A method for detecting web tracking services during browsing activity performed by clients having associated client identifiers includes the steps of extracting key-value pairs contained into navigation data, looking for one-to-one correspondence between said client identifiers and the values contained in said keys and selecting the keys for which at least a client-value one-to-one correspondence for at least a predetermined number of clients is observed, the keys identifying the associated services as services performing tracking activities.

An electronic computer-implemented and interactive platform is described, which permits the offer, sale, and distribution of diamonds by sellers to purchasers and, as a result, into the overall diamond marketplace. Each diamond is scanned in order to create a three-dimensional (3D) virtual model that can include images and/or other data that digitally identifies that diamond, providing a “fingerprint” of the diamond. The purchaser may have highly confidential and proprietary information that specifies the critical details of its manufacturing process for each type of cut of polished diamond, referred to as polished diamond parameters (PDPs). A planning system is used to offload time consuming and computationally expensive planning operations from the manufacturer (or other purchaser), and does so prior to a purchase. The planning system and a matching process are used by the platform to enable the data in each PDP file to be applied to the 3D virtual model of each individual diamond.

A computing resource of a cloud computing environment receives, from customers in a customer population, requests to enroll in group-based subscriptions provided by third-party providers. The requests include customer preferences associated with the customers. The computing resource determines customer account attributes for customer accounts, and determines, using a customer matching model, scores for the customers based on the customer preferences and the customer account attributes. The scores predict a successful matching among the customers in the customer population. The computing resource assigns a first subset of the customers in the customer population to a first group of customers based on the scores, enrolls the first group of customers in a first account for a first group-based subscription provided by a first third-party provider, and allocates a payment for the first group-based subscription among a first group of customer accounts associated with customers in the first group of customers.

The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for matching buyers to dealers of the same type of vehicle. Buyer bids are ranked based on receipt time. Buyers specify a search radius corresponding to dealers. Dealer offers correspond to an acceptable amount for the vehicle. A high price is computed for each vehicle from dealers relative to buyers based on dealer offers and MSRP. A final price is computed for each vehicle based on dealer offers, the search radius, and the high price. Final prices are ranked based on the distance from buyer to dealer and the buyer bid dealer offer difference. The match is based on the highest rank final price for the corresponding dealer to an earliest received buyer bid that has not been matched if the vehicle offered by the corresponding dealer is available.

Methods and apparatuses are provided for use in monitoring product placement within a shopping facility. Some embodiments provide an apparatus configured to determine product placement conditions within a shopping facility, comprising: a transceiver configured to wirelessly receive communications; a product monitoring control circuit coupled with the transceiver; a memory coupled with the control circuit and storing computer instructions that when executed by the control circuit cause the control circuit to: obtain a composite three-dimensional (3D) scan mapping corresponding to at least a select area of the shopping facility and based on a series of 3D scan data; evaluate the 3D scan mapping to identify multiple product depth distances; and identify, from the evaluation of the 3D scan mapping, when one or more of the multiple product depth distances is greater than a predefined depth distance threshold from the reference offset distance of the product support structure.

A multi-lender architecture evaluates applicant data against lending rule sets of multiple lenders. Rule sets provided by different lenders may be expressed differently. The multi-lender architecture transforms the rules in each rule set and represents the rules in a normalization grid. The normalization grid allows a single algorithm to evaluate the rules of different lenders.

Mobile search may be provided by acquiring a current location; transmitting, in parallel at a query time, first and second queries (including the current location) to a search service; receiving first and second sets of search results responsive, respectively, to the first and second queries, wherein the first set of search results identify a first set of facilities that are within a given proximity range from the current location and the second set of search results identify a second set of facilities that are within the given proximity range from the current location; displaying a first predefined number of the first set of search results according to a first ranking; and displaying, simultaneously with the first predefined number of the first set of search results, a second predefined number of the second set of search results according to a second ranking.

Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for online ordering using conversational interfaces. In an embodiment of the invention, the method includes storing customer information corresponding to a customer and responsive to receiving a message with text or speech and an image from the customer, identifying an intent type from the text or speech using Natural Language Understanding, identifying a product or service from the image using image classification techniques and transmitting a product detail message to the customer with the product or service and corresponding pricing using Natural Language Generation. The method further includes responsive to receiving an affirmative message from the customer in response to the product detail message identified as affirmative using Natural Language Understanding, automatically completing a purchase of the product or service with the customer information and transmitting a receipt message to the customer with an order receipt.

A method, system and computer program product for adjusting prices for goods and services offered using a computer network. In one embodiment, data relating to goods and services offered over the computer network by a number of entities using the computer network are stored in a database, communications are monitored, using the computer network, to identify an interest of a user, and this interest of the user and the data in the database are used to identify one of the entities to offer a specified product or service to the user. Information is obtained relating to a price for the specified product or service, and this information and the data in the database are used to determine an adjusted price for the specified product or service. In one embodiment, the information the user has about a price for the specified product or service is used to determine the adjusted price.

A method and system for assisting customers in determining a best retail store location, reaching the location and obtaining assistance from a retail store associate at the location is disclosed. The method employs mobile communication device hardware, software and communication network infrastructure as well as near-field transmitters and receivers to achieve beacon orientation and location functionality.