30th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180211198 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING USER ACTIVITY USING WEARABLE DEVICES - A system for tracking worker activity on a job site over a local area network. The system comprises providing a mobile device for each worker. Each mobile device has a programmable micro-processor, memory and radio modem with antenna, that is configured to emit radio signals in the form of an advertisement packet as a beacon over a simplex local network. Each mobile device has a push button for a worker to press upon completing an activity. The programmable micro-processor is configured to track time to complete an activity and handle worker interaction with the pressing of the push button by calculating the duration between consecutive button pushes and broadcasting this duration along with a device identifier within the advertisement packet over the local network. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211199 | DECISION ENGINE FOR GENERATING INTERFACES TO SIMULATE AND OPTIMIZE EMPLOYEE SCHEDULING IN WORK LOCATIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for simulating and optimizing employee scheduling. In one embodiment, a decision engine includes a communication device, memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving service data including at least tasks of a first type, tasks of a second type, and a plurality of employee volumes, each indicating a number of first employees trained for the tasks of the first type, second employees trained for the tasks of the second type, and third employees trained for tasks of both types. The operations may further include generating, based on the service data a plurality of estimates, generating a simulation of some estimates, generating an optimized decision specifying an optimized number of first employees, second employees, and third employees, and causing at least one output device to display an interface associated with the optimized decision. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211200 | COMPUTER NETWORKED CALENDAR - A calendar system is disclosed that allows a user to create his or her own account, to join or be joined to an organization for staffing and/or scheduling purposes, to use the account for calendar or scheduling outside of the organization, and to retain at least a portion of the calendar database after severing membership with the organization. Embodiments of the present invention allow a user to indicate said user's availability for work or participation differently for the various organizations to which the user belongs. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING OUTBOUND SHIPPING CAPACITY - Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving a high-priority first order, receiving a low-priority second order, adding an elastic shipping buffer to the low-priority second order to (1) prevent the low-priority second order from being shipped from the fulfillment center before the high-priority first order and also (2) prevent the low-priority second order from being delivered at a final destination after a service level agreement delivery date, and transmitting instructions to a shipping system to ship the high-priority first order from the fulfillment center before shipping the low-priority second order. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211202 | METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR REAL-TIME AND ONLINE FREIGHT MANAGEMENT - A method, system, apparatus, and program for real-time and online on-demand shipping/freight management in the global logistics industry using various technologies such as: Global Positioning System (GPS); Satellite feeds; Various cloud-based communication platforms for Simple Message System (SMS), Email, Chat; Blockchain; Own blackbox module; Real-time online payment system; and other related components. A system for processing and storing transactions and reservations for online freight management comprises: an end-user module for interfacing with a user device through an exclusive ingress module to execute a login procedure, wherein a user of the user device is a service provider; a middleware module for processing a request for a transaction by the user; a back-office corporate module for performing a procedure-based integrity check on each transaction, for managing each transaction, and for interfacing with the user device through an exclusive egress module to execute a logout procedure; and a black-box module communicating with the middleware module and using various technologies for monitoring users and storing data including transaction data, user profile data, and communication data, wherein the black-box module, among others, includes an entity relationship database for storing the data in an organized and readily retrievable structure.\ | 2018-07-26 |
20180211203 | MULTI-LEVEL INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A computer-implemented method for real-time and continuous inventory management using a multi-level inventory management system comprising peripheral device(s) in data communication with some number of warehouse server(s), aggregation server(s), and sales channel server(s). A warehouse server may employ real-time physical inventory parameters received from a peripheral device to manage stock keeping unit (SKU) counts and locations as shipping orders, purchase orders, and bin transfer orders are serviced. An aggregation server may compile physical it parameters received from warehouse server(s) into available inventory used to service sales orders, reserve orders, and pre-sell orders. An aggregation server may also modify available inventory to address the status of servicing warehouses (e.g., unsellable, sellable, and dropship). | 2018-07-26 |
20180211204 | Method and System of Identifying Environment Features for Use in Analyzing Asset Operation - Based on an analysis of asset attribute data associated with a plurality of assets, a platform may detect a locality that is a possible instance of a given type of environment, such as a mine or construction site. In response, the platform may obtain image data associated with the detected locality and input that image data into a model that outputs likelihood data indicating a likelihood that any portion of the detected locality comprises a given feature of the given type of environment (e.g., a boundary, navigation route, hazard, etc.), where this model is defined based on training data. Based on the likelihood data, the platform may then generate output data indicating a location of any portion of the detected locality that is likely to comprise the given feature. In turn, the platform may use the output data to simulate asset operation in the detected locality. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211205 | GOODS MONITORING DEVICE, GOODS MONITORING SYSTEM, AND GOODS MONITORING METHOD - This device is configured to include a state monitoring area setter that sets a state monitoring area on the image of the display area, an item detector that detects item displayed in the state monitoring area, based on the image of the display area, a display state determinator that determines a display state of item in the state monitoring area, based on a detection result by the item detector, and a display screen generator that generates a monitoring screen including a monitoring image in which a display state displaying image representing the display state of item in the state monitoring area is superimposed on the image of the display area, based on a determination result by the display state determinator. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211206 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING INVENTORY OPERATIONS - Disclosed are systems, methods, and devices for managing a personal user inventory. In one embodiment, the method comprises retrieving a plurality of e-mail messages associated with a user; parsing the plurality of e-mail messages to identify a set of merchandise items present within the plurality of e-mail messages; associating the set of merchandise items with the user in an item database; identifying at least one of the plurality of e-mail messages as a return e-mail message; and flagging an item in the item database corresponding to an item in the return e-mail message as returned. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING PRODUCTS IN OPEN-LOOP SUPPLY OR VALUE CHAIN - A system for monitoring the life cycle of a product even in open-loop retail environment having regard to the associated supply or value chain, comprising tag provision equipment arranged to obtain product information and to configure a wirelessly interrogatable electronic identification tag provided with externally readable identification information to a product item, wherein configuring incorporates at least partially automated determination, according to predefined decision logic, of at least one technical characteristic of tag implementation based on the product information to optimize the operation of the tag, and electronic data management system accessible via a communications network, preferably the Internet, comprising a data interface configured to receive and transmit data, and a data repository configured to store indications of received digital notifications of tag reading events in a plurality of activities of the associated supply or value chain, said notifications conveying said tag identification information. A corresponding method for execution by the system is presented. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING HOME INVENTORY - Exemplary embodiments relate to a system for monitoring items in a residence for replenishment. Multiple sensors are disposed in a residence and configured to sense characteristics of an item indicating at least a quality of the item. A computing device is configured to retrieve and analyze usage data for the item. The computing device determines that the item needs replenishment based at least in part on the sensed quality of the item and the usage data for the item. The computing device generates an alert at a user interface in response to determining that the item needs replenishment. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211209 | GLOBAL BACK-END TAXONOMY FOR COMMERCE ENVIRONMENTS - A method for defining, generating, and using a global back-end taxonomy is disclosed. It is identified that a listing of an item is exposed to a plurality of users of a first subsystem via a set of categories of a first front-end taxonomy. The listing of the item is mapped to a set of categories of a global back-end taxonomy, the global back-end taxonomy being maintained independently of the first front-end taxonomy and a second front-end taxonomy, the second front-end taxonomy being associated with a second subsystem. A category of the set of categories of the global back-end taxonomy is mapped to a category of a set of categories of the second front-end taxonomy associated with the second subsystem. The listing of the item is exposed to a plurality of users of the second subsystem via the set of categories of the second front-end taxonomy. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211210 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR MANAGING PEOPLE, GOODS AND SERVICES USING AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY - The computer implemented method and computer program product provided in accordance with the present invention allows a user-company to consign and track corporate personal protective equipment, or “PPE,” assets to specific employees, suppliers, contractors, visitors, guests, and other authorized persons, as well as to control, manage, and validate the expiration period of PPE, and the entry and exit of PPE at any job sites and/or industrial and mining operations. The computer implemented method and computer program product use radio frequency identification, or “RFID,” technology via fixed control or mobile/portable control methodologies. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211211 | CONTEXTUAL SEARCHING VIA A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and associated system for processing a search query to retrieve product information and offers that are customized for an end user. An electronic planogram including expected locations of a product in a retail store is generated. A received communication includes a query object, an approximate location of the product in the retail store, and a database search query. From a comparison between the approximate and expected locations of the product, an electronic message is generated to communicate, to employees of the retail store, that the product is misplaced in the retail store. The database search query is performed for retrieving product information offers that are customized for the end user. The query object and the electronic planogram are used to identify products that have been misplaced, maintain adequate inventory levels to meet customer demands, and track the location of products within the retail store. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211212 | VERTICAL NETWORK COMPUTING INTEGRATION, ANALYTICS, AND AUTOMATION - Embodiments of the invention can relate to methods, systems, apparatuses directed to integration of computing networks, especially withing supply chains, and use of information from these integrated networks to generate analytics. To generate such analytics, an analysis computer or payment processing network may receive purchase data. In various embodiments the purchase data may include a product identifier that is associated with a product or service that is involved in the purchase. Once the purchase transaction with the product identifier is received, consumption of inventory at the merchant or supplier may be tracked. Tracking the consumption of inventory may involve storing and using a relationship between the product identifier and the inventory. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211213 | SECURE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION - A device may receive an indication that a product has arrived at a destination. The product may have been shipped by an entity to the destination. The device may perform an analysis on the product to determine an attribute of the product. The device may perform a comparison of information identifying the attribute of the product and information included in an encrypted record, for the product, of a blockchain, to verify the attribute of the product. The information included in the encrypted record may be related to attributes of the product. The attributes of the product may have been determined by the entity that shipped the product to the destination. The device may determine whether the attribute of the product is verified based on performing the comparison. The device may perform an action based on determining whether the attribute of the product is verified. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211214 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPILATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF AIR CARGO SECURITY INFORMATION - The disclosed systems and methods provide security for goods during transport and can help generate necessary customs and other government forms based on the requirements for each country or jurisdiction into which the cargo shipment travels during transport. Declarations forms customized to the cargo shipment and based on the individual requirements of the countries can be generated along with guides to help inspect the goods, provide a secure chain of custody for the goods, and manage cargo with multiple shipments. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211215 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE TRANSPORT CONDITIONS OF GOODS - The invention relates to a system and method for monitoring the transport conditions of goods. The system comprises a central server ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180211216 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SHIPMENT TRACKING AND NOTIFICATIONS - Improved approaches for monitoring status of articles being shipped are disclosed. The monitoring can produce notifications to interested parties. The notifications typically contain status information pertaining to the articles being shipped. Alternatively, interested parties can gain access to status information pertaining to the articles being shipped via a website. According to one embodiment, the status information includes at least position (location) information and shipping conditions information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211217 | SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING AND CONTROLLING VEHICLES FOR FREIGHT - Data corresponding to a new less-than-truckload shipment request can be received from a first computing device. The data can include a pickup location, a delivery location, a pickup time, and a delivery time. One or more trucks that are assigned to a current less-than-truckload shipment and are capable of executing the new less-than-truckload shipment while also completing the respective current less-than-truckload shipment can be identified from accessing a database. A message corresponding to an invitation for executing the new less-than-truckload shipment can be transmitted to one or more operator computing devices of the identified one or more trucks capable. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211218 | COORDINATING SHIPMENTS ON FREIGHT VEHICLES - A shipment system can coordinate a less-than-truckload shipment with one or more freight vehicles by receiving from a first computing device, data corresponding to a new less-than-truckload shipment request. The data can comprise a pickup location, a delivery location, a pickup time, and a delivery time. Additionally, the shipment system can identify, from accessing a database, one or more trucks that are assigned to a current less-than-truckload shipment and are capable of executing the new less-than truckload shipment while completing the respective current-less-than-truckload shipment. A message corresponding to an invitation for executing the new less-than-truckload shipment can be transmitted to one or more operator computing devices of the identified one or more trucks capable. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211219 | Transport Management System - A computer implemented transport management system which generates vehicle load configurations based upon load indications including load weight, load dimensions, load origin and load destination and, which can estimate the cost of moving each vehicle load configuration over one or more routes between the load origin and the load destination. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211220 | Patent power calculating device and method for operating patent power calculating device - To propose a patent value evaluating device capable of identifying the causal association with business activity. A patent power calculating device comprises a patent history data acquiring section, an item content extracting section for searching for a combination of names of standard items indicating legal procedures and extracting the item contents and their procedure dates, a cost table holding section for holding a cost table where the combinations of item contents and prepared costs are associated with one another, an obsolescence function storage section for storing obsolescence functions used as indications of the obsolescence of the technology of the patent, a post-obsolescence cost calculating section for acquiring costs from the cost table and calculating the post-obsolescence cost by using the procedure date, and the obsolescence function, a totalizing section for totalizing the calculated post-obsolescence costs, and outputting the totalized value as the patent power. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211221 | AUTOMATED TOPOLOGY CHANGE DETECTION AND POLICY BASED PROVISIONING AND REMEDIATON IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, that provide automated topology change detection and policy based provisioning and remediation in information technology systems, among other functions and advantages. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211222 | ENTERPRISE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMMON PLATFORM FOR MULTIPLE-USERS WORKING PARALLELLY IN ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for facilitating a common platform for multiple users working parallelly in an enterprise environment are described. When a request is received along with requirements for adding a new feature in an existing application, the system fetches contract information associated with the existing application. The system further provides the contract information to a first user and a second user. Post receiving the contract information and requirements, the first user creates one or more test cases and the second user develops a source code for the feature to be added into the existing application. The system executes the one or more test cases for testing the validity of the source code and further integrates the source code into the existing application. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211223 | Data Processing System with Machine Learning Engine to Provide Automated Collaboration Assistance Functions - Aspects of the disclosure relate to implementing and using a data processing system with a machine learning engine to provide automated collaboration assistance functions. A computing platform may receive, from a teleconference hosting computer system, a content stream associated with a teleconference. Responsive to receiving the content stream associated with the teleconference, the computing platform may generate, based on a machine learning dataset, real-time transcript data comprising a real-time textual transcript of the teleconference. The computing platform may identify one or more subject matter experts associated with one or more topics by processing the real-time transcript data using at least one activation function. Subsequently, the computing platform may update the machine learning dataset based on identifying the one or more subject matter experts associated with the one or more topics. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211224 | PRODUCT DESIGN CONFIGURATOR INTERFACE - The invention is directed to a configurator portal that may provide an interactive user interface for use by a configuring entity. The configuring entity can input information into the interactive user interface in order to configure a set of design components (e.g., functionalities, offers, benefits, form factor, etc.) associated with a product, perform analysis for certain combinations of features that can be provided to specific segments of users, and initiate production of the product. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211225 | TEMPORAL PROMOTION OF CONTENT TO A PROJECT ACTIVITY - In response to a user request to promote user-level collaborative content from a first collaborative social interaction computing device to an application-level trackable project activity within a second project management computing device, the user-level collaborative content is transcoded to the application-level trackable project activity configured according to the transcoding with assigned application-level trackable project tasks to be performed by users within the second project management computing device. The users are synchronously allowed to collaboratively advance the application-level trackable project activity by performing the assigned application-level trackable project tasks within the second project management computing device while preventing application-level updates to the user-level collaborative content within the first collaborative social interaction computing device. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211226 | PROBABILITY BASED WHITELIST - A system and method are disclosed for maintaining a whitelist, including: obtaining message data based on an email message sent by a user; extracting recipient information from message data; updating the whitelist using the recipient information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ASSISTANT PREDICTION - A system and method for predicting candidate compatibility for network-connected assistant user devices and supervisor user devices connected, via a network, to a dynamic assistant prediction computer comprising a memory and a processor and further comprising programmable instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor, the programmable instructions adapted to dynamically predict an assistant comprising an assistant reference network, a device workflow parser, a verification manager, a dynamic matching manager, a reference network displayer, a messaging manager, a housing manager, a supervisor manager, and an assistant manager for matching assistant devices and supervisor devices based on pre-configured criteria. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211228 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING A RIDE SERVICE FOR ONE OR MORE THIRD PARTIES - This disclosure generally relates to a method and system for requesting a ride for a third party rider. In one embodiment, a user device may be used to transmit a ride request to a server for a third party rider. The user device may receive an indication of a driver from a set of trusted drivers among a pool of drivers. Further, the user device and a device associated with the third party user may receive a ride confirmation. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211229 | RESOURCE VALIDATION BASED EVENT SCHEDULING IN A SOCIAL NETWORK - Resource-validation-based event scheduling in a social network. A method identifies, based on activity in a social network, planning of an event. The method determines event parameters of the event, for instance by determining an anticipated number of attendees of the event, and profiling predicted attendees of the event to identify attendee preferences. The method solicits resource validation information from device(s) corresponding to resource(s) at a location for the event. The resource validation information indicates ability of the device(s) to support estimated resource consumption for each of the resource(s), the estimated resource consumption based on the determined event parameters. The method receives the resource validation information, and schedules the event based on the resource validation information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211230 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information providing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acquisition unit, an extraction unit, a determination unit, and a proposal unit. The acquisition unit acquires plan information on a plan of a user. The extraction unit extracts one or more events. The one or more events are able to be performed by a start time point of the plan in the plan information acquired by the acquisition unit. The determination unit determines, on the basis of a type of the plan in the plan information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not performances of the one or more events extracted by the extraction unit are appropriate for carrying out the plan. The proposal unit proposes at least one event among the extracted one or more events to the user on the basis of a result determined by the determination unit. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211231 | Service Advisor Accounts for Remote Service Monitoring of a Vehicle - Methods and systems are provided. One method includes receiving a request, at a server, to establish an advisor account for a vehicle associated with a user account. The request identifies a service entity and a vehicle service to be assigned to the service entity. The service entity is configured to receive said diagnostics data of the vehicle. The advisor account is associated to the service entity. Programming data is sent to the vehicle for use by a computer of the vehicle to identify select diagnostics data that relates to the vehicle service and to make accessible said select diagnostics data to the advisor account. The advisor account is made accessible to the service entity subsequent to establishing of the advisor account. The server receives select diagnostics data from the vehicle regarding the vehicle service, and the select diagnostics data is accessible for viewing and/or processing by a device of the service entity. The select diagnostics data produces updates that identify characteristics or changes in characteristics that relate to the vehicle service, and the server uses the identified characteristics or changes in characteristics to trigger a notification to the service entity regarding a problem or potential problem regarding the vehicle service. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211232 | DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION SYSTEM - A distributed transaction system for enabling users to conduct transactions using services from third party service providers includes a central processing center with one or more communications interfaces to facilitate transactions initiated by users at a plurality of kiosks wherein each of the kiosks includes a user interface enabling a user to access a user selected service and a data store for storing configurations associated with services provided by the third party service providers, whereby a user interfaces with one or more of physical system resources of the kiosk to open a user identity session such that the kiosk is operative to facilitate at least one first user action with the physical resources to initiate a financial transaction and the central processing center is operative to execute at least a second action to facilitate the transaction and to communicate with a financial institution. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211233 | Systems and Methods for Use in Permitting Network Transactions Based on Expected Activity to Accounts - Systems and methods are provided for permitting transactions to proceed having associated indicators of fraud. One exemplary method includes identifying, by a computing device, a segment for a consumer based on one or more demographic factors associated with the consumer, and retrieving, by the computing device, a change in spending value associated with the segment. The method also includes determining, by the computing device, a net revenue for decline of a transaction to a payment account associated with the consumer based on the change in spending value and at least one of a future spending value, an interchange rate for an issuer of the account, and a rate of false positive declines for the issuer. The method further includes comparing the net revenue to a threshold, wherein the transaction is able to be permitted when the threshold is satisfied despite the transaction having an associated indicator of fraud. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211234 | TECHNIQUES FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN APPLICATION - According to at least one aspect, a system for remotely controlling an application installed on a device is provided. The system includes at least one processor and at least one computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which program the at least one processor to identify a task for the application installed on the device to perform, transmit a binary short message service (SMS) message to the device including a task code associated with the identified task, receive an information request from the device responsive to the binary SMS message, and transmit task information to the device responsive to receiving the information request. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211235 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING, CONTROLLING AND PURCHASING A PRODUCT THROUGH A DISPENSER - Various technologies described herein pertain to an automated dispenser including a dispensing portion, a motion sensor, a receiver module, and a control module. The control module initiates motion sensing by the motion sensor in response to receipt of an activation signal from a network server by the receiver module. The dispensing portion dispenses a product in response to the motion sensor sensing an absence, presence or motion of an object. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211236 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATION VIA A TRUSTED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT - A method for authentication facilitated via a trusted execution environment includes: reading payment credentials in a first application program stored in a first memory area of a computing device; transmitting an authentication request to a second application program stored in a trusted execution environment of the computing device separate from the first memory area; displaying a prompt for authentication data based on an instruction supplied by the second application program; receiving authentication data; transmitting the received authentication data to an external computing device; receiving, by the second application program of the computing device, an authentication result from the external computing device; and transmitting, by the second application program of the computing device, the authentication result to the first application program in response to the authentication request. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING AN ELECTRONIC RECEIPT TO A USER DEVICE - A system and method for transferring electronic receipts to a user device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the system comprises, a point of sale device configured for generating a receipt in the electronic file format, and a beamer device comprising, a processor configured for fetching the electronic receipt from the point of sale device, an input/output module configured for receiving at least a selection of a channel among one or more channels from a user of the user device for transferring the electronic receipt to the user device, wherein the one or more channels comprises at least one of a Bluetooth, Near Field Communication, Tethering or phone-as-modem (PAM), Wi-Fi and Internet, and a communication module configured for communicating the electronic receipt to the user device through the selected the selected channel. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211238 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication device and a processor. The communication device performs communication through a plurality of wireless communication channels. The processor transmits and receives data to and from a peripheral device related to settlement processing through a predetermined communication channel through the communication device. When a predetermined event has occurred, the processor transmits first information to another information processing apparatus through a communication channel different from the predetermined communication channel through the communication device. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211239 | POINT OF SALE SYSTEM - A point of sale system including a display subsystem including a viewable display array having multiple controllable display locations being operative to display non-trusted display content and trusted display content and a trusted/non-trusted display content controller operative to govern operation of the display subsystem and thereby to selectably allow a portion of the non-trusted display content from a non-trusted display content source to be viewed, at at least one display location on the viewable display array, which at least one display location is selected by the trusted/non-trusted content controller, without the trusted/non-trusted content controller needing to have knowledge of the non-trusted display content, to be incapable of enabling malicious content, forming part of the non-trusted display content, to be readably displayed, which could lead to unauthorized entry of confidential information by a user. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211240 | RECEIPT GENERATION SERVICE - A method includes receiving, by a server via a network, transaction information descriptive of a money transfer transaction initiated at a point of entry device. The transaction information includes information that identifies a location of the point of entry device. The method includes determining, by the server, receipt information to be included in a receipt for the money transfer transaction. The receipt information may be determined based, at least in part, on the transaction information, and at least a portion of the receipt information included in the receipt satisfies regulatory requirements associated with the location of the point of entry device. The method includes generating, by the server, the receipt that includes the receipt information, and transmitting the receipt from the server to the point of entry device via the network. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211241 | COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a commodity sales data processing apparatus includes an electronic receipt data sending module, a change receipt data generation module, and a control module. The electronic receipt data sending module generates electronic receipt data from receipt data generated using transaction information of commodities subjected to settlement processing and sends the generated electronic receipt data to an external device. The change receipt data generation module generates new change receipt data according to change of the transaction information. The control module generates, if the generated change receipt data contains customer specification information for specifying a customer, change electronic receipt data from the change receipt data and sends the generated change electronic receipt data to the external device, and outputs printing data, based on the change electronic receipt data and with added data indicating that the receipt data has been changed, to a printing section. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE TYPES OF ELECTRONIC MONEY AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a system and method for identifying multiple types of electronic money, and an apparatus employing the same. The system for identifying multiple types of electronic money includes an electronic money terminal apparatus capable of identifying various types of electronic money and providing an electronic money service, including charging, payment, and transfer of electronic money. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211243 | Document Image Capture and Processing - Video frames of a document are captured. The edges of the document are identified from the frames as they appear within a field of view of a camera and a document rectangle for the document is tracked within the field of view. An area of the document determined from the frames is compared against the available area of the camera preview mode and a larger superimposed guiding rectangle is displayed as a guide within the camera preview mode. When a frame for the document is detected as having document edges that substantially fit within the guiding rectangle, the guiding rectangle is removed and an optimal image of the document is captured for subsequent downstream document image processing. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211244 | INTEGRATED SECURITY SYSTEM - A third party payment system is provided which allows a user to conduct transactions through payment accounts stored on the third party payment system. The user can enroll in the third party payment system and create an account with registered payment accounts. The user can access the payment accounts via a mobile device and load the payment data associated with a payment account to the mobile device. The user can then utilize the mobile device to provide payment during a transaction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211245 | Apparatuses and Methods for Operating a Portable Electronic Device to Conduct Mobile Payment Transactions - Methods for operating a portable electronic device to conduct a mobile payment transaction at a merchant terminal are provided. The electronic device may verify that the current user of the device is indeed the authorized owner by requiring the current user to enter a passcode. If the user is able to provide the correct passcode, the device is only partly ready to conduct a mobile payment. In order for the user to fully activate the payment function, the user may have to supply a predetermined payment activation input such as a double button press that notifies the device that the user intends to perform a financial transaction in the immediate future. The device may subsequently activate a payment applet for a predetermined period of time during which the user may hold the device within a field of the merchant terminal to complete a near field communications based mobile payment transaction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211246 | Document Printing System That Includes Online Payment Service, Image Forming Apparatus, and Electronic Device Having Web Browser - A document printing system includes an image forming apparatus, an electronic device, a print-data generating unit, a charge calculator, and a payment code notification unit. The image forming apparatus includes a document accepting unit that accepts a document via a web page. The charge calculator calculates a charge based on the document accepted by the document accepting unit. The payment code notification unit notifies a payment code issued by an online payment service to the charge. The image forming apparatus includes a document printing unit that executes a print job with the print device based on the print data when the charge has been paid via the online payment service using the payment code notified by the payment code notification unit. The electronic device includes a document transmitting application to transmit the document. The web browser transmits the document to the image forming apparatus via the document transmitting application. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211247 | ESTABLISHING DEDICATED CONNECTION FOR TOKEN REPLACEMENT - Embodiments are directed to establishing dedicated connection for token replacement. Embodiments receive user authentication credentials; validate the user authentication credentials; in response to validation, enable access to one or more features or functions of a mobile application; in some cases, determine that circumstances match a predetermined trigger including potential compromise of the current token, and in response present, on the mobile device, a list of digital wallets with which a current token is associated; receive input indicating which of the digital wallets in the list to provision a new token; receive transfer, over an established dedicated communication channel between a server and the mobile device, the new token; and automatically associate the new token with the indicated digital wallets. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211248 | EXPEDITED SETUP OF DIGITAL WALLET USING CONTACTLESS CREDENTIAL - Embodiments are directed to expedited setup of digital wallet using contactless credentials. Embodiments receive user authentication credentials; validate the user authentication credentials; in response to validation, enable access to one or more features or functions of a mobile application; receive, from the contactless reader, contactless credential information comprising owner identification, credential number, expiration date and cryptogram; load the contactless credential information into a digital wallet stored in the memory; and enable use of a payment token corresponding to the contactless credential information in a digital wallet transaction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211249 | ENABLING AUTHENTICATION SHIFTING BASED ON MOBILE WALLET CHARACTERISTICS - Embodiments are directed to enabling authentication shifting based on mobile wallet characteristics such as presence and/or content of a payment credential or pre-generated token. Embodiments receive a request for access to a function or feature by a user of the mobile device; receive first user authentication credentials from the user; access a mobile wallet storing at least one payment credential associated with an owner of the mobile device, the at least one payment credential comprising owner identity information; compare the first user authentication credentials with the owner identity information; confirm the first user authentication credentials match the owner identity information; and enable access to the requested function or feature. Embodiments also determine that additional user authentication is required for access to the requested function or feature; receive and validate second user authentication credentials; and enable access to one or more features or functions of a mobile application. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211250 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFER OF RESOURCES VIA A SECURE CHANNEL USING AN ALIAS - Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for transfer of resources via a secure channel using an alias. The present invention receives a first alias associated with a user; dynamically generates a web portal associated with the entity to enable the user to input an authorization code; electronically receives, via the web portal, the authorization code from the user; determine a first resource event based on at least receiving the first alias and the authorization code; triggers the first resource event based on at least a successful validation of the authorization code; and transfers the resources from the user record associated with the third party to the target record via the secure channel in response to triggering the first resource event. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING FINGERPRINTS OF ENCRYPTION DEVICES - Systems and methods for creating fingerprints for encryption devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the system includes an encryption device operatively connected to a device management system. According to particular embodiments, the device management system: 1) receives a first payload from the encryption device, the first payload including data in a particular format; 2) creates a fingerprint for the encryption device, the fingerprint including a section format for each of one or more distinct sections of the particular format; 3) storing a record of the fingerprint for the encryption device and the unique identifier at the at least one database; and 4) comparing a format of each subsequent payload received from the encryption device to the fingerprint for the device to determine whether the device has been compromised. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211252 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIVATE NODE-LEVEL DATA COMPUTING AND RECONCILIATION - Aspects and embodiments are directed to method and system for node based reconciliation. Various aspects also provide for real-time securities exchange while supporting cash based transactions. Additional aspects incorporate improved user interfaces for enabling single selection investment decisions for all of a clients' wealth. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211253 | AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Proposed are a highly reliable automatic transaction device and a control method thereof. Specifically provided is an automatic transaction device, and a control method thereof, including a main body control unit which generates first withdraw transaction data including amount information as information related to an amount in a withdraw transaction and a withdraw command for instructing a withdraw of a paper currency based on the first withdraw transaction data, a paper currency processing unit which receives the withdraw command and pays out the paper currency, and a first device which is a device that is different from the paper currency processing unit and which determines a feasibility of a withdraw based on the first withdraw transaction data sent from the main body control unit. When the first device determines that the withdraw is possible, the first device generates withdraw credit information with security that is higher than the withdraw command based on the first withdraw transaction data. The paper currency processing unit receives the withdraw credit information and the withdraw command, additionally determines the feasibility of the withdraw based on the withdraw credit information and the withdraw command, and pays out the paper currency when the withdraw is possible. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211254 | System and Method for Secure Payment Transactions During a Chat Session - A method for secure payment transactions over a network between a support help desk computing system and a customer computing system is provided. The method includes establishing a chat session between the help desk and the customer using a chat application program; receiving a purchase order from the customer; communicating a unique URL payment link to the customer, wherein the URL payment link is configured for allowing the customer to establish communication with an order processing system to provide sensitive payment information to the order processing system; receiving the sensitive payment information at the order processing system communicated from the customer; encrypting the sensitive payment information; providing the encrypted sensitive payment information to the help desk, wherein the encrypted sensitive payment information is displayed in a masked format on a display of the help desk; and completing the purchase order using the encrypted sensitive payment information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211255 | TRANSACTION CHOICE SELECTION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An apparatus and system for casting votes electronically comprises both a host server and a plurality of voting machines at various remote locations. First “user identifying information” for a plurality of potential users who are registered to use the system is pre-stored in memory, either at the host server or at a voting machine, or both. Second “user identifying information” is entered by a user of the voting machine at the time the user wishes to vote. A display on the voting machine presents to the user voting information concerning at least one voting matter for which the user is to make a voting selection. A processor in either the host server or the voting machine, or both, compares the second user identifying information entered by the user of the voting machine with the first user identifying information, if any, previously stored in memory. The user of the voting machine is authorized to make a voting selection on the voting matter if the first and second user identifying information relating to this user are substantially similar. When a voting selection is made by an authorized user of the voting machine, the processor in the host server counts it as a vote. In this way, only users authorized to cast a vote are allowed to vote and the voting selections from all such authorized users who cast a vote are counted. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211256 | PASSING A TRUSTED TRANSACTION SIGNAL - A trusted transaction signal is passed from a merchant to an account provider. A merchant receives a payment account association with a transaction between a customer and the merchant, and determines a level of risk for the transaction. If the customer is unknown to the merchant, the trust level is determined to be a default trust level. If the customer is known to the merchant, then a risk assessment determines whether the trust level is the default trust level, or a second, greater, trust level. A transaction notification is sent to the account provider. When the trust level is the default level, the notification includes a merchant ID that identifies the merchant and signifies the default trust level for the transaction. When the trust level is the greater level, the notification includes a different merchant ID that also identifies the merchant, but represents the second trust level for the transaction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211257 | SYSTEM TO AUTOMATICALLY RESTORE PAYMENT PURCHASING POWER - In one embodiment, a system comprises a database configured to store at least one record, at least one network communication device, a storage device comprising instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method. The method may comprise receiving a fraud communication associated with a first primary account number, calculating one or more limitations associated with the first primary account number based on an account associated with the first primary account number, and storing a database record including the first primary account number, a new primary account number, and the limitation(s). The method may further comprise receiving a transaction request including a second primary account number, and comparing the second primary account number to the at least one record. The method may also comprise, based on the comparing, enabling the transaction request to proceed, declining the transaction, or disabling the first primary account number. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211258 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE PERSONAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - A transaction method using an electronic device. The method comprises detecting, during an online transaction, one or more fields capable of being automatically filled by the electronic device, the one or more fields associated with the online transaction. The method further comprises obtaining, using a sensor, biometric information of a user of the electronic device, and verifying an identity of the user of the electronic device based on the obtained biometric information. Additionally, the method includes, in response to verifying the identity of the user of the electronic device based on the obtained biometric information: identifying personal information of the user to be automatically filled into the one or more fields based on the verified identity, and inserting the identified personal information into the one or more fields for the online transaction. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211259 | Artificial Intelligence Based Customer Service and Social Media Method - A customer service method includes geolocating devices and users verifying the geolocation of the device. The user selects a search proximity based on the geolocation of the devices, to identify businesses within the search proximity. A list of the businesses is presented, which are selected by the user. The devices communicate with a first network within the business network, which presents chat rooms. Chat rooms are created by the business and by the consumers. Each chat room communicates with a second network, wherein the second network is adaptive based on user input and is able to generate a response based on user input. At least one user is a manager of a business who is able to audit the second network response. A main server, main database, internal artificial intelligence bot, and external artificial intelligence bot are in communication with the devices. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211260 | MODEL-BASED ROUTING AND PRIORITIZATION OF CUSTOMER SUPPORT TICKETS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains training data containing a first set of customer support tickets and a first set of categories assigned to the first set of customer support tickets by customer support agents. Next, the system uses the training data to produce a statistical model for classifying the customer support tickets into the categories. The system then uses the statistical model to classify a second set of customer support tickets into a second set of categories. Finally, the system generates output for routing the second set of customer support tickets to the customer support agents according to the second set of categories. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211261 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUALIFYING DATA AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FROM AN UNQUALIFIED SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: receiving data, automatically generated in an unqualified system, configured to at least one of: control a vehicle management system in a vehicle, and obtain data from the vehicle management system; verifying integrity of the data; if the integrity of the data is verified, then qualifying the data; and if the data is qualified, then providing data to at least one qualified system in the vehicle management system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211262 | TECHNICAL REGULATION ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM - A system presented herein, called COMPATH™, incorporates computer technology, computer software and the world wide web to expedite and improve regulation compliance levels, logistics, and communications. Building departments and other regulation enforcement agencies have been historically overtaxed in their ability to systematically enforce regulations such as building codes and ordinances, and lack the means to consistently and effectively communicate with stakeholders. As the number and complexity of these building code regulations have expanded, enforcement agencies continue to lag in their ability to enforce them. The impacts of this lack of capability have been manifested in damage from catastrophic storms and earthquakes and in poor energy code compliance in buildings. Damage from numerous events has been found by forensics studies to be attributable to lax code enforcement. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211263 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FLIGHT REGULATIONS - Systems and methods for UAV safety are provided. An authentication system may be used to confirm UAV and/or user identity and provide secured communications between users and UAVs. The UAVs may operate in accordance with a set of flight regulations. The set of flight regulations may be associated with a geo-fencing device in the vicinity of the UAV. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211264 | COUNTERFEIT PREVENTION - A uniquely authentic copy of information is generated using a physical device that consistently produces unpredictable outputs based on inputs and the microstructure of the device, the device being verified to satisfy a given property, and it being substantially difficult to manufacture another device that satisfies the given property and that produces a particular output in response to a particular input. Generating the uniquely authentic copy of information includes causing the device to be provided with specific input to produce specific output, causing generation of a digital signature of the response and the information, and causing the device and the digital signature to be made available. Generating the uniquely authentic copy of information may also include making available the information, the specific input, and/or the specific output. The information may be a value of a banknote, and the digital signature may be produced on behalf of a banknote issuer. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211265 | PREDICTING BRAND PERSONALITY USING TEXTUAL CONTENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to facilitating predicting brand personality. In one embodiment, target content for which brand personality prediction is desired is obtained. Content features associated with the target content are identified. Such content features and a brand personality prediction model are used to predict a brand personality of the target content, the brand personality indicating personality of a brand associated with the target content. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211266 | Metric Forecasting in a Digital Medium Environment - Metric forecasting techniques in a digital medium environment are described. A time series interval is identified by an analytics system that is exhibited by input usage data. The input usage data describes values of a metric involved in the provision of the digital content by a service provider system. A determination is then made by the analytics system as to whether historical usage data includes the identified time series interval. A forecast model is then selected by the analytics system from a plurality of forecast models based on a result of the determination and the identified time series interval. Forecast data is then generated by a forecast module of the analytics system. The forecast data is configured to predict at least one value of the metric based on the selected forecast model, a result of the determination, and the input usage data. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211267 | INDIVIDUAL LEVEL LEARNING MECHANISM - Disclosed herein are systems and methods of individual level learning that include receiving purchase event data from a merchant device that indicates that a purchase event occurred by a user on a user device, and transmitting the purchase event data to an analytics server. The methods may also include processing the purchase event data. The processing may include calculating a time gap for each of two sequential purchase events in a list of purchase events, and calculating an average duration of consecutive events by averaging all of the purchase events in the list of purchase events. The method may determine a purchase hazard probability that a purchase event will occur on a given day, when the average duration of consecutive events is larger than a standard deviation of the event occurring. When the purchase hazard probability is above a threshold, the system may push a message to the user device. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211268 | MODEL-BASED SEGMENTATION OF CUSTOMERS BY LIFETIME VALUES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a set of predicted growth rates for a first set of customers of a product. Next, the system uses a set of features comprising the predicted growth rates to generate a set of customer segments for the product, wherein each customer segment in the set of customer segments includes a similar growth rate and a similar potential spending. For each customer segment in the set of customer segments, the system uses the similar growth rate and the similar potential spending to calculate a customer lifetime value (CLV) for the customer segment. Finally, the system outputs the CLV with a second set of customers assigned to the customer segment for use in managing sales activity with the second set of customers. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211269 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BEST SELLERS FOR AN ONLINE RETAILER USING DYNAMIC DECAY FACTORS - Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving sales data for a first plurality of products in a first category and also for a second plurality of products in a second category, determining a first product of the first plurality of products is a best seller in the first category using a first decay factor, determining a second product of the second plurality of products is a best seller in the second category using a second decay factor, coordinating a first display of the first product labeled as the best seller in the first category, and coordinating a second display of the second product labeled as the best seller in the second category. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211270 | MACHINE-TRAINED ADAPTIVE CONTENT TARGETING - Systems and methods for machine-trained adaptive content targeting are provided. The system generates a recommendation model, which includes creating a plurality of offer clusters. Each offer cluster comprises offers having similar features. The system assigns a new offer to one of the plurality of offer clusters. The assigning of the new offer occurs without having to retrain the recommendation model. The system also generates a plurality of user clusters, whereby users within each of the plurality of user clusters share similar behavior. A classification model for predicting an offer cluster from the plurality of offer clusters is created for each of the plurality of user clusters. The system then performs a recommendation process for a new user that includes selecting one or more relevant offers from a predicted offer cluster based on the classification model. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211271 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR BUDGET ALLOCATION IN DATA COLLECTION - Method, apparatus, computer program product and computer readable medium are disclosed for budget allocation in a data collection task. The method comprises; dividing the data collection task into a plurality of rounds ( | 2018-07-26 |
20180211272 | COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION USING A REDUCED SEARCH SPACE - A system that determines irrelevant match conditions from a plurality of match conditions that may be applied to an item set associates each item in the item set with one or more tags. The system further characterizes each of a plurality of match conditions as a Boolean function of one or more tag operators, where each tag operator includes one or more tags, and where each tag operator generates a set of possible markings of the item set. The system generates each marking in the set of possible markings by removal of one unit of a different single item from the item set that matches the tag operators in the Boolean function of one or more tag operators. The system further eliminates match conditions that generate an empty set of markings when applied to the item set. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211273 | DATABASE CONDITIONAL FIELD ACCESS - A database system populates various fields with information from a plurality of data sources which is matched to geographic and segment information for different reference identifiers. A series of data unions provide a selectable result set. A selection of elements from the selectable result set are used to generate qualifiers that are monitored in real time to determine when the qualifiers have been satisfied in order to set a semaphore allowing access to the selection of elements. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211274 | Measurement of Health-Related Activity Using Sensors - A system and method for measuring health-related activity from a participant. The method includes measuring a health-related activity of a participant including heart rate, active calories, and a number of steps from one or more wearable devices on the participant. Health-related activity information is displayed on a wireless handheld device to the participant. The device receives a defined health-related activity target with an associated discount to a scheduled payment owed by the participant for a good or a service. The following steps are periodically performed: i) accessing information on a scheduled payment being made for a product or service by the participant; ii) accessing data recorded by the one or more wearable sensors; iii) calculating a progress of the participant meeting the defined health-related activity target based on the data recorded and the defined health-related activity target; and iv) sending an update to the display with the progress. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211275 | DISTRIBUTED PROMOTIONAL PLATFORM FOR PROMOTING SECURITIES INFORMATION - Systems and methods are provided for promoting securities information. The method includes: storing, in a memory, a database of securities information; indexing, using a processor, the database of securities information to enable a first user to search through the database of securities information: displaying, using a graphical user interface, a digital searching tool, wherein the first user is able to search through the indexed database on the graphical user interface using the digital searching tool; receiving, from the first user, using the graphical user interface, one or more filings selected from the indexed database; and transforming at least one of the selected filings into a shareable digital widget, wherein the widget, when shared, is configured to display a description of each of the at least one of the selected filings to one or more second users. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211276 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DE-DUPLICATE IMPRESSION INFORMATION - An example apparatus includes means for identifying a pattern in first cookies received via the Internet and stored in a storage device, the first cookies corresponding to devices accessing media via the Internet, means for determining an error between a first demographic estimate based on a potential pattern in the first cookies and a second demographic estimate based on user identifiers corresponding to the devices and received via the Internet, the means for determining the error to determine the potential pattern to be the pattern when the error is less than a threshold, means for accessing impression information received from a database proprietor via the Internet, the impression information including second cookies, and means for identifying a subset of the second cookies that are associated with a same person based on the pattern, the means for identifying the subset to associate impressions corresponding to the identified subset with the same person. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211277 | LOCATION EVENT FORCED EXIT WITHIN A PROGRAM - A second related location event within a marketing program is listened for by a listener after a first location event has occurred. If the second related location event occurs before the program exits, the program is moved to an exit state and any further processing regarding the program is disregarded. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211278 | INFORMATION RELEASE METHOD, INFORMATION RELEASE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides an information release method, including obtaining a position-value table of reference information of different categories; obtaining multiple pieces of information-to-be-released, and performing normalization processing on a conversion rate of the information-to-be-released according to a category of the information-to-be-released by using a corresponding position-value table, to obtain a normalized conversion rate of the information-to-be-released; and selectively releasing the multiple pieces of information-to-be-released according to the normalized conversion rate of the information-to-be-released. The present disclosure further provides an information release apparatus and a computer storage medium. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADS DIRECTED TO PERSONAS HAVING ASSOCIATED CHARACTERISTICS - A system and method for directing self-targeted advertising to users who are interested in receiving it. A user creates or adopts one or more personas that define a number of characteristics that the user has or wants to be associated with. The characteristics of the personas can be used by advertisers to define members of a target audience. Each persona included in a target audience has an address or identifier to which ads are sent. In one embodiment, users are shown a user interface screen with icons representing a number of brands. The user provides input that indicates whether they have different opinions of the brands. Based on the input received, an estimate is made of the likelihood that the user has a number of characteristics. In one embodiment, the user can arrange the icons representing the brands on the user interface screen to indicate if the user likes or dislikes the brand. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211280 | DETERMINING OPTIMAL SET OF NOTIFICATIONS FOR A CONSUMER WITHIN A VENUE - Determining and sending an optimal set of notifications from a campaign for a consumer within a venue by determining a frequency count of notifications for the consumer within the venue based on criteria related to the consumer. Notifications applicable to the consumer are ranked based on criteria related to the consumer. Based on location events triggered by the consumer within the venue, notifications are sent to the user in ranked order until the number of notifications has not exceeded the frequency count determined for the consumer. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211281 | Image Similarity Determination of Paths to Control Digital Content Output - Techniques and systems are described in which an image similarity determination of paths is used to control digital content output. In one example, a plurality of coordinates is received that represent a plurality of physical locations within a physical environment. A digital image is then generated having a path that describes the plurality of coordinates. The path of the generated digital image is compared to a plurality of reference paths described by respective ones of a plurality of reference digital images, e.g., through image similarity. An item of digital content is selected based at least in part on the comparison. Output is then controlled of the selected item of the digital content. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211282 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO PROMPT AN ACTION BY A PLATFORM IN CONNECTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for determining whether to prompt an action by a platform in connection with a mobile device. In operation, action criteria is received utilizing a platform capable of advertising. Additionally, information from an application is received by the platform. Further, it is determined whether to prompt an action by the platform in connection with a mobile device, based on the action criteria and the information. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211283 | Passive Patron Identification Systems And Methods - A method includes: receiving N sets of identification data for the patron captured by N passive data capture devices, respectively; and for each unique patron identifier: calculating N partial confidence values for that unique patron identifier based on N comparisons of the N sets of identification data with N sets of stored identification data, respectively, associated with that unique patron identifier; and based on the N partial confidence values of that unique patron identifier and N weighting values, respectively, calculating an overall confidence value for that unique patron identifier. One unique patron identifier having a highest overall confidence value is selected. When the selected overall confidence value is less than a predetermined value: a new unique patron identifier is created in a database; and the N sets of identification data captured using the N passive data capture devices, respectively, is stored in association with the new unique patron identifier. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211284 | CUSTOMIZED ADVERTISEMENT AND MESSAGE CONTENT FOR PRESENTATION AT PICKUP LOCATIONS - Content such as a customized advertisement or message may be presented to a user at a pickup location. The content may be presented utilizing an audiovisual or other device of the pickup location, or on a user's mobile device when the user arrives at the pickup location. An advertisement that is presented to the user may be selected based on factors such as past purchases made by the user, a current item in an order or an item available for purchase in a store that is near the pickup location. A message that is presented to the user may be from a gift purchaser who ordered an item for the user, a manufacturer or vendor of an item, or the user with a reminder for a task that is to be performed when the user is at the pickup location. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211285 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING FROM ENGAGEMENT LEVELS FOR PRESENTING TAILORED INFORMATION - Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and method for presenting tailored information based on user engagement level. This engagement level which can be represented by a score in conjunction with a user profile can then be used to identify appropriate information to present to the user. The information presented can include advertisements, articles, and the like which have been learned/identified to trigger the user's interest. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211286 | DIGITAL CONTENT GENERATION BASED ON USER FEEDBACK - A computer program product for computer generation of digital content, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processing resource to cause the processing resource to determine demographic designators associated with users of user devices that render interactive digital contents; group together similar input questions input into the interactive digital contents of the user devices; for each group of similar questions, create an answer to each group of similar questions; create a script from each answer; record each script and the corresponding group of similar input questions in a data repository; and insert a script from the data repository into a digital content template. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211287 | DIGITAL CONTENT GENERATION BASED ON USER FEEDBACK - A computer-implemented method includes receiving input questions through interactive digital content and determining demographic designators associated the questions. The method further includes grouping together similar input questions and, for each group of similar questions, creating an answer. Scripts are created from each answer and each script and the corresponding group of similar input questions is recorded into a data repository. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211288 | ONLINE WEDDING COORDINATION MARKETPLACE - An online wedding coordination marketplace including a user interface created by a software algorithm stored in computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, where the user interface is displayed by a computing device that communicates through a communications network to access the algorithm, wherein the interface allows a user to search the offerings of vendors in the categories necessary to host a traditional wedding, where the user can find vendors that provide offerings in the desired wedding location, where the categories include at least: I) Wedding venues for hosting the wedding event and II) Caterers for supplying food at the wedding, and at least one of the additional categories including: A) Dress rental, B) Tuxedo rental, C) Wedding cake supply, D) Event decorations, E) DJ's for playing music at events, and F) Musicians, where the interface further sorts the offerings of vendors to show only offerings that the vendor can provide at a location the user has chosen, where the interface allows vendors to at least one of list and advertise their offerings, where the vendors must pay a fee in order to at least one of list and advertise their offerings, where the interface provides the user at least one of contact information to contact vendors and purchase the offerings from the vendors, and a checkout process to purchase offerings from the vendors through the interface. Preferably the online wedding coordination marketplace is designed to provide a unified service that a user planning a wedding can get most of the services, products, and rentals required to carry out a wedding event, while also providing sourcing, pricing, budgeting, assistance with planning and designing the wedding, and inviting guests; by providing these aspects in one service, a level of streamlining the planning, budgeting, sourcing, and execution of a wedding is achieved that has long been desired by millions of couples planning weddings, but has never been possible with the fragmented services that have previously existed and do not provide important features for streamlining such as pricing and sourcing of most of the aspects of the wedding in one location, which further provides the ability to budget and reduce the time required to set up the wedding, and features such as templates which greatly reduce the time required to plan and choose the various elements of the wedding and arrange the sourcing of these elements easily. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211289 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING ARRANGEMENTS OF PAYLOADS BASED UPON ENGAGEMENT OF WEBSITE VISITORS - A digital brand asset system is provided enabling a brand owner to create, distribute, maintain, manage, merchandise and analyze smart brand assets. The system enables distribution and sharing of smart brand assets across the websites. The websites can host webpages containing codes representing the smart brand assets. When a user device retrieves a webpage from one of the websites and renders the webpage, it executes the codes and requests the content of the smart brand assets from a brand asset server. Through the brand asset server, a brand owner can control the content and the presentation of the smart brand asset hosted by the websites, based on various factors such as previous click through rates, aggregated shopper behaviors, geographical locations of the websites or website visitors, categorized types of websites, blacklist of websites. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE UNITS WITHIN VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods according to present principles provide a virtual environment, particularly but not exclusively for virtual and augmented reality, with the ability to offer compelling interactive advertisements that users can choose (or not) to interact with, without being forced to watch the same. In so doing, the systems and methods provide for addressable units, termed “vessels”, which are interactive and which provide the viewer with the ability to control their experience via an active selection, e.g., of advertisements. Such interactivity is provided along with the ability to enjoy a “main” item of content, in some implementations. In addition, the interactivity may be provided as part of an entertainment “hub” in which VR experiences may be launched and/or in which main content may be displayed. Thus, the system provides a new, addressable unit, such as for advertisements, for virtual content-viewing environments, hubs for the same, or other virtual environments. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211291 | Generating Dynamic Computer Data Structures for Automatic Adjustment of Bids for Online Advertisements - A memory module of a first computing device is configured according to a data structure representing a matrix of remarketing lists comprising a series of ranges of bid adjustment values and a series of membership duration values. Each cell in the table is associated with a remarketing list. The first computing device coalesces the matrix of remarketing lists into a series of logical remarketing lists by selecting the remarketing lists associated with one or more logical columns of the matrix and combining the selected remarketing lists into a logical remarketing list. The first computing device calls an API to transmit instructions to a remote computing device that include a representation of the series of logical remarketing lists and a representation of the matrix of remarketing lists, and enable the remote computing device to replicate the series of logical remarketing lists and the matrix of remarketing lists in a memory module. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211292 | TRACKING THE STATE OF BILLING RECORDS IN A METERED BILLING SYSTEM FOR RESOLVING BILLING DISPUTES - A computer-implemented method includes: receiving a resource unit (RU) record associated with a metered resource provided by a service provider to a client; tracking status of the RU record and updating the status based on receiving dispute resolution information regarding the RU record; adding the RU record to a final invoice when the status of the RU record indicates that the RU was not disputed or when the status of the RU record indicates that the RU was disputed and valid; deleting RU record from a billing dimension to prevent the RU record from being added to the final invoice when the status of the RU record indicates that the RU record was disputed and invalid; retaining the RU record in the billing dimension when the status of the RU record indicates that the RU record is disputed and unsettled; and providing the final invoice to a client billing system. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NUMEROUS FACETS OF A WORK RELATIONSHIP - A system for managing time related work activities of one or more workers for one or more clients including a computer system having a management component configured to track and manage procurement of labor resources for one or more clients. The management component further is configured to allow a first person access to the computer system to approve or reject a job requisition or a time sheet stored in the computer system by entering first identifying indicia known to the computer system and unique to the first person. The management component includes a communication module for transmitting to the first person an electronic message notifying the first person that either a job requisition or time sheet needs to be acted upon by either rejecting or approving the job requisition or the time sheet. The electronic message includes bypass means for allowing the first person to access the computer system to approve or reject either a job requisition or time sheet that needs to be acted upon without entering the first identifying indicia. The bypass means preferably includes a hotlink unique to the job requisition or the time sheet that needs to be acted upon. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211294 | ONLINE/OFFLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM - A method for receiving a payment includes receiving information for a transaction with a merchant over the network, wherein the transaction includes an incomplete online transaction associated with a user account. A location of a user device that is associated with the user account is then retrieved, and a payment location is determined that is within a predetermined distance of the location of the user device. The payment location is then sent over the network to the user device. The user of the user device may then go to the payment location to provide payment information offline to a payment location device (e.g., by presenting a payment card to the payment location device provider, providing cash, etc.). That payment information is then received over the network from the payment location device and, in response, the online transaction is completed. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211295 | Application Purchasing - The present technology provides a purchasing interface within an application that allows users to purchase a product from another source without leaving the application. The application offers a product for purchase, and a user, desiring to purchase the product can provide an input effective to cause a purchasing interface to be displayed. While the purchasing interface, or information presented therein, comes from the product source, which is different than the application source, it is presented in such a fashion that gives the impression to the user that they are purchasing the product directly from the application. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211296 | System for Isolating and Associating Screen Content - A system and a method for associating network connected device displayed screen content are disclosed. The method includes providing the network connected device having a display screen. A search query is prepared based on a selection of information from a portion of the display screen using an artificial perimeter. The selection of information corresponds to at least one of underlying pixels, meta-data, and media components of the content within the artificial perimeter. The search query is sent over a network to a visual search processor for retrieving a search result. The search result is retrieved upon matching of the information present in the search query with data accessible to the visual search processor. The search result is forwarded by the visual search processor to the network connected device. Further, the search result is received by the network connected device and thereafter is displayed on the display screen. | 2018-07-26 |
20180211297 | Automatic Update Of A Shadow Catalog Database Based On Transactions Made Using A Catalog Database - A computerized apparatus, a computer program product and a method performed by a computing device in a computerized environment, which comprises a purchase transaction processor utilizing an item catalog database. The computing device maintaining a shadow catalog database. The method comprises: in response to a transaction made by the purchase transaction processor, obtaining, by the computing device, a transaction record, wherein the transaction record comprising for each item in the transaction, an entry, wherein the entry comprising a name of the item and a transaction price of the item, wherein the entry is based on the item catalog database; and updating, based on the transaction record, the shadow catalog database, whereby the shadow catalog database is updated automatically based on transactions and without having a direct interface between the item catalog database and the shadow catalog database. | 2018-07-26 |