Systems and methods for incorporating intelligent virtual assistants into advertisements on social networking platforms are provided. When a user interacts with a content item, an intelligent virtual assistant is selected and put into contact with the user. The intelligent virtual assistant is provided with a context that includes information about the user in the social networking platform, information about the user in a customer relationship management platform, and information about the product, service, or entity associated with the content item. The context allows the intelligent virtual assistant to converse with the user in a way that feels natural and relevant to the user and allows the intelligent virtual assistant to answer any questions about the product, service, or entity associated with the content item.

Systems, methods, and media for managing and modifying web content are provided. An exemplary method may include the steps of providing a web content management application via a web site, the web content management application adapted to maintain a global marketing framework; generating a web marketing campaign from at least a portion of the global marketing framework, wherein the data included in the web content is generated by the web content management application according to a predetermined format of rendering engines; gathering marketing data from at least one of the web server associated with the web marketing campaign and consumer devices accessing the web marketing campaign, the marketing data including information indicative of interests of consumers; storing the marketing data in a database; analyzing the marketing data; and periodically or continually modifying the content of a web marketing campaign to substantially correspond to the interests of the consumers.

There are provided systems and methods for a communication device interface for merchant check-in and shopping notifications. A user may enter shopping preferences to a module of a communication device in order to receive notifications and alerts when items matching the shopping preferences are available with one or more merchants. A service provider may receive the shopping preferences with user attributes, such as a user location and/or account balance. The attributes may be determined using applications and/or modules of the communication device or through a check-in by the user at a location. The service provider may determine shopping notifications having purchase offers for the items from available merchants. The purchase offers may include offers to sell the items and discounts for the items. The shopping notifications may be displayed to the user using a user device interface, such as cells within an application or mobile device home screen.

A charging station for an electric vehicle determines that a first person is in proximity to the charging station and identifies whether the first person is a user of the charging station. In accordance with a determination that the first person is a user of the charging station, the charging station provides, using a first mode for selecting content for users of the charging station, first content for display. The charging station determines that a second person is in proximity to the charging station and identifies whether the second person is a user of the charging station. In accordance with the determination that the second person is not a user of the charging station, the charging station provides, using a second mode for selecting content distinct from the first mode for selecting content, second content for display. The second mode provides content for non-users of the charging station.

An information processing apparatus disclosed has a controller. When it is determined that a user is at home, the controller obtains taste information relating to the taste of the user for food and drink. The controller selects a candidate item to be delivered on the basis of the obtained taste information. The candidate item to be delivered is a candidate of an item of food and drink to be delivered to the user's home. The controller executes specific processing relating to delivery of the selected candidate item to be delivered to the user's home.

Technology is disclosed for facilitating and processing cross-merchant promotions. In examples, the disclosed technology comprises identifying a first merchant and a second merchant as complementary merchants based at least in part on first transaction data associated with a plurality of merchants; generating a recommendation for the first and second merchants to participate in a cross-merchant promotion; receiving an indication that the first merchant and the second merchant intend to participate in the cross-merchant promotion; receiving second transaction data for a second transaction of the first merchant; applying the cross-merchant promotion to the second transaction based at least in part on a payment card number offered for payment in the second transaction; processing payment for the second transaction based at least in part on the cross-merchant promotion; and apportioning the payment between the first and second merchant according to an agreement between them.

Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a plurality of Internet-enabled devices with a common user profile for targeting Internet content or advertising. One method includes: receiving, from a plurality of Internet-enabled devices, a plurality of requests for electronic content or advertising; extracting, from each of the plurality of requests, a source IP address and a unique identifier associated with the respective Internet-enabled device; for each source IP address for which requests were received over a predetermined time period from a number of Internet-enabled devices below a threshold number of devices, identifying each possible pair of devices from which requests were received; and for each possible pair of devices, calculating a probability that the pair of devices are owned or operated by a common user.

A system and method for creating customized, personally relevant greeting cards, e-cards, mementos, invitations, decorations, and other types of printed and virtual media to convey affection, friendship, emotional connections, celebration, gratitude, condolence and other types of sentiments to relatives, friends, coworkers, business associates, and acquaintances regardless of the cultural backgrounds of the giver and the recipient.

Aspects of the present disclosure include a navigation system and computer-implemented methods for proactively re-routing vehicles based on an analysis of input component data obtained from the navigation-enabled devices. The navigation system scores the input component data to obtain a measure of frustration (e.g., a feeling of being upset or annoyed) of the user of the navigation-enabled device. The navigation system may provide a detour suggestion for display on the navigation-enabled device to persuade the user of the device to direct their vehicle to depart from its current location or route in an effort to remove the vehicle from traffic, and thereby reduce the frustration level of the user. The detour suggestion may include an alternative route to the original destination, or an alternative destination.

A method and an apparatus for provisioning optimized content to customers are disclosed. The method includes determining at least one attribute associated with a customer active on a web interface associated with an enterprise. A plurality of baseline contents and a plurality of content elements are accessed from a database and at least one baseline content and at least one content element are selected based on the at least one attribute associated with the customer. A customized advertisement is generated using the at least one baseline content and the at least one content element.