05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140032291 | MARKET-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING NEW FUNDING AND REFERRAL FEES - In one embodiment, the method uses a secure website and employs a monetary incentive to individuals or businesses to identify potential funding sources for entities that are growing or need liquidity, wherein the secure website secure website is hosted on a web server that includes an email system and a database that is internet or remotely accessible and provides search and other capabilities for users of the secure website and wherein a funding seeker and a funding finder, who agree to terms of use of the secure website, act to enter into a contract providing for a contingent referral fee for the funding finder if the terms of the offered contract are met. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032292 | OFFER AGGREGATION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for offer aggregation. An exemplary apparatus is configured to determine a first offer that is associated with a first discount or rebate on a first transaction; determine a second offer that is associated with a second discount or rebate on a second transaction; determine whether the user executed the first transaction and the second transaction; and in response to determining the user executed the first transaction and the second transaction when processing the first transaction and the second transaction, apply a third discount or rebate to the user's financial institution account, wherein the third discount or rebate is based on at least one of the first discount or rebate or the second discount or rebate. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032293 | SEQUENTIAL OFFER AGGREGATION - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for sequential offer aggregation. An exemplary apparatus is configured to determine a first offer that enables the user's financial institution account to receive a first discount or rebate on a first transaction; and in response to determining the user executed the first transaction, determine a second offer that enables the user's financial institution account to receive a second discount or rebate on a second transaction. In some embodiments, the second offer may be based on the first offer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032294 | OFFERS BASED ON USER ACTIVITY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for applying offers to purchase transactions at settlement based on an activity performed by a user. An exemplary apparatus is configured to determine at least one transaction associated with a user's financial institution account; and determine, when processing the at least one transaction, whether to apply at least one offer to the at least one transaction. The at least one offer enables the user's financial institution account to receive a discount or a rebate on the at least one transaction. In some embodiments, the at least one offer is applied to the at least one transaction based on substantially matching activity information associated with the at least one offer with at least one activity performed by the user. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032295 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE ELECTRONIC PURCHASE OF GOODS OR SERVICES - Disclosed is a method for facilitating the electronic purchase of any product or a service. Specifically, the method provides a geolocated store for the electronic purchase of products and services that uses a merchant specified geofence to define the electronic offers that are promoted, performed, or otherwise presented to a viewer during an event, and in one embodiment at or near the moment the product or service is promoted, performed, or otherwise presented to the viewer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032296 | MOBILE COMMERCE FRAMEWORK - A subscription-based system for providing commerce information for one or more mobile devices for one or more merchants. Some techniques employed feature a subscription-based method for presenting commercial resources to a mobile device. The method involves receiving mobile device user information relating to a geographic location to locate one or more merchants within a subscription-based shopping network, and receiving mobile device user information relating to a merchant type within the subscription-based shopping network. The method also involves receiving, from a database over a communication network, information for one or more merchants associated with the mobile device user information for the geographic location and the merchant type, and presenting the associated merchant information on the mobile device. The associated merchant information can include a merchant name and address, a merchant telephone number, a merchant advertisement, a merchant coupon, or a merchant product or service offering to subscribers of the shopping network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032297 | MOBILE DEVICE MEDIATED HANDLING OF REWARD POINTS REDEEMABLE TOWARDS LOCAL TRANSPORTATION - A method and system for generating, collecting and redeeming reward points. The reward points are redeemable for local transportation services such as taxi transportation. Generation comprises providing a reward code in conjunction with a receipt or bill associated with a qualifying transaction. Reward points are collected by entering the reward code into a mobile device application. A remote server tracks the collection of reward points. Reward points are shareable between users via the mobile device application. Reward points are redeemable via the application. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032298 | ADVERTISING DIRECTED BENEFICIARY PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a computer-implemented method that may include generating, using one or more computing devices, a user account associated with a particular user and assigning an initial engagement value to the user account based upon, at least in part, the user's actions with one or more merchants. The method may further include identifying at least one trackable purchase event associated with the user account and providing at least one advertising campaign parameter to the user account, wherein a portion of the revenue generated from the at least one trackable purchase event is directed to a beneficiary of the user account. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032299 | VIRTUAL INTEGRATION OF A LOYALTY CARD WITH A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM - Methods and supporting systems for administering a loyalty card program include an application residing on a plurality of heterogeneous point-of-sale devices that captures consumer transaction data, wherein the consumer transaction data include the identification of a loyalty card, While the loyalty card is uniquely attributed to an individual consumer, the card may be used to conduct transactions unrelated retail entities, each having its own respective loyalty program, such that values for the individual loyalty programs may be maintained. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032300 | Method and System for Debt Resolution Restricted Offer - Various systems, computer program products, and methods for resolving financial issues using conditional debt resolution offers are described. A method may include determining a debtor that is to receive a conditional debt resolution offer. In some implementations, the conditional debt resolution offer is subject to a condition for the conditional debt resolution offer to be valid. When valid and accepted by the debtor, the conditional debt resolution offer at least partially resolves the debt. In some implementations, the method may include causing the conditional debt resolution offer to be communicated to the debtor. In some implementations, the method may include determining whether the condition has been satisfied. In some implementations, the method may include validating the conditional debt resolution offer when the condition has been satisfied or invalidating the conditional debt resolution offer when the condition has not been satisfied. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032301 | ADVERTISEMENT BILLING METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for generating flow quality comparison parameters, a system for generating flow quality comparison parameters, and a computer program product for generating flow quality comparison parameters. A method for generating flow quality comparison parameters is provided. The method includes collecting click log data and transaction log data on relevant products or services advertised in off-site advertising spaces, generating off-site advertising space results data based at least in part on the click log data and the transaction log data, obtaining quality indicators of advertising flows of the corresponding off-site advertising spaces based on the off-site advertising space results data, and obtaining flow quality comparison parameters for the off-site advertising spaces based at least in part on the quality indicators of the advertising flows of the off-site advertising spaces. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032302 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A MOBILE APPLICATION BASED ONLINE ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A system may provide for mobile application based online advertising via mobile application interface. A database may be configured to store data corresponding to a plurality of visual elements for rending an advertisement. An advertising server may be in operative communication with the database and configured to receive requests for advertisement campaigns. A mobile interface may allow submission of information relating to an advertisement campaign to the advertising server. A generator engine may be configured to select from the plurality of visual elements and generate display logic for displaying an advertisement corresponding to the advertisement campaign. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHONE NUMBER CLEANING - A system for tracking telephone calls made in response to advertising campaigns in electronic or other media is provided. The system permits an advertiser to associate specific and distinct telephone numbers with associated advertising campaigns. The system cleans at least one phone number to be assigned to a campaign by determining that unwanted phone traffic associated with the at least one phone number is below a defined threshold. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032304 | DETERMINING A CORRELATION BETWEEN PRESENTATION OF A CONTENT ITEM AND A TRANSACTION BY A USER AT A POINT OF SALE TERMINAL - Methods and systems for determining a correlation between an online campaign and offline activity may include generating a content item and content identifier data identifying the content item, transmitting the content item and content identifier data over a network to a client computer, wherein the content item or content identifier data is configured to cause the client computer to display the content item on a resource and to emit a first signal based on the content identifier data, receiving an indication that the content identifier data was received at the time of a transaction by a user at a point of sale terminal, and determining a correlation between presentation of the content item and the transaction based on the generated content identifier data and the received content identifier data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032305 | INVENTORY CONTRIBUTION RULES FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for managing inventory in an online advertising system are described herein. The inventory may comprise advertisement (“ad”) impressions. In accordance with certain implementations, the systems and methods enable advertisers to target groups of inventory (e.g., “run of” inventory groups) made available by publishers and sold at a non-premium rate, while also enabling the publishers to selectively designate certain inventory within a given inventory group as premium. Inventory so designated is automatically excluded from an inventory group to which it would normally belong both during a booking process as well as during an ad serving process. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME SEARCH RE-TARGETING - A computer network implemented system and method for managing an Internet advertising campaign is provided. The method includes the steps of identifying, generating, or obtaining attributes of an ad campaign including keywords and optionally including consumer attributes (“ad campaign data”); establishing a consumer profile for each of a pool of consumers, the consumer profile including recent search history obtained on an anonymous basis; comparing the ad campaign data to the consumer profiles so as to identify a consumer audience segment; and bidding real-time for access to display advertising impressions associated with the consumer audience segment so as to enable re-targeting of the consumer audience segment based on the ad campaign data using display advertising. The system includes a data logging utility, a re-targeting utility and a real time bidding infrastructure. A novel real time bidding method is also provided. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032307 | MARKETING PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a computer-implemented method that may include generating a user account associated with a particular user and assigning an engagement value to the user account based upon, at least in part, the user's actions with one or more merchants. The method may further include identifying at least one trackable purchase event and an advertising campaign parameter and analyzing the engagement value of the user account, the at least one trackable purchase event, and the advertising campaign parameter to determine a cost per action associated with the purchase event. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032308 | ADVERTISING DRIVEN BENEFICIARY PROCESS - Embodiments herein may include a computer-implemented method that may include generating, using one or more computing devices, a plurality of user accounts, each associated with a particular user and assigning an initial engagement value to each user account based upon, at least in part, each user's actions with one or more merchants. The method may further include identifying at least one trackable purchase event associated with each user account and adjusting the initial engagement value based upon an advertising parameter set by an advertiser. The method may also include allowing each of the plurality of user accounts to direct at least one portion of the revenue generated from the at least one trackable purchase event to at least one beneficiary of the user account, wherein the at least one beneficiary includes one or more entities selected by the particular user associated with each of the plurality of user accounts. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032309 | MARKETING PRODUCTIVITY METRIC GENERATION PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a computer-implemented method that may include generating, using one or more computing devices, a user account associated with a particular user and assigning an initial engagement value to the user account based upon, at least in part, the user's actions with one or more merchants. The method may also include identifying at least one trackable purchase event and an advertising campaign parameter and adjusting the engagement value of the user account, based upon, at least in part, the at least one trackable purchase event. The method may further include receiving an offer from an advertiser based upon, at least in part, the adjusted engagement value. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032310 | MULTI-STAGE CROWD FUNDING PROCESS - Embodiments herein may include a computer-implemented method that may include generating, using one or more computing devices, a plurality of user accounts, each associated with a particular user, the plurality of user accounts associated with a crowd-funding website. The method may further include allowing, via a graphical user interface associated with at least one of the plurality of user accounts, the particular user to determine what personal information to disclose to one or more merchants. The method may also include assigning an initial engagement value to each user account based upon, at least in part, each user's actions with one or more merchants and identifying at least one trackable purchase event associated with each user account. The method may also include adjusting the initial engagement value based upon a level of personal information disclosed to the one or more merchants and the at least one trackable purchase event. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032311 | ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR REAL-TIME SEARCH RELEVANCE FEEDBACK - A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting the user interface of a search engine in order to effectively communicate the improved relevancy achieved through real-time implicit re-ranking of search results is described. Real-time implicit re-ranking occurs without delay after every user action as the search is being conducted, so finding methods of immediately altering the search page without disrupting the user experience is important. Graphical icons next to search results are employed to enable generating and removing re-ranked results, referred to as “recommended” search results. Clusters based on the real-time user model are also displayed to facilitate query reformulations. Sponsored links are selected using the real-time user model along with a combination of RPC and CTR information and are displayed in a manner similar to the organic results, or used to replace the initial sponsored links altogether. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032312 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING OFFERS TO MOBILE WALLETS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for providing offers to mobile wallets. A request including offer data and authentication data is received from a client portal system. The authentication data is validated. A validation result based on the validation of the authentication data is generated. A response including the validation result is transmitted to the client portal system. An offer including the offer data is transmitted to a mobile device. The offer data includes an offer identifier (ID), and the mobile device includes a mobile wallet associated with the authentication data. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032313 | Online Consumer-Business Negotiation Tool and Software Product - The present invention includes a customization tool for online, automated consumer-business negotiation. The customization tool includes a valuation feature for assigning values to deal terms, whether they are inherently numeric, non-inherently numeric, or business-specific; a suggestion feature for allowing a consumer to suggest a set of deal terms; and a decision-algorithm feature for making a decision on behalf of the business concerning the consumer suggestion. The suggestion feature provides the consumer with every deal term over which the business has indicated a willingness to negotiate. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032314 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COLLECTION-BASED FEATURE PROGRAMMING - An approach for merchandizing online content collections at various layers of a hierarchy is disclosed. A content merchandizing platform determines at least one slot of at least one page associated with one or more content stores, wherein the at least one slot is for presenting one or more content items. The content merchandizing platform also causes, at least in part, an association of at least one collection of the one or more content items with the at least one slot. The content merchandizing platform further causes, at least in part, a selection of at least a portion of the at least one collection to present in the at least one slot. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ADVERTISING MARKETPLACE - An online system is described that utilizes an extranet or intranet for the selection and purchase of digital advertising media, and the creation, distribution and management of media content. The invention comprises a methodology for presenting an online marketplace that brings together advertisers and media owners with available advertising inventory by providing a dynamic inventory of advertising space that is available for users to display digital advertisements; presenting through one of a plurality of portals a user interface through which a user may build a digital advertisement for use on one or more of the available advertising spaces within the inventory; and causing the created advertisements to be displayed on one or more of the available advertising spaces within the inventory. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032316 | VOLUME BAR ADVERTISING - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to deliver an advertisement to a user. Audio content is played for/to a user. Volume user input is received from the user. The volume user input is an adjustment of a volume of the audio content. In response to the volume user input, a volume bar indicating a volume level for the audio content is displayed as well as an advertisement that is based on the volume bar. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032317 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ONLINE SALES OF PRODUCTS SHOWN IN BROADCAST PROGRAMS - The invention relates to a sales and marketing method formed for providing equals of the products used in up-to-date programs broadcasted on TV, to consumers in a short time. The invention particularly relates to a sales and marketing method for publishing clothing, accessory, and furniture etc. products broadcasted on TV and seen by the viewers, on the internet site for a certain period by means of contacting the contracted sponsor companies and thus supplying these products to customers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032318 | CREATING, SHARING, AND MONETIZING ONLINE DIGITAL CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS - In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown as including receiving a segment request including a reference to a segment of a content item. The system and method may also include retrieving an advertisement to be associated with the segment. Further, the system and method may include associating the segment and the advertisement to form a derivative content item. Additionally, the system and method may include transmitting the derivative content item. A system and method is also shown that includes receive count data including a number of times an advertisement included in a derivative content item has been accessed, the advertisement being combined with a segment of a content item to form the derivative content item. This system and method may also include calculating a payment amount based on the count data. Moreover, the system and method may include transmitting a payment instruction including the payment amount. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032319 | SYSTEM FOR APPORTIONING REVENUE FOR MEDIA CONTENT DERIVED FROM AN ONLINE FEEDBACK COMMUNITY - Uses media, for example audio, video or text performances that were integrated into an online community for feedback determinative of outcome, for digital distribution. Apportions compensation for a selected artist from revenue that may be generated through one or any combination of advertisement, services associated with artist's performance, and media sales. The media may include singing, instrumental music, rhythmic music, videos, and writings. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032320 | Right Click Electronic Commerce Transactions - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a right click transaction option and enhance the e-commerce experience In an embodiment, a system comprises a processor(s) and one or more memories in communication with the processor(s) and adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the processor(s) are adapted to cause the system to: provide a right click transaction option as part of a right click context menu when a user of a client device right clicks on content associated with a selected item as presented on an entity's site; receive search information associated with the selected item from the user device when the user selects the right click transaction option; store the search information; and redirect the user to a service provider site of a server provider showing one or more items displayed from service provider supported business entities based on the received and stored search information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032321 | VALUING AUDIENCE DATA - Systems, apparatus, and methods allow for revenue sharing between data providers and web page publishers. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes: receiving a request for alternative content based on a request for content; receiving user identifier data from at least one data provider; selecting at least one first alternative content from a first pool of alternative content that is contextually related to the requested content; determining a first cost of the at least one first alternative content; selecting, by at least one processing circuit, at least one second alternative content from the first pool, and from the second pool of alternative content that is related to the user identifier data; determining a second cost of the at least one second alternative content; and determining a pricing value of the user identifier data based on a difference between the second and the first costs. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032322 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ON-SITE PROMOTION OF PRODUCTS - Systems and methods for implementing digital promotions on mobile devices. A mobile device can receive and present various locations to a user where campaign providers are participating in promotional activities. The user may select a location and participate in a promotional action such as a sweepstakes on the mobile device at the selected location. Upon submitting the action, a digital promotion engine may process the action and/or send to the mobile device a promotional notification based on the action. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032323 | System is described for providing targeted business messages (announcement, promotion, etc.) to potential customers near the business location - A system is described for providing targeted business messages (announcement, promotion, etc.) to potential customers near the business location | 2014-01-30 |
20140032324 | Telepresence system for providing information to a user through an agent based on the location of the agent - Described is a telepresence system for providing information to a user through an agent based on the location of the agent, which is remote to a location of the user. The telepresence system is in signal communication with the Internet and a wireless communication network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING ITEMS WITHIN A LOCATION-BASED SERVICE - A mobile application is provided that provides promoted items within a location-based service. Advertisers or other providers are permitted to have messages displayed within the mobile interface of a user within a list (or other user-interface type) of recommendations for venues. In one implementation, one or more venues may be scored based on a number of parameters (e.g., whether the user had been to the venue previously, whether their “friends” have been at the venue, whether they have unlocked “specials” or other types at this venue previously, their nearness or proximity to the venue, time of day, etc.) and if the venue has to been determined to be displayed within a list of venues, that special may be “promoted” to the top of the list that is displayed to the user. In this way, advertisers or other providers can signal location-based users of important items located proximate to the user's location. An interface may be provided to the advertiser or other provider to define a special or other message that is to be “promoted” to a top of the displayed list. In one embodiment, a promoted special is limited to being displayed in a list of a particular search category in which it was ranked. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032326 | LOCATION RETARGETING SYSTEM FOR ONLINE ADVERTISING - A system for retargeting customers is based on a mobile device query initiated by a user, and includes a query module configured to receive a query with geographical information from the mobile device and determine geographical identifiers of the mobile device. An indexed database stores an aggregated plurality of customers having a geographical identifier proximate to the determined geographical area, and a processor selects an advertiser located proximate to the determined geographical area. A performance feedback module is configured to assign an effectiveness rating to one or more advertisements provided by the selected advertiser based on marketing attributes of the aggregated plurality of customers. An advertisement recommendation module then recommends one or more advertisements provided by the selected advertiser based on the assigned effectiveness rating, and the aggregated plurality of customers are retargeted by transmitting the recommended advertisements to one or more customers of the aggregated plurality of customers. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032327 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND RELATED MOBILE CONTENT - A system may include a signage controller configured to control digital signage (e.g., at least one digital display). In one embodiment, the signage controller may collect and compile demographic information and feedback from mobile devices via close-proximity or short-range communication prior to providing it to cloud resources. The cloud resources may then determine content and mobile content based on the demographic information and feedback. At least the content may be provided to the signage controller, which may cause the digital signage to display some of the content (e.g., at least one advertisement). The mobile content may be pushed to the mobile devices, and may cause the mobile devices to display information and/or provide functionality related to the displayed content. In one embodiment, statistics (e.g., at least one of offer availability or offer acceptance statistics corresponding to the at least one advertisement) may also be displayed on the digital signage. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032328 | Method for manufacturer coupon delivery combining incentiveized music and/or video distributed via short code technologies to personal mobile wireless devices - Defines a business enterprise system of incentivizing a manufacturers coupon offer or promotion through the use of music and/or video combined with wireless mobile delivery of the manufacturers coupon, which may contain a scan-able QR code. The method describes the delivery of free (to consumer) audio or video files containing original music or visual elements combined with manufacturers discount coupons and delivered to a personal mobile wireless device. The method utilizes branded musical artist presentations (live concerts) at retail point of sale locations and delivery methods consisting of SMS and MMS short codes, email and the internet. Promotion of this method includes, but is not limited to, in-store audio containing aural instructions for short code texting to an automated server; in-store signage containing scan-able QR codes; two way short code texting; and other solicitations of gaining opt-in customer response via traditional marketing and promotion methods. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032329 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING A FEED MESSAGE - An apparatus, method, and computer readable storage medium for generating a feed message and receiving information related thereto. At least one request to generate a feed message is received from an external party system, and includes message content and one or more sets of instructions provided by the external party system. The feed message is generated in accordance with the at least one request and stored. The feed message is also transmitted to a mobile device. One or more message acknowledgments are received from the mobile device, including any one of: a receiving message acknowledgment, a viewed message acknowledgment, and an operated message acknowledgment, or a combination thereof. A message state database is updated in accordance with the one or more message acknowledgments received from the mobile device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032330 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032331 | METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH CUSTOMERS AT A POINT OF SALE FOR GOODS OR SERVICES - A system for product promotion made up of an administrator subsystem that provides input by way of various modules, an agent subsystem that provides input by way of various modules, and a customer subsystem that provides input by way of various modules where the product promotion output is determined by the modules of the three subsystems and data provided to or generated from the system is stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032332 | PROMOTING PRODUCTS ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM BASED ON INFORMATION FROM A MERCHANT SITE - To promote a merchant's products on a social networking system, a promotion engine receives data from a merchant site regarding the merchant site's users' activities. The users' purchases of a promoted product are correlated with the user's activities performed in connection with a related product. An automated process running on a computer system then determines promotion criteria for the promoted product, based at least in part on the activities performed in connection with the related product. A promotion for the promoted product is generated and communicated to a social networking system, which displays the promotion to one or more users of the social networking system based on the determined promotion criteria. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032333 | Scoring Consumer Transaction Consistency and Diversity - A time interval during which to present an offering to a consumer is determined using a cadence consistency score calculated for the consumer. In addition, it is determined which of a plurality of items to offer to the consumer is determined using an item diversity score calculated for the consumer. Thereafter, provision an offering for the determined item during the determined time interval is initiated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032334 | PRICE AND INVENTORY PREDICTION FOR DISPLAY CONTENT - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a computer-implemented model to process parameters of a content delivery campaign and a bid price for delivery of content in content delivery slots. The price to be paid is based on a losing bid. Processing the parameters and bid price determines an estimated price to be paid for the delivery of content and a metric describing an estimated result of the content delivery campaign. The method also includes receiving parameters of the content delivery campaign and the price to be bid for delivery of content. The method also includes processing the model and the price to be bid to determine the estimated price to be paid and the metric describing the estimated result of the content delivery campaign. The method also includes providing information about the estimated price and the estimated result to a content provider to facilitate selection of a final bid price. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032335 | ADJUSTING AD COSTS USING DOCUMENT PERFORMANCE OR DOCUMENT COLLECTION PERFORMANCE - Documents or document sets may be scored to reflect a value of an action, such as a selection for example, when an ad is served with the document (or a document belonging to a document set). A cost associated with the action with respect to an ad that was served with a document may then be adjusted using the score. For example, ad scores may be accepted or determined, and a document may be scored using the ad scores when served with the document and ad scores across a collection of documents to generate a document score. Each of the ad scores may indicate a value of an action with respect to an ad, such as a conversion rate, or a return on investment for an ad selection for example. Document scores used in this way may help advertisers get a more consistent cost per conversion, or return on investment, without requiring them to enter and manage various offers for various documents and/or various ad serving systems having various conversion rates or returns on investment. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC COUPON MANAGEMENT - An electronic coupon management system includes a coupon server apparatus. The coupon server apparatus includes an interface unit, a commercial facility ID (Identification) retaining unit, a submission receiving unit, an electronic coupon generating unit, and an electronic coupon publicizing unit. The interface unit is publicized to an external terminal apparatus via a network. The commercial facility ID (Identification) retaining unit retains commercial facility IDs. The submission receiving unit receives submission of an electronic coupon via the interface unit along with selection of at least one commercial facility ID from the commercial facility IDs retained in the commercial facility ID retaining unit. The electronic coupon generating unit generates the submission-received electronic coupon in a lock state which is cancellable by the selected commercial facility. The electronic coupon publicizing unit publicizes the generated electronic coupon via the interface unit to make the electronic coupon available to a customer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032337 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ELECTRONIC COMMERCE VISIBILITY - A method for automatically disseminating information relating to an e-commerce transaction occurs automatically without requiring any action by the parties to the transaction. Upon completion of the transaction at an e-commerce transaction platform, for example, a website, information relating to the transaction is automatically posted on the platform is well as other networking websites. The multiple postings increases visibility for the parties, the product and the transaction across the Internet. The parties to the transaction may be incentivized to increase the number of postings made relating to the transaction. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A system for displaying content on a touch screen device is disclosed. The system can include a remote server having content and an instruction code; and a touch screen device having processor and a communication interface with the remote server to support a request for content from the remote server; wherein the processor of the touch screen device executes the instruction code to present content at a touchpoint on a display screen of the touch screen device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032339 | Method and System for Advertising Using Quick Response Codes - A method and system for advertising using a quick response code that includes (a) a set of quick response codes that can be purchased as an off-the-shelf product in the form of stickers or a computer file whereby the purchasing entity remains anonymous vis-à-vis the selling entity; (b) a website that enables the purchaser to design, manage and store unique, designated web pages for each quick response code or for the set of quick response codes, as desired; (c) storage space on a server designated for the relevant quick response codes; (d) a website operating system that enables access to the site management system and to the web page management system; and (e) the option of accessing and entering the relevant web pages on a standard computer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032340 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-MERCHANT COUPONING - Methods and systems for enabling multi-merchant coupon campaigns within an online publication system are described. In an example, a method can include generating an item listing, receiving information specifying a set of coupon criteria, detecting an event within a multi-merchant publication system, and present a coupon in response to detecting the event. The generating an item listing can be based on information received from a merchant-computer. If the set of coupon criteria is detected it can result in presenting a coupon for the item listing. The event can satisfy a particular coupon criteria from the set of coupon criteria. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032341 | FASTFOODLANE - The present invention is an interactive food ordering and payment system for allowing interactive communication between a client side and a server side via an Internet enabled vehicle associated with a customer, and via an Internet enabled point of sale terminal associated with a service provider. The system comprising an Internet enabled application for user interface, the application comprising a means for allowing at least one user to search for at least one proximate restaurant, select from menu options, order and pay for the selections online. The system further comprising a means for allowing at least one service provider to retrieve customer orders pending to be filled, a means for monitoring the length of time an order has been pending, a means for tracking order status, sorting and filtering orders, and a means for compiling performance statistics. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032342 | MENU CREATION AND DESIGN SYSTEM - A system and method of creating and customizing menus for a restaurant. The present invention may include a software program. A user may use the software program to input the names of a plurality of food items served at the restaurant. A database may save the inputted food items. When the user is creating a menu, the user may select the saved food items and arrange them on a preview menu. Once finished with the menu, the user may print and use the menu at a restaurant. In other aspects of the present invention, when multiple menus are stored onto the database, a user may edit a first menu which synchronizes with and thereby makes the same edit on a second menu. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032343 | PUSH NOTIFICATION INFORMING CUSTOMER OF AVAILABILITY OF RECEIPT DATA - A method is disclosed for transferring receipt data to a computing device corresponding to a customer. The method may include initiating a transaction at a point-of-sale system. During the transaction, a computer system comprising the point-of-sale system, may identify a computing device corresponding to a customer associated with the transaction. Once the transaction has been completed, the computer system may direct a push notification to the computing device. In response to the push notification, the computer system may receive a request for receipt data documenting the transaction. Accordingly, the computer system may provide the receipt data to the computing device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032344 | PUSH NOTIFICATION CARRYING RECEIPT DATA - A method is disclosed for transferring receipt data to a computing device corresponding to a customer. The method may include initiating a transaction at a point-of-sale system. During the transaction, a computer system comprising the point-of-sale system, may identify a computing device corresponding to a customer associated with the transaction. The computer system may collect receipt data documenting at least a portion of the transaction. This receipt data may be incorporated into a push notification. Once the transaction has been completed, the computer system may direct the push notification to the computing device. Accordingly, the computer system may provide the receipt data to the computing device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032345 | Authentication Using Transaction Codes on a Mobile Device - A system includes a processor and memory operable to store user account information. The processor receives a transaction message transmitted by a transaction device in a transaction environment, the transaction message comprising transaction data obtained by the transaction device from a transaction code presented by a mobile computing device of a user. The processor further accesses the user account information and determines, using the user account information and the transaction data from the transaction message, whether the user is authenticated. The processor transmits an authentication message indicating whether the user is authenticated to the transaction device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032346 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DATA TERMINALS - The present invention provides a method and system for controlling a mobile data terminal, comprising: receiving an instruction execution request from the mobile POS terminal; in response to receiving the instruction execution request, determining whether the instruction execution request contains current location information associated with the mobile POS terminal; if not, executing a real-time location acquisition procedure to proactively obtain the current location information associated with the mobile POS terminal; if yes, executing a real-time location verification procedure to confirm the current location information contained in the instruction execution request; and determining whether the mobile POS terminal is located in a pre-determined region according to the current location information that has been verified or proactively obtained. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032347 | BARCODE TRANSFERRING RECEIPT DATA TO A COMPUTING DEVICE OF A CUSTOMER - A method is disclosed for transferring receipt data to a computing device corresponding to a customer. The method may include initiating a transaction at a point-of-sale system. During the transaction, a computer system comprising the point-of-sale system, may collect receipt data documenting the transaction. The computer system may generate a barcode unique to the transaction and comprising encoded data. Once the transaction has been completed, the computer system may present the barcode to the customer. This may be done via a printed receipt, a customer-facing display, or the like. Using the encoded data, the computer system may deliver the receipt data to a computing device in the possession of the customer. For example, the encoded data may comprise the receipt data. Alternatively, the encoded data may comprise a URL directing the computing device to a resource system from which the receipt data may be downloaded. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032348 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES - A display system for products and/or services for rent or sale includes a plurality of display devices for displaying information relating to at least one product and/or service. A communication module for receiving information relating to the at least one product and/or service. A controller for controlling the display of the information on at least one of the plurality of display devices. The system may further include a user interface for receiving a product and/or service selection from a user and an output module to output the user's selection. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032349 | ONLINE PURCHASE OF ITEMS BASED ON LIVE OFFERS - A method for enabling purchase of items within an online system is described, comprising the steps of providing an element representing an offer of one or more items, the element specifying a price of one of the items and a time period for purchase of the items; automatically presenting the element by the online system to a plurality of users, such that each user is enabled to interact with the element and purchase at least one of the items during the time period; and adjusting the price of the item as a function of the remaining time for purchase and an interaction of at least one of the users with the element. Furthermore, a corresponding online system enabling purchase of items and a data structure are defined. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032350 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION WHILE PROVISIONING SERVICES FOR THE APPLICATION - Methods and systems for activating a software application while provisioning a web service to operate with the software application are described. Consistent with some embodiments, a product activation procedure is performed during a workflow to provision a web service to operate with a software application. By activating the software application during the web service provisioning workflow, an end-user can establish ownership of a proper license for the software application without having to input any license information, such as a serial number or product key, associated with the end-user's license. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032351 | Systems and Methods for Live Auctioneer Led Sales - Systems and methods for providing live auctioneer led sales of products, such as vehicles, between remotely located buyers, sellers, and auctioneers are provided herein. In certain aspects, systems and methods may facilitate one or more auctions led by a remotely located live auctioneer who receives bids from one or more remotely located buyers. Accordingly, in some examples, the auctioneer may accept bids from the buyers, encourage bidding from the buyers, and/or declare (or not declare) a product sold in real-time. In this manner, in certain aspects, the systems and methods enable an auction to be conduct by a live auctioneer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032352 | Systems and Methods for Live Auctioneer Led Sales - Systems and methods for providing live auctioneer led sales of products, such as vehicles, between remotely located buyers, sellers, and auctioneers are provided herein. In certain aspects, systems and methods may facilitate one or more auctions led by a remotely located live auctioneer who receives bids from one or more remotely located buyers. Accordingly, in some examples, the auctioneer may accept bids from the buyers, encourage bidding from the buyers, and/or declare (or not declare) a product sold in real-time. In this manner, in certain aspects, the systems and methods enable an auction to be conduct by a live auctioneer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032353 | Systems and Methods for Live Auctioneer Led Sales - Systems and methods for providing live auctioneer led sales of products, such as vehicles, between remotely located buyers, sellers, and auctioneers are provided herein. In certain aspects, systems and methods may facilitate one or more auctions led by a remotely located live auctioneer who receives bids from one or more remotely located buyers. Accordingly, in some examples, the auctioneer may accept bids from the buyers, encourage bidding from the buyers, and/or declare (or not declare) a product sold in real-time. In this manner, in certain aspects, the systems and methods enable an auction to be conduct by a live auctioneer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032354 | Secure System for Conducting an Auction Over a Computer Network - Methods and apparatus are described which provide secure interactive communication of text and image information between a central server computer and one or more client computers located at remote sites for the purpose of storing and retrieving files describing and identifying unique products. Auctions for the products may then be conducted over the system. Textual information and image data are stored separately at the location of the central server computer, requests for information regarding products to be auctioned are entered from remote terminals, and the information requested is recalled and downloaded for review to be displayed at the remote site. Bids may then be transmitted from the remote computers and a winner of the auction determined by the central computer. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032355 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING AN AUCTION BEHAVIOR AND AUTOMATIC BIDDING IN AN AUCTION - One or more proxy bidders is associated with a rule which determines a time to place a bid. The proxy bidder places a bid at the determined time, instead of immediately after the bidder's prior bid is exceeded. Such rules may be selected for all proxy bidders to encourage a desired auction behavior. By controlling the placement of bids based on rules associated with the desired auction behavior, bids may be placed in a manner that seems natural and competitive to bidders in the auction when, in fact, they are placed in accordance with the selected rules. The desired auction behavior may be selected statically for an auction or dynamically during the auction. Historical auction data maybe analyzed to characterize the behavior of an auction, such as the average period of time between bids and the average increment between bids. Rules may be generated to correspond to a behavior so as to provide the same average time and increment between bids. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELLING CUSTOM PRODUCTS - A method for offering a customizable product for sale is provided. The method includes grouping the product by type into one or a plurality of category; determining a fixed price for the product in each category; offering the product category for sale in a store; receiving a payment for the fixed price from a customer at the store; surveying the customer's requirements after receiving the payment; manufacturing the custom product based on the surveying result; and delivering the custom product to the customer, wherein the fixed price reflects the total cost for the custom product. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032357 | Packaging Designing System and Packaging Designing Method - The invention relates to a design method and a design system for designing a packaging (P) for packaging consumer packaged goods (CPG) having a plurality of packaging design features (cfea | 2014-01-30 |
20140032358 | Sharing Recommendation Agents - A customized recommendation agent for the user is built using a behavioral model. The customized recommendation agent selects recommendations from a corpus to present to the user, based on the behavioral model and the user's current or predicted future context. The customized recommendation agent can be shared by the user with others, thus allowing others to access recommendations that may appeal to the user, for example, for use in planning joint activities. Because the user's recommendation agent is independent from the user's actual history, preferences can be shared without revealing a user's specific behavior. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT RECOMMENDATIONS - One or more computing devices may determine a category of interest to a user, receive an image, extract one or more features in the image, determine a recommendation in the category of interest based, at least in part, on the one or more extracted features, and communicate the recommendation to the user. The image can be received from a video camera, a webcam, a digital camera, a scanner, a remote computing device, a mobile device, and/or a storage drive. The recommendation in the category of interest may be determined, at least in part, by one or more user preferences, or by historic data. Additionally, the one or more features which are extracted from the image may be based on the category of interest, user preferences, and/or historic data. The features can include user physical characteristics, clothing, facial features, expression, environment, patterns, shapes, aesthetic characteristics, furniture, furnishings, layout, colors, and/or dimensions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032360 | AUGMENTED REALITY SHOPPER ROUTING - A store routing system for guiding a shopper in a store comprises a storage storing a store product map comprising location information for products available at the store. The system also comprises an analytics engine for identifying one or more recommended products for the shopper based on a set of one or more sought products. The system also comprises a route calculator for calculating a route through the store to a location of each of the sought products based on the store product map and for including a waypoint in the route corresponding to a location of each of the one or more recommended products. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032361 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN MEDIA CONTENT - A unique identifier is used to identify products and services in media content in a method which includes receiving a request for information regarding a product or service identifiable in content being presented on a display, in response to the received request, determining a unique identifier for the product or service, determining if information for an alternate product or service should be returned in response to the request and if alternate product or service information should be returned in response to the request, determining a unique identifier for the alternate product or service. The process further includes searching for the unique identifier of the product or service in the original request or the alternate product or service in a database of unique identifiers to obtain product or service information for the product or service for which information is to be returned. The information retrieved can include sales information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032362 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR READY-TO-BUY CUSTOMIZABLE PROJECT KIT CREATION AND PURCHASE - An electronic commerce system has a kit creation module for creating a customizable project kit that is publicly available on-line and a kit buying module for facilitating purchase of a project kit. The system provides automatic substitution of unavailable products or customization of kits by the kit buyers to reflect taste or buyer needs while making sure that selected products fit the intended purpose of the project. The system also may have an assisted products exploration and similar products search capability facilitating specification of customizations available for the project during the kit creation as well as selection of customization options during the kit buying. The system may enable multiple contributors collaborating on a kit, as well as making kit variants. The system may also provide an ability to browse collection of projects, project kits and project kit variants. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032363 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE INTERACTIVE MARKETPLACE WITH TIME-LIMITED NEGOTIATION - Systems and methods to provide a live video-based marketplace negotiation platform in the context of time limited online trading and commerce is described. Embodiments may include an interactive market place where transactions may be negotiated between buyers and sellers in a secure and entertaining manner. In an example, an online trading platform may match potential sellers and buyers based on any of a variety of criteria, and allow sellers and buyers to negotiate a deal in a limited time frame. Negotiations may be performed in real-time over a text, voice, or video communication interface that may include descriptions, images, or videos of a product offered by a seller. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VERIFICATION OF SELLER AUTHORIZATION AND PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION - A system. The system includes a computing device, a verification module and a badging module. The computing device includes a processor. The verification module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured to determine if the seller has an account with the system and if the seller is authorized by a manufacturer to sell a product manufactured by the manufacturer and being offered for sale on a product web page. The badging module is communicably connected to the processor and is configured to generate a badge if the seller has an account with the system and the seller is authorized by the manufacturer to sell the product. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032365 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO SUPPLEMENT A LISTING VIA A THIRD PARTY TRUST PROVIDER - Various embodiments include a method and system to request supplemental trust information (STI), from over a network, from a third party trust provider. The requesting uses a first predetermined criterion from an item listing that describes a particular item that is offered for sale on a network-based marketplace. The STI includes history information for the particular item that is generated by the third party trust provider. The system then stores and presents at least a portion of the STI. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032366 | PEER-ASSISTED SHOPPING - According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method for peer-assisted shopping, the method includes initiating, on a first endpoint corresponding to a first user, a display of media content. The method also includes initiating, on the first endpoint, an interactive feature configured to allow the first user to interact with the first endpoint in response to the display of media content. The method further includes initiating, on the first endpoint, an option for the first user to invoke a communication request with at least a second user corresponding to at least a second endpoint. Moreover, the method includes, upon selection of the option, initiating a connection request with the at least a second endpoint. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING RECOMMENDED ARTICLE CORRESPONDING TO USER'S CRITERIA - Provided are a system and method of providing a recommended article corresponding to a user's criteria. The system includes a recommender information storing unit that stores information of recommenders recommending articles; a recommended article registering unit where the articles recommended by the recommenders are registered; a recommendation criteria storing unit that receives recommendation criteria from users wanting to receive recommended articles, the recommendation criteria including recommender selection criteria for recommenders from whom the users want to receive the recommended articles; a recommended article extracting unit that extracts articles recommended by the recommender corresponding to the recommender selection criteria, as the recommended articles, according to criteria registered in the recommendation criteria storing unit; and a recommended article providing unit that provides the extracted recommended articles to the users. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNITY AIDED RESEARCH AND SHOPPING - A system and method for providing product research help to a consumer doing internet shopping. A consumer helper application for internet commerce has been designed to integrate the techniques that are currently used by many internet consumers into a single application program. For example, the consumer helper application allows a user to take notes, store web site links, store web site annotations, obtain collaborative input, and perform other tasks commonly used by web site consumers. The consumer helper application stores all of the information gathered in a single place. Information provided by other consumers may be shared using the consumer helper application. The consumer helper application will suggest specific items for a consumer to purchase based up on the information gathered by the consumer into the consumer helper application. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING FITTING AND SIZING RECOMMENDATIONS - A method and system for displaying footwear information. The method and system utilize a database on a computer readable medium, the database including a plurality of footwear representations including various measurement parameters. A user inputs a selection of a reference footwear model. A footwear representation of the reference footwear model is loaded from the database along with footwear representations for a plurality of additional models of footwear. The footwear representation for the reference footwear model and the footwear representations for the additional models of footwear are compared to identify at least one of the additional models of footwear having similar measurement parameters as the reference footwear model. Additional models identified are presented to the user as a recommendation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032370 | Automatically Linking Product Serial Numbers - A system includes a processor operable to receive transaction information associated with a product purchased by a customer and determine a customer account associated with the customer. The transaction information includes an account identification, a generic product code, and a unique product identifier. The unique product identifier is operable to identify a single unit of the product from among a plurality of identical products and the generic product code is operable to indicate a description of the product. The processor is further operable to determine whether the unique product identifier and the generic product code should be stored in customer account information associated with the determined customer account, and store the unique product identifier and the generic product code in the customer account information if it is determined that the unique product identifier and the generic product code should be stored in the customer account information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032371 | Systems and Methods of Processing Information and Transactions Involving Digital Content and/or Experiences Associated with Celebrities and Networked Users - Systems and methods are disclosed for processing transactions and associated data. In one exemplary implementation, there is provided a method for processing information associated with transactions involving a product, wherein the product may comprise an experience, a physical product, and/or a digital product. Moreover, illustrative methods may include performing processing associated with a plurality of subroutines, such as a first subroutine for handling an experience, a second subroutine for handling a physical product and/or a digital product, and/or one or more additional subroutines associated with fulfillment. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032372 | TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for performing a transaction based on a payment identifier which is embedded in or on a product. In response to an order for a product, a payment identifier is generated and associated with a monetary amount which is ring-fenced in an account. The payment identifier is embedded in or on the ordered product and the product is sent to a recipient. On receipt of the product, the recipient uses the payment identifier to obtain the monetary amount, via an Automated Teller Machine or an electronic bank transfer to their account. Ring-fenced monetary amounts in respect of the account are managed by a payment system and an associated method. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032373 | HEURISTIC DATA ENTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A heuristic data entry system/method that integrates data entry search procedures and new data record entry functionality is disclosed. The system/method allows the data entry operator to enter one of more fields within a dialog menu representing a customer context. As these fields are entered a background process scans a customer database using a heuristic algorithm in an attempt to match the customer context against known customer records using a variety of matching algorithms incorporating non-tautological mapping functions. Customer records matched using these imprecise matching functions are then ranked by relevance and displayed as potential candidates for selection by the operator to complete the remaining customer context. The heuristic algorithms make no assumptions as to the accuracy the data operator entry or the customer record database, thus permitting potential matches between customer context and customer data records to occur with symmetrically non-dominant data accuracy assumptions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032374 | EBOOK MANAGEMENT AND FULFILLMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for indexing and providing electronic publications in a networked computing environment. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide an ebook distribution engine that has a database for storing and managing data, including: ebook data from a plurality of ebook vendors; curriculum data for a plurality of schools; and fulfillment data including ebook purchase information for individual students at each of the plurality schools; a back office manager having an interface into the database for managing the curriculum data; a publication manager for importing ebook data from the plurality of ebook vendors into the database; and a fulfillment system that effectuates purchase and delivery of ebooks from the ebook vendors to the students. | 2014-01-30 |
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. | 2014-01-30 |
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. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032377 | Venue Seat and Feature Map - Methods and systems are provided for helping a customer select seats when purchasing tickets, such as from an online ticket seller. A venue map can be provided to help the customer select the seat. The venue map can show the different seating areas and their relationship to an attraction area, such as a stage, game court or field. The venue map can also show features of the venue. For example, the venue map can show wheel chair accesses, restaurants, drink stands, playgrounds, stores, parking lots, restrooms, and the like. Ticket prices for each seating area can be provided, either on the map or elsewhere. Thus, a customer can use the map to determine which seats the customer desires for a particular event. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032378 | PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY IN MARKET DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS - The present invention provides a product authentication process and system for detecting the distribution of unauthorized product. In one exemplary embodiment the process includes the step of inputting product information of a plurality of products into an internet accessible database, the product information including identification information of the plurality of products. The method further includes the step of inputting distribution information of the plurality of products into the internet accessible database, the distribution information including locations of the plurality of products along a distribution chain. The method further comprises the step of providing a search engine data server for searching and viewing the identification information and distribution information of the plurality of products. The method further includes the step of generating an alarm if there is a difference between product information or distribution information inputted into the internet searchable database and actual product information or distribution information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032379 | ON-SHELF AVAILABILITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods to determine on-shelf availability are provided. In example embodiments, transaction data that includes past sales transactions is accessed. A virtual time scale is determined. The virtual time scale is based on a transformation of the transaction data for a particular product category from a real-time scale to the virtual time scale that provides uniformly distributed sales. At least one estimation parameter of an exponential function based on the virtual time scale and the transaction data is determined. Using the at least one estimation parameter, current sales transaction data is monitored to detect a critical time that indicates a high probability that the particular product category will be out-of-shelf. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032380 | COMPUTERIZED CARBON FOOTPRINT INVENTORY OF PRODUCTS AND COMPUTNG DEVICE FOR INVENTORYING CARBON FOOTPRINT OF THE PRODUCTS - A computerized carbon footprint inventory method of carrying out a carbon footprint inventory of a product is implemented in a computing device. The computing device receives an inventory procedure selected by a user, sets products as inventory targets, loads data as to materials in the product, and determines which materials are to be inventoried according to a weight analysis and according to a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) analysis. The computing device further receives an inventory list uploaded by a vendor, sets a calculation boundary of the carbon footprint inventory and a priority of the material, calculates any uncertainties in relation to the product and the CO2e of the product, generates an inventory report including the uncertainties and the CO2e of the product, and executes an internal verification and an external verification of the inventory report. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032381 | PAYMENT SERVICES PROVIDER METHODS IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONALIZED PAYMENTS SYSTEM - A method includes a processor receiving transaction information from a merchant device, which includes a transaction amount, merchant identifying information and customer addressing information. The processer transmits the merchant identifying information to a customer mobile device, and receives a payment transaction request to transfer funds from a customer account to a merchant. The processor translates the customer addressing information into a customer payment card account number, and the merchant identifying information into a merchant payment card account number. The processor then transmits the payment transaction request to the customer's issuer financial institution, which request includes the customer payment card account number, the transaction amount, and the merchant payment card account number. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032382 | COMPENSATION RECOMMENDATIONS - The compensation recommendation system disclosed herein allows a user to determine compensations for a plurality of tasks, determine tasks performed by a user on one or more of the plurality of tasks, determine time spent by a user on the one or more of the plurality of tasks, and determine the reasonable compensation of the user using the compensations for the one or more of the plurality of tasks and the time spent by the user on the one or more of the plurality of tasks. The compensation recommendation system may be used by a business owner to determine reasonable compensation based on time spent on a number of tasks. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032383 | ONLINE REAL-TIME ACCOUNTING - A method of real time accounting of an online user, comprising, in response to detecting that an accounting period of an online user has expired, transmitting an instant accounting request packet to a Network Access Server (NAS) with an accounting server, in response to receiving an accounting reset packet from the NAS and with the accounting server, performing an instant settlement for expenses of the user according to online usage information carried in the accounting reset packet, recording a result of the instant settlement in a bill of the accounting period that expired recently, restarting to perform accounting for the user from a next accounting period, and transmitting an accounting response packet to the NAS to cause the NAS to clear online usage information of the user and re-calculate the online usage of the user from the next accounting period. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032384 | DETERMINING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET - Commercial size of spending wallet (“SoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“SoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. Commercial SoW is a modeling approach that utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. These outputs can be appended to data profiles of customers and prospects and can be utilized to support decisions involving prospecting, new account evaluation, and customer management across the lifecycle. Company financial statements are utilized to identify and calculate total business spend of a company that could be transacted using a commercial credit card. A spend-like regression model may then be developed to estimate annual commercial SoSW value for customers and prospects within a credit network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032385 | DATABASE FOR CHECK RISK DECISIONS POPULATED WITH CHECK ACTIVITY DATA FROM BANKS OF FIRST DEPOSIT - A plurality of banks of first deposit provide checking account activity data for both transit items (checks received for deposit that need to be cleared) and incoming returns (bounced checks) to a statistical model which determines from the data the likelihood that a check from a specific checking account will be returned. This data is used to populate a database of checking accounts to be used for making check risk decisions, such as check hold policy decisions, check acceptance decisions, and open to buy decisions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT BANKING OPERATIONS - Various embodiments of the invention comprise an apparatus and method for providing improved banking operations. In one embodiment, the method includes decomposing data processing of a banking organization into multiple functions, and providing multiple widgets. Each of the multiple widgets performs a banking operation, and includes at least one of the multiple functions. The multiple widgets exhaustively represent the data processing of the banking organization exhaustively and perform mutually exclusive banking operations. In another embodiment, the method includes customizing a workspace of a computing terminal by rendering at least one of the multiple widgets in the workspace according to a preference including at least one of, role of user of the workspace with respect to the banking organization, and the like. In another embodiment, the method includes providing at least one of the multiple widgets based on a current context including at least one of, customer identity, and the like. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032387 | Systems and Methods for Multiplier-Adjusted Lean Levels for Trading Strategies - Certain embodiments provide a method for trading in an electronic trading environment including receiving market data relating to a plurality of tradeable objects; sending a order to an exchange for the first tradeable object at a quoted price; receiving a fill confirmation for the quoting order at a filled price; determining a difference between the quoted price and the filled price; determining a hedge price for each of the plurality of tradeable objects other than the first tradeable object based at least in part on the difference and at least one multiplier associated with at least one leg of the trading strategy; and sending hedge orders for each of the plurality of tradeable objects other than the first tradeable object at the corresponding hedge price. The plurality of tradeable objects includes at least a first, second, and third tradeable object, which are traded as legs of a trading strategy. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032388 | Transformation of a Multi-Leg Security Definition for Calculation of Implied Orders in an Electronic Trading System - An electronic trading system utilizes a Match Engine that receives orders, stores them internally, calculates tradable combinations and advertises the availability of real and implied orders in the form of market data. New tradable items defined as combinations of other tradable items may be included in the calculation of tradable combinations. A technique is disclosed for transforming a combination or strategy contract with an arbitrary number of buy and sell legs with an arbitrary volume ratio for each leg into a form that can be used for rapid implied order calculations. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032389 | ELECTRONIC SECURITIES MARKETPLACE HAVING INTEGRATION WITH ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - An electronic trading marketplace (ETM) communicates with interfacing modules interfacing directly with order management systems (OMS's) at trading institutions. The interfacing modules automatically transmit orders from the OMS databases to the ETM and update the OMS databases in response to orders executed at the ETM. Traders can communicate with the ETM to anonymously negotiate trades of securities. | 2014-01-30 |
20140032390 | System and Method for Asymmetric Offsets in a Risk Management System - A system and method for using asymmetrical offsets for products in a risk management analysis system are disclosed. Conventional systems assign symmetrical offsets for products, that is, if two products have an 80% correlation they each would be assigned an offset of 80% with respect to each other. However, it is desirable to allow for asymmetrical offsets. In the disclosed system and method, when two products have a correlation of 80%, one may be assigned an offset of 75% and the other may be assigned an offset of 80%. There are many reasons to vary the offset between the products. The varying offset may reflect an asymmetry in the risk in one of the products, such as being traded in an illiquid market or in a less desirable venue. The varying offset may correct for an imbalance in spread credits due to special charges from intra spreading. | 2014-01-30 |