A completely unsupervised solution for generating and maintaining a list of lexically similar terms for an e-commerce system is provided. Given a particular electronic collection of items in an e-commerce system, each term in a first item listing is initially paired with each term in a second item listing to form a set of token pairs. The token pairs represent possible candidates for being synonyms. For a respective token pair, an attempt is made to match the shortest token of the token pair to the longest token of the token pair, character by character. If a match is successful, the terms in the token pair are automatically labeled as synonyms for the particular electronic collection of items. Some implementations automatically filter out false positives and/or token pairs that are unrelated and not likely synonyms. The solution can be performed at the granularity of a product, category, vertical, or entire catalog.

The disclosed systems, components, methods, and processing steps are directed to determining user-item fit characteristics of an item for a user body part by accessing a three-dimensional (3D) reconstructed model of the user body part, accessing information about one or more 3D reference models of the item, the information for each 3D reference model including respective dimensional measurement, spatial, and geometrical attributes, performing a 3D matching process based on the 3D reconstructed model and the accessed information of the one or more 3D reference models to determine a best-fitting 3D reference model from the one or more 3D reference models, integrating the best-fitting 3D reference model with the 3D reconstructed model to provide a 3D best fit representation and displaying the 3D best fit representation along with visual indications of user-item fit characteristics.

Improved techniques and systems for delivery and acquisition of digital assets are disclosed. The techniques and systems are especially suitable and useful for delivering digital assets (e.g., media assets) that are available for acquisition and electronic delivery from online stores to electronic devices. In accordance with one aspect, when a digital asset is acquired form an online store via an electronic device associated with a user, the digital asset can be arranged for delivery to a number of other of electronic devices also associated with the user. It will be appreciated that the digital asset can be delivered and acquired without requiring explicit user input or instruction in accordance with another aspect. Other aspects of the techniques and systems include customization of configuration and user interfaces that are provided to facilitate acquisition of digital assets in a more efficient manner.

The present disclosure generally relates to a computer implemented method for operating an autonomous vehicle, specifically in relation to efficient planning of interactions with service providers. The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding control system and computer program product.

A virtual payment system for paying for goods, services and content ordered over an internetwork is disclosed. The virtual payment system includes a commerce gateway. Buyers and sellers becomes registered participants by applying for virtual payment buyer and seller accounts. Once an account is established with the commerce gateway, a digital certificate is stored on the registered participant's computer. A buyer can then order a product, i.e., goods, services or content from a seller and charge it to the virtual payment account. When the product is shipped, the seller notifies the commerce gateway, which applies the charges to the buyer's virtual payment account. The buyer can settle the charges using a prepaid account, a credit account, or by using reward points earned through use of the virtual payment account. A buyer may create sub-accounts.

A computer implemented system for an intelligent timeline includes computer readable instructions to operate a timeline engine, a logic extraction and application engine, a calendar engine, a performance evaluation engine, an advertisement placement engine, and a social networking engine that are interconnected to one another. The timeline engine creates a timeline of events containing external events and/or an owner's actions. Each event has a timestamp such that the events may be arranged in the order of timestamps. The logic extraction and application engine extracts the logical inferences from the events to be used by the timeline engine. The calendar engine creates a calendar containing the events and other reminders. The performance evaluation engine creates performance evaluation results of an owner's actions based on the events. The timeline of an owner may be sold or shared on the owner's social networking channel to subscribers. Advertisement placement engine facilitates advertisement transactions related to the timelines.

A method and apparatus for managing capabilities of an account of a user system at a commerce platform are described. The method may include receiving, at the commerce platform, a request from a user system that identifies an account at the commerce platform and includes a capability requested for the account, where the requested capability corresponds to a desired functionality of the account. The method may also include mapping the requested capability to a compliance plan that defines a set of account data to be collected before activation of the capability for the account by the commerce platform. Furthermore, the method may include transmitting a message, generated by the commerce platform, that comprises a listing of additional data to be provided by the user system before activation of the capability for the account, where the additional data comprises a minimal set of account data defined by the compliance plan less any data already associated with the account at the commerce platform. The method may also include, in response to receiving, by the commerce platform, at least one response from the user system that includes the additional data, activating the capability for the account.

Embodiments are provided for enhancing an in-store retail experience for a customer by facilitating search queries for products and services available for sale in a retail store. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive a search string associated with the retail store and transmit the search string to a server that may execute a corresponding search query. The server may send results from the search query to the electronic device, which may dynamically update an interface accessible by a user. The user may view the information and make appropriate selections.

In an example implementation, a smart cart system may include a cart including a frame and an item holder supported by the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a storage position that is more compact than the open position. The smart cart system may include a motivator configured to provide a motive force to the cart, a power source coupled with the motivator, and a charging interface attached to the frame of the cart and that interacts with a cart charging system of a cart storage rack to charge the power source. The smart cart system may also include a user interface device, a computing device, and a smart cart controller operable on the computing device to receive information describing an attribute of an item and provide information describing the attribute of the item for presentation by the user interface device.

A method includes generating, based on user images, a user 3-D model. The method proceeds with obtaining, via a user interface, a request to graphically represent an accessory on to a user graphical representation. This user graphical representation is generated using the user 3-D model. In response to this request, an accessory 3-D model is obtained. Further, the method includes positioning, via the user interface and based on parameters of the user 3-D model and of the accessory 3-D model, an accessory graphical representation on to the user graphical representation. The method further includes updating, in response to detecting user movement, the user 3-D model and the accessory 3-D model and presenting, via the user interface and based on these updated 3-D models, the accessory graphical representation and the user graphical representation in accordance with the user movement.