48th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130317860 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING DYNAMIC INSURANCE QUOTE INTERFACE - An insurance quotation management system for administering and managing insurance quotations through a graphical user interface. The system is configured to interface with third party data to provide insurance quotations based on input from a predictive model and data which may include social network information. The user interface permits the user to provide all inputs required to complete an application for insurance without the use of keyboard based input to provide a simplified user experience through a smart phone or other touch screen device. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317861 | System And Method For Real-Time Accident Documentation And Claim Submission - An insurance claim processing application that facilitates efficient and convenient processing of an insurance claim using a mobile device. The claim processing application can receive text, image, and audio data associated with the insurance claim. Using the received data, a model of the user's vehicle and the scene of the accident are generated and displayed on the user's mobile device. Damaged portions of the user's vehicle can be identified automatically or by the user. Damage can be tagged using the mobile device and additional data can be provided by the user and associated with each tag. The claim processing application can be used to provide a preliminary claim assessment, submit a completed insurance claim application to an insurance provider, and/or process the insurance claim. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317862 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREDICT AN INSURANCE POLICY BENEFIT ASSOCIATED WITH TELEMATICS DATA - A system and method are disclosed herein to predict an insurance benefit, such as a discount, associated with telematics data. The system includes a processor configured to determine demographic information associated with a driver of a vehicle. A first average number of safety events associated with a first safety event type may be displayed along with a second average number of safety events associated with a second safety event type, wherein the averages are based at least in part on the demographic information. A first predicted number of safety events associated with the first safety event type may be received from the driver along with a second predicted number of safety events associated with the second safety event type. A predicted discount may be automatically calculated and output. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317863 | COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR REAL-TIME ACCIDENT DOCUMENTATION AND CLAIM SUBMISSION - A computer program product for processing an insurance claim application, the computer program product having a computer-readable storage device with computer-readable program instructions stored therein for: initiating an insurance claim application; receiving user data associated with the insurance claim, the user data including an image; generating a model of a scene of the insurance claim using the user data; generating a model of an user's vehicle associated with the insurance claim using the user data; analyzing the model of the user's vehicle to identify a damaged portion of the user's vehicle and a claim element; analyzing at least one of the user data, the model of the scene, the model of the user's vehicle, the damaged portion of the user's vehicle, and the claim element to determine whether the insurance claim application satisfies a processing criteria. The computer program can submit a completed insurance claim application to an insurance provider, and/or process the insurance claim. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317864 | Mobile Computing Device for Real-Time Accident Documentation and Claim Submission - A mobile computing device that facilitates efficient and convenient processing of an insurance claim. The mobile computing device can receive text, image, and audio data associated with the insurance claim. Using the received data, a model of the user's vehicle and the scene of the accident are generated and displayed on the mobile computing device. Damaged portions of the user's vehicle can be identified automatically or by the user. Damage can be tagged using the mobile computing device and additional data can be provided by the user and associated with each tag. The mobile computing device can be used to provide a preliminary claim assessment, submit a completed insurance claim application to an insurance provider, and/or process the insurance claim. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317865 | Server for Real-Time Accident Documentation and Claim Submission - An server that facilitates efficient and convenient processing of an insurance claim. The claim processing application can receive text, image, and audio data associated with the insurance claim. Using the received data, a model of the user's vehicle and the scene of the accident are generated and displayed on the user's mobile device. Damaged portions of the user's vehicle can be identified automatically or by the user. Damage can be tagged using the mobile device and additional data can be provided by the user and associated with each tag. The server's claim processing application can be used to provide a preliminary claim assessment, submit a completed insurance claim application to an insurance provider, and/or process the insurance claim. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317866 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A BENEFIT PRODUCT WITH PERIODIC GUARANTEED INCOME - A computer implemented method and system that implements a benefit product that provides a guaranteed income amount for a participant, the benefit product generates the guaranteed income amount by participating in a plurality of guaranteed income products (GI products). The system may comprise: (1) an income aggregator portion; (2) a savings recordkeeper portion that maintains an investment account associated with the benefit product, the investment account into which the payments to the benefit product pass; and (3) at least one income recordkeeper portion, each income recordkeeper portion administering one or more GI products, each income recordkeeper portion: determining, based on an attributable allocation to a particular GI product, a guaranteed income associated with such particular GI product, each guaranteed income being an amount, attributable to the particular GI product, that is payable to a participant. The income aggregator performs allocation processing, the allocation processing being performed based on funds transfer data, the funds transfer data including (1) first funds transfer data that reflects activity of the investment account and benefit product associated therewith, and (2) second funds transfer data that reflects activity of a respective GI product. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317867 | Method for Processing Insurance Claim Appeals - A system and method for processing an appeal of an insurance claim is disclosed. The method involves a computer implemented process of receiving information about of a denied insurance claim, preparing the appeal, and generating a webpage that provides status information about the appeal to the parties to the appeal. The generated webpage can also provide an option to submit the appeal to an external appeals body when an internal appeals body has ruled unfavorably. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a single interface where an insured can submit appeals in a standard manner to facilitate the process of preparing and submitting appeals of denied insurance claims. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317868 | Inventory Management Platform and Systems and Methods for Using Same - Systems, methods and computer program products that facilitate the sale of perishable inventory such as tickets to a limited capacity event are provided. Through the targeting of fans who are interested in access to the perishable inventory and are within a geographic location that permits them to go to an event location within a limited amount of time, there can be increased attendance at the events. Optionally, a fan's passion level can be considered when determining whether to make an offer. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317869 | GUIDED PUNCHOUT CATALOG - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing catalog information that can include onsite as well as externally hosted product or service information. Generally speaking, customers can create externally hosted catalogs for each supplier, and set up high level keywords so that a link to the externally hosted catalog information can be returned if requesters execute a search using these keywords. The source of where the product or service comes from does not result in issues for the requesters when trying to locate an item. Rather, the enterprise procurement application can guide the requesters to the items they are looking for regardless of the source. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317870 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROCESS CHANGE CONTROL - Apparatus and methods for process change control are provided. Apparatus and methods in accordance with principles described herein may ascertain an employee readiness status. The readiness status may correspond to an ability to implement a process change. Process change control may provide a managed change readiness environment that consistently operates on target with minimal variation enabling a controlled, successful implementation of a process change. Implementation may be controlled through systematic observation, analysis, and reporting of process change requirements. Process change control may reduce deployment defects resulting from change implementation through a tailored, assessment and readiness/certification process. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317871 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ONLINE SOURCING - A system, method, and article of manufacture for online crowd-sourcing and for communicating with a requester and with several of workers, the system includes a central controller that communicates with each requester via an interface, to receive the task(s) to be performed and to provide a response for that task(s), and with each worker via an interface, to deliver task assignments and to receive responses, the central controller further including a task assignment system that is structured and arranged to insert tasks to be performed into a priority queue multiple times and to push a next task in the priority queue to a selected worker based on information about the selected worker; and a data storage device for storing information about workers that includes a worker identification, a worker skill level, a worker accuracy rating, a list of historical tasks performed by the worker, and a list of historical tasks that the worker has not performed. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317872 | AGRICULTURAL WORK SUPPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS - An agricultural work support method is disclosed. In the agricultural work support method, an advent of an evaluation time of a performed agricultural work task is detected based on a performance time and a calculation method of the evaluation time of an achievement of the agricultural work task, in which a work history storage part stores the performance time for each of multiple agricultural work tasks, and a calculation method storage part stores the performance time as a reference in the calculation method. Then, an instruction of an evaluation work of the achievement pertinent to the agricultural work task, in which the advent of the evaluation time is detected, is output. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317873 | MEETING ATTENDANCE PLANNER - A system and method for planning meeting attendance. The method includes receiving from a meeting requestor a request to schedule a proposed meeting at a time interval. The method also includes automatically calculating by a computer processor an attendance probability value for a potential attendee based, at least in part, on the potential attendee's location over time. The method further includes marking an electronic calendar of the meeting requestor with an indicia of the attendance probability value for the potential attendee. Additionally, the method may include automatically scheduling the proposed meeting if the attendance probability value is beyond an attendance probability threshold. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317874 | MEETING ATTENDANCE PLANNER - A system for planning meeting attendance. The system includes a computer processor configured to receive from a meeting requestor a request to schedule a proposed meeting at a time interval. The computer processor is further configured to calculate an attendance probability value for a potential attendee based, at least in part, on the potential attendee's location over time. Additionally, the computer processor is configured to mark an electronic calendar of the meeting requestor with an indicia of the attendance probability value for the potential attendee. The computer processor may also be configured to automatically schedule the proposed meeting if the attendance probability value is beyond an attendance probability threshold. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317875 | INVESTIGATION REPORTING SYSTEM WITH FREELANCER INPUT OPTION - A system distributes instructions from a central server to repossession agents through a smart-phone application that is in networked communication with the central server, and the repossession agents report information back to the central server through the smart-phone application. The smart-phone application can also be used by freelancers to provide suspect vehicle information to the central server. The central server does not provide the freelancers with vehicle information of vehicles to be repossessed but compares the suspect vehicle information with repossession information in the central server's database and when a match results in a vehicle being repossessed, the freelancer that provided the suspect vehicle information is provided a reward for having provided the information. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317876 | SYSTEMS ANDS METHODS FOR AUTOMATED SCHEDULING - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing multi-vendor scheduling of appointments by storing calendars for a plurality of vendors in an online data storage device; allowing a user to search for a specific vendor or vendor(s) that meet predetermined criteria; determining if a selected vendor has an open time slot for the user; and scheduling the appointment. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317877 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENERGY WASTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Various technologies related to managing energy wastage management in the information technology (IT) domain are described. Implementation of the described features can lead to considerable energy savings for organizations having significant information technology hardware. Attendance information from various sources can be incorporated into the system. Power state information from a lightweight client running at nodes can also be incorporated. Wastage results can be generated and provided to encourage reduction of wastage. Enforcement of wastage policies can also be implemented. Monitoring can be done on an individual, department, or campus-wide level. Management can be accomplished in many cases without having to invest in specialized sensors or other costly infrastructure. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317878 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Creating, Linking and Discovering Navigation Maps for Analyzing Data - An aspect of the present invention includes a system for creating navigation maps comprising a host module, said host module being adapted to receive data point markers about at least one data point of interest to a user and including a data input link for receiving information about said at least one data point of interest, a first logic processing module programmed to associate at least one data point of interest with at least one report, wherein said logic processing module uses predefined criteria to tag the at least one data point of interest as relevant to the at least one report; and a database module, said database module being adapted to store and obtain the at least one data point of interest, data point markers, and the at least one report. Another aspect of the present invention includes a method for navigating through business reports, comprising adapting a host module to receive data point markers about at least one data point of interest to a user, providing a data input link for receiving information about the at least one data point of interest, associating at least one data point of interest with at least one report, by adapting a logic processing module using predefined criteria to tag the at least one data point of interest as relevant to the at least one report, and accessing a database module to store and obtain the at least one data point of interest, at least one data point marker, and the at least one report. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317879 | WORK PROBLEM ANALYSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM - There is provided a system which analyzes data representative of operation situation of a work system and finds tacit problem hidden in work performed at the a field by a system user. Particularly, the system is to support to find the problem even if the user is not a specialist such as ethnographer. The system includes event examples in which the problems in the work at the field found from user analysis such as observation or interview are classified and expressed as events in operation data when a computer is utilized, analysis menu, analysis function and visualization unit for finding the events. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317880 | PERFORMANCE OF CONTROL PROCESSES AND MANAGEMENT OF RISK INFORMATION - A computer system receives a collection of attributes that defines a procedure executed by a control tool in performing at least a portion of the attributes. Each respective attribute has a defined data structure, and the collection of attributes includes a genesis attribute that defines a starting attribute performed by the control tool. The collection of attributes further includes a first successor attribute, a second successor attribute, and a third successor attribute. The data structure for each respective attribute of the collection of attributes defines a plurality of data elements, where each data element is associated with a function. The data structure for each respective attribute further defines at least one joining operand for the plurality of data elements. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317881 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INVENTORY AND PROMOTIONS CAMPAIGN BASED ON REDEMPTION DATA - Provided is a method and system for the management of inventory and/or promotional campaigns associated with electronic distribution of secure money saving or discount incentives, including coupons and other marketing incentives and, in particular, to modifying a promotional campaign and/or modifying inventory levels and product ordering based on transaction data relating to coupons distributed as part of an online computer system for interactively distributing such incentives to remotely connected consumer computers. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317882 | AUTOMATED AUCTIONING OF EXCLUSIVE COMMUNICATION RIGHTS TO SUBSET POPULATIONS - In an example, a method includes defining a subset of one or more individuals records, wherein the individual records are stored in a population database; creating an auction record in an auction database for the subset, wherein the auction record stores data representing a period of time and a conversion metric for the one or more individuals in the period of time, and wherein the period of time is an exclusive period of time for communicating to the subset population; evaluating the conversion metric for the one or more individual records during the period of time, wherein the one or more individuals records are classified as converted or non-converted based on the evaluation; and based on the evaluation, extending the first period of time for a portion of the one or more individuals records that are classified as converted. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317883 | COMPANY AND CONTACT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A user interface for providing information regarding a subject company to a user. The user interface may comprise a company tile, which may have an indicator of the subject company. A state of the company tile, such as, for example, its color, may indicate a property of the subject company. The user interface may also comprise a financial information module displaying financial information regarding the subject company, and a subject individual module displaying information regarding a subject individual related to the subject company. According to various embodiments, the user interface may also include a navigation toolbar including a second company tile comprising an indicator of a second company. Selecting the second company tile may cause the second company to become a new subject company. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DYNAMIC ORIGIN-DESTINATION MATRIX - A method and system are disclosed for dynamically estimating an origin-destination matrix. An origin-destination matrix is initialized with a set of origin stops and destination stops. Validation sequences are acquired for a set of travelers on a transportation system which include a plurality of the origin stops and respective timestamps. Corresponding destination stops may be known or inferred. For each validation sequence, a set of subsequences is generated, each including a respective one of the origin stops and the associated timestamp. Subsequences which, in combination, constitute a valid transfer trip are identified. For a combination of subsequences constituting a valid transfer trip, the method includes determining whether the valid transfer trip is a multi-goal trip for which there is least a first destination stop with an intermediate goal and a second destination stop with a final goal. The origin-destination matrix is updated, based on the determination. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317885 | METHOD OF TRACKING CONSIGNMENTS DURING THEIR PRODUCTION AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF CONSIGNMENTS - In a method of tracking consignments during their production by one or more processing plants, a plurality of original orders are provided, each of the original orders including a plurality of consignments to be produced. Depending on predetermined properties of the consignments, at least one processing order is produced, the processing order including at least one consignment which is to be produced and stems from different original orders. The processing order is processed by the one or more processing plants so as to produce the respective consignments from the original orders. Each consignment which is to be produced and is contained in the original orders is unambiguously associated with the corresponding consignment in the processing order so as to enable, on the basis of the association, tracking of a consignment from the original order while it is being processed. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317886 | Customer Experience Management System Using Dynamic Three Dimensional Customer Mapping and Engagement Modeling - A system and method that creates a real-time dynamic three dimensional customer profile for customers and enriches the dynamically created three dimensional customer profile, to deploy the next best actions (NBA) or best business actions (BBA) so as to enhance customer experience includes a linear transaction processing engine that acquires data from disparate sources to create a three dimensional customer profile for each customer, a data miner that provides different types of analytics based on correlation processing between the customer profiles and also maps the customer engagement modeling onto the dynamic three dimensional customer profile to apply the most relevant next best action and best business action for that customer and a policy designer layer that designs and launch programs based on the generated dynamic three dimensional customer profile and a presentation layer responsible for user interactions. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317887 | DYNAMIC CAMPAIGN SUPPORTER SYSTEM FOR MOBILIZING CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS - A dynamic supporter analysis system for mobilizing supporters comprising: a set of computer readable instructions embodied in a central server for receiving the geographical location of the portable computing device, determining an operational location from the geographical location of the portable computer device, constructing a set of streets within a predetermined proximity to the portable computer device based upon the operational location, retrieve voter records according to the streets and the clues to construct a set of target supporters located on at least one street in the set of streets, transmitting the target supporters to the portable computer device, receiving supporter selection information from the portable computer device, transmitting supporter information for the selected supporter, receiving supporter update information from the portable computer device and updating the voter record of the selected supporter with the supporter update information. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317888 | Reporting and Management of Computer Systems and Data Sources - A system and method are provided for managing data, such as for example security or other business data. For the example of security data, security data is received from a plurality of assets that may or may not be remotely located. A plurality of security metrics are computed and normalized according to thresholds. Security metrics are aggregated to generate an aggregate score, this may include weighting the metrics according to metric priorities. A change effort corresponding to each metric is also received and a corresponding change effort for the aggregate score is calculated. Aggregate scores and aggregate change efforts are analyzed to generate risk reduction recommendations. Upon instruction, metrics corresponding to an aggregate score may be displayed including recommendations of metrics for risk reduction. The recommended metrics may be selected according to analysis of change-to-effort ratios for the metrics. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317889 | METHODS FOR ASSESSING TRANSITION VALUE AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that generates a transition enabler overall score for each of a plurality of transition enablers based on at least one weight values and at least one score associated with each transition enabler. A hierarchical statistical model is generated based at least on the transition enabler overall scores and at least one of transition metric values, transition impact values, a transition context index value, or domain expert information. At least one transition impact value is determined for one or more transition impacts based on the hierarchical statistical model. The at least one transition impact value is output. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING VENDING OPERATIONS BASED ON WIRELESS DATA - A system coupled to one or more vending machines, such as soft drink vending machines, via a wireless data link can acquire operational vending data, for example sales data, hardware status, and product temperature. The system can compile data from multiple vending machines dispersed across a geographic area such as a city or state. The system can include software that refines the vending operations of one or more such vending machines based on analysis of acquired data, taking into consideration other information such as market, business, seasonal, or environmental factors. Refining vending operations can include adjusting product offerings, relocating vending machines, replicating favorable conditions, and addressing unexpected sales variations. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317891 | CONTENT RATING AND WEIGHTING SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to provide a content rating system to modify and weight ratings of online content. The content rating system can collect votes and ratings for online content received at a content rating portal, calculate the overall rating, and then weight the rating based on the number of votes collected. The ratings can be weighted downwards to compensate for the less statistically significant ratings. Once the number of votes collected passes a predetermined threshold, the ratings cease to be weighted. The ratings can also receive a confidence score that indicate a reliability or usefulness of the rating. The confidence score can be based on the items being voted on, and the voting history, among other factors. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317892 | ADVERTISING, DISCOVERING, AND USING SERVICES THROUGH VIRTUAL ACCESS POINT INTERFACES - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that provides a service on a first electronic device. During operation, the system uses a virtual access point interface and a discovery protocol to advertise the service on the first electronic device. The virtual access point interface may enable discovery of the service by a second electronic device without an infrastructure connection between the first and second electronic devices. Next, the system uses the virtual access point interface to establish a wireless peer-to-peer connection between the first electronic device and a second electronic device. Finally, the system provides the service to the second electronic device through the wireless peer-to-peer connection. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING EVENT PARTICIPATION AND PAYMENT - The invention generally relates to systems and methods for coordinating participation in, and payment for, events. In particular, the invention allows a person to initiate a group event without exposing themselves to a full cost of the event, even where full payment is traditionally collected through a single bill or prior to the event. In some aspects, the invention provides a method of organizing an event that includes broadcasting information about an event to potential participants, receiving a commitment to pay from participants, and charging each participant their share while paying a full event cost, so that no one person must pay the full cost. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TEMPLATE-BASED DISCOUNT VALUATION AND RANKING - An approach is provided for template-based discount valuation and ranking. A discount management platform processes or facilitates a processing of a vocabulary for representing one or more parameters of discount information associated with one or more discount types. The discount management platform then processes or facilitates a processing of the one or more discount types to generate one or more templates based, at least in part, on the vocabulary. The one or more templates include, at least in part, one or more labels, one or more input fields, or a combination thereof for calculating and/or facilitating a calculation of one or more discount values associated with the discount information. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317895 | Wireless Mobile Communication System Rewards Royalty System and Method - A consumer-based purchase and referral rewards loyalty system is disclosed. In the system, mobile communication devices include a location tracking devices. Data tags or other wireless communication devices are enabled to communicate with one or more mobile communication devices and to collect an identification code of each. Custom sales presentation module communicatively couples to the mobile communication devices and the data tags or wireless communication devices. Responsive to a locality of goods or services proximal to or predicted proximal to the location tracking devices, the custom sales presentation module generates a user specific sales presentation, which is sent to one or more mobile communication devices to advertise products or services. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317896 | INTERNET PRICE MATCHING USING A MOBILE WALLET - Embodiments are directed to receiving reimbursement from a product vendor for a price-matched item and to providing a retailer with the lowest online price for price matching. In one scenario, a user may use a mobile wallet to pay for an item at a retail goods store. The retailer may be one that offers price matching. The user may perform an online search to determine that the item is priced lower at various online vendors. The user can then purchase the item at the retailer for the lower, price-matched price (i.e. the price offered by the online vendor). If the retailer has an agreement in place with the product's manufacturer that the retailer will provide the lowest price, the retailer may be able to receive reimbursement from the online vendor for the difference in price between the retailer's price and the online vendor's price. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317897 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR - A computer-implemented system and method of influencing customer behavior. The customer is offered a price-per-unit (PPU) discount for fuel as a reward for performing a predefined action. A point-of-sale (POS) system at a merchant determines that the customer performed the predefined action, and stores the PPU discount and a customer identifier in a Discounts-Earned database. When the customer initiates a subsequent purchase of fuel, at the merchant or a different retail fueling merchant, a fuel dispenser controller retrieves the PPU discount from the database, discounts the posted price of the fuel by the PPU discount, and causes the dispenser to dispense fuel to the customer at the reduced price. A redeemed discounts calculator multiplies the PPU discount by the number of units purchased in the fueling transaction, and a clearing mechanism allocates the redeemed discount between the merchant and the retail fueling merchant | 2013-11-28 |
20130317898 | REDEEMING COUPONS WITH A VISUAL PATTERN ON A MOBILE DEVICE - The invention involves using a visual verification pattern on a mobile device to redeem a coupon. A user installs a coupon presentation application on a user device and configures an account and downloads and stores coupons on the application. The user approaches a point of sale terminal at a merchant location to purchase a product. The user accesses the coupon and indicates to the coupon distribution system that distributed the coupon that a purchase is imminent and a verification of a coupon will be required. The system accesses the coupon visual verification pattern configured by the merchant and transmits the pattern to the application. The application displays the pattern on the mobile device display for presentation to the merchant. The merchant can recognize the visual verification pattern and enter the discount or rebate associated with the coupon into the terminal along with the purchase details. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317899 | E-COMMERCE PURCHASE ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for determining e-commerce purchase eligibility of product offerings restricted to particular market segments and used in conjunction with an e-commerce system is described. Identifying information provided by the user is compared to a white list of eligibility parameters selected and configured by the vendor. An e-mail confirming eligibility and containing a customized URL is provided to the user; selecting the link automatically logs the user into the account. The system allows limited or unlimited purchases to be made by qualified users. Fraud detection is performed prior to checkout. Once the order has been processed the user may immediately download the product. An e-mail is sent to the user providing delayed downloading instructions and license key. Downloading may inject the license key for automatic software product or application activation. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REWARD PROGRAMS AS AN ELECTRONICALLY MEDIATED SERVICE - A method and system include a server module that provides reward as a service to customers via an electronics communications network. The customers then use separate and customized reward system software authorizations to generate, manage and issue reward account information to recipients. The deployment of the invented software may be accomplished by means of a plurality of client software operating on separately addressable client machines. The server module may be adapted to offer distinguishable groups of reward choices via different software interfaces. The invented method optionally offers an application program interface that enables communication between each configurable and configured client software and a rewards application server. The optional rewards application server is adapted to directly or indirectly fulfill reward issuance requests. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317901 | Methods and Apparatuses for Displaying the 3D Image of a Product - A method of displaying the 3D image of a product using an electronic device capable of capturing and displaying images comprises a code capturing step, an image procuring step, and an image displaying step. During the code capturing step, an information code on a printed media carrying the information of a product is captured. During the image procuring step, the information code is decoded for the information of the product and a 3D image of the product is retrieved from a remote location via a data transmission network. During the image displaying step, the 3D image of the product is displayed against a background, the background being a live image captured in real time or a static image retrieved from a previously saved file. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVERTISING REAL ESTATE - A system for advertising real estate includes providing a signboard located at a property that includes a property identification code; mobile device application software provided on a mobile device including a user interface facilitating registration and optionally other application software configuration options, the mobile device application software and user interface including provisions for entry of the property identification code; and a database hosted on a remote server(s) associated with the mobile device application software including real estate information on the property corresponding to the property identification code. Entry of the property identification code into the mobile device application software provided on the mobile device results in the transfer of the real estate information corresponding to the property identification code to the mobile device. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317903 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ITEMS AND FOR MEASURABLE PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION - An integrated system for displaying items and for promotional communication is described comprising at least one stand module ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130317904 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ADVERTISING COMPLIANCE - Systems and methods for determining advertising compliance are provided. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for tracking, ranking, and enforcing the placement of advertisements in websites in accordance with one or more advertising policies. Some embodiments provide for a system where a user can enter text advertising campaigns for evaluation. The results can be ranked and the user can determine if any disputes need to be submitted for the violation of advertising policies. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317905 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING NEW COMPUTERS AND PROVIDING MATCHING SERVICES - A method of providing services to computing devices includes establishing a connection over the Internet with a computing device; receiving data from the computing device during the connection; extracting a signal from the data received from the computing device; estimating a relative age of the computing device based on the extracted signal; selecting a service from a plurality of services based on the estimated relative age of the computing device; and providing the selected service to the computing device. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317906 | TARGETING TO USERS WITH SEEDED OR DISCOUNTED CREDITS IN A VIRTUAL CURRENCY SYSTEM - A virtual currency system keeps track of virtual credits, which can be owned, transferred, purchased, and sold by participants in a virtual economy. Each virtual credit has an internal value and an external value, which define, respectively, the exchange rates for creating and redeeming the virtual credits. Upon creation of new virtual credits, the internal value for those credits is the rate for which real currency was paid per credit. The external value sets the rate at which the virtual credits can be redeemed for real currency. Each virtual credit may further have a face value, which is an apparent value of the virtual credit within the virtual economy, giving users a baseline impression for valuing the virtual currency. These features of the virtual currency enable a number of useful actions within the virtual economy, including currency seeding, couponing, and chargebacks. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317907 | Business to Consumer Marketing - Disclosed is a process for marketing a product that is triggered by the user. When a user browses a product on a seller's web site, the user may be presented with a product tracking mechanism. The user may trigger product tracking, including specifying kinds of product notifications on the product and how those notifications are received. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317908 | Ad targeting using varied and video specific interest correlation - A search technology generates recommendations with minimal user data and participation, and provides better interpretation of user data, such as popularity, thus obtaining breadth and quality in recommendations. It is sensitive to the semantic content of natural language terms taken from user profiles at social networking and online dating applications and blogs. The profiles and blogs can include interests, eccentricities, age, gender, and location information associated with the user. The interest information can include music, movies, sports and personality traits. Based on the user's profile information, the system determines which ad from a stock of ads is best suited to a given profile and delivers that ad. The system can enable advertisers to create and manage online advertising campaigns using a campaign manager in which they attach descriptions to ads in their inventory, thereby generating a profile for each ad which is then compared to the profiles in the target online environment. A user interface can be provided to enable the user to fine-tune product and service recommendation results. The system can be used to match user profiles to provide mate-matching in an online dating environment. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317909 | PUBLICITY DISPLAY DEVICE, PUBLICITY DISPLAY METHOD, PUBLICITY DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH STORES SAID PROGRAM - An advertisement server ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130317910 | Systems and Methods for Contextual Recommendations and Predicting User Intent - Aspects of embodiments of the present invention pertain to a system and method for supplying targeted contextual recommendations, advertisements or commercial offers to mobile users based on their interest graph and spacio-temporal map of each user's mobile activities and behavioral patterns. A novel powerful likely intent score is computed based on leveraging both the interest graph and computing persona similarities based on psychographic analysis and spacio-temporal activity maps. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317911 | Real-Time Advertisement Negotiation - Methods and systems are disclosed for providing advertisements to consumers when the consumers are proximate the physical location of the advertising merchant. Negotiation of prices/discounts can be facilitated. A user can be provided with an advertisement via a mobile device of the user while walking past a store. The advertisement can include a price/discount. The user can respond to the advertisement by proposing a price/discount that is more favorable to the user. This process can repeat indefinitely. If agreement is reached regarding the price/discount, then the user can enter the store and make the purchase. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317912 | Advertising in Augmented Reality Based on Social Networking - A system and method for advertising in augmented reality to a user uses an augmented reality device and a processing device in communication with the augmented reality device. The processing device is also adapted to communicate with a network. Media scrape and advertising databases are in communication with the processing device. The advertising database stores advertising data. The processing device contains software or is programmed to receive an image from the augmented reality device, scrape social media data relating to the user stored on the network, store the scraped social media data on the media serape database, compare the image to the scraped social media data to determine if there is a connection between the user and the image, compare the image to the advertising data to determine if there is a connection between the user and the image, generate an advertisement using advertising data corresponding to the image and transmit the advertisement to the augmented reality device for viewing by the user. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317913 | CAMPAIGN REWARD SYSTEM IN COMMUNICATION WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTION - A campaign offer system provides an offer using a mobile device. A service provider includes one or more servers with engines and attached storage. The service provider is configured to be in communication with a mobile application running on a user mobile device of a use. The service provider is in communication with an advertiser, a retailer and a financial institution. A retailer gateway is in communication with a retailer checkout system that has a unique identifier for each retailer checkout location captured by the mobile device. The unique identifier is transmitted to the service provider which effects transactions between the user and the retailer checkout system via the retailer gateway. The service provider invoices the advertiser for the offer with redemption information. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317914 | Method and System of advertising using electronic communication - A system and method of advertising using electronic communication, such as SMS or MMS. A website provides consumers the ability to select vendors they are interested in hearing from as well as the products they are interested in. Subscribers will also be able to select the frequency of messages they wish to receive from their chosen vendors. When vendors send out messages about product specials, only ‘matched’ subscribers will receive those messages. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SALE OFFER OVER AN ELECTRONIC NETWORK SYSTEM - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for presenting sale offers over an electronic network system. In one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one network-communications interface that receives at least one offer for a good or service from a third party and an acceptance of the at least one offer from at least one of a plurality of user devices over a communications network. The system also includes at least one processor that executes a set of instructions to electronically present, over a communications network, the at least one offer to the plurality of user devices, wherein the at least one offer is presented at a time unpredictable to each user of each of the plurality of user devices and can only be accepted before the expiration of a limited duration that is preset according to a length of time or a quantity of goods or services. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317916 | LOCATION BASED TECHNOLOGY FOR SMART SHOPPING SERVICES - A method can include a mobile device, of a user determining location information corresponding to the mobile device within an establishment and communicating with a smart shopping infrastructure. The communicating may include providing the smart shopping infrastructure with the location information. The method can further include cross-referencing the location information with inventory information to determine a first location within the establishment where the mobile device is currently situated, and providing the mobile device with at least one smart shopping service based at least in part on the cross-referencing. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317917 | System and Method For Advertising on the Internet - A system for advertising on the internet. The system comprises a web server in communication with the internet. The system further comprises an advertiser module stored on the web server and adapted to receive a DISPLAY AD and a MESSAGE AD. The advertiser module further comprises a message module stored on the web server and adapted to serve an advertiser host web page to a surfer upon activation of the DISPLAY AD by the surfer. The advertiser host page comprises first and second message fields and a cell phone number field. The first and second message fields are adapted to receive a SMS or a MMS message entered by the surfer, respectively. The cell phone number field is adapted to receive the cell phone number of the recipient. The message module is further adapted to send the SMS or MMS message and the MESSAGE AD to a communication carrier. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION, MONITORING, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION - A method comprising detecting, by a processor of a computing system, a presence of an online advertisement on a website that displays a submission, and distributing, by the processor, a portion of proceeds generated by a placement of the online advertisement on the website to an owner of the submission, wherein the portion or proceeds is in accordance with at least one of a pre-existing and a newly created agreement is provided. Furthermore, an associated computer program product and computer system is also provided. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317919 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PUBLISHING ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS - A system and method for multimedia content publishing on multiple platforms are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes receiving specified settings from a plurality of configurable template settings for a custom channel application, receiving specified platforms from a plurality of platforms for the custom channel application; publishing the custom channel application to each of the specified platforms, and providing a user interface of the custom channel application that is customized based on each of the specified platforms. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317920 | ORDERING TERMINAL AND ORDERING METHOD - An ordering terminal comprises an image capturing unit, an attribute confirming unit, a menu confirming unit, a displaying unit, an operating unit and an ordering processing unit. The image capturing unit captures the image of an operator to generate image data. The attribute confirming unit confirms the attribute of the operator based on an operator image included in the image data. The menu confirming unit confirms a recommended menu specified for the attribute confirmed by the attribute confirming unit from a database specifying the recommended menu for each attribute of the operator. The displaying unit displays an ordering screen including a screen component for designating the recommended menu. The operating unit operates the ordering screen. The ordering processing unit carries out ordering processing on the menu designated by the operation of the ordering screen. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317921 | METHODS FOR SUBMITTING A FOOD ORDER REMOTELY - One variation of the method for submitting a food order remotely includes: generating a graphical icon representative of a food item and a customization option for the food item selected by a customer; associating the icon with a payment option; associating the icon with a store location to fulfill the food item; displaying the icon on a display of a mobile computing device; and, in response to receiving a selection of the icon, submitting a food order including the food item, the customization option, and the payment option to the store location. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317922 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ROOM SERVICE - A method of processing room service transactions in an institution such as a hotel, having a plurality of guest rooms includes displaying selected visual representations of food items at predetermined intervals with a user device including an interactive graphical user interface in a guest room, receiving inputs from a guest with the graphical user interface and transmitting the inputs to a food service server for fulfillment. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317923 | System and Method for Facilitating Cash Payment Transactions Using a Mobile Device - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for facilitating transactions between a merchant-partner and an end-user. In one embodiment, a service provider: (a) stages a transaction between a merchant and a consumer; (b) creates a transaction-specific unique reference locator (URL) linked to a transaction-specific web page; and (c) sends the transaction-specific URL to the consumer's mobile device. Whereupon the consumer clicks on the transaction specific URL on their mobile device, the service provider displays a token ID on the transaction-specific web page. The token ID is linked to the staged transaction and is used to initiate data communication between a point-of-sale (POS) terminal and the service provider's processing unit. The service provider can then: receive confirmation that the consumer has presented the token ID and a payment to the POS terminal; display a transaction receipt on the transaction-specific web page; and/or notify the merchant that the consumer has provided the payment. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317924 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A CONTACTLESS PROTOCOL - Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for managing contactless transactions. An activation request is received. A first tap from a mobile device is identified. The first tap occurs when the mobile device is placed within a predetermined proximity to the system. A first select command including an AID corresponding to a first application is transmitted to the mobile device. A first response based on the first select command is received from the mobile device. A data request including information indicating supported data types is transmitted to the mobile device. A second response based on the data request and including transaction data is received from the mobile device. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317925 | Transaction Auto Synchronization - A system according to an embodiment comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the processor(s) are adapted to cause the system to: receive online search information in connection with one or more desired items from a user device of a user, wherein the user device includes an application loaded in the user device from a server at a remote location; auto-synchronize the online search information to a mobile device of the user; and send an alert via the mobile device when the mobile device is in a proximity of a point of sale location of the one or more desired items associated with the online search information. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING PURCHASES RELATED TO A GIFT CARD CREDIT - A method and system are provided for communicating digitized data associated with a purchase made by expenditure of a monetary credit account, such as a gift card account. The digitized data may be or comprise audio, photographic or video data. A gift card may be provided that relates to a monetary credit account that may specify an expendable monetary value, a benefactor who initiated the account, and a beneficiary who may use the monetary card. The gift card may record of at least part of the monetary credit account. The system may enable the generation of an electronic message that includes digitized data representing a purchased item and the message may be communicated to a photo-sharing webservice and/or an address associated with the benefactor. The digitized data may be a photograph, icon or a graphic image and the purchased item may be a service, good, license, lease, rent, or permission. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317927 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A CONTACTLESS PROTOCOL - Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for managing contactless transactions. A first tap is performed when a system is placed within a predetermined proximity to a payment terminal. A first select command including an AID corresponding to a first application is received from the payment terminal. A first response based on the first select command is transmitted to the payment terminal. A data request including information indicating supported data types is received from the payment terminal. A second response based on the data request and including transaction data is transmitted to the payment terminal. The transaction data includes at least a portion of commerce data stored in the at least one memory. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317928 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WALLET ENROLLMENT - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, processes, computer program code, and means for creating digital wallets for users. In some embodiments, digital wallets are created, at least in part, on information obtained from payment transactions conducted by users. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317929 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING LOGISTICS SOURCING DECISIONS FOR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT NETWORKS - A preferred method of managing logistics sourcing decisions including shipping rates in a network involves transmitting a shipping bid, receiving a plurality of bid responses from a plurality of carriers including a first bid having a first shipping rate and a first expiration date from the first carrier, receiving a shipping constraint, determining whether the plurality of bid responses meet the shipping constraint to identify a rejected bid and a plurality of accepted bids, storing a plurality of accepted bids until at least their respective expiration dates, receiving a selected bid of the plurality of accepted bids of step, wherein the accepted bid is the first bid, transmitting a booking request to the first carrier and receiving tracking information related to the freight being shipped including a ship date when the freight is received by the first carrier and a receipt date when the freight is delivered to the consignee. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RATING ASSETS AND EXCHANGING FRACTIONAL INTERESTS THEREIN - Methods and systems are provided herewith for exchanging and/or rating works of art. A value for each of a plurality of portfolios of art owned by a plurality of participants is determined. Each portfolio of art comprises one or more works of art. The value of a particular work of art may be determined by a processor based on rating information and/or a value of another work of art. Ownership interests of the plurality of portfolios of art are pooled in a legal ownership entity having an initial total number of shares. For each participant, an initial participant value and quantity of shares is determined, e.g., based on the determined value of the respective participant's portfolio. An indicia of the respective quantity of shares is transmitted to each respective participant. In various embodiments, participants may buy and sell usage and ownership interests in the portfolios of art. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317931 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ENABLE A FIXED PRICE PURCHASE WITHIN A MULTI-UNIT ONLINE AUCTION ENVIRONMENT - A method includes presenting to a buyer a multi-unit auction, permitting the buyer to bid one or more of a price and a number of units in the auction, and permitting the buyer to re-bid in the auction. The auction includes a rule that prevents the buyer from reducing the price in the re-bid, and the auction further includes a rule that prevents the buyer from reducing the number of units in the re-bid. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING PRICE OPTIMIZATION FOR DISTRIBUTED DEMAND - The method for reducing vendor bid amounts includes providing a supplier with an invitation to make a bid for supplying a digital print job. The print job is characterized by a demand for a first number of units by a select date. The method further includes determining if a demand condition can be met. The determination includes using historical data to calculate a first commitment quantity for current jobs being provided by the supplier. The first commitment quantity is then used to calculate a second commitment quantity. The second commitment quantity provides an estimate for the number of the units and a date. The second commitment quantity is displayed to the supplier. The method provides the supplier with an option to bid for producing the estimated number of units by the estimated date. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317933 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE, DEVICE FOR BUILDING DATABASE TO BE USED FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM SIGNAL - An information retrieval service system | 2013-11-28 |
20130317934 | Method for Soliciting Invitations to Offer for Unique Items Including Real Property - An ecommerce application for soliciting invitations to offer whereby a buyer or lessee, creates an account with a website based Controller, and a seller or lessor enlists in a subscription service with the Controller. The Controller creates an algorithm driven email distribution process comprising a plurality of emails sent to appropriate subscribers including vendors that contain an invitation to make an offer based on the information in a buyer's query. Subscribers then submit invitations for offers directly to the buyer or to the Controller for viewing by the buyer. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317935 | REVERSE AUCTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A reverse auction system of the present disclosure is provided and includes an account module, a server center, a searching module, a publishing module, and a bidding module. The account module registers or charges a desired article request from a buyer side. The server center converts the desired article request into publishing data and searching data. The searching module connects to at least one auction website for collaborating therewith to perform comparison in accordance with the searching data, and then returns a feedback signal of a comparison result. Furthermore, the publishing module publishes the publishing data, and then the bidding module offers a platform to the suppliers or bidders to bid for the buyer's desired article described in the publishing data. The work of the publishing module and the bidding module is in parallel with the work of the searching module. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317936 | DIGITAL MIXED TAPES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for gifting a personalized album. A system is described that includes generating a personalized album from a request and subsequently gifting the personalized album to another party. The personalized album can include playback attributes stored in a file associated with the album or alternatively in metadata of the media items to be gifted. The playback attributes can limit playback of the album to a particular playback sequence or configure playback to reveal the names of media items as they are presented to the user. The personalized album can be accepted, rejected, or re-gifted by the recipient. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317937 | RELATIONSHIP DISCOVERY ENGINE - A system, method, and computer program product discover relationships among items and recommend items based on the discovered relationships. The recommendations provided by the present invention are based on user profiles that take into account actual preferences of users, without requiring users to complete questionnaires. An improved binomial log likelihood ratio analysis technique is applied, to reduce adverse effects of overstatement of coincidence and predominance of best sellers. The invention may be used, for example, to generate track lists for a personalized radio station. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317938 | Location Based Shopping List - A user can obtain a list of products previously purchased at a store where the user is presently shopping via the user's mobile device. The user can use this list to determine if any of the products previously purchased should again be purchased on the present shopping trip. For example, the user can choose from an app on the mobile device to view products purchased by location. A location based shopping list system can then determine at which store the user is shopping based upon a GPS location provided by the user's mobile device. The location based shopping list system can then return the list of product previously purchased at that store. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317939 | Dynamic property re-pricing using parceled broker services - A computer program product having code that when executed implements steps in a method for displaying to the user a recalculated sales price of realty. The recalculated sales price reflects user-selected brokerage services and not a fixed-commission percentage, typical with the sale of realty. Steps include establishing a database of itemized broker services; accessing a sales price of the realty; providing user access to the database; recording user-selected broker services; producing a recalculated sales price of the real estate property factoring the user-selected broker services into the sales price; and then displaying to the user the recalculated sales price. A system using the computer program product gets smarter with use because the method may include steps of automatically recalculating average factors used to produce a recalculated sales price of the real estate property. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317940 | HANDLING PURCHASE ORDERS - Systems, methods and techniques relating to handling purchase orders are described. A described technique includes identifying a first purchase order, wherein the first purchase order associated with one or more attributes, identifying one or more stop rules and one or more restart rules associated with at least one of the identified one or more attributes, postponing the first purchase order to be submitted to at least one supplier based on at least one of the one or more stop rules, identifying a second purchase order, wherein the second purchase order is associated with at least one of the one or more attributes while the first purchase order is postponed, combining the first purchase order and the second purchase order to a combined purchase order, and submitting the combined purchase order to at least one supplier when at least one of the one or more restarting rules is satisfied. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317941 | Trust Graph - In accordance with some implementations, a method for storing levels of trust between users for use in online e-commerce is disclosed. The method is performed on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors. The server system stores trust information for a plurality of users, wherein each user has an associated level of trust with one or more other users in the plurality of users. The server system receives, from a first user, a trust indication for a second user in the plurality of users. The server system then updates the trust information of the first user based on the trust indication. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AND MAINTAINING VENDOR QUALIFICATION - A computer system and method is disclosed for pre-qualifying vendors for buyers and/or industries using vendor criteria information associated with buyers and/or industries and vendor qualification information associated with vendors. Vendors and buyers enter the vendor qualification information and vendor criteria information, respectively, into a database in a hierarchical and relational manner. The computer system compares entered vendor qualification information to stored vendor criteria information to pre-qualify vendors for buyers and/or industries. The computer system further monitors the stored vendor qualification information and requests updated vendor qualification information from the vendors to maintain vendor qualification on a per industry and/or per buyer basis. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317943 | TRADE SHOW AND EXHIBITION APPLICATION FOR COLLECTABLES AND ITS METHOD OF USE - A trade show and exhibition interaction application tool is described that includes an archived collection, a database or a combination thereof of collectable items, a communication component, and an interaction component, wherein the trade show and exhibition interaction application tool is stored on and executed from a hand held device, tablet computer, laptop computer, desktop computer or a combination thereof. A method of using a trade show and exhibition interaction application tool is also disclosed. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317944 | Method And Apparatus For Mobile Location Determination - A method of generating a user?s location using a mobile device. The method comprises, determining a signal snapshot on the mobile device, the signal snapshot describing characteristics of unregulated radio frequency (RF) transmissions detectable by the mobile device. Generating the user?s location on the mobile device using the signal snapshot and at least one additional input from the mobile device. The generating and determining are iteratively repeated. The unregulated RF transmission can comprise WiFi signals. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317945 | BROWSER BASED MAPPING REGION BUILDER - The present invention is a computer-based region building system for allowing a service provider to build a service region using a web browser interface. The system presents predefined service areas to the service provider which the service provider can choose to add to the current service region and thereby build a service region. The system maintains a database of service regions and service provider information and allows a consumer to search the database to find service providers that service the consumer's region. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317946 | PRODUCT SEARCHING IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, one or more search criteria are received from a mobile device. In response, one or more products corresponding to the search criteria are extracted. Further, a plurality of factors associated with the one or more products are retrieved and weightages are assigned to the plurality of factors. Furthermore, product scores of the one or more products are determined based on the plurality of factors and the weightages. Based on the product scores, the one or more products are presented to assist product searching in retail environment. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317947 | TRAVEL INFORMATION DEPARTURE DATE/DURATION GRID - A method and system for presenting travel information in a way that facilitates identifying travel plans that satisfy objectives is provided. A travel information system collects travel information for the travel items on various observation dates including the current date and presents the travel information to a user in a way that facilitates travel planning and travel shopping. The travel information system stores the travel information in an observation store. To provide travel information that satisfies a search criterion, the travel information system retrieves the travel information that satisfies the search criterion either from flight information of the observation store or from current flight information provided in real time from a source of travel information. The flight information system provides the travel information in various formats to facilitate travel planning. These formats include a fare history graph, an interval grid, a route map, a future fare graph, and/or a departure date/duration grid. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317948 | ECOMMERCE ORDER OPTIMIZATION TOOL - An ecommerce cost optimization system includes: a display including information identifying an item; a quantity selection tool; a delivery location selection tool; an optimized offer presentation tool that provides at least one optimized option through the display component, wherein the at least one optimized option is optimized based on the selected quantity and the selected delivery location; and an order placement tool to place an order from amongst the options provided by the optimized offer presentation tool. A method of providing optimized offer for non-stock item transactions through an ecommerce application includes receiving a user selection including a selected quantity of the item and a selected delivery location and determining an optimized offer based on analysis of the possible combinations of a production schedule and a delivery schedule for the selected quantity and delivery location. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE INTEGRATED ORDERING - Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce environment with integrated mobile ordering capabilities. One method includes receiving, from a mobile computing device, an order for at least one item, detecting a location of the mobile computing device, and requesting deliver of the at least one item to the detected location. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317950 | CUSTOMIZING A THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL STORE BASED ON USER SHOPPING BEHAVIOR - A planogram associated with a physical store can be identified. The physical store can be associated with an inventory. A virtual store comprising of a layout can be created. The virtual store can be a three dimensional environment permitting electronic commerce transactions. The layout of the virtual store and the planogram of the physical store can be identical. The layout can be a position or an orientation of an inventory item associated with the physical store inventory. The virtual store can be customized based on a personalization data. The customization can be an inventory item position and an orientation. The layout of the customized virtual store can be different from the planogram of the physical store. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317951 | AUTO-ANNOTATION OF VIDEO CONTENT FOR SCROLLING DISPLAY - Generally described is auto annotation of video content for scrolling display. A network service can receive video content. The content can be automatically annotated to generate differing sets of the content. The varying sets of content can be scrolled in a content browser. In response to receiving a selection, from the content browser, of a set of video content among the scrolling sets of video content, the selection can be displayed while the scrolling continues during the display. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND PROVIDING APPLICATION COLLECTIONS - A method for creating an application collection is described herein. The method can include the steps of providing a plurality of applications for potential selection as part of an application collection based on a defined category and receiving selections that designate one or more of the provided applications for inclusion in the application collection. The method can also include the steps of tagging the applications based on the received selections and grouping the tagged applications together to form the application collection. The application collection can then be published in an application store as an offering based on the defined category. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317953 | FEATURE CODES AND BONUSES IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - An Entertainment System including a website, in combination with a commercially purchased product, wherein the system allows a product user to register a primary product online using a registration code, allowing the user access to various activities and scenarios in a “virtual world” including a virtual representation of the product, via a computer connected to the Internet. Additional ancillary products are also provided that may be related to the primary product or the virtual world, with these ancillary products also being provided with one or more codes to provide additional content, bonus items, and/or bonus access in the virtual world. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317954 | RANKING ENTITIES BASED ON A COUNT OF SHIPMENTS DETERMINED IN AGGREGATED PUBLIC TRANSACTION RECORDS - A platform facilitates buyers, sellers, and third parties in obtaining information related to each other's transaction histories, such as a supplier's shipment history, the types of materials typically shipped, a supplier's customers, a supplier's expertise, what materials and how much a buyer purchases, buyer and shipper reliability, similarity between buyers, similarity between suppliers, and the like. The platform aggregates data from a variety of sources, including, without limitation, customs data associated with actual import/export transactions and facilitates the generation of reports as to the quality of buyers and suppliers, the reports relating to a variety of parameters that are associated with buyer and supplier quality. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317955 | APPARATUS INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, OPERATION INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, OPERATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, OPERATION INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM AND THE RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus information obtaining apparatus for obtaining apparatus information including model information of an image output apparatus from the image output apparatus via a network is disclosed. The apparatus information obtaining apparatus includes: an image output apparatus list database storing a list of image output apparatuses from which the apparatus information is obtained; an apparatus information send instruction sending unit for instructing the image output apparatus included in the image output apparatus list to send the apparatus information; and an apparatus information receiving unit for receiving the apparatus information from the image output apparatus that is instructed to send the apparatus information. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317956 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING DISTRIBUTED OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES - Methods and apparatuses can provide for easier access to renewable energy resources such as solar through distributed ownership and/or management. The invention can be implemented using computers, for example using one or more computers connected by a network such as the world wide web. Various computer and communication techniques can be used, including as examples desktop computers, servers, smart phones, tablet computers, wired computer networks such as Ethernet, wireless networks such as WiFi, and cellular and satellite communications networks. Embodiments of the present invention can use centrally sited systems, that can be built similarly to large commercial or utility scale systems with their attendant economies of scale. Individual owners can be true owners of specific individual assets, even if ownership is under tightly constrained conditions. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317957 | Location Based Determination of Payroll Tax Withholding - Determining a payroll tax withholding can comprise receiving, at a tax calculation system, a residential address and an employment address of an employee, determining latitude and longitude coordinates of the residential and employment addresses, retrieving a plurality of residential geocodes associated with the latitude and longitude coordinates of the residential address, wherein the plurality of residential geocodes include tax boundaries in which the location of the residential address resides, retrieving a plurality of employment geocodes associated with the latitude and longitude coordinates of the employment address, wherein the plurality of employment geocodes include tax boundaries in which the location of the employment address resides, and retrieving applicable tax rates corresponding to the plurality of residential geocodes and the plurality of employment geocodes from a tax rate database. The applicable tax rates include at least one of include state, county, city, school district, and municipal tax codes. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING STATUS CORRESPONDING TO EACH CHEQUE LEAVES OF A CHEQUE-BOOK - A method and a system have been described for maintaining a plurality of statuses corresponding to each of one or more cheque leaves of a cheque-book. Each of the plurality of statuses depicts a cheque leafs corresponding life-cycle stage. Various examples of the plurality of statuses may include, but are not limited to, “Issued but not acknowledged for use”, “Unused”, “Passed”, “Stopped”, “Revoked”, “Cautioned”, “Destroyed”, “Return Paid”, and “Rejected”. The method described above includes assigning a default status to each cheque leaf. The default status is assigned to the cheque leaf while issuing the cheque-book to a customer. Once the cheque-book is issued, the default status and one or more statuses corresponding to each cheque leaf are maintained. Each of the one or more statuses is assigned to the cheque leaf based on the occurrence of a corresponding event from a list of pre-defined events. | 2013-11-28 |
20130317959 | ELECTROLYSER AND ENERGY SYSTEM - An electrolyser operates within an energy system, for example to provide grid services, energy storage or fuel, or to produce hydrogen from electricity produced from renewable resources. The electrolyser may be configured to operate at frequently or quickly varying rates of electricity consumption or to operate at a specified power consumption. In one process of operating an electrolyser, a series of dispatches is received indicating a specified power consumption for a period of time. The dispatches may occur at least once every 30 minutes. The electrolyser is operated according to the dispatches. Hydrogen produced by the electrolyser is discharged to a natural gas system. | 2013-11-28 |