An information processing device includes a presentation controller. The presentation controller is configured to present, to a user, a store that is extracted based on route information relating to a route on which a vehicle travels and store information including a period in which a bonus is provided. The store is where the vehicle can arrive in the period in which the bonus is provided. The store information includes at least a start time of the bonus. The presentation controller is configured to present, to the user, the store where the vehicle can arrive within a predetermined time range before the start time.

A system for presenting a merchant page on a mobile device comprises a server, a database accessible by the server, and a mobile device. The database comprises a plurality of merchant pages associated with merchant information. The mobile device is configured to scan a machine-readable code encoding the merchant information. The mobile device is further configured to transmit to the server a signal responsive to the machine-readable code being scanned by the mobile device. The server, in response to receiving the signal from the mobile device, is configured to transmit the relevant merchant page associated with the merchant information to the mobile device. A method for presenting a merchant page on a mobile device is also provided.

Computer-implemented systems and methods disclosed herein disclose features for determining the frequency of exposure to real-world products embedded with Internet-Of-Things (IoT) hardware and determining a comprehensive targeting profile identifying the interests of users based on their exposure to real-world products. A computing device carried by a user wirelessly receives product exposure data from a nearby IoT-enabled device upon entering within a certain proximity of the IoT-enabled device. The computing device further compiles the product exposure data with previous product exposure data for IoT-enabled devices to which the computing device was previously exposed. Based on the compiled product exposure data, a server device determines a frequency of exposure to a product corresponding to the IoT-enabled device over a period of time. The server device further transmits an electronic communication promoting the product corresponding to the IoT-enabled device if the frequency of exposure increases over a threshold value.

A robot for charging a vehicle is provided. The robot has wheels or configured for a track for the robot to automatically move to the vehicle to provide charge to a battery of the vehicle. A charge storage is associated with the robot. An articulating arm of the robot. The articulating arm is configured for movement that enables the articulating arm to automatically connect to a connector of the vehicle after the robot moves in position beside the vehicle for providing charge to the battery of the vehicle.

Embodiments of the specification provide a method and apparatus for delivering advertisements. The method for delivering advertisements comprises: obtaining location information of a plurality of users and/or one or more offline merchants; determining a target group of target users around an advertisement delivery device according to the location information of a plurality of users and/or one or more offline merchants; determining profile data of the target group around the advertisement delivery device; and delivering an advertisement to the advertisement delivery device based on the profile data of the target group around the advertisement delivery device.

Advertisement information relevant to a store or the like which newly opened is provided, while enhancing an advertisement effect thereof. An information processing apparatus comprises a controller comprising at least one processor configured to execute acquisition of advertisement information relevant to a first store which started provision of a service in a predetermined period; and display of the advertisement information of the first store while giving preference thereto as compared with advertisement information relevant to a second store other than the first store, on a display unit which is provided on a first vehicle and which displays information with respect to outside of the first vehicle.

A parking locator system providing variably priced parking includes one or more parking sensors and one or more parking kiosks. The parking sensors may generate parking information identifying one or more occupied parking spaces and one or more unoccupied parking spaces within a vicinity. Promotion information including one or more discounts to parking fees may be received at the parking kiosks. The parking kiosks may display the discounted parking fees and receive payment of the same. The discounts to parking fees may expire at particular times. The size of the discounts may be set based on traffic congestion, which may be determined based on the number of occupied parking spaces within the vicinity.

A method and system for generating customized incentives involving electronic distribution of coupons to remote personal computers based on proximity of the computer to a retail center are disclosed. A repository, such as an online service provider or a web site on the Internet, stores packages of incentive data for downloading automatically or on demand to a user's computer. A plurality of data fields is used to associate a user's location with a specific incentive.

Systems and related methods of providing promotions to consumers based on proximity to communication beacons are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a system including a communication beacon and a central system. The communication beacon may be associated with a merchant and located at a merchant shop. Based on receiving consumer presence data from the communication beacon indicating that a consumer device and the communication beacon has formed a direct wireless connection, the server may be configured to provide merchant information, promotions, or other messages to the consumer device. In some embodiments, messages may be generated by the merchant and targeted to consumers based on consumer device location, consumer demographics, among other things. Furthermore, the server may provide consumer information to a merchant device to facilitate consumer service, point-of-sale, and seamless transactions and promotion redemptions.

Systems and methods for tracking movement of individuals through a building receive, by one or more RF nodes disposed near an entrance to the building, RF signals from RF-transmitting mobile devices carried by persons near the entrance, capture an image of the persons while they are near the entrance, determine an identity and relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node based on information associated with the RF signals received by that RF node, detect humans in the image, determine a relative depth of each human in the image, and assign the identity of each RF-transmitting mobile device to one of the humans detected in the image based on the relative distance of each RF-transmitting mobile device from each RF node and the relative depth of each human in the image, thereby identifying each individual who to be tracked optically as that individual moves throughout the building.