A system for trading goods over a computer network based on image processing includes an image processor that analyzes a picture received from a user to build a description of entities in the picture and correlations among the entities, a description interpreter that analyzes the description to determine an underlying message in the picture and detect information regarding the user's interests, emotions and affinities to goods and services, wherein the information is stored with the user's profile, the user's list of items to trade, and the user's past transaction history, and a trade matching component that uses the user's profile and produces a ranked list of other users with items to trade, or intermediary trade steps, when another user initiates a new trading transaction.

An apparatus for processing telephone orders includes a communications module that establishes a telephonic connection between a customer service representative of a merchant and a customer, and an identification module that receives an identifier linking the customer to a billing profile a billing profile access module that receives electronic access to the billing profile. The billing profile includes billing information of the customer. The apparatus includes a transaction module that processes a sales order using the billing profile of the customer in response to a customer approval of the sales order. The sales order is for a product and/or a service offered by the merchant. The billing information of the billing profile is unavailable for viewing by the customer service representative.

This disclosure describes techniques for appending representations of handwritten inscriptions into electronic books, such that electronic books may be customized through the use of inscriptions akin to physical books. To append inscriptions into physical books, a user may provide an inscription on a physical medium. An image of the physical medium including the inscription may be obtained, and the image may be embedded into contents of an electronic book, thus creating a copy of the electronic book that includes a custom inscription in addition to the book contents.

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing roadside service through a synchronized interactive voice response (IVR) system and graphical user interface (GUI). One method may include: receiving, based on an incoming phone call from a vehicle user device, a request for roadside service for a disabled vehicle of a vehicle user; sending a text to a phone number of the vehicle user device, wherein the text includes a link to a mobile application for roadside service requests; receiving, from the vehicle user device and via the mobile application, information associated with the request for roadside service; determining, based on a location sensor of the vehicle user device, a location of the disabled vehicle; matching a roadside service provider with the disabled vehicle based on the request for roadside service; and enabling the vehicle user to track the service status of the roadside service provider through the mobile application.

The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing commerce-related communications within a social networking system. For example, systems and methods described herein can identify a particular social networking system post and can generate an optimized version of that particular post. In one or more embodiments, systems and methods described herein can also identify additional social networking system posts that are related to the particular social networking system post.

An online system uses, in various embodiments of the invention, credit report information, loan affordability screening and credit approval and management functionality to facilitate the purchase and finance of products online. The online system may include both sellers of products and lenders that offer financing to buyers seeking to purchase the products. The system may automatically obtain a buyer's credit report information and use that information to determine if the buyer is pre-approved, for example, to obtain financing for a particular product or products. The system also enables use of buyer credit information to identify only those of a seller's products for which the buyer is pre-approved, for example, to finance using one or more loans. The system then enables selection of an identified product or products for purchase, and selection of a loan, for example, for financing of the selected product or products. Credit approval (or pre-approval) may be performed automatically, and along with credit processing, may be performed completely online.

An apparatus with processing circuitry configured to accept first information input from the user regarding the user's birth information, generate keywords related to the user based on the first information accepted in accepting the input and the second information about the given date and time, and search for a service site using the keywords and presenting services at the service site to the user based on the search results.

A realty virtual application for agents and clients. Agents and clients enter information into the application on their personal devices, and this information is stored on a central database. The application runs algorithms to find properties based on client preferences, and presents them to the agent in a report. The agent then sends these properties to the client through the application, and the client may accept or deny potential showing times. The client may also send messages to the agent, or give feedback or rate the property through the application. The client may share the property with friends or family through the application.

A computer-implemented method for managing electronic transactions includes receiving a commodity to be listed for sale. In addition, a purchase request for the commodity listed for sale is received. It is determined when to report a pre-disclosure data and request for a condition report data for the commodity listed for sale. Sale of the commodity based on the determined pre-disclosure data and the condition report data is completed.

An online concierge system assists users in identifying additional information about items in an image. Image regions are identified in the image that may correspond to unknown items and an item search space is determined for detecting items in the image regions based on a context of the image, such as items in a warehouse or a list of items delivered to a customer. The identified items are used to retrieve relevant item information that is included in a prompt for a language model to extract relevant information for the item. As such, the process may automatically process the image into relevant textual information about the pictured items. Applications may be used to assist vision-impaired users in distinguishing delivered items or quickly identifying and evaluating relevant information about items.