Disclosed are method and device of issuing a reward to a work user on the basis of a blockchain. A blockchain network comprises a plurality of service nodes, the service nodes have authorities to publish works to the blockchain, a virtual resource is used as a transfer medium among the plurality of service nodes to conduct a copyright-related transfer. For a service node using a target work, a reward is issued to the service node by means of a consensus mechanism in the blockchain network, such that a virtual resource corresponding to the service node is increased.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for facilitating user engagement with a bot. One example method includes receiving user input indicative of a user activity. Responsive to the user input, a first server accesses a sequence specification for implementing the user activity. The sequence specification comprises a sequence of interactions with a plurality of service servers. The first server executes the sequence specification by invoking the plurality of service servers to provide services to implement the user activity in accordance with the sequence of interactions specified by the sequence specification.

Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method for identifying a match between a buyer and a seller for a real estate transaction, comprising: receiving, from the buyer, a service request; receiving, from the buyer, historical information stored in a buyer immutable record; receiving, from the buyer, one or more real estate requirements; determining a buyer need profile based on the historical information and the real estate requirements; receiving, from the buyer, one or more answers in response to one or more first questions raised by the processor; refining the buyer need profile based on the one or more answers; identifying a match between the buyer need profile and an available real estate profile from the seller; and providing a ranked list of real estate properties and supporting evidence for each real estate property to the buyer.

Some embodiments include apparatuses providing control over movement of motorized transport units at a retail facility, comprising: multiple self-propelled motorized transport units; a wireless communication network; and a central computer system, wherein the central computer system comprises: a transceiver; a control circuit; and a memory storing computer instructions that when executed cause the control circuit to: receive an override command, from a worker associated with the retail facility, to cause a first motorized transport unit of the multiple motorized transport units to implement one or more actions; confirm a valid authorization of the worker to override one or more operating limits of the first motorized transport unit; and override the one or more operating limits and communicate one or more instructions to the first motorized transport unit configured to cause the first motorized transport unit to implement the one or more actions in accordance with the override command.

A social expression item for use in conjunction with a recipient's electronic device including a social expression item (plastic or paper postcard/gift card) having an item body; a social expression message portion located on the item body; a message printed on the social expression message portion of the item body; and a digital gift retrieval code located on the item body including instructions for accessing a remote digital storage system and a digital gift file identifier, the digital gift retrieval code being readable by a recipient's electronic device, the gift retrieval code including digital instructions which allow the recipient's electronic device to access a remote digital data storage system, the data storage system storing a digital published content (ebook, music, video) identified by the digital gift file identifier for retrieval and display of the digital gift file on the recipient's electronic device.

Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central computer system having a network interface such that the central computer system wirelessly communicates with one or both of the plurality of motorized transport units and the plurality of user interface units, wherein the central computer system is configured to control movement of the plurality of motorized transport units through the shopping facility space based at least on inputs from the plurality of user interface units.

Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for electronically determining a real-time registration. A method for electronically determining a real-time registration comprises receiving, from a user device, a request to register an item in a retail system and data associated with the item, determining a registration guarantee decision for the item, the registration decision specifying whether the item is or is not guaranteed, and registering the item in the retail system based on the determined registration guarantee decision. The method further comprises building a response for the determined registration guarantee decision and transmitting the response for the registration guarantee decision to a computing device associated with the retail system, wherein the registration guarantee decision comprises performing a comparison of attributes in the received data and attributes associated with items stored in the retail system to determine duplicate or similar items.

A software application is compatible with an online trading platform having a product available for purchase. The software application is configured to communicate data regarding the product between the software application and the online trading platform and to establish a video conferencing session between a customer seeking to purchase the product and one of the seller of the product or an agent representing the seller of the product upon a request by the customer. The video conferencing session may include visualization of the product to be purchased and/or discussion of the product to be purchased.

A user interface application displays digital data content in a display space. While the user interface application continues to display the digital data content in the display space, an application, such as a chatbot, searches one or more digital data sources for, and retrieves, contextual information based on the displayed digital data content, without receiving user input to perform the searching.

A method to generate revenue from supplied content is provided. Content is provided to a consumer via a network by providing a content service that allows the consumer to select and retrieve content as a package together with a clearing of the selectable content to an operator used by the consumer to select and retrieve the content via the network. Any content selected by the consumer is supplied directly to the consumer via the operator. The operator is charged for the supplied content.