Various embodiments described herein assist in identifying one or more product items of interest (e.g., high demand product items) based on surge activity, such as user buying surges, user selling surges, and user product listing (e.g., electronic or online listing) surges on an online marketplace system, and can further notify one or more users of selling opportunities of the identified products items of interest.

A method and system for recommending a merchant are provided. The method includes receiving financial transaction data documenting financial transactions between a plurality of account holders and a plurality of merchants and generating a merchant correspondence matrix that includes the plurality of merchants and a plurality of indicators of interactions associated with pairs of the plurality of merchants. The plurality of indicators of interactions tallying financial transactions conducted by the plurality of account holders at both of the merchants in a pair of the plurality of merchants. The method further includes receiving a query for a recommendation of a merchant from an account holder and generating a ranked list of merchants based on a recommender algorithm. The recommender algorithm inferring user preferences from attributes of the plurality of merchants that were visited by the cardholder.

A method of conducting a contest includes compiling identifiers of a first set of multiple items, each item of the first set having at least one characteristic different from each other item of the first set, making a graphical user interface (GUI) available to display devices of multiple user participants, the GUI including the identifiers of the multiple items, receiving from each of the user participants via the GUI an indication of the preference of each user participant for an item of the first set, and tallying the user indications to determine a first subset of one or more victorious set items of a first round of the contest, the first subset containing fewer items than does the first set.

A system for product replacement includes a product logistics system for a product in a product condition. The system includes an exposure data collection system configured to collect exposure data indicating at least one of an event or an environmental condition that capable of impacting the product condition of the product. The system includes a replacement determination system programmed to calculate a probability for the need to replace the product based on the at least one of the event or the environmental condition. The system includes a replacement procurement system programmed to autonomously configure an option-type futures contract for replacement of the product based on the probability for the need to replace the product.

The present invention relates to a multi-dimensional system and method for buyer driven e-commerce. Specifically, the present invention provides a system and method to arrange mass materialistic purchases accessing interested goods via standard internet connections. The system provides a unique ecommerce platform that enables buyers to purchase their interested products in a least price. The present system and method can be practiced on wide range of computing arrangements including but not limited to optical or photon computing, quantum computing etc.

This disclosure describes an online social and collaborative commerce system and method thereof that provides an interactive and virtual personal shopping experience through a platform that facilitates direct selling of products or services. The experience may utilizes a network of independent representatives, consultants or stylist to sell the products or services to consumers or guests. In one illustrative embodiment, information is received from a hostess to begin a direct selling event. A stylist may be matched with the event and a set of hostess' guests are invited. Using this information, a specific website for the event is generated. A stylist portal, hostess portal and at least one guest portal to the specific website is launched for the event. Through the stylist portal, a selection of products or services may be displayed on the at least one guest portal for purchase. The hostess portal may be used to facilitate the event.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically recommending an item. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for automatically recommending an item to a customer comprising a plurality of items available for purchase; and a control circuit configured to determine information associated with a first item of the plurality of items selected by a user; identify one or more items previously purchased by the user that are located within a threshold proximity; determine a most frequently bought item of the identified one or more items; and cause display on an electronic device of a suggestion for the user to collect the most frequently bought item.

The systems and methods disclosed herein can increase the speed and ease with which a user can discover compatible replacement parts for a specified model of a product by automatically determining when the user is interested in replacement parts. A replacement part system can conclude that a user is looking for replacement parts based on the user's search queries, the user's browsing behavior, or the user's prior purchases. By automatically deducing an intention to purchase a replacement part, the replacement part system can make it easier for a user to locate suitable replacement parts. In addition, the replacement part system can be configured to tailor listing set of replacement parts search results it provides to a user. The set of search results can be tailored based on a number of criteria to increase the speed with which the user finds a compatible replacement part.

This application discloses a method for decorating a virtual room, relating to the field of virtual worlds. The method includes displaying a first virtual room and a first virtual character in the first virtual room, the first virtual room and the first virtual character being associated with a first account; displaying a second virtual room, and controlling the first virtual character to enter the second virtual room, and at least one virtual item being placed in the second virtual room; displaying a purchase interface for a target item in response to a selection operation on the target item; purchasing the target item by the first account; controlling the first virtual character to return to the first virtual room; and placing the target item in the first virtual room in response to a placement operation.

To automatically streamline a vehicle claims process after a vehicle is damaged in a crash, sensor data from a plurality of sensors may be received and analyzed to determine crash information and to detect a crash involving the vehicle. The crash information may be transmitted to a server device, which may determine a treatment complexity level based on the crash information. A client device may receive crash repair information from the server device, the crash repair information including the treatment complexity level, and display the crash repair information.