A method and apparatus for conversational mapping of web items for mediated group decisions is disclosed. In one embodiment of the method, a web server delivers a web page that comprises a hyperlink and identities of one or more products that were selected at an E-commerce website by an online shopper via a web browser. In response to activation of the hyperlink by the online shopper via the web browser, product information for the one or more products is transferred in a transaction message to a decision-support system via a network. The decision-support system sends some or all of the product information to one or more user devices. The decision-support system subsequently receives review information related to the one or more products from the one or more user devices via a messaging service. The decision-support system processes the product review information to generate a result, and the decision-support system sends the result to another user device for display thereon via the messaging service.

In one aspect, a computerized method for implementing a hair-service based digital image search engine and ranking comprising the step of providing a hair-service search engine, wherein the hair-service search engine receives a digitalized hair-style portfolio from a hair stylist. The hair-style portfolio comprises a set of hair-style digital images. The set of hair-style digital images comprises one or more views of a set of hair-stylist customers. The method receives a set of tags for each hair-style digital image of set of hair-style digital images. Each tag comprises a hair-style descriptor of the hair style depicted in the hair-style digital image. The method receives a hair stylist contact information. The method stores the digitalized hair-style portfolio, the set of tags and the hair stylist contact information in a digitalized hair-style portfolio database; receives a hair-style search from a user. The method parses the hair-style search ad generating a set of terms.

Integrating an image capturing mechanism into an ecommerce application is described. Images of items offered for sale via ecommerce channels associated with an ecommerce service provider and performance metrics associated with the images and/or content items with which the images are presented via the ecommerce channels can be analyzed. Based partly on the analyzing, a characteristic associated with the images that are associated with a performance metric that satisfies a threshold or that are presented by the content items that are associated with the performance metric that satisfies the threshold can be determined. A new image of an item to be offered for sale by a merchant via an ecommerce channel can be received and, based at least partly on the characteristic, it can be determined whether to integrate the new image into a content item for the merchant, wherein the content item to be presented via the ecommerce channel.

System and method for providing, in response to a search query, product recommendations based at least in part on a blend of recommendation signals from multiple product recommendation systems.

Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for dynamically assorting merchandise. For example, a method may include receiving or generating a plurality of cells defined by one or more dimensions, receiving a total number of resources for allocation to the plurality of cells, allocating the total number of resources among the plurality of cells, determining one or more stock keeping units for each cell, determining a quantity of each of the one or more stock keeping units in each cell, assigning one or more launch dates for each of the one or more stock keeping units for each cell, and stocking the one or more inventories with one or more articles corresponding to the stock keeping units in each cell, based on the determined quantity and the assigned one or more launch dates of each of the stock keeping units in each cell.

A system and method are provided for controlling visibility of elements of displayed electronic content. The method includes providing via a communications module a user interface viewable by a plurality of entity devices, and enabling via the communications module the user interface to display electronic content comprising at least one element. The method also includes determining at least one filtering criterion for controlling visibility of the at least one element of the electronic content being displayed, and concealing or modifying at least one element of the electronic content as displayed in the user interface for at least one of the plurality of entity devices, according to the at least one filtering criterion.

In one embodiment, a video analysis service receives video data captured by one or more cameras at a particular location. The service applies a neural network-based model to portions of the video data, to identify objects within the video data. The service maps outputs of the neural network-based model to symbols using a conceptual space. The outputs of the model comprise the identified objects. The service applies a symbolic reasoning engine to the symbols, to generate an alert. The service sends the alert to a user interface in conjunction with the video data.

Systems and method are provided for AI-based product recommendation generation. One method includes, predicting, using a model, a plurality of recommended products, by determining a time span associated with a user identifier; retrieving at least one query submitted by a user associated with the user identifier during the time span; extracting attributes; determining a product category based on the extracted attributes; generating a list of products based on the determined product category; generating a list of recommended products based on the generated list of products; and modifying a user interface element associated with a webpage to include the generated list of recommended products.

A computerized system is provided for facilitating direct communication between a real estate agent who has listed a property for sale and a potential real estate buyer. The system allows a user to receive the listing agent contact information within the user interface of the computerized system, thereby streamlining the user interface experience and keeping the user engaged with the online platform.

Provided is a method of offering item information by an electronic apparatus. The method includes acquiring keyword information from a user, confirming one or more items corresponding to the keyword information and including a first item, confirming characteristic information on the first item and information on a representative review including at least a part of text of one review selected from a plurality of reviews of the first item, and providing item list information for the one or more items including the characteristic information and the information on the representative review.