Systems and methods are provided for requesting a product at a retail establishment. The system includes an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium which includes one or more programming instructions that cause the electronic device to receive, from an on-premises electronic device located at a retail establishment, data pertaining to a product including a unique identifier associated with the product, determine whether the product is an item of footwear, and identify current inventory information associated with the product in response to determining that the product is an item of footwear. The one or more programming instructions further cause the electronic device to send at least a portion of the current inventory information to the on-premises electronic device, receive a request for the product, and send a notification of the request to one or more associate electronic devices, each being associated with an associate in the retail establishment.

Processing inputs to electronic list systems. Receiving, from a user device, a user input. Parsing the received user input for a minimum set of product data for querying a shopping service. Upon parsing a minimum set of product data for querying a shopping service, querying at least one shopping service using the parsed data. Receiving, from at least one queried shopping service, at least one product description responsive to the query. Presenting, via the user device, each received at least one product description to the user.

A method for shopping from a social media site using a direct buy link comprises electronically storing a plurality of account profiles and receiving a data message electronically transmitted via a communication network. The method may query a social media database for an account profile associated with the consumer identifier and the PIN. The method may display a plurality of direct buy links associated with a plurality of products for purchase, wherein at least one of the direct buy links is a modified direct buy link. The method may receive a data message electronically transmitted via the communication network and display the modified direct buy link comprising the personal data corresponding to the product, a purchase data, and payment preference information. The method may transmit confirmation of payment and the modified direct buy link associated with the purchased product to the consumer device.

To increase convenience of a user interface, a search system (S) is a search system for an item having stock information on each sub-item. Search means (201) executes an item search based on a search condition input by a user. Viewing means (202) views an item selected by the user from among search results obtained by the search means (201). Associating means (203) records in storage means (200) the viewed item and the search condition used in the search in association with each other. Display control means (204) controls display of the viewed item based on stock information on a sub-item satisfying the search condition associated with the viewed item.

Technologies are provided for reformulation of a tail query to a head query with the same purchase intent by mapping the tail query to the head query. In some of the technologies, a reasonable embedding can be learned on historical head queries. The embedding can then be refined by leveraging rewards generated from a persistently noisy oracle that compensates for the lack of historical behavioral signal for tail queries. Further, a contextual sampling technique that uses text-based rewards or oracle-based rewards, or both, can be implemented in order to avoid biases introduced by persistent noise in the oracle. Numerical experiments on large scale e-commerce datasets demonstrate that the provided technologies can outperform several conventional approaches to query reformulation.

Methods and systems for a software application for the marketing and sale of prescription drugs. Pharmaceutical companies must adapt to an ever changing, ever shrinking sales environment. Systems and methods described below may reach those targeted providers and provide every service that a human sales rep may provide. Discussed further below, the methods and systems provide video details, samples, co-pay cards, full product information, web page links, access to CE courses, Q and A links, printable insurance snapshot, product launch dates, virtual lunch and learn scheduling, partnered pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, convention links, printable and orderable detail literature and more.

A first device captures an image of an item and provides the image depicting the item and a textual descriptor to a host machine. The host machine receives the image of the item and provides the image and textual descriptor to a second device. The second device initially presents the image as a listing of the item. The second device presents the textual descriptor and an option to initiate a communication to a first user associated with the first device upon request by a second user of the second client device.

Techniques are provided herein for providing information during a life cycle of a user's engagement with a product or service. A wireless device is configured to, in response to processing a computer readable artifact after the user has acquired the product or service, transmit a request for first information pertaining to the product or service. A computer is configured to retrieve the first information without regard for the life cycle of the product or service. The computer is further configured to retrieve supplemental information pertaining to the product or service, and provide the first information together with the supplemental information to the wireless device. The supplemental information retrieved varies depending on a current state of the life cycle.

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a memory including at least one command; and a processor connected to the memory to control the electronic device, wherein by executing the at least one command, the processor obtains an image according to a user's interaction with the electronic device, obtains information about the user's intention according to information about an object obtained from the image and context information obtained during the interaction, and obtains information concerning the obtained object from a knowledge base stored in the memory, according to the information about the user's intention, wherein the knowledge base includes device information about a plurality of electronic devices used during the user's activity, object information about a plurality of objects obtained according to the activity, and intention information corresponding to correlative information, and the processor obtains, from the knowledge base, information concerning the obtained object according to the intention information corresponding to the obtained object.

Disclosed are an electronic device and a control method capable of virtually arranging a product by synthesizing an image of a user's desired product with a spatial image. The control method of an electronic device, according to the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: capturing a marker object including a handwriting image to obtain an image; obtaining information on at least one product corresponding to the handwriting image; and if one of the at least one product is selected, synthesizing and displaying an image of the product on an area where the marker object image is located, on the basis of the information on the selected product, information on the size of the marker object, and information on the size of the marker object image.