| 17th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
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| 20130103459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HOME DATA INDEX MODEL - The present invention builds Home Data Index (HDI) models. One driving force behind this HDI initiative is that no one model or measure can truly capture the widely dynamic movement of home prices. Even within a small geographical area, such as a ZIP code, there is significant variation in property sale types, sale frequencies and sale values. To better describe these variations, the present invention presents a suite of paired sales and price per square foot index models built around an array of property transaction characteristics. These HDI models expand on the usage and understanding of traditional home price indices (HPIs) by implementing a multidimensional index comprised of four main dimensions: geography; time frames; value range; and property sales type. Several layers exist within each dimension, allowing for more than 300 different index model perspectives for a given property address. For each permutation among the layers of the four main dimensions, a model is constructed with an associated confidence score that reflects the statistical relevance of each estimate. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103460 | ENHANCEMENTS TO METERLESS REMOTE PARKING MONITORING SYSTEMS - A remote meterless parking monitoring system including a plurality of individual parking spaces, a plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units for monitoring the status of the individual parking spaces; at least one Gateway device responsive to the plurality of vehicle detector/RFID units; a Command and Control Server for employing numerous security provisions at least including encryption of data, Virtual Privacy Networks, firewalls and authenticated connections and responsive to data from said Cellular gateway via the internet; and the Command and Control Server uses the status of each space and the ID from the motorist's RFID tag to cross reference data according to a Policy database and identifying the motorist through a Motorist Database including information about the motorist's mailing address, vehicle payment account balance or other information. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103461 | COUPON DISTRIBUTION - In one embodiment, preference data relating to consumer preferences of a user of a network-connected printer is received at a computer system. Association data associating a mobile computing device with the user or the printer is received at the computer system. An electronic coupon is sent to the printer. Proximity data indicating that the mobile device is within a proximity to the printer is received. Responsive to receipt of the proximity data, the printer is caused to send the coupon to the mobile device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103462 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine, and an analytics engine with data intelligence. The analytics engine compares information about similar goods or services sold by different entities, manufacturers or service providers to create product and service categories. A redemption engine is included. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103463 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER WITH ELECTRONIC IMAGE DISPLAY - A beverage container with an electronic display device and methods for its use are described. The beverage container includes an electronic display device disposed in a sidewall of the container and a control module disposed in a hollow base portion. A liquid sensor senses the presence of a liquid in the container and a motion sensor is provided to sense movements of the container caused by, for example, transporting, holding, or drinking from the container. When the control module receives appropriate signals from the liquid and motion sensors an image or video is displayed on the display device. The container is thus useable to display pictures, videos, slide shows, advertisements, or the like in personal or commercial applications. A communications port is also provided to enable coupling of the container with a computing device for management of images and videos displayed on the container. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103464 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING TRANSACTIONS UTILIZING A DATA STORE OF BILLING INFORMATION - Described herein are systems, methods and articles of manufacture that facilitate establishment of transactions via a data store, such as a data store, located in a network environment, such as a cloud computing environment. The data store can store information about an entity, including information about one or more bank accounts and associated identifying information, and a third party can search the data store to find the entity. The entity can implement various access controls to restrict the amount of identifying information displayed as a result of the search. The third party can add the entity to a private data store based on access controls and verification procedures established by the entity. The third party can also establish transactions, such as electronic funds transfers, with the entity. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103465 | PROMOTING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS - Among other things, an association is maintained between a promotional campaign for a product (such as a pharmaceutical product) and an identifier that is unique with respect at least one of the campaign, the product, or a stakeholder associated with the product. In association with the unique identifier, information is stored about at least one of the following: the campaign, the product, the stakeholder, or activities of the stakeholder with respect to the product. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103466 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROCESSING WITH DIGITAL ARTIFACTS USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103467 | Real-Time Content Evaluation and Query Building Processes and Systems - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to evaluate a web page to derive a web page scoring schema that is contingent upon selected advertising campaign parameters that establish a unique scoring system of an advertiser. A bid on an advertisement opportunity in the web page based is generated based upon the web page scoring schema. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103468 | COMPENSATION MODEL FOR NETWORK SERVICES - A compensation model is disclosed for compensating a network service provider. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMIZABLE AND SHAREABLE TIERED OFFERS - Offers are distributed by providing a plurality of offers to a first user and directing the first user to distribute the offers to selected additional users. The plurality of offers may be customized by the system based on the first user's previous interactions with the system, and may be further customized by the first user before sending the offers to the selected additional users. The additional users may include any user including known and/or unknown users and/or contact in the first's user networks including business and/or social networks. The system may also track and store information relating to the distribution, access, and redemption of the offer by the first user and the selected additional users and provide additional incentives based upon the access and redemption, and based upon interactions between the first user and the selected additional users. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMIZABLE AND SHAREABLE TIERED OFFERS - Offers are distributed by providing a plurality of offers to a first user and directing the first user to distribute the offers to selected additional users. The plurality of offers may be customized by the system and may be further customized by the first user before sending the offers to the selected additional users. The additional users may include any user including known and/or unknown users and/or contacts in the first's user networks including business and/or social networks. The system may also track and store information relating to the distribution, access, and redemption of the offer by the first user and the selected additional users and provide additional incentives based upon the access and redemption, and based upon interactions between the first user and the selected additional users. The system may further distribute restricted offers to selected users, and/or allow selected users to share restricted offers with additional users. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103471 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes a receipt intelligence engine with receipt processing that extracts information from a receipt, including information about items purchased based on a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. The system is configured to be coupled to a mobile device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103472 | AFFILIATE OFFER REDEMPTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - An offer processing system and method allows offers that are presented to a consumer by an affiliate to be accepted and thereafter, the offer including its conditions and an affiliate identifier are linked to a consumer payment account. Once linked, the accepted offer can be redeemed either online or offline at a physical location with payment to the affiliate being made through the offer processing system regardless of the manner of redemption, provided other conditions of the offer are fulfilled by the consumer. The offer processing system may comprise a server computer system, having a linked offer gateway, which performs all, or some selected combination of the functions for accepting and redeeming the affiliate offer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103473 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes an offer serving engine that provides offers or rewards. An analytics engine, with data intelligence, identifies receipt line items and ties the line items, including uniform price code (“UPC”), stock keeping unit (“SKU”) or product short name from different receipts to create a list of products and services not matched to advertisers. A redemption engine is in communication with a database that includes a reward budget. The redemption engine assists in controlling the redemption of rewards in view of the reward budget and in response to a communication from the analytics engine. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103474 | DETERMINING A VALUE FOR A COUPON - Techniques are provided for determining, by a coupon distributor, a value for a coupon of a product or service that will be provided by a coupon provider. The coupon provider provides, to the coupon distributor, one or both of a budget value that indicates an amount the coupon provider is willing to pay the coupon distributor for distributing the coupon, and a redemption rate that indicates one or more target redemption rates. The coupon provider uses a coupon value equation to calculate the coupon value based on a budget value and a redemption rate. The coupon provider might estimate that no coupon value will allow the coupon provider to stay within the budget and ensure that the actual redemption rate will be close to a particular redemption rate, which may or may not be specified by the coupon distributor. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103475 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system is provided. A receipt intelligence engine includes receipt processing that in operation extracts information about items purchased based on an image of a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An analytics engine includes data intelligence coupled to the receipt processing and performs analysis of the receipt. In response to processing and analysis, an offer is then sold. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103476 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system includes a campaign reward engine and a memory that stores offer reward data. An analytics engine predicts a probability that a user will redeem a given offer and estimates a reward the user will be owed when it redeems the offer and calculates an expected amount of the campaign's budget that will be consumed if the user is presented with that offer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103477 | Transaction Management System and Method - A method of managing some or all financial aspects of a commercial transaction entered into by a vendor and a consumer, and automatically and using a portable, internet enabled telecommunications device by the consumer, effecting payment by the consumer, extending to processing of payments by third parties such as banks, the Federal Reserve system, and the like. The method may include supporting elements such as establishing or accessing credit, issuing payment reminders, applying discounts, maintaining and transmitting transaction and account information, issuing coupons and gift cards, managing installment purchases, and transmitting postings pertaining to commercial transactions to social networking sites. All necessary inputs from the consumer may be of the type entered into the portable telecommunications device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103478 | ONLINE SHOPPING USING NFC AND A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103479 | Credit Referral - A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103480 | PROVIDING COUPONS - A device is configured to receive, from a first mobile device of a first user of a group of users, information identifying a first location of the first mobile device and to receive, from a second mobile device of a second user of the group, a second location of the second mobile device. The device is further configured to determine a geographic area of a venue associated with a coupon. The device is also configured to match the coupon to the group when the first location and the second location are within the geographic area, and transmit information associated with the matched coupon to the first mobile device and the second mobile device. The group is organized by the first user or the second user for a plurality of users to receive coupons for a particular type of service associated with the matched coupon. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103481 | Systems and methods for campaign offers and rewards with offer serving engine based on digitized receipt data - A campaign offers and rewards system has an offer serving engine coupled to one or more network servers. A receipt intelligence engine includes a processor and receipt processing. The receipt processing extracts information from a receipt, including information about items purchased based on a receipt from at least one of a shopping trip and an electronic receipt from an online or offline transaction. An output outputs information. An analytics engine is coupled to the receipt intelligence engine. The analytics engine includes a predictive model function using information from the receipt processing. The analytics engine determines values representing statistical correlations from the receipt processing. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103482 | ANTI-FRAUD FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS SYSTEM - Users can conduct financial transactions in a secure manner without the need to use any traditional financial instrument, such as credit card, debit card, ATM card, gift card, stored value card, prepaid card, cash, check, coupon, token, ticket, voucher, certificate, note, security, etc. In addition, users' identities are kept confidential in the transactions without violating the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing requirements. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103483 | Mobile Loyalty Management System - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a process to sign-up a consumer with a loyalty program is provided. The process may include generating, by a first mobile device, a secured consumer ID for identifying the consumer; and receiving, by the first mobile device, a program ID associated with the loyalty program. The process may include transmitting, by the first mobile device, a request with the secured consumer ID and the program ID to a loyalty management system for signing up to the loyalty program, wherein the loyalty management system retrieves credential information associated with the consumer based on the secured consumer ID, and uses the credential information to automatically sign-up the consumer to the loyalty program identified by the program ID. The process may further include, upon successful signing-up to a membership of the loyalty program, receiving, by the first mobile device from the loyalty management system, a first merchant service provided by the loyalty program. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103484 | System and Methods for Fulfilling Loyalty Points Redemption Program Rewards - Systems and methods for managing a variety of loyalty points redemption programs offered by loyalty program providers (LPPs) for providing fulfillment of loyalty points redemption program rewards to customers who are members of the loyalty points redemption program. Customers are able to redeem loyalty points for eligible goods and services offered by various suppliers and merchants associated with particular loyalty programs, especially enabled for instore pickup. A loyalty points management system hosts a portal that provides a user interface, manages multiple redemption catalogs of eligible goods/services, and manages loyalty points redemption programs for multiple LPPs. Each loyalty points redemption program is subjected to predetermined rules and regulations (business rules) that determine conditions for transactions involving loyalty points. Redeemed goods and services can be picked up by customers at store location of participating suppliers and merchants, or alternatively, can be shipped to a convenient location via a shipping service. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONSUMERS WITH CONTROL OVER USAGE OF THE CONSUMER' S DATA AND REWARDS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH - A method of and system for providing consumers with control of the use of the consumer's data and providing associated rewards. A data control server computer (DCSC) receives from a consumer computing device consumer data and an associated data control parameter that specifies a level of control granted over the usage of the associated consumer data. The DCSC utilizes the received consumer data in accordance with the specified level of control over the usage of the consumer data. The DCSC will provide rewards to the consumer as a function of the consumer data entered by the consumer and the level of control of the usage of the consumer data specified by the consumer, and/or based on the quantity of the consumer data entered by the consumer, and/or based on the level of control of the usage of the consumer data specified by the consumer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103486 | Checkout Queue Virtualization System for Retail Establishments - Disclosed is a system and mechanism that virtualizes a physical queue in a retail establishment. Customers using this system have the ability to indicate they would like to pay now (i.e., enter the virtual queue) using a button on their mobile device, and then they continue shopping until the mobile device informs them to proceed to a checkout counter. In addition, the system implements features that address users waiting in the queue. One feature is about transactions within the queue. This means that customers can buy priority using their mobile device, while waiting. Another feature is targeted advertisement and recommendation of products, leading to increased impulsive purchases. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103487 | SMART CARD WITH PRODUCT SUBSTANTIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for using smart cards to provide promotions to consumers. Data on the card is combined with an approved product list, such as that provided in WIC embodiments, to provide both promotional details and track usage by the user. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103488 | Gas nozzle advertising platform - An advertising device is provided which can be affixed to a nozzle for dispensing liquid products, such as a gasoline dispensing nozzle of a gasoline pump. This advertising device has a display platform and means for releasable attachment to the gasoline pump nozzle. The information depicted upon the advertising platform can included both text and graphic information, the latter being scannable by a smart phone or comparable device, to thereby direct the customer to the web site of the advertiser. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103489 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR A MARKETING CAMPAIGN - Example methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media to monitor a marketing campaign are disclosed. An example method includes calculating a breakthrough metric based on a weighted average of an aided awareness score and an unaided awareness score, the breakthrough metric indicating a level of awareness of a film among consumers. The example method includes calculating a persuasion metric based on a weighted average of a first choice score and a definite interest score, the persuasion metric indicating a level of interest in the film among consumers. The example method includes generating a report reflecting an effectiveness of the marketing campaign based on the breakthrough metric and the persuasion metric. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKETING MIX OPTIMIZATION FOR BRAND EQUITY MANAGEMENT - A method of marketing optimization with respect to brand lifetime management formulates a problem of brand equity maximization utilizing Markov Decision Process (MDP) thereby casting brand equity management as a long term regard optimization problem in MDP, The marketing mix is optimized by formulating the mix as actions in MDP and, utilizing historical marketing and transaction data, aspects of the MDP are estimated. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103491 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Facilitating the Distribution of Advertisements - Systems and methods for publishers to barter advertisement space inventory and advertisements with other publishers by transmitting an advertisement from a first publisher for display on available advertisement space inventory of a second publisher, where the advertisement is transmitted to the second publisher in exchange for credits of the first publisher previously earned for displaying other advertisements for other publishers. An advertisement and a bid amount are received from a first publisher, and an identification of an available advertisement space inventory is received from a second publisher. The advertisement is matched with the available inventory. A credit amount for the first publisher is deducted based on monitored performance of the advertisement displayed by the second publisher, and a credit amount for the second publisher is added based on the monitored performance of the advertisement displayed by the second publisher. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103492 | Method of Using a Subdomain Portion of a Domain Name to Pass a Unique Tracking Code - A method of verifying the identity of an affiliate enrolled in an affiliate program of a merchant and then transmitting information between the affiliate and the merchant is provided. The method relies on embedding a unique identification code in a sub-domain portion of a domain name. Once an identification process has been completed, a server-to-server exchange of information is able to freely continue throughout a shopping session and even beyond checkout to easily handle post transaction changes, returns, cancellations, modifications, shipment notifications, status notifications, and the like. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103493 | Search Query and Document-Related Data Translation - The subject disclosure is directed towards developing a translation model for mapping search query terms to document-related data. By processing user logs comprising search histories into word-aligned query-document pairs, the translation model may be trained using data, such as probabilities, corresponding to the word-aligned query-document pairs. After incorporating the translation model into model data for a search engine, the translation model is used may used as features for producing relevance scores for current search queries and ranking documents/advertisements according to relevance. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103494 | Electronic recommendations of items in a social network, systems and methods - A product is recommended by users of electronic devices by way of an applet which causes at least some of the electronic devices to display at least some information associated with the product. The users form a recommendation chain of a social network. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103495 | INFORMATION-MARKET SYSTEM - The current application is directed to methods and systems that provide an information market in which information producers sell information, advertisers purchase consumption of advertisements, and information consumers purchase information from information producers and receive compensation from advertisers through automated and semi-automated information-market transactions. The information market provides a transaction-based marketplace for the provision and consumption of information in much the same way as various types of financial markets provide a marketplace for cost-effective exchange of goods and services. The transaction-based information market provides flexibility and control to both information providers and information consumers as well as the cost efficiency of a transaction-based information marketplace. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103496 | GENERATION OF USER PROFILES BASED ON FUTURE LOCATIONS - A computer-implemented method for generating user profiles based on future locations of a user includes receiving one or more future locations along with time duration of a user at each of the one or more future locations. The computer-implemented method also includes identifying a plurality of attributes associated with the one or more future locations. Further, the computer-implemented method includes inferring future interests of the user. Moreover, the computer-implemented method includes dynamically generating user profiles in accordance with the time duration of the user at each of the one or more future locations. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103497 | Method of Creating, Cataloging, and Retrieving Commercial Advertising Wiki Pages with Keywords through an Online Software Application - A online software application allows users to create, catalog, and retrieve commercial advertising wiki pages with keywords. The software can be accessed by three kinds of accounts: admin accounts, first tier accounts, and second tier accounts. An admin account is used to manage the first tier accounts and the second tier accounts. The second tier accounts are also managed by the first tier accounts and are used by wholesalers of advertisements and sponsors to create an wiki page. The wiki page is allows the wholesaler to promote its collection of advertisements and sponsors. The software is implemented into common search engines so that a random client of a search engine can click on a link to the wiki page when a random client searches for a specific keyword. The software is used to view, purchase, and manage keywords, each of which is linked to only one wiki page. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103498 | Bridge Pages for Mobile Advertising - Various embodiments pertain to generating and causing display of a bridge page responsive to a user request for an advertiser's web page when the web page resolution is higher than the screen resolution of the user's device. The bridge page can be, for example, a lower resolution summary of content included on the web page. In various embodiments, the bridge page is generated and hosted by an ad platform server rather than the advertiser server. In at least some embodiments, the bridge page is stored in a database and can be served from the database responsive to subsequent requests for the advertiser's web page. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103499 | CUSTOMIZED VIRTUAL CATALOG - Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a server operable to generate a customized virtual catalog including a plurality of composite images, wherein at least one of the plurality of composite images includes an image of a promotional product decorated using a decorative image associated with a client requesting access to the customized virtual catalog. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103500 | ONLINE PROMOTIONAL TOOL - An Internet-based marketing service. Embodiments link local businesses with local consumers while at the same time supporting local causes by promoting patronage of local businesses and/or purchase of manufacturer's products. Searchable landing pages containing detailed listing data and geographically-based social networking links can be included. Search results can be returned in several different, searchable forms. Other features may include an interactive map with participating cities and businesses, multiple mailing group signups in a single page, and a secure access code feature enabling purchase tracking. Cause marketing services provides hyperlocal coupons linked to charitable giving, as well as the related data from such coupon use. The cause marketing service enables manufacturers to donate once specific purchase targets are reached, with the proof of purchase electronically encoded on the coupon and recorded by the marketing service. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103501 | System to Generate and Set Up an Advertising Campaign Based on the Insertion of Advertising Messages within an Exchange of Messages, and Method to Operate Said System - A method includes receiving message data at a server from a first remote device. The message data is associated with a message to a second remote device and includes text. The method includes parsing the message data to identify information associated with an advertisement of an advertisement campaign. The advertisement includes advertisement text and a graphical image that corresponds to a pre-recorded audio message. The method includes generating an audio file based on the message data, the advertisement text, and the pre-recorded audio message, and sending the audio file from the server to the second remote device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103502 | Method and Apparatus for Ad Insertion in Cellular Networks - In one aspect, the present invention comprises a method or methods for introducing ad insertion and ad management into operator networks (Core Network or Radio Access Network), thereby improving ad management capabilities and avoiding the need for the operator to share internal network or UE information with third parties. In one or more embodiments, the contemplated method(s) and supporting apparatuses are applicable to scenarios where the network operator and a third-party ad provider have an agreement and where they do not. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103503 | AdHeat Advertisement Model for Social Network - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving at a server information indicating activity levels of users of a computer-implemented social network or acquaintance relationships of the users on the computer-implemented social network. The method further includes generating by the server influence scores for the users based on the received information. The method also includes recursively propagating by the server an ad through the computer-implemented social network between users having an acquaintance relationship by transmitting the ad from a propagating user to a recipient user when a difference between a first influence score of the propagating user and a second influence score of the recipient user is greater than a threshold. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103504 | System for Displaying Advertisements on a Display Monitor at Traffic Signals - A system is disclosed for displaying advertisements on a plurality of display monitors where each display monitor is associated with and mechanically coupled to a traffic signal. The system includes a plurality of display computers where each display computer is operatively connected to one of the display monitors for providing video or other digital content information to the display monitor to be displayed. A wide area network is operatively coupled to the display computer for use in transmitting video and other information to the display computer. A local area network provides video and other information to the display computers via the wide area network, and a router is operatively connected between the local area and wide area networks for directing information from the local area network to said display computers. The system has a display (preferably rectangular) that displays the traffic signal in the same frame as the advertisement display. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103505 | Internet based system for managing a network of electronic advertising billboards through a wireless telecommunications system - A computer system manages a network of electronic advertising billboards through a wireless telecommunications system. The electronic billboard management system is comprised of a web-site supported by a global computer network. This web-site communicates with the network of electronic billboards via wireless telecommunications. Once the purchaser has logged in to the website, he or she has access to the Purchase Advertising System, Upload Advertising System, the Account Support System, and the Advertising Design System. Using the Purchase Advertising System, a purchaser can select the number of electronic billboards, the geographic areas, and the times in which he or she wishes to advertise. The Advertising Design System is a graphics art computer program that can create a variety of still or animated images. Once a purchaser has created an advertisement, he will then access the Upload Advertising System to place his or her advertisements into action. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103506 | System for Digital Yearbook with Advertising - A customized digital yearbook system includes advertisements that are inserted into each of the individual customized yearbooks. Preferably, a fee is paid by the advertisers for keeping the advertisements in the individual customized yearbooks for a period of time, which is renewable. If not renewed, in some embodiments, a new advertiser pays a fee and the advertisements are replaced with new advertisements from the new advertiser(s). | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103507 | System and Method for Dynamically Changing Advertisements - A system and method for providing, in a networked environment, dynamically changing advertisements in response to a user's instant messaging (IM) exchange. An IM interaction module is operably coupled with an advertisement publishing service and an IM service; a message polling module is operably coupled with the IM interaction module; and an advertisement display module is operably coupled with the message polling module and with an IM client interface. The IM client interface includes at least one area for user IM session message text and at least one area for display of one or more advertisements that are provided by the advertisement publishing service based upon the IM session message text content. Method steps include accepting an IM session request, parsing the IM text message content, requesting advertisements based upon the parsed content, and providing the received advertisements to the user's IM client interface for display. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103508 | System and method for goods and services promotion - A computer implemented method for goods and/or services promotion, comprising: preliminarily creating a plurality of promo-campaigns; distributing the one or more of the preliminarily created promo-campaigns to a first computer system; sending one or more messages, associated with the promo-campaign, from the first computer system to the second computer system; receiving, at the second computer system the one or more messages from the first computer system; analyzing the received one or more messages contents. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103509 | COMMODITY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment of a commodity data processing apparatus, a display unit configured to display the image of a commodity as an object recognized target of an object recognized based on input image data. An operation unit configured to be able to arrange an operation area used for determining the selection of the commodity dynamically, associated with a display area for the image of the commodity in the display unit. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING DATA ABOUT PROP, WARDROBE AND SET DRESSING ITEMS USED IN THE CREATION OF MOTION PICTURE CONTENT - A system and method of gathering data about the wardrobe and properties items purchased for use in the production of motion picture content which data can then be disseminated to viewers/consumers along with the motion picture content for marketing, promotional and commercial purposes. Purchase transaction data and production information is collected during the purchase transactions of props, set dressing items and wardrobe by authorized key purchasing production personnel during production of motion picture content using an assigned purchase card such as a credit card, debit card or petty cash card. Product information so gathered is then linked to the specific motion picture content being produced using the specific purchase card account numbers. The product information associated with the motion picture content is then disseminated to the viewing public via a website on the internet. Interested viewers are thereby able to identify and purchase similar items. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103511 | ONLINE SHOPPING USING NFC AND A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103512 | ONLINE SHOPPING USING NFC AND A SECURE ELEMENT - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103513 | ONLINE SHOPPING USING NFC AND A SERVER - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103514 | ONLINE SHOPPING USING A MOBILE PAYMENT SYSTEM - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103515 | SCHEDULING AND PAYMENT OF A BANKING TRANSACTION USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for scheduling a banking transaction using a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a task on the mobile communication device to perform a banking transaction while the mobile communication device has no network connectivity, the mobile communication device actively monitoring for an available network to access. In response to identifying an available network to access, the mobile communication device automatically connects to the available network and uploads the task to a server to complete the banking transaction. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103516 | Consular Kiosks and Methods - Embodiments of the invention provide a method of implementing electronic transfers with government consulates. The method may include receiving, via the interface terminal, a selection of a country's consulate and a location of the consulate comprising a city in which the consulate has an office. The method may also include receiving, via the interface terminal, a consulate service selection. The method may further include receiving, at an input device, documentation necessary to complete the selected service type. The method may moreover include receiving, via the interface terminal, a payment for the selected service. The method may additionally include transmitting the service type selection, the documents, and the payment to the selected consulate. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103517 | USING A SECURE ELEMENT COUPLED TO A MOBILE DEVICE AS A POS TERMINAL FOR PROCESSING MAG STRIPE TRANSACTIONS - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103518 | IN STORE MOBILE PAYMENT USING A DEFAULT PAYMENT METHOD - A method and system for conducting an online payment transaction through a point of sale device. The method includes receiving input from a user selecting an item for purchase through the point of sale device; calculating a total purchase amount for the item in response to a request from the user to purchase the item; and sending payment authorization for the total purchase amount from the point of sale device to a payment entity, in which the payment authorization is sent to the payment entity via a mobile communication device of the user. The method further includes receiving a result of the payment authorization from the payment entity through the mobile communication device; and completing the payment transaction based on the result of the payment authorization. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103519 | Express easy-pass checkout at grocery stores and retail establishments for preferred members - A grocery store or retail establishment easy-pass (E-Z) lane system for enabling express non-contact payment of a plurality of items is presented including an E-Z pass express checkout lane having at least a scanner for scanning the plurality of items and provided exclusively to preferred members pre-registered with the grocery store or retail establishment. The system includes an RFID antenna positioned about the E-Z pass express checkout lane for communicating with an RFID transponder issued to a preferred member when the RFID transponder is in close proximity to the RFID antenna. The E-Z pass checkout lane is activated thereafter for use by the preferred member for express checkout without the preferred member furnishing direct payment at the E-Z pass express checkout lane via a personal payment account that is separate and distinct from a prepaid vendor-established and maintained purchasing account. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103520 | CROWD BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - Crowd based content delivery is disclosed. In some embodiments, managing content delivery includes receiving a specification from a resource provider of an availability of a content delivery service at the resource provider, selecting the resource provider to service requests for a content item, facilitating caching of the content item at the resource provider, and redirecting a request for the content item to the resource provider for servicing. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103521 | Digital Currency Purchasing Flows - A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103522 | MOBILE DATA NETWORK - A mobile data network includes a data server that interacts with client devices via the internet and provides a price database and an online store. Mobile device and a mobile data connection are also included. An authorization system authorizes a data transfer between the mobile device and the data server, and generates data representative of a mobile data access charge for the data transfer. In a first mode of operation, the mobile device communicates with the data server and the data server accesses the price database to offer a set of digital content items at a first set or prices. In a second mode of operation, the data server accesses the price database to offer the set of digital content items at a second set of prices, different to the first set of prices. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103523 | TRANSACTION STORAGE SCHEME FOR OFFLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM - Offline processing and storage of purchases is possible with the tap of a smart card to a contactless device. The smart card transmits its transaction history to the contactless device. The user may deposit funds onto the smart card, wherein the merchant enters the deposit information onto the contactless device and transmits a request to the remote system. The remote system processes the request and transmits a deposit record to the contactless device, which in turn transmits the deposit record to the smart card. The user also may withdraw funds from the smart card, wherein the contactless device determines whether the smart card has a sufficient balance available, by reading the current sum of deposits and the current sum of withdrawals from the smart card. The sum of withdrawals is current on the smart card even if the contactless device does not have network access to the remote system. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103524 | SYSTEM FOR OFFLINE PROCESSING OF PURCHASES - Offline processing and storage of purchases is possible with the tap of a smart card to a contactless device. The smart card transmits its transaction history to the contactless device. The user may deposit funds onto the smart card, wherein the merchant enters the deposit information onto the contactless device and transmits a request to the remote system. The remote system processes the request and transmits a deposit record to the contactless device, which in turn transmits the deposit record to the smart card. The user also may withdraw funds from the smart card, wherein the contactless device determines whether the smart card has a sufficient balance available, by reading the current sum of deposits and the current sum of withdrawals from the smart card. The sum of withdrawals is current on the smart card even if the contactless device does not have network access to the remote system. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103525 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC BOOK CONTENT - A system and method for managing book content includes a portal for managing users and files including book content. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103526 | Digital Currency Purchasing Flows - A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103527 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING DIGITAL PRODUCT - A method and apparatus of a device for remotely installing a digital product. The method includes purchasing, at a first device accessing a server, at least one digital product stored to the server. The method also includes requesting the server to transmit the purchased digital product to at least one second device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103528 | METHODS FOR USING A SHOPPING BAG OF REUSABLE TYPE WITH IDENTIFICATION OF DIGITAL TYPE - A system for recording and identifying the single client—who usually purchases products with continuity in a business establishment or in a chain of business establishments—which employs a reusable bag associated with an identification that is integral therewith and also physically removable from the bag itself. A series of RF devices are provided for detecting and controlling ( | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103529 | FACILITATING FORMATION OF SERVICE CONTRACTS BETWEEN CONSUMERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS - Embodiments extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for facilitating the formation of location-sensitive service contracts between consumers and service providers. At the request of a consumer, an auction for a service is created. The auction specifies categorical selections that describe the type of work to be performed and a geographical location at which the service is to be performed. The auction is presented to service providers based on geographical proximity of the service providers to the location at which the service is to be performed and a comparison of the categorical selections with qualification data for the service providers. Bids are received from the service providers, and a winning service provider is determined. The consumer and the winning service provider form a service contract. Subsequently, it is determine that the consumer has paid the winning service provider for performance of the service contract. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103530 | Online Auction System Having a Quick-Buy Mechanism and Method for Use Thereof - An online auction system comprising a host system having at least one processor for executing processor executable code and at least one non-transitory memory communicating with the processor and storing processor executable code. The processor executable code, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to transmit a first signal via a network to a user terminal indicative of a first auction page for auctioning an item. The first auction page comprises a bid mechanism and a quick-buy mechanism capable of being selectively activated by the user terminal. The processor receives a quick-buy signal from the user terminal over the network indicative of an activation of the quick-buy mechanism, and in response to receiving the quick-buy signal, credits at least one bid to a user account without disrupting a capability of the bid mechanism to be selectively activated by the user terminal. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOMER ACCOUNT - In an electronic auction, bids may be received from each of a plurality of bidders for a plurality of commodities for online distribution, wherein each bid includes a price and information used to identify an appropriate commodity to which to apply the bid. Then a process is performed for each bid. This process includes: validating bid information from the bid, the validating occurring after a customer record has been created for a bidder corresponding to the bid, then based on a successful validation of the bid, entering the bid for the item in a bid database, then awarding one or more commodities from the plurality of commodities to each of a plurality of successful bidders of the plurality of bidders at different item prices based on the prices in the bid information for each of the plurality of successful bidders. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103532 | AUCTION SYSTEM, AUCTION DEVICE, METHOD OF AUCTIONING, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an auction system capable of prompting a user to put up a popular item identified based on a bidding situation of an auction for auction. The auction device ( | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103533 | Ascertaining a Product Configuration Within a Budget - Embodiments of the invention relate to product configuration and product augmentation with replaceable components. One or more replaceable components are identified and sorted, and a tolerance factor is assessed for deviation from price and function. Replacement parts are identified for the replaceable components, and a product configuration employing at least one of the replacement parts is validated with respect to both the price and functional deviation. Responsive to the validation, a validated replacement system is configured. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103534 | Passive Sharing - A social networking system leverages information obtained regarding user interactions with applications hosted through the social networking system as well as information obtained regarding purchases of application-related digital items and digital currencies to provide insight into user behavior. The social networking system can use these insights to enhance the user's experience of the applications, purchases, and the social networking system generally. For example, the social networking system can customize transaction flows, provide credit referrals, and provide users with aggregated yet personally tailored sales information. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103535 | RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON AN ADOPTION CURVE - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for recommendations based on adoption curve. A method includes tracking over a period of time user popularity of a media content using a web service residing in a server, the popularity and period of time representing a life cycle of each of the media content. The method tracks over the period of time users enrolled in the web service and when in the period of time each of the users adopted the tracked media content and associates adopted media content with user profiles representing the users. The method recommends media content associated with a first user who adopted the tracked media content earlier in the period of time to a second user who may want to adopt the tracked media content subsequently in the period of time. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103536 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS - A system gathers user behavior data from a group of web retailers and/or non-web retailers, analyzes the user behavior data to identify product recommendations for products offered by the web retailers, and provides one of the identified product recommendations in connection with a product page associated with one of the web retailers. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103537 | INTERACTIVE CONSUMER SELF-SERVICE SHOPPING SYSTEM - A system for electronic self-service shopping includes a server and modules for interacting with a shopper's mobile device. The server interacts with a merchant's store system to provide information about products within a store. Alternatively, the server interacts with a merchant enterprise system, which contains information about multiple stores, to provide information about products within a particular store. A virtual shopping cart allows a shopper to select products and then purchase them electronically. After the items in the virtual shopping cart are purchased, the store's security system is notified of the items that have recently been purchased to allow the shopper to exit the store with the items. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103538 | Facilitating Online Transactions - Merchandise content is aggregated from numerous merchant sources and presented on computing devices of individual users. Users are able to purchase select individual merchandise items by performing a simplified action, such as a screen tap on a touchscreen device. When the user performs the action, a series of actions are performed programmatically and/or automatically on behalf of the user to initiate and complete the transaction for the selected merchandise item from the merchant source. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103539 | INTELLIGENT SHOPPING ASSISTANT - A method of on-premise customer support can include, responsive to logging a customer into a computerized shopping system on-premises of a store, recalling a shopping list associated with the customer. A route through the store can be generated automatically according to one or more items on the shopping list. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103540 | ORDER CANCELLATION - A trading platform and trading method that allows access to additional pools of liquidity is described. Other embodiments are also described. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103541 | RULE-BASED TRANSFERABLE SHOPPING BASKET FOR ONLINE PURCHASES - An online shopping basket is acquired by a buyer from an online store and is customized according to rules specified by the buyer. The buyer places zero or more items in the online shopping basket(s) before they are given to at least one shopper by the online store. The shopper(s) may further customize the online shopping basket(s) with rules that do not conflict with those specified by the buyer. The shopper(s) then place zero or more items in the online shopping basket(s) and return the basket(s) to the online store. Multiple online shopping baskets are merged into a single basket, and the buyer reviews the items in the merged online shopping basket and adds or removes items as necessary. The buyer then purchases the remaining items from the online store. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103542 | PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RESULTS FOR GIFT GIVING UTILIZING A DATABASE - An approach for providing personalized results for gift giving utilizing a database is provided. The approach includes reviewing, by a processor, an item list of a recipient, determining an item to provide to the recipient that is not on the item list, and sending the item to the recipient. The item list is stored in one or more databases of at least one of a recipient device, a merchant server, and a third party server, for querying of the item list. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DATA FEEDS - Systems and methods for generating a customized data feed of real estate listing data for provision to destination websites, and for retrieving and displaying resulting web traffic. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103544 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - A system and method whereby the identity of a person, entity, device or the like attempting to gain access to a secured resource may be securely authenticated includes a means for receiving from a service client (such as a retail store, service station, on-line service provider or merchandiser, healthcare provider, medical insurer, information consumer or the like) a request for access to a secured resource, where the request for access was previously submitted to the service client by a requester purporting to be an authorized user of said secured resource; means for generating and communicating to the purported authorized user a challenge string adapted to provide a basis for authenticating the identity of the requester; a means for receiving from the service client a response string corresponding to the challenge string; and a means for evaluating the response string to authenticate the identity of the requester. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103545 | Cloud Credit Card Transaction System and Transaction Method Thereof - A cloud credit card transaction system and the transaction method thereof are disclosed. The system comprises a client terminal, a cloud credit card service system and at least one shop. The client terminal includes a wireless communication device, and the cloud credit card service system has a cloud credit card transaction module. The transaction method of the present invention comprises that the cloud credit card transaction system is connected to the wireless communication device with wireless and employs the cloud credit card transaction module for authentication of the transaction between the client terminal and the shop. The shop is connected to the cloud credit card service system, and the client terminal can be coupled to the cloud credit card transaction module to transact with the shop by the wireless communication device. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103546 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - Micro-payments for electronic sales transactions are securely and anonymously enabled by a central payment agent maintaining declining balance accounts for users and separately authenticating and authorizing customer and vendor transaction requests and payment upon confirmation of delivery. No personal billing information for the customer need be provided to the vendor, maintaining anonymity of the vendor. The vendor may electively set a pricing and terms policy allowing the price of the goods or services to dynamically vary across a series of transactions or transaction portions based on events such as quantity, bandwidth, or aggregate amount paid. A transaction may involve goods or services from multiple vendors in an apparent single transaction, with payment resolved among all participating vendors. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103547 | System and Method for Franchise, Finance, Real Estate, And Supplier Relationship Management - A system and computer-implemented method for delivering documents associated with a commercial transaction using a computer in communication with a computer network include receiving documents associated with a designated commercial transaction from a first party via the computer network, storing the documents for subsequent access via the computer network in a computer readable storage device, notifying a second party that the documents are available via the computer network, and logging a date that the documents are available to the second party in a log file stored on the computer readable storage device. The system and method may also include receiving a request from a second party via the computer network to review documents for the designated commercial transaction, allowing access to the documents by the second party via the computer network; and logging a date that the documents are accessed via the computer network. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103548 | SENDING AND RECEIVING DIGITAL GOODS THROUGH A SERVICE PROVIDER - A service facilitates purchases of digital goods in which the purchaser may receive the purchased goods or send them on to another person, e.g., as a gift or as a purchase made on another's behalf. The service may be needed in a situation where a buyer has made on online purchase of an item of digital goods but then finds that it is difficult to share or transfer the purchased goods due to copyright protection or digital rights management (DRM) protection. Using the service a purchaser may send digital goods after payment to the seller via the service in such a way that copyright protection and other digital goods rights are maintained. Embodiments include: communicating with a buyer and a seller as an intermediary; making payment via the intermediary for an item of digital goods; and making a delivery for the item via the intermediary for disposal by the buyer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103549 | INTERACTIVE HVAC SALES SYSTEMS - An interactive HVAC sales system is disclosed. The system includes a database storing manufacturer information and distributor/dealer information for a plurality of HVAC components and a server in communication with the database, a manufacturer computer, a distributor/dealer computer, and a sales representative computer via one or more networks. The system is operable to process input of subjective customer preference information and objective building information to identify a subset of a plurality of HVAC components conforming to the objective and the subjective information. The system is further operable to identify one or more saleable combinations of the subset of HVAC components meeting predetermined system certification standards and output information for each of the saleable combinations to a mobile computing device or sales representative computer. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103550 | DISCOVERY OF DIGITAL GOODS IN AN ONLINE MARKETPLACE - A method of presenting to a user a subset of digital goods that may be executed by a computing device is disclosed, where the subset of applications is selected from a plurality of digital goods available in an online marketplace for such digital goods. The method includes ranking the digital goods based on at least one signal, statistically sampling the ranked digital goods based on their rankings, where higher-ranked digital goods are favored over lower-ranked digital goods in the statistical sampling, and presenting the statistically sampled digital goods in the online marketplace to the user in an order based on the statistical sampling, where at least one lower-ranked digital good is presented before a higher-ranked digital good. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103551 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMERCE - According to one or more embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are provided for facilitating commerce. In some embodiments, an apparatus (e.g., a central computer) facilitates posting of an item for sale by receiving a digital image of an item for sale, receiving an audio description (e.g., included in an audio file) of the item, and providing an indication of the description to at least one potential buyer. In one embodiment, the digital image and the audio description are received from a mobile phone. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT USING MOBILE DRIVE UNITS - A method for inventory management includes deploying a first mobile drive unit having first dimensions and deploying a second mobile drive unit having second dimensions, the first and second dimensions being different. The first and second mobile drive units are operable to transport inventory items to a plurality of inventory stations in the same workspace. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103553 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FLOWS BETWEEN ECONOMIC ENTITIES - In economic networks, it is not currently possible to observe all flows between entities. Only a portion of relationships between firms is known publicly, and only a portion of those relationships is assigned values through reporting requirements by the regulating public institutions. Therefore, obtaining a plurality of documents that describe companies and their known connections through public sources will necessarily result in an incomplete matrix of customer-supplier relationships containing some mixture of known relationships with known values, known relationships with unknown values, and unknown relationships with unknown values. A method and system is presented to obtain a best estimate of all unknown values given the known information in the network, including an amount that is assigned to unknown entities to be discovered later. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103554 | BANKING SYSTEM - The present subject matter relates to a banking system, which includes a parsing module to parse a number of positions corresponding to at least one registered entity. A position processing module is configured to categorize each of the positions into a set of payables and receivables based on a credit or debit nature of each of the positions. A display module is configured to provide an integrated view to display the set of payables and receivables. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUSINESS VERIFICATION USING THE DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented engine, system and method for generating business valuations, scoring, and/or flagging over a network, responsively to information input by a user remote from the engine, system and method. The invention may include a graphical user interface capable of locally querying a user to input the company information, at least one network port capable of remotely receiving the company information from the graphical user interface, and at least one engine communicatively connected to the at least one network port, which engine preferably includes a plurality of rules to generate, responsively to the input company information, at least one of a business valuation, a business score, and/or one or more business flags to be used as indicators in a network marketplace, for the company associated with the inputted company information. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103556 | Crowd based content delivery - Crowd based content delivery is disclosed. In some embodiments, managing content delivery includes receiving a specification from a resource provider of an availability of a content delivery service at the resource provider, selecting the resource provider to service requests for a content item, facilitating caching of the content item at the resource provider, and redirecting a request for the content item to the resource provider for servicing. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103557 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A VIRTUAL ENERGY NETWORK - The present relates to a method and system for operating a virtual energy network. The method and system receives electricity at a local energy network from an electric grid, stores at an energy storage appliance electricity received from the electric grid at a first period of time, and provides electricity from the energy storage appliance to the local energy network at a second period of time. The cost of the electricity provided by the electric grid is lower at the first period of time than at the second period of time. The energy storage appliance is connected to a management unit via a communication network, from which it receives an energy storage policy. Also, the electric grid, a plurality of energy storage appliances connected to the electric grid and to a corresponding plurality of local energy networks, and the management unit constitute a virtual energy network. | 2013-04-25 |
| 20130103558 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) GATEWAY SYSTEM - The invention of present provides for real-time authentication and billing gateway for WLAN traffic. Notably, the improved method for implementing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) gateway system enables telecommunications network operators (and like entities) to rate and bill for services accessed by the wireless user. The logic of the invention supports and furthers the art in regard to advanced real-time rating/billing in addition to providing for a variety of replenishment mechanism for casual users via pre-paid vouchers and credit cards. | 2013-04-25 |
