Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080247724 | Recorded Content Management - A recorded content management system determines when recorded content maintained in a television-based entertainment and information system has been watched by a viewer. When a segment or percentage of the recorded content for a particular program is displayed for viewing, it is determined whether the program has been watched so that the recorded content, or a portion of the recorded content, can be queued for deletion, or maintained for additional viewing. | 10-09-2008 |
20130117788 | User Commentary Systems and Methods - Systems and methods that facilitate user commentary are described. In some embodiments, a method receives program content from a content source and identifies data describing the program content. The program content is communicated to a first device for presentation to a user. The data describing the program content is communicated to a second device for presentation to the user substantially simultaneously with the presentation of the program content on the first display device. A user commentary is received from the second device. The user commentary is generated by the user and associated with the program content. | 05-09-2013 |
20130173416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS IN A DIGITAL MARKETPLACE - In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing transaction in a digital marketplace are provided. In example embodiments, a transaction request involving a digital good is received. A determination as to whether the transaction involves a purchase of the digital good is performed. Based on the transaction involving the purchase of the digital good, a further determination as to whether an overlap in inventory or a related item involving the digital good exists is performed. Based on the overlap in inventory existing, a sub-collection of the inventory is created with which to complete the transaction request. Based on existence of the related item, a combination package including the digital good and the related item is created and offered in response to the transaction request. | 07-04-2013 |
20130218463 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULTS ALONG A CORRIDOR - Systems and methods to provide search results along a corridor are discussed. In an example, a method for providing search results along a corridor can include displaying an interface enabling a user to define a route of travel, accessing a search corridor, filtering a plurality of search results, and displaying the search results. The search corridor encompassing at least a portion of the route of travel, and based at least in part on the route of travel, a mode of transportation, and a route deviation threshold. The plurality of search results including an associated geographic location, and filtered based at least in part on the search corridor. Displaying the search results can include a representation of the search corridor, the route of travel, and the filtered set of search results. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON TIME TO OBTAIN - Systems and methods for providing search results based on time obtain an item are discussed in an example, a method can include receiving a search query, generating search results, calculating a time to obtain for each listing in the search results, and arranging the search results for display. The search query can include a current location of a mobile device. The search results can include a plurality of listings, with each listing including a location. The locations representing either a physical location proximate the current location or a delivery time to the current location. The search results can be arranged for display in various manners according to the calculated time to obtain for each result. | 08-22-2013 |
20130262231 | TARGETED INCENTIVE ACTIONS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC LOCALE - Offering an incentive to users of a mobile device based on the number of devices within a geographic locale. The incentive may be one or more incentives that a merchant is willing to offer only if there are a given number of users within a geographic locale. The incentive may be combined with additional incentives determined in various ways. A location identification module may determine the geographic location of mobile devices. An item identification module may identify that a merchant may be willing to offer an incentive only if there are a given number of users within a geographic locale and may identify an item specified by one or more of the given number of users within the geographic locale. An incentive module may transmit an incentive from a merchant who may or may not be within the geographic locale. | 10-03-2013 |
20130311335 | USER INTERFACE FOR SMART COMPARISON - After marketplace listings are returned via a search, an indication of two or more of the marketplace results to pin and compare is received. A travel cost for any pinned local marketplace result to compare is calculated by determining a travel distance between the electronic device and the location in the pinned local marketplace result to compare and estimating a cost associated with traveling the travel distance. A true purchase price is calculated for each pinned local marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the travel cost. A true purchase price for each pinned online marketplace result to compare by adding the price for the product, the sales tax, and the shipping cost, these true purchase prices are then displayed side-by-side in the user interface. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311909 | USER INTERFACE FOR COMPARING ITEMS USING GESTURES - In an example embodiment, a method of presenting marketplace listings is provided. Search parameters are received from a user interface on an electronic device. A search on marketplace listings is then performed using the search parameters, returning marketplace results. The marketplace results are then organized into a plurality of web pages, each web page corresponding to a different marketplace result, with each page organized so that a row on any one of the web pages corresponds to the same type of product attribute as that row on any of the other of the plurality of web pages. Then one of the plurality of web pages is displayed on the electronic device. When a swipe left or swipe right gesture is received, another of the plurality of web pages is displayed. | 11-21-2013 |
20140297470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DELIVER GOODS TO A BUYER THAT IS DYNAMICALLY LOCATED - Systems and methods to deliver goods to a buyer that is dynamically located are described. The system communicates a user interface to a device that is identified as being located at a first location and associated with a customer. The user interface includes items that are identified as being located within a predetermined distance from the device. The system receives an order from the device that authorizes the purchase of an item and delivery of the item to the customer. The system automatically selects a courier from a plurality of couriers that are identified as being located at different locations. The system communicates a user interface to a courier mobile device that includes instructions to enable the courier to retrieve the item from a second location and deliver the item to the first location. | 10-02-2014 |
20140358724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATED SHOPPING - Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the selected item can include selection of a retail location of a plurality of retail locations along the route. | 12-04-2014 |