51st week of 2021 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20210398016 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES - There is provided a method for training a ML model ensemble, comprising: training a central ML model using training values of central location parameters of a central location, for sample resources: training a respective ML model using the remote location parameters for the respective sample resource, receiving a manual indication of allocation of the respective sample resource to the central location or the remote location, creating a main training dataset including the training values for the central locations, and the training values for the remote location parameters for each of the sample resources labelled with the manual indication, and training a main ML model using the training dataset for allocating a resource to central location(s) or to the respective remote location, wherein a subset of resources are allocated to respective remote locations and another subset of the resources are allocated to central location(s). | 2021-12-23 |
20210398017 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING VALIDATION LOSS FOR MODELS IN DECENTRALIZED MACHINE LEARNING - Systems and methods are provided for calculating validation loss in a distributed machine learning network, where nodes train local instances of a machine learning model using local data maintained at those nodes. After each training iteration of the local instances of the machine learning model, each node may calculate a local validation loss value corresponding to the performance of the local instance of the machine learning model trained at each of the nodes. Those local validation loss values may be shared with an elected leader that can average all the local validation loss values, return a global validation loss value to the nodes. The nodes may then determine whether or not training of their local instance of the machine learning model should stop or continue. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398018 | ELASTIC STRAIN ENGINEERING OF MATERIALS - Methods for training statistical models for the bandgap and energy dispersion of materials as a function of an applied strain, as well as uses of these trained statistical models for elastic strain engineering of materials, are described. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398019 | LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM - A learning device | 2021-12-23 |
20210398020 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING CHECKPOINTS - A training operation for training a machine learning model may be initiated. At a predetermined checkpoint during the training operation, checkpoint information comprising a representation of the machine learning model in a partially trained state may be generated and stored in a non-volatile storage medium. The training operation for training the machine learning model may be continued after the predetermined checkpoint. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398021 | EXECUTION OF SEGMENTED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS - A device implementing a system to execute machine learning models from memory includes at least one processor configured to receive a request to provide an input to one or more machine learning (ML) models arranged into a graph of connected layers, the one or more ML models stored in the first type of memory. The at least one processor is further configured to divide the graph of connected layers into a plurality of segments such that at least two of the plurality of segments concurrently fits within allocated space of the second type of memory. The at least one processor is further configured to cause the input to be processed through the first segment of the plurality of segments using the second type of memory while a second segment of the plurality of segments is concurrently loaded from the first type of memory into the second type of memory. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FUSING OPERATORS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus of fusing operators, an electronic device and a storage medium, which relates to fields of deep learning, artificial intelligence and knowledge graph. The method includes: determining operator groups to be fused, according to an operator graph to be processed, wherein each operator group of the operator groups includes at least two operators in the operator graph respectively; obtaining a fused operator corresponding to the each operator group respectively; and for the fused operator, replacing corresponding operators in the operator graph with the fused operator respectively, and coupling dependence edges of the corresponding operators to the any fused operator, wherein the corresponding operators include operators in the operator group corresponding to the fused operator. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398023 | Migration Risk Assessment, Recommendation, and Implementation - Embodiments relate to a system, a program product, and a method to support a migration operation. Risk factors associated with a migration operation are assessed. The assessment includes assigning respective risk score values to the identified risk factors, assigning respective weight values to the identified risk factors, and calculating a composite risk score based on the assigned risk score values and the assigned weight values. At least one remediation action is recommended to reduce risk to the migration operation. The at least one recommended remediation action is implemented prior to execution of the migration operation. A migration plan incorporating the remediation action for the migration operation is generated. At least one machine learning (ML) model is employed in connection with (a) the subjecting of the identified risk factors to the assessment and/or (b) the recommending of at least one remediation action to reduce risk to the migration operation. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398024 | DATA INGESTION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING - A device may receive a data input that is associated with an event. The device may parse the data input to identify an input value that is associated with the event. The device may determine a probability that the input value corresponds to a feature of the event based on a configuration of the input value. The device may classify the input value as being associated with an element of the event based on the probability. The device may determine a rule profile of the input value based on the feature and the element. The device may determine a profile score associated with the data input based on the rule profile. The device may ingest, based on the profile score, the data input into a data structure. The device may determine a validation score based on a random factorization analysis of the rule profile and the input value. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398025 | Content Classification Method - A novel content classification method is provided. A content classification method using machine learning for a learning model and a classifier fabrication method are provided. In Step | 2021-12-23 |
20210398026 | FEDERATED LEARNING FOR IMPROVING MATCHING EFFICIENCY - A method includes: sending, by one or more computers, in response to the number of data providers for federated learning being greater than a first threshold, a data field required for the federated learning to a coordinator, the coordinator comprising a computer; receiving, by one or more computers, from the coordinator, information about one or more data providers comprising the required data field, for determining the data providers comprising the required data field as the remaining data providers, wherein the coordinator stores a data field of each data provider; and performing, by one or more computers, federated learning-based modeling with each of the remaining data providers. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398027 | MANAGING USER PROFILES AND PREFERENCES IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - A method includes receiving a message from a requesting device indicating a passenger request for ride services performed by an autonomous vehicle. The system determines, based on the request message, the pooling status of the requested ride services, generates a seat assignment and provides individualized vehicle options to individual users in the vehicle based on profile information in the mission packet. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398028 | AUTOMATIC RESERVATION OF A CONFERENCE - A computer-implemented conference reservation method is provided, which relate to the field of natural language processing. The method comprises: receiving a conference reservation request that is initiated by a conference organizer to reserve a conference, the conference reservation request being a text input or a speech input from the conference organizer; parsing, by means of a dialog understanding technology, the conference reservation request to obtain predefined elements of the conference, the predefined elements comprising a list of participants; determining, according to a pre-recorded schedule of the participants, a period of time during which all the participants are idle as a conferencing time; generating a conference invitation message, the conference invitation message specifying the conferencing time; and sending the conference invitation message to the participants. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398029 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE EVENT MANAGEMENT AND REMOTE INTEGRATION - Provided are systems and methods for an event management platform that include integrated services that are conventionally provided as add-on features or even provided by third party servicers in conventional approaches. The system also delivers functionality not availability in any conventional approach. The system and method deliver event management for both online and in-person event execution. Ticketing operation is integral in the platform and can even be provided without notorious ticket service fees. Further embodiments automatically integrate an ambassador platform configured to deliver promotion, tracking, marketing, and attribution functions with little or no input required from an event organizer. For example, pre-registration services can be implemented with little or no input, and similarly, ambassador teams can be linked by the system to an event and used to drive participation. The information captured and made available by the ambassador platform and ticketing platform enables audience insights and targeting that are simply unavailable in conventional systems. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398030 | RESERVATION SUBSTITUTE REMITTANCE METHOD USING RESERVATION SUBSTITUTE REMITTANCE PROCESSING SERVER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A reservation substitute remittance method using a reservation substitute remittance processing server is provided. The method includes receiving a request from at least one of a remitter and a substitute remitter to generate a reservation substitute remittance unit; generating the reservation substitute remittance unit based on identification information of the remitter and the substitute remitter; receiving a remittance or payment request from the remitter; processing a substitute remittance or a substitute payment based on a remittable amount of the reservation substitute remittance unit; and reflecting results of processing the substitute remittance or the substitute payment to the reservation substitute remittance unit. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398031 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A TONE-BASED SERVICE - Embodiments provided herein include systems and methods for providing a tone-based service. Some embodiments include receiving reservation data for a patron at an establishment and receiving a first tone from a first mobile device of the patron. The first tone may be non-naturally occurring and human imperceptible, where the first tone includes data that identifies the patron and the reservation. These embodiments may further include determining whether the reservation includes at least one other patron, determining whether a second tone has been received from a second mobile device associated with the at least one other patron indicating the at least one other patron is present at the establishment. In response to determining that the at least one other patron is not present at the establishment, embodiments include providing a message to the patron that other members of the reservation have not yet arrived. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398032 | INCORPORATING INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE MEMBER PARTICIPATION AND FEEDBACK IN LARGE-SCALE ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION - A presentation service generates an audience interface for an electronic presentation. The audience interface may simulate an in-person presentation, including features such as a central presenter and seat locations for audience members. The audience members may select emotes which may be displayed in the audience interface. The emotes may indicate the audience members' opinion of the content being presented. The presentation service may enable chats between multiple audience members, grouping of audience members private rooms, and other virtual simulations of functions corresponding to in-person presentations. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398033 | TIME RENTAL FACILITY - A reservation system includes a management device and an accessory device. The management device includes a reservation manager that manages reservation information set by reservation, a setting input module that receives input of setting conditions for the accessory devices, a command generator that generates a command for the accessory devices based on the reservation information and the setting conditions, and a command transmitter that transmits the command to the accessory devices via a communication network. The accessory device includes a command receiver that receives the command and a command executor that executes a predetermined operation based on the command. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398034 | CHECK-IN SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods provide check-in services to mobile devices using a check-in enabled network. When the mobile computer device attempts to access the check-in enabled network, a connection is established between the mobile computer device and the check-in enabled network. Check-in information is passed between the mobile computer device and the check-in enabled network to check in a user of the mobile computer device to an entity providing the check-in enabled network. The method may also include determining whether any additional actions are available to provide to the mobile device via the check-in enabled network, when an additional action is available, presenting the additional action to the user via the mobile device, and receiving input from the mobile device to take the additional action. Many additional actions may be available and are disclosed herein. The user's personal information may be protected while providing financial transactions with the system. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398035 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING ALTERNATIVE PLANS - A computer-implemented method for determining alternative plans for a user may include: determining an event status of an event based on one or more parameters, wherein the event status comprises a target event indicator, wherein the one or more parameters comprise event population; obtaining event data of a target event; obtaining transactional data of the user, wherein the transactional data includes transaction time and transaction location; determining, via one or more processors, a likelihood of a potential transaction of the user associated with the target event by processing the transactional data and the event data using a trained machine learning model; and transmitting, to the user, a notification based on the determined likelihood of the potential transaction, wherein the notification includes a suggestion for alternative travel plans of the user. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398036 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSIVE AND AUTOMATED PREDICTIVE PACKAGING ACQUISITION - The automatic packaging acquisition system includes at least one processor executing the instructions for performing operations. The operations may include receiving forecast data indicating a first expected number of packages over a first period of time required to ship an expected number of orders handled by a first fulfillment center, determining the historical scan events from a plurality of mobile devices associated with the first fulfillment center over a second period of time, determining a second number of packages based on the determined historical scan events, calculating a target quantity of packages based on the first expected number of packages and a value indicating cover days, instantiating a first electronic order for packages, based on the calculated target quantity, a current quantity of packages, an ordered number of packages, and the second number of packages; and send the first order to a remote computer system. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398037 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: acquire a document; determine a route on which the document is to be processed in a workflow; determine a first process that is a final process for processing the document on the route among processes in which information is allowed to be input for a first item included in the document; and display the first item in a manner in accordance with the first process. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398038 | WORKPLACE RISK DETERMINATION AND SCORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for the collection and processing of workplace, public and private data to predict and score risk incident frequency and severity for a commercial client. In one embodiment, the risk assessment may be performed using one or more machine learning techniques. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE MECHANISMS - A computer-implemented method, comprising obtaining an input associated with historical information, deadlines, and user-related information, or information associated with historical tasks, current tasks and user metadata; performing a calculation on the input to generate an output; and based on the output, generating a timing of a campaign and a team composition, or task lists and point values. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398040 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SCHEDULING OF A WORKFORCE - Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling a workforce. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a shift activity template; receiving an association between the shift activity template and at least one worker; and scheduling a plurality of schedulable objects. The scheduling is performed in accordance with a workload forecast and schedule constraints. Each of the schedulable objects is based on the shift activity template. The shift activity template describes a worker activity performed during a shift. The template has range of start times and a variable length for the activity. The activity is associated with a queue. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398041 | SIDE OF STREET PICKUP OPTIMIZATION IN RIDE COORDINATION NETWORK - A coordination server receives a request from a client device of a rider for transportation from a first location. The coordination server identifies a frequent spot based on the first location. The frequent spot is associated with a particular location and represents a plurality of historic first locations within a threshold distance from the frequent spot. The coordination server identifies a closest road segment with respect to the frequent spot. The closest road segment is a road segment of a plurality of road segments of an electronic map representing a geographic area around the first location. The coordination server determines a pickup side of the closest road segment based on the first location and the closest road segment. The coordination server sends, to a client device of a driver, a route to the first location such that the driver arrives on the pickup side of the closest road segment. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398042 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING WORK TO USER AND APPARATUS THEREOF - According to an embodiment, a method of allocating a job to a user comprising: receiving an allocation request signal from a terminal of the user; determining job processing information related to a job processed by the user; allocating at least one job among a plurality of jobs to the user based on the job processing information; and transmitting allocation information indicating the allocated at least one job to the terminal in response to the reception of the allocation request signal may be provided. According to an embodiment, a job allocation apparatus for performing the above-described job allocation method may also be provided. According to an embodiment, a computer readable recording medium containing a computer program for performing job allocation method may be provided. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398043 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES TO DETERMINE LENGTH OF LICENSURE - Systems and method provide access to multiple databases. Information about a person is extracted to determine a length of licensure. If the length of licensure does not cross a predetermined threshold, the system can access a different database. The length of licensure and any indication that the length of licensure crosses the threshold may be returned to a third party. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398044 | PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A production assistance system which generates steps for producing a product on the basis of an order including information which should specify the product to be produced, a quantity or count by which the product is to be produced, and a due date by which the production is to be completed is provided with an input unit for inputting the order; a schedule computation unit for generating, on the basis of the order input by the input unit, a schedule including information relating to a plurality of operation machines required to produce a product specified by the order, steps assigned to the respective operation machines, and a time required to execute each of the steps; a step division information providing unit for dividing the steps of the generated schedule into a plurality of tasks as information which can be interpreted and executed by the operation machines; and a step instruction unit for outputting instructions to the operation machines on the basis of the tasks from the step division information providing unit. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398045 | SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN DATA FROM AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES - Systems for supply chain management utilizing autonomous vehicles are provided. The systems perform capturing, formatting, processing, analysis, storage, and sharing of supply chain event data. The systems store the supply chain event data relating to an execution of a supply chain process therein. In some embodiments the systems provided comprise a distributed ledger. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398046 | Predictive Modeling Technologies for Identifying Retail Enterprise Deficiencies - Technologies are provided for predictive modeling potential issues that may arise in a retail store enterprise and offer remedies to address the issues. The system includes machine learning model(s) that proactively isolate systematic problems in a retail store enterprise, such as operational deficiencies, breakdowns in training, and execution failures that lead to negative sales/margin impact. In some embodiments, the system leverages artificial intelligence to create actionable leading indicators and high-confidence predictive models. These indicators allow the system to facilitate a determination of the genesis or “root cause” of these issues and how to “course correct.” | 2021-12-23 |
20210398047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a processor configured to acquire user information regarding each of users. The user information is information relating to a site that is a location where each of the users desires snow removal, and information relating to a completion timing that is a timing at which each of the users desires the snow removal to be completed. The processor is configured to decide a dispatching schedule for dispatching a snow removal movable body to the site, based on the user information regarding each of the users. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398048 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION BASED ON HOLT-WINTERS AND EXTREME LEARNING MACHINE - The present disclosure provides a method and system for predicting building energy consumption based on a Holt-Winters and an extreme learning machine, the method including: constructing a building simulation model based on actual operation parameters of a building to obtain an original energy consumption data set of the building; decomposing the original energy consumption data set to obtain a linear energy consumption data set and a nonlinear energy consumption data set; performing prediction on the linear energy consumption data set by using a trained Holt-Winters model to obtain a linear energy consumption prediction result; and inputting the nonlinear energy consumption data set, the original energy consumption data set, and the linear energy consumption prediction result into a trained extreme learning machine model to output a building energy consumption prediction value of the building simulation model. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF A GLOBAL REGISTRY WITH AUTOMATED DEMAND PROFILING VIA MACHINE LEARNING TO OPTIMIZE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - In various embodiments, the disclosed system may be utilized in managing supply and demand chains to optimize creation and management of inventory buffer levels via machine learning. In several embodiments, optimizing inventory buffer levels may lead to minimizing costs while maximizing the availability and timeliness of product deliveries. In multiple embodiments, the disclosed system may utilize supply chain data and performance monitoring with automated machine learning and derivation of demand signatures and profiles to provide optimized creation and management of inventory buffer levels. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398050 | AUTOMATED DETECTION AND RESOLUTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES - A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by a processor, an exception in an incoming supply chain data; analyzing, by the processor, the exception; triggering, by the processor, a scenario generator; generating, by the scenario generator, one or more resolution scenarios for the exception; evaluating, by a digital supply chain simulator, each resolution scenario based on a set of target Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); and ranking, by the processor, the one or more resolution scenarios based on the set of target Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). | 2021-12-23 |
20210398051 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC EXCEPTION PRIORITIZATION - A device includes a memory configured to store prioritization thresholds. The prioritization thresholds include one or both of threshold values and threshold ranges associated with an age and an amount of exceptions. A processor of the device receives exceptions associated with operation of at least a portion of the plurality of ATMs. For each exception of the plurality of exceptions, the processor determines, based on a comparison of an age property of the exception to an age threshold of the prioritization thresholds, an age score for the exception. The processor determines, based on a comparison of an amount property of the exception to an amount threshold of the prioritization thresholds, an amount score for the exception. Based on the age and amount scores, a prioritization score is determined for the exception which corresponds to a measure of an order in which action should be taken to resolve the exception. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398052 | WORK OPERATION ASSURANCE SYSTEM - A work operation assurance system includes an information projector, an imaging unit, and a processor. The information projector projects work information on a work object. The imaging unit obtains image data on an operator performing a work operation on the work object. The processor includes an artificial intelligence component that determines whether the work operation performed by the operator is appropriate based on the image data obtained by the imaging unit and work operation information preliminarily learned by the artificial intelligence component. In a case where the artificial intelligence component determines that the work operation performed by the operator is inappropriate, the processor causes the information projector to project a notification indicating that the work operation performed by the operator is inappropriate. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398053 | WORK CONTENT ANALYZING APPARATUS, WORK CONTENT ANALYZING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SENSOR - A work content analyzing apparatus of the present embodiment includes a first database storing state information indicating a state of each of one or a plurality of workers in association with time information and identification information of the worker, an estimation unit estimating the work content executed by the worker on the basis of at least two pieces of state information associated with same time in the state information stored in the first database, a specification unit specifying work time spent for the estimated work content on the basis of the state information stored in the first database and the time information associated with the state information, and an analysis unit analyzing the work content on the basis of the estimated work content and the specified work time. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398054 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF CONDITION STATE INFORMATION FOR ONE OR MORE MACHINES, DEVICES, OR SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SERVICE OR REPAIR EVENTS - Examples related to facilitating the training, assessment, and dispatching of technicians to a customer location for at least the purpose of servicing or repairing machines, devices, or systems present at the customer location are presented. The technician can be selected for dispatch to the customer location by review of database information, including training information for the technician, among other things. While at the customer location, the technician can be provided with training information delivered via a training module, where such training material content can comprise written materials, photos, video, virtual assistance, remote assistance, games, or the like. The technician can generate videos or other collateral while at the customer location, which can be included for use in a library of training materials for subsequent use, or for other purposes. Various systems and processes for facilitating the selection, management and deployment of training materials for technicians are also provided herein. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398055 | INTERACTIVE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR SECURING CONVEYANCE SERVICES - The inventive system and method address a long felt need for enhancing the efficiency of systems in the interactive conveyance industry for goods and services by providing for the filtering, selection and securing of conveyance services in accordance with one or more of client and representative preferences in substantially real time. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398056 | MOBILE APPLICATION FOR ASSISTING A TECHNICIAN IN CARRYING OUT AN ELECTRONIC WORK ORDER - One embodiment is directed to a mobile application executing on a smartphone that is used to assist a technician in carrying out electronic work orders. In some embodiments, the mobile application uses a camera in the smartphone to take photos that are associated with one or more steps of the work order. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398057 | Method and a device for fast entry and storage of parcels - A parcel terminal system comprising one or more modules and a method are provided to allow fast loading of parcels on storage space of a parcel terminal. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398058 | ROBOTIC DELIVERY SYSTEM - Techniques for automatically providing a package for pickup are presented. The techniques can include: receiving, at a publicly-accessible terminal, a code associated with the package; validating the code with data in a database communicatively coupled to the terminal; retrieving, by a robot communicatively coupled to the publicly-accessible terminal, the package from a publicly-inaccessible package staging site; delivering, by the robot, the package to a customer interface repository; obtaining confirmation that the package has been removed from the customer interface repository; and storing data, by at least one server, indicating the package has been removed. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398059 | MULTI-ENTITY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT USING STORAGE BIN AND INVENTORY REASSIGNMENT - A multi-entity inventory management system including reassignable storage bins and a method for managing product inventory of different entities, for example, vendors, at one or more facilities including one or more storage structures served by robotic handlers, are provided. Each storage bin stores one or more caches of the products. A computerized inventory management system (CIMS) stores digital records including entity identifiers, product catalogues containing product identifiers of the products offered by each entity to customers, and unique bin identifiers assigned to the storage bins. The CIMS executes a digital transfer of ownership of inventory from a stocked entity to a needful entity, for example, based on an inventory shortfall, a complete absence of inventory of the needful entity, orders for the product inventory being received, etc. Along with an inventory swap through the storage bins, the CIMS executes commerce between the entities and implements inventory reservation. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398060 | Operating System for Brick and Mortar Retail - An operating system for a retail store applies AI to detect, from images of store shelves, out of stock and low stock conditions of shelved items based on camera images. The system takes in a set of input states of the store and recommends corrective action to optimize a set of objectives for the store. These objectives could be to optimize Operating Profit. The input states could be current shelf conditions inferred by shelf cameras. The actions could be ordering of restocking, changes in future inventory orders, the number of shelf facings per product, price to charge per product, or labor allocations and scheduling for store staff. Through repeated reiterations over an extended period, the system compares actual results with predicted results and retrains itself to minimize the difference and recommend smarter over time to “play the game of retail” better and better each day and in each store. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398061 | REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INVENTORY CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION - Methods of reinforcement learning for a resource management agent. Responsive to generated actions, corresponding observations are received. Each observation comprises a transition in a state associated with an inventory and an associated reward in the form of revenues generated from perishable resource sales. A randomized batch of observations is periodically sampled according to a prioritized replay sampling algorithm. A probability distribution for selection of observations within the batch is progressively adapted. Each batch of observations is used to update weight parameters of a neural network that comprises an approximator of the resource management agent, such that when provided with an input inventory state and an input action, an output of the neural network more closely approximates a true value of generating the input action while in the input inventory state. The neural network may be used to select each generated action depending upon a corresponding state associated with the inventory. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398062 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCURATELY ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF MATERIALS IN STORES - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for estimating quantities of stored materials in a store. The data from a lower-fidelity store can be collected by a person (manual or “unmonitored” stores), which are manually collected unmonitored data, whereas monitored data from a higher-fidelity store can be collected by automated sensors from one or more similar stores (“monitored” stores). The present system may take as initial input historical data from a set of monitored stores and historical data for a set of manual stores. The system may continuously receive over time monitored data from monitored stores data and unmonitored data from manual stores. The system generates a model using the monitored data and the unmonitored data and applies the model to user-specified input data parameters to generate estimates of an inventory parameter, such as remaining material quantities in the set of manual unmonitored stores since their latest manual data collection. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398063 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCURATELY ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF MATERIALS IN STORES - A method and system are disclosed for estimating quantities of stored materials. Stores data can be previously collected by a person (manual stores) using manually collected data and higher fidelity stores data can be collected by automated sensors from other similar stores (monitored stores). The system takes as initial input historical data from a set of monitored stores and historical data for a set of manual stores. The system continues to receive monitored stores data and manual stores data over time. The system applies a method to the input data to generate estimates of remaining material quantities in the set of manual stores since their latest manual data collection. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT - A system, method, and computer program product for managing a physical inventory. Image data from a number of cameras is processed to recognize inventory items from identifying indicia and determine their respective locations to build a three-dimensional model of the inventory item distribution. Comparison with a database model of the inventory item distribution may indicate discrepancies, such as misplaced items. A picking agent may be dispatched to pick a target item by following a particular path, which may be designated in an overlay on a portable heads-up display. The picking agent may also perform a corrective inventory management action on a non-target item while picking the target item. The corrective inventory management action may include repositioning an item, reorienting the item for better visibility of its identifying indicia, replacing the item's identifying indicia, determining if the item is of expected weight, and gathering new image data. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398065 | AUTOMATED INSPECTION SYSTEM - Examples of the disclosure provide for an automated inspection system. The system includes an inspection component implemented on at least one computing device with at least one sensor configured to capture data about a good; and a communication component communicatively coupled to the computing device and configured to receive information regarding regulations and quality control standards associated with the good, and transmit the information regarding the acceptability of a good to an inventory system. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398066 | COUPLING PRODUCTS AND LABELS BASED ON SIMILAR TEMPORAL TRANSFORMATIONS - A system for automatically determining relationships between products and shelf labels in a retail store is disclosed. The system has a processor that receives images of a shelf captured over a period of time by an image sensor. The images depict shelf labels and groups of products associated with different product types. The processor identifies temporal changes in an arrangement of the groups of products, which are arranged in a first and second manner at a first and second point in time, respectively. The processor also identifies temporal changes in display of the plurality of shelf labels, which are displayed on the shelf in a first and second manner and at the first and second point in time, respectively. The processor determines a relationship between a specific group of products and a specific shelf label based on the temporal changes and initiates an action based on the relationship. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398067 | DYNAMIC PLANOGRAMS IN A RETAIL STORE - A method may include analyzing first images to determine an actual placement of first products displayed on shelves of a retail store; determining a deviation of an actual placement of some of the first products from the desired placement of products associated with a first planogram; receiving second images; analyzing the second images to determine an actual placement of the second products displayed on the shelves; identifying a deviation of the actual placement of some of the second products from the desired placement of products associated with the first planogram; using the second planogram to determine whether an arrangement associated with a second products conforms to the second planogram rather than to the first planogram; and when the arrangement associated with the second products conforms to the second planogram, withholding issuance of a notification indicating a deviation relative to the first planogram. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398068 | PROVIDING LOW-STOCK ALERTS BASED ON PRODUCT FACING EVENTS - A system for processing images captured in a retail store and automatically generating low-stock alerts includes at least one processor configured to: receive image data associated with images captured during a first period of time by one or more image capturing devices mounted in the retail store; analyze the image data to identify a restocking event, at least one facing event, and a low-stock event; determine a demand pattern for products from the specific product type based on the identified restocking event, the at least one facing event, and the low-stock event; receive additional image data associated with images captured during a second period of time, subsequent to the low-stock event; based on the additional image data and the determined demand pattern, predict when a next low-stock event will occur; and generate an alert associated with the predicted next low-stock event. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398069 | CONTAINER LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A sensor device for monitoring a container includes a first sensor that detects signals indicative of a level to which the container is filled with contents, a second sensor that detects movement of the container, and a processing unit coupled to the first sensor and the second sensor. The processing unit has a first interface to communicate with the first sensor, and a second interface to communicate with the second sensor. The sensor device monitors the level and the movement of the container and transitions to an idle state where the first sensor and other components of the sensor device are powered down in response to an instruction from an external source, a determination of passage of an amount of time without any activity, and/or determination of a predefined time. The second sensor is used to detect movement associated with an emptying event where contents are removed from the container. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398070 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DELIVERY SYSTEM - An example system includes a computing system having computer memory storing instructions that are executable and one or more processing devices for executing the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data from a user device that identifies goods, and generating information representing the goods based on the data. Bins are configured to hold the good represented by the information. The bins are climate-controllable to accommodate the goods. An autonomous vehicle is configured to transport the bins. The autonomous vehicle is configured to navigate from a loading station where at least some of the goods are received in the bins to a pick-up station where the goods are released from the bins. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398071 | LOGISTICS SUPPORTING DEVICE - A logistics supporting device includes: a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire, from a plurality of carriers, load situations of respective delivery centers that are retained by the respective carriers; and based on acquired load situations of the respective delivery centers, carry out at least one of delivery area changing processing, which changes delivery areas such that a delivery area of a delivery center that has a small load becomes larger, or resource supplementing processing that supplements resources of a delivery center that has a large load. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398072 | Recommending and Initiating Contactless Events Based on Machine Learning - Aspects of the disclosure relate to use of supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, or reinforcement-based machine learning algorithm(s) to perform pattern recognition and/or cluster detection on historical transactional data in order to predict events that may occur in the future and are candidates for automated delivery of items from a source to a customer in a contactless manner, via a secure delivery device, to minimize health risk(s) to the customer. The items may be securely delivered in an automated manner such as, for example, by use of a drone or autonomous vehicle, which may have advanced sensors to facilitate various aspects of the delivery. The items may be contained in a secure carrier coupled to the delivery device and may be unlocked locally or remotely using mechanical or digital means. Novel logical systems, architectures, machines, platforms, delivery devices and components thereof, and methods are disclosed. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398073 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING REAL-TIME VARIABLE PRODUCT DATA FOR AN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM - A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: receiving input of product value data for a product item and a data modifier for the product value data, the data modifier identifying a target margin value associated with the product item; determining at least one current inventory location for the product item; obtaining a shipping rate associated with shipping the product item to a geographical region from the at least one current inventory location; retrieving historical transfer value preference data for the geographical region; modifying at least one of the product value data, the shipping rate, or the target margin value based on the historical transfer value preference data; determining a transfer value of the product item based on the modified at least one of the product value data, the shipping rate, or the target margin value; and generating an indication of the transfer value of the product item. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398074 | TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system includes one or more processors that determine: a characteristic of a cargo container scheduled for receipt into or travel out of a terminal; a characteristic of cargo handling equipment associated with the terminal and selected from cranes, lifts, conveyors, and elevators; a characteristic of a first transportation vehicle scheduled for entry into or travel out of the terminal; a characteristic of a different, second transportation vehicle scheduled for entry into or travel out of the terminal; a constraint associated with cargo handling operations involving transferring the cargo container via the cargo handling equipment; and a plan for the cargo handling equipment to transfer the cargo container within the terminal based on the characteristics and the constraint. The one or more processors initiate the cargo handling equipment to move the cargo container from the first transportation vehicle to the second transportation vehicle according to the plan. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398075 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A RESOURCE - A computer-implemented method for managing a provision of a resource. The method includes the following steps: receiving a request regarding a utilization of the resource, validating the request, and, based on the validation of the request, establishing a state channel. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398076 | HEALTHCARE DEBIT CARD LINKED TO HEALTHCARE-RELATED AND NON-HEALTHCARE-RELATED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS - A healthcare financial payment system and method are disclosed in which a debit card which may be used by a cardholder to pay for medical products and services is linked with a healthcare-related financial account associated with the cardholder as well as with a non-healthcare-related financial account belonging to the cardholder. The healthcare-related financial account associated with the cardholder may be a Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA), a Health Savings Account (HSA), or a health reimbursement arrangement (HRA), and the non-healthcare-related financial account associated with the cardholder may be a bank checking or savings account or a credit card. Any expenses for medical goods and services which are not covered by the cardholder's medical insurance may be paid from the cardholder's healthcare-related financial account if the medical goods or services are eligible and if there are funds remaining in the healthcare-related financial account, with any remaining costs being paid for from or charged to the cardholder's non-healthcare-related financial account. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398077 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LEVERAGING HEALTHCARE CLAIMS FOR A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER SEARCH - Systems and methods for searching for a healthcare provider based on an automatically-identified search context are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises processing raw medical claims to identify an area of focus for a provider, associating the provider with the area of focus, receiving, from a user via a user device, a search query indicating a desired area of focus, and outputting, to the user device for display to the user, provider information of the provider if the desired area of focus comprises the area of focus. In this way, an area of focus of a provider may be automatically determined from raw claims data, and such an automatically-determined area of focus may be used to refine search results for users. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC INSERTION OF CALL INTELLIGENCE IN AN INFORMATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing automatic insertion of call intelligence in an information system are provided. In exemplary embodiments, new call detail records are accessed. At least one individual associated with the new call detail record may then be identified, and a subject matter associated with the new call detail record determined. A call intelligence record based on the identified individual and the subject matter is then generated and automatically inserted into the information system. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398079 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT AND INTERACTION BETWEEN REFERENCE SOFTWARE AND VISUAL COLLABORATION SOFTWARE - Disclosed here is a visual collaboration software including multiple digital canvas and multiple tools enabling collaboration among multiple users by enabling creation and sharing of visual information including text and drawings. The visual collaboration software obtains from a second software, e.g., a project management software, a file or a portion of the file, and displays the file or the portion in one of the multiple digital canvases. In one embodiment, the visual collaboration software can enable the user to interact with the file obtained from the second software and can pass the modifications to the file to the second software. In another embodiment, the visual collaboration software can only display the file or the portion of the file in one of the multiple digital canvases, and an interaction between the user and the file has to be passed to the second software to compute to the effect of the interaction. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398080 | EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a user interface for both event generation and participation. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398081 | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE FOR SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE COMPUTER RESOURCE UTILIZATION BASED ON SECURE WORKSPACE DATA RETRIEVED OVER A NETWORK - Methods are provided for improving computer resource utilization based on computer-implemented analysis of secure workspace data retrieved over a network connection. In one aspect, a plurality of encrypted workspace data is retrieved from a plurality of secure workspace data repositories associated with a plurality of human resources service workspaces. The plurality of encrypted workspace data is decrypted to produce a plurality of decrypted workspace data. A plurality of customer engagement metrics are calculated based on the plurality of decrypted workspace data, wherein each of the customer engagement metrics is associated with at least one of the plurality of human resources service workspaces. A composite customer engagement score is calculated based on the plurality of customer engagement metrics. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A COMPATIBILITY QUALITY SCORE FOR SELECTING A SUITABLE CANDIDATE FOR A JOB ROLE - There is provided a method of automatically determining a compatibility quality score for selecting at least one candidate from a plurality of candidates suitable for a job role, using a machine learning model, characterized in that the method comprising: receiving a candidate information via a communication device of at least one candidate, wherein the candidate information comprises at least one of personal information, an information regarding a specific job assignment, or an input associated with a recruitment process, associated with the at least one candidate; and automatically determining, a compatibility quality score for the candidate based on the candidate information and a set of variables, for each of the plurality of candidates for the job role, and wherein the compatibility quality score is determined by applying a hypothesis through at least one mathematical predictor from among a plurality of mathematical predictors. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398083 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information providing device being capable of objectively evaluating a career of a user is provided. A job history acquisition unit ( | 2021-12-23 |
20210398084 | TIME ACTIVITY PROCESSING - Systems, methods, and computer media for processing time activities are provided herein. Time activities, each having a type and a timestamp, can be received. Based on the types and timestamps, a time activity pair can be formed, and a time interval can be generated corresponding to the time activity pair. Time intervals can have a classification. Activity for a time period can thus be determined through pair formation and time interval generation using the time activities received during the time period. A time tracking application account can be updated to include the generated time intervals. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398085 | USER INTERFACES FOR INDICATING TIME AND/OR DATE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In some embodiments, an electronic device displays an editable time input element, including a first field and a second field. In some embodiments, the electronic device receives a selection input directed to the editable time input element. In some embodiments, after receiving the selection input, the electronic device receives one or more editing inputs. In some embodiments, in response to receiving the first set of one or more editing inputs, in accordance with a determination that the selection input was a first type of input, the electronic device edits content of the first field based on the one or more editing inputs and in accordance with a determination that the selection input was a second type of input, different from the first type, the electronic device edits content of the first field and the second field based on the one or more editing inputs. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398086 | MAINTENANCE WORK SUPPORT APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND MAINTENANCE WORK SUPPORT PROGRAM - There are provided a maintenance work support apparatus, a maintenance work support system, a maintenance work support method, and a maintenance work support program capable of reflecting various conditions, regional differences, or price fluctuations. In a maintenance work support process, a server | 2021-12-23 |
20210398087 | PLANNING DEVICE, PLANNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A focus identification unit identifies, based on a mathematical model that simulates behavior of a plurality of subsystems constituting a target system, from among the plurality of subsystems, a focus subsystem that causes a large change in an assessment metric of the target system in response to a change in at least one of an operation condition and a maintenance condition. A plan generation unit generates at least one of an operation plan and a maintenance plan such that the assessment metric is optimized with respect to the focus subsystem. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398088 | System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for Comparing Automatically Determined Crash Information to Historical Collision Data to Estimate Repair Costs - An example method for estimating vehicle repair costs includes receiving, via one or more sensors coupled to a damaged vehicle involved in a crash, crash information of the damaged vehicle, the crash information including vehicle operating information of the damaged vehicle; analyzing the crash information with respective collision data of a vehicle type that includes or is similar to the vehicle type of the damaged vehicle, the analyzing including comparing at least one of a velocity or an acceleration included in the vehicle operating information to vehicle operating characteristics indicated by the respective collision data of the vehicle type; determining one or more damaged vehicle parts of the damaged vehicle based on the analyzed crash information; determining a cost estimate to repair the damaged vehicle based on the one or more damaged vehicle parts; and transmitting an indication of the cost estimate. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398089 | UNIFIED TRANSACTION SERVICES FOR MULTI-TENANT ARCHITECTURES - A method for using unified transaction services in a multi-tenant architecture system is discussed. The method includes receiving a request, at a first service provider, to provide a first transaction service for a user. The method includes accessing a first representation of the first service provider in a first hierarchical data structure, the first hierarchical data structure being managed by a second service provider, the second service provider managing user identity of the user. The method includes determining, based on the first representation, that transaction resources required for completion of the first transaction service are provided at the second service provider using a resource representation. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the transaction resources are accessible at the first service provider, accessing, at the first service provider, the transaction resources via the resource representation. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398090 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING CREDIT AND/OR DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN SUPPORTED CREDIT TOKENS AND/OR DEBIT TOKENS - Systems and methods are provided for processing credit token and debit token based transactions in a blockchain supported network. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING CREDIT AND/OR DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN SUPPORTED CREDIT TOKENS AND/OR DEBIT TOKENS - Systems and methods are provided for processing credit token and debit token based transactions in a blockchain supported network. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398092 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING, MONITORING, SELECTING, PURCHASING AND DELIVERING GIFTS - The method and system for recommending, monitoring, selecting and delivering gifts includes maintaining a transaction profile and target profile in a data network for a giver, maintaining target sub-profiles corresponding to each recipient listed in the transaction profile, transmitting an alert, presenting a gift selection menu formed by a plurality of recommended gift options, choosing a selected gift option from the gift selection menu, transmitting a notice of the selected gift option to the recipient, and storing a response. Each gift option has been identified with a target rating from a filtered array of primary factors of the target profile. The array is filtered by a target template for the primary factors. The filtered array can be revised for increased accuracy. The response of the recipient includes accepting or rejecting, including re-gifting and consolidating, handling complex gift items, and revising the target templates for subsequent gifts. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT INTEGRATION WITH PROVENANCE SUPPLY CHAIN EVENTS - A method for triggering payment transactions through predetermined events identified using a blockchain includes: receiving, at a first system, trigger data including a first account identifier, second account identifier, and trigger event values; receiving, at the first system, blockchain data values, each including a hash value; identifying, by the first system, a match between a specific blockchain data value and a specific trigger event value based on the hash value; transmitting, by the first system, a notification message to a second system including the first account identifier and second account identifier; identifying, by the second system, a first payment identifier using the first account identifier and a second payment identifier using the second account identifier; and initiating, by the second system, a payment transaction for payment from a transaction account associated with the first payment identifier to a transaction account associated with the second payment identifier. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398094 | SYSTEM FOR CORRESPONDENCE MATCHING - A device memory stores contact information for associates tasked with resolving the exceptions and a set of correspondence templates for requesting predefined types of information from one or more service providers. A processor determines a first exception has occurred associated with a first ATM. An exception profile is determined for the first exception. The exception profile is provided for viewing in a user interface accessible to the first associate. The processor receives, from the user interface, a request for information associated with resolving the first exception. Using the correspondence templates, correspondence is generated which includes the request for the information associated with resolving the first exception. The correspondence is addressed to the first service provider. The correspondence is provided to the first service provider. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398095 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BRANDED DIGITAL ITEMS - A system and method for managing branded digital items is provided. One embodiment generates a branded digital item in response to an agreement between a brand client and a content provider to use a branded product in a digital environment of the content provider, wherein the branded digital item is a recognizable graphical object; generates a branded digital item blockchain that includes a non-fungible token associated with the branded digital item; receives information corresponding to a purchase of the branded digital item by a user; and updates the non-fungible token to memorialize purchase of the branded digital item by the authorized user, wherein the updated non-fungible token is returned to a ledger of the branded digital item blockchain. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398096 | AUTOMATIC VENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An automatic vending method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of automatic vending machines. The method includes: obtaining an image from a photographed video stream of commodities in an automatic vending machine; positioning an image of a commodity picked up by a user from the image; obtaining a change value of load weight of a shelf where the commodity is picked up by the user; determining a possible combination of commodities corresponding to the change value of load weight according to a weight of each commodity in the automatic vending machine; recognizing information of the commodity corresponding to the image of the commodity picked up by the user according to a pre-established commodity feature library and in conjunction with the possible combination of commodities; and performing settlement automatically for the user according to the recognized information of the commodity. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398097 | METHOD, A DEVICE AND A SYSTEM FOR CHECKOUT - The present invention discloses a method, a device and a system for checkout, and belongs to the technical field of vision identification. A checkout method comprises: acquiring an identity information of a purchaser; identifying a take-up action or a put-back action of the purchaser to acquire an action identification result, and items at which the take-up action or the put-back action aims to acquire an item identification result; and performing checkout based on the identity information, the action identification result, and the item identification result of the purchaser. A checkout device comprises: an acquisition module, an identification module and a checkout module. Another checkout device comprises: a shelf, a range sensor, an identity verification collection module, an identification image collection module, a processor and a memory. A checkout system comprises: a client terminal and the checkout device. According to the present invention, the selling procedure is friendly, and the customer's experience is good. A plurality of various items is available in one transaction, and the purchasing procedure is convenient and fast. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398098 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system according to the present invention includes a salesclerk-side terminal operated by a salesclerk; a customer-side terminal associated with the salesclerk-side terminal and operated by a customer; and a control unit that performs switching between a first mode in which the salesclerk-side terminal performs a checkout process or the salesclerk-side terminal and the customer-side terminal perform the checkout process in cooperation with each other and a second mode in which the customer-side terminal performs the checkout process based on a state of the salesclerk-side terminal. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398099 | ESTIMATING SHELF CAPACITY FROM IMAGE DATA TO IMPROVE STORE EXECUTION - Systems and methods for automatically determining options for store execution based on shelf capacity are provided. In one implementation, at least one processor is configured to receive a set of images depicting a first plurality of products from a particular product type displayed on a shelving unit in a retail store; analyze the set of images to identify a portion of the shelving unit associated with the particular product type; determine a product capacity for the portion of the shelving unit; access stored data about a second plurality of products from the particular product type, wherein each of the second plurality of products is located separately from the shelving unit; use the product capacity for the portion of the shelving unit and the accessed data to generate a suggestion for improving store execution; and provide the at least one suggestion for improving store execution. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398100 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A USER INTERFACE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS - A system includes an application programming interface, a database, and a server. The application programming interface can make recommendations to a user at a point of sale to display a recommended payment method from a set of payment methods associated with the user. The database can store past transactions for each payment method in the set of payment methods. The server can generate payment analytics by analyzing the past transactions in the database for each payment method. The server can determine potential benefits available to the user. The server can determine the recommended payment method by using the payment analytics and maximizing the potential benefits available to the user. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398101 | MONITORING DEVICE - A monitoring device includes an interface circuit connectable to first and second readers. The first reader reads data from a tag attached to a commodity discarded within a predetermined area. The second reader reads data from a tag attached to a commodity taken out from the predetermined area. A processor is configured to, upon receipt of first data from the first reader, determine whether a tax rate is applied to a commodity to which a tag having the first data is attached, and upon determining that the rate is applied, store an identifier of the tag. The processor is configured to, upon receipt of second data from the second reader, determine whether an identifier of a tag having the second data is stored, and upon determining that the identifier is stored, issue a signal to output an alarm. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398102 | SMART STAGER - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a money transfer network system that improves the performance of money transfer services provided via the money transfer network system and improves the performance of the underlying devices utilized to provide money transfer services. In particular, disclosed embodiments of a money transfer network system provide money transfer services that enable multiple users to engage in money transfer transactions as either a sending party or a receiving party in a manner that is similar to money transfer transactions executed between two users individually. Disclosed embodiments further enable a receiving party to request payment from a sending party, which may include scheduling recurring payments to be made via money transfer transactions. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398103 | SECURE MOBILE POINT OF DISTRIBUTION DEVICE WITH SMART INTERFACE INTERACTIVITY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for a secure mobile resource interaction device for mobile resource distribution services providing a smart interface interactivity linkage between parties. The system incorporates misappropriation service identifications for a merchant, a co-geolocation colocation, and a pinning element incorporated within the secure mobile resource interaction device to confirm security for completion of resource distribution. Upon qualification of one or more of the incorporated elements, the device may activate and provide a display for completion of resource distribution. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING CREDIT AND/OR DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN SUPPORTED CREDIT TOKENS AND/OR DEBIT TOKENS - Systems and methods are provided for processing credit token and debit token based transactions in a blockchain supported network. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398105 | SMART CONTRACT OF A BLOCKCHAIN FOR MANAGEMENT OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES - There is provided a processor(s) executing a blockchain smart contract, for: managing a primary reserve of primary tokens and a secondary reserve of secondary tokens, receiving a transaction request, obtaining an external price of the primary token, compute an updated value of the primary reserve according to the external price, in response to the updated total value of primary reserve being unequal to an initial staked value of the primary reserve, adjust primary and secondary dynamic reserve weights, wherein a total value computed by a function of the primary reserve after being increased or decreased by a target amount of primary tokens and using the adjusted primary and secondary dynamic reserve weights, is equal to the initial staked value of the primary reserve, and the total value of the primary reserve is maintained at a predefined ratio to a total value of the secondary reserve, and executing the transaction request. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398106 | SMART CONTRACT OF A BLOCKCHAIN FOR MANAGEMENT OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES - There is provided a processor(s) executing a blockchain smart contract, for: managing a primary reserve of primary tokens and a secondary reserve of secondary tokens, receiving a transaction request, obtaining an external price of the primary token, compute an updated value of the primary reserve according to the external price, in response to the updated total value of primary reserve being unequal to an initial staked value of the primary reserve, adjust primary and secondary dynamic reserve weights, wherein a total value computed by a function of the primary reserve after being increased or decreased by a target amount of primary tokens and using the adjusted primary and secondary dynamic reserve weights, is equal to the initial staked value of the primary reserve, and the total value of the primary reserve is maintained at a predefined ratio to a total value of the secondary reserve, and executing the transaction request. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398107 | REDUCING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION DELAY - A system and method for reducing blockchain transaction delay are disclosed. The system consists of a trusted coin wallet framework that implements a trusted execution environment to initiate currency transactions between two clients. The trusted coin wallet framework includes an API proxy and a trusted shadow wallet. The method used by the trusted coin wallet framework involves interaction between the trusted shadow wallet and a peer trusted wallet owned by the other client, via the API proxy, from within the trusted execution environment. During these operations, the blockchain infrastructure is independently validating the transaction. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398108 | LAYERED SECURITY FOR AGE VERIFICATION AND TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION - A user may be willing to purchase items or participate in a pay-for service offered by a service provider. A service provider may wish to verify characteristics of the user prior to allowing transactions to take place, and may want to secure the transactions once the transactions are allowed. A credential issued to a user and a transaction application uploaded to a user device may be used to secure transactions between the user and a service provider interface, such as a webserver or a point-of-sale. The transaction application may capture real-time user data and comparing the real-time user data to prior user data stored on the credential, authenticate the service provider interface to the user and the user to the service provider interface; and establish an encrypted session between the service provider interface and the transaction application adapted to authenticate the transactions between the user and the service provider interface. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398109 | GENERATING OBFUSCATED IDENTIFICATION TEMPLATES FOR TRANSACTION VERIFICATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for identification templates for identification search and authentication. In some implementations, obtaining first data that represents a physical document identifying a party to a transaction, providing the first data as an input to a machine learning model that comprises at least one hidden layer that is a trained security feature discriminator layer, obtaining activation data generated by the security feature discriminator layer based on the machine learning model processing the first data, determining based on the obtained activation data, that the transaction is to be denied, and based on determining that the transaction is to be denied, generating a notification that, when processed by the computer, causes the computer to output data indicating that the transaction is to be denied. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398110 | SALES PLATFORM FOR COLLECTIBLES - A sales platform includes an interactive webpage or app for listing a lot for sale. A method of operating the sales platform includes registering a lot with the sales platform, recording the data associated with the lot to a blockchain associated with the sales platform, conducting a first transaction via the sales platform with the first transaction including a transfer of a stake to at least a part of the lot, and recording data associated with the first transaction to the blockchain associated with the sales platform. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398111 | Method And System For Transmitting Credentials - Method and apparatus for transmitting credentials to a transaction processing system, the credentials arranged in sets and a set including a unique identifier and verification data elements. Credentials are activated and are then available for use in at least one subsequent transaction. In the transaction, in response to receiving authorization from a user, the unique identifier and verification data elements from a set are transmitted to the transaction processing system for the user. The credentials are activated using an activation mode selected from at least a first activation mode and a second activation mode. In the first activation mode, additional user input for the verification data elements associated with the unique identifier is received from the user. In the second activation mode, the user is authenticated, and verification data elements are received via a data communications network are received from a trusted data processing system remote from the user. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398112 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Digital Signing of Transactions - The present invention discloses a computer-implemented method for digitally signing transactions between multiple nodes comprising preparing a multi-party transaction block, comprising at least one transaction object comprising at least a goods transaction and a payment transaction, adding first digital asset sources, digital signing and transmitting the multi-party transaction block in the previous node, to a subsequent node, adding additional digital asset sources, digital signing and finally submitting the multi-party transaction block to a transaction ledger by the final node, wherein all of the digital asset sources to be swapped are recorded in the ledger. The present invention further discloses a system to accomplish the above, comprising a first node, a second node, and a transaction ledger. Further a computer program product including a program for a processing device, comprising software code portions for performing the steps of the above method is disclosed. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398113 | STATUS SYSTEM WITH DATA SECURITY FOR TRANSACTIONS - Examples described herein include systems, methods, instructions, and other implementations for data security. One example includes receiving a status inquiry associated with a secure transaction, a merchant system, and a client device. The status inquiry is processed to determine that the merchant system associated with the status inquiry has been previously validated and that the status inquiry is from the merchant system. Then, in response to the determination that the merchant system has been previously validated, postback data including a tokenized client account number associated with client information is accessed and the tokenized client account number is transmitted. The tokenized client account number facilitates processing the secure transaction without the merchant system having access to the client information. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSFER OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT INFORMATION - In a method for transferring payment account information, a payment information transfer request is received from an account holder device associated with a first provider account. A list of payees to which electronic payments have been made from the first provider account is transmitted to the account holder device for display to the account holder and a user selection of at least one selected payee from the list of one or more payees is received from the account holder device. A payment account information data file is assembled in a predetermined data format, the file including payment account information for each selected payee. The payment account information data file is then transmitted to at least one of the set consisting of the account holder device and an information processing system of a second account provider. | 2021-12-23 |
20210398115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC AUTHENTICATION OF CONTACTLESS CARDS - Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, each of the transmitting and receiving devices can contain a master key. The transmitting device can generate a diversified key using the master key, protect a counter value and encrypt data prior to transmitting to the receiving device, which can generate the diversified key based on the master key and can decrypt the data and validate the protected counter value using the diversified key. | 2021-12-23 |