09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180060868 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE VERIFICATION OF USERS - The various implementations described herein include systems and methods for identifying and verifying remote users. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) receiving, from a client device of a remote user: (a) an image of an identification document; and (b) login information for accessing a user account; (2) extracting identification credentials of the remote user from the image; (3) associating the user account with the extracted identification credentials; (4) receiving user information from a remote third-party server; (5) determining that the user information corresponds to the user account; (6) retrieving the extracted identification credentials of the remote user; and (7) transmitting the extracted identification credentials to the remote third-party server. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATION SCORING BASED ON CARDHOLDER WALLET ITEM REDEMPTION - A method for location scoring a transaction based on item redemption includes: receiving a redemption notification, the notification including an indication of redemption of an item; receiving a transaction message related to a payment transaction, the transaction message being formatted based standards and including a plurality of data elements including a first data element configured to store a geographic location, a second data element configured to store a transaction time, and one or more additional data elements configured to store additional transaction data; determining a location score for the payment transaction based on a correspondence between the geographic location and a location of the redeemed item and a correspondence between the transaction time and a time of the redeemed item; executing a query on the transaction message to insert the determined location score into a data element of the plurality of data elements; and electronically transmitting the transaction message. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060870 | MULTILEVEL MARKETING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for managing a hierarchy of a plurality of distributors over a computer network is disclosed. In one aspect the system includes a server in communication with at least one third party marketing server and at least one distributor database; and a plurality of distributor devices communicating over the computer network with the server, the plurality of distributor devices each operating a distributor mobile application, the distributor mobile application configured to determine a business value for each of the plurality of distributors based on the business information provided by the at least one third party marketing server, wherein the business value is updated on the at least one distributor database via the server over the computer network. The system allows for investment in the plurality of distributors by investors. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURE ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC RECORDS - A system and method for providing secure access to electronic records. The system authenticates a user associated with the electronic records, receives a request to access the electronic records, and provides access to the electronic records in response to authenticating the user. The system also receives user input data and updates the electronic records based on the user input data. The system further monitor a trigger condition associated with the user input data, and transmits a notification in response to detecting the trigger condition. The trigger condition may be, for example, an interaction with a device associated with a particular business entity. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060872 | CUSTOMER SUPPORT SYSTEM AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT METHOD - There has not been a service for integrally supporting a customer from a time of purchasing a product through a time of purchasing a next new product, wherein use state information on product users is collected and analyzed with respect to deterioration and abnormality conditions while using the product, product resale time and time of purchasing a new product. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060873 | ELECTRONIC ATOMIZER, ANTI-COUNTERFEITING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic atomizer capable of detecting a counterfeit liquid container is illustrated. The electronic atomizer includes a liquid container, a power supply module and a storage box. The liquid container includes an identification code carrier and an atomizing component. The liquid container accommodates fluid to be atomized, and the power supply module provides power to the atomizing component for atomization of the fluid. The storage box has a receiving space and is provided with an identifying device configured to identify the identification code carrier of the liquid container which is placed in the receiving space. Also illustrated are an anti-counterfeit system and a method thereof. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060874 | BI-DIRECTIONAL TRUST INDICATOR - A computer-implemented method is described. The method includes generating, for display on a computing device, an identification rendering viewable on a display of the device, the identification rendering including an authority indicator and a digital image of a person. The method further includes the device triggering an interactive effect associated with the identification rendering. The triggering occurs in response to the device receiving a trigger input and the trigger can be from any input or communications sensor of the computing device. The triggered interactive effect includes an authority indicator and a freshness indicator that enables an individual viewing the display to validate the identity of the person associated with the digital image. Validation can be based on at least one of a characteristic of the interactive effect and attributes of the person or the authority indicator. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060875 | METHOD FOR TRACKING PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS - A method for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment (PPE) and actions of individuals includes the following steps. An article of PPE configured with a smart tag is provided to an individual prior to performance of a task. After the individual performs the task, the article of PPE is processed. Information is retrieved from the smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE. After the performance of the task, the individual's data is read and the individual enters into a designated area. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060876 | METHOD FOR TRACKING PROCEDURES PERFORMED ON PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS - A method for tracking procedures performed on personal protection equipment (PPE) and actions of individuals includes the following steps. An article of PPE configured with a smart tag is provided to an individual prior to performance of a task. After the individual performs the task, the article of PPE is processed. Information is retrieved from the smart tag during at least one of: before, during and after processing the article of PPE. After the performance of the task, the individual's data is read and the individual enters into a designated area. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060877 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A management system includes: an information terminal that reads an information code attached to a management target, the information code storing code identification information that specifies the management target; and a server communicable with the information terminal. The information terminal includes: a reading portion that optically reads display information including the information code; a position information acquisition portion that acquires position information of the information terminal; a terminal-side transmission portion that transmits the position information as reading position information to the server; and a notification portion that notifies predetermined information. The server includes: a storage portion that stores management information; a determination portion that determines whether the code identification information corresponds to information of the information code attached to the management target; and a server-side transmission portion that transmits a determination result to the information terminal. The notification portion notifies information with respect to the determination result. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060878 | DATA AUTHENTICITY IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAFETY CHECK OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE - Disclosed is a data authenticity identification method for safety check of a two-dimensional code, comprising the steps of: S | 2018-03-01 |
20180060879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPLAYING A VOICE MESSAGE AND DISPLAYING A SIGNED DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH CONTEMPORANEOUSLY - Disclosed are methods and systems for generating digital memorabilia including: providing a digital memorabilia signor with a digital photograph, a digital sports jersey, or a combination thereof; receiving at least one of an electronic signature or an electronic written message from the digital memorabilia signor to be embedded in the digital photograph, the digital sports jersey, or the combination thereof; embedding the at least one of an electronic signature or an electronic written message from the digital memorabilia signor into the digital photograph, the digital sports jersey, or a combination thereof to form the generated digital memorabilia; sending the generated digital memorabilia including the electronic signature and the electronic written message to a verification service to verify authenticity of the electronic signature and electronic written message in the generated digital memorabilia; and delivering the generated memorabilia to a digital receiver. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060880 | SELECTIVE ADVERTISING IN MEDIA CONTENT - Embodiments of techniques for distributing and rendering media content are provided. In response to a request for a first media file, a combined media file is generated having first and second segments that together include data from the first media file and from a second media file. The combined media file is then provided to a player module operable to render only data from the first media file during a first operating mode, and operable to render data from both the first and second media files during a second operating mode. For example, the first media file may be a music file, and the second media file an advertisement. A consumer may play the music portion without special software or a license, but the advertisement will be rendered as well. Alternatively, the consumer may purchase a license and use special playback software to render the music without the advertisement. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE MECHANISMS FOR POWERED CARDS AND DEVICES - A card, or other device (e.g., a mobile telephonic device), may provide transaction, feature information, and/or any other type of information to a merchant terminal based upon check-in options that may be selected by the user on the card. A routing server may receive transaction information, feature information, merchant related information, cardholder information and/or any other type of information and provide the information to networked entities. The networked entities (e.g., websites, social networks, and search engines) may access the information to track the purchasing habits of one or more cardholders. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060882 | ONLINE AD DETECTION AND AD CAMPAIGN ANALYSIS - Metrics for online ads are captured by parsing web pages to identify ad beacons containing information identifying whether the online ads are for a particular client. These metrics are used to determine key performance indicators for auditing and competitor analysis for an online ad campaign. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060883 | PROVIDING ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION DATA OVER TIME FOR EVENTS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to administration of an electronic survey to collect perception ratings for an event. For example, an electronic survey system provides a perception survey question to a respondent client device for an event (e.g., a digital media event or a live user experience). As a user associated with the respondent client device experiences the event, the user indicates a perception rating over time for the event by interacting with a graphical input element corresponding to the perception survey question. The survey system collects perception data points indicating the perception rating of the user and associates information about the user with the perception data points. The survey system can generate response data for the perception survey question based on the perception data points. The survey system can also generate a perception data report using the user profile information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060884 | Vehicle Suspension Measurement System and Associated Methods - A vehicle suspension measurement system that allows for tracking of customer traffic at a retail environment, and for determining whether items were purchased by a customer during their visit to the retail environment is discussed. Using a passive sensor-based system, data may be gathered by visually analyzing a vehicle's suspension system upon entry to the retail environment and again upon exit from the retail environment. A comparison of the entry and exit images may be performed to determine the degree of engagement of the vehicle suspension system and thereby provide an indicator as to whether the customer in the vehicle has made a purchase. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060885 | SEGMENTATION BASED ESTIMATION METHOD FOR DEMAND MODELS UNDER CENSORED DATA - A hardware processor coupled to a transaction data database and a customer data database receives transaction data and customer data, and executes a predictive modeling algorithm that determines customer features that characterize purchasing behavior from the customer data and the transaction data. The hardware processor executes a clustering algorithm that segments customers into multiple groups based on the customer features. A likelihood function is constructed based on a selected demand model, the transaction data and customer segment information determined from the multiple groups, the likelihood function determined based on probability that each sales transaction belongs to a segment conditioned on a paid price. A model estimator computes parameters that maximize the likelihood function. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060886 | MARKET SHARE PREDICTION WITH SHIFTING CONSUMER PREFERENCE - Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: predicting a market share based on consumer preference shift based on inputs of including sales data of respective branded products in a market, product feature data, and product event data. Feature cluster switch rates are first estimated and then brand switch rate within a subject feature cluster is estimated. Future market share of a branded product having the subject feature cluster is predicted and reported. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060887 | BRAND EQUITY PREDICTION - Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: evaluating a brand value as a function of numerous parameters as formulated by brand value dynamics, and by use of input data for accurate prediction of the brand value. A brand equity is estimated based on the brand value and brand values of all brands competing in the market. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060888 | EROSION RATE PREDICTION POST LOSS OF EXCLUSIVITY - Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining input data regarding to a market for a branded product subject to loss of exclusivity scheduled. A dynamic half-life of a market value for the branded product is estimated to predict a market share erosion rate of the branded product at a point of time after the loss of exclusivity. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060889 | MANAGING ADOPTION AND COMPLIANCE OF SERIES PURCHASES - Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: identifying a target customer population of a series product and dividing into segments by customer behaviors relevant to adoption of and compliance to a series of purchases of the series product. A marketing campaign strategy for each segment is devised and executed, and adoption rate and compliance rate is predicted by analytical modeling and later evaluated by actual sales data. Parameters used in predicting the adoption rate and the compliance rate are adjusted for accuracy. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060890 | STANDARDIZED CUSTOM SURVEYS - Example implementations relate to standardized custom surveys. For example, a system can include a generate engine to generate, based on a definition, a survey of an entity having a customized data model, a send engine to send the survey to an end-user during a workflow of a lifecycle of the entity responsive to a predetermined workflow event, a collect engine to collect, based on the definition, a response to the survey and a context, and a report engine to generate a report from a table containing standardized responses and standardized contexts collected from a plurality of surveys including the survey of the entity, wherein each of the plurality of surveys has a different customized data model. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060891 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REALITY AUGMENTING TOWARDS A PREDEFINED OBJECT - A reality augmenting computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product, includes detecting a consumer and at least one of a product and a location, determining a current sensory state of the consumer, calculating a desired sensory state to achieve a target mood based on a correlation between the target mood and a user model, and executing an action according to the desired sensory state by a wearable to change the current sensory state of the consumer to the target mood. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060892 | MARKET SEGMENT ANALYSIS OF PRODUCT OR SERVICE OFFERINGS - This disclosure describes a market segment analysis (MSA) system that facilitates a cluster analysis of market segment data and performance metrics to identify data patterns between individual market segments within a designated market region. Particularly, the MSA system may quantify current performance of existing vendor product or service offerings within a market segment relative to historical performance of the vendor product or service offering within the market segment. Further, the MSA system may quantify current performance of a vendor product or service offering relative to current peer performance of the same or substantially similar vendor product or service offerings within additional market segments. The MSA system may recommend one or more additional market segments for an offering of the vendor product or service. Alternatively, or additionally, the MSA system may recommend one or more vendor product or service offering(s) for a target market segment of a designated market region. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060893 | CORRELATING CONSUMPTION AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS - According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method for estimating product demand at one or more target venues, comprising: receiving a plurality local parameters comprising a level of product demand, and a volume of liquid beverage dispensed by at least one liquid dispenser, illumination conditions, audible conditions, number of people in the target venue, and/or identity of staff working at the target venue, and receiving general parameters comprising time of day, date, and/or local weather conditions, substituting at least one parameter in a classifier algorithm, the classifier algorithm calculated to correlate a desired level of the demand for products with the at least one parameter, and the classifier algorithm outputting a recommendation to adapt the at least one parameter to increase the product demand. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060894 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT GENERATED RESOURCE-PROVISION BIDS IN AN AUTOMATED RESOURCE-EXCHANGE SYSTEM - The current document is directed a resource-exchange system that facilitates resource exchange and sharing among computing facilities. The currently disclosed methods and systems employ efficient, distributed-search-based auction methods and subsystems within distributed computer systems that include large numbers of geographically distributed data centers to locate resource-provider computing facilities that match the resource needs of resource-consumer computing facilities. In one implementation, resource-provider computing facilities automatically generate hosting fees for hosting computational-resources-consuming entities on behalf of resource-consumer computing facilities that are included in bid-response messages returned by the resource-provider computing facilities in response to receiving bid-request messages. In another implementation, a cloud-exchange system automatically generates hosting fees on behalf of resource-provider computing facilities. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRICING SECONDARY INVENTORY - A method for identifying an optimal ticket for purchase and using the optimal ticket to open a venue for a gate of a venue. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060896 | COLLATERALIZED REWARDS - Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, and modules for collateralization of reward or loyalty program liability. Some such embodiments provide mechanisms for identifying program liability that has a low likelihood of being redeemed, such as liability associated with participant accounts that have had no activity, and are therefore considered stale accounts, for a certain period, such as two or more years. Liability associated with such accounts may then be bundled into a pool and the entity operating the program may pay another entity to incur the liability for those accounts, typically for pennies on the dollar of financial value of the rewards involved. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060897 | RULE-BASED DATA PROCESSING ENGINE - Various embodiments herein relate to data processing, in particular with regard to a rule-based data processing engine. Such a rule-based data processing engine is employed in various embodiments to apply rules to customer data to generate offers of systems and programs, such as credit card and customer loyalty offerings, that achieve desired goals of an offering entity. One embodiment includes identifying at least one program for which an individual qualifies based upon data of the individual in view of respective program qualification criteria. This method further includes determining, for each identified program, at least one variable parameter of the respective program based on a respective parameter rule. This method then transmits, via a network, representations of each of the identified programs with respective determined parameters for presentation within a user interface. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060898 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A LOYALTY PROGRAM FOR A CONSUMER ASSOCIATED WITH A FIRST CURRENCY - A consumer who is a member of a computer-implemented loyalty program and who is associated with a first currency, is permitted to redeem loyalty points in exchange for a payment in a second currency which is different from the first currency. The payment may be made in the form of pre-paid physical or virtual payment card, or by a credit to an account held by a mobile wallet server. The consumer is sent information about products which the consumer can purchase using the second currency. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060899 | SMART REWARD DISPENSING MACHINE AND REWARD SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method, a system and devices for dispensing a reward are provided. A reward dispensing machine (RDM) may include one or more reward reservoirs each storing a respective kind of pre-customized reward items or material. The RDM may include a customization unit, as well as a communication unit configured to receive a reward request associated with a recipient and comprising a description of an intended reward. The RDM may include a processor and memory storing a customization script that causes the processor to control the customization unit to produce the intended reward by receiving one of the pre-customized reward items or material from one of the one or more reward reservoirs and customizing the one of the pre-customized reward items or material into the intended reward based on the description of the intended reward. The RDM may include a dispensing unit configured to dispense the intended reward to the recipient. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE ATTENTION OF A USER OF AT LEAST ONE VIDEO ADVERTISING IN A WEB PAGE AND FOR RECYCLING THE VIDEO ADVERTISING DISPLAYED TO THE USER DEPENDING ON SAID MEASUREMENT - Method for measuring a user's attention to at least one video advertisement in an Internet page,
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20180060901 | Networked System and Method for Increasing Brand Awareness and Data Collection Using Gamification - A system embodied on a computer readable storage medium enhancing brand awareness, collecting data, or both is provided. The system has a content management system (CMS) in communication with a memory and configured to identify a brand of a plurality of brands and manage generated content, a task engine in communication with the CMS, the task engine configured to generate content, wherein the content comprises a plurality of gamified advertisements that are correlated to the brand, wherein a user interacts directly with the gamified advertisements, an action engine in communication with the task engine and configured to monitor user action and behavior, capture analytics as outputs, or both, and a rewards module in communication with the memory and configured to track user rewards based on achievement in the plurality of gamified advertisements correlated to the plurality of brands. A method for enhancing brand awareness and collecting data is further provided. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060902 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR B2B DEMAND GENERATION WITH TARGETED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS AND LEAD PROFILE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON TARGET AUDIENCE FEEDBACK - Disclosed are methods and systems for generating opt-in business leads utilizing targeted advertising campaigns. The method comprises first retrieving an ideal customer profile (ICP), and generating enriched candidates leads that match the ICP. Next, generating test campaigns, receiving feedback information on the test campaigns from candidate leads in test target groups, scoring each test campaign based on received feedback information, and generating a targeted advertising campaign comprising test campaigns with high campaign scores. Opt-in business leads are generated by selecting candidate leads that respond affirmatively to the targeted advertising campaign. The present invention utilizes a closed-loop approach to customize campaign audiences, to optimize targeted advertising campaigns and ICPs, and as a result, to produces high-quality, low-cost, opt-in leads for B2B companies. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060903 | Information Delivery Method and Apparatus, Server, and Storage Medium - An information delivery method is provided, including: determining a candidate information list in response to a page request sent by a user, where the candidate information list comprises a plurality pieces of information; generating ranks of the pieces of information in the candidate information list by sorting the plurality pieces of information in the candidate information list in accordance with a predetermined rule; acquiring a current average rank of the information of a designated type in the candidate information list based on the ranks of the pieces of information in the candidate information; and selecting designated delivery information from the information of the designated type, based on the current average rank of the information of the designated type and a historical average rank corresponding to the information of the designated type. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060904 | ALLOCATION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ACCESS TO MOBILE DEVICES - Wireless communication access is allocated to a mobile device. Hardware inputs of a mobile device measure an interaction value. The interaction value is converted to a discrete unit of wireless communication access. The mobile device receives access to the discrete unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060905 | MEDIA RESOURCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT OWNER REVENUE - A method for collecting and reporting media information, comprising: a) computing media time duration consumption data by the media computing platform independently for each one or more media resources consumed by each one or more user devices; b) receiving a media rating by the media computing platform for each one or more media resources consumed by each one or more user devices; c) calculating an enjoyment score by the media computing platform from the media time duration consumption data and the media rating independently for each one or more media resources consumed by each one or more content owner devices; d) calculating a media payout by the media computing platform for each content owner for each one or more media resources from the enjoyment score. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060906 | METHOD OF COLLECTING ADVERTISEMENT EXPOSURE DATA OF GAME VIDEO - Provided is a method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a game video, and more particularly, to a method of collecting advertisement exposure data of a game video, in which data on advertisements that are actually exposed to a user from among advertisements applied to a game video, is collected. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060907 | SALES PROMOTION APPARATUS, SALES PROMOTION SYSTEM, STORE SYSTEM, SALES PROMOTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A sales promotion apparatus includes a first visiting customer information acquisition unit, a different store information presentation unit, a second visiting customer information acquisition unit, and a visiting customer match determination unit. The first visiting customer information acquisition unit acquires, from a first visiting customer information acquisition apparatus provided in the one store, biological information of a customer visiting the one store. The different store information presentation unit outputs, to an output apparatus provided in the one store, information regarding a different store. The second visiting customer information acquisition unit acquires, from a second visiting customer information acquisition apparatus provided in the different store, biological information of a customer visiting the different store. The visiting customer match determination unit determines whether there is a match between the biological information acquired by the first visiting customer information acquisition unit and the information acquired by the second visiting customer information acquisition unit. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060908 | PRIORITIZING COMPANIES FOR PEOPLE SEARCH - A search engine optimization system is provided with an on-line social network system. The on-line social network system includes or is in communication with a search engine optimization (SEO) system that is configured to prioritize company keywords (potential search terms) that represent respective people search results pages (PSERPs). The value of a company keyword is expressed as a priority score assigned to that company keyword. The SEO system generates priority scores for different company keywords, using a probabilistic model that takes into account a value expressing how likely the company keyword is to be included in a search query as a search term and/or a value expressing how likely is a search that includes the company keyword as a search term is to produce relevant results, as well as other signals that are indicative of the relative importance of a company represented by the company keyword. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060909 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TARGETED MARKETING OFFERS - The present invention relates to a method, system and server for generating targeted marketing offers for users of mobile devices using the user's historical online retail browsing activity. When a user is within a physical retail store, a customised marketing offer is generated for a user based upon this activity and transmitted to the user's mobile device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060910 | System and Method of Real Time Deal Notification to People Nearby - This invention is about computer software and mobile-device-implemented methods, services and user interfaces for allowing a set of user or users to notify of special offers to other set of user or users. Utilizing this method and location based GPS technology, a set of user creates data which is stored in a middle layer such as a cloud system or database and then displayed on the other set of user's device. In this method, one set of user creates data and another set of user receives data. The data passes through the middle layer, identifies the devices in a defined latitude and longitude and displays the data on those devices. This data could be created from and received on various independent platforms using their API or tools specifically created for the data creation and receiving function. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060911 | DWELL TIME INCREMENTAL PROMOTIONAL OFFERS - Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for distributing promotional offers based on dwell time. A single program is established that includes multiple steps. Each program step includes an offer, a region, and a dwell time threshold. The region can refer to an area within a retail establishment. The dwell time refers to how long a user is in the given region. The program sends a first offer associated with a first step to a user in response to detecting the user being in the region for a duration that exceeds the first dwell time threshold. If the user continues to dwell in the region, the program sends a second offer associated with a second step to the user in response to detecting the user being in the region for a duration that exceeds the second dwell time threshold. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHICALLY-BASED PROMOTIONS - Systems and methods for providing promotional materials to potential customers are described. In some cases, the described methods include obtaining GPS coordinates of a merchant's location. In some cases, the methods further include providing a map showing the locations of customers in a promotion area, wherein a merchant is able to resize the promotion area to increase or decrease how many customers are in the promotion area. In some cases, the merchant further produces a text or other electronic promotion, optionally sets a time period in which such promotion is effective, and provides the promotion to customers within the promotion area. In some cases, as customers enter the merchant's location with their electronic devices that received the promotion, and during the promotion's effective period, the described systems match such devices' GPS coordinates with the GPS coordinates of the merchant's location to register conversions on the promotion. Other implementations are described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060913 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus for selecting an advertisement high in user click-through rate based on the content of the advertisement. The information processing apparatus is characterized by storing an article cluster of articles, identifying the article cluster associated with a specified article, storing advertisement information, composed of each advertisement placed in the articles in the past and profitability information on the advertisements, in association with each of the article clusters, selecting a keyword about the specified article from the advertisements in the identified article cluster and the words in the article to acquire advertisements associated with the selected keyword, and selecting a recommended advertisement from the acquired advertisements based on profitability information on advertisements stored in an article advertisement database for the identified article cluster of the specified article such that the selection probability will be set high when the profitability of each advertisement is high. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A TRACKED MESSAGE - A method or process for generating an attributable and trackable message based engagement through SMS or IP based messaging unit, from within a single unified campaign platform environment, between internet connected devices on any open or closed content delivery networks, servers, website, or social media sites such that the intent and messaging sequence may be tracked and attributed to campaigns, specified audiences, and ad platforms. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060915 | AUDIENCE EXPANSION FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK CONTENT - The present disclosure describes various embodiments of methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which may be used in conjunction with a campaign for distributing content to users of the social network. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a number of advantages over conventional systems for content distribution, including a simplified targeting process and increased reach (i.e. distribution) for content providers among users of a social network, as well as improving the utilization of an inventory of content and higher and more efficient engagement with such content by users of the social network. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060916 | METHOD FOR RENDERING A SET OF CONTENT ASSETS AT A DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SERVER AND RELATED DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method, content management server and a related display device for rendering a set of content assets at a display device of a plurality of display devices. Each display device of said plurality of display devices being coupled to a content management server, where the content management server is configured to distribute content assets to each display device of said plurality of display devices. Each display device having an audience comprising at least one user for consuming said set of content assets rendered at said display device, whereat first an aggregated content is obtained by retrieving content assets from a plurality of content sources content and subsequently for a display device of said plurality of display devices, a set of content assets (for presenting on said display device) is selected from said aggregated content, based on a estimation of content assets already consumed by each user of said audience of said display device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060917 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXTRACTING USER PROFILES AND HABITS BASED ON SPEECH RECOGNITION AND CALLING HISTORY FOR TELEPHONE SYSTEM ADVERTISING - A system, method and computer program product for providing targeted messages to a person using telephony services by generating user profile information from telephony data and using the user profile information to retrieve targeted messages. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR URGENCY BASED RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION - A method of organizing media content is disclosed. The method for distributing resources includes a plurality of resources, generated in accordance with consumer-directed attributes of at least two consumers, at least one desired criteria limiting the ones of said plurality of resources available for each of the at least two consumers, an urgency rate, generated in accordance with the consumer-directed attributes and provider preferences related to the plurality of resources, and a distributor that distributes to one of the at least two consumers certain of the plurality of resources according to said urgency rate. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060919 | INTELLIGENT DRESSER AND CORRESPONDING CLOUD EXPERT SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an intelligent dresser and a corresponding cloud expert device. The intelligent dresser introduces the cloud expert device on the basis of a conventional dresser to implement a customized recommendation of cosmetic product. The embodiment of the present disclosure meets the requirement of user's personalized and specialized requirements on cosmetic product caring to get a more targeted and effective skin care and dressing. Meanwhile, the embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a virtual dresser based on a mobile terminal, and has a good application prospect and valuable market. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060920 | LIVE AUCTION ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SMART SIGNS - Embodiments are directed towards a smart sign that provides dynamic content auctions based on device-specific information obtained from mobile devices in proximity of the smart sign. Device-information requirements and content are received from content providers. The device-information requirements include target device-specific information and a price that the content provider is willing to pay to have its content displayed when the target device-specific information is received from a mobile device. Device-specific information is received from each mobile device in the proximity of the smart sign. The auction for the smart sign is performed by comparing the device-specific information to the device-information requirements for the content providers. Third-party content, e.g., advertisement, is selected for the content provider that paid a highest amount of money for the device-information requirements that match the device-specific information. User-specific content is generated and displayed on the smart sign based on the selected third-party content. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060921 | AUGMENTING VISIBLE CONTENT OF AD CREATIVES BASED ON DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH LINKED TO DESTINATIONS - Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for augmenting visible content of ad creatives. In various implementations, a document associated with a destination linked to by an ad creative may be identified. One or more templates may be applied to content of the document to identify at least one content candidate with which to augment visible content of the ad creative. It may be determined that the at least one content candidate satisfies a criterion. Visible content of the ad creative may be augmented based on the at least one content candidate. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060922 | ADVERTISEMENT IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM AND ADVERTISEMENT IMAGE GENERATING METHOD THEREOF - An advertisement image generation system and an advertisement image generating method thereof are disclosed. The advertisement image generation system stored an original advertisement image includes an image display device, an image capturing device, an image selection module and a synthesis module. The image capturing device is used to capture a capturing image of a scene, wherein the capturing image has an object. The image selection module is used to find a corresponding selected area image which is having the object from the capturing image. The synthesis module is used for combining the selected area image and the original advertisement image into a final advertisement image, thus the image display device is able to display the final advertisement image. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060923 | SERVER DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD OF SERVER DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - To readily identify a document to which an advertisement is desired to be attached and to reduce the burden on an advertisement submitter, a server device is provided in an advertisement providing system including an advertisement submitter terminal for inputting an advertisement, a user terminal for displaying articles, wherein the server device causes the user terminal to display an advertisement with an article. The server device includes a transmitting unit transmitting information specifying a plurality of candidate articles to the advertisement submitter terminal to display the candidate articles, a receiving unit receiving from the advertisement submitter terminal information specifying at least one candidate article selected from the plurality of the candidate articles, and a sending unit sending the advertisement to the user terminal when an article similar to the selected candidate article is displayed in the user terminal, to display the advertisement on the user terminal with the similar article. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060924 | System and Method of Interactive Consumer Marketing - A private first challenge can be conducted within a consumer engagement mobile application. A component of the challenge can be a good or a service of the sponsor. Each participant in the challenge must complete an act involving the good or the service component. Each participant must create a visual record of the act. The participants must submit the visual record of the act at a first specified time period. An invitation can be conveyed to participate in the challenge to each participant valid for the duration of the time period. Advantageously, all within the mobile application, private challenges/contests are provided, which allow users and sponsors to generate and set the terms of their own challenge/contest, as well as allow users and sponsors to engage in multiple concurrent challenges/contests. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060925 | Seller Coordination of Multiple Price Mechanisms - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for jointly optimizing one or more parameters associated with multiple different price mechanisms. The price mechanisms may include spot market pricing, fixed-contract pricing, formula-based pricing, or the like, and may vary in duration. The optimized parameters may include an optimized price for each price mechanism that maximizes expected seller profit across all price mechanisms and all buyers. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060926 | DETECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK DETRACTOR TRIGGER EVENTS - A method may include a processor receiving survey data for a plurality of customers of a telecommunication service provider network for a given time period, the survey data identifying whether each of the customers is willing to recommend the telecommunication service provider network, identifying detractors from the plurality of customers, comprising customers that are not willing to recommend the telecommunication service provider network, and collecting customer event data for the detractors for the given time period, identify detractor trigger events from the customer event data, comprising billing events that are correlated with the detractors, detect an occurrence of one of the detractor trigger events associated with a first customer, and adjust a billing record for the first customer in response to detecting the occurrence of the one of the detractor trigger events, to result in a lesser charge to the first customer than without the adjusting. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060927 | System and Method for Performing Transactions Similar to Previous Transactions - According to the invention, a method for initiating a similar transaction to one previously initiated by a user is disclosed. The method may include sending a digital receipt for a first transaction to a user. The method may also include determining reminder information, where the reminder information indicates a future time or frequency. The method may further include sending to the user, upon occurrence of the future time or frequency, a digital reminder which includes an interactive element. The method may additionally include receiving an indication that the user has interacted with the interactive element, and initiating a second transaction having a characteristic in common with the first transaction based on the indication. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060928 | PRE-VERIFICATION PROCESSING - Unique data is obtained from a consumer; the identity data is verified for the consumer based on the unique data. A verification message is provided for at least a portion of a transaction during a transaction after he identity data is verified. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PREDICTION OF POSITIVE BUSINESS LEADS THROUGH LEAD SCORING - A computer program, computer-implemented process, and/or an apparatus may detect an event in a webpage or an application, and adjust a lead score by comparing the event with implicit lead scoring rules, explicit lead scoring rules, lead state, or any combination thereof. Using the lead score, the event is assigned to a category or classification for purposes of identifying a positive or negative lead. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060930 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT AND ONLINE REVERSE AUCTION SYSTEM - A workflow management and online reverse auction system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program. The program causes a computer to execute steps of posting electronic part details for a part to be sourced to an online reverse auction site, and receiving electronic bids including prices for supplying the part to be sourced through the online reverse auction site from a plurality of suppliers. The program also causes the computer to execute steps of selecting a chosen supplier from the plurality of suppliers based on the electronic bids, and providing an option for the chosen supplier to extend an initial supplier agreement duration by accepting an additional supplier agreement term beneficial to a buyer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060931 | System and Method for Trading Valuable Items - A system for transacting items via network is disclosed. The system includes an electronic data processing device, a user application device, a recycling device and a processing device. The electronic data processing device registers data of a user and a valuable item. The user application device is networked to the electronic data processing device for receiving and encoding the data of the user and the valuable item to generate an electronic tag. The recycling device is networked to the electronic data processing device for recording the data of the user and confirming the data of the valuable item according to the electronic tag. The processing device is networked to the electronic data processing device for sorting the valuable item, recording a weight of the valuable item to generate a receiving data, and sending the receiving data to the electronic data processing device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060932 | DATA ACQUISITION ENHANCEMENT USING SINGLE-DESTINATION MANAGEMENT - Enhancing data acquisition over multiple on-line platforms is described. The technical difficulties with multiple platforms offering or advertising a branded item are addressed by generating a shoppable address that can be associated with a content related to the branded item any number of websites, such as an image or video file advertising or describing the branded item. The shoppable address is a hyperlink that, when clicked on by a consumer, presents the consumer with a unique, single destination—a webpage scripted to include purchase information for the branded item from multiple retail sources, with links to the multiple retail sources. The links may be hyperlinks directly to the branded item at an on-line retail source, or may be contact information for a brick-and-mortar retail source of the branded item within a geographic area defined by the consumer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060933 | Wall Art Hanging Template - Dynamically generating a uniquely customized wall art hanging template to help a user hang one or more items of customized wall art as they appear in an electronic display based on the user's selections and product customizations. A user customizes an electronically generated layout of items of art resulting in curated layout of customized items that can be purchased and hung on a wall in accordance with a corresponding customized wall art template. To aid in the accurate hanging of items a uniquely generated wall art template includes customized outlines of each item of art together with customized marks that locate the proper positions for hanging each item to match the appearance of the curated layout in the electronic display. The customized outlines can include outlines of reference points in the room that help the user locate the proper positions for hanging each item to match the appearance of the curated layout in the electronic display. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060934 | System and Method for Increasing Location Awareness of Organizations - To measure the increase in location awareness for an organization's locations using a map display, a server device identifies each of the locations belonging to an organization and applies a random filter to select a subset of the locations. An indication of the organization is presented on a map display at each of the selected organization locations within the subset. When an indication of the organization location is presented to a user a threshold number of times, an icon such as a question mark may be presented in place of the indication at the organization location. The icon may provide a link to a location awareness survey which may request that the user identifies the organization corresponding to the location. Several users may receive the location awareness survey for the same organization location and the users' answers may then be analyzed to determine a location awareness metric. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060935 | IMAGE RECOGNITION RESULT CULLING - Various embodiments enable an image recognition system reduce the number image match candidates before running a full-fledged pair-wise match on all image match candidates. In order to accomplish this, each inventory image can be assigned to a group. For example, a title for a book sold by an electronic marketplace could be available in multiple languages, in multiple bindings, and the book could be available in print, audio book, or electronic book. Each one of these variations could be associated with its own similarly looking inventory image, each of which could be returned as a valid match to a query image for the book. Accordingly, the inventory images for these variations could be assigned to a group for the book and, instead of geometrically processing an image for each variation, the image match system can process a single image representing all of the variations. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060936 | Search Ranking - A system for ranking search results can be utilized to make a search engine more effective in finding relevant search results. In embodiments, an e-commerce search engine can identify one or more generic identifiers and one or more nonessential search terms in a search query. The nonessential search terms can be disregarded to generate a set of candidate search results from a product and/or service index. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060937 | INTELLIGENT CLOTHING MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An intelligent clothing management device comprises a clothing information entry module and a classification module. The clothing information entry module and the classification module are arranged at an intelligent terminal; the clothing information entry module is used to acquire clothing information, and the classification module adds acquired clothing information to categories according to the clothing information acquired by the clothing information entry module. The intelligent clothing management device may manage clothing more reasonably, realizes classification-based management according to various characteristics of clothing, and also provides an intelligent clothing matching function and a recommended washing program, thus bringing convenience to a user. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060938 | SCALE-BASED CUSTOMER QUEUEING SYSTEM - A scale-based customer queueing system includes a ticket dispense machine with an associated controller, and a plurality of scales within a store department. Each of the scales includes a weigh station for receiving items to be weighed, an operator interface configured to display information associated with scale operations, a customer facing interface for displaying information to customers and a controller operatively coupled to the operator interface to effect display of information thereon and to the customer interface to effect display of information thereon. The controller of a first scale of the plurality of scales is configured to operate the first scale as a master queuing scale that communicates with both the ticket dispense machine and the remaining scales of the plurality of scales to carry out a customer queueing system. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060939 | Requisition System for Supply/Maintenance of Safety Items - A requisition system for safety items such as first aid kits, blood borne pathogen kits, automatic external defibrillators, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors automatically generates a list of supplies for such items. The requisition system operates on a mobile electronic device. The user or customer can efficiently undertake an inventory of the replaceable supplies for the safety items and generate a requisition for such safety items. The requisition system provides for an automatic notification alert to the user and also provides an alert notification button to initiate an inventory of replaceable supplies. A requisition of the replaceable supplies is automatically communicated to the supplier. The requisition system also automatically generates a requisition of supplies so that a first aid kit or other safety item fully complies with applicable current safety standards. The requisition system also is operable to implement an automatic replenishment of supplies. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTION DATA - The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for processing transaction data, wherein the method includes: acquiring, by a user device, commodity information of any commodity in a shopping place from a server and outputting the commodity information; taking the commodity corresponding to the commodity information as a first pre-purchasing commodity when receiving a first purchasing request and determining purchasing information of the first pre-purchasing commodity, the purchasing information at least including a commodity name and a purchasing quantity; the purchasing information at least including a commodity name and a purchasing quantity; and sending the purchasing information of the first pre-purchasing commodity to the server to facilitate the server to generate a first purchasing notification, the first purchasing notification being used for promoting a distribution personnel to distribute commodity according to the purchasing information of the first pre-purchasing commodity. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060941 | SECTIONALIZED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BATTERY MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A sectionalized method for a battery manufacturing process includes the steps of: receiving at least one zeroth client purchase order having a zeroth quantity of the battery assembly. If the zeroth quantity is no less than a zeroth predetermined number, or if an accumulated zeroth quantity is no less than the zeroth predetermined number, then a first proposal is generated to propose the client end to build a first production line to assemble cells into battery assemblies. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060942 | CHARITABLE AND NON-PROFIT MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A system for locating events of charitable and non-profit organizations via a mobile application, and more particularly to a charitable and non-profit mobile application as used to improve the ability of a user to search, locate and interact with multiple non-profit and mobile applications. The charitable and non-profit mobile application may include a log-in-module, a search-module, an event-manager-module, an organization-module, and a map-module. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060943 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF A HYBRID STORE - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for store management. A store management system comprises a product allocation database storing product location indicators for one or more unique product identifiers associated with items offered for sale, an item consolidation system, a retail space stocking system, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: determine whether to place an item on a retail space accessible to customers or in a storage area, instruct the retail space stocking system to stock the retail space based on the product location indicator of a plurality of items, receive an order from an in-store customer including a plurality of selected items that comprises items not available in the retail space, and cause the item consolidation system to retrieve at least some of the items not available on the retail space from the storage area for the in-store customer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060944 | SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT INJECTING AND EJECTING OF VIRTUAL CONNECTED BUTTONS FOR OS INTERFACES - A system for injecting and ejecting virtual connected buttons on an operating system (OS) interface includes one or more communications channels connecting a host to on-line product/service acquisition sites, information on a user's purchases from the acquisition sites, a virtual purchasing connected button (VPCB) for each product/service the user buys from an acquisition site that can be displayed on an interface of the OS of the host, and an online-purchasing system manager that triggers, based on that information, a deferring action of the display of the VPCB on the OS interface for one or more products. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060945 | Method and device providing for interactive connectivity between a user and online resources - A first device having a processor, a display, a data transmitter, and a data receiver. The first device processor is operable to process data received through the data receiver from a data transmitter on a second, remote device, and display it on the first device display. The first device processor is operable to process data input to it by a user, and transmit that data to a data receiver on a second, remote device. Further, the first device processor is operable to process data received from a data transmitter on a second remote device and display it on the first device display. The first device processor is operable to display video data generated in and received by the first device from a second, remote device. The first device processor is operable to generate data and transmit it to a second, remote device for display on a display provided on the second, remote device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060946 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUGMENTED-REALITY SIMULATIONS - In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of obtaining a digital image of an object with a digital camera. The object is identified. A user query is received. The method includes the step of matching, with at least one processor, the user query with at least one manipulable portion of a virtual view of the digital image of the object. The method includes the step of obtaining the at least one manipulable portion from a database of manipulable portions of the object. The method includes the step of integrating the at least one manipulable portion with the virtual view of the digital image of the object, wherein a manipulable portion comprises a region of an augmented-reality element integrated into the virtual view of the digital image of the object, and wherein the augmented-reality element comprises a hyper link to another augmented-reality element comprising a virtual interior view of the object and wherein the camera obtains the predefined user gesture. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060947 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENHANCE PRESENTATION OF A SHARED RESOURCE - Method and system to enhance the presentation of a pinned resource is provided. Users may be provided with an option to enhance the presentation of a shared (or pinned) resource by attaching to it a visual control that indicates that the resource can represent an item of merchandise and that the resource is associated with functionality that would allow a user to purchase an item depicted in the pinned resource. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060948 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL SHOPPING ENVIRONMENT - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing a virtual shopping experience. A system for providing a virtual shopping experience comprises a virtual map database, an interaction rules database, a communication device, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to provide a virtual shopping space including representations of a plurality of items for sale to a user interface device associated with a customer, determine a store section corresponding to a location of the customer within the virtual shopping space based on the virtual map database, retrieve an interaction rule associated with the store section from the interaction rules database, wherein the interaction rule specifies supported interactions among a plurality of available interactions in the virtual shopping space, detect a customer movement in the store section, and modify the virtual shopping space based on the customer movement and the interaction rule associated with the store section. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENABLING RETAIL SHOPPING WHILE DISABLING COMPONENTS BASED ON LOCATION - In some embodiments, systems provide a customized retail shopping experience, comprising: a plurality of active shutter glasses systems (SGS) each comprising controllable lenses, wherein a first SGS is controlled to operate at a first frame profile to make a first content visible to a first customer, and a second SGS is controlled to operate at a different second frame profile to make a second content visible to the second customer; and a control circuit configured to: identify that the first SGS is located beyond a first threshold corresponding to the shopping facility; and cause the first SGS to be disabled when beyond the first threshold. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060950 | Process and system in which the user can rent an individual's private dwelling for a hourly time frame to include event or meeting space, outdoor event space, temporary pet housing, or parking - This current invention is a system and app is aimed to make it easy for people and cheap to rent and get properties on rent and provide and get day care services for pet on hourly basis along with other services. Service user can search for property and then apply for booking, Owner can also see the profile of the person who has requested to book the property and based on rating he can choose to confirm or reject the booking, the booking is confirmed by property owner. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060951 | BOOK SAVIOR MOBILE APPLICATION SYSTEMS - A book savior mobile application system and method is a mobile application program useful for creating a mobile device network for purposes of lending and renting books. The network allows users to register accounts to rent textbook copies for a desired period of time at a reasonable cost by finding lenders willing to rent or sell a book. The application program includes a search function utilizing parameters such as book information, course textbook lists, and lender locations. Course professors may utilize the app to provide their students with a required material list for local courses to be viewed through the app network. Additional functionalities including screenshot and note storage, personal messaging, profile customization, user rating, barcode scanning, and audiobook conversion may be included. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060952 | WEIGH SCALE CERTIFICATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method and system for remotely exchanging weighment information via a wireless device, such as a cell phone, pertaining to a vehicle, such as truck, at a vehicle weight station. The system and method may include determining a present location of a vehicle to be weighed, verifying identification information of the vehicle to be weighed and receiving a vehicle weight from a server remote from the wireless device. The system and method may also include exchanging payment information between one or more servers and a wireless device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060953 | Enterprise Sales Kit Creation System - A framework for pre-sales marketing professionals who perform engagements, such as business-to-business engagements. Embodiments of the claimed invention optimize early activities in the sales cycle. For each prospective engagement, the embodiments generate a sales kit that assists the salesperson in getting through the “beauty contest” phase of enterprise solutions sales, in which multiple vendors compete for a prospect's business. Embodiments also function as a repository for product teams to showcase products to the company's salespeople. In this way, product teams are enabled to engage salespeople to market their offerings, and salespeople are enabled to quickly prepare for initial meetings with sales prospects. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060954 | SENSORS AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF DEVICE MOVEMENT AND AUTHENTICATION OF DEVICE USER BASED ON MESSAGING SERVICE DATA FROM SERVICE PROVIDER - Features are described for efficiently and accurately provisioning content to a mobile device with limited user interaction. The features include storing a content identifier for a content element and a publication rule for the content element in a data storage device, the publication rule identifying a user to whom the content element can be provided. The features include receiving, from a mobile device, a message including the content identifier and an identifier of the mobile device. The features include querying a user data store based at least in part on the identifier to obtain user information associated with the mobile device. The features include determining that mobile device is eligible to receive the content element. The features include generating content for the mobile device based at least in part on the user information and the content element and causing display of the same via the mobile device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060955 | System for Synthesizing Financial Transaction Parameters and Method of Executing Financial Transactions Based Thereon - Provided is a computerized system for synthesizing financial transaction parameters and method of executing financial decisions. The system and method utilize at least one economic event selected by the user, at least one numerical expression contextualizing the user's evaluation of such selected events, and a set of specified order details (scenarios) corresponding to a set range of the previously determined numbers. The system executes the order in real time according to the scenario based on the received events. The present system facilitates portfolio management by providing users a centralized and intuitive interface that aggregates, in an organized fashion, decision making parameters and ordering heuristics. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PRESENTATION AND/OR REVIEW OF CLIENT-RELATED INFORMATION - In certain embodiments, a request for client information may be obtained via a user input provided at a user interface. A first risk profile value may be determined based on account risk profile information associated with first individual accounts. A second risk profile value may be determined based on account risk profile information associated with second individual accounts. Responsive to the client information request, the first risk profile value may be presented on a first view of the user interface, and the second risk profile value may be stored in cache while the first view is provided on the user interface and prior to a second view being provided on the user interface. Responsive to an indication to provide the second view on the user interface, the second risk profile value may be obtained from the cache and presented on the second view of the user interface. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060957 | OPTION PRICING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems are described herein for pricing options. In particular, a new technique is described for pricing an option using minimal inputs, while achieving stable and accurate results. Techniques for generating probability density functions for a volatility smile are also described herein. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060958 | OPTION PRICING - Methods and systems are described herein for pricing options. In particular, the option price is obtained by satisfying consistency conditions. A new technique is described for pricing an option using minimal inputs, while achieving self-consistent and accurate results. Techniques for generating contingent probability density functions from volatility smile data are also described herein. Techniques are also described for calculating paths for non-vanilla options. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060959 | OPTION PRICING - Methods and systems are described herein for pricing options. In particular, the option price is obtained by satisfying consistency conditions. A new technique is described for pricing an option using minimal inputs, while achieving self-consistent and accurate results. Techniques for generating contingent probability density functions from volatility smile data are also described herein. Techniques are also described for calculating paths for non-vanilla options. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING DIGITAL BEARER INSTRUMENTS - A system and method of exchanging a first bearer instrument in the form of a first digital electronic file for a second bearer instrument in the form of a second digital electronic file. The system includes the use of a personal electronic device ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180060961 | OPTION PRICING - Methods and systems are described herein for pricing options. In particular, the option price is obtained by satisfying consistency conditions. A new technique is described for pricing an option using minimal inputs, while achieving self-consistent and accurate results. Techniques for generating contingent probability density functions from volatility smile data are also described herein. Techniques are also described for calculating paths for non-vanilla options. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060962 | In-Line FIX Packet Translator - Certain embodiments provide systems and methods to perform in-line translation of message content according to FIX protocol variants in a trading system. An example method includes receiving, at a computing device, a message formatted according to a FIX protocol, the message including message content and a message wrapper, the message wrapper providing session and delivery information for the message to a target. The example method includes performing in-line translation of the message content of the received message to adjust the message content according to a predefined set of rules without affecting the message wrapper (with the possible exception of the message size) and message routing session. The example method includes facilitating routing of the message to the target based on the message wrapper. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060963 | Inter-Product Matrix - Lists of tradeable objects may be generated and displayed to enable a user to define a trading strategy having multiple legs. The lists of tradeable objects may be used to define and display different combinations of the tradeable objects that are included in each of the lists. Each combination of tradeable objects may define the different legs of a spread that may be tradeable on one or more exchanges. A combination of tradeable objects may be selected to display contract information associated with the different legs of the spread. The contract information for each leg may be used to define and display spread information for the legs of the trading strategy. The spread information may allow the user to view information related to the spreads for different combinations of tradeable objects in a display. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060964 | INTELLIGENT AGENT AS COMPETITOR AND COLLABORATOR IN A SYSTEM FOR ADDRESSING AN ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY - A method for addressing an enterprise opportunity which includes: providing an autonomous intelligent agent that is enabled to carry out tasks; and identifying the enterprise opportunity to the intelligent agent. Responsive to the enterprise opportunity being identified to the intelligent agent, the intelligent agent: evaluating a monetary value of the enterprise opportunity to the enterprise and a time frame to present a solution to the enterprise opportunity; determining compute, storage and network resources to invest in the enterprise opportunity based on the value and timeframe of the enterprise opportunity; provisioning the compute, storage and network resources in one or more computer systems; searching an opportunities database for previous opportunities and solutions to the previous opportunities to find a previous opportunity and a previous solution to match the enterprise opportunity; when the previous opportunity matches the enterprise opportunity, providing the solution to the previous opportunity for the enterprise opportunity. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060965 | Systems and Methods for Account Automation and Integration - A processor may receive and analyze client information. The processor may automatically generate at least one form specification based on the analyzing, the at least one form specification being in a format useable by an external form generation service. The processor may send the at least one form specification to the external form generation service and receive at least one signable form from the external form generation service. The processor may receive at least one signed copy of each at least one signable form. The processor may automatically establish at least one account with at least one external service based on the at least one signable form. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060966 | ALGORITHMIC TRADING - Systems and methods of evaluating rules. Other embodiments are also described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180060967 | Repositioning a Value Axis - Various embodiments of a trading screen allow a market value indicator to go out of view without necessarily triggering a command to reposition a value axis. The value axis may be repositioned to bring the market value indicator back in view when the market value indicator satisfies a threshold condition. The threshold condition is defined such that it is possible for the market value indicator to go out of view and not trigger a command to reposition the value axis. Various embodiments automatically reposition the value axis in a way that can provide the user with more overall control of the trading screen than previous trading screens. Further, the user may gain increased confidence in using the trading display, particularly with respect to single action order entry, because there is less risk of the value changing on the display during order entry. These advantages and others will be evident to a person of ordinary skill in the art of the embodiments described herein. | 2018-03-01 |