This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling facilities to implement techniques to determine when users are in possession of items when located within and/or exiting the facilities. For instance, a system may use one or more sensors to determine locations of a user that navigated through a facility. Additionally, the system may use one or more sensors to determine locations of an item while the item was located within the facility. The system may then determine a probability that the user was in possession of the item when in the facility and/or when exiting the facility based at least in part on the locations of the user and the locations of the item. If the system determines that the user was in possession of the item when exiting the facility, the system may charge a payment instrument of the user for a price of the item.

Disclosed are a payment apparatus and a method of controlling the same. With this, it is possible to receive payment information based on Table Pay; analyze a payment card image included in the payment information, and divide the payment card image into a first region comprising sensitive data that needs security and a second region comprising general data other than the sensitive data; differently set the plurality of encryption units corresponding to the first region and the second region so that the first region and the second region can be differentially subjected to encryption; and divide the payment card image into a plurality of encryption units, and perform the encryption with regard to the plurality of encryption units independently of each other.

Disclosure includes selecting a merchant from a plurality of merchants, enabling a trial mode for the merchant, during the trial mode, receiving an indication of a first order for the merchant, forwarding the indication of the first order to the merchant, allocating a first payment for the first order to the merchant, requesting an acceptance of a membership status from the merchant, and receiving an indication of the payment for the first order.

A cross-platform integration component is configured for operation on a plurality of different types of partner computing devices and/or platforms. The integration component provides a same interface on each different type of computing device. The integration component comprises a plurality of implementation modules, each configured to implement reader-based transactions on a respective type of computing device and/or platform. The integration component may further comprise a platform-independent component capable of implementing non-reader-based transactions across the plurality of platforms.

A substrate inspection apparatus includes: a storage configured to store inspection image data obtained from a captured image of a periphery of a substrate on which a plurality of films is formed, and an inspection recipe; and an edge detector configured to detect a target edge as an edge of an inspection target film among the films on the basis of the inspection image data stored in the storage by using the inspection recipe stored in the storage. Each of edges of the films extends along the periphery of the substrate. The inspection recipe is configured by combining parameters each of which has one option specified among a plurality of options.

A substrate inspection apparatus includes: a storage configured to store inspection image data obtained from a captured image of a periphery of a substrate on which a plurality of films is formed, and an inspection recipe; and an edge detector configured to detect a target edge as an edge of an inspection target film among the films on the basis of the inspection image data stored in the storage by using the inspection recipe stored in the storage. Each of edges of the films extends along the periphery of the substrate. The inspection recipe is configured by combining parameters each of which has one option specified among a plurality of options.

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate a camera sharing session between two or more users. A request for an image depicting an image target is received from a first device associated with a first user. A notification of the request is transmitted to a second device associated with a second user. Image data comprising at least one image generated by a camera communicatively coupled to the second device is received from the second device and the image data is transmitted to the first device. A reward is provided to the second user based on the image data including a depiction of the image target.

A mobile commerce system and components thereof are provided in which multiple wireless mobile communications devices (mobile devices) (1) each has a unique electronic identification and processing circuit (2) capable of encrypting data utilizing an encryption key and a first software application providing connectivity to commercial webpage servers (4) for purposes that include the conduct of selected transactions involving a payment for goods or services. Each mobile device is independently enabled to conduct financial transactions in real time by communication with a financial institution. Each mobile device further has a second software application termed mobile payment application adapted to interact with the first application to receive data as to a payment required to conclude a transaction conducted by way of a commercial webpage server. The mobile payment application initiates an instruction to the financial institution to make a payment to a payee designated by way of such data wherein the instruction is encrypted utilizing the unique electronic identification and processing circuit.

The present invention envisions a comprehensive platform (the “IPwe Platform”) that utilizes blockchain and smart contracts to address and improve upon the significant deficiencies that currently exist in the global IP market (patents, trademarks, copyrights, etc.). The objective of the IPwe Platform is creating transparency in (i) patent ownership, (ii) patent identification and (iii) patent coverage and value. In addition, by providing the network, a guaranteed buy program can be initiated that provides specific guaranteed value to intellectual property assets listed by verified brokers.

A cross border payment (CBP) computing device for transmitting cross border data rich payments in real-time is provided. The CBP computing device receives, from an originating bank associated with a payor, a payment request message to transfer funds in real-time. The payment request message includes payment instructions and transaction information associated with a transfer amount. The CBP computing device determines that the payment request message is a cross border payment transfer from a first payment network for processing real-time payments within a first country to a second payment network for processing real-time payments within a second country, and retrieves, from a database, a set of rules based on a payment messaging standard and protocol associated with the second payment network. The CBP computing device reformats the payment request messaged based on the retrieved set of rules, and transmits the reformatted payment message to a receiving bank associated with a payee.