An information processing apparatus disclosed includes a control unit configured to execute the processing of acquiring location information indicating the present locations of empty taxis, detecting an overpopulated region in which there are taxis larger in number than a predetermined upper limit based on the location information, and sending to a taxi located in the overpopulated region a removal request containing information requesting its removal to a specific region other than the overpopulated region and information about an incentive that will be given if the taxi removes to the specific region.

A list-based coupon system that enables users to create a list of items to obtain, purchase or locate within a store or other geographic area, and provides users with coupons under a variety of different conditions.

A blockchain based mobile terminal e-commerce system and a mobile terminal, the blockchain based mobile terminal e-commerce system comprising: a transaction management unit and a blockchain unit; wherein the transaction management unit is configured to generate a transaction record for each transaction; the blockchain unit comprises: a ledger generation unit, a reward generation unit and a block recording unit; and the mobile terminal comprises: a mining command receiving unit, a mining unit and a mining exit unit. in the present invention, a blockchain is combined with an e-commerce system, and mining is performed by a mobile terminal, that is, the mobile terminal performs ledger recording and packs records into a new block, then links the new block to a blockchain store, thereby reducing the computing load of a central server, guarantying the authenticity of the transaction ledger recording result, and realizing a mobile terminal mining function.

Systems and methods to manage incentive campaigns and automatically approve requests for incentives received from consumers or their proxy based on dynamic parameters defined by an incentive provider are described herein. Users at various levels between an original equipment manufacturer and the consumer may interact and offer input. In various implementations, campaign parameters may be received from an incentive provider and used to initiate and/or otherwise administrate a campaign. Incentive providers may then dynamically modify ongoing campaigns via the system. One or more user interfaces may be generated through which users may interact with the system and visualizations related to a campaign may be presented. Based on the initial or modified parameters for a campaign, the systems and methods described herein may further determine whether to approve, deny, or otherwise respond to requests for incentives received from consumers or their proxy.

A system and method of determining a policy to prevent fading drivers is described. The system and method creates virtual trajectories of incentives such as coupons offered to drivers in a transportation hailing system and corresponding states of drivers in response to the incentives. A joint policy simulator is created from an incentive policy, a confounding incentive policy, and an incentive object policy to generate the simulated actions of drivers in response to different incentives. The rewards of the simulated actions of the drivers is determined by a discriminator. The incentive policy for preventing fading drivers is optimized by reinforcement learning based on the virtual trajectories generated by the joint policy simulator and discriminator.

Systems and methods of reducing latency in online network traffic are provided. The system can include a processor and a memory couple to the processor. The memory stores computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to identify an indication of an interaction with a content item presented within a content slot of an information resource, generate a click identifier that uniquely identifies the interaction, transmit a first request comprising a click resource link including the click identifier to a click server, and transmit a second request to access the landing page of the content item independent of transmitting the first request. The second request comprises a generated resource link that identifies a resource identifier of the landing page of the content item and the click identifier.

A computer-implemented method for implementing a demand response (DR) event includes receiving a demand request (DR) signal for the DR event, determining a vehicle specific incentive price range for each vehicle of a group of vehicles, and selecting vehicles from the group of vehicles to form a subgroup of vehicles. The subgroup of vehicles maximize a number of vehicles participating in the DR event and maximize a profit of each vehicle in the subgroup of vehicles based on the vehicle specific incentive price range for each vehicle in the group of vehicles, subject to the DR incentive amount. The DR signal is transmitted to each vehicle in the subgroup of vehicles.

The subject technology receives information related to usage of a set of applications during a first period of time. The subject technology determines a first subset of the set of applications, where each application in the first subset is associated with at least one session having a duration greater than a first threshold amount of time. The subject technology determines a second subset of the set of applications, where each application in the second subset is associated with at least two sessions having an aggregate duration greater than a second threshold amount of time. The subject technology determines a set of values corresponding to respective allocation amounts for the first and second subsets of the set of applications. The subject technology allocates, to each respective developer of each respective application in the first and second subsets of the set of applications.

A computer system for managing an auction system configured to (a) transmit a starting asset price for an auction asset to the plurality of bidder computer devices; (b) monitor the plurality of bidder computer devices to detect a first accept response; (c) if a first accept response is detected, (i) determine which bidder computer device of the plurality of bidder computer devices transmitted the first accept response and set the corresponding bidder as a first bidder; (ii) transmit a reduced asset price for the auction asset to the plurality of bidder computer devices; (iii) monitor the plurality of bidder computer devices to detect a second accept response; and (iv) if a second accept response is detected, set the current reduced asset price as a final asset price.

A system and method is presented for product substantiation and promotion redemption. A purchased product list is transmitted from a retail store system to a promotion analysis server along with a user identifier. The promotion analysis server identifies promotions available to the user, and then considers whether the benefits under the promotions are still available to the user. Discounts for available promotions related to the purchased product list are calculated and transmitted to the retail store system for deduction from the transactions. A promotion product filter can be provided that filters the purchased product list before transmittal. The promotion product filter can include promotions from a plurality of programs. SNAP and Enhanced SNAP benefits can be provided along with the discount benefits.