plurality of lending institutions via the internet. This method involves the use of a single offer request form, which is the combination of required lender information from consumer credit processes, and the receipt of information from the user, and various semi-automated online processes, to populate that single offer request form. After receiving this data, a special computer, or server, sorts the information and applies a filter to the data. The filter prepares that information for submission to lending institutions so that the lending institution may process the information and make a decision as to whether to offer the internet user credit. Once the data has been filtered, it is transmitted to a multiple number of lending institutions, or alternatively evaluated using a model of the lending institutions criteria. The method then allows for the lending institutions to submit responses on the information submitted back to the user and for those responses to be controlled and coordinated and displayed on an online account specific to the internet user via the internet. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019643 | Invoice Swap Spreads - Stored invoice swap spread (IVSP) parameters may indicate that an IVSP conforming to the IVSP parameters includes a futures contract leg conforming to futures contract parameters and an interest rate swap (IRS) leg conforming to IRS parameters. A yield may be calculated based on an invoice price for a delivered debt instrument corresponding to a futures contract leg of an executed IVSP conforming to the IVSP parameters and based on the terms of the delivered debt instrument. A fixed rate for an IRS leg of the executed IVSP may be calculated based on the IRS parameters, the yield, and a price of the executed IVSP. Fixed rate payment dates for the IRS leg of the executed IVSP may be determined based on the IRS parameters and the terms of the delivered debt instrument. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019644 | SIZE-BASED ALLOCATION PRIORITIZATION - The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods that match or allocate an incoming order to trade with a plurality of resting orders. Order book data indicative of the resting orders is obtained. An allocation priority listing of the plurality of resting orders is determined based on the order book data. The allocation priority listing prioritizes the plurality of resting orders by order price, and further prioritizes by order size those of the plurality of resting orders having an identical order price. A volume of the incoming order is allocated in accordance with the allocation priority listing by proceeding sequentially through the plurality of resting orders starting with the respective resting order listed first in the allocation priority listing. A successive resting order in the allocation priority listing is not filled until the respective resting order currently being filled is either filled completely or a fill limit is met. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019645 | Automated Trading System - A computer trading system includes a quote screening function configured to accept quotes specifying a quote amount in a price where the quote amount is greater than a minimum quote amount to produce screen quote messages and to reject quotes specifying a quote amount less than the minimum quote amount. A market view generator generates market views from those quotes which specify an amount greater than or equal to the minimum quote amount. An order screening function only accepts orders specifying an amount less than a maximum transaction amount submitted in response to the market views to produce screened order messages. A transaction processor receives screened quote messages and screened order messages and matches appropriate messages with each other. The minimum quote amount is substantially equal to or greater than the maximum transaction amount whereby a screened order message can be matched entirely with one screened quote message. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019646 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING INDEXES - An index rebalancing computer system is provided that automatically rebalances an index and the component weights of one or more securities in the index. The system tracks and stores a value that represents an amount of cash generated by securities in the index over a predetermined time period. The index is rebalanced by at least adjusting a weight or a value of a second security included in the group of securities based on the value that indicates the amount of cash generated by securities in the index. An updated index value is calculated for the index based on the group of securities that includes the second security with the adjusted weight. Index component data is transmitted to subscribing entities. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019647 | PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION AND EVALUATION TOOL - A computer system configured to evaluate a portfolio comprising instruments, comprising a computer memory configured to store, for each instrument, an instrument value for each portfolio scenario in an n-dimensional matrix, a first constraint and a second constraint; and a computer processor configured to transpose the n-dimensional matrix, to determine a first solution by maximizing the product of transpose of the n-dimensional matrix and the first constraint, determine whether the first solution is within an accepted range of an acceptable risk, if the expected first solution is not within an accepted range of an acceptable risk, process the second constraint with the first solution to obtain a second solution, and determine whether the second solution is within the accepted range of the acceptable risk. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUNDING COMPANIES - A system and method for funding investment seeking companies (ISCs), e.g., startup companies, by a funding company is disclosed. For each of the ISCs, in exchange for private equity therein, the funding company issues a corresponding publicly tradable class of its own stock substantially based on the performance of the ISC. The ISCs are categorized according to characteristics important to investors, e.g., type of technology, revenue, and products or services (to be) offered so that ISCs in a same category compete against one another for funding distributions from the funding company. In particular, income returns on the investments of proceeds from public sales of each class of stock are periodically distributed among competing ISCs according to, e.g., the share prices of their corresponding class of funding company stocks. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019649 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIVE VOLATILITY OF ASSET CLASSES - The disclosed technology relates generally to a method and system for evaluating asset classes and investment categories. Financial advisors, for example, may use the disclosed technology to talk to investors about diversification. The disclosed technology allows users to explore and visualize the concept of diversification. The disclosed technology may also be used to help explain and reinforce the importance of diversification by highlighting the relative volatility of the asset classes. The disclosed technology, in certain embodiments, lets users explore performance of asset classes in several investment categories (e.g., equity, fixed-income, and alternatives) and shows how a diversified portfolio would have performed over the same time period. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE FORECASTING, NEWS, AND DATA ON RISK PORTFOLIO WEBSITE - A system receives public opinion information and then generates statistical output based upon the received information. Users access the system and enter their opinions or projections with respect to a particular subject. The system utilizes the entered information to provide users with public opinion and projection data. The amount of weight that any particular opinion is given depends upon the time that the opinion was submitted. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING RELATIVE DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS USING VEHICULAR PARTICIPATIVE SENSING SYSTEMS - A system and method for sharing information from a vehicle for comparison to information from other vehicles. The system and method include collecting vehicle trace data and sharing the vehicle trace data using a communications network such that the vehicle trace data is compared and ranked relative to the vehicle trace data of other vehicles. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019652 | QUASI-NATIVE ANNUITY APPLICATION - A method of presenting an annuity product comprises receiving, at an application server device, a session initiation request from a user device; authenticating, via an authentication device, a user corresponding to the user device; establishing, by the application server device, a secure session with the user device; pre-loading, by the application server device, one or more interface resources to the user device; and conducting, by the application server device, a quasi-native interaction session with the user device. The quasi-native interaction session includes a quasi-native user interface which presents as a single web page. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019653 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GROUP DISABILITY PROTECTION BENEFITS - According to some embodiments, premium payment information associated with voluntary, group-based disability insurance data may be received from a group server. Moreover, supplemental information associated with the disability insurance data may be received from an external platform. The premium payment information associated with the disability insurance data may be verified to determine that the disability insurance data is valid. The supplemental information associated with the disability insurance data may be evaluated to determine if the supplemental information meets a pre-determined trigger condition. If the disability insurance data is valid and the supplemental information associated with the disability insurance data meets the pre-determined trigger condition, a monetary benefit may be automatically provided to a covered entity associated with the disability insurance data. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019654 | Motor Vehicle Monitoring Method for Determining Driver Negligence of an Engine - A motor vehicle monitoring method for determining driver negligence is carried out by a company in order to determine a final assessment for the vehicle. The present invention enables the company to calculate an average revolutions per initial odometer value and an average revolutions per secondary odometer value, where the average revolutions per secondary odometer value is a direct indication about operating state of the vehicle or an action of an end user during a designated time period. Then the company is able to adjust the contact agreement for the designated time period upon the final assessment, wherein the responsible party that violates the contact agreement is only liable for the respective damages. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019655 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Benefit Product with Periodic Guaranteed Income - A computer implemented method and system that implements a benefit product that provides a guaranteed income amount for a participant, the benefit product generates the guaranteed income amount by participating in a plurality of guaranteed income products (GI products). The system may comprise: (1) an income aggregator portion; (2) a savings recordkeeper portion that maintains an investment account associated with the benefit product, the investment account into which the payments to the benefit product pass; and (3) at least one income recordkeeper portion, each income recordkeeper portion administering one or more GI products, each income recordkeeper portion: determining, based on an attributable allocation to a particular GI product, a guaranteed income associated with such particular GI product, each guaranteed income being an amount, attributable to the particular GI product, that is payable to a participant. The income aggregator performs allocation processing, the allocation processing being performed based on funds transfer data, the funds transfer data including (1) first funds transfer data that reflects activity of the investment account and benefit product associated therewith, and (2) second funds transfer data that reflects activity of a respective GI product. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019656 | CLASSIFY MOBILE PAYMENT AS RECORDS - A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for classifying mobile payments as records are provided. When a payment transaction is made via a mobile device, the mobile device sends a payment receipt, as well as payment time and location, to a remote records management server for automatic declaration and classification. Four record classification schemes, which make search, retention, and disposition more efficient, are disclosed. The four schemes are amount-based, timing-based, location-based, and combination of amount/timing/location. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019657 | ANALYSIS OF E-RECEIPTS TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE EXCEPTIONS - Disclosed is an aggregation computing system and associated method for determining exceptions in purchase level data and online banking data. The system typically includes an online banking database that has online banking data associated with a first customer account, the online banking data including first transaction information associated with a first transaction. The aggregation computing system also typically includes an aggregation module that is configured for: receiving second transaction information associated with a second transaction by a customer using the first customer account, the second transaction information comprising purchase level data; comparing the second transaction information with the online banking data associated with the first customer account; based on comparing the second transaction information with the online banking data, identifying an exception; and graphically presenting within an online banking interface an indication of the exception. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019658 | ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR MEASURING IMPACT OF SOCIAL BUSINESS COLLABORATION - A tool for recommending social channel usage to achieve a targeted outcome. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, a plurality of social channel usage information for one or more employees. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, a plurality of outcome information for the one or more employees. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the plurality of social channel usage information and the plurality of outcome information for the one or more employees, one or more analytical models. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the one or more analytical models, one or more recommendations to achieve a targeted outcome. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019659 | PREDICTING THE BUSINESS IMPACT OF TWEET CONVERSATIONS - A system and methods are provided for identifying conversations in tweet streams. A method includes grouping tweet messages in the tweet streams into tweet groups, responsive to hashtags therefor and time intervals in which the tweet message were sent. The method further includes splitting the tweet groups into subgroups responsive to secondary hashtags and a time separation between the tweets messages. The method also includes clustering any of the subgroups into a respective same conversation responsive to word occurrences, word frequencies, and account holders. The method additionally includes merging any of the subgroups having different hashtags into the respective same conversation responsive to overlapping glossary and account lists. Each of the tweet groups and each of the subgroups correspond to a respective different one of the conversations when unable to be split, clustered, or merged. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019660 | ONLINE PROPOSITION AND ANSWER SYSTEM - Method and device for receiving propositions and answers online. At a server, a proposition message containing a proposition and a monetary award offer is received via a network interface module from a first user device. The proposition is associated with a category based on the content of the proposition message. The proposition message is sent via the network interface module to at least two other user devices associated with the category. Answers from the at least two other user devices are received at the server via the network interface module. The payment of a monetary award for the best answer among the provided answers is authorized. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SOCIAL NETWORKS BASED UPON PREDETERMINED OBJECTIVES - In many embodiments, a relationship management system includes a relationship management server system that identifies an objective with respect to an entity defined by a customer relationship management (CRM) service, identifies a first set of contacts associated with the objective, aggregates event information associated with the first set of contacts, scores the objective based upon event information associated with the first set of contacts to generate at least one engagement score, and provides recommendation data to the CRM service from which a task is created within the CRM service associated with at least one contact in the first set of contacts based upon the at least one engagement score. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019662 | Methods and Systems for Performing Cost Comparisons - Various arrangements are presented for performing comparisons of indented cost BOM (bill of material) structures of two or more items in a supply chain management system. By understanding the hierarchical nature of the indented cost BOM structure of each item and various nested relationships, it may be possible to perform complex comparisons that involve multi-level structures. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019663 | Migration of Battery Powered Devices - Disclosed are techniques to minimize the electricity consumption of battery powered devices during network communications and performance of other functions. Example techniques include efficiently discovering other mains powered and battery powered devices within communication range of the battery powered device. In another example, techniques enable a battery powered device to serve as a relay for one or more other battery powered devices. In another example, techniques ensure that transmissions to and/or from battery powered devices are delivered efficiently and with low latency. In yet another example, techniques determine whether and under what conditions a battery powered device should migrate from one network to another. In the event of migration, example techniques minimize battery consumption associated with the migration. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019664 | FACILITY UTILIZATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, FACILITY UTILIZATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND FACILITY UTILIZATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a facility utilization measurement apparatus. The facility utilization measurement apparatus sets a plurality of determination areas for determining whether a user stays, on an image which is obtained by capturing the inside of the facility. The facility utilization measurement apparatus generates stay information regarding whether the user stays for each determination area based on a change status of the image in the determination area. The facility utilization measurement apparatus generates use information regarding utilization for each determination area based on the stay information, generates display information for displaying the use information, and outputs the generated display information. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019665 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED DRAFTING OF COMPLAINTS FOR INITIATION OF CIVIL LEGAL ACTION - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for enabling a user to quickly and efficiently generate a formal complaint document for initiating a lawsuit in a court. For example, an automated online interview process may prompt the user to make selections and/or input various pieces of information associated with the complaint. This information provided by the user may be utilized to generate the complaint. A processor of a computing system may process the provided information to identify relevant information and generate a formal complaint document by reformatting the relevant information so that the formal complaint document is tailored based on requirements of a particular court in which the complaint is to be filed. Once generated, the formal complaint document may be modified and/or downloaded by the user, transmitted to a legal professional for modification and/or submission, and/or submitted electronically to a desired court. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019666 | CLIENT MANAGEMENT TOOL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A client management tool system comprises a gateway module configured to provide access to a data store storing clinical and non-clinical data, a collection of computerized question forms configured to obtain additional data about a client, a social data model defining a structure to store and organize the client data, a predictive model including a plurality of weighted variables and thresholds in consideration of the client data to identify needs of the client and a valuation of services to address the client needs, a knowledgebase of available programs and service providers able to deliver the needed services, a client management toolkit configured to provide recommended a course of action in response to the identified client need, valuation, and available programs and services providers, and a data presentation module operable to present notifications, alerts, and outcome report related to service delivery to the client. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019667 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SOCIAL WORK - A social work plan development apparatus stores client needs profiles as vectors P in a database, receives a query that includes client attribute data that is based on a primary issue and/or need of a client, and characterizes the client attribute data as an A vector. The A vector is then correlated with the P vectors stored in the database to determine the magnitude of correlation between the A vector and the P vectors with respect to the query through a vector overlap process. The magnitude of correlation between the A vector and the P vectors is used to determine the root cause of the issue and/or need that the client is facing. Goals and/or treatments addressing the root cause of the issue and/or need are determined, and client progress toward accomplishing the goals and/or treatments within a predetermined time is evaluated. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019668 | RADIAL DATA VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A method for interactive visualization of a decision assessment on a graphical user interface, including generating, by a computer processor, that includes generating, by a computer processor, the decision assessment model having a first set of circular sectors on a first ring, a second set of circular sectors on a second ring wherein each of the second set of circular sectors is related to a corresponding first circular sector, and a third set of circular sectors on a third ring wherein each of the third circular sectors is related to a corresponding second circular sector. The first set of circular sectors, the second set of circular sectors and the third set of circular sectors include concentric rings with a common center. | 2016-01-21 |
20160019669 | ONLINE PEOPLE DEPUTATION SYSTEM - A method and system of deputizing people for transportation needs in a social networking model through an online people deputation system comprising of updating a calendar entry of people for person, package and project travel services listing, balancing the supply of desirable travelers with the demand by other users to serve them in transportation needs, delegating travelers for transporting people and packages from one place to another place and/or for performing tasks in a remote location and paying for services based on peoples' availability, request and response mechanism. Furthermore, the method also embodies real-time travel booking, location based searching, filtering and sorting people along with service reviews, ratings and comments for each. | 2016-01-21 |