A method includes receiving, at a server associated with a merchant, an identification token associated with a mobile device located in a service environment associated with the merchant. The identification token includes an opaque token generated by a source other than the mobile device. The method includes, receiving an address of a profile agent associated with the mobile device. The profile agent is distinct from the mobile device. The method includes sending to the profile agent, a request for a user profile associated with the mobile device, where the request includes the identification token, and receiving an opaque user profile responsive to the request. The method also includes sending a personalized offer associated with the merchant to the profile agent based on the opaque user profile. The profile agent causes application of preferences and policies associated with the mobile device to the personalized offer to determine whether to forward the personalized offer to the mobile device.

A point-of-sale terminal includes a code reader, a communication interface, a memory device, a control panel, and a processor. The processor is configured to control the communication interface to transmit a customer code read by the code reader to an electronic receipt server, store in the memory device, a number of times electronic receipts have been issued in association with the customer code, the number of times being provided by the electronic receipt server to the communication interface, store in the memory device, transaction details based on one or more product codes read by the code reader, determine whether or not a sales promotion is to be offered based on the number of times, in response to a user input to complete the transaction on the control panel, and generate receipt information based on the transaction detail stored in the memory device and the offered sales promotion, if any.

A method that comprises obtaining from end user equipment a location object caused to be stored on the end user equipment by a service provider; and validating an online transaction attempted using the end user equipment, based at least in part on the location object so obtained. The method may further comprise obtaining transaction object information provided via the end user equipment; and obtaining information to assist in validating online transactions attempted using the transaction object information. The validating of the online transaction may comprise comparing a location specified by the location object to the information to assist in validating online transactions attempted using the transaction object information and taking a validation action based on a result of the comparing.

A digital image segment of a human body part is captured and matched against a reference image segment. If the match score meets a threshold, the digital image segment is stored and the human body part is recognized as a target object. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. If the match score does not meet a threshold, a second image containing a representation of the human body part is obtained.

A response to an advertisement driven stimulus is effected by locating a portable Mixed Reality (MR) device at a terrestrial position at a point in time; identifying a fixed point advertisement in proximity to the portable MR device based upon the device's terrestrial position; and providing a response specific to the fixed point advertisement. The point in time is determined by a signal from the portable MR device with respect to an advertisement, whereafter the MR device is located by receiving a navigational signal. Communication is automatically established with a central data server where the fixed point advertisement is identified by comparing the terrestrial position of the portable MR device with a plurality of tabulated positions of fixed point advertisements. A unique identifier associated with the portable MR device and position of the device are utilized by the data server to tailor a specific response to the advertisement based stimulus.

Systems and methods are described for an audience derivation system to build user profiles based on user interactions with distributed media content, such as filters. The audience derivation system may be or include any instrumentality or aggregate of instrumentalities operable to compute, process, store, display, generate, communicate, or apply various forms of data for user profile building, audience derivation, control, or other purposes.

A purchase-promoting system is disclosed. The disclosed purchase-promoting system is characterized by comprising: a user terminal which is connected to and transmits and receives data with a shopping server via a network, and transmits, to the shopping server, a purchase-desired service selected by a user; a business terminal which is connected to and transmits and receives data with the shopping server via a network, and which finalizes the authorization for the purchase-desired service requested by the user; and the shopping server which is provided with a payment module which provides, to the user terminal or the business terminal, a selection menu for the purchase-desired service name, payment price and payment method, for the payment for the service for which purchase has been requested from the user terminal or the business terminal.

Systems and methods are described for monitoring and analyzing user interactions within an extended reality (XR) environment. Objects and their attributes are determined and compared to a model of attributes of interest of a user. A second object exhibiting a stronger correlation with the current attribute of interest of the user is displayed through virtual overlays in an XR environment.

A computer-implemented method for ingesting and presenting a video with associated linked products and metadata as a unified actionable shopping experience may include accessing a video file, receiving information about an object, the information including a link to a merchant portal or web page through which the object may be purchased, combining the video file and information about the object into a social media post, and delivering the social media post to consumers.

A system and method for enhancing e-commerce product listings is disclosed, performed on a server. The method involves importing listing data through Application Programming Interface (API) connections and analyzing this data to calculate a multimodal vector embedding. A quality score is estimated based on the embedding and real-time market data metrics. The method generates content elements, including product images, textual descriptions, and infographics, by applying a controlled generation algorithm through a text-to-image diffusion model. This model integrates loss-guidance and attention injection mechanisms to produce a controlled layout of the product images, producing content that is visually appealing and market-relevant. The resulting content elements are stored in the server's data storage, ready for e-commerce display.