Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140136410 | Credit Card Fraud Detection - Methods and systems are provided for detecting and preventing fraudulent use of credit cards and the like. The amount of wear of a magnetic strip of a suspect credit card can be compared to an amount of wear of the magnetic strip of the corresponding legitimate credit card. If the amount of wear of the magnetic strip of the suspect credit card is less than the amount of wear of the magnetic strip of the legitimate credit card, then both the suspect credit card and the legitimate credit card can be deactivated. | 05-15-2014 |
20140172572 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS - Methods and systems relating to providing a recommendation on a client device are described. In some embodiments, data from a sensor included in the client device is received. The sensor is configured to obtain data corresponding to a location and a direction of the client device. User movement information is determined based on the data from the sensor. A recommendation is identified based on the user movement information. The recommendation is sent to the client device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140244678 | CUSTOMIZED USER EXPERIENCES - Systems and methods for customizing a user experience are described. The methods include automatically collecting identifying characteristic information for a current user, comparing the identifying characteristic information to stored user profiles for known users, identifying the current user as a known user, retrieving user preferences for the known user, and presenting the user preferences. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTING EVENTS OR LOCATIONS BASED ON CONTENT - Systems and methods of returning location and/or event results using information social media content are provided. One or more social networking servers are accessed to retrieve social media content. One or more items within the social media content are then identified. These items may then be categorized. Information about the categories of the one or more items are stored in a database storing information about locations or events. A search query for a location or event may be received, and results for the search query may be selected by accessing the database and utilizing the information about locations or events as well as the information about the categories of the one or more items. The results may then be returned to a user device for display. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK ACTIVITY - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for providing gift recommendations based on social network activity of the gift recipient. A gift recommendation request identifying a gift recipient is received. In response to receiving the request, coincident user data describing an activity of the gift recipient is accessed from at least one social network. At least one gift recommendation is determined based in part on the coincident user data. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258024 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING A GROUP OF ITEMS FOR ATTAINING A TARGETED SALES AMOUNT - A system receives a revenue target from a user, and receives a plurality of images. Each image contains an item. The system identifies a plurality of items from the plurality of images. The system searches a database to determine a selling price estimate for each item of the plurality of items, and generates a proposed combination of items to sell based, at least in part, on price estimates for the proposed combination of items adding up to at least the revenue target. | 09-11-2014 |
20140279256 | LOCAL PRODUCT SEARCH BASED ON PHOTO SHARING SERVICE ACTIONS - Information about user actions with respect to one or more photos on a photo sharing service may be received. A user intent regarding a first of the one or more photos may be determined. A product in the first of the one or more photos may be identified, and the product may be matched to a further product on a local search service. A local search may be performed on the matched product on the local search service, to locate one or more stores local to a user's current location that have the matched product in stock. The results from the local search may be displayed to a user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140316941 | Self-Adjusting Seller Zones - According to various embodiments, a first group of potential buyers of a product item is identified, and an item listing for sale of the product item is posted on a marketplace website, wherein the item listing being viewable by the first group of potential buyers. Thereafter, if it is determined that the product item has been purchased by at least one member of the first group within a predetermined time interval, the item listing is closed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the product item has not been purchased by at least one member of the first group within the predetermined time interval, a second group of potential buyers may be identified. Thereafter, the item listing may be modified to generate a modified item listing being viewable by both the first and second groups of potential buyers. | 10-23-2014 |
20140336925 | DISPLAYING MAP ICONS BASED ON A DETERMINED ROUTE OF TRAVEL - Example methods and systems to display map icons, such as icons associated with a traveler or other user associated with a mobile device, based on a determined and/or identified route of travel are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access information identifying a movement of a mobile device, determine a mode of travel of the mobile device, and cause an icon to be displayed, via a mapping application supported by the mobile device, that is based on the determined mode of travel. | 11-13-2014 |
20140368339 | MOBILE DEVICE SELF-IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for locating and identifying mobile devices are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient sound signal may be detected using a microphone of a mobile device. Thereafter, it may be determined that the ambient sound signal corresponds to a predefined user query for assistance in locating the mobile device. For the, a predefined response sound corresponding to the predefined user query may be emitted, using a speaker of the mobile device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150022622 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for conducting a video conference. A location of one or more sets of eyes in an image may be determined. The relative location of an image capture device and/or a portion of a display device may be adjusted based on the determined location. | 01-22-2015 |