10th week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220076191 | ORDER DELIVERY METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES, DELIVERY ROBOTS AND TRANSFER SYSTEMS - Provided are an order delivery method, an electronic device, a delivery robot and a transfer system. The delivery robot includes a moving and storage system, an interaction apparatus and a control apparatus. The transfer system includes at least one storage bin, a transfer mechanism, an interaction apparatus and a control apparatus. The electronic device is configured to perform the order delivery method, including: obtaining an order set and status information of a delivery robot, and determining a delivery mode of the delivery robot for an in-delivery order according to the order set and the status information of the delivery robot. In these examples, the transfer or delivery of an order can be achieved by interaction of the delivery robot, the transfer system and the electronic device, thereby improving the efficiency of a delivery process. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076192 | LOGISTICS SYSTEM, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND CARGO MANAGEMENT METHOD - A logistics system, comprising: an unmanned aerial vehicle including: a holder configured to hold a package to which a readable medium including package identification information is attached; and a reader configured to read the readable medium when the package is held by the holder; and at least one processor configured to: generate, after the readable medium is read by the reader, flight plan information on the unmanned aerial vehicle based or information read from the readable medium; and control the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the flight plan information. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076193 | COMMUNICATIONS SERVER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF - Communications server apparatus ( | 2022-03-10 |
20220076194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING LOGISTICAL LOCATIONS AND TRANSIT ENTITIES - A system and method utilizing a canonical model for monitoring fixed entities, transit entities, and/or moveable objects include a circuit having one or more data collectors and a configuration database in communication with the circuit. The configuration database has a plurality of location asset designators (“LADs”) and modal asset designators (“MADs”), and/or sensor asset designators (“SADs”). The circuit is configured to periodically receive information from the transit entities and update the MADs, SADs, and/or LADs of the canonical model. Location information regarding the LADs, MADs, and/or SADs may be provided in a word-based format, such as what3words. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076195 | EXTRACTION-BASED CONTRACT EXECUTION - The present disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus for processing cannabis plant matter according to a set of contractual requirements. These contractual requirements may identify a type of cannabis plant matter, a mass of cannabis plant matter available for extraction, a concentration of cannabinoids that should be included in the mass of cannabis plant matter, or other factors. Sensor data may be received that includes data that can be used to validate that the cannabis plant matter available for extraction is consistent with the identified type of cannabis plant matter. After a set of contractual requirements have been validated, the mass of cannabis plant matter may be processed by an extractor that extracts cannabinoids from the cannabis plant matter and then a bill may be sent to a computer of a customer such that payment for the extraction processing may be received. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076196 | Track Barcode Automatic Mounting System and Method of AMHS - The present application relates to track barcode automatic mounting system and method of an automatic material handling system (AMHS), which system comprises: a running track, at whose position corresponding to an unloading port is provided a barcode mounting region; an overhead hoist transport, installed on the running track, and being moveable along the running track; a locating device, for determining whether the overhead hoist transport has moved to a designated barcode mounting region; a barcode automatic printing and mounting device, disposed on the overhead hoist transport; and a manually operated controller, for sending a movement instruction to the overhead hoist transport to control the overhead hoist transport to move to the designated barcode mounting region, and sending a print confirmation instruction to the barcode automatic printing and mounting device after the overhead hoist transport has moved to the designated barcode mounting region. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076197 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT MEASUREMENT OF LODGING RESISTANCE IN CROPS - An apparatus and embodiments of a method for using the apparatus to evaluate crop lodging resistance are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a body having a height adjustable force bar coupled thereto and a force sensor configured to detect forces acting on the force bar. Further, the apparatus includes or is configured to be coupled to a movement mechanism that enables movement of the force bar through a plot of stems. The force sensor generates force signals that can be utilized to generate force data. The force data, along with stem density data, stem height data, force bar height data, can be input into one or more models to generate flexural stiffness data. The one or more models can include an Interacting Model and/or a Non-Interacting Model. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076198 | PORTABLE INVENTORY TRACKING SYSTEM - A system and method for managing inventory in a dispensing cabinet includes a mobile terminal, and an association station configured to associate the mobile terminal with an item type stored in the dispensing cabinet. The association station receives, from the mobile terminal, an indication of a respective item unit of the first item type being moved, determines an access status of one or more containers of the dispensing cabinet when the indication is received, determines a container location for the item unit based on the access status of the containers and receiving the indication of the respective item being moved from the first mobile terminal, and causes, responsive to determining the container location, a supply record associated with the item type and a first container of the dispensing cabinet to be updated to reflect a change to a first amount of the first item type stored in the first container. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076199 | FLEXIBLE ASSIGNMENT OF MEDIA ADVERTISING ORDERS TO BROADCAST INVENTORY - An automated planning system obtains media advertising order specifications associated with media placement orders, wherein the media advertising order specifications include flexibility attributes associated with media items referenced in the media placement orders. The planning system generates an orders table including order information associated with individual orders, an inventory table including inventory information associated with individual inventory items, and an association table including association scores indicating levels of association between the individual inventory items and the individual orders, wherein the association scores are based on the flexibility attributes. The media placement orders are booked into a plan lineup based, at least in part, on the association scores. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076200 | MOBILE FOOD PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system for controlling cooking as a function of physical location of the control panel includes a control panel having a position determination unit, such as an accelerometer. The control panel includes a microprocessor and communication device. A library of control instructions, stores the recipes, including a time necessary to prepare the food, and an operation time of the cooking appliance. An application for determining a desired route between two locations is in communication with the control panel as well. The control panel communicates with the library and application utilizing the communication device. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076201 | LOW CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL COST E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS SYSTEM FOR FAST AND MASSIVE DELIVERY OF E-COMMERCE MERCHANDISE TO LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS - The present invention discloses a disruptive low capital and operational cost logistics system and method that provides for fast and massive delivery of e-commerce merchandise, including same day delivery, of thousands of items and packages, in extensive geographical areas, such as whole states, countries and continents, reducing the need for building, operating, or using multiple fulfillment warehouses located near the consumers as in traditional e-commerce logistics, creating a revolution in the e-commerce industry worldwide. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076202 | LOW CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL COST E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS METHOD FOR FAST AND MASSIVE DELIVERY OF E-COMMERCE MERCHANDISE TO LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS - The present invention discloses a disruptive low capital and operational cost logistics system and method that provides for fast and massive delivery of e-commerce merchandise, including same day delivery, of thousands of items and packages, in extensive geographical areas, such as whole states, countries and continents, reducing the need for building, operating, or using multiple fulfillment warehouses located near the consumers as in traditional e-commerce logistics, creating a revolution in the e-commerce industry worldwide. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076203 | LOW CAPITAL AND OPERATION COST E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS METHOD THAT ALLOWS FOR THE FAST AND MASSIVE DELIVERY OF E-COMMERCE MERCHANDISE TO HIGH-POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS - The present invention discloses a disruptive low capital and operational cost logistics system and method that provides for fast and massive delivery of e-commerce merchandise, including same day delivery, of thousands of items and packages, in extensive geographical areas, such as whole states, countries and continents, reducing the need for building, operating, or using multiple fulfillment warehouses located near the consumers as in traditional e-commerce logistics, creating a revolution in the e-commerce industry worldwide. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076204 | HYBRID DELIVERY PLATFORM FOR REGULATED PRODUCTS - Disclosed herein are computer-implemented systems comprising: a digital processing device and a computer program to create a hybrid delivery model application for regulated products comprising: a database of at least one delivery territory; product depot; regulated products; and delivery vehicles, each vehicle comprising a regulated product inventory case and configured to operate in either of a dynamic delivery model and a batch delivery model and optionally switch between models; a software module setting the delivery model for each vehicle and optionally switching the delivery model for one or more of the vehicles; a software module providing the dynamic delivery model, and a software module providing the batch delivery model, wherein a content of the inventory case is determined based at least on the upper inventory case value threshold. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076205 | LOW CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL COST E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS SYSTEM FOR FAST AND MASSIVE DELIVERY OF E-COMMERCE MERCHANDISE TO LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS - The present invention discloses a disruptive low capital and operational cost logistics system and method that provides for fast and massive delivery of e-commerce merchandise, including same day delivery, of thousands of items and packages, in extensive geographical areas, such as whole states, countries and continents, reducing the need for building, operating, or using multiple fulfillment warehouses located near the consumers as in traditional e-commerce logistics, creating a revolution in the e-commerce industry worldwide. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076206 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF CREATIVE PARAMETERS BASED ON APPROVAL FEEDBACK - A script creation system obtains both current user-specified attributes to be used in generating a new media creative, and historical data including historical user-specified attributes associated with previously generated media creatives. The script creation system generates a set of creative parameters specifying content characteristics of the new media creative based on the user-specified attributes and the historical data. The set of creative parameters are transmitted from the script creation system to a media creative generation system. The script creation system receives the new media creative generated by the media creative generation system, and provides the new media creative to an end user system associated with an end user. The script creation system receives feedback associated with the new media creative, and stores the feedback, the set of creative parameters, and the current user-specified attributes as historical data. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076207 | COLLABORATION TOOL - A method for enabling collaboration between individuals to design, construct and maintain a building. The method comprises providing a network based computer system including at least one server and multiple clients. The multiple clients allow respective individuals to interact with the server. The server includes a machine-readable storage, which is encoded with software for execution by a CPU for allowing individuals at the respective clients to create, execute and manage projects associated with at least one of a design phase, construction phase and maintenance phase of the building. Each project comprises one or more events that are related to time. The method also comprises storing in the machine-readable storage events as they occur during execution of each project to create a building project database spanning at least the design phase and the construction phase and optionally the maintenance phase of the building. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076208 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING TRAINING RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS OF EMPLOYEES - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for managing documents associated with each employee. The method performed by an application server includes receiving the documents associated with an employee of a workplace through a document management application available in a user device associated with an employee admin of the workplace. The method includes extracting a first set of data attributes from the documents using one or more character recognition techniques. The method further includes displaying of the first set of data attributes entered in corresponding data fields rendered in the document management application. Further, the method includes receiving a second set of data attributes based on inputs provided by the employee admin in corresponding data fields rendered in the document management application. The method includes generating a user profile for the employee in the document management application based on the first and second set of data attributes. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076209 | Process for Abuse Mitigation - Method of limiting offending messages communicated over a network, such as but not limited to messages associated with Spam and DoS attacks. The message limiting optionally including limiting bandwidth or other communication capabilities associated with an entity communicating or facilitating communication of the messages. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076210 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REACTIVE MULTI-PART PARSING FOR USE WITH A MICROSERVICES OR OTHER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing reactive multi-part parsing for use with a microservices or other computing environment. In a cloud computing environment, reactive programming can be used with publishers and subscribers, to abstract execution away from the thread of execution while providing rigorous coordination of various state transitions. The described approach provides support for parsing multi-part Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) or other data content, for example to provide a multi-part decoder, or as may be used with a web or other server. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AUTOMATIC EVALUATION MODEL FOR INTERVIEW VIDEO, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method and a system for managing an automatic evaluation model for an interview video, and a computer-readable medium. A method for managing an evaluation model, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is performed in a server system having one or more processors and one or more memories, provides automatic evaluation results for an interview video of a subject to be evaluated, and comprises: a video evaluation result training step of training an evaluation model for providing automatic evaluation results for an interview video in the server system, according to video evaluation results of evaluators for the video of the interview conducted by the subject to be evaluated during an online interview; and a recruitment evaluation result training step of training the evaluation model for providing automatic evaluation results for the interview video in the server system, according to recruitment evaluation results for an actual recruitment interview of a company applied by the corresponding subject to be evaluated, wherein the evaluation model includes one or more artificial neural network models. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076212 | METHODS FOR MANAGING REPAIR PROCEDURES FROM DISPARATE SOURCES - Systems and methods are provided for automating the process of cataloging repair documents published by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). The method determines a corresponding service repair vehicle for the OEM vehicle associated with eh repair documents. Further, the OEM repair instructions are associated with the one or more vehicle parts of a service repair vehicle identified in a repair estimate record. The method of cataloging repair procedures from various OEMs utilizes standardized naming conventions a database structure for uploading individual documents. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076213 | VISUALIZING VEHICLE PART REPLACEMENT INFORMATION USING EXTENDED REALITY - A device having extended reality capabilities receives a video feed including one or more video frames depicting an object. The device provides the one or more video frames to a first machine learning model that identifies the object and one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames, and obtains positional tracking information that represents a position and an orientation associated with the object depicted in the one or more video frames relative to a coordinate space. The device identifies a plurality of parts from the one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames and determines, using one or more second machine learning models, information regarding the plurality of parts and information regarding one or more replacement parts. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076214 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE - An information processing system includes a device; and an information processing device, the information processing device being configured to receive registration of tasks related to maintenance of the device. The information processing device includes a storage unit configured to store schedule information in which a task related to the maintenance is registered; a screen display unit configured to display the schedule information associated with a screen, the screen relating to execution of the task; and an input acquiring unit configured to receive an input related to the task associated with the screen displayed by the screen display unit. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076215 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM SMART CONTAINERS - A method for processing information from smart containers for use by trading systems comprises passing sensor data through a model in which it is converted into a standard form, in an accessible location, from which it can be consumed. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076216 | TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BROKER-MEDIATED PAYMENT - In certain embodiments of systems and methods for conducting payment transactions between a payer and a payee, the payer selects one or more payment sources from various funding sources and accounts available to the payer, and instructs a payment broker's server to perform payment authorization and/or payment making, causing to be made, routing and/or clearing services on the payer's behalf. The payment broker's server notifies the payer and/or the payee of the payment authorization status and, if approved, instructs the funding source's server to cause the payment to be made to payer-selected or approved real account(s) of the payee, or otherwise to the payee, without divulging the payer-selected funding source(s) and payer-selected real account(s) of the payer to the payee's depository bank or financial institution and/or to the payee. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076217 | Decentralized Token Swapping Method with Low Slippage Point and High Liquidity - The present invention discloses a decentralized token swapping method with low slippage point and high liquidity. The present invention relates to the technical field of decentralized token exchanging, specifically, providing liquidity to a liquidity pool by a liquidity provider, depositing a X token and a Y token into the liquidity pool in an equal value ratio in a mortgage mode; providing liquidity to X maker pool and Y Maker Pool by X maker and Y maker independently. In the present invention, a Taker determines to swap from the liquidity pool or the maker pools based on a random number. The present invention can effectively reduce the swapping slippage points: if the leverage rate is n, then the slippage point can be reduced to 1/n of the Uniswap mode, and more demand can be provided. For instance, users who plan to sell one asset for another over a period of time can provide liquidity, rather than only rely on users in an equal ratio mortgage to provide liquidity. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076218 | ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - This electronic money transfer system provides an electronic money transfer method and a system for the same which allow handling electronic money in a sense that is very similar to cash, and which allow avoidance of loss of the electronic money even at a time of loss or theft of a terminal for operating the electronic money. To this end, first, information of an electronic certificate for a terminal (A) of a user A is sent from a terminal (B) of a user B to an electronic money management server ( | 2022-03-10 |
20220076219 | ASSIGNMENT OF CONDITIONAL ACCESS RIGHTS TO ASSIGNABLE TOKENS BASED ON AN INTERACTION - A method includes initiating, by a first computing device, an interaction with a second computing device. The first computing device includes a first digital asset unit and the second computing device includes a second digital asset unit. The first digital asset unit stores assignable tokens. The method further includes determining to assign conditional access rights to an amount of the assignable tokens to the second digital asset unit where the conditional access rights are in accordance with a set of conditions. The assignment of conditional access rights is a self-enforcing smart contract embedded in an assignable token distributed ledger technology. The method further includes locking the amount of the assignable tokens stored in the first digital asset unit and providing the conditional access rights to the amount of the assignable tokens to second digital asset unit. The second digital asset unit does not store the amount of the assignable tokens. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076221 | EVENT PARTICIPATION AND MEMORABILIA - Methods for creating a collectible item or items, collectible items, and methods and systems for sale, use and distribution thereof. In some examples, a unique collectible item (or set of items) is created relative to an event such as a sporting event by tracking elements of a participant's performance such as with a wearable device, which stores event data related to the participant. The stored event data is then packaged with or without additional data, such as highlights, interviews, images, etc. and provided to a buyer. In some examples, the buyer will have purchased the right to receive the collectible item in advance of the event. The collectible item may be a tangible object, an intangible data file, or a combination of tangible item and data file. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076222 | System and Method for Usage-Based Payment Processing - An on-demand payment method for a timed session includes initiating a timed session between a first computing device and at least one second computing device, initiating a timer on the second computing device in response to a trigger, and tracking elapsed time of the timed session associated with the second computing device, detecting termination of the timed session at the second computing device and stopping the timer, automatically determining an invoice amount based at least in part on the value of the timer, automatically communicating the invoice amount and payment information to a payment gateway for payment and settlement of the invoice amount, and automatically receiving payment for the invoiced amount in an account. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076223 | KIOSK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method is provided. A session is established with a server by a user, which included generating a symmetric session key, encrypting the symmetric session key with the server's public key to generate an encrypted session key, and transmitting the encrypted session key to the server. A user's physical characteristics are measured, and the user's physical characteristics are formatted into a transmission message. The transmission message is encrypted to generate an encrypted transmission message with the symmetric session key. The encrypted transmission message is transmitted to the server. A receive message is received from the server. The receive message is decrypted with the symmetric session key into a decrypted message, and the decrypted message is formatted into ordered bat data. The ordered bat data is then displayed. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076224 | PAYMENT TERMINAL - A payment terminal includes a camera configured to capture an image, a card slot for inserting a contact type IC card, and a panel arrangement surface on which a touch panel is arranged. A lens of the camera, the card slot, and the panel arrangement surface are arranged in order in the height direction from a placement surface of the payment terminal. The panel arrangement surface is oriented obliquely upward toward a user positioned in front of the card slot. An optical axis direction of the lens is obliquely upward toward the user, and the lens is provided closer to the user than the card slot. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076225 | REMOTE SELF-CHECKOUT - Methods and systems for remote self-checkout are described. One method includes presenting a code at a self-checkout point-of-sale device that may be captured by a user (e.g., a store customer or a store employee) mobile device. The code may enable the mobile device to request a connection with the self-checkout point-of-sale device that allows for user interactions associated with a self-checkout session to be performed at the self-checkout point-of-sale device or at the mobile device. The self-checkout session includes adding items to be purchased into a cart instance and receiving payment for items in the cart instance. User interactions associated with weighed items may be performed on the mobile device in a manner integrated with a scale/scanner portion of the self-checkout point-of-sale device to avoid user contact with a touchpoint of the self-checkout point-of-sale device. Accordingly, contact with a self-checkout point-of-sale device by all users may be reduced. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076226 | SETTLEMENT DEVICE - A settlement device includes a packing unit located near a reading unit to pack a commodity, a symbol of which is read by a reading unit, a measuring unit to measure the packed commodity, a light emitting unit, determining means for determining, using data of weight measured, whether the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, and light-emission controller for, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a first form and, if determining that the commodity, the symbol of which is read, is not packed, causing the light emitting unit to emit light in a second form. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076227 | SELF-SERVICE SETTLEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a self-service settlement method, apparatus and storage medium, and relates to the technical field of self-service shopping, wherein the method includes: obtaining a monitoring image acquired by an image capture device and corresponding to commodities to be settled which are placed on a settlement counter; obtaining information of the commodities to be settled through image recognition; obtaining a first weight acquired by a weight detection device, obtaining a second weight based on the information of the commodities to be settled, judging whether the information of the commodities to be settled is matched with commodities to be confirmed according to a weight comparison result; and obtaining purchased commodity settlement information under the condition that the information of the commodities to be settled is matched with the commodities to be confirmed, and performing checkout processing. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076228 | AUTOMATED POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An automated point of sale system uses one or more cameras to capture images of food products selected by a user for purchase at a food establishment. The point of sale system then compares the images captured to previously captured reference images of such food products being offered at the establishment to find a match for each product, determines the price of each food product the user has selected based on the comparison and match, identifies an account of the user based on a biometric identification of the user and/or reading information from a machine readable token of the user, and automatically causes the account of the user to be charged or debited for the food products identified, thus reducing the check-out time and increasing efficiency of food establishment point of sale systems. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076229 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR HANDLING AUTOMATIC-PAYMENT AND NON-PAYMENT - A method performed on a system to handle automatic payment and non-payment is described. The method may include receiving, from a user using a service associated with the system, a first input indicating an absence of a payment means; in response to the reception of the first input, displaying collection clauses on a display of the system; receiving, from the user, a second input indicating an agreement for the collection clauses; generating, in response to the reception of the second input, a first verification code to display, on the display, the generated first verification code together with a guide for inputting a phone number; receiving, from the user, the phone number; making a call using the received phone number; receiving a second verification code through the call; determining that the first verification code and the second verification code are matched; and in response to the determining, transmitting information for payment using the phone number. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076230 | PHYSICAL, LOGICAL SEPARATION OF BALANCES OF FUNDS - In particular embodiments, techniques include generating a user account for a user of a payment service. Funds are received from another user and the user account of the user is identified as a recipient. An amount of the funds is credited to a balance of a first sub-account associated with the user account. The user account is further associated with a second sub-account. A payment instrument is associated with the user account that is usable for making one or more payments using funds associated with at least the first sub-account. Transaction summary records are generated based on transaction data associated with one or more transactions of the user account. A user interface is presented by an application executing on an electronic device of the user. The user interface presents the one or more transaction summary records for tracking activity associated with at least the first sub-account and the second sub-account. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENRICHMENT OF TRANSACTION DATA - The invention relates to a computer-implemented system and method for uniquely identifying a merchant from a transaction string transmitted by a payment network. The method may comprise the steps of: gathering input information, including receiving the transaction string from the payment network and receiving from a data provider a data set containing merchant information; cleansing the transaction string; executing a match process between the transaction string and the data set from data provider to find the best merchant match; wherein the match process comprises using a logistic regression model, a waterfall process, or an override process; consolidating results of the matching process to create a master lookup table having attributes from transaction strings mapped to matching merchant attributes from the data provider data set; and executing a transaction tagging process on a received transaction string. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076232 | LINKING PAYMENT TO SECURE DOWNLOADING OF APPLICATION DATA - A communication node for delivering secure content in respect of a requested service to a target entity. The communication node has respective interfaces towards: at least one network for communicating with mobile terminals; a service-provider node providing the requested service; and an authorization node for effecting payments. After having completed a set-up phase and in response to a payment, the communication node enables forwarding of secure content, relating to at least one service requested by a user of a first mobile terminal to a target entity associated with the first mobile terminal. The set-up phase involves: identifying the at least one requested service from the first mobile terminal; linking in the service-provider node the at least one requested service to the first mobile terminal; and assigning a reference in the service-provider node to a payment to be made in respect of the at least one requested service. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076233 | TOUCHLESS PAYMENT PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods, systems and devices directed to touchless payment processing are described. An example embodiment relates to a system that can coordinate an order request and payment processing between a vendor and client. The system can allow for a vendor to prepare an order request for a client that includes a client identifier (e.g., a mobile phone number). The system can then allow for the client device to efficiently provide payment information via a third-party payment processor. Other example embodiments can allow for efficient and contactless (or “touchless”) payment processing for goods/services by a vendor. Furthermore, the described systems can limit access to specific information (e.g., payment data, client data) to only authorized individuals associated with the vendor, which can mitigate/prevent unauthorized access to various information included in a vendor interface. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076234 | TRANSACTION IDENTIFICATION BY COMPARISON OF MERCHANT TRANSACTION DATA AND CONTEXT DATA - Transaction identification is described. A payment processing platform can receive (i) transaction data associated with a transaction between a merchant and a customer and (ii) a transaction code from a payment making platform. The payment processing platform can receive an indication of an interaction between a computing device of the customer and the transaction code, wherein the indication is associated with context data associated with the interaction. Based at least partly on comparing the transaction data with the context data, determining that the customer is associated with the transaction and causing an association between the customer and the transaction, wherein the association causes at least a portion of the transaction data to be provided to a mobile payment application, associated with the payment making platform, on the computing device of the customer. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076235 | APPLICATION INTEGRATION FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS - Application integration for contactless payments is described. In an example, a payment making platform can provide a transaction code to a payment processing platform. The transaction code can be presented at a point-of-sale of a transaction between a customer and a merchant associated with the payment processing platform. Upon detecting an interaction between the transaction code and a computing device of the customer, the payment making platform and the payment processing platform can exchange data to enable the customer to participate in the transaction via the computing device of the customer. In some examples, the payment making platform and the payment processing platform can process a contactless payment for the transaction by transferring funds associated with an account of the customer from the payment making platform to the payment processing platform for depositing into an account of the merchant. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076236 | APPLICATION INTEGRATION FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS - Application integration for contactless payments is described. In an example, a payment making platform can provide a transaction code to a payment processing platform. The transaction code can be presented at a point-of-sale of a transaction between a customer and a merchant associated with the payment processing platform. Upon detecting an interaction between the transaction code and a computing device of the customer, the payment making platform and the payment processing platform can exchange data to enable the customer to participate in the transaction via the computing device of the customer. In some examples, the payment making platform and the payment processing platform can process a contactless payment for the transaction by transferring funds associated with an account of the customer from the payment making platform to the payment processing platform for depositing into an account of the merchant. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076237 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR RECYCLING A PACKAGING PURCHASED FROM A SMART FRIDGE - Method for purchasing a product with a packaging from a smart fridge and recycle the packaging, wherein the method comprising the steps of identifying the consumer, unlocking a door of the smart fridge, opening the door, closing and locking the door, running a system inventory round in to detect which product that has been picked out from the smart fridge by the consumer, and charging the cost for the product from the consumer's payment account and sending a receipt to the mobile device. The invention is characterized in that the method further comprising the steps of placing the RFID tagged packaging in a smart recycling bin, detecting the RFID tag of the packaging via an RFID reader at the recycling bin, connecting the packaging to the consumer, and refunding the consumer for placing the product packaging in the recycling bin. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076238 | General Purpose Re-loadable Card Aggregation implementation - A method and apparatus is taught wherein a light smartcard may be utilized to make transactions so that a user only has to carry one card and not be encumbered with the multiple cards that now have to deal with. This is accomplished with a third party API service provider. This could also be thought of your own personal cloud that carries only your cards and only your information including virtual currencies as well. Now you only have to carry one and one card only. You can spend from any of your other accounts through this one card. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076239 | DELEGATED ADMINISTRATION OF PERMISSIONS USING A CONTACTLESS CARD - Delegated administration of permissions using a contactless card. In one example, a permissions module may receive a request from a first account to grant a second account access to a computing resource. The permissions module may receive permissions data of the first account from a contactless card and encrypted data generated by the contactless card. The permissions module may transmit the permissions data and the encrypted data to an authentication server, which may verify the encrypted data based at least in part on the private key, and determine, based on the permissions data, that the first account has permissions to grant access to the computing resource. The permissions module may receive, from the authentication server, an indication of the verification of the encrypted data and a permissions vector associated with the second account, the permissions vector reflecting the grant of access to the computing resource to the second account. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EPHEMERAL COMPUTE WITH PAYMENT CARD PROCESSING - Technology is described for payment card processing using ephemeral compute. An example system comprises a client application, an ephemeral compute instance, and a payment service. The client application is configured to send a request for transmitting sensitive information associated with a payment card to the ephemeral compute instance. The ephemeral compute instance is triggered to transmit the sensitive information to the payment service in response to receiving the request and is configured to shut down after the transmission of the sensitive information to the payment service. The payment service is configured to authorize a transaction based on the received sensitive information transmitted by the ephemeral compute instance. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076241 | DETERMINING SPECIFIC TERMS FOR CONTACTLESS CARD ACTIVATION - Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer-readable media for determining specific terms to activate a contactless card. An application executing on a server may receive a request from a device specifying a uniform resource locator comprising encrypted data, the encrypted data based at least in part on a private key assigned to a contactless card. The application may decrypt the encrypted data and determine a type of the contactless card. The application may determine a plurality of terms associated with the type of the contactless card and transmit the terms to a web browser on the device. The application may receive, from the web browser, an indication specifying acceptance of the plurality of terms. The application may store, based on the decryption of the encrypted data and the received indication specifying acceptance of the terms, an indication in a database specifying the contactless card is activated for use. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTICOMPUTER DATA TRANSFERRING TO ACTIVATE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for using multicomputer data transferring to active contactless communication. In one example, such a system may include at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform one or more operations, the operations including: receiving a transaction associated with a merchant on a list of merchants stored in the at least one memory; determining, based on the merchant, a remote server associated with the merchant; assembling a data packet including an identifier of the contactless card and an identifier of the transaction; transmitting the data packet to the determined server across one or more computer networks; receiving confirmation from the determined sever in response to the data packet; and transmitting the confirmation to a user device associated with the transaction. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER-LOADABLE STORED VALUE CARD - A system and method in accordance with example embodiments may provide a user-loadable stored value card. Additionally, a system and method in accordance with example embodiments may allow an institution to receive a user-loadable stored value card activation request from a sender, activate a user-loadable stored value card using the information received in the activation request, and provide card management capabilities to the sender. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076244 | STORING CUSTOMER IDENTIFIER IN A SMART DEVICE FOR ENABLING ENGAGEMENT WITH AN ENTERPRISE - A method and server system for facilitating customer engagement with an enterprise is disclosed. The server system receives a signal indicative of a request for registering a customer with an enterprise. In response to the receipt of the request, the server system generates an enterprise virtual customer identifier (EVCI), which is configured to map the customer uniquely to information related to a profile of the customer. The EVCI is transmitted to the customer on successful registration of the customer. The EVCI is stored in at least one digital wallet application installed in an electronic device associated with the customer. The stored EVCI in the digital wallet application is configured to facilitate at least one engagement with the enterprise over one or more messaging channels. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076245 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-MEMBER CRYPTOGRAPHIC WALLET - A computer implemented method for adaptive key segmentation of a cryptographic key between participants for use in a multi-member cryptographic wallet is described. The method comprises determining a derivative key based on the cryptographic key, generating a plurality of bitmasks for splitting the derivative key, and generating m segments based on using the plurality of bitmasks. Each segment is associated with a corresponding participant and distributed thereto. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076246 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TRANSFERRING CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS - Cryptographic tokens may be transferred between users of a system. A request may be received from a first user to transfer to a second user at least a part of a float of internal cryptographic tokens. A number of the internal cryptographic tokens drawn from the float are then be sent to a digital wallet of the second user. This sending represents at least one transaction that is recorded on an internal blockchain. The float is obtained in an earlier transaction also recorded on the internal blockchain, and the number of tokens in the float is based on a number of external cryptographic tokens obtained through another earlier transaction recorded on an external blockchain. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076247 | SECURE CRYPTO CURRENCY POINT-OF-SALE (POS) MANAGEMENT - A Point-Of-Sale (POS) terminal is equipped to process crypto currencies for transactions. The POS terminal generates a transaction-based digital wallet for a given transaction to receive a crypto currency payment for that given transaction. The transaction-based digital wallet, funded with the crypto currency for the given transaction, is transferred to a retailer's server where the crypto currency is transferred from the transaction-based digital wallet to a retailer's digital wallet for eventual exchange to a government issued currency. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076248 | INTEGRATED PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS WITHIN AN INPUT INTERFACE - An integrated payment system (IPS) and a method are provided for managing payment transactions within an input interface. A payment system is integrated within a keyboard, independent of a messenger application. The IPS renders a payment interface element (PIE) on the keyboard. In response to a user input action on the PIE, the IPS automatically detects a recipient for a payment transaction during an interaction between a sender and the recipient, through the messenger application. The IPS automatically determines an identifier of the detected recipient and account information linked to the detected identifier for executing a payment transaction between the sender and the recipient. The IPS generates and renders transaction information within the keyboard for convenient user access. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076249 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING BLOCKCHAIN-BACKED REDISTRIBUTABLE ELECTRONIC CONTENT COMPONENTS - Methods and systems are presented for creating and distributing blockchain-backed redistributable electronic content components. These techniques provider greater computer security and authentication controls, in various embodiments. An electronic content component associated with a first entity and a first set of actions is created. The electronic content component is published, and the first set of actions and a block representing the electronic content component are added to a blockchain. A second entity requests use of the electronic content component and a distribution agreement between the first and second entities associated with a second set of actions is created. The second set of actions and a block representing the distribution agreement are added to a blockchain. The electronic content component and distribution agreement are validated based on the blockchain, and custom content including the electronic content component is published. When an end-user accesses the electronic content component, the first and second sets of actions are executed. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076250 | BLOCKCHAIN ENABLED SMART COMPLIANCE - A node in a blockchain network may receive a digital asset transfer request for a digital asset transfer, create a path object containing one or more jurisdictional requirements for the digital asset transfer request, pass the path object to a blockchain network, verify the path object, and record the path object on a blockchain network. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076251 | PAYMENT CARD ENABLED DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER SYSTEM TO HANDLE SECURITY OF BOTH CRYPTO AND NON-CRYPTO TRANSACTIONS - A method includes implementing a distributed digital ledger through a crypto-transactional platform, processing, via the crypto-transactional platform, a first crypto transaction through a payment card, and additionally processing, via the crypto-transactional platform, a second non-crypto transaction through the payment card. The distributed digital ledger is a growing set of records linked through cryptography. As part of processing the first crypto transaction and the second non-crypto transaction through the payment card via the crypto-transactional platform, the method also includes handling security of both the first crypto transaction and the second non-crypto transaction through the payment card via the distributed digital ledger. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076252 | TOKEN SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ELECTRONIC/MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS - A method for verifying transactions is discussed. The method includes receiving a transaction request for performing a transaction between a user account and a merchant account. The method includes determining, based on authentication of the user account, a common identifier associated with the user account, the common identifier indicating the user account being authorized for use at a plurality of merchant accounts including the merchant account. The method includes determining a payment token for performing the transaction, the determining the payment token based on the common identifier and a user associated with the user account. The method also includes providing the payment token for completing the transaction. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076253 | COMPUTATION MIXING - A cryptographic protocol is provided that allows principals to securely realize a wide range of financial products simply via the protocol conducted between their respective phone apps. No other entities need play a role and no fees need be paid. A commitment fee is required to prevent the counterparty being spoofed and the system being discredited. If a party reneges during a transaction, that party is refunded their value and at least a share of a penalty levied on the reneging party. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076254 | TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR RECOGNIZING HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURES BASED ON DIFFERENT CURSIVE FONTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS - A device receives information indicating first names and last names of individuals and applies different cursive fonts to each of the first names and the last names to generate images of different cursive first names and different cursive last names. The device applies different transformations to the images of the different cursive first names and the different cursive last names to generate a set of first name images and a set of last name images. The device combines each first name image with each last name image to form a set of signature images and trains a neural network model, with the set of signature images, to generate a trained neural network model. The device receives an image of a signature and processes the image of the signature, with the trained neural network model, to recognize a first name and a last name in the signature. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076255 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN USERS - Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating secure payment transactions between users. Further, a first service provider communication device receives a first user authorization request and a second service provider authorization match response and transmits a first service provider authorization notification and a first user authorization response. Further, a first service provider processing device analyzes the first user authorization request and generates the first service provider authorization notification and the first user authorization response. Further, a second service provider communication device receives a second user authorization request and the first service provider authorization notification and transmits the second service provider authorization match response and a second user authorization response. Further, a second service provider processing device analyzes the second user authorization request and the first service provider authorization notification, generates the second service provider authorization match response for authenticating a payment transaction, and generates the second user authorization response. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONETIZATION OF FRACTIONAL SEGMENTS OF AN ASSET - A method and system for monetization of fractional segments of an asset is disclosed. The method includes a step of recording a primary ownership and initializing a digitized master asset of the asset. The method also includes a step of creating multiple fractional segments of the digitized master asset and generating multiple cryptographic digital tokens. Further, the method includes a step of associating the fractional segments with the cryptographic digital tokens respectively. Furthermore, the method also includes a step of recording a secondary ownership of the fractional segments and the associated cryptographic digital tokens respectively. In addition, the method includes a step of facilitating a buy-back transaction of the fractional segments and the associated cryptographic digital tokens. The system includes one or more elements configured to perform the steps of the method. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076257 | Systems and Methods to Set Up an Operation at a Computer System Connected with a Plurality of Computer Systems via a Computer Network Using a Round Trip Communication of an Identifier of the Operation - Systems and methods to activate the processing of an allocated resource in operations with a processing system by the use of a round trip communication of the identifier of the resource, in which the resource identifier is communicated from a portal of the processing system to a first website, which passes the resource identifier to a second website during forwarding or redirecting a web browser from the first website to the second website, where the second website provides the resource identifier back to the processing system in communications with the processing system for operations required for the activation of the resource. Upon activation, the resource is processed during a communication session between the first website and the portal (or the processing system). | 2022-03-10 |
20220076258 | VALUE TRANSFER CARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A processor-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving, via a terminal device, input of a first password during a card session that begins when a value transfer card is inserted into the terminal device, the value transfer card being associated with a plurality of passwords; verifying that the first password is a valid password associated with the value transfer card; identifying at least one card control setting associated with the first password, the at least one card control setting being a setting that is not associated with another one of the plurality of passwords; and processing a transaction initiated at the terminal device based on the identified at least one card control setting. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVERSING BIFURCATED TRANSACTIONS - A transaction processing system suitable for reversing a merchant transaction, the system comprising a processor, a memory, a first connection over a network for receiving a request to reverse the merchant transaction, and further connections over the network for reversing the merchant transaction; and a transaction reversal module comprising code which, when executed in the processor, configures the processor to provide funds associated with the request to reverse the merchant transaction received over the first connection to a customer, the transaction reversal module including a transaction access module to identify an account where the merchant portion was settled and an account where the tax amount was settled; a settlement determination to determine if the tax portion remains in the second account; an account transfer module operative to settle the merchant portion in favor of a customer account; and a credit ledger module access and update a tax credit ledger. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076260 | MERCHANDISE RETURN AND/OR EXCHANGE SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide a merchandise return and/or exchange process for items purchased from brick-and-mortar and/or e-commerce stores. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device of a customer may determine whether the mobile computing device and therefore the customer are in a defined zone for a store. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is in the defined zone, the mobile computing device may notify the customer and request whether the customer wishes to initiate a return and/or exchange of purchased items to the store. The mobile computing device may notify a merchandise pickup system of the customer's desire to return the purchased items. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076261 | ACCURATE IMAGES IN GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES TO ENABLE DATA TRANSFER - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing accurate images of cards. An application executing on a mobile device may receive authentication credentials for an account, determine a card associated with the account, and determine a card manufacturer identifier (CMID) of the card. The application may receive, from a digital asset management system based on the CMID, a plurality of metadata attributes of the card and one or more images of the card. The application may determine, based on the metadata attributes and attributes of the mobile device, a first orientation of the card to enable near-field communication (NFC) data transfer between the card and the mobile device. The application may select a first image of the card. The application may generate a graphical user interface (GUI) including the first image and an indication specifying to tap the card to the mobile device according to the first orientation. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076262 | USE OF MOBILE IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL IN KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER ASSESSMENT - A method for verifying an identity of an individual as a first party via a first party system by a second party system comprises: sending a request for identification information of the first party; receiving first party information associated with a mobile identification credential (MIC) which the first party system received from an authorizing party system (APS) before the second party system sends the request for identification information of the first party to the first party system, the first party having consented to release the first party information to the second party system, and the first party information having been verified by the APS before the APS sends the MIC to the first party system; using the verified first party information associated with the MIC to verify or not verify an identity of the first party; verifying the identity of the first party before providing services to the first party. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076263 | CONFIGURABLE DATA CONTAINER FOR FRAUD DETECTION SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating a configurable data container that includes a first data field, exporting the configurable data container for use by a client-side device, receiving a modification to the configurable data container, automatically binding the second data field to a second data path for retrieval of a second data value to be used in a second fraud detection rule, generating an updated configurable data container, and exporting the updated configurable data container for use by the client-side device. The first data field corresponds to a first data path for retrieval of a first data value to be used in a first fraud detection rule. The configurable data container includes a server-side schema and a client-side schema. Each of the server-side schema and the client-side schema is configured to validate a first input data value corresponding to the first data field. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076264 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFYING FRAUD DETECTION IN REAL-TIME PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS FROM TRUSTED ACCOUNTS - A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform various acts. The acts can include: (a) receiving a payment authorization, through a network, from a sender financial institution; (b) obtaining, in real-time after receiving the payment authorization, a sender status based on sender information of the payment authorization; (c) when the sender status is preauthorized, instructing, through the network and in real-time after obtaining the sender status, a recipient financial institution to bypass a transaction fraud detection mechanism; and (d) instructing, through the network, the recipient financial institution to post a payment amount of the payment authorization to a recipient account in real-time. Other embodiments are described. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076265 | AUTHENTICATION FRAMEWORK FOR REAL-TIME DOCUMENT PROCESSING - Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for an authentication framework for real-time document processing. The present invention is configured to receive, via an image capturing device associated with a point-of-sale system of a merchant, a digital image of a payment instrument; extract, using optical character recognition, payment instrument data from the payment instrument; receive one or more authentication credentials from the user to endorse the payment instrument; determine an authentication level of the user based on at least receiving the one or more authentication credentials from the user; determine whether the authentication level of the user meets an authentication requirement level associated with the processing of the payment instrument; and process, in real-time, the payment instrument. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076266 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a transaction processing system includes a user terminal, an authentication server, a payment server, and a receipt server. The receipt server manages receipt information regarding a transaction paid for by the payment server in association with a user's identifier acquired by the authentication server on the basis of biometric data input by the user terminal. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076267 | MULTI-CARD INCLUDING FINGERPRINT INPUT UNIT AND PAYMENT METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a multi-card having a fingerprint input unit and a payment method using the same, and the multi-card includes a secure element adapted to allow multiple pieces of card information issued to the same card service to match each of a plurality of fingerprints to thus store the matching results therein and a fingerprint input unit for receiving the plurality of fingerprints inputted thereto, wherein the secure element produces transaction response information having one piece of card information activated according to the fingerprint information inputted to the fingerprint input unit. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076268 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING NEAR-FIELD INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - This application provides a method for near-field information authentication, device, electronic device and computer storage medium therefor, comprising: obtaining a current location information of the object to be authenticated, determining a target grid area where the object to be authenticated is located; receiving the identity authentication request sent by the target service terminal; determining effective users of the target service terminal according to the information of the target service terminal, determining biological characteristic information of each valid user; performing identity authentication based on the live body biological characteristic information of the object to be authenticated and the biological characteristic information of each valid user. When information authentication is performed on the object to be authenticated, this application is realized through the live body biological characteristic information of the object to be authenticated. The user does not need to provide a physical identification card, which simplifies the information authentication process and improves the user experience of the user when performing information authentication; Only when the object to be authenticated is within the preset range of its authorized merchant, the current location information of the object to be authenticated is sent to the server, which ensures the user's location privacy. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076269 | TRANSACTION CONFIRMATION AND AUTHENTICATION BASED ON DEVICE SENSOR DATA - A device may receive transaction data indicating that a transaction occurred. The transaction may be between a first user of a first device and a second user of a second device. The device may receive, from the first device, first sensor data indicating a first location recorded by a first sensor of the first device at a first point in time associated with the transaction; and receive, from the second device, second sensor data indicating a second location recorded by a second sensor of the second device at a second point in time associated with the transaction. Based on the transaction data, the first sensor data, and/or the second sensor data, the device may determine whether the transaction occurred and perform an action based on the determination of whether the transaction occurred. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076270 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING SUSPICIOUS OR NON-SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES INVOLVING A MOBILE DEVICE USE - Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting a suspicious and/or a non-suspicious activity during an electronic transaction performed by a user device. One method comprises identifying, by a monitoring and detection component, a starting check point in the electronic transaction. The monitoring and detection component may then receive contextual data from one or more sensors of the user device. Based on the contextual data and a machine learning model, the monitoring and detection component may determine whether an expected behavior occurred. Entry of user credentials may be enabled in response to determining that the expected behavior occurred, whereas the electronic transaction may be terminated in response to determining that the expected behavior did not occur. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076271 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATIC PAYER AUTHENTICATION - A system or method may be provided to facilitate automatic user authentication for electronic transactions. In particular, the system or method may automatically authenticate a customer such that the customer may make complete hands free payments without the intervention of the customer or the merchant. The automatic authentication may include a check-in process and a payment authentication process. When a customer enters a designated area of a merchant, a BLE beacon device of the merchant may automatically check in the customer at the designated area of the merchant. After the customer is checked in at the merchant's designated area, the merchant may identify the customer who is about to make a payment from a plurality of other customers who also are checked in at the merchant via Bluetooth proximity and facial recognition in parallel. Thus, the customer may automatically be authenticated to make payments by facial recognition or Bluetooth proximity. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076272 | Systems and Methods for Providing Customer Support - The disclosed customer support methods and systems allow customers to request and receive product-specific support from service providers. The embodiments facilitate support interactions between such customers and providers by allowing providers to provide on-demand and/or scheduled support services to customers via various communication channels, displaying product-specific communications and resources to customers, and/or allowing customers and providers to access past support interactions. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076273 | SUPPLY CHAIN TRACKING - Systems and methods for tracking seed-to-sale data of an extractable biomass are provided. The system and method comprise a cannabis seed broker, grower, extractor, product manufacturer and retailer of cannabis products. The system and method provide a plurality of sensors to gather seed, plant, extract, manufacturing, and retail data in their respective blockchains. The system and method further provide a third-party verification network, a distributed blockchain network and a user device, wherein, the identities of the cannabis seed broker, grower, extractor, product manufacturer and retailer of cannabis products may be verified using the third-party verification networking. This system and method further determine the best biomass mix along with the processing and handling techniques used to manufacture edible cannabis-infused product based on the seed-to-sale data, as well as historical consumer feedback on the taste and quality of past cannabis products. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076274 | DESCRIPTIVE ONSET PACKAGING - A system and method for providing a | 2022-03-10 |
20220076275 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING OF SEAFOOD SAFETY - A system and method for predictive modeling the safety of seafood using a seafood tracking system for harvested seafood products which includes generating regulatory tags that include visual regulatory data as well as a QR Code and monitoring harvest location environment data, logistical data, location environment data, and seafood temperature to be used as inputs to help determine recommended safety levels as well triggering if additional analysis, monitoring or testing is recommended. The seafood tracking system and predictive modeling system include the ability to be updated in real-time thus enabling those with access to the QR code the ability to check food consumption recommendations for any given seafood product prior to consumption. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076276 | BUSINESS OWNER VERIFICATION SYSTEM - A business owner verification system is disclosed, including at least one user computing device in operable connection with a user network. An application server in operable communication with the user network to host an application system for providing a business owner verification system. The application system includes a user interface module for providing access to the application system through the user computing device and to display an icon to indicate if a business is Black-owned. A verification module permits an administrative user to verify, via communicating with a business owner, if the business is Black-owned. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076277 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN ARTICLE AND WHETHER AN OWNERSHIP OF SAID ARTICLE EXISTS - A system for identifying an article ( | 2022-03-10 |
20220076278 | Publishing of Short Novels or Books - The Publishing of Short Novels or Books Patent will provide authors/writers with an opportunity to publish a few chapters or a portion of their novels or books. The published portion (i.e. 1 | 2022-03-10 |
20220076279 | MARKETING ENGINE BASED ON TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PROSPECTIVE CONSUMERS - A method and apparatus for machine-aided marketing are disclosed. A hardware processor executes instructions for tracking a population of social-media users, segmenting the population of users into a set of clusters based on individual user properties, acquiring metrics of user behaviour, and determining saturation of candidate metrics within each cluster based on the individual user metrics. The method identifies a set of distinctive metrics and corresponding distinct clusters according to metric-saturation levels. To promote a specific commodity, the method determines compatible distinctive metrics and at least one distinct cluster. Various means of communicating with users of the at least one distinct cluster may then be employed. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076280 | DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF HIGH VELOCITY VALUE CHANGES BASED UPON MATCH EVENT OUTCOMES - A processing module may be centralized and coupled to multiple inputs from customers, and behave deterministically, e.g., programmed to depend on state, inputs and outputs. The rapid speed of automated trading systems implementing such a centralized, deterministic module, where all users can access a central limit order object, can quickly result in an object state that does not reflect a true consensus or desirable state. Accordingly the resulting problem is a problem arising in computer systems due in part to the high speeds of computer systems. The solutions disclosed herein are, in one embodiment, implemented as automatic responses and actions by a computing system. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076281 | Short Life Cycle Sales Curve Estimation - Embodiments generate a short life cycle sales curve for a short life cycle item. Embodiments generate a plurality of similar sales curves corresponding to at least one similar item that is similar to the short life cycle item. Embodiments parametrize each of the similar sales curves, including estimating, for each similar sales curve, a coefficient of innovation parameter, a coefficient of imitation parameter, and an error parameter, and determine a weight for each error parameter. Embodiments combine the coefficient of innovation parameters and the coefficient of imitation parameters using the weights, and generate the short life cycle sales curve using the combined coefficient of innovation parameters and the combined coefficient of imitation parameters. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076282 | INSTANT PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A personal electronic parking system and method adapted to identify, track, predict, alert, manage and collect payment, and enforce on-street and off-street parking, the system including a central cloud network adapted to generate and manage user data and parking data, a user interface adapted to show users parking information relevant to the user, a unique machine-readable code, wherein the code provides identification of a specific vehicle used by the user, one or more sensors, one or more meter devices adapted to connect with the central cloud network and the user interface, and a parking payment and enforcement portal. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076283 | Personal Corporate Survey Chatbot Management - Analyzing chatbot/employee dialogs is provided. An analysis of a dialog between a chatbot manager and a plurality of employees regarding a current corporate topic is performed using an artificial intelligence component. Relevant information regarding the current corporate topic is extracted from the dialog based on the analysis. Insights corresponding to the relevant information regarding the current corporate topic are generated using the artificial intelligence component. The relevant information regarding the current corporate topic and the insights are displayed in a dashboard on a client device of a human resource agent. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076284 | AGRICULTURAL DATA INTELLIGENCE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for agricultural data intelligence. Data from multiple subscribers (growers and marketers) are aggregated to provide market intelligence to the subscribers. Data and insights are presented in a dashboard format that is intuitive and facilitates ease of use. To prevent data leakage, data anonymization and aggregation processes are implemented. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING SEMI-OPAQUE SALES WITH ITEM BUNDLES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for semi-opaque sales with bundles of items. An example bundle can include hotel lodging and a bonus service, status, or item associated with that hotel. An system can identify a first bundle of a first base and bonus item, and a second bundle of a second base and bonus item. The system can present a semi-opaque offer comprising the first bundle, the second bundle, and a discount price, wherein the semi-opaque offer does not identify which of the first bundle and the second bundle will be sold at the discount price to the user upon acceptance of the semi-opaque offer, and wherein the discount price is a full price of the first base item. After receiving acceptance of the semi-opaque offer from the user, the system can disclose that the user has purchased the first bundle at the discount price. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076286 | CONTEXT AWARE GAMIFICATION IN RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS - A tool for context aware gamification in retail environments. The tool determines real-time contextual data for a retail environment. The tool determines, based, at least in part, on the real-time contextual data, one or more customers associated with a target location within the retail environment. The tool provides a gaming incentive through an associated augmented reality experience to the one or more customers associated with the target location, wherein the gaming incentive incentivizes movement of the one or more customers with respect to the target location. Responsive to a determination that the gaming incentive is not effective, the tool updates the gaming incentive and the associated augmented reality experience provided to the one or more customers associated with the target location. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076287 | Online Reward System - The present system provides users engaging with sharing platforms a method to monetize their contribution in generating ad revenue for various advertisers. The system can quantify the user contribution based on the user's behavior and action related to individual ads on the sharing platforms. The system provides a method of monetizing a user's contribution to ad revenue, thereby incentivizing users to share the selected ad to the user's audience. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076288 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A REWARD PROGRAM - A computer network based rewards program, management method, and system in which rewardable promotions of predetermined goods or services by enrolled promoter entities on network platforms are automatically recognized and rewarded in accordance with criteria established by rewarder entities. Content analysis engines employed by the system may invoke machine learning tools. Contexts of the promotions may be analyzed and characterized for compliance with the criteria. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC UNIVERSAL INCENTIVE AWARDS WITH BLOCKCHAINS - A method and system for providing electronic universal incentive awards processing with blockchains. Universal incentive award points are earned for academic (e.g., tutoring, homework completion, lab completion, project completion, etc.) athletic (e.g., watching sports events, participating in sports events, assisting with sports events, etc.), mentoring, volunteering, extra-curricular activities, clubs, community service and/or other selected activities. The universal incentive award points earned are stored in a blockchain. The blockchain allows the creation and use of universal electronic universal incentive award points with transparency, authentication, verification and fraud prevention. The universal incentive award points are immediately redeemable from the blockchain for goods and services. The incentive award points information can be immediately sent and received with wireless, contactless transfer of information. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076290 | Method And System For Cloud Funding Using A Web-Based Social Network - A social media website which allocates points to participants for a variety of activities by either the participant or by others, who may be other participants. Allocation of points results in rankings of participants, wherein higher ranked participants are allocated more opportunities for accumulating advertising revenue. Ads placed throughout the system's various pages may have their potential conversion value ascribed to designated groups or persons, as the ranked participant desires. Retained revenues may be used by a participant to purchase goods from participating vendors. | 2022-03-10 |
20220076291 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING A COMMERCIAL BUDGET ACROSS BRANDS AND COMMERCIAL CHANNELS - A process and a system are provided to determine how to allocate the available commercial resources for a plurality of brands in a plurality of commercial channels. The use of brand response curves, in addition to commercial response curves, accounts for overlap and redundancy that are present with just the use of commercial response curves. The process uses the brand response curves and optimization technology to determine the allocation of the total commercial budget for each of the brands. The process then uses the commercial response curves to allocate the brand funds within each of the brands. | 2022-03-10 |