Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining a consumer's engagement with a brand of the business by tracking the consumer's activities in multiple platforms, such as social media platforms, content platforms, gaming platforms, other retailers, streaming video providers, service providers, etc. Method are described for probabilistically granting users variations of items that are otherwise being acquired. The granting may be random, but probabilities may be boosted based on the consumer's activities in the platforms.

The computer implemented method comprises, in response to a user input in relation to a media item, using the media item to obtain information identifying the fulfilment entity (211). The method comprises interacting with the fulfilment entity using the obtained information identifying the fulfilment entity to fulfil the action (219). The media item is from a content distributor entity. The content distributor entity is different to the fulfilment entity.

A television service provider system includes interactive elements embedded within advertisements or other content related to a particular product or service that a user may select to receive an initially non-redeemable coupon for the product. The system then electronically communicates to the seller or advertiser system the indications of such electronic interactivity between the viewers of content and content related to the product being sold or advertised. The advertiser or seller may then electronically activate and thus convert the non-redeemable coupon into a redeemable coupon. A system for processing retail transactions redeems the coupons for the product for a particular user using an identifier of the user associated with the account of the user with the television service provider.

Examples described herein relate to a system consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the system may comprise a data lake including information relating to an in-store activity of a customer and an online activity of the customer, a processing resource, and a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processing resource to identify the in-store activity and the online activity of the customer, aggregate and store the in-store activity and the online activity of the customer in the data lake, reduce an amount of products in a product portfolio, compare purchases including in-store purchases and online purchases, and recommend a product of the plurality of products based on the comparison.

A mobile device with a display, processor(s), and memory: identifies a retail machine configured for wireless communications based on broadcasted information transmitted by the retail machine and including an identifier corresponding to the retail machine; transmits the identifier to a server and receives from the server an electronic communication including a promotional offer for products or services offered by the retail machine; displays the promotional offer; detects selection of a promotional offer; receives a notification from the retail machine that a product or service was provided by the retail machine for a user of the mobile device; transmits confirmation information associated with the notification to the server, receives promotion validation information from the server indicating validation of the promotional offer; and based on the promotion validation information, displays information confirming application of the promotional offer.

Provided are a payment method and system through generation of a one-time payment-only number of a real card linked with an application, wherein in order to make payment safely by generating a one-time payment-only number every payment without leaving card information of a user in a provider's payment terminal or by using the generated one-time payment-only number, when a real card is linked with an application installed on a user terminal and the payment terminal recognizes the real card, a user signature input window, and transaction information about payment performed with a one-time payment-only number generated by a card company server are displayed on a screen of the application of the user terminal, and payment is performed when a signature of the user is input to the signature input window.

A system and method including a downloadable application which forces to view targeted advertisements on their mobile device in order to gain access to use of the mobile device. The ads appear on a lock screen of the mobile device upon powering up or waking up of the mobile device. The user can take one of several actions with respect to the displayed ad and upon such action screen is unlocked and the user is provided with full function of the mobile device. The user can be incented for each action through the accumulation of points which can be used towards paying the user's phone bill or for receiving another reward.

A method and system for improving e-commerce that is directed at improving landing pages for consumer products. Using long tail query phrases, the method and system generates more detailed landing pages that will assist in providing more information to consumers.

Disclosed is a unified access method applying a digital human being CodeChain, including: obtaining information corresponding to a first principal, and obtaining information corresponding to at least one further principal via a heterogeneous access route; identifying the Globe grid coding medium to obtain the information corresponding to the first principal: digital human being identification information of a partner corresponding to the industrial code server; a matter corresponding to the industrial code server and an Globe grid corresponding to the matter, wherein the Globe grid representing a right to share an income from the matter; and information representing association between the partner and the Globe grid and/or the digital human being identification information of the partner with the Globe grid. Through CodeChain access and forward, the present disclosure seamlessly links the offline real world to the online virtual world, thereby realizing omni-channel management and digitalized distribution of the circulation and dissemination value system. The Globe grid coding medium may further act as an embodiment of digitalized assets, wherein SGR serves as a unit of measurement for equivalent barter, which is circulated and exchanged in a system where respective industrial code servers are interconnected.

The disclosure is directed at a method for data collection and processing within an online system which monitors a user's activity on the online system and then creates a list of business offers for display to the user. The list of business offers is not displayed to the user until the user performs an action relating to a request to review the list of business offers.