A display apparatus acquires a history of view of information items related to products by a customer and information indicating a product that is not being provided to the customer or/and information indicating a product that is being provided to the customer, and displays, by using the history and the information, information related to the product that is not being provided to the customer among the products identified based on the history.

Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for facilitating user engagement with a bot. One example method includes receiving, by a dialogue manager server, a sequence specification for a user activity that identifies a type of interaction between a user and a network service, the sequence specification including instructions for implementing a trigger action in the event of a negative user input into the bot. The negative user input in the sequence of interactions is detected and the trigger action is implemented in response to detecting the negative user input.

Methods, systems and apparatus for virtual online jewelry sales in secondary markets.

Some embodiments provide methods, systems and apparatus to enhance safety. In some embodiments, a system comprises: a central computer system comprising: a transceiver; a control circuit; and a memory coupled to the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to perform the steps of: communicate positioning routing instructions to the plurality of motorized transport units directing the motorized transport units to one or more external areas of a shopping facility that are exposed to weather conditions; and communicate separate area routing instructions to each of the motorized transport units that when implemented cause the motorized transport units to cooperatively and in concert travel in accordance with the area routing instructions over at least predefined portions of one or more external areas to cause ground treatment systems to address ground level conditions.

In representative embodiments, a digital assistant provides actionable information to a user regarding one or more vehicles owned by a user. Actionable information is typically provided in a tip which is a mechanism for presenting information to a user and may be presented in text, audible, or other form. The tips provided by the digital assistant are directed to helping the user with tasks associated with vehicles such as knowing when to obtain service such as oil changes, tire inflation, light replacement, brake replacement, fluid level check/fill, or other service. The digital assistant can utilize user information to automatically book service appointments, recommend times for service or other vehicle actions, route changes and so forth. Tips can also include links to a marketplace where recommended services can be obtained.

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determining buying online and picking up in store. A computer receives from a shopper a request for buying online and picking up in store. The computer parses stores carrying an item purchased online and connections of the shopper in a social network. The computer provides the shopper with a list of one or more connections for picking up the item for the shopper. The computer sends to one of the one or more connections a token for picking up the item and information of a store where the item is picked up, after the shopper chooses the one of the one or more connections for picking up the item. The computer sends to the shopper a notification, after the item is picked up by the one of the one or more connections for picking up the item.

Verified electronic products are created and distributed by an electronic platform, which includes a client interface, a creator interface, a decider interface, and a backer interface. An unverified product associated with a creator entity is received through the creator interface, where the unverified product comprises an electronic product having a set of clauses. A decider entity and backer entity are associated with the unverified product, which is converted to a verified product. The verified product is then added to a search engine associated with other previously verified products to define a collection of searchable verified products. Client information is obtained through the client interface and is used to identify a verified product from the collection of searchable verified products via the search engine. Based on the identified verified product, and instrument is built and is communicated to the client entity via the client interface for acceptance by the client entity.

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.

A method for providing a time exchange for establishing a sales pitch meeting between a salesperson and a consumer or group of consumers is described. A matching engine is utilized to best match a salesperson with a consumer that is considered to be available and willing to attend the sales pitch meeting. Salespersons bid on consumers' time on an exchange. Via an Algorithm Marketplace, consumers may trade their time on one or more exchanges. The giver of the sales pitch meeting can offer incentives to encourage consumers to attend the sales pitch meeting.

A system selects a hearing device from several different available hearing devices in response to screening a consumer by providing a plurality of questions regarding the consumer's hearing that each require a subjective response. The questions can include questions relating to hearing difficulty during one-on-one conversations, hearing difficulty during conversations with women and/or children, hearing difficulty during conversations in restaurants and/or meetings, and presence of stress and/or agitating sounds. The recommended hearing device is automatically selected for the consumer based at least in part on the subjective responses. The recommended hearing device provides enhancement of high frequencies if the responses indicate difficulty hearing women and/or children, provides reduction of low frequencies if the responses indicate difficulty hearing in restaurants and/or meetings, and provides phase cancellation if the responses indicate presence of stress and/or agitating sounds. The recommended hearing device is identified to the user for possible purchase.